That way. This morning, his harrowing ordeal with his own pictures and in his own words. And a Little Country in the big city. Tim mcgraw kicks off our memorial day weekend celebration with a live concert on the plaza today, friday, may 23rd, 2014. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Weve got a Big Country Music crowd gathered for tim mcgraw. Also in the foreground, members of our armed forces here for fleet week here in new york city. Theyre going to get a great show in just a few minutes. Lets get right to our top story, though. Just in time for the memorial day weekend, that big recall of nearly two Million Pounds of beef has gotten even bigger. Nbcs tom costello has more on that. Tom, good morning. Good morning. Investigators believe the beef may be tainted with the e. Coli bacteria, but Health Investigators say its a rare bug. The recall affects retailers w
Trying to figure it out. Quite a mystery. Reporter thats right. All right, joe, thank you. Well stay on it. Thank you. Well, today we tracked down airport officials in san jose with some tough questions. Just how could a stowaway jump the fence and then hide in a plane for hours with no one seeing . Kpix 5s mark sayre on the blind spots. Mark, after what you heard today, it would be amazing if people did notice. Reporter when you go through Airport Security you know what you as the passenger go through but you might be surprised to find out who is monitoring those Perimeter Security cameras that are supposed to keep the car mac safe. There are hundreds of security cameras at Mineta San Jose International airport. They all feed into a central 24 hour operations center. Yes, those feeds are recorded. But the people who are watching the feeds live in realtime are not tsa agents nor police officers. They are civilians. They are city employees. Reporter airport spokesman Rosemary Barnes emp
California. Cycling old debt racked up by parents. New developments in ukraine to tell you about. American yourine russia and ukrainian diplomat also meet in geneva to find a solution to the ongoing problems. It comes when they look for ways to reduce tensions. The u. S. Imposed sanctions on six crimea leaders to split the peninsula from ukraine. Meanwhile pro russian protesters take over government buildings. We have more from donesk. Reporter exhausted minors return to the surface after a tragic shift. Below ground a glass expose at a coal mine that kill nine of their completion, a real reminder of the risks of those trying to make a living. The quality of life is low here. It was the same with the last government and the government which is now in place. We dont recognize them, and we think they are going to make it worse. There will be no better life for us here. Coal mine something one of the Major Industries here in the industrial heartland that is eastern ukraine. And its regard
That could make it off to reach the goal of 200 officers. Some blame the pension reform law. Key figure in the california state senator leland yee scandal would be released today. Keith jackson is waiting to hear if the court will let him out on bond. Ktvus David Stevenson has been following developments all day, including new details about where the crimes took place. David . Reporter the judge gave prostutors till 5 00 p. M. To file prosecutors till 5 00 p. M. To file an appeal. Prosecutors did not so Keith Jackson is free to be released from jail in oakland. The mother of Keith Jackson came from texas to a San Francisco federal court to try oo free to free her son. His mother put up her house for him. That is the kind of mother you need. Reporter he faces conspiracy to distribute narcotics and import and sell fire arms. He is one of 28 defends in the scandal that led to the suspension of california state senator leland yee. Prosecutors said he is a danger to the community. It will b
Later, they tried to apprehend a second suspect, and he had a gun and they shot him too. A south bay family devastated after the shooting of a young father who was caught in the cross fire. This happened near highway 101 in east san jose. The victim was simply trying to avoid getting a parking ticket. I awoke to the sound of gunshots or car crashes. 2 gunshots. Reporter people live under the threat of violence daily. This neighborhood is not very good. Reporter today that threat became all too real for the family of eric mandozea found shot to death. I dont know why this happened. Reporter he is a san jose native. His uncle says his nephew had just come home and was moving his car to avoid a ticket. I think he was in the wrong color of car. Reporter this is one of a few driveby shootings. We are not able to say if this is related to any of the prior driveby shooting. Reporter he is just a newlywed with a 6monthold son. The life he always wanted just beginning and ending at the hands of