First on 13. The death of a famous musician with ties to iowa could redefine a state law. In may 2010, the bassist of the band slipknot, paul gray, died of a drug heard arguments in a special evening session reviewing the wrongful death case brought by grays estate. At the time of his death, his wife, brenna gray was three months pregnant with their daughter. Four years later, grays estate, wife and daughter filed a lawsuit against grays doctor daniel baldi claiming he overprescribed pain medication to the rock star. A district judge dismissed the case saying iowa law says medical malpractice lawsuits generally need to be filed within two years of a death and the family had filed two years too late. Now the familys lawyer is asking the state Supreme Court reconsider that decision. 23 45 5023 46 14 what happened in this case was that mr. Gray had various drug addiction problems. He was seeking medical help and had sought medical help for some period of time. He ended up dying, and the q
For the latest, we bring in nbc bay areas Christie Smith live here in san jose. Reporter thats right. These firefighters in san jose are gathering and waiting for their directions at this hour. As you said, a number of firefighters, strike team from across the bay area, left today from places like foster city and Mountain View to head out to more than a dozen fires burning across the state. As you said, that number prompted governor jerry brown to go ahead and declare a state of emergency. The Air National Guard standing by. At least eight home have been destroyed. Federal, state and local crews are heading out to fight them. There are evacuations in place. Some of the earlier fires are in place striking lightning. A number of mile have now burned down the california side. Governor brown did secure a grant to help cover the cost of helping to fight that fire. And the proclamation said the circumstances are beyond the control of one government to handle. Alameda county had crews leave l
People to stay home and off the roads. Flooding stranded these drivers in San Francisco. This happened along cesar chavez street where the highway dips below 101. This area has flooded during storms in the past. It was a soggy mess in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Part of a roof collapsed at the cvs store in felton. Firefighters believe standing water caused it to give way. Building inspectors will need to check the store out before it can reopen. And you might have been reaching for your umbrella today like this person in alameda. Despite the traffic headaches and all the damage the rain is a welcome sight and we are nowhere near making up for the rainfall deficits we have endured the past few years. A live look from the camera in emeryville. This looks like a painting. You have the dark clouds and the sun trying to peek through. Spencer christian live outside with more on the rain totals and a look at live doppler 7 hd. We have certainly had heavy downpours overnight and for the early pa
Jeannele elliot is going to join us from San Francisco where the debate started nearly 11 years ago, and this is a pivotal night. Yes, the debate started in 2004 right here in city hall when San Francisco started to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples, and now that the u. S. Supreme court has decided to weigh in, an end to the debate may weigh in. A day that we have been dreaming about for over a decade. Reporter the Supreme Court must decide if samesex marriages are to be recognized. They were among the first couples in the nation to be married at San Francisco city hall in 2004. They say it is a magical feeling that every couple deserves. And to have that basic human freedom to marry the person that you love and experience your government treating you equally. Reporter 36 states recognize samesex marriage and louis and gaffney traveled to a state that does not recognize their union, then a hospital visit could be complicated. We are legally married in california, but if we go
Parents are worried after new ebola cases are reported in recent weeks. Hello. The Coalition Forces in iraq have driven out isil. The town under isil control. The u. S. Military say the forces carried out 26 air strikes in the operation. Jane araft joins us on the phone with more on this. Jane how significant is this gain then by iraqi forces in the overall battle against isil . Reporter its significant, but the fact is that the Iraqi Military along with these u. S. Air strikes actually broke the siege of baghdad a couple of weeks ago. So what the americans are announcing appears to be even morris more isil fighters out. Its significant this town, particularly because the troops are in the air base which is not far from there and significant to iraqis, because its led to a crisis, as thousands of people from that town have been displaced. Some of them had to be evacuated by air by the military, when isil had surrounded the town. So essentially this is a development but perhaps not the