It was a night for the history books as the twenty eighteen Winter Olympics kicked off n. P. R. Chang the two koreas march together and south koreas president shared a historic handshake with kim jong un sr amid a spirit of unity in fact kim sr is the first member of the north swilling dynasty to Venture South since the korean war but is this Rapid Improvement in korean ties the beginning of a new era in relations or merely smoke and mirrors we will ask an expert in just a moment first this report. Demonstrators outside the Olympic Stadium gave the North Koreans a hostile reception they clashed with riot police and made their feelings towards the north known. Reality. Show you know what. We are we want to hold our own. North koreas olympic delegation mocked and historic first it included kim jong the youngest sister of leader kim jong un shes the first member of north koreas ruling dynasty to cross the border since the korean war south korean president moon j. N. Well come to by extend
Water quickly. A life ring was tossed but the man in the water didnt even reach for it. No response at all. He was just staring at us, which was really spooky. There was no emotion on the guys face, nothing. He was just treading water barely keeping afloat. The victim was in the water over this way. Reporter Keith Madding decided someone was going to have to go in and he volunteered himself for the job. Madding lowered a ladder over the edge, went below deck and got ready. Wearing his immersion suit, madding jumped into the dark, cold pacific. If i had to get in his face and say, okay, you have to do this for me and have to put one step up that ladder at a time slowly and got him on the ladder. They saved the mans life. People who spend their lives on the water know help isnt always close by. Its why the crew of the guard practices man overboard drills every month so that when its not practice they are perfect. And they did a really fine job. We are proud of them. A rescue swimmer for
Sheriffs deputy shot and killed a kidnapping suspect after he also led them on a chase. The paid of deadly officer involved shooting comes just days after two Santa Cruz Police officers were killed in a shootout with a suspect. Dr. Jeff snipes is head of the criminal Justice Department in San Francisco state. He sayses theres no imperial evidence of a cause and effect relationship between officers being gunned down in the line of duty and the number of killings of suspects by police. Of course theres probably something psychological here. Cops get killed. Cops, you know, they dont make a lot of money for the most part. They serve the public. When they get killed, certainly theres a psychological thing going on. Reporter and dr. Snipes says that does not mean that Police Officers will be trigger happy because their comrades were killed. In fact, he says in his opinion most Bay Area Police depositions show a great deal of restraint. Live in San Francisco tonight, monte frances, nbc bay a
The afternoon. Despite speeds of up to 100 Miles Per Hour at times no officer or by stander was hurt. The Spokesman Says the suspects identity may be released tomorrow. Today the triathlon was grueling as ever and thousands of people finished successfully one athlete died. Race Officials Say they believe the 46yearold man from austin, texas suffered a massive cardiac event during the first portion of the triathlon. We talked with the race organizer who says in the year history of the triathlon this is the first time someone died. The gentleman received assist ance right when it happened. I mean, thats all you can ask for if youre an athlete. If youre an athlete and something happens, you want to get assistance as soon as something happens to you in the water or on the bike or on the run. And he got that assistance today. Unfortunately, any type of assistance we could give him, it just wasnt enough. The triathletes hit chillier waters this year because the race was moved from its tradit
Supreme court supporting same sex marriage. This comes on the heels of hp, ceo saying in a blog post, i have come to embrace same sex marriage after a period of careful review and reflection. This is a dra that the i can change from her support of prop eight while she was running for governor. She signed a legal filing making a conservative case for the Supreme Court to strike down the ban. Joe kinney with south bay pride applauds the shift. I think that it will help because she has been a leader in business. And that the conservative members of the Supreme Court will see that its not just one seth of the country that is supporting this. That its really broad based. Joe kinney also told me that its great to learn that hundreds of companies are now supporting samesex marriage. She said that its important that they are issuing the at the same time and showing their support, she said, it speaks volumes and she said, especially since they are talking about the impact it has on employees an