Did she burn masterpieces from picaso, and monet to protect her son today . Friday, july 19th, 2013. 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. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie with al roker and tamron hall. If you ever wondered if we coordinate our outfits, this is proof that we dont. We have checks, and this over here. We have everything today. Meanwhile, the extreme temperatures are baking the entire country only adding to the problems for the firefighters. The incredibly hard working firefighters out in southern california. Thats right. Right now the Massive Wildfire is spreading. Thousands are under mandatory evacuations orders. We want to get right to nbcs Miguel Almaguer who is in palm spreupbgsz this morning. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. The socalled mountain fire is moving in two directions. On one end here in palm springs the other closing in
We have a member of the board of directors here in studio and phil is going to find out more about what is expected, what is the game plan if they dont come up with an agreement by this time next week. And were going to be talking about facebook. Has it jumped into the mobile market and does that mean more money for the bay area. Were starting with neighbors in oakland on edge after a woman was killed by the violence she was working to prevent. 66yearold judy solomon was gunned down blocks from her home wednesday afternoon and now her neighbors say they have had enough. Theyve been talking about hiring private security for months. As kpix 5 da lin tells u solomons killing convinced people to move forward with that plan. Fbi statistics show oakland has some of the highest burglary and robbery rates in the country. Bill urban is part of that statistic. His house was broken into twice in one year. I feel either cut and run or stay in sight, and the urge to stay in sight has run out. But s
Streets. [ sirens ] reporter gunmen walked in a show room that specialized in gold jewelry and shot three people working there. Shop owners say the two women who work at the jewelry shop were killed, the owner injured. He was taken to San Francisco general with critical wounds. Esther i shallogg knew them. We heard that somebody was shooting them, so that was a little bit scary. Reporter when the first officers arrived, they saw a man covered in bhood, walking outside the jewelry mart. The officers went to engage the suspect not knowing if he was a victim or a suspect. At that point in time the suspect produced a weapon and fired upon the officers. Reporter police say the gunman then ran into a nearby restaurant before officers could fire back. Other officers came on scene, the suspect fired additional multiple rounds at the officers and then ran out we believe ran out of ammunition, threw the gun out on the ground, proned himself out and surrendered. Reporter the suspect was also take
The heat. Now were watching things cool down. Low clouds and fog surging onshore. The temperatures still fairly mild in the 50s and the 60s. Cooler days are ahead. Well have more on that coming up. Heres what we know about the deadly plane crash at sfo. The pilots of asiana flight 214 were not tested for drugs or alcohol after the accident. We also found out the two flight attendants were actually thrown, ejected, from the plane at impact. The coroner ned the parents of 16yearold ye ming yaun informed the parents of 16year old ye ming yaun has she may have been run over by responding emergency that she may have been run over by responding emergency vehicles. Investigators want to know if something went wrong with the auto throttle equipment similar to cruise control. Kpix 5s allen martin explains how pilots depended on it to maintain the proper speed for landing. Reporter the crew told investigators they set the planes auto throttles to 137 knots then assumed they would maintain the co
Big rig crashed around 1 a. M. Near powell street. Oil spills from the truck. Both drivers got out safely before the fire. Cleanup shut down the eastbound lanes for a while but the final lanes have reopened just before 4 30 this morning. So you should be okay. A certain piece of equipment is now getting attention as investigators try to piece together what happened during saturdays crashlanding in sfo. Kpix 5 reporter anne makovec is in burlingame with the latest on the ntsb investigates. The questions are still focused on whether or not this was pilot error or mechanical failure. You can see the wreckage here on the runway being blocked by a couple of trucks collecting evidence. We know the plane came in low and slow on saturday morning. The throttle similar to a cars Cruise Control wasnt monitoring speed or wasnt maintaining speed according to the Instructor Pilot who was supervising the flying pilot. 1 1 2 seconds before the crash the pilot attempted to abort the landing and it was