fell on top of their home around 1:30 a.m.. about 30 hours ago, the family was inside sleeping. here is video that we got. they do not even know if the house can be saved. you can see the damage inside of the home. glass was flying everywhere. more importantly, it was the thing at the time. the tree fell between two bedrooms where the kids were sleeping. fortunately everyone was safe. for the family, for care begins. we heard a noise, my wife thought that it was an earthquake. we realized a tree had fallen, it fell between the middle of the two bedrooms, missing them by a few feet each, it went straight to the middle of the two rooms. will: the tree will have to be revoked, this is so precarious. you live here, you want seclusion, this is the most charming home i have seen in quite some time, over here there are trees leaning sideways. with a barbarous comes out here they will be checking out all of the trees. i am sure the neighbors will get the arborists involved as well
and they believe he s still inside of the apartment. thank you. we ll check back with you. windy weather that battered california has not blown through yet. this is a look at ocean beach from our camera. this is a gorgeous view out there. you can see there is no fog in sight. tens of thousands of people in santa cruz mountains are still without power. and we re still blowing around a bit out here, there are about 25,000 people without power in santa cruz mountain area. this is one down the road has been without power. that is not the only problem that these downed trees are having. this was no match for wind storm of 2011. a towering redwood snapped and smash smashed through the roof. and bare yes s family built the cabin and he grew up here. this house has got history. and. it s lined with self homes, neighbors say it was just a matter of which way the wind blew. i m grateful there was nobody in the house. yeah. and just thinking if it came my way that coul
assembly. which has been voting two nights whether to move to this high school. there is a conkens shus process. if we don t reach it, it s not valid. a bitter rift exposed after seven hours last night. occupy residents believe there are a majority of people that would like to take advantage of the opportunity to work with the city and take this space as a safe space. minority. minority. they say without consent, the city will not turn over keys to the fenced-off high school. we d love to go there. and keep movement fog on. even to take the stressful issue of being raided out of the way. so we can get the message out to 1%ers. he we want to be m the financial district. can the one who s want to go go? they say they re being held hostage. we ll have a plan with them, hopefully if they register with us. and official motive on what they want to do. i think we have to move everything together. i don t think we should have two camps, if you will. and barricad
joe, just quickly because i know it s loud there, if you can hear me, as far as dismantling the camp, taking down tents and all of that, that hasn t happened yet? reporter: that hasn t happened. what we saw appeared to be a precursor to that, though. again, police came in with barricades, put them up and just as quickly tore them down and retreated to a position towards market street here and stewart. we are awaiting further word as to what clearly appears to be a mounting police presence and more action to come. all right. stay with t joe vazquez in san francisco, thank you. most days you barely notice it. but for much of california today, the wind wasn t just powerful; it was dangerous. from san francisco to sacramento, down to southern california, strong gusts knocked down trees, cut power an even closed schools. juliette goodrich is in livermore where those powerful winds fueled a fire that burned two homes. jules. reporter: the wind has been blowing hard throug
holiday season is in full swing today, thursday, december 1st, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a thursday morning and isn t she beautiful? take a look at the rockefeller center christmas tree as we have stepped out to the channel gardens on this chilly thursday morning to admire her in all her glory. i m matt lauer along with savannah guthrie and mr. al roker. ann is on assignment. you guys did the honors last night lighting that tree with 250,000 of your closest friends. exactly. absolutely. we slept right under the tree to get here in time for the show this morning. it is beautiful. al, you ve done this so many years. this was my first time. it was absolutely amazing. you never get tired of that thrill when the lights go on for the first time. it s beautiful. if you look back here, savannah, if you could do this for one second, you re kind of looking just like one of the angels here. oh, mat