father of a man shot and killed by richmond police says two different stories emerge. thank you for joining us. richard perez s family says last sunday s shooting was underand want the officer involved prosecuted. cornell bernard spoke with the perez family and is live in richmond. reporter: friends and family of richard petey perez is gathered here at nichols park in richmond after his funeral today. they re demanding justice for his death. i raised my son well. he had respect for the law. grieving father, rick perez, says his son didn t have to die last sunday after getting into a confrontation with a richmond police officer here at uncle sam s liquor store. only guilty of one thing, that night, and that was being intoxicated. the family of richard petey perez held a news conference after their son s funeral, along with their attorney, john buris, police say 31-year-old wally jensen, six year veteran of the force, saw perez at the liquor store, acting bell illini
a dramatic race against the clock to save them. dozens of people plunging into a ranging river to try and save them. and you won t believe what happens next. and good morning, america. love that story about the good samaritans. they did the right thing. we have a lot to get to this morning, including a big, live event. we re kicking off upgrade your morning. surprising people all across america. giving them something to make their morning a little better and challenging you at home to do the same. we have cameron mathison out and about. he s about to make the morning drive less expensive for hundreds of commuters. our team all revved up to help him. later in the program, talk about upgrades. sofia vergara and kerry washington. that s an upgrade for us here. they ll have surprises for lucky viewers here and at home. lots of excitement ahead. let s get right to the growing misery overnight. breaking details on the three missing afghan soldiers. they were last seen a
live. and tv scare. as many as 700 newborn babies potentially exposed to tuberculosis. parent are lining up to get their infants tested. this monday morning, september 22nd, 2014. announcer: this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. good morning, welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer along with hoda kotb, al roker and tamron hall. lenny kravitz was practicing in the studio. i was taking a picture of matt taking a picture. do a song in our studio a little bit later on. let us turn to the top story the search for the three afghan soldiers who wept missing off a national guard base in massachusetts. nbc pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski has more on that. good morning to you. good morning. these three afghan soldiers, two captains and a major were on a saturday night field trip to a shopping maul in cape cod when they simply disappeared. the three soldiers were in the u.s. to take part in an annual training exercise at the national
president obama will reportedly seek new international standards to stop the recruitment and funding of extremist militants. that huge wildfire burning east of sacramento california is showing little sign of showing down. in suburban detroit, the tornado ripping through a neighborhood, damaging dozens of homes. pennsylvania police are closing in on the suspect in the deadly ambush that left one trooper dead. eric frein hid in the woods. the secret service plans to boost its presence and surveillance at the white house after two concerning security breaches. this is every parent s worst nightmare. police in charlottesville, virginia, are trying to track down a person of interest in the disappearance of a missing student. it s been a week and we can t find her. the ravens will address a report that clayims the team now from the outset he knocked out his then fiance. climate change around the world. residents on edge last night while police and wildlife o
now, here s a look at the men police say are responsible. these sketches just released tonight. police say both men are in their 30s. they are accused of pulling up to the young girl on tuesday in a white and silver van. police say the girl was sitting down at the bus stop at saratoga and campbell avenues at around 4:00 in the afternoon when the men forced the girl into the van and sexually assaulted her. then it appears they drove down the street about a block before dropping the girl off at saratoga and prospect road. this is a busy intersection with shopping centers and lots of traffic. so police are hoping that someone in the area saw something and can help solve this crime. so if you did see something and you can help police find these guys, get in touch with investigators immediately. live in san jose tonight, kron 4 news. in other news, nfl commissioner roger goodell laid out new policies for the league after a number of high-profile abuse cases involving players. ma