Im jim axelrod, and this is the western edition of the broadcast. Two days after the death of prince, fans continue to gather outside the singers home and studio near minneapolis. The fence surrounding his property is now a makeshift memorial, still growing by the hour. Tonight, there are still many questions. At the top of the list what caused prince to die at the age of 57 . Who will inherit his fortune . And who controls the rights to the music he so intensely protected . We begin tonight with jamie yuccas outside princes estate in chanhassen, minnesota. De reporter it was the largest crowd in minneapolis eince princes death, gathered outside his home, while friends and family held a memorial inside his paisley park mansion. Ys. Thank you, guys. Reporter princes girlfriend, demaris lewis, and close friend sheila e. Handed out mementos. Its not easy to lose someone that you love. Reporter there is still no word how prince died, and it is unlikely autopsy results will be announced for
And im michelle griego. Officer jason lai resigned from the Police Department earlier this month after dozens of offensive texts were sent by him and to him. Jackie ward has details. Jackie . Reporter michelle, we didnt see every single text message that was sent but saw enough to make anyone uncomfortable. The public defender obtained the pages of unedited text from march of 2015 to august 2015 and it included derogatory terms about blacks, indians, hispanic and gay people and even made a joke about internal affairs reading the texts. When were talking about bias precincts and racial profiling, there is a direct connection to these associations that are being made by officers being implicit and explicit of what ask happening is happening on the streets. Reporter the Department Said they do not reflect the department as a whole and officer lai has resigned. In San Francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. Jackie, the big question is whats next . Reporter this investigation stemmed from a Sexual
Actually i was happy because it shows how weak they are. It shows how pathetic they are. Trump fights back against cruz and kasich. You guys are talking about this 24 7, like this is some thunderbolt. Donald trump is going to scream and yell and curse and insult and probably cry and whine some as well. Were in this race to win. Were going to be in california in june, philadelphia back here in july. What he and his supporters are saying just doesnt add up. I have 2. 7 million more votes. Sending 250 special forces to syria. What does that represent . Although we are not going to be sending Ground Troops in to fight, we are going to try to find out what works and then double down. Powerful spring storms in Southern California. Strong winds picking up and tossing a heavy canopy. It was almost like a spro movie. In florida, a small plane crashed onto a home. Three people in Critical Condition. Tom bradys suspension back on after an Appeals Court ruled he should take a seat. Were pleased wi
Chernobyl, then and now. A ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the Worst Nuclear Accident in history. The town largely abandoned. Still very dangerous. Its making a noise. We are live in the exclusion zone. Princes palace. A rare glimpse inside paisley park, the pop stars unusual home. The vault said to be Holding Thousands of unreleased songs. Who stands to inherit his fortunate today, tuesday, april 26th, 2016 . Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. 30 years has passed but i can still remember the news reports about chernobyl. Its amazing how much time has passed. When you look at some of the images, youre really going to see today what is a Nuclear Ghost town. Its going to be fascinating. Of course, a tragic story when it took place. Our reporter could only stay a short amount of time because its still dangerous. Well have that in a mo
Spelled the flyers. The series against the orange and black went 1 for 24 against the capitals spoiling a marvelous postseason effort who spread 72 consecutive saves over a nearly threegame span. Ryan along the boards and getting chopped by a stick and the fourminute penalty call and flyers, with a twominute, and they just couldnt cash in. Scoreless still, the capitals strike first and its a short while and Alexander Ovechkin and Nicholas Backstrom and he allowed two goals on 105 shots he faced in three starts during the series and this young fan trying to breathe life into the orange and black. Nothing doing. The shot from the point gets through and with a couple of chances on the doorstep. That kind of day for the orange and black. Frustrating afternoon for the flyers and they lose 10 and lose the series with 42. With more, heres john clark. The flyers only scored six goals in this sixgame series. They were 1 for 24 on the power play, but they fought back being down 30 against the be