A surprising move night by the buccaneers. The buccaneers fired head coach lovie smith. 10 sports anchor Chris Fischer is live from one buccaneer place. Chris, why would the bucs fire their head coach after just 2 seasons on the job . The players i spoke to are confused and frustrated. Its appears to be a the players i spoke to are confused and frustrated. Its appears to be a panic like action by the glazers ownership. Lovie smiths 824 Overall Record as the bucs head coach. Ranks as the 2nd worst in the nfl over the past two seasons. Improving team. Despite losing their last 4 games of the season. The bucs won 2 games all of last year, and 6 this year. For a rebuilding franshise. Thats shows progression. Yet, lovie smith was brought in to build a strong defense. He took over the defensive play calling duties. And bucs defense regressed this season. They ranked 25th in the league in points allowed in his first year. And 26th this year. And if lovie had an excuse for the bucs struggles.
Back in court this morning and there are new details emerging on the murder case against him. The track star arrived just hours ago for a bail hearing in the South African capital. Prosecutors say pistorius fired four shots at girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp during her bath door last week, the 29yearold model was hit three times and the bathroom door later broken open. Pistorius was arrested thursday and charged with premeditated murder. A sentence capable of carrying a life sentence. Defense lawyers say the killing was nut murder. Meanwhile, Funeral Service being held in port elizabeth. It capped six days of dramatic fall from grace for the man known as south africa golden boy. Today, major sponsors like oakley and nike are cutting ties with pistorius say they go will no longer use him in future ads. Turning now to gas prices. And the surprising pace which theyve been climbing. Regular gas has gone up for the last 32 days, 43 cents in a month. Nbcs tom costello tells us whats behind this r
Former olympian Oscar Pistorius back in court this morning and there are new details emerging on the murder case against him. The track star arrived just hours ago for a bail hearing in the South African capital. Prosecutors say pistorius fired four shots at girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp during her bath door last week, the 29yearold model was hit three times and the bathroom door later broken open. Pistorius was arrested thursday and charged with premeditated murder. A sentence capable of carrying a life sentence. Defense lawyers say the killing was nut murder. Meanwhile, Funeral Service being held in port elizabeth. It capped six days of dramatic fall from grace for the man known as south africa golden boy. Today, major sponsors like oakley and nike are cutting ties with pistorius say they go will no longer use him in future ads. Turning now to gas prices. And the surprising pace which theyve been climbing. Regular gas has gone up for the last 32 days, 43 cents in a month. Nbcs tom coste
Reporter showers falling, once again, into the north bay. What your morning commute might look like coming up. More drama as the olympic star track returns to court. Why his tearful testimony may result in a delay. And a huge tree comes crashing down on a multi Million Dollar house. Reporter were live in palo alto where everyone who follows them online will be taken on a virtual ride along. Well tell you why it is so important to them. Good morning. Im dave clark. Im tori campbell. Its tuesday, february 19th. Were on stormwatch as rain returns to the bay area for the first time in two weeks. Weve been covering this live for you since 4 30. We have Team Coverage. Steve paulson is tracking the temperatures and even snow. Sal castanedo is looking out for the traffic. But alex savidge shows us the conditions in petaluma. Reporter good morning, tori. Were seeing a brief band of showers kind of blowing through this area in petaluma, where weve been all morning long. This is highway 101. This
Some stations charging more than 5 a gallon. It doesnt make sense, we went to las vegas, gas prices were 1. 50 ls. Reporter from coast to coast, gas prices have risen every day for the last month. The gasoline prices are extraordinary for this time of year. Usually see this happen as we go into the summer driving season. Reporter whats going on . Analysts say the reasons are many. China is demanding more Oil Every Day to power its growing economy just as opec cut some of its output. International sanctions are reducing the amount of uranium oil on the world market while here at home, refineries are shutting down for maintenance as they prepare to switch to a summer blend. Then market speculation and a weaker dollar play a role. We have to work. So we keep coming to work every day. But you have to put gas in your car to come to work. Reporter 43 cents in a month. That was nbcs tom costello. After the long Holiday Weekend you the president and congressional staffers will be back at work