Rally this afternoon. Reporter i just spoke with the protest organizer. They are going to march for justice and accountability, the march here at San Jose Police headquarters with roughly 15,000 signatures in hand, demanding the Department Fire San Jose Police officer philip white for the inflammatory tweets he posted in which he allegedly threatened those surrounding the Michael Brown and eric garner cases. Hes been placed on administrative leave and his actions denounced by the department. The protest organizer tells us that the chief of police has agreed to physically accept the petition, though police wont confirm with us whether thats the case. This is a different era after mike brown and eric garner. There are possibilities in the fight for justice that, quite frankly, werent opened up before, so we fully expect for this new movement to generate the new calls for justice that can make some real significant and substantiative change. Reporter the marchers will be starting at the s
These pictures of an affectionate embrace with some surprising friends. Their paws almost as big as his head. Why they are hugging it out this morning. And good morning, america. What a scary scene in washington yesterday. Its already on the edge of a Government Shutdown. The Capitol Building on lockdown midafternoon. Shots rang out. A highspeed car chase down pennsylvania avenue. Dozens of people reports screaming and senators taking cover. And look at this picture right here. A sniper taking position in the capitol. For a while there, no one knew what in the world was going on. This woman has been identified as the shooter. 34yearold mother and dental hygienist, from stamford, connecticut, miriam carey. These are live pictures outside of her apartment complex in stamford, connecticut. And police searched all night there. They were at her childhood home in brooklyn, talking to family members. You can see how they were breaking out windows and not certain what they were going to find.
We have complete coverage of this story from our reporting team. Lets start with abcs jim avila on capitol hill right now. Jim . Reporter the streets are back open. We are back to what passes as normal here in the nations capitol. A woman driving at high speed, disrupted congress in mid session. A wild, highspeed chase on americas most important street. The pennsylvania avenue power canyon between the white house and capitol hill, lit up by gunfire. It began at 2 12 in the afternoon. The car rammed a barrier on the Southeast Side of the white house. And secret service watched. One of the uniformed agents bumped into in the process. They give chase up pennsylvania avenue, where they corner to driver at the base of capitol hill, near the botanical gardens. Its around 2 20. Guns drawn and a parole car behind. The suspects car manages to escape, reversing, bumping the Police Vehicle and speeding off. Its here that police first fire at the car. I heard the gunshots and the car tore out of t
This year did fly, though. It truly did. You know, we dont write out checks as much as we used to. You know. So it is almost like when you then do, you realize, oh, my gosh, the year has can i say it is worse as you get older. They go faster. Here is the problem my mom got. She doesnt write checks anymore. She does everything online. Her verizon bill came and it was 85. 90. She types in 85. 90, send. 8,590 went through. She had to did she hit the wrong button . Sometimes you put a point and sometimes they add it for you. Oh, no, not with money. You cant do that. Yes. So she had to take all the money out of her account, because she didnt want verizon draining her account and put it somewhere else while she was on the phone with verizon to ask them it went on and on and on. I think it is resolved. Hopefully. Say it like she would say it. I like it when you do it. I cant do it on demand. Okay. I love her accent. We have a cool new years present for your friends. As if you have any money l
Their dramatic story in an exclusive interview. And flashback. For seven years you started your day with bryant and jane and for the first time in nearly 25 years theyre cohosting again today, monday, december 30th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. I feel like i should have come to work in a delorean today and the year is 1982 and we have Bryant Gumbel and jane pauley. I got to get back. I cant see the teleprompter and bryant cant see me. They said are we going to have to read off that small camera. Thats not going to happen. Football yesterday, lets talk about playing hurt. Poor jane. I was going to show up no voice. Hot water and lemon. You are supposed to say, jane, it sounds great. It does. Were going to have a lot of fun with bryant and jane this morning. Savannah of course is off. But first we want to talk about breaking news coming o