he did have at least two long gun, which would be considered rifles or shotguns and did he have one handgun. reporter: skip rel wells and thomas sullivan were two of the marines killed. we will not leave any stone unturned for the victims of this heinous and cowardly act. reporter: u.s. officials tell nbc news muhammad youssef abdulazeez was not on a terrorist watchlist. but he had a blog and posted three days before the shooting. . we will look at every possible aspect to include his use of social media. we obviously want to know what his thoughts were. reporter: all a shock to the gunman s friends. it s awful. i want people to know they want always like this. reporter: disbelief and grief. these were men that served their country. they gave everything they had yesterday to protect us. reporter: a city of southern hospitality, still reeling from the darkest of days. nbc news has learned that the gunman took a trip to jordan from april to november of last ye
straund stranded when the water stopped flowing. obviously, a negative impact on wildlife. a negative impact on use of the river. reporter: terry austin with the guadalupe river park conservancy says he has never seen the river this dry. this is what the river looked like back in 2007. austin says cleanup efforts led to a healthy population of trout, salmon and beavers, and he s confident the wildlife will return, if the water returns. and we re looking forward to our el nino. reporter: according to the santa clara valley water district, in 2011, the river flowed at 6 cubic feet per second. today, zero. there is one upside. volunteers are able to access the river floor, and get rid of years of trash the river has collected. clean it up, perhaps take care of some of the structural things that need to be done. and so we ll be more ready when the rains come. reporter: several reservoirs supply this river, the water district says water has been released from those are
9th. an emotional first day of testimony as two teens go on trial for a murder in the east bay. they re accused of killing paramedic quinn boyer two years ago during a carjacking in the oakland hills. jodi hernandez is live at the alameda county courthouse in oakland where boyer s wife and father both spoke today. reporter: that s right. boyer s wife and father were the first people called to the witness stand. now, it was quinn boyer s job to rescue others, but on april 2nd, 2013, the roles were reversed. today his family shared their incredible loss. i feel like i ve lost a limb. i feel like i ve lost a major organ. i m never going to be the same again. and i miss him so much. every day. reporter: with her husband s wedding ring around her neck, liz boyer told an alameda county jury about the pain she suffered since her paramedic husband, quinn boyer, was shot and killed more than two years ago. the alleged triggerman, christian burton, was just 16 at the time of th
on the table that s signed by all parties to move forward. reporter: the proposed changes to restore pension and disability benefits were designed to help the police department retain officers and boost recruiting. now the unions say the city wants to delay the process, even bringing up the idea of putting the issue to voters in 2016. the poa says the recent spike in violent crime shows the city can t wait. those 48 hours where we had major crime scenes, major violence in the city, wiped us out. the calls for service aren t being answered. they re sitting in a box and there s no cops to respond. the city manager has declined to discuss details but emphasized talks are still on. i think we re still close. i mean every every step of the way we ve had over the last few months a few bumps along the road. i think this is another bump. reporter: the city manager says the city council will now meet in a special closed session friday. it s hard to tell if the dispute will
ground all across the sidewalk here on east capitol right where it meets central avenue. there s evidence moarkers usualy indicate gun cases. now police have not told us anything except that this is being investigated as a homicide. the victim s family and friends started showing up. they were grief stricken. there was a lot of emotion in the streets. the chief tried to console the mother who eventually had to be taken away by ambulance herself. police are worried that there may be retaliation shootings because of this murder here today. just an hour after this shooting there was another shooting not far from here and about half of the police led out of here with lights and sirens blaring. no victims were found at that scene. we will bring the latest of an investigation to the 95th murder in the nation s capitol. that s the very latest, mark segraves, news 4. his job was to insure a government research facility remain secure. now a police lieutenant is charged with trying t