after a medical emergency, charlie sheen checks back into rehab putting his hit show in limbo and leaving many wondering what s next for the troubled actor. today is saturday, january 29th, actor. today is saturday, january 29th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to today on a saturday morning. i m lester holt. and i m amy robach. we re getting disturbing new details. there are thousands of people now in the streets of cairo. some estimates putting that number at 50,000. you have to wonder if this is all getting ahead of where the mubarnemubarak government thoug would be. there are new reports from suez that says they re using live ammunition. americans and other foreigners desperately trying to get out of the country. at least 35 people have been killed since the violence began five days ago. president nmubarak has fired his entire cabinet, but he s defending the crackdown. he also spoke to president obama in a 30 minute phone call. we ll
for the latest on the huge watermain break outside of dc. a boil water advisory remains in effect for about 400,000 customers in prince george s county. public works says the advisory will remain in effect until two sets of water samples return for negative contamination. they say it will take at least 18 hours to get the results back. the watermain break yesterday iced over a major highway snarling traffic and swamping parked cars. new at 5:00 a baltimore cop killed when his cruiser slammed into the back of a fire engine in october. was distracted apparently by a film crew on the opposite side of a highway in west baltimore. according to the baltimore sun, a report finds officer thomas ports jr. didn t have a medical condition. investigators didn t find megcal problems. the mechanical problems. the report says he was speeding, not wearing a seat belt, he was a 10-year veteran of the police department. the painful process of redistricting students continues in harfo
petersburg, florida. we brought you that news right here. that on the heels of a shooting in detroit where a gunman walked into a police station and opened fire, wounding four. trace gallagher live in our west coast newsroom with more and more of these reports. trace, what some are recognizing as what sadly appears to be a national trend, the allegation that it may be coordinated somehow? reporter: that s why we re looking behind the numbers. the numbers are staggering. 11 police officers were shot in less than 24 hours. we re not talking about swat teams, etc.. we believe that half or more than half the incidents involve police officers that may have been targeted. you mentioned in detroit, someone walking into a police station and wounding four officers. in indiana and oregon, officers shot during routine traffic stops. so far in january, look at this, 14 police officers have been killed in january, win is the exact same of january last year, but here s the huge differenc
at least eight fires erupted in homes and garages. so far no word if anyone got hurt, but the gas main has now been shut down. police say is gunman who shot four officers at a detroit police precinct has a relative who was due to be 38-year-old lamar moore of detroit. moore was killed by police. surveillance tape of the incident showed acts of heroism by the actors involve. police in washington are trying to figure out why a man shot two police deputies in a walmart parking lot. that happened yesterday in the afternoon near port orchard, that s near seattle. officers confronted the guy and that s when he wounded both deputies before he was killed by another officer responding to the scene. another woman was also killed we
the thousands of people who showed up between the viewings this week and today s funeral. it wouldn t surprise me if it went over 4000, that s just a representation of some of the people who s lives he touched. reporter: a career spent putting other s lives before his own. his prior chief said, his future is secure. meanwhile, the funeral was an impressive showing of engines and equipment from all around the region. and following that funeral, the procession made its way to dulaney valley memorial gardens for the funeral. the process was comprised of more than 400 fire and emergency engines. the antique engine carrying his body some were still leaving the cathedral. the sheer number of mourners was unlike anything they had seen. it was a reflection of the lives he s touched. i ve been a volunteer for 17 years. i ve never seen the out pouring of respect and dedication of the companies. we ve received e-mails from france and germany and great britain and canada. p