here is steve patterson. >> reporter: like all 17-year-olds, charlie jeffers is trying to make all the pieces fit together on top of school, work, and everything else, charlie is laying a larger foundation and no, i don't just mean building legos. charlie is the head of his very own nonprofit, pass the bricks, taking discarded lego sets and rebuilding them for donations to local charities. >> every brick has the opportunity to get kind of like another life, and that every person who wants lego has access to that. >> reporter: he came up with the idea after noticing so many of those beloved tiny pieces end up in a landfill >> might as well just kind of reuse what we have instead of making more >> reporter: for charlie -- >> these are all the donated bricks that we haven't sorted through yet. >> reporter: that means collecting hundreds of donations, sanitizing the legos, designing new sets, and delivering them to children in need >> that's cool >> reporter: what started as a small way to give back to his community is being built out more than he ever imagined. charlie now has volunteers

here's steve patterson. >> you look, and, you know, you see that house on fire, that house on fire. >> reporter: above the ruined remnants of lahaina, anthony steele remembers those awful august flames. >> this was gridlock, this road. >> reporter: and for so many, the narrow escape >> go, bro. >> yeah, go, go, go. >> reporter: the lifelong maui resident lost three family owned properties, his job, and the only place he's ever called home on august 8th steele says he's lucky he has his life. many of his closest neighbors died that day including his tenant and close family friend, bernie. >> do you remember the last thing you said to him? >> i'll drive you wherever you got to go he just told me that he's going to stay a bit longer it's very hard it's something i got to live with, you know >> reporter: an nbc news investigation discovered bernie and at least 42 others who died in the maui wildfires all lived in the same small neighborhood within lahaina, a neighborhood of narrow streets and tight turns. >> you couldn't get a fire truck through my neighborhood, not on those sharp turns w

it's like you're there at the game except, of course, you're not. >> steve patterson in las vegas.hank you. >>> up next, a surprising story behind an unsung civil rights hero and why playing him in a new movie means so much for this oscar-nominated actor. >>> a columbus, ohio, police sergeant is lucky to be alive tonight following a harrowing attempt to stop a stolen car this week. it was all caught on camera. the officer stands in front of the blue car and orders th driver to stop >> stop the car! stop the car >> she appears to speed up and plows into him, driving away with him on the hood as he fires into the windshield -- >> shots fired officer -- >> until he's thrown off >> get out of the car! >> the suspect was caught and charged. she remains hospitalized with injuries from the gunshot. >>> oscar nominee colema domingo is up for a best actor award for his profound performance as a little known but key leader in the civil rights movement. as part of our series "discove black heritage," we have more about rustin's legacy. >> counting on the courts to eradicate racial inequity, t

steve patterson, nbc news, marin county, california >> just make sure you're careful you don't step on miami sky skrascraper is taking the theme to new heights, lighting the world's sky with the tallest digital valentine, featuring kissing lips and floating hearts, it is the length of two football fields. it took three years and $3 million to build well worth it. how cool is that to look at? >>> there are more valentine celebrations on the way. and here's al roker with a look at what's ahead. >> this morning on the third hour of "today", we're all about love, breaking down valentine's day by the numbers, plus, travel ideas inspired by your favorite rom-coms and the stars of the movie "one >>> at 5:00, ready to strike. in just a few hours thousands of ride share drivers across the runt are preparing to strike. also, the

steve patterson, marin county, california >> and now to a different builder.athedral in paris, following that devastating fire in 2019 is being removed, marking a milestone in its reconstruction. the new spire is adorned with a golden rooster and cross and is revealed for the first time. the cathedral is on track to reopen december 8. >>> coming up this morning on "today", here is al roker with a look at what's ahead >> this morning on the third hour of "today", we're all about love, breaking down valentine's day by the numbers and the stars of the movie, one love, live in studio, all that and more this morning on the third hour of "today". >> angie was just telling me about "one love", that i need to watch it watch it thanks for watching "early (oven ding audio mnemonic) tyson boneless buffalo bites and hot wings have that tasty kick of flavor... ...so they're perfect for any get-together ...if there are any left when your guests arrive. tyson any'tizers® chicken. more kicks of flavor. more smiling snackers. more to love. tyson. you want to see who we are as

here is steve patterson. >> reporter: like all 17-year-olds, charlie jeffers is trying to make all the work, and everything else, charlie is laying a larger foundation. and no, i don't just mean building legos. charlie is the head of his very own nonprofit, pass the bricks, taking discarded lego sets and rebuilding them for donations to local charities. >> every brick has the opportunity to get kind of like another life, and that every person who wants lego has access to that. >> reporter: he came up with the idea after noticing so many of those beloved tiny pieces end up in a landfill. >> may as well reuse what we have instead of making more. >> reporter: for charlie -- >> these are all the donated bricks we haven't sorted through yet. >> reporter: it means collecting hundreds of donations, sanitizing the legos, designing new sets, and delivering them to children in need. >> that's cool! >> reporter: what started as a small way to give back to his community is being built out more than he ever imagined. charlie now has volunteers in 38 cities around the world, collecting 1500 pounds o

here's steve patterson. >> you look, and you see that house on fire, that house on fire. >> reporter:uined remnants of lahaina anthony steele remembers those awful august flames. >> this was gridlock, this road. >> reporter: and for so many, the narrow escape. >> go, bro. >> yeah, go, go, go. >> reporter: the lifelong maui resident lost three properties, his job, and the only place he's ever called home on august 8th. steele says he's lucky he has his life. many of his closest neighbors died that day including his tenant and close family friend, bernie. >> do you remember the last thing you said to him? >> i'll drive you wherever you got to go. he just told me that he's going to stay a bit longer. it's very hard. it's something i got to live with, you know. >> reporter: an nbc news investigation discovered bernie and 42 others who died in the maui wildfires all lived in the same small neighborhood within lahaina, a neighborhood of narrow streets and tight turns. >> you couldn't get a fire truck through my neighborhood, not on those sharp turns with everybody parking all horribly, you

steve patterson is tracking this whole thing for us., explain how the primary process works in california for us and why are three democrats going up against one republican in a primary. >> reporter: one of those jungle primaries, kate, a morn pit of candidates regardless of party affiliation -- you hear sirens -- candidates trying to vie for two spots. if one of the top two getters in march you move on to a runoff in november. which is really shaping the narrative of this whole race. right now, adam schiff is the front-runner, he's up 28% in the latest polling. the second-place person is steve garvey, legendary former dodger who's a really political novice, the political tactics that a lot of pundits is that adam chif is targeting garvey with campaign ads to raise his status in the race so he can have an easier runoff general election for a few reasons, consolidate the republicans' electorate around garvey which is great for garvey. you have to remember the republican electorate is 1 to 2 to democrats in this state, that's the tactic t

steve patterson was in las vegas for the big game. thanks for being with us. the chiefs' head coach and super bowl mvp patrick mahomes spoke a short time ago, how are they and the team reacting to this victory? >> reporter: when you win three titles in five years that's a dynasty, and i think being a dynasty is more than just you're good at football, right, there's this our aura of inevitably, their super bowl week routines, such a normal occurrence, set things they do during a super bowl which was once the small market team that found a gem in the rough quarterback has now become a dynasty. this quarterback that's already great is now in the conversation of being considered legendary. even when they're down ten points, seven points, 14 points, they always find a way back. this is the conversation they were having in the locker room during halftime. here's what mahomes said. >> we felt everybody played hard. picked up our execution and continue to get better. defense kept us in the game. let's be us out there. let's enjoy it. give everything we have. we'll liv

steve patterson joins us from vegas.sk what's happening there, but where are you? >> what's not happening here, alex? welcome to the party. join me. 300,000 people, as you mentioned, descending on las vegas for us bubble and sin city. i've met a lot of people. 0% of them have tickets to the big game, including all these people. they are here at this nfl experience, one of many events set up so fans can enjoy the game will not go into the game. by the way, tickets one anywhere from 5000 to $11,000. so that set something up like this, which is very fun. this is not that main event. we are in las vegas. sports betting is going to be so big this year. 70% of americans said they'll bit on the big game. the a bit on traditional things. like the score. but what's more interesting is the hot bates. what color is the gatorade going to be. what is the context going to be? and of course, the ever popular this year, taylor swift bet. but not all those penalties with beds or above board. here is why. we asked an expert. listen to thi

nbc's steve patterson is on the ground in reno. how is the haley campaign responding? >> reporter: you know, chris, i think if you're summing this all up with one word, unfortunately for nikki haley, the word has to be embarrassing and maybe with modifier of historic. you could make the argument that haley wasn't necessarily making a play for nevada. her eyes have clearly been locked on south carolina for some time, but this headline cannot help, and it's not the headline she wanted to wake up to. i think she was hoping that by default she would wake up to winning the primary, and that just simply didn't happen. we wanted to get responses to this top to bottom, starting with the one, of course, you would expect donald trump last night gloating on his social media platform, truth social, a bad night for nikki haley losing by almost 30 points to none of these candidatings. -- candidates. her response was, whatever, she didn't necessarily make a play in nevada. there was no real ground game. there wasn't a big advertising spend. she had the choice of entering into the pri

steve patterson joins us from las vegas. steve, what a game.ything around the game was amazing. the density of celebrities in a place like vegas when you're inside the stadium. you turn the corner and jason derulo is with matthew stewart, joe montana's in the corner. then to be in a place where beyonce and taylor swift and the whole world is watching. unbelievable. when you're watching the game, you just realize obviously this is a game of football and what a pleasure it was to watch this game. really three quarters of defensive play back and forth. then those final few minutes. just goes this air of inevitability that surrounded kansas city. when you get mahomes in that two-minute drill, everybody knows it's going to go the way it goes. here's mahomes on the win last night. this was just a few minutes ago. >> it's legendary. just to be able to, no one's ever done it. i think eight other teams have done it. we talked to the guys about it and felt like we had the best opportunity we had to do that. fell short the year before. all you can do is c

steve patterson, every other team in the nfl feeling the same way.re you feeling the pinch after buying all your super bowl snacks ahead of the big game? the super bowl did give us a harsh reminder that prices for groceries are still high even as inflation is on the decline. tomorrow we're going to get a brand new set of data points showing just where things stand right now. nbc's christine romans has things for us. i don't know what we're expecting to hear. i stopped to pick up a few last-minute things before the super bowl party. sticker shock. >> it's been a couple years of rising prices. even though inflation is cooling, it's cooling on top of two years of higher prices for your groceries. so the grocery bill is a problem here. wings. wing prices falling, down 5% for fresh wings, frozen down 11%. those of you serving wings may have noticed they were a little cheaper. some seafood prices are also falling. tortilla chips and regular potato chips, those are up. depending on what you're buying yesterday and in your normal shopping cart, you're notici

steve patterson joins us from reno. good morning. what have you been hearing from voters there?wn. there's no doubt about it. which makes housing the biggest issue facing voters. it's so big that it's directly influencing people to get out and vote. if you don't believe me, we met one young couple that couldn't give a lick about politics and still it started directly impacting their daily lives. here is how it matters, take a look. the biggest little city in the world is going through some growing pains, thanks to new jobs and low taxes, it's booming. which makes being a young couple trying to put down roots tougher than ever. >> we don't have as much as somebody who will put $550,000 down or paying cash. we don't have that. >> reporter: justin and jessica want to settle down and start a family in the place they grew up. that place has changed. >> my parents, the house we look at now would be $400,000, $500,000. when they got it, it was $180. >> reporter: tesla and apple are attracting workers. california is the number one state exporting. they are flush with cash and moving the

nbc's steve patterson is joining us from las vegas.ive events, but it's only had an nfl team since 2020. so how is the city prepping for this weekend's festivities, its first time ever hosting a super bowl? >> reporter: well, ana, i think there's a couple of pillars this people in vegas are welcoming folks in with, and i think one of them is obvious. look where i am, there's a giant slot machine are expected to bet on the super bowl, like 70 million across the country. a lot of them here like the atmosphere, though, of the sports book. you come in, put your little prop bet down where you can bet on anything from the color of the gatorade to the coin toss. that's a huge part of the culture and they're welcoming it. gambling is an accepted part of the culture with nfl, with vegas hosting its first super bowl. there is also, of course, we have to get a little serious and talk about security. 385 homeland security officers out, the force, the local police force expected to be out in full force, 50% increase patrols. we heard there are, lik

i want to bring in steve patterson in los angeles to talk more about this. >> reporter: this is one of those jungle primaries. the top two candidates in march regardless of party affiliation move on to this knockdown, dragout battle in november. what is happening is the experts say a lot of this is beholden to the mechanics of the race. adam schiff is by far the front-runner in the latest poll, polling at 28%, he's raised more money than anybody else, he spent a lot of that money attacking the guy in second place, who just happens to be the republican political novice and dodgers legend steve garvey and a lot of the experts watching this are saying that is being cynically done because what he's doing is raising garvey's profile, making sure he's shored up that republican consolidated vote, which is great for garvey. the guy only raised about $600,000, he could be that second person in november except for the fact that republican, the electorate is only about a quarter of the electorate in the state. so what we have is a lot of people following their battle p

steve patterson, the mayor of athens, ohio, the largest city in appalachia.e serves as the second vice president of the national league of cities. i meet with him and other mayors frequently >>. first elected in 2015 after two terms as city council, he is a former associate professor at ohio university, former air force pilot serving as a major from the ash tittered to columbia air national guard. -- from the district of columbia air national guard. mr. hecht, you may begin. mr. hecht: thank you so much, chairman brown and ranking member scott and senator cassidy. i want to thank him for his leadership on this issue and many others. my name is michael hecht. i am president and ceo of greater new orleans inc. for the past decade we have let the coalition for sustainable flood insurance, and national alliance of approximately 250 organizations across 35 states. today i will discuss the need to reauthorize nfip, given its benefits to the country, the need to reform the program that has been discussed and particularly giving fema's administration a risk rating of

i want to bring in nbc's steve patterson who's in los angeles, and "politico" white house bureau chiefway too early," jonathan lemire. basil smikle is still here. so, steve, this primary is called a jungle primary, survival of the fittest, right, which means only two of these four candidates get to be on the ballot in november, regardless, again, what party they're in. highly competitive race. millions of dollars spent. how did it go last night? >> reporter: welcome to the jungle. the problem here is the only person that really was staking everything on standing out had to be katie porter. nobody understands this is a jungle primary better than adam schiff who's in first place, polling at something like 28% in the latest polling. he spent $10 million in attack ads on steve garvey who's in second place, the republican novice that you just mentioned. a lot of political pundit says that's because the plan is to raise garvey's profile so schiff can have an easier time when it comes to the runoff general election. what does that mean for a debate? it means everybody is kind of running to th

steve patterson, good to see you, buddy. thanks. that wraps up the hour for me. you can reach me on social media. watch clips from our show at msnbc.com/jdb. thank you for privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news now. >>> right now, donald trump and his lawyers could win another delay in his classified documents trial in a florida courtroom today but the former president is under fire for comments encouraging putin to attack nato allies who he says don't pay their fair share to the alliance. president biden and the first lady pushing back on the special counsel's damaging description of him as a quote, elderly man with a poor memory. >>> also today, israel rescuing two male hostages from rafah. they say they're closing in on a hostage deal. >>> bill burns heading to egypt for talks tomorrow to try to seal an agreement. while critical funding for ukraine including israel and taiwan, throws a major hurdle in the senate for its passage possibly this week, but donald trump is urging key republicans to kill it in the house. senator amy klobuchar

this year in las vegas -- nbc's steve patterson is in las vegas where all the action is.s synonymous with the gambling, of course, how is the city preparing for the biggest sports day and the biggest sports betting day of the year? >> reporter: i mean, first of all, it's crazy that i'm standing here outside of the super bowl. that's one thing, for me personally. it's also crazy that i'm standing outside of that super bowl in las vegas. keep in mind, the nfl wanted nothing to do with the city for the longest time. they didn't want a team here. they did not want to associate with this because they did not want to associate with sports betting for the sanctity and the integrity of the game. looking at the numbers, it's easy to see why that has changed. an estimated 70 million americans set to bet on this game alone. 115 million bet on some sports in 2023. that is 23 billion dollars in bets, somewhere around that area. it is a lot of money so the nfl now is partnering with these sports books to get on some action, to cash in, if you will . and a lot of the sports people we sp

senate, she's optimistic about steve garvey is chances. are you confident a republican can win that seat? i feel really good about it and having a political outsider, it's really been engaged and many communities around our state over the years. this is that part, not just republicans, but for californians. >> and a reminder, once you filled out your ballot, you must put it back in the official return envelope who then must sign the back of the return envelope and make sure it's postmarked no later the march 5th reporting in tom wallace kron 4 news. >> san francisco leader is questioning pg any about why there have been so many frequent power outages unrelated to recent storms. supervisor near in a metal bar says in january before the storms, there outages in neighborhoods lasting more than 48 hours. some up to 7 days pg and e saying many are due to improving the infrastructure. they presented a graph saying before the storm this year there was more than 150 outages. 80 of them were planned. 77 unplanned out of those unplanned outages. 25

senate, she's optimistic about steve garvey is chances. are you confident a republican can win that seat? i feel really good about it and having a political outsider, it's really been engaged in many communities around our state over the years. this is that part, not just republicans, but for californians. >> and a reminder, once you filled out your ballot, you must then put it back in the official return envelope who then must sign the back of the return envelope and make sure it's postmarked no later the march 5th reporting in tom wallace kron 4 news. >> having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card. still ahead, we're continuing our celebration of black history month and the story. >> of one, a very exuberant local librarian who is positive message is going viral. >> the warriors on the road against jordan poole and the wizards. how's it going to go? is steph tired? can the dubs get a win? they must have. get a win? they must have. jason dumas is next. "overflowing with ideas and energy." that's the san francisco chronicle endors

senate, she's optimistic about steve garvey is chances. are you confident a republican can win that seat? i feel really good about it and having a political outsider, it's really been engaged in many communities around our state over the years. this is that part, not just republicans, but for californians. >> and a reminder, once you filled out your ballot, you must then put it back in the official return envelope who then must sign the back of the return envelope and make sure it's postmarked no later the march 5th reporting in tom wallace kron 4 news. and a reminder as kron 4 is your local election headquarters. don't forget to join us on election day itself tuesday, march 5th. that's next tuesday. we'll have our live election results on our special coverage of the election beginning at 08:00pm right here on kron 4. all right. back to more headlines now in the south bay. a man has been arrested in morgan hill in connection with multiple pharmacy robberies. police say rodolfo duarte was probably the stores in order to get prescription inc