We will continue to track in and have a closer look at your sevenday forecast coming up in just a few minutes. Thanks so much, madison. And new video this afternoon from heavenly mountain resort. As you can see, skiers and snowboarders were lowered down from the chairlift you after a chair fell off of its cable. These are pictures actually. Not video. But the video, the pictures are from laura miller. Officials have the resort say no one was injured when the chair fell from the downhill pass of the north bowl chairlift around 11 00 a. M. They had to stop operating that chairlift and evacuate 65 people. The resort has suspended operations while they investigate the cause of the fall. Armed protesters are continuing to occupy buildings at a federal wildlife refuge in rural oregon. The protesters are upset about government overreach and that the federal authorities are preventing people from using land and resources. The fbi is working with the Oregon State Police and local and state Law
Wineries, of course just a lot of football fans enjoying the scene. They are dancing and theyre having a good time here at super bowl city. But a lot is happening here. A lot of the broncos fans have come in. You know what . They say everyone has been spectacularly nice in the bay area. The views that take pictures around the gate where is that at . Golden gate bridge. Yeah. Everyones like go broncos. 8yearolds going go broncos it was awesome. She didnt quite remember where the Golden Gate Bridge was. But we get her gist. So from the broncos fans to how about the star of the show . Thats Carolina Panthers quarterback cam newton. This was just a short while ago in downtown san jose. Keep in mind the panthers are staying at the san jose marriott. And cam newton, the quarterback, hes been spotted around san jose throughout the week. Essentially today, the players had a half day off for the panthers, coach ron rivera said he wants his players to enjoy the super bowl, spend some time with t
Most had no idea they were being billed for limo rides they never took. These were individuals who regularly used limos so a few extra charges a month went unnoticed. Im going to have no comment as to the case at this time. Its way way premature to discuss. Reporter his lawyer says his daughter supports her father, en though police say he promised her the limo company set up in her name was legitimate. He told her its a good way to start out in life and that this company will be hers someday. Reporter police wouldnt tell us exactly how many people were victimized in this scam. But the bottom line is you should always check your credit card bills. Police say its very easy for identify thieves to slip in purchased in the first p ace. New at 5 30, a driver accused of leading police on a wild chase in connecticut was arraigned today, charged with dui, reckless driving and other crimes. He evaded troopers early this morning. The chase ended 30 miles later when he rammed into two police crui
And as weve been reporting during this eventful night on this of all days we also have the start of a ground war in the gaza strip with israeli troops invading tonight under a sky lit up by flares and incoming fire. So we begin this second half hour of the special edition of our newscast tonight with the downing of this 777. Nbcs tom costello who covers aviation for us has been covering this all day long. Tom, good evening once again. The malaysian Prime Minister said late today there was no distress call from this airline and it was flying in an ore declared safe by global Civil Aviation authorities. It left amsterdam at 1 30 p. M. Local time bound for kuala lumpur. They lost contact with the plane. Very quickly the Ukrainian Government reported that russianbacked separatists had shot down the plane using a surfacetoair missile. U. S. Intelligence and military sources confirm to nbc news that infrared satellites detected the missile laumpl and explosion. Malaysian flight 17 was a boei
Investigators, including a special u. S. Team are awaiting access to this horrific crash site. Here is what we know at this hour. Keep in mind, the story is change big the hour. The u. S. Confirms a surfacetoair missile struck a Malaysian Airlines jetliner over ukraine. This is near the russian border. Nearly 300 passengers have been killed. Families of the passengers are still being contacted. We have multiple reports tonight. Lets begin with nbcs peggy bunker and the latest on this investigation. Peggy . Reporter well, good evening to you. For the second time in just four months, a Malaysia Airlines 777 yesterday meets a tragic end. This time 298 lives have been lost. The plane originated in amsterdam, flying over towards the russianukrainian border on a flight to kuala lumpur. Three hours in controllers said they lost contact with the plane. Then came the reports of a fireball this the sky. This is all that is left of Malaysia Airlines flight 17, charred and smoldering in a burned o