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need to restructure, we need to reconfigure the way in which we police. here we are still waiting for real reform to the way policing is conducted in this country. laura: actually the reform and al sharpton and others are pining for already happened necessity memphis. that police department already revised its policies following the murder of george floyd. the effort was called re-imagine policing in memphis. now, it was called reimagining policing but what was re-imagined? it was re-imagined with awful consequences. in addition to addressing excessive force the department also loosened its hiring standards. in fact, two of the five officers involved in the killing of nichols were hired during this period. so when folks like cory booker or al sharpton blame this this shows the overwhelming need for what they call police reform, i agree. we need to reform their reforms. like memphis, chicago lowered its hiring standards for police in 2022. they were following the lik ....
availability, gun homicide rates were higher, not lower than communities in states with lower gun availability. it s your decision whether to buy a gun or not. there are certainly instances where it may make sense. and i don t begrudge the individual who makes that decision. but the data tells us only one story. the actual real live experience of living in a nation awash in guns shows that contrary to the gun lobby sloganeering, the opposite of their claim is actually true. the more good guys have guns, the more good guys die from guns. and we have no clear, more horrifying example of this truth than last weekend in dallas, texas. texas is an open carry state, meaning that anyone who can legally buy a semiautomatic weapon can walk around the streets of dallas with that weapon attached to them. reports suggest there were perhaps 30 people openly carrying ar-15 style weapons at saturday s protest. some were also wearing camouflage, bulletproof vests and gas masks. there w ....
valley will join us live ahead of this weekend s season premiere. we will discuss the potential impact on the real silicon valley will have on that show. as we await earnings after the bell today from intel and yahoo among others david faber spoke with jeff smith earlier. he joins us with more on that fascinating tale. people are so focused or at least many publications are very focused on yahoo s potential sale of its core business but there doesn t seem to be quite as much focus on the impending fight that s taking place with starboard, the firm that owes 1.7% of the shares of starboard launched an attempt to take control of the board of directors of yahoo, but it s interesting, the conclusion of that proxy fight will come after the conclusion of the process to sell the core business. so i asked mr. smith wouldn t it be better to try to settle and get on that board now to potentially influence the sale process as opposed to be there when it s over and done with? ....
good morning and welcome to morningsings on 2. mornings on 2. let s say hello to rose mary. good morning to you. how about a live look this morning at a beautiful sun and clouds, the mixture there. we have mid level clouds overhead this morning. we have a very weak system bringing us the clouds. the low clouds are back and across the bay for the up land communities as well. we re waking up with partly to mostly cloudy skies. for the amp we will see a slight drop in those temperatures. this will begin a cooling trend. good news for the inland areas that s been so, so hot. 22 miles per hour wind gusts for areas around travis. 56 in napa. 60 in sections in liver moore. still going to be quite hot, just not as hot as yesterday. mid to upper 80s around the north bay. south bay, 86. oakland, 77. 7 # san francisco. redwood city, 74. this cooling trend will continue and we will have a look at how low we will go coming up. new this morning, san jose police are investig ....
million hits in less than two days. and the guys behind it have brought their terrifying baby to our studio today, thursday, january 16th, 2014. announcer: from nbc news, this is today. with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and welcome to today on an oscar morning. 7:00 a.m. on the west coast. good morning, i m savannah guthrie. congratulations on your nomination. matt lauer alongside al roker and natalie morales. one of the other stories we ll be talking about is an advancing of the story we brought you yesterday. this is great. it s touching people around the world. a sister letting her twin take her spot on team usa headed to sochi for the olympics. and tracy and lanny barnes are both with us live to talk about what really is a remarkable sacrifice. right to today s top story, the biggest cheating scandal in air force history. this is tied to officers who work every day with nuclear missiles. and the key tests they ....