People she inspired. Im a member of the Imperial Senate on a diplomatic mission. Reporter many of us grew up in the bay area watching Carrie Fisher on the big screen. Its very sad. I really admired her. Reporter and those lining up to see rogue one thought about Princess Leia. Its a shame. She was too young. I was a big fan of the star wars series and, you know, its just too bad. I pray for her family and friends. I was a star wars fan for sure, yeah, i grew up with it, my kids love it. Yeah, its really sad. Reporter fisher was also remembered at imagination park in san anselmo, home of the yoda statue. Shes a great actress in those and also a lot of other things like harry met sally and, you know, lot of those other movies that i really liked her in as well. So its too bad. Reporter and on twitter, where fellow costars like Billy Dee Williams and mark hamill remembered their friend. We also hear from fishers mother who says, thank you to everyone who has enbraced the gifts and talents
This is 40 minutes. It is a great pleasure to introduce today and welcome jeffrey immelt, the chairman and ceo of general electric, our newest corporate citizen. Dartmouthated from with a degree in applied sciences and went to harvard to get his mba. He spent his first 19 years at ge in Global Leadership ts biggestof i businesses including appliances, plastics, health care. , he succeeded jack welsh as the ceo. It is been said it is easier to succeed and inadequate ceo than an adequate one. So he had his work cut out for him. He succeeded the role four days before the 9 11 attacks. Nevertheless, in the 14. 5 years ge, hes been the ceo of has transformed the company by focusing on energy, health care, and transportation. Aeating its core as Materials Company manufacturing jet engines, locomotives, gas turbines, and mri scanners. In that process he has divested nba, nbc universal, and appliances. More recently, is selling ge capital which until a few years ago was responsible for 50 of t
Just dont go all nuts and do the Funky Chicken on the way to work. Word of the day. We are getting precipitation around the peninsula and all the way into the Santa Clara Valley streaming out of los gatos towards morgan hill. Thats some pretty moderate rainfall there. This is how it is shaping up today. We have storm number 4 racing through the bay area with that high surf warning still in effect until 2 00 today for the entire Northern California coastline. Right now the temperatures are in the 40s and later today with the spotty hitandmiss scattered showers anything we do see will be up to a quarter inch of precip. Up to 60 degrees which is balmy in many areas. Well talk more about your local forecast and storm number 5 queued up, poised, positioned to move into the bay area. Well tell you when you can expect it. But first lets check the roads with gianna. Right now we start off with an accident. Roberta, eastbound 80 after powell right lane blocked. No word of injuries. But you have
Seeker as a virtual witness in a murder trial . Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Im tamron hall in for lester. She was a force all her own. Actress and writer Carrie Fisher who rose to fame as Princess Leia in one of the biggest blockbuster series of all time, star wars, has died at age 60. The iconic star passed away days after suffering a massive heart attack on board a flight from london to l. A. From birth, she was part of hollywood royalty, and tonight, her legions of fans reflect on the legacy she created all over own. Nbcs harry smith with more. Reporter in star wars, Carrie Fisher was going to save her people from the evil darth vader. What the hell are you doing somebody needs to save our skin. Star wars is not just a film franchise, it is perhaps the film franchise. She was the dominant force of those first few movies. You think im going to leave without giving you a
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