Was an act of terrorism. Live in santa clara, kiet do, kpix 5. We got some breaking news out of belmont. Firefighters are battling a two alarm blaze on carmount drive at 4 a. M. The fire is burning in a residential building possibly an apartment complex. No injuries have been reported. And we do have a crew on the way to the fire. We are going to have more in our next halfhour. Newly elected San Francisco sheriff Vicki Hennesy says one of her first orders of business will be to communicate with immigrations Customs Enforcement official. It comes after an illegal immigrant shot and killed a woman near the Ferry Building in july. This replace a policy from current sheriff Ross Mirkarimi who prohibited sheriffs deputies from directly contacting i. C. E. A former pass rusher for the raiders was found guilty for killing three men. Anthony smith played defensive end from 1990 to 1998. He was convicted yesterday in los angeles of three counts of murder. He shot two brothers to death in 1999,
Announcer from nbc news, this the today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Weve got willie in for matt. Kind of the middle of the night for al but still has his hawaiian moves down. He is ready for rokerthon 2. Always looks good in a hawaiian shirt. We know that about al roker. I would say im jealous of the weather out there, but its 75 degrees today here in new york and across the east coast. Weve got a little hawaii here this morning. More on that in a moment, but well begin with the newest fallout this morning over the downed russian plane in egypt. This is a crash that now has u. S. Officials ready to make changes to security procedures here. Weve got two reports for you this morning. Lets start with nbcs tom costello. He covers aviation for us. Tom, good morning. What can you tell us. Reporter savannah, good morning. As you know, the white house announced yesterday that in
57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. There are no final conclusions, but this morning, british and u. S. Officials say there is indication that the Russian Airliner that crashed in egypt may have been brought down by a bomb and sources say islamic terrorists may have been to blame. Johnathan vigliotti is in our london newsroom with the latest. Good morning, jonathan. Reporter good morning. Egypts president is in london today for a previously scheduled meeting with officials. The uks decision to suspend flights after saturdays deadly plane crash will likely be a part of that discussion. Meanwhile, the bodies of 140 passengers have been recovered from the egyptian desert. Mourners gathered in russia today to say goodbye to one of the 224 victims killed in last weekends plane crash over egypts sinai peninsula. The first funeral comes as authorities continue to investigate what brought the plane down. U. S. Intelligence officials there
Confirming with government sources have been telling us, the possibility that a bomb brought down that russian jetliner over egypts sinai peninsula. The white house also today said it is now considering security changes for some International Flights coming into the u. S. So far, only the u. S. And britain have publically raised the possibility that the crash was an act of terror, with russia and egypt saying its too soon to know. Conflicting information thats bringing little comfort to air travelers. Tonight, our team is on the ground where the doomed flight began. Bill neely leads our coverage. Eporter they found no evidence of a bomb, but the president believes rrorism could have caused this. I think there is a possibility thatt there was a bomb on board. And were taking that very seriously. Y. Reporter if a bomb was the cause, it was almost certainly put Sharm Elsheik airport. They questioned security, seized videos and searched. Egypt says this is obe qf the safest airports in the
Driving around a barricade and over a Police Motorcycle before crashing into spectators at Oklahoma State universitys homecoming parade has been formally charged with murder. Adacia chambers of stillwater faces four counts of Second Degree murder and 46 counts of felony assault. Prosecutors today filed formal charges against chambers, who has been behind bars since the october 24th crash. A judge has ordered a psychological evaluation. The mystery of a Northern Illinois Police Officer found shot to death after reporting he was pursuing three suspicious men is apparently over authorities now say Fox Lake Police lt. Charles gliniewicz killed himself sept. 1 and tried to make it look like hed died in the line of duty. His death set off a multi state manhunt as authorities searched for three suspects who gliniewicz had radioed in that he was chasing. Today, investigators say it was all staged. To cover up years of stealing and Money Laundering from a Youth Program that gliniewicz oversaw.