In this case, but the charges are not a reflection of the degree of their racism. The charges are a reflection of their criminal conduct. University president muhammad kaomi told the more than 200 students who attended the rally the University Needs to do better. What we need to do is somewhere in the process, our decisionmaking failed. As part of it, i failed that stude student. They failed all of our students. Reporter some students accuse the president of not listening to them. During todays rally, some wore tape over their mouths to symbolize not having a voice. They claim the university doesnt do enough to protect black students. Because of that, the black student who was allegedly tormented in his dorm room, never felt he had a voice. They should have been immediately removed from the dormitory and campus as soon as that was reported. Reporter University Administrators say they plan to bring in an independent investigator to determine what went wrong in this entire process and how to fix it. The naacp also is saying that now it is going to bring this case to the state attorney general to ask her to review it. Reporting live in san jose, nbc bay area news. Thank you. Lets turn things over to chase also on the story for us. According to the police report, we know more about what happened in that dorm now. Reporter we do. Weve been digging through Police Reports and counted at least 13 different alleged encounters between the victim and his roommates. Five times the victim says he was barricaded in his room using furniture outside the door. He also frequently found a Confederate Flag around their dorm, pentagrams, and nazi symbols hung in various places. And even at one point had that bike lock put around his neck. But the suspects claim it was all just a prank war. The lock was placed around his neck to symbolize putting chains and locks on the black kid. Those were the words of a san jose state housing assistant recounting for police what four what students are accused of doing to their children roommate. In response, logan bashler, one of those accused, told investigators their actions were part of a satire that he thought would be funny. Chalking it up to a prank war. Even a witness and friend of the accused said in Police Interviews that she doesnt see the Confederate Flag as such a terrible thing or as any kind of symbol. She does understand that other generations would see it that way, but she feels her generation has grown out of it, calling it simply dark humor. How they can be viewed, these things can be viewed other than to be racially tinged or motivated boggles my mind. Reporter as a retired judge, ladoris cordal has legal concerns about the alleged hate crimes, but more broadly highway is also fears how a Younger Generation views racial history. One way to view it is they dont get it. Another way is, oh, they get it, but theyre not willing to say they get it. Its a prank, but they know in their hearts of course this is racially motivated. I dont know what it is because i think in the end it matters not because the behavior they exhibit is the same. Its hurtful. In my view, its racist when these things happen. Reporter a view shared by the victim himself. He told San Jose Police that in every questionable encounter with his roommates, race has always been used with namecalling and the bike lock, adding that he saw the bike lock and posting of the Confederate Flag as references to slavery. The victims friend also told police that she believes that he did not come forward sooner because he was scared, and she says that he did not want anyone to know that he was being bullied. Thank you. Just in, the cart service uber is being blasted by a San Francisco customer claiming that a driver assaulted him. James alba booked a ride from his home in a castro bar early sunday morning. He sudden he made it as far as the intersection of 18th and market. He says the driver allegedly ordered him out of the car and hit his phone out of his hands after using racist and homophobic slurs. Uber says all of its drivers must pass a background check and is tunnel to ongoing reviews. They responded saying that before pickup, you are given name, plate, and car type to make sure youre getting in the right car with the right driver. They say the information did not match, but the driver knew his name, so he got in. New at 6 00, a judges ruling throws californias bullet train project into doubt. The decision made by a sacramento judge blocks the sale of bonds used to pay for the high speed rail line. A separate lawsuit claims the current plan no longer complies with what voters approved in 2008. And the judge agreed. He ordered rail officials to rewrite the systems funding plan, a process which could take months or years. Happening now, president obama is in los angeles after spending about five hours in the bay area. We showed you his rival in Los Angeles Live during our 5 00 newscast. The first arrived at lack before 5 30, then the president boarded marine one. The fundraising tour continues at the home of basketball great magic johnson. Tomorrow, hell visit Dreamworks Animation studios for a speech on the economy and will attend another Democratic NationalCommittee Fundraising event. He leaves los angeles for d. C. Tomorrow afternoon. A highprofile interruption and highdollar fundraising, thats the headline. President barack obama made three stops in San Francisco. A free event for invited guests and a paid event and fundraiser. During that first public event here, he was heckled by a former u. C. Berkeley student. Nbc has more on what happened and more on the heckler. Reporter San Francisco, usually a friendly place for president obama, but not so today here in San Francisco. The reason Immigration Reform. Because its long past time to fix our broken immigration system. Reporter for almost everyone in the audience at the betty aung center in San Francisco, president obama said all of the right things when it comes to Immigration Reform. Ed to more than one in four residents born outside the United States came here from asian countries. Many through our family immigration system. Theyre doctors, Business Owners reporter for one, 24yearold former u. C. Berkeley student, it wasnt enough. Why were here please use your executive order to halted [ inaudible ] reporter one undocumented graduate student from south korea risked being arrested by secret service to speak to the president. Under his administration, 1. 8 million undocumented immigrant families are torn apart and separated because of obama antiimmigration law. Reporter there were other people frustrated with mr. Obama and the slow progress of Immigration Reform. Sergio garcia is an undocumented immigrant. His fight to become an attorney made california the first state in the nation to allow immigrant without papers to practice law provided they went to law school and passed the state bar. He believes the president can do more. Unfortunately we heard a lot of the things we have been hearing many, many times over. As a matter of fact, this speech seemed a bit rehearsed to me. Reporter the second stop was the San Francisco jazz center. The president s message remained the same Congress Must not get in the way of progress for the american people. Right now in this country theres at least one faction of one party that has decided theyre more interested in stopping progress than advancing it. Reporter we did ask him how he managed to get on stage, after all he is a wellknown activist for Immigration Reform in the bay area. He did say that he was vetted and invited just like everyone else. Reporting live in San Francisco, im cheryl hurd, nbc pay area news. Thank you. We have more details on that young man. 24yearold ju huang from alameda. He protested the appointment of Janet Napolitano a few months back as the new u. C. President. And he was the subject of a documentary last year that profiled him as an undocumented student while he studied at cal. He was born in south korea and has been caught in the middle of his familys immigration struggle. He says his family is one of the millions that are at risk of being torn apart. He once supported mr. Obama but said he was disappointed in the president s effort on Immigration Reform. There was one thing president obama missed on his visit to San Francisco. You got great food. You got great people. Beautiful scenery. No more supervillains because batkid cleaned up the streets. [ applause ] love that kid. Reporter Everybody Loves batkid. A morning news show flew 5yearold miles scott and his parents to new york for an interview. His bat calendar was booked solid when the president called. New at 6 00, doing what he was trained to do. Thats how the raiders fan who helped save a despondent woman at yesterdays game is describing his heroic efforts to save her. Donnie mavidad jumped into action as a woman tried to commit suicide from the third level deck. The family is praising his quick thinking. We have more from the stockton man. This is the result from her falling, as i tried to embrace her. Reporter 61yearold dony navidad shows us the bruises he suffered when he tried to catch a woman who jumped from the third tier of the Oakland Coliseum after yesterdays raider game. If i didnt do anything, it would have scarred me for the rest of my life. Knowing you could have done something. Reporter the marine corps veteran says his military training kicked in. He jumped into action without even thinking about it. Ive lost fellow marines that i went to boot camp with. And ill bet Something Like this, knowing youre seeing a body coming at you and not to do anything you know, i reacted the way i did. Im shocked, amazed, and really just proud. I mean, hes my hero, and that night, he was hers. Reporter navidads daughter, a sergeant, says she couldnt be prouder of her dad. Navidad wants the woman he helped to know he cares and would put his life on the line again to save her. Its tough because had i not done anything, you know, it as tearing up, but, you know, its life. Thats a human being. That was Jodi Hernandez reporting for us. Hall of fame raider willie brown and other players and team staffers visited navidad today to say thank you to him in person. They gave him raiders memorabilia and yesterdays game ball. Still ahead here at 6 00, the latest on the deadly storm pushing through the country that could snag a lot of Holiday Travel plans. Thats right. Were also tracking our own storm system here across the bay area. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. Well have the timing on this and a few forecasting issues coming up in a few minutes. Everyone loved him. Even people who werent in his class, who didnt have him as a teacher or coach. And his legacy lives on for generations as students of a Bay Area Community mourns a leader who died while attempting an act of kindness for a stranger. Im scott budman. A Silicon Valley company told by the federal government to stop selling its product. What it may mean for your health coming up. [ bell ] [ applause ] um preserve day on wall street when impressive day on wall street. When the bell sounded, the bell close the at 4,000, the first time its reached that level since september of 2000 during the dotcom bubble. Most investors thought they would never see it again. The dow also set a new closing high at 16,072. A notable story in the bay area that got attention and funding even from google. Tonight, a hayprofile Silicon Valley startup is scrambling after a federal agency said the company has to shut down. Our business and tech reporter, scott budman, joins us with the story. . Reporter 23 and me has in a fairly short period of time changed the way we think about genetics and genetic testing. The way its doing it, with the kit you buy for 99, is under fire from the fda. With health care and data, a redhot combination these days, 23 and me has made a name for itself in Silicon Valley, giving you for a slew of information about dna the cofounder and ceo told us her companys goal with that information especially on the health side, you could potentially by knowing what youre at risk for, you could potentially take actions that could substantially improve your life or even potentially save your life. Reporter the mountainview firm started in 2006 just got bad news from the food and Drug Administration which told 23 and me to stop selling its dna kit for failing to prove that its technology is supported by science. For most of the tests, they have absolutely no value. Reporter dr. David magnus runs the center for biomedical ethics. You might as well have your nextdoor neighbors test results. They no more informative for you than your neighbors test results are. Vastly more powerful is your family history, and any physician will be able to do more than that. Reporter for its part, 23 and me admits its not met fda expectations and says it will work with the fda, and this their relationship is very important. Its an intersection of technology and medicine that has, at least temporarily, run into a stop sign. The fda has told 23 and me to stop telling its 99 dna kits as of just a few minutes ago, though, they are still for sale on the company website. Back to you. Thank you very much, scott. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri. Paying particularly close attention because of the holiday week. Yes. We have details coming your way, you guys. I know youll be interested in. Right now wife cloud cover increasing out here offshore. But as weigh head throughout thursdays forecast, going to be all about the storm system thats continuing to develop. Right now, it still looks like well have a few showers here as we head throughout part of our thanksgiving forecast. More on that coming up. Now i want to take you outside to that Sky Camera Network. And it is cool. It is crisp out here with that cloud cover on the increase in San Francisco. As we look across the east bay now, we have 54 degrees. Take a look back toward the embarcadero plaza. If you havent been to San Francisco lately, theyre starting to put up the lights down across downtown. Looks awesome. So lets take you to the 24hour forecast. No rainfall expected for tomorrow. The biggest thing in the south bay will be that cloud cover to start in the Morning Hours. Temperatures in the mid fourth. By the noon hour, 60 degrees expected and mostly sunny skies. For the peninsula, cooler there to start at 7 00 a. M. , 42 degrees. Throughout the evening hours, cloud cover back on the increase yet again. San francisco starting off with 60 by the noon hour. Not too much warming in the forecast with low 60s. Lets look at the rest of the bay area. The thing youll notice here is the north bay, also for the trivalley. Temperatures will begin cool with upper 30s and low 40sment then by the unanimous hour, well see 10 to 15 degrees of warming coming your way. A decent at least midday forecast coming back into the mix. Then well see temperatures as we head throughout 5 00 p. M. Expected in the low 60s. So when it comes to our forecast, the possibility here of delays as weigh head throughout the next 72 hours, i think the clouds and potentially showers on thursday will provide some delays at sfo, washington, d. C. , rain and also snow, and for new york city, not only rain and snow but wind will likely compound those traveling headaches. Were going to have more on the timing of our storm system and why we dont think at this point its going to be a major storm coming up in about 25 minutes. Jeff, see you shortly. Also ahead, overcoming the odds. One womans journey from surviving a car crash and a broken neck to finally fulfilling a lifelong dream. Plus im in san jose. A local charity needs help to provide families with 50 pounds worth of food, especially that allimportant turkey. Well show you how you can help. Just a few days away, the centerpiece of a thanksgiving meal is turkey. Of course it is. But a south bay charity needs your help to make that turkey a reality for 4,000 families in need. Nbc bay area has more from Sacred Heart Community center in san jose. The problem is, theyre still short of turkeys for families who might not go with a thanksgiving meal. Reporter thats right. It was a flurry of activity all day here at Sacred Heart Community services. Its very quiet now, but they still need help to get all of the turkeys that they have promised to the families that need a little help at thanksgiving. Youre going to bring your car and put this in the window i live by the motto you cant Sell Community without you. Reporter the volunteers are fired up for thanksgiving. While there are enough turkeys to fill the made it today, the agency needs help to make good on its promise to make good on a thanksgiving turkey and fixings to 4,000 families in the next few days. Right now were about 2,000 turkeys short. Reporter caroline and her sister donated 30 turkeys. It doesnt cost that much money. And you know, a small donation at the end of the year helps a lot of people. Reporter longtime donors likes that the donatio