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keeping our eye on asiana flight 214. we'll have that update at 11:00 a.m. >> we have a team reporters working the story all day long. that's what's happening "today in the bay." good morning. asiana airlines reveals the pilot was attempti his firstlanding. chaos in egypt. at least 42 people are dead. we'll have a live report. andy murray wins wimbledon, ending a 77 year draught by british men winning the
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tournament. >> from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. >> 7:00 a.m. out on the west coast. morning. >> andy murray said those final few moments of the match were the toughest of his life. they were the toughest for me to watch. >> he had 40-0 and then he faced three break points. he hoisted that trophy to a delighted crowd at wimbledon. we have new details on that frightening plane crash in california. >> the pilot had logged just 43 hours on a boeing 777. he had never landed at that
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airport before. >> reporter: good morning, matt. he was one of four pilots on board. he had about 10,000 hours total of flying time. a lot of different planes, including the 747. he had landed in other planes here. the ntfb is hoping to talk to him and other pilots today. we know the plane was coming low and slow. the so-called black boxes are shedding light on what happened in the final seconds of asiana flight 214. no indication of any problems until seconds before landing. at seven seconds before impact, a call from one of the pilots to
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increase the speed. it was coming in too slow. >> we're not talking about a few knots here or there. we're talking about a significant amount of speed below 137. >> reporter: less than two seconds before impact, the pilot calls to abort the landing, but it is too late. the jet slams into the sea wall. this video shows the planes final seconds. >> they were calling for more power. they tried to abort the landing and unfortunately gravity took over and they weren't able to salvage and get that plane back airborne. >> reporter: crews race to the scene. >> we see people and i think we should they need attention.
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they are alive and walking around. >> you said -- you said people are just walking outside the airplane right now? >> the impact was so powerful. >> i thought the plane might blow up and i might die. >> reporter: our first look inside the plane. oxygen masks hanging from the ceiling and some seats knocked over. while on the runway, investigators examine part of the tail, looking for clues as to what caused this terrible disaster. the fire department says it is possible that one of the two teenagers who was killed here may have been hit by a responding piece of fire equipment, a fire engine. they are investigating that and
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so is the coroners office. back to you. a little earlier this morning, we talk to the chairman of the national transportation safety board. i asked her to explain just how far below that target speed the plane was actually traveling. >> what we know is the speed was slow. they identified that on the cockpit voice recorder. we also have information from the flight data recorder that shows that their speed was well below 137. we have radar data from air traffic control. we need to corroborate all that information. and we do want to have an interview with the crews. it is important for us to talk to them before we begin to put information out that might bias those interviews. >> we know seven seconds before
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the crash, someone called for more speed. at that time, was it too late? could anybody have saved the aircraft at that time? >> it wasn't until about 1.5 seconds before impact they called for a go-around. they did push those throttles up and tried to get some lift. >> according to a company that listens to air traffic broadcasting, this aircraft was descending about 4,000 feet per minute. an average would be about 600 to 800 feet a minute. would there have been some kind of a computer system, an alarm, an override, that warned this crew that there was an eminent
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problem? >> that's all information we need to gather. we need to take a look at. some of that can come from the cockpit voice recorder. what were they hearing? how were they trained? and what was their expectation as far as the performance of the aircraft? >> it's been reported now the pilot had about 43 hours of experience at the controls of the 777, but never attempted a landing at this particular airport. can you say pilot inexperience played a role in the crash? >> well, we know that there's difference levels of experience and in certain aircraft types, we will see different experiences. you have to acquire experience and time. the expectation is you have good crew resource management and
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good pairing of people that can work together and we need to understand what was going on between these two crew members at the time. >> i understand you're being very careful with this, but let me ask the question one more time. do you think the fact this was this pilot's first attempted landing in a 777 played a role in the crash? >> i think we'll have to take a look at that. it's not unusual. you want to have a crew that's proficient in the aircraft and works together well, that you have good crew pairings. that's important. >> thank you very much for your time. >> thank you. now to the unrest in egyptian. this morning a new wave of deadly violence as military
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forces open fire on a group of protesters. >> reporter: good morning. accusations are being traded among both sides. some said they were simply praying when the military opened fire on the crowd. they say that more than 42 people have been killed. the muslim brotherhood said that number is expected to be higher in the coming hours. the military says they were protecting the republican guard headquarters and a group of terrorists approached them, opened fire, and began attacking the soldiers. it is a scene of complete chaos. at the hospital there, lots of bodies and casualties. in the political maneuvering, the man to become the country's vice president, he tweeted out a
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short while ago that egypt is in a dire situation, trying to put more pressure on the government to form an interim cabinet. for now, egypt remains without a government and the situation on the streets remains volatile. >> thank you. teresa heinz kerry is in critical condition. >> she does remain in that boston hospital. the hospital reported she was in critical but stable condition when mrs. kerry was brought in my ambulance. she is 74 years old. she was diagnosed with breast
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cancer in 2009. mrs. kerry has three adult sons from that marriage. she became known as the outspoken wife of john kerry during his presidential campaign. the family is grateful for the outpouring of the support they have received. john kerry was due back in washington today to prepare for meetings with chinese leaders. for now, he remains at his wife's side in boston. >> thanks very much. good morning again. >> good morning, everyone. a day after the asiana crash, there was another plane crash this one in alaska on sunday
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killing all ten people on board. >> a team is scheduled to arrive this afternoon from washington, d.c. to investigate this crash that killed the pilot and all nine passengers. this was a taxi plane. police say the plane was fully engulfed in flames before firefighters could get to it. >> i told my wife, i bet that's a plane crash. >> reporter: authorities say the air taxi crashed around 11:00 a.m. sunday southwest of anchorage. according to the federal aviation administration, the
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single engine plane was uprooted by a local company. >> while it has a higher level of professionalism and regulation, whenever you see any part of that carrier have an accident, that raises questions. >> reporter: alaska state police say the victims have not yet been identified. for alaskans, traveling by plane around the state is normal. initial reports the plane crashed on takeoff. that'll have to be confirmed. dozens of people are still missing after a train derailed in quebec. at least 30 buildings were destroyed.
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the bodies of 19 firefighters who died while battling a wildfire this week are back home this morning. hundreds of people lined the streets to honor the fallen firefighters. raul castro says he supports venezuela willing to give asylum to snowden. castro says cuba is one of the harassed and spied upon nations on the planet. further proof that autoracing is a contact sport even for the camera men. the pit crew didn't get one of the tires on right. that wheel came off bouncing down the pit lane and it struck the camera man square in the face.
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he suffered a broken collarbone and broken ribs. >> those are not light. >> that's going to leave a mark. >> good morning. >> good to see you guys. in the west, things are going to be dry. a few storms off to the east. we're going to get a look at your local forecast in just about 30 seconds. good morning to you. 7:15 on a monday. it's going to be kind of warm inland. the microclimates will be a big
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factor. 85 in san jose verses 94 in livermore. cool conditions around the inner bay. 6 degrees. that's it for you today in san francisco. the good news is, we're not going to see those triple digits any time soon. for the next five to six days, temperatures stay right around average for this time of year. hope you have a fantastic workweek. 3 c3 y han pasado cinco años new york governor stepped down amid a prostitution scandal. >> good morning. 2013 may go down as the year of the second chance. he has become the latest figure in politics to do a 180. >> i'm asking for their forgiveness. i'm asking for their support. >> reporter: the former new york
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state governor is launching a return to politics announcing his run for comptroller. he resigned as governor after just over a year in office when the sheriff of wall street was revealed to have another nickname. client number nine. get a secon to work for you. >> reporter: anthony weiner is currently running for new york city mayer. >> two years after he resigned from congress amid a scandal where weiner admitted tweeting sexually explicit photos to women, he's taken an unlikely lead in the polls. >> we are having this focused
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pitch campaign. >> fallen politicians have two things going for them. americans in general tend to be forgiving. but perhaps even more so, voters have amnesia in the new digital crazy world, nothing lasts. >> reporter: so it's new york city voters' forgiveness and spitzer's future that could ultimately be on the ballot this fall. >> i said i can make this go and i'll give it a shot. >> now spitzer's first hurdle will be to collect 3,750 signatures of registered voters required to earn a spot on the september primary ballot. the deadline is thursday. >> thank you so much. we'll be watching. it was an historic weekend at wimbledon. andy murray defeated the top-ranked player in the world, novak djokovic, to become the first british man to win the coveted tennis tournament in 77 years. nbc's keir simmons is at the all-england club. keir, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, matt, good morning. you know the british love sport like wick beldon, but we don't
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seem to winch, don't play baseball, basketball or football. we invented soccer, but haven't won a world cup for almost 50 years. you can understand why andy murray is the new golden boy. britain's prime minister is saying today he should be sir andy murray. on wimbledon's famous centre court, history was made. a british player winning for the first time in 77 years. in straight sets. >> the great british drought is over. >> andy murray beating world number one novak djokovic. murray, normally self controlled and calm, climbing through the crowd to see his family and girlfriend. >> i just can't believe i managed to do it. >> reporter: the last british man to win was fred perry in 1936. so the british, known for their lack of emotion, went a bit wild. >> 77 years since the last win, no one is going to forget.
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>> to be there when history is made like that is just fantastic. >> reporter: in scotland, where murray is from, his grandparents watched and celebrated. >> i don't believe it! >> reporter: his rise to victory means more, because his school and his hometown, dunblane, was the scene of a terrible shooting. he was just 8 years old, 17 were killed. murray overcame to become olympic gold medalist, u.s. open champion, and now wimbledon. >> my mom and my family, and my team have seen me extremely upset after a lot of losses, patching over some mental scars. >> reporter: last night, wimbledon winner's turned out in style. marion bartoli promised to get into heels to celebrate. there were even rumors after a wimbledon win, a wedding might be next. he was asked about marriage yesterday, matt and savannah and
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natalie, and said he hadn't thought about it. so maybe we can encourage him. back in the '30s, they played tennis here in long pants. can you imagine? which makes andy murray the first british player to win in shorts. >> you're stretching it now, keir, but that's okay. we get your sense of history. >> no prize money in 1936, either. >> that's right. keir simmons in london. we're going to talk to the toast of great britain. >> do you know how many rackets he had in his bag? >> 11. >> how did you know that? >> i watched the tournament. >> he just tweeted it. i thought it was breaking news. guess not no, ma'am . the defense of the george zimmerman trial today. will the case innocent in the hands of the jury. >> and the chef of nigella lawson filing for divorce in the wake of their recent photo scandal. why he told her through a newspaper article. but first, this is "today" on nbc. [ female announcer ] when you asked us to remove
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time now is 7:26. good morning everybody. i'm jon kelley. an update to our top story. the crash of asiana flight 214 ut of sfo. the ntsb will hold a briefing about 11:30 to update us on their investigation. preliminary investigation showing the aircraft approaching too low and too slow to land safely. the pilot tried to correct the plane in final seven seconds before the crash, but at that point it was simply too late. asiana airlines says the pilot landing the flight was training to fly that 777 and had never landed one at sfo. the airline says a more experienced copilot was also on board and does not believe the
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training pilot was the cause of this crash. the crash ended up killing two teenage girls from china. this morning their parents, among dozens of victim family members who left china for san francisco. once they meet with the victims' families, the coroner is expected to release information on how the girls were killed, including whether one of them may have been hit by a fire truck responding to the scene. meteorologist christina loren is telling us it's a pretty nice way to start the workweek. >> we have gray skies, overcast conditions over the bay bridge. that's our natural air conditioner. the thick low ceiling forcing flight delays. you also have one of those runways out of commission. so just count on those delays for the next few hours. noticing delays out of chicago, o'hare as well this morning. as we head throughout the day, temperatures will be comfortable. we'll be in the 80s.
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we'll stay cool just about every single day at least compared to last week. no triple digits as we head throughout this week. let's check your drive with mike. >> we turned our emeryville camera toward the incline. there were flashing lights. i saw them drive off as we started our report. a slower, smoother drive across the upper deck. look at the map. we see slowing across the area through berkeley and out of richmond. also slow our castro valley y and hayward area and across the san mateo bridge. thank you very much. another local update coming your way in one-half hour. we'll see you then.
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up with grandma talk with kris jenner. >> nigella lawson is headed for divorce less than a month after her husband was photographed with his hands around the neck. >> we want to begin this half hour with new developments in the trial of george zimmerman. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. george zimmerman's defense team is now presenting its case in the courtroom as we go live to the courtroom. among the witnesses they plan to call this week, trayvon martin's father. among the witnesses, the defense will call today, tracy martin,
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trayvon's father. a police detective wrote in his report i asked mr. martin if the voice was calling for help was his son. mr. martin quietly responded no. >> i think what tracy martin said was, that's not my son's voice. i think that's information the jury needs to have. >> reporter: the jury has listened to that tape repeate y repeatedly. trayvon's parents have not commented during the trial. >> i never say, no, that's not trayvon. but after going back to the mayor's office and having a chance to listen to the tape for at least -- i don't know how long. we just played it over and over and over again. i knew then that that was my
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son. >> reporter: in court trayvon mart martin's mother and george zimmerman's mother came to different conclusions. >> do you recognize the screamiscream ing in the video? >> yes. >> whose voice was that? >> trayvon martin. >> do you recognize "the voice" in the screaming in the background? >> who was that? >> george. >> does that testimony sort of cancel each other out or was one more credible than the other? >> i think it has to cancel out. i don't know how the jury can decide which of these two men were screaming on the tape. >> how does the defense get
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around the fact if it was george zimmerman crying for help, as soon as we hear the gunshot, the crying stops. >> he didn't need to yell out anymore once the shot rang out. minutes later, george thought he was alive. >> does "the voice" on the tape get to the central issue? >> many witnesses have said there's only one voice yelling out on that recording. you really only hear one voice. >> seems like the thrust of the prosecution case is to put on the different stories george zimmerman as told. is there anything to you that really stands out as an inconsistency that's very material? >> zimmerman said his gun was holstered behind him.
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he also said he was down on his back. trayvon martin was straddling him and that trayvon saw the gun and reached for it. i don't know how he could have seen through zimmerman's body and grabbed for it. it was a very dark and rainy night. that's sort of a physics problem we see in zimmerman's testimony. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. let us get a check of the weather. stephanie abrams is in for al. >> good morning. are you looking for a quick new hairdo this morning? i found one for you. what's your name? >> mitchell. >> how long did it take to do this? >> five minutes. >> does it hold up in the heat? >> yeah. >> it's not going to be as hot as it was yesterday, but still very humid.
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so it's going to feel hot. that's just the northeast. what about the rest of the country? we're going to see triple digit 7:36. thank you, stephanie. good morning to you. a beautiful day shaping up. this is the reason why, the low clouds to start the day. the natural ac will keep temperatures nice and comfortable. the immediate coast, a little hot. not expecting the marine layer to push all the way to livermore. 81 in fremont. 68 degrees in san francisco. the great news is, no more triple digits. in fact, we're going to cool you off as we head toward the end of the week. 3 c3 weather.com.
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appeared to be a heated argument. michelle kosinski is in london with this story. good morning. >> reporter: hi, savannah, this gets messy. charles saatchi said the photographs taken at a restaurant showed no more than a playful tiff. and is he said that to a newspaper, just making the public backlash even worse. but now he seems to compound that by stunningly voluntarily airing out even more of the public's -- of the couple's very private dirty laundry to the press. the pictures showed this, sparking numerous psychologists and women's advocates to call it simply abuse. the police issued charles saatchi a formal caution for assault. and now saatchi is saying this to a tabloid newspaper. "i'm sorry to announce that nigella lawson and i are getting divorced. i am disappointed she was advised to make no public comment to explain that i abhor violence of any kind against
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women and never physically abused her in any way. the photograph could have been her gary radniching my neck to get my attention as she has done in the past. my accidents were not violent. we're instinctively tactile people. i'm sorry she is upset. i'm more sorry this is the end of our marriage. i wish nigella the best for her future. she remains the most wonderful woman in the world." >> what he says, she won't take his calls, respond to his messages. and the only way of informing her that this marriage has broken down and he's going to launch a petition for divorce is through the pages of a newspaper. >> reporter: saatchi vehemently denies this was assault or he put pressure on nigella's neck. after the photos were published is when his wife after a decade moved out of their home. and so far the self-styled domestic goddess has said not a word to the press. what's interesting is that right after this argument happened at
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the restaurant, the couple was back together. they were living together, even ate out at that same restaurant a few days afterward. it seems that only after the publication of these photos happened, according to what he says, that the pr surrounding it is what caused this final split. back to you guys. >> bizarre. all right, michelle kosinski in london, thank you. coming up on trending, the fan moment from the wimbledon final that's trending this morning. >> also, we'll talk to the british drought-buster himself, mr. andy murray. and when will we see the first photos of kim and kanye's baby girl, north? we'll ask kris jenner. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia -- thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. for some, as early as the first week of treatment. so now, i can plan my days and accomplish more.
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it is 7:56. good morning. i'm jon kelley. investigators planning to talk to the pilots of asiana flight 214 within the next two hours. the ntsb say it is plane was flying significantly below the target speed as it approached the airport. the pilot did try to abort the landing before it smashed onto the runway. two of the 307 people on board were sadly killed. south korea now says it will be inspecting engines and landing equipment on all boeing 777s owned by asiana and korean airlines. meantime the ntsb will provide us with an update on its investigation starting at 11:30 this morning. we're also awaiting and expecting a news conference from the first responders to that crash scene. that is expected to happen about a half hour earlier at 11:00 during our 11:00 newscast. right now let's get the monday
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forecast. christina loren will take it away from here. >> good monday morning to you. mondays can be tough. the weather today is on our side except for one location, a little hot but nothing like what we dealt with last week. at noon, 81 degrees i livermore, low 60s in san francisco. we'll round out today in the mid to low 90s, 94 degrees on the way to livermore, 90 in concord and cool conditions in san francisco at 68 degrees. staying about at average all week long, mike. all right. looking toward the san mateo bridge where we had an earlier stall reported on the high-rise in the commute direction. all lanes now clear. a steady, smooth flow. a lot of cars westbound. the maps are slow coming over from the high ward slow. 92 is slow across the span. the dumbarton bridge is clear, however. south 880 around auto mall parkway, the on-ramp affected by two pickups in a crash, no
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injuries. thank you, mike. back in another half hour. make sure you stick around. we'll see you then. the thing is bee, i got my mom wrapped around my little finger. do you? yeah, i do. huh. i said i want honey nut cheerios uh huh. and she just totally caved. it's all about psychology buzz. psychology?
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visit spam.com. ♪ >> we love "today"!3 c3 > amamos el today! it's the 8th day of july, 2013. big crowd out on our plaza this morning. enjoying another scorcher here in the northeast. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie. and it is a little sticky out here. >> i was going to say, it's a pretty summer day, if you like scorchers. >> exactly right. meanwhile, coming up, we've got the toast of the town, at least if you live in london. he is the talk of great britain. we're talking about the one and
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only andy murray, who won wimbledon yesterday. the first british man to do that in 77 years. and mr. murray will join us live in just a couple of minutes. and the matriarch of the kardashian clan, kris jenner, is here. she's got exciting news to share, including a new talk show. and should we mention, a new little granddaughter, ms. north west? we'll drag out details in a few moments. >> she is busy personally and professionally. first, let's go inside. natalie is standing by with the head lines of the morning. natalie, good morning again. >> good morning, matt and savannah. good morning, everyone. new details about what happened just before and after an asiana airliner crashed in san francisco on saturday. at least two people were killed. nbc's miguel almaguer is in san francisco. miguel, good morning. >> reporter: natalie, good morning. the asiana airline says the pilot was training and neverlanded at sfo before.
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appears he was flaying too slow and too low. first responders said it was a miracle anyone survived. runway 28 left littered with wreckage, mangled debris and stories of survival. >> i felt i was dying. that was the moment. >> reporter: eugene rah says when the plane slammed into the ground, fear was in the air and silence filled the cabin. >> nobody was moving. there's no sound, nothing. >> reporter: but soon came the cries. flight 214 was packed with children. 13-year-old angelina andrigetto knows she narrowly escaped with her life. >> bad luck i was on that plane that crashed, good luck survived. >> reporter: two fatalities of girls who were just 16. the victims, part of a group of children headed to a summer retreat in los angeles. >> our first response was there's no way there are any survivors on that airplane. >> reporter: but many of the passengers, not only escaped with their lives, but walked away.
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53 injured, some critical, were treated at san francisco general. >> in your head, everything goes in slow motion, you don't believe it's happening. you don't know if you're going to be dead at the end of this slow motion or not. >> reporter: ben levi saw passengers with broken bones, burns and bruises. from the tarmac, he saw his plane go up in flames. are you surprised it wasn't worse? >> i am, yeah. i think it's a miracle. again, if that plane didn't stay on, we would not be here. >> reporter: today the san mateo county coroner's office is investigating whether one of the fatalities may have been killed when they were hit by a utility vehicle. mean time, six remain in critical condition here at the hospital. natalie? >> miguel almaguer in san francisco. thank you. canadian officials expect the death toll to rise in eastern quebec where a train derailment over the weekend claimed at least five lives. fire balls destroyed 30 buildings.
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dozens of people are still unaccofor this morning. the wife of john kerry is in critical condition this morning. teresa heinz kerry was airlifted to a boston hospital sunday night after initially being rushed to a hospital on nantucket island with an unspecified medical condition. eliot spitzer is reentering politics with a run for new york city controller. the democrat stepped down in 2008 over prostitution scandal. spitzer said last night that he wants voters to know he is asking their forgiveness. an accident caught on tape this morning looks much worse than it was. police near melbourne, australia say an elderly driver hit another car while backing up, then panicked and lurched forward through a supermarket window. about 20 people were in the store, but nobody required a trip to the hospital. and there were more -- there was more attention than usual on the first day of the running of the bulls in spain. only four people were hurt while sprinting alongside the bulls as part of the annual test of courage. but one bull suddenly turned to face the runners, looking like
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it might make a charge before then heading back into the bull ring. fortunately, nobody got gored. and what started as a peaceful encounter with a whale left a surfer knocked unconscious this weekend at a beach in australia. he remembers paddling close to the whale, then getting hit by a massive tail. >> i just remember this magnificent whale just slowly coming to the right of me and coming for another look. and you know? and i just kind of felt like talking to it like a dog, you know, or animal, like hey, you know? that was it. maybe it was giving me a high-five, i don't know. >> the surfer was rescued and taken to the hospital with only minor injuries. and yes, now he has a whale of a tale to tell. 8:05. back outside to matt and savannah. quite a story he has. >> you couldn't resist the pun. >> i couldn't. i had to. >> here, do you want to try it on? is. >> sure. happy to. go ahead, you throw to
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stephanie. >> stephanie, over to you. >> those look good on you, matt. i'm liking that look on you, matt. these people are celebrating 40 years of marriage. cathy, what's the trick? >> holding hands. >> and rubies are the traditional gift after 40 years. >> that's right. what. >> are you going to give her? >> rubies. >> very nice. let's take you down into raleigh, pick city for the day today. maybe you're celebrating anniversary here. we are going to see our highs around 90. that is average for some scattered showers. the story in the south. the northeast, midwest and into the plains a, lot of us will see the rain. but the severe weather will be through the northern tier of the . 8:06. thank you, stephanie. good monday morning to you. monday morning. can you tell it's monday? taking a live look here, overcast sky over san francisco. happy to be the bearer of good news. this week, temperatures are actually going to end up right around average. we're not going to blow past
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your averages. tomorrow will be warm inland. 94 today, 96 tomorrow and then drop off to 92 degrees thursday into friday looking very comfortable. great weekend for camping. and we have meredith on the plaza, literally, this is meredith, future host of the "today" show. you want to give it a try here? >> back to matt and savannah. >> beautiful. >> very nice. coming up, in trending, how would you like to be andy murray this morning? he's the wimbledon champion, and he ended a 77-year drought for british men. we'll talk to him live. then, we will catch up with kris jenner, her new talk show, "all things kardashian" coming up in a few moments. >> and justin bieber's mom, patty millette will be here with a message for teens. that's right after this. . i love cheese. i love bread. i'm human! and the new weight watchers 360 program lets me be. the reason i'm still in this body feelin' so good isn't because i never go out and enjoy the extra large, extra cheese world we live in. it's because i do. and you can too,
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♪ we're back now, 8:10, with what's trending today. the hottest stories online. you know who is trending online? andy murray is trending online. he is the wimbledon champion. we told you about that a little earlier and it's time to talk to the champ himself, andy murray joins us now live from london. andy, good morning. congratulations. >> thank you. >> hey, you know, everybody likes to talk about what a great match you played yesterday. of course, members of the press, we like to talk about your mistakes. you know what you did yesterday? after the match, you went into the crowd to thank your supporters, you almost forgot to hug your mom. what happened? >> yeah, she -- so i went up into the box where all friends and family were sitting, but my mom wasn't sitting there, a few rows back, and i've got no idea where everyone is. but, yeah, i pretty much left her out. >> aw.
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>> so i heard her screaming to me to come back when i was on my way down. so i saw her in the end. >> well, she wanted a hug. fair to say the whole crowd wanted a hug. to call this a win in straight sets does not tell the story. it was incredibly hard-fought. there were those tense moments, especially in the last game. can you tell us what was going through your mind, what was your inner dialogue? and we're ready to bleep it out, if necessary. >> yeah, i mean, it was actually okay before i went to serve for the match, and then i went up 4-2-0, so feeling pretty calm and confident with three serves to come that i would be able to close out. and then i just started panicking, basically, when he got back into it and had break points. and it was a crazy last game. >> well british prime minister david cameron tweeted right after your win, it was a privilege to watch andy making history at wimbledon, and making britain proud. of course, it's been 77 years, andy, a fact that you kept hearing over and over again as i'm sure you know. so what was it like to finally
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hold that trophy in your hands and hold it up you to that crowd in front of the home stand? >> it was amazing. i didn't want to let go of it. it's been a lot of years since, you know, any brits have won there. and i've been reminded of that most days of my life for the last five or six years. so to finally get to do it was great. and i just hope it's not that long again. >> you've had quite a year when it comes right down to it. the gold medal in the olympics. last year the u.s. open. now you come across the pond as people like to say, the u.s. open is later this summer. can you describe your level of confidence coming into that tournament? >> well, i mean, i feel good just now with what happened yesterday, but, you know, a couple months is, you know, a long time in sport. so, you know, i'll just -- i'll try and get myself ready for that. it will be the first time ever for me defending a grand slam title. so it's a new experience for me.
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and i look forward to it. >> andy, was there any celebrating last night, or did you get no sleep? i would imagine after coming off that high, probably hard to get to sleep. >> yeah. well, they have the champions' dinner yesterday, so went to do that, and that finished around 2:00 in the morning. and then got back home around 3:00. so i'm going to go out for dinner with all my friends and family and people i work with tonight when i'm finished, all the various media commitments, and look forward to that. >> well, andy, was it hard to sleep because you kept running into the trophy, you know, where you're sleeping next to it, hugging it all night? >> i wasn't -- maybe the trophy will get lucky tonight. might sleep with the trophy tonight. we'll see. >> hey, listen, congratulations from us. and i'm sure a big thank you from all of great britain, andy. well-done. congratulations. >> thank you. >> a couple months at the u.s. open. speaking of wimbledon, did
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you catch this, trending on e, as we all know, andy murray won. but women everywhere also won with a look at this. a little bromance, bradley cooper and gerard butler snapping selfies and chatting during the men's final. in nearly matching suits and sunglasses, the actors immediately set off speculation about a possible new movie together. cooper and butler became friends three years ago when presented an award during oscars. they love tennis, long walks on the beach -- >> and to shop together, apparently, as well. look great in matching suits. also trending in the "wall street journal" today, may be despicable, but left the lone ranger in their dust. the animated movie "despicable me 2" trounced the can competition in the box office opening with $142 million, one of the best showings ever for an animated film. "the lone ranger" cost $250
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million to make, but earned less than $50 million in its opening weekend. that is just the latest movie to bomb this summer. joining the channing tatum, jamie foxx thriller, "white house down" and will smith's "after earth" among hollywood's flops. >> hard to make money in movies. not an exact science. >> and steven spielberg and george lucas tell you it's a tough business. >> it is. trending on the website of "usa today" fair to say not exactly sweater weather in most of the country, but bill cosby is asking us to think about sweaters anyway. dr. cliff hugsable was known as his array of sweaters. and now cosby wants you to vote for your favorite on his website. it's like an ncaa bracket. 32 knits battling it out for top honors in categories that include arguiles, cashmeres, cardigans and pullovers. and the winning sweater will be crowned the champion stitch. >> can i just say i loved that
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show, loved his character. he had some ugly sweaters, though. there were some bad sweaters. >> really championship ugly sweaters. >> right. finally trending on yahoo! the stones keep on rolling. mick jagger, keith richards, wood and watts return to hide park saturday, the first time in 44 years. a triumphant concert to honor the band's past. ♪ >> all right. i may kind of a little fan of the rolling stones. in addition to its only rock and roll, the stones wowed with midnight rambler and satisfaction. rave reviews. some called it stunning and charismatic. >> that was just matt lauer. >> saw them at the barkley center, fantastic. timeless. by the way, mick jagger turns 70 later this month. >> that is stunning. >> that is amazing. and that is what's trending
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today. you know what else is always trending? the kardashian family. viewers get a taste of their lives on e's keeping up with the kardashians. now the family's matriarch, kris jenner, ready to show a different side of herself on her very own talk show. >> well, imagine that. things are about to get interesting. hi, i'm kris jenner. and i'm a mom with a pretty active family. when we're all just hanging out, that's my favorite time. lots of laughs, great conversation, and i thought that would make for a great talk show. >> and it just may. the show is called "kris" and debuts next monday. good morning. good to see you. welcome back. you were here a couple weeks ago. >> thank you. my home away from home. >> this show debuts when there is a lot of attention to your family. are you willing to be the beneficiary of that? >> i think we show so much of our lives on tv anyway, you're just going to see other sides to all of us. including the kids who will be
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on from time to time. so -- >> has there been a meeting, a preproduction meeting, where you guys have sat down and said, where will the line be on this talk show? as you mentioned, it's almost -- there is no line, really, on the reality show. >> i know. >> but when you sit down to do a talk show, have you said, okay, family will be included here, won't be included? what is the line? >> well, i think what you have to remember is our show, "keeping up" is 44 minutes an hour without commercials. and you see stuff that's been maybe a couple months ago, a month ago, in the middle of taping season eight right now. my show is going to be ultimately day and day. you're going to hear what's going on right now, very fresh, in the moment. and there really hasn't been a discussion about a life. >> it is hard to launch a talk show. i don't have to tell you that. there have been a lot of great names who have launched talk shows the last several years and didn't make it out of season one. >> right. >> you've got a tool at your disposal and i want to know right now if you're willing to use it. >> yes. >> are there plans in the first week of this show to reveal
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either photos of the new granddaughter, north, or perhaps a walk-on from kim, kanye and north? >> well, that's ambitious. that would be fun. i think you're going to have to wait and see and tune in. i'm not sure exactly what's going to happen. >> would you tell me right now, it will not happen, that you will not be showing the first time baby photos of north on the first week of your show? >> i won't tell you it won't happen. >> oh. >> give you something to think about. >> okay. >> yeah. you never know who is going to show up. >> talk shows depend on interviewing. >> yes. >> the skill of the host in interviewing is integral to the part -- to the success of the show. >> right. >> what's your style? >> well, my style is more of a lifestyle show. my style is more -- >> but you're going to be interviewing people, as well, aren't you? >> yeah, there will be some celebrity interviews, but i'm going to start out with a different co host every single day. so i'm going to have people on like kathie lee gifford and ryan seacrest and diddy and mario
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lopez, and maria munoz and nene leakes and names like that that will co host the first 15 minutes to half hour. and then i want to do a lot of segment about lifestyle. so fashion and beauty and fitness and food, and there's so many things that people haven't seen, you know, that side of me that i love and am passionate about. >> but when you sit down with a celebrity and do an interview, are you going to ask the personal questions, i mean the really personal questions about scandals and intrigue and things like that? >> absolutely we'll go there. that's what my personality is. i think that i'm a., very -- i want to know. i'm like a sponge, i'm very nosey too. so i have no problem asking those crazy questions. because i think for all these years, last eight years, everybody has been asking. so i've definitely honed my skill on all of you guys. >> i know that's true. i was reading where kanye basically said this baby is not -- it's his baby, not america's baby. >> right. >> i'm thinking about those last eight years. and in many ways, your children have become america's children.
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any regrets on that? >> you know, i don't really have any regrets. i think that it's been such a great journey for us, i think kendell and kiely, we have seen them grow up on television. and for the first five years they were going to school so they were on it in limited access. and now a lot more, because their home-schooled. but i think that the viewer that has invested in kind of watching our family grow, and we've grown. we started out with just us. and then we added baby daddies and babies and grandchildren. and it's certainly been a lot of fun to do. >> well, the show, as mentioned, debuts on monday. >> monday, july 15th on fox. >> and which day will we see the baby pictures? >> oh, i don't know. i don't know you'll have to keep tuning in, day after day. >> tweet me. send me an e-mail or something. >> i'll show you my phone. >> i can look at the photos on your phone? >> you can look at one. >> deal. >> she's going to stick around and talk to kathie lee and hoda. >> i'm going come look at the picture too. thanks. we have told you about the advantages of the new 3-d
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printing technology. now it has become so sophisticated, they're being used to assist surgeons in operating rooms around the world. with that story, here's nbc's kevin tibbles. >> reporter: hot off the printer. the 3-d printer. everything from auto parts to animated film characters to art. and now a way to save your life. >> using this technology, we can design and print a rip replica of any part of your body. >> reporter: and at the university of michigan, that's exactly what they're doing. >> the device is game-changing. this gives us an opportunity to do something for children that otherwise would have no other options. >> reporter: when 1 1/2-year-old kiba was born, his family was faced with devastating news. >> not knowing if we were going to take him home or having to bury him, it's kind of hard. >> reporter: kiba was diagnosed with a rare condition.
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his trachea, or windpipe, was flattened and weak, making it impossible for him to breathe. he had already gone into cardiac arrest several times. >> if you look at it from the side, you can see it's quite narrow. >> it's collapsed. >> there is really nothing surgically we had to offer at that point for him. >> reporter: nothing until engineers using a 3-d printser created a custom-made splint they hoped to open his airway. >> it all sort of started with this. but what is this made of? >> so this is made out of a polymer or plastic called poly capperla capperlacktone. >> reporter: the process can layer by layer create the platform on which to regrow a new ear or nose or child's windpipe. >> so it's like a treasure hunt. >> yes, it's like playing in a sand box. you can see, we can build a variety of different things. >> reporter: with his 3-d splint implanted, kiba was finally able to take his first full breath.
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>> it was really amazing. his lung, which had been totally collapsed, instantly started inflating. it was pretty striking. >> reporter: as an added bonus, over time, this high-tech splint will simply dissolve, as kiba becomes older and stronger. >> we would like him to do everything that every little kid should deserve to do. >> climb a tree, ride a bike? >> climb a tree, ride a bike, everything. >> reporter: a shot at a long, healthy future, for one very special young boy. and a giant step into the future for modern medicine. for "today," kevin tibbles, nbc news, ann arbor, michigan. >> cute story. very cute. kris jenner showed me a picture of baby north. she didn't realize i was wearing google glasses. i got it. >> okay. exclusive coming up. we'll sit down with justin bieber's mom, patty mallette, to talk about her son and struggles of being a
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good monday morning to you. 8:26 now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. as we await new information on the asiana crash, more victims injured in the crash have been released from the hospital this morning. our cameras were rolling as nine victims boarded the bus and left san francisco general hospital just hours ago. six people are still in critical condition there. the ntsb will be giving an update on its investigation at 11:00 this morning. we'll be following that. also, here is mike with the morning commute. b.a.r.t. is back in service. we'll look over here towards oakland, not so great. standard slowing from north 880.
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the map will show you the same stretch. 580 westbound, that's really nice. south 880, slow out of union city and through fremont. the earlier crash at auto park, a nice drive into the south bay. north is bogging down around the airport and another crash cleared. and north 280 just past 85, we have a crash around foothill expressway clearing from the lanes but it's causing additional slowing there. back to you. >> thank you very much. another update in half an hour. hope you have a good morning. ♪ [ bell dings ]
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♪ you pick me up when i fall 8:30 now on this monday morning, it is the 8th of july, 2013. if you like hot and muggy weather, boy, do we have the place for you. rockefeller plaza, new york city. it's been hot all along the east coast. but a nice weekend to get out and about. and people are here, stretching it into a monday. >> actually got a bit of a cool breeze right now for the first time this morning. >> pretty good. >> good morning, i'm savannah guthrie alongside matt lauer, natalie morales and willie geist. justin bieber's mom, patty
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mallette, is here, with a book that tells with her struggles, and we'll talk to her about her own teen is doing, the one and only, justin bieber. >> also bear grylls with thus morning, a brand new show coming to nbc where he puts people in incredible situations, and challenges them to test their limits. we're going to talk to bear about that and some everyday survival skills to help new your life. all right. also, dowdle on old family fights or do all those worries about your kids keep you up at night? coming, expert advice as well. you may wonder is this normal. we'll answer your questions, put some of the stresses into perspective. >> we're going to tell you if you're normal. coming up. how is that? >> why are we -- >> no. >> it takes one to know one, right? we want to tell but a you about a competition we are building in honor of the movie "turbo" which opens july 17th.
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it is going to be an epic race of snails. and here to tell us more about it, needs no introduction, indy winner. you were a consultant on the film? sounds like they took these racing scenes very seriously. >> yeah, they really did. my job was to help them make it as realistic as possible. so we went into all these tiny details about very odd questions like what would g gs-forces or 3-gs feel like to a snail. all these odd questions. that was my job. and then all these racing scenes, and it was really a lot of fun to work with guys on it. >> this is weird. i don't know whether it's we haven't used deodorant or you haven't. let's move in. as we show one of the snails. you're going to tell us -- or we're going to tell you about this race that's going to happen tomorrow. and it's very complicated. we're going to have snail teams, each of us is going to team up with the snail, and then based on a game of skee-ball, here on
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the plaza, how we do in that skee-ball game is going to determine how fast our snails scale this wall behind me. is that right so far? >> that's right so far. but i really think you guys -- i hate to say it, it's for nothing, because i think turbo is going to win. >> that's because ryan reynolds is actually going to be here, being turbo. so he might win. >> yeah. >> let's make sure we understand. i'm going to team up with a snail called smooth move. savannah paired with charismatic snail. ryan -- >> whiplash. >> that's right, whiplash. ryan reynolds with turbo. natalie, you've got skidmark. why do they call it skidmark? >> i don't know. because i leave a big tread. >> and willie, you're with the sly and sassy snail named burn. so we want you to go to twitter and tweet your favorite snail. and that will have some impact as to who gets an advantage tomorrow morning. there are are the hash tags in front of you.
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>> turbo, sorry, guys. >> really? have you ever seen skidmark? >> i've seen the movie. >> thank you so much. we should mention, "turbo" opens july 17th. >> a lot to get to now. let us go over. where is ms. stephanie abrams? >> i'm right over here on the other side of the plaza. ginger joining me from tennessee will teach us how to say y'all, a southern thing, right? >> it is a very southern thing. and it's all in the drawl, and you just say y'all. >> it's in the drawl of y'all. did i do that right? >> the trawl drawl of y'all. that's right. >> here's your forecast, a look at where we will see the weather. into the south, we see thunderstorms. also through the northern tier, we will see the severe weather. and as we head into the day tomorrow, all of that severe weather is going to be headed eastbound. so watch it there into the midwest. the only good thing is, that it is going to cool us off a little bit here. all right. we're celebrating birthdays on the plaza. happy birthday to who?
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>> to my two baby boys, both 9 for one day tomorrow. >> all right. happy birthday to y'all. good morning. we have a great day shaping up. what a treat at the beach today. 72 degrees in santa cruz. comfortable conditions. elsewhere it's going to be toasty in places like livermore. 88 in fremont. here is how this week is going to work out. temperatures not blowing past these averages. in fact, hovering around average every day through wednesday. we're going to drop you off sunday through thursday. hope you have a fantastic day out if your hair is blowing around. these guys are nice enough to help. fix me up here. we're going to celebrate some more birthdays now with willard. good morning, willard. >> everybody loves a birthday party, especially isador app
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applebaum, 100 years old today. every day before bed, he loves a scotch. how sweet it is. ada, 103 years old today ada jordan from new jersey. and she, my dear friends, loves to get dressed up. she is a million-dollar baby. how about that? everybody loves marvin. marvin serviss from thousand oaks, california. 100 years old today, served under general patton. general patton could really lay them out. god love the general. >> josephine tyson is 100 years old today. guess where she's from? she is from washington, d.c. that's where we are. and she loves soap operas. i bet she loves soap opera
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radio. our gal sunday. i used to listen when i was a kid, 100 years ago. oh, it's sweet violins, anniversary time from south dakota. we have alvin and ruby pederson, married 75 years and they say one of the secrets to a happy marriage, dancing, morning, noon and night. can't beat that. mary jenkiewicz from north carolina. and she loves smucker's. that's it, that's all from washington at this time now. back to new york. >> all right, willard, thank you so much. coming up next, bear grylls is here to tell bus his new show, and his survival guide for life. first, this is "today" on nbc. [ wind howling ]
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famed survivalist and adventurer, bear grylls, hosting a new reality competition on nbc called "get out alive" and a brand-new book, "survival guide for life." bear, good to see you. always fun to have you here, especially when you don't have worms or grubs or anything in your pockets to share with me. >> i was going to say, you scrub up well. last time i saw you, you were in full mountaineering gear in a snow cave at 12,000 feet. i didn't know you wore a suit. >> in switzerland. it was cool. this show, i was reading last night, although it is an adventure competition type show, it's not about who finishes first. >> no. it's get out alive is not kind of a test of physical fitness and who is the best and the strongest. it's a much more character factory. and the wild revealing character. and, you know, i'm looking for people's journey and their growth and their effort. and all their kind of qualities that really help people survive. which is as much about humility
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and determination as it is about knowing everything. because these guys didn't know everything. >> so, wait. in other words, you put a team on the edge of a cliff, and it's not who gets to the top of that first. it's who shows the most determination and character and grit in achieving the goal. >> totally. and there were couples, so it was father/son, mother/daughter, best friends, loved ones and i wanted to see those helping the weakest, carrying each other's packs. that's what this whole "get out alive" is about. sometimes you need to push people to see what they're really made. >> as we are looking at the footage, it's clear, you shot this in a stunning location, south island of new zealand. talk about some of the challenges. what did you put in front of these people? >> well, new zealand was great, because we had such a variety of terrain. and you've been there. you know what it's like. we have the high mountains and glaciers and rain forests and crazy weather. and you know, the whole series about putting people under the squeeze and seeing what they're made. and some people crumble and some people thrive.
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and i always said, don't impress me with your words, impress me with your actions. and sometimes you need to take people big places like that to see that. >> if we can rerack that last tape, i want to get to that. if you look at some of the terrain you place these people on, the edge of a cliff, glacier, icy-cold river. there is one thing called entertainment, another thing called sheer danger. and as you're producing a show like this, how do you draw the line about what you can and can't have these people do? >> well, it's a balance. and i think the journeys grow. and at the start, they were, okay. and as these guys learn their skills and i could see they were capable of it, we extended the journey, pushed them a little bit more. but i said to them at the start, listen, you're coming to a big boys' playground, big boys' rules, i'm not going to mother you. i'm going to be with you. i'm going to back away. i'm going to see you how to do this. and that really was the appeal of the whole series, seeing these people who didn't know it all learn fast. and when you have to learn, you do. or you die. >> which is a little bit like
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playing off the book you have just written, as well. it's about these survival skills and how to make it in life. and i would imagine it would have been great if they could have read that book before they took off on this journey. >> well, the book is all about just lessons i've learned about life and by getting stuff wrong is the honest answer. but there are lessons from everest and my military time and how to come alive in the big moments and get your goals and not listen to the dream-stealers. and be enthusiastic and all that kind of good stuff about not giving up when it's -- you know, smiling when it's raining. and all of this stuff we know, common sense, but nobody teaches in school. >> sounds great. the show sounds great, as well. bear, good to see you, as always. >> matt, pleasure. >> pleasure. you can catch the series premier of "get out alive" with bear grylls tonight, 9:00, 8:00 central time right here on nbc. up next, justin bieber's mom, patty mallette, with a message for teenagers. first, this is "today" on
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♪ justin bieber is a sensation, of course. hit albums and 40 million twitter followers around the world. ♪ ♪ all around the world >> well, the 19-year-old owes much of his success to his mother, patty mallette. she hosted youtube videos of justin singing which caught the eye of music heavy weights years ago. but patty's life has not been without its own challenges and she wrote about them in her book, "nowhere but up" and is now releasing a new edition for teenagers. good to see you. welcome. >> thank you. >> so your book is searingly honest. now you've written a vision for teens. why do you feel like teens will listen? i mean, i'm thinking about most teenagers don't want to listen to any adults. >> right. i think teenagers definitely,
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you know -- they don't always want to listen to their parents. but i think other adults sometimes they'll give an ear to. i know for me other adults would come into my life and speak to me. and then there's, you know, over 2 million twitter followers that call me mom and ask me these tough questions and they want to know. so i thought it was just a perfect opportunity. >> do you feel like a lot of those kids relate to you because they know of you as justin's mom. you say they call you mom. do you think that gives you access to them in a way that maybe others don't have? >> yeah, i think that i'm in a really unique position, you know? it's kind of like a bridge where the moms want to -- want to talk to me, because they want to know, hey, i'm a single mom too, and they can relate to that aspect. and how do i talk to my teenager. and then there's the teenagers that say i can't talk to my mom, but you're a young mom and i want to talk to you. so it's kind of like i say, parents listen to your kids. kids listen to your parents. >> the book is very, very honest, as i mentioned. and you have gone through some tough times in your life. how much of that were you able to put in this version tore teens? because you've talked about your
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struggles with drug abuse, the fact that you had sexual abuse from a very young age. i mean, do you include that in this book? >> i do. i think, you know, teenagers today know more than we think they do. i think that they're -- they unfortunately experience more than we want them to. and i wanted to be really raw and honest. there's some rougher details that i leave out. but i really wanted to make it age-appropriate. but i also had, like, you know, statistics and discussion questions and things they can use to maybe go through with a parent or friend or something like that. >> well, let's talk about justin. of course, he's got some new music coming out soon, right? >> uh-huh. >> and there has been some uncharacteristic behavior from him, something we're not used to. always been such a good kid and now we see stories about him getting into a fight with a neighbor or paparazzi. some -- driving too fast. do you worry about him? do you feel like, gosh, is he going through a troubled time in his own life?
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>> well, i think as parents we all worry about our kids, whether they're going off to college, you know, whatever -- whatever situation they're in. and i think at a certain age, the parenting style changes. and he's always been such a strong-willed child, you know. i talk about that. even in the story. and how i think i mentioned last time, his teachers would say "i have 30 students and 1. when justin is good the whole class is good, when justin is bad, the whole class is bad." but he had these amazing teachers and principals who would pull him aside and say "you know what, justin, you're a leader." and they would just, you know, take away the negative and focus on him being a leader. and he would come home and say, "mom, i'm a leader." and that's what i want to share with these teenagers. >> is there anything about what he's doing now, who he is hanging out with, that causes you certain, that you feel something other than just typical teenager growing pains?
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>> of course. you know, i -- i talk to justin. you know, i text him and call him every day. as much as you can with an adult child that doesn't live with you. and he knows what i think. he knows -- we talk. and he knows what i think. and, you know, it's -- it's stuff that obviously i can't share with the whole world. but we definitely talk. >> he still listens to mom. >> i hope i'm still a big voice in his ear, yes. >> well i know you've got a lot of listeners, 2 million twitter followers for patty mallette, alone. the book is "nowhere but up." appreciate having you here. >> thank you so much. coming up next, we talk about some common worries, people ask is it normal to do this or that. dr. gail saltz will be here. she'll tell us if we're normal. first, this is "today" on nbc.
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♪ back now at 8:52 with a new series we're calling "is this normal." from stressing over the kids to arguments with friends, it's a question we all ask of ourselves from time to time. >> that's right. psychiatrist gail saltz is here to help us sort it out. gail, good morning. >> good morning. >> can we define normal? >> i think the best way to define it is if you have a mood or behavior or something that is causing dysfunction, real dysfunction, in work, in relationships, in your ability to be in the world, then that we would say is abnormal. >> okay. >> but otherwise, lots of
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things. lots of things that people are concerned about really are normal. >> well, we put the call out to our viewers. and got some letters. one person wrote, is it normal to keep thinking about the argument i had with my once very close younger sister. on june 22, we had a talk about things and she started yelling at me so i stood up and left. i'm so hurt over this, i'm on the verge of tears every day. is that normal? >> what do you guys think? >> i think the everyday is the problem. if from time to time you think about it and you're on the verge of tears, fine. but every day? >> this is normal. it's called resume nation. which comes from the term ruminating, a cow that chews its cudd over and over again but doesn't swallow. a thought you have about something in the past that upset you that you think about over and over again and can't stop. you both probably do it. >> i call it obsessing. >> women ruminate more than men and it's normal and often unproductive. but -- >> until when? >> some people do it enough that it does cause depression.
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before it's depression, it's still normal. what you can do, however, is make a list of what you can do about your situation and then every time you ruminate, do something distracting that is positive like going for a run or listen to music to break the cycle. >> pam from spokane, washington out on the plaza with a question. hi, pam. good morning. >> good morning, gail. i'm wondering, is it normal to laugh hysterically at a funeral? >> well, actually, pam, it is normal. it's strange and people don't like it, but it's normal. the reason is, the people do laugh at funerals is because thinking about death and mortality is very anxiety-producing. and when some people get really anxious, they laugh. and then the more it feels like an inappropriate reaction, the more they laugh. because the more anxious they are getting. >> cue the mary tyler moore tape. >> exactly, exactly. so the -- obviously you don't really want to laugh at a funeral. so if that's happening, you can do something else to try to relieve your anxiety.
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taking slow, deep breaths. sometimes actually biting the insides of your cheeks actually -- something that sort of pings you that is like a stress-reliever. >> or think about that fight you had with your younger sister that makes you cry every day. >> i wouldn't advise that. >> here's another letter from a viewer. the love of my life left me two years ago for another woman. i can't seem to get over this and move on. all i do is cry over him. i feel as if i'm not good enough and will be alone forever. i feel as if there is nothing left in life. i don't know what to do. two years is a long time. >> a long time. >> at this level of upset. >> it is. and here's the thing. two years of thinking some time, some day about the person you miss or anger you feel at being left is normal. but when life doesn't hold anything for you any longer, then i start to think about depression. so if this person is thinking about it all of the time, crying a lot, if they can't sleep, if they haven't been able to move on with other relationships at all, and they're not functioning in life, that's depression.
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>> why is that not ruminating? why is that different from the first one? >> other symptoms besides thinking about it. >> oh, okay. >> so if you're not able to function and move on with a relationship, if you're not doing well in work and that is depression. and let me say, that can occur from a break-up. >> finally, gail, is matt normal? oh, we're out of time. >> i'm sorry -- are you sure? >> it's a quick answer. >> no time for that. >> back after your local news. . it is 8:56 monday morning, i'm laura garcia-cannon. the ntsb will hold a briefing at 11:30 to update us on the asiana flight. preliminary reports show that it approached too low, too slow to land safely. i want to check the forecast now with meteorologist christina
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♪ ♪ true love ♪ it must be true love nothing else will break my heart like true love ♪ ♪ welcome to "today" on this monday morning, july the 8th, 2013. a beautiful day outside. inside studio 1-a, i'm willie geist along with natalie morales. al has the day off. >> did you have a good 4th? >> i was here. so it was fantastic. >> i know. >> i was here -- no, it was a great thing. i was here serving the shareholders of comcast, which is the greatest thing a man can do. >> thank you, willie geist. >> there it is. how was chicago? >> great. after we spent -- i guess a month ago there, there just briefly for your show.
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a great place to bring the kids and experience it and see the sights and do everything. so we did. here is at -- navy pier on the ferris wheel. and we also did a little shed aquarium. >> isn't that amazing, shed aquarium? >> the ray exhibit so much fun. lake michigan, paddle boarding, the kids had a blast, the water was great. and we had a great time. we even went to a cubs game, fourth row in, fantastic. >> oh, my gosh. >> soriano, two home runs against the pirates. so i think overall, huge success. >> you just touched every base. >> i think so. almost every base. home run for sure. >> good. we're glad to have you back. news to cover this morning. that plane crash in san francisco, asiana airlines 214 at sfo, the international airport there, still a lot of questions surrounding it. the man at the controls, we know, was attempting his first landing of a 777 at that
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airport. he had only 43 hours on the boeing 777, but nearly 10,000 hours on other air crafts. >> still unclear what the exact reason wasp. it seems like the flight was coming in low and slow, according to ntsb officials. so whether or not the pilot's inexperience on that aircraft, i think is still a question. but we did hear from an ntsb spokesperson earlier and she said that's all being weighed in, of course. but he did have a lot of flight hours on the 747. >> right. >> and a lot of other aircraft. >> i was talking to a pit expert this morning who said the 43 number while sounds shocking, only 43 hours in the plane, shouldn't think too much about that, because he's had 10,000 hours total at the helm of similar planes and did a lot of work in simulators. so if this was, in fact, pilot error, there was no real excuse. the inexperience shouldn't have come into play. but you look at these pictures. and the fact that only -- >> two people. >> two people died. and we mourn the loss of two 16-year-old girls who were coming from china to study in
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the united states -- >> exchange program here. >> reports that maybe one of them was actually run over by an emergency vehicle? >> i can't even imagine. >> which is just horrible. >> horrific. >> but perhaps as few then as one person dying in a crash just speaks to the level of safety and perhaps the level of miracle that all these people got out. >> absolutely. you see the break-apart of that plane and the fire on the runway, and it is remarkable when you think about that. but asiana airline did release a statement saying asiana airlines is currently investigating the cause of the accident and will cooperate with government officials. >> we know the ntsb is looking into this. we'll hear a lot more about that story coming up. some lighter fare to tell you about. eliot spitzer. >> yes. >> here in new york city. jumping back -- >> former governor of new york. >> announced he's going to run for new york city comptroller, keeping an eye on the finances in the city. resigned five years ago in 2008 after it was revealed he was a client of an exclusive prostitution ring. >> no one can forget client number nine, right?
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>> client number nine in the black socks no question about that. he's got until midnight thursday to collect about 3,000, 4,000 signatures, which he shouldn't have a problem doing. he told the "new york post", i hope people forgive me and give me a second chance. we'll let you read along the headlines. >> this decision coupled with that of anthony weiner is gold and the full employment act for "new york post" headline writers. >> where you can expect a lot more of those headlines. i guess begs the question, can people forgive and forget something like that? and i guess we'll have to wait and see how voters, you know, respond. it all comes down to how they -- if they show up at the polls and vote him in. >> i think there is no question that spitzer looked at the way anthony weiner has handled his problem -- >> and mark sanford in north carolina, as well. >> that anthony weiner could reentreprener reenter the frey and be competitive in the mayoral race and take it head-on, talk about what he did, why he did it, ask
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for forgiveness. we'll see if he becomes mayor. but either way, he has done better than a lot of people thought he would. >> certainly the front-runner, now, according to the latest polls. >> along with christine quinn. i think -- >> i think everybody loves a good comeback story. it will be interesting to see where this goes from here. >> yes, it will. >> we'll be watching and reporting a lot of the . >> so will the "new york post." this next story hits home. >> something we can all relate to. >> the pain of parenthood. the stir website has ranked seven common children's toys according to what's most painful to step on. >> they did the research. >> scientific research. >> here's the deal. stepping on a metal jack is the big winner. 10 out of 10. >> i'm surprised, because actually these are plastic jacks. kind of terrible. but when was the last time you played with jacks? >> never. last time was never. >> i think my kids got some at a birthday party as a goody bag gift and i think they actually played with them. and i think i did step on one
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then. i would give it a 10 out of 10 as well. >> that would be painful. >> this is something i know very well. i step on one of these just about every day. stir gave it a 7 out of 10 on the pain scale. i'd say it's higher than that. >> yeah, that's an 8. >> i have had them embedded in place. >> you know what they'll do until you step on it -- sticks on your foot so you step a second time. crippling. >> double whammy. >> did you know that a stuffed toy actually got a 3 out of 10, because people think they have stepped on a family pet and freak out. >> i think, yeah, especially if it squeals when you step on it. wait, that wasn't my cat lexi, was it? okay. >> so what's your worst? >> my worst, actually, is not a toy. but feeding luke once when he was a toddler in his terrible s. he took his fork and was like no, i don't want that. i actually had the fork impaled. >> oh! >> i had tine marks in my face. >> you had a fork sticking out
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of your face? that's unbelievable. >> pelted by a fork. bad. >> any photographs of that? >> no. thank goodness mary in makeup was able to cover -- what happened to you? you've got two little holes right here. i'm like,um, long story. >> i think that shows what kind of husband i am. wait, leave it in there. >> photographic evidence. >> just tweet it out immediately. >> what was your worst? >> my consistent worst are the figures my son george, 4 today, happy birthday. a soldier or woody from "toy story" lying on their back and the arms and legs up so you get a four-pronged stick into your foot. >> i'm surprised it's not on this list, stepping on a dirty diaper. have you ever done that? >> why is it on the floor? is the big question? >> it's painful -- sometimes you're changing them and forget and you're just like -- whoops? >> you change them and sort of throw them around the room? lying around the house? >> you know, sometimes you're
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just not quick to, you know -- just sitting there. >> sure. >> and you step in it? >> calls into question, i know -- no. just the squishiness factor. doesn't hurt. >> your beautiful home littered with dir dediapers. >> no diapers, no. >> another one couples deal with. a new study that found men get -- >> don't you love these studies we find out of who knows where? >> found men get sick of shopping after 26 minutes. >> what? >> women tire of shopping -- >> 26 minutes? >> usually after two hours. because they haven't found anything they like. not -- >> have you ever lasted 26 minutes? >> i was going to say -- >> shopping? >> i was going to say, that's a big number. >> i think two minutes is his max. >> i have to get out of there. >> start breaking into a sweat. >> i can't do it. that's why these stores have these great areas where the guys all sit and couches and chairs and magazines and now a lot of them put tvs up there. >> if they're smart, make it more like the espn zone and have it all set up, your beers and
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chips. >> and just kind of sit there and stare at each other. with our mouths open of the. >> i always feel bad when i'm at a store and see the dutiful husband sitting there, yes, honey, that looks nice. yeah, that looks nice. they're not even looking. >> your wife comes out like pretty woman, and wants the big reaction. and you're like it's great. go with that. let's get it, let's wrap this up. all right, let's get a check of the weather. stephanie abrams in for al this morning. keeping an eye on the forecast. hey, steph. >> hey, will. good morning. found some girls who brought the heat from texas. do you think you can take it back when you go home? >> yes. >> we appreciate that. we want to hit the tropics, though. we have a tropical storm to tell you about. this is chanthal, moving quickly off to the west at 26 miles per hour. and if you live in florida, listen up. because this is headed right in our direction. midweek, south of puerto rico, and then as we head towards the end of the weekend, that's when it could be affecting us here into florida, into saturday morning.
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so do keep that in mind. but it doesn't look like it will be a big problem. i found a girl, amanda here, who says she can can can say what al says better than he does. so give pretty good job there. 9:10. a live look at san francisco. look at this. this is all that is left of the marine layer. you can make out the golden gate bridge off in the distance. it's going to keep you nice and comfortable today right by the water. 68 degrees in san francisco. plenty of 80s in san jose. 85 degrees for us. 90s inland today in places like livermore it's going to be kind of hot. no triple digits, not any time soon. in fact, all the way through the end of the week we're going to drop your temperatures. hope you have a great day. yours. >> thank you. coming up next, what had everybody pointing and clicking coming up next, what had everybody pointing and clicking over the fourth of july holiday. what's tbig eyes!ig look? new big eyes mascara from maybelline new york. now lashes do a 360 for 2x bigger eye impact!
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♪ despite the long weekend away from the office, relaxing with your friends and family, millions of you found the time to log in and check out some topics. >> google trends manager kef keffa alonga is here. this is the spikes. what was trending. >> that's right. fast-rising searches. >> let's get to first one is san francisco crash. not surprising, big news story of the weekend. what were people looking for? >> definitely one of those scary stories that as soon as you hear, you want more details and information. and again, right now because we're in this age of cell phone cameras and things, people are capturing this footage on the frowned, these bystander videos, and bystander photos, people searching for those. there is a video on youtube this weekend that had over 3 million views that people were searching
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for. san francisco plane crash video was also a trending search. >> next one, big news over the weekend. over at wimbledon. andy murray won the first brit to do it in 77 years. but the search was actually for his girlfriend. is that right? >> that's right. kim sears. she is there at all of the big tournaments. and she was very emotional during the final and he ran up and kissed her right afterward. so this created this big spike. and interest -- how long have they been dating? dating since they were 18 or something like that. and he was asked afterwards in the press conference if they were going to get engaged. >> get married already. >> and on the women's side, marion bartoli. >> 15th seed, and first grand slam win so any time you have an athlete like that, people are interested in their career and also some comments made by a bbc announcer that were disparaging about her appearance and she responded very gracefully that she didn't dream about becoming a model but did dream about
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winning wimbledon. >> take that you bbc commentator, i'll show you! i love that response. nigella lawson was also a big search, as well. we've heard about, you know, the scandal and the photos that we saw most recently. now it turns out her husband is filing for divorce. >> that's right. yeah, that was the story that sort of emerged over the weekend. and that -- this has sort of been in the conversation. a lot of discussion about this for a while now. and her husband even, you know -- he said in a statement that he was disappointed that she wasn't -- defending him and publicly. so when that statement along with sort of our interest in this ongoing saga is sort of continued to make spikes and searches. >> i was surprised to see "star wars" on this list. why "star wars"? >> there is a rannin fan culture on the web, creative culture. we think because there is a new book that had come out written by an american author and taking "star wars" reinterpreting it as shakespeare. >> what? >> very funny. some excerpts were released. and people were quoting it and
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talking about it online. >> feels like star wars always spikes for one reason or another. >> yeah. >> luke, i am your fathereth. >> very good. >> fathereth. >> okay. next is siberia, a new nbc show piqued interest as to whether or not it was a reality show or whether or not is it truly a scripted show. >> yeah, it's sort of an unconventional show. and it's sort of like "survivor" meets "the blair witch project" debuted last week and released online this weekend. so people were searching for it and didn't want to just know about the show and find it, but want to know the context. is "siberia" real was a related search. people trying to figure out, hey, is this a real thing, is it not a real thing. and this is not an uncommon thing, to have sort of something that gets released and becomes popular and then the water cooler conversation carries it for a few days and builds interest and then hits online. >> very cool.
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>> i'm getting not real. >> no, i'm thinking not real. >> somebody dies, usually not a good thing on a show. >> kevin, great, thank you so much. good to see you. coming up next, all the consumer news. and "fast & furious" star michelle rodriguez, full speed ahead on her next film. this day calls you. to fight chronic osteoarthritis pain. to fight chronic low back pain. to take action. to take the next step. today, you will know you did something for your pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a pain reliever fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. anti-depressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not for children under 18. people taking maois, linezolid or thioridazine or with
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♪ you know i love it >> taking a look at some of your headlines, another sign of the changing american workplace. temporary jobs are becoming a permanent part of the economic landscape. the number of temp workers has jumped more than 50% to almost 3 million in the u.s., a record high. one economist says only 27% of temp jobs lead to permanent ones. new rules are in effect meant to protect your child's privacy online. they give parents more control over the online collection of a child's personal information. for children under the age of 13, websites need to notify parents directly and get their approval before they collect, use or disclose a child's personal information. starting today, facebook is rolling out its new graph search tool for more users. the new tool unveiled back in january is designed to make it easier to find people, places,
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photos and interests on the site. with graph search, you'll be able to find friends near you who like kayaking or maybe restaurants your friends like. office depot is launching a new anti bullying campaign, with the help of one direction. the chain is selling special one direction school supplies, and it's donating 15% of the sales to the office depot foundation for anti bullying education. consumer reports is out with some suggestions on what is probably the most expensive liquid in your home. it is the ink in your printer. so expensive per ounce, you might call it black gold. consumer reports says most printers use a lot of ink in routine maintenance every time the machine is on. best advice to consumers, leave printers on and use the draft mode whenever possible to save money. movie-going minions found a lot to like in "despicable me 2" taking over the top spot in the box office with more than $82
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million over the weekend. "the lone ranger" far behind in second, "the heat" in third. and a surfer recovering in australia after he was knocked unconscious sunday by the tail of a whale. lifeguards and other surfers brought him to shore. the man says he remembers talking to the whale and getting hit. he joked, maybe the whale was trying to give him a high-five. certainly has a story to tell, though. >> talking to the whale? >> he was talking to the whale, like he was talking to it like a dog. >> oh, okay. >> and i guess the whale said take that. >> not a well-trained whale. >> cleeshl not. >> get out. coming up, a question natalie asks me in almost every commercial break. is it okay to cry at work? >> we do it all of the time. i've witnessed it. >> we'll look at what you think. and cool new kitchen gadgets to make your life easier. all after your local news and weather. ♪ [ hero mom ] oh, yeah. we're gettin' cereal. 'cause over 40 general mills cereals are 130 calories or less per serving. just look for the g. boom! that's how nutrition is done, people.
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good morning to you. it's 9:26 now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. an update to our top story this morning. the crash of asiana flight 214 at sfo. ntsb will hold a briefing to update us. preliminary information shows that the boeing 777 approached the runway too low and too slow. the pilot tried to correct the plane in the final seven seconds before the crash but it was just too late. the airline, in the meantime, said the pilot landing that flight was training to fly the 777 and had never landed one at sfo. the airline says the more experienced co-pilot was also on board and doesn't believe the training pilot was the cause of
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the crash. the crash killed two teenage girls from china. this morning, their parents are among the victims family members who left china for san francisco. once they meet with the victims' families, a coroner will release information about how the girls were killed, including one of them may have been hit by a fire truck that was responding to the scene. we'll continue to follow all of that for you. we'll have a look at weather and traffic right after this break.
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welcome back now. the timis 9:28. we're starting to see an improving sky over san francisco. we have flight delays over sfo. you want to check ahead with your carrier throughout the day. you'll notice flight delays headed over to the east coast. temperatures are going to be comfortable, mostly in the mid-80s to low 90s. let's look at your drive with mike. >> 880 basically stopping past the coliseum, very slow dragging all the way up to the 18th. the northbound side is slow. the southbound side, though, is
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where the incident, car fire, and crash reported at 16th has at least two lanes blocked. it's slow from 980 jammed all the way down to the scene. both directions of 880. avoid that if you can. take 580 through oakland. over on the peninsula, a smoother drive and to palo alto, we had earlier slowing from willow and now things are evening out. pretty standard as you past by the shoreline. it's to be expected. laura, back to you. >> thank you very much. thank you for joining us as well. another update in just half an hour. enjoy your monday morning. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪
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well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. welcome back to "today" on this monday morning, it is july 8th, 2013. warming up outside on the plaza. inside studio 1-a, i'm willie geist along with natalie morales. al has the morning off. coming up this half hour, fresh off the "fast & furious" mega franchise, michelle rodriguez now going full throttle into her new animated movie, "turbo." >> i like that she coordinated her outfit with the set perfectly. doesn't she look great? >> she does. have you ever cried at work? is there a difference if a man does it or woman does it? we're going to take a look at emotions in the workplace. and we're going to find out what you all think. then the six cutting-edge gadgets you need to make life in the kitchen easier.
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some as expensive as 5 bucks. we get in the kitchen and put them to the test. but first, a check of the weather from stephanie abrams in for al today. stephanie. >> good to see you guys, as always. we're going to start off with what you are going to see today. and unfortunately, there is a chance for severe weather through the northern plains. we could see hail, damaging winds, and you can't rule out tornadoes. otherwise, a heat. it is starting to taper off a little bit here into the northeast. but still, the humidity is out there. so trust me, it still feels hot. and as we head into the day tomorrow, our system in the plains is going to move deeper into the midwest. the only good thing about this is it's going to cool off our temperatures. so we will see them in minnesota dropping from the 90s down into the 9:31. good monday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. we have flight delays about an hour and a half out of sfo. today highs are comfortable. 85 in san jose and 84 degrees in
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santa teresa getting into the next couple of days temperatures are going to be warm and then we cool you off thursday through saturday. unseasonably cool. have a fantastic monday. it's all about the sizzle here across the country and nolt natalie and willie also on-screen. >> nice segue. >> the actress who clearly has a need for speed. michelle rodriguez has been in a lot of tough girl roles, and in the crazy successful "fast & furious" films. >> now revved up for her next big movie rolling into theeater now in the new film "turbo." >> good morning. >> so your character is a mechanic. sound familiar? >> i know. the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree, does it? >> car racing involved in this, as well. >> yeah. this time it's cute and it involves, like, a bunch of snails that race. and -- it's -- it's a lot more
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innocent than the "fast & furious" franchise. >> do you know your way around a car at this point, having been in all these car movies? >> yeah, i do. but i don't know my way around a snail, which is why i kind of had trouble with the improvisations in the cartoon. >> you talk to actors who do anima animated movies for the first time and this is your first animated role, right? >> yeah. >> what is your experience? because you're not around other actors? >> i love it. >> you do? >> it's the funniest thing ever, reminds me of when i was a rug rat and i used to sit in my room and pretend i was something that i wasn't. get to use these weird voices and enter characters in play. it's very playful environment, you know? i loved it. >> you go from these action films and doing some of the stunts in the action films to being there all by yourself, not having to worry about what you look like. >> that is the best. it is very liberating.
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no makeup, no hair, no outfits. it's just you and your personality and your imagination. >> just rolling in your sweats. right? >> so much fun. i love it. >> now, you've talked lately about writing films. you're obviously well-known for acting. what kind of things are you looking to do? >> well, kids' movies are definitely a big priority for me. and female empowerment is a big thing for my writing. it's all stuff that i came up with when i was like 15. just evolved throughout time. just waited a very long time for it to be the right time to come out and veer from what i do for a living. i think i've got enough relationshipses in the industry and friendships and enough experience to actually dive into the scripts and flesh them out into stories that i can share with the world. >> anything you have in development? you can share with us? >> yeah, sure. one is -- the kids' project is my fun one and it's basically
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called "kingdom come" and it's about people basically tearing down the earth to the point where in the future you know, the rain forest is depleted. and all of the tribes from the rain forest gather together during new years, winter solstice around that time, and do a seance to the mother goddess. basically all the animals on the planet attack anything that's not pure. so you've got these little kids and tribesmen protecting people from animals that are attacking. it's kind of like "injure jury as i can park" meets goonees. we have a game called "the fast & curious." we get some help from our crowd outside. in 30 seconds answer as many questions as you can. really easy. trust me. you can handle it. all right. so let's get to our crowd, and
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we've got the 30 seconds on the countdown clock. okay. here we go. we've got the questions. have you ever been to the indy 500? >> yes, i have. >> are you anything like your character? >> not really. >> nothing. okay. >> what's your favorite song? >> oh, my god, that's too hard. jimi hendrix, star spangled banner. >> very nice. >> good one. >> favorite country you visited recently outside the u.s. >> oh, my god. i love the mediterranean. anything mediterranean. monte carlo. [ buzzer ] >> that it? how many questions? five questions. that was pretty good. >> i'm giving her 5 for 5. >> yes. >> so good to see you. we rented tires and everything for you. >> that's awesome. >> congratulations on the film. >> you guys have a well-oiled machine here, by the way. i just love to watch you all run around in the morning. it's great. >> there is a lot of running. michelle, thank you so much.
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windex touch-up cleaner. of those days where you cried at work or maybe you yelled at a co-worker. it is natural to express emotion. but is there a place for it at the office? >> a recent huffington post article got us thinking about that. we brought in nicole williams, career expert for linkedin, and a psychiatrist. good morning to both of you. >> good morning to you. >> nicole, we're moving to a place where there are more women at the top. >> sure. >> in workplaces. does that mean in all it's a more women-friendly workplace emotionally? >> yeah, i think there is some emotion that is acceptable at the workplace. but by and large, regardless of gender and regardless of the fact there are more women at the top, i think crying is inappropriate in the workplace. especially if we're talking about the full-fledged bawl or full-fledged yell. i think that emotion is something that we're looking for people to have some control over. in a professional context. so, you know, while yes, i think we may see more of t it's certainly more of a discussion point at this point. >> there's a certain stereotype,
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i think, that women tend to show more emotion. all emotions, whether it's crying to getting angry and upset at work, as well. you think -- >> and i think there is some truth to that. i do. >> i think we can all say -- >> i think there is some truth to it, but i also think that nurture plays a big role, too. i think that from the time boys are little, they're told don't cry. if they get hit by the baseball, you're told you really need to be a man, stop that. so i think that we really can't separate that. i see lots of men in my practice who are very emotional. i'm an emotional man. you know, the fact that men get upset shouldn't be a surprise to anybody. i think that men are just much less likely to exhibit that emotion in the workplace, because they're fearful of what that might mean to them and what their co-workers might think. >> we asked our viewers a simple question. we polled our audience to see if they thought it was appropriate to cry at the workplace. we have the results. 60% said yes, if it's done privately. 24% say no, if it's in front of others. 16% say never. you surprised by these numbers, nicole? >> you know what, no.
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and i think that, you know, that's the important part. in private. you know, you can have emotion in the workplace. you know, there are going to be moments, professionally, where, you know, you're hitting the edge. and you know, escape to the rest room, have a conversation with your partner at night. the problem is, with crying, there is a power imbalance. you're making people uncomfortable. and when women cry in particular, we get called on the she is just crying to get her own way kind of thing. >> not strong enough. can't go to the boss about something. >> yeah, yeah. >> but i think you just need to really keep in mind, trying to be what we call emotionally intelligent, your eq rather than iq, this idea of being able to understand, perceive and control your emotions. everybody has strong emotions in the workplace, outside of the workplace. but you really want to be effective in managing that. so you can then get what you're looking for. because if you're yelling, if you're crying, much less likely to have that desired result. >> what about other emotions like anger?
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i mean, some say women are perceived as difficult if they're -- if they show they're angry, while men are perceived as tough and go-getters. >> and powerful. >> and powerful. >> yeah, there is definitely gender divides, of course. i think that anger, regardless, is one of those things you definitely want to keep under control. i think from a man perspective, you've got the, you know, the physical stature that can be very threatening, frankly. and perceived as threatening. and then you're right. for women, it's -- you're the "b" word because you've exuded some anger. anger is a tough one. >> i think we might see a shift. whenever you're in a group, whatever that group may be, you have a perceived way of the way you need to act to be part of that group. if it's a male-dominant workplace, then the woman is going to feel some sort of pressure to behave in some sort of way. maybe anger coming from her would not be seen as appropriate. if you're a more woman-dominant field, maybe a teacher or nurse
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or something like that, i think there are different expectations. so i think that people will view some of these things differently, depending on the context in which these emotions are being expressed. >> so what we learned is your anger is okay and my crying is okay. we've flipped the gender roles. >> love it. >> good. >> thanks so much. great to see you both. >> good to have you guys here. coming up next, kitchen gadgets that are going to blow your mind. >> i can't wait, really? >> new ice cream scoop for summer? come on. or a salad spinner? >> all right after this. [ sponge ] now for the main event. in this corner, the reigning lasagna dish, the big cheese. and in this corner, the best generation of dawn power, platinum! [ bell dings ] here we go! [ female announcer ] dawn platinum power clean's micro-scrubbing enzymes give you the power of an overnight soak in 3 minutes, and 3 times more everyday grease cleaning ingredients. for all your dishes. so if you like dawn, you'll love platinum. [ sponge ] the champion! [ female announcer ] dawn platinum does even more... [ sponge ] so it's not a chore.
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tell me, oh, chef, from the future, can it core an apple? >> oh it, it it can core an apple. >> i will core an apple the old fashioned way and see how slow it takes me and you will do it the modern way and we'll see how fast it is. there, i am through. >> who can forget that famous scene from "the honeymooners," if you get stage fright in the kitchen, there are some new gadgets that help you cook like a celebrity chef. we're about to test-drive some for you. >> sarah humphreys, executive editor of "real simple" is here to orchestrate the ultimate kitchen road test.
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good morning. >> good morning. >> you guys looked at over 400 different -- gadgets. >> 400 gadgets to find out which ones actually save you time and effort. >> let's get to it. >> >> we use every day. can opener. >> we were just talking about this. the great thing about this can opener, they now open the whole top off as opposed to just the lid. and this was the most intuitive. snap it on. and turn. >> just turn the whole deal. >> works on any size can. and the great thing about this, too -- >> the whole top comes off. >> not fishing it out. and then it's here. and unsnap it and drop in the trash. zylus. >> fantastic. >> and very cheap. >> 10 it is. >> next, the turkey baseter, we are all need. great thing, it's ergonomic. we love the shape. the bulb is less bulbis, and comes with these attachments, almost like a vacuum.
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so you can baste and brush. it's long so you can reach around, especially a big bird. excuse me. to baste. so it's great. if you want to try -- >> also good tore barbecuing. >> absolutely. >> not bad. salad spinners next. >> we had a real debate in the kitchen about the salad spinners. some people like the string pull. the great thing about this, it's really sturdy construction and really fast. and then it stops on a dime. so it gets your greenses incredible, incredible dry. which is really nice. >> that's zylus. >> yes, it is. crispy lettuce. >> now you need to get some citrus, get some lime juice out. >> this is a gadget, more of a machine. do you feel how heavy these things are? so this is the chef juicer. what you want to do, it gets 20% more juice out. cut-side down. that's the trick. rind side up. and then use a little he bow
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grease. >> oh, wow. oh, that is great. >> that's not a bad tip. >> baster. two in one. >> good one. measuring cups. >> this one points for cuteness. really small, oxo, great for small amounts of oil or honey, things like that. it goes right into the dishwasher, in any nook and cranny. >> or that salad. >> we'll go light with the oil. >> what's the advantage of that over a regular shape? >> if you're using a big pyrex measuring dish, it's a waste. and this fits in a drawer. >> the kids like to play with them. >> right. >> and we all need a good ice cream scoop. >> you can take this one. a classic sgh-roll ice cream scoop, used across ice cream parlors all over the nation. >> what makes it so good? >> the scoop. and antifreeze solution safe inside. see how perfect that is? >> lovely. >> anti freeze inside? >> safe anti freeze inside which helps get the scoop through the
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ice cream. >> unbelievable. >> delicious. revolutionary, dare i say. >> sometimes the most simple and great. we love this one the best, for sure. >> something therapeutic about scooping out a perfectly round ball of ice cream. >> good stuff. back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.
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good morning to you. it's 9:56. i'm marla telle sdplchz. the ntsb will speak to the pilots within the next 24 hours. the plane was flying
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significantly below the target speed as it approached the airport. and the pilot tried to abort the landing just before it smashed on to the runway. two of the 307 people on board were killed. south korea will be inspecting landing equipment on all 777 owned by asiana and korean air. meanwhile, the ntsb will provide an update on its investigation at 11:30 this morning. we're also awaiting a news conference from the first responders. that's expected to start within minutes. this right here is a live look at the setup there at sfo for this press conference featuring the first responders and it's held by san francisco police. we will bring that to you live when it begins in just minutes. right now we want to switch gears to the forecast with christina loren. >> hey, marla. high pressure is certainly in control but we're going to see quite a difference at the coast versus what we're expecting
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inland. temperatures at the coast, upper 60s where we see plenty of 07s and 80s around the bay and even mid-90s in the inland cities for today with the building breeze. highs work out like this, 81 in fremont and 68 degrees in san francisco. great news. no heatwave. in fact, we're going to cool you off thursday into friday. mike? >> great news weatherwise but trafficwise it's bad news because of accidents. you saw a jam in the northbound side past the coliseum from the marina boulevard. southbound is jammed as well. that's your best bet if that's your destination. back to you. >> we'll be back as soon as the first responders press conference begins in just moments. farmers presents: 15 seconds of smart.
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from nbc news, this is "today" we are breaking into the "today" show to take you live to sfo where san francisco police are about to a press conference featuring first responders. the ntsb says the plane in saturday's deadly crash at sfo was flying significantly below the target speed as it approached the airport. the pilot tried to abort the
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landing just as it approached the runway. two of the 307 were killed. they will be inspecting all landing equipment on boeing 777's owned by asiana and korean air. there is another conference scheduled at 11:30. that is featuring the ntsb. this he will update us on their latest findings in regards to the crashed flight at sfo. that starts at 11:30. we'll also bring that to you live, of course. logon at any time to nbcbayarea.com to find out the latest information. we have reporters on the scene and we're covering this story from every angle as this happened saturday morning. and you can see the first responders there. i think that's chief greg sir there in the background there. joanne hayes white, san francisco fire chief is there as well. we are not sure who going to be taking the podium but we'll be
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hearing from the first responders for the flight 214 as it came in to sfo on saturday. we've also been reporting all morning long that the parts of the two victims, two 16-year-olds who died in this crash, they are right now in the air. they have left china. they left china about 5:00 our time this morning. they are taking the very same route that their daughters took just a couple of days ago. that means they are flying asiana air. they had a stopover in seoul, south korea, about 6:20 this morning. they are scheduled to land at sfo a little bit later, obviously, this evening potentially tonight. once they do land, first order of business is to talk to the san mateo coroner conducting the autopsies on the two 16-year-olds who died in this crash. now, there is speculation that one of them did not die on impact, that she may have been
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hit and killed by a first responder vehicle, by an emergency vehicle. we're hearing a fire truck may have hit this girl and that is what led to her death. that is not confirmed yet. that is just a speculation. san francisco mayor ed lee has been asked about that. he says that he cannot verify those reports. no official has verified, it of course. those findings will only be released by the san mateo county k coroner. we are waiting to hear from the coroner as well. the parents anxious to make their way to san francisco to find out the very latest about their daughters' death. the two girls who died in the crash, they were coming as a larger -- in a larger group to spend a three-week summer program down in southern california. basically, an english emergent program to get them ready for college in the united states. these two girls, they were friends. they've known each other for four years. we want to go ahead now and
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listen in to this press conference. >> the spokeswoman for the fire department and the way it's going to work this morning is that the chief -- the fire chief and police chief will open up the press conference with a brief overview and then we'll hand it off to the first responders to give you first accounts as to what they experienced and please hold off all questions until the end. and that's pretty much it basically. right now, chief joanne hayes white of the fire department will join us. >> thank you. good morning, everyone. the goal of today's press briefing is to provide an interview. i know that many of you are concerned about the conditions we faced with asiana flight 214. what we're going to do is give you an overview of those conditions we faced, the organizational structure that we set up to respond to both the emergency.ency and the medical i'm here very proud of the members that stand behind me and all of the members of both san
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francisco fire department and police department for the extraordinary efforts that they made, an enormous amount of teamwork that was displayed, heroism that was displayed to be able to attend to what we needed to do on saturday. we also have great assistance from san mateo county. unfortunately, they are not here with us today but they were a large part of our response and a large part of the reason why 123 people walked away from this airline crash on saturday. i'd also like to acknowledge those at the airport that we've worked with, again, this is something that i said before, that we train for and thank goodness for our training but it's not something that many people would see in their careers. i wanted to be able to provide the opportunity to have our first responders, true heroes, people that actually went on to the plane to assist passengers off in a very chaotic circumstance. the goal will be to give a narrative of conditions that we faced and the strategies that we
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put together. the organizational structure in our incident command system to be able to address what we had to deal with on saturday. the other thing that i wanted to let you know is that there has been information and evidence to suggest that one of our fire apparatus may have come into contact with one of the two victims that were pronounced deceased at the scene. we will address that briefly. i will have the assistant deputy chief of our airport division address the steps that we took when we found out that that might be a possibility. and assure you that we're working closely with the ntsb as they conduct their investigation on all aspects but particularly on this aspect and as i said on saturday, our hearts go out to those that suffered losses, given the circumstances on saturday. i had the opportunity to visit some of the patients at sf general the other night, on saturday and yesterday morning. phenomenal work by san francisco general. they had 53 patients
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transported. i believe there's less than -- as of yesterday, there is 19 still in the hospital. i think a few have been discharged. but the again, incredible teamwork that was displayed, people coming in offduty and rising to the occasion. i couldn't be prouder of the members of my department for the display, professionalism, and the training that they did to basically save many, many lives. with that, i'd like to now introduce the assistant chief, he works in san francisco overseeing division 3 but once we knew what we had, our three stations were quickly overwhelmed so we had resources come down, approximately 110 of our members come down from san francisco and the incident commander will give you an overview of how he set up organizationally their response. thank you. >> thank you, chief. >> state your name, please. >> good morning, everyone. i'm tom siragusa.
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. i'm an assistant chief with the san francisco fire department. on saturday, july 6th, i was working in station 7, as the chief said. when the airport has an incident of this magnitude, resources from the city proper are dispatched down here. we were dispatched by our communication center, provided information and a first alarm response was struck to the airport to provide assistance for what was indicated to us as a plane crash and people on the plane were exiting via the chutes. to be quite honest with you, it's very limited information and we responded down here quite often for incidents and drills and feel like we have a very, very good working relationship trainingwise and responsewise with the airport. en route to the incident, i was given further information that in fact people were using the chutes to exit the plane and that there was information
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provided to us from san mateo county fire department that people were still trapped on the plane. i did not have any indication that there was a fire involved at this point. i just understood that there had been an incident that took place and that a type of exit was taking place off of the airplane. when i approached approximately just past candlestick point, i noticed a column of smoke coming from the airport proper. it wasn't the dark smoke indicating what was eventually to happen. it was more of a light haze. i requested from our communications center if they had any information of there being a fire and at that point that information had not been passed on to our communications center. however, based on the fact that i saw a column of smoke, i raised the response level to a second alarm and we declared a yellow alert and really what a yellow alert means from a medical perspective, we're putting hospitals on notice that there's a potential for them
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receiving victims. when i got to northfield access, came off the freeway heading left on to the airport proper, conditions began to rapidly change from what i was viewing from the airplane. i now had a significant column of smoke coming from the airplane itself. and i will say to you, you know, with all of the training, as the chief mentioned, the preparation, the expectationsat for what we do on a daily basis, to be honest, this is not something i ever expected to view in my career. as i approached the airplane, as my initial report was to the communications center, i have a large plane down, it's involved in fire and people are exiting the plane and the collection point had been established. at that point, i raised it to a third alarm and declared it as a red alert. and the red alert is we have
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victims and the hospitals need to be notified at a higher level. i requested our mass casualty units on the scene. i got on the scene and i want to acknowledge the response of the san mateo county fire departments, specifically the battalion chief from san bruno, charlie barringer. we were joined at the hip. we quickly anthony robinson was the on-field incident commander and we got into a unified command. and i will tell you that i have never responded to a commercial airplane being down and being involved in fire. and i would venture to say that nobody that was on the scene that day had participated in an event like this. however, when you go back to the groundwork of what we are trained to do, some of the higher level of expectations when it comes to being an incident commander, i went right
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through the check list and that included what the priorities were and clearly, based on the information that we had people still trapped on the plane, we were in a life mode, life priority to get on to that plane and to begin a rescue operation. number two, we needed to extinguish the fire. we needed to treat the victims, and we needed to search the tarmac and the water's area for potential victims. therefore, my organization fell right into play. on the outside of the plane, the aircraft rescue firefighting equipment was dealing with the exterior of the plane applying foam. firefighters from san francisco along with members of the san francisco international airport were doing something that many people might think -- and i'm telling you, it's above and beyond -- the expectations that firefighters would enter a plane that's involved in fire, one of the things that i haven't heard very much talk about was they are on a plane involved with
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fire and in those wings of that plane is jet fuel. jet fuel is leaking out of the plane and our firefighters, under the direction of anthony robinson and battalion chief mark johnson entered the plane, began a primary search and began to extinguish fire. while that's going on, we have jet fuel that's leaking off of the plane. so we're dealing with those objectives. clearly the other objective was dealing with the multicasualty incident or mass casualty incident that we had in please a a rescue captain was ready to begin the roles. simultaneous to that, i assigned a captain along with san mateo county fire department crews to begin a search of the tarmac for any potential victims that may be on the tarmac. and i also had information that we may have had victims in the water. so along those lines, between san mateo county, the coast
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guard, and san francisco fire department response including the fire department, fireboat, we had assets on the water. so from an organizational structure, the mode was to be offensive in dealing with the life safety concerns. the objectives were extinguish the fire, begin treatment of the civilians, transportation of them, and to conduct a primary search of that airplane under the most extreme circumstances and to the two lieutenants from the international airport that are here that were the first responders to arrive on the scene, above and beyond is insufficient to say what they did. and to the police officers that were involved and the assistance of evacuating very, very seriously injured people from the plane is incredible, remarkable, i don't have enough adjectives to say what it was. i will tell you, from an organizational perspective, i was in unified command with the san mateo county fire
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department, san francisco police department, with the fbi, members of san francisco international airport, a very unique moment took place and chief hastings-white arrived after this, when a member of the crew, a flight attendant came to us because her number one concern was, how many people were on the plane and we needed to begin an accountability. this crew member had the manifest and her concern was that she had four of her flight attendants that were unaccounted for. we had done a search of the plane but we had four people that were still missing. in the middle of what we have all observed, the fire conditions that existed on that plane, firefighters from san francisco international airport and from san francisco fire department, once again went on to that plane and conducted another search under the most trying of circumstances. and i couldn't be more proud of what they did. all in all, the response, as i
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said earlier, was for me it was surreal but we went in to the mode that we operate in is to follow the checklist of priorities, objectives, and carrying out the tactics employed and there's very, very few things that as an instant commander i would have done differently, looking back on it, and i think that was because of the great cooperation of our partners in the police department, from the san mateo county fire departments, our close interaction with san francisco international airport for this to turn out the way it did. thank you. >> thank you, chief siragusa for your ceremony. i'd like to ask lieutenant chrissy simmons to address what she encountered when she was one of the first responders on the scene on saturday. lieutenant emmons. >> my last name is spelled
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emmons. my mother calls me chrissy. my given name is christine, though. >> spelling for us. >> crissy, christine, christine. >> which do you plefr? >> i'll be crissy emmons today. yes, two ms. so on saturday i was assigned to the crash house, which is our nickname but it turned out to be a true event. i was on rescue 88 when the alert came in. so just a little history, a lot of times we get prealerts, which will be like an aircraft with some kind of mechanical issue, maybe a light indication, flaps, brakes, et cetera. those will be classified like an alert one or alert two.
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so, you know, that's our normal response there. we tend to respond to mainly alert twos and alert ones. so i guess at 11:27 the alert was struck and the communication from the tower was, alert 3, alert 3, plane crash, plane crash. it was a female that dispatched us and i knew from her voice that the event we were going to was real. i'll be honest, i did not hear too much after that as far as suited up, my driver and i exited the firehouse and we saw -- we made a left turn and we saw a large column of smoke at the end of -- the approach of
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the 28s. adrenaline was flowing at this time and i had to keep reminding my driver -- i hope he doesn't get mad -- but i had to keep reminding him, if we don't get there, we're not going to help anybody. and we carry our water up high on the arf vehicles. it's aircraft rescue firefighting vehicle so they can tip over. so we made it there -- i don't know for sure, but probably in less than one minute to the scene of the accident. this is rescue 88. and we take the position -- we like to refer to as the number -- excuse me. the 1:00 position and positioning your aircraft at an event, the nose of the plane is considered 12:00. so if i'm looking at the plane, we went to the left hand side. we position there because we had fire showing from the number two
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engine and we had fire underneath the fuselage. my driver and i went right to work. we started applying agent, which was foam and i kept reminding him that we wanted to cool the fuselage and definitely try to put that engine fire out. so that was the initial response from the airport. also from my firehouse there was another arf vehicle that responded and i believe they responded to the backside or the 6:00 position of the plane. the fire -- we were able to knock down a good amount of fire and it went from dark black smoke to what looked to be semi-manageable condition. after -- at the corner of my eye
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i saw rescue 33, which is an engine company pull up. i instructed my driver that i'd be getting out of the rig and first of all i didn't want him to hit me and i wanted him to know what i was going to do. i said, i'm going to grab my scott and i'm going around to the other side. so as i came around the other side i met up with lieutenant who was on engine 33 that day and we positioned -- or we brought in engine 33 and positioned it so that we could get into the plane. chutes were deployed, passengers were still coming down off of the chutes. i don't know if i should tell you what they did or what i -- i'll tell you what i saw him do. i saw him run up the chute of the aircraft. this was a chute that was deployed from what we call l-2, the left side door, second door. i said, if he can do it, i can
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do it. so his crew that day was mike kirk. he's a firefighter paramedic. we visualized a large amount of fuel coming off of the wing section on the side that we were just about to enter and we grabbed the ready line, which is an inch and three quarter attack line from 33 and we went -- we climbed up the chute also and got into the plane. lieutenant said he was going to go to the left, towards the cockpit, to begin the primary search. i'm going to call him firefighter kirk and i went to the right to begin our primary search. we encountered fire initially as we got in to the fuselage, which we knocked down in temporary stages just to give us more time. we knew that this event -- we
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were not running out of time but the conditions were going to possibly change very rapidly for us. as we proceeded down the fuselage, we -- i felt that the primary search was completed in a fashion that we had not passed any passengers up on that plane. about two-thirds of the way down, firefighter kirk asked me if he could run ahead and check to see what was going on at the back of the plane. the conditions as we went down the plane were getting better. most of the fire was in the front of the plane. so i said yes, grabbed the line. i also turned around and saw that there was fire impinging between the top of the fuselage and what we call the skin of the aircraft. so just to quick knock down there, firefighter kirk reported back that he had found four
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passengers in the back of the plane. i radioed that we had four passengers stuck or trapped in the back of the plane. we continued to the back where we had a multitude of patients. i don't know how to say this. there was a variety as far as what was going on. we had elderly, we had a woman with a gentleman who was standing over her, we had somebody that was partially trapped. as it turns out, there was a small person stuck between the seats and i think that was it as far as personnel. so rescue 56 responded to the rear of the aircraft and assisted in evacuating these victims. we had lieutenant brown -- i think i'd like to give credit to
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a lot of people today that assisted in the evacuation of these people because it was hectic, it was -- the back of the plane did not hold up as well as the front of the plane. as we proceeded down, the seats and the fuselage was definitely more impacted than any other part of the plane. so if i could, i'd like to just give you guys some -- okay. engine 56, we had rebecca atwater and roger phillips were the two firefighters assigned to that rig. myself, dave came down and assisted us and mike kirk was
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there and we had a very brave san francisco police officer enter the plane with no s. s.e.d. -- and jim cunningham. i want to thank him because we needed everybody that day. so most of the ex triindications -- two of the extrications happened through the rear of the aircraft where a whole was created when they lost the tail section. there were two nonambulatory patients that we put on backboards and one other person was just basically taken out of the plane. so after we removed the five victims or passengers -- the conditions inside the plane were changing very rapidly. when we first got back there and saw these people, it was actually pretty clear back there. there was not a lot of smoke.
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there was not a lot of fire. but by the time we removed the final victim, the conditions were that the fire was coming down on us. we had heavy, black smoke. so i feel very lucky and blessed that we were able to get those people out in that time. when i got off the plane, i assisted in taking one of the nonambulatory patients to triage and i was satisfied, i was happy. i felt like there was no -- there was nobody left on that plane. i felt confident that the plane was gone through well and we did not leave anybody there in that plane. so at that time, my mode changed to, it's just a fire now.
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so that's basically what i did. all right. >> thank you, lieutenant emmons. wonderful job. i'd next like to introduce from san francisco international airport assigned from the san francisco fire department, lieutenant dave monaverte. >> first off, i'd like to apologize to you all. i'm very uncomfortable up here. i'm not too good in front of a front. my name is dave monteverdi. i'm a lieutenant. the day started off -- usually my position is at the house with crissy. but i worked an extra day and i was lieutenant on engine 33 that day. it started out as a busy day.
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we were at a run at the terminal clearing a run. we just cleared it. we just got out of the jetway and were walking down the stairs and over the radio came an alert 3 plane crash. that's all we heard. we got a different dispatch from fire control. the one crissy got came from fire control. we had a different dispatcher. the only words were, plane crash. i was with firefighter paramedic kirk that day and firefighter michelle grinestaff. we rushed to the rig. since we were already at a call, we were in our turnout gears so didn't have to waste any time suiting up. all you could see acrass toss tr field was dark smoke and the plane was on its belly. so we just rushed -- went right straight to it. the air traffic control was very
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good. they cleared the runways for us. all we had to do was drive straight to the incident. the whole time i was looking and it seemed to be surreal, like it wasn't happening. we finally get to the scene and since everybody seemed to be showing up at the same time, our vehicles are showing up. i established a command and took over operations and at that time crissy local 88 was at the 1:00 position. they were applying foam. right away you could see the black smoke -- >> for the last 30 minutes we've been listening to first responders of flight 214. of course, the boeing 777 that crashed at sfo on saturday. we are hearing from these first responders, both from the san francisco fire department and also from san francisco police. this is a joint news conference. we're going to stick with this breaking into the regularly scheduled programming of the "today" show. the big takeaway so far is that
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joanne hayes white, she says they will in fact address speculation that an emergency vehicle, specifically a fire truck, hit one of the two 16-year-old victims of the crashed flight. that's potentially how this young girl, the 16-year-old died. this is speculation, only a possibility at this point. autopsies are being conducted right now by the san mateo county coroner. ultimately his findings will reveal whether or not in fact that is true. again, this is a press conference going on at sfo between san francisco fire department and san francisco police. we will continue to listen in. >> he was the last one off, i believe. so we got up there, fed the line, crissy banked right towards the ear of the aircraft and i fed them line so they could go down further and i believe they had active fire that they extinguished right off the bat there. i banked left to the cockpit to see if anybody was up there. i got to the cockpit and pretty much i didn't see anybody.
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the conditions were smoking dark but it wasn't like i was blind. i could emit things out and flashlight. i was pretty confident i didn't see anybody up there. i went back towards the rear of the aircraft and crissy and mike -- like she said, further we got down, visibility got better and better and it was quite evident that there was nobody in the seats. everything looked intact. not intact but you could see that everybody exited their seats. we went further and further down and that's when we saw an elderly gentleman in his seat. he could not move. and then at that time i believe the other companies were coming in from the rear of the aircraft and also officer cunningham who we saw in there. i still couldn't believe i saw him in there without protective equipment and my hat goes off to you.
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and then after that, since i was still in operations, we needed to get equipment to extricate some of the people out of the aircraft. we called for backboards so we could load them up and get them out. while all of that was going on, i believe mike kirk, firefighter kirk was extricating a person, an individual at the bulkhead still on top of him. he did an excellent job. he got the person out and they got that person out the back. and then -- and then also firefighter sally was there and she was aiding. i believe there was one lady who had fractures in her leg who couldn't move. i think they put her on a backboard, if i'm not mistaken. pretty much, that was it. we had one gentleman left further in the back, maybe seven or eight rows up and he was
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growni groaning. we were running out of time. we had no choice. we stood him up and amazingly he started shuffling his feet. so that was a good sign. we got to the rear of the aircraft again and we were able to get him out. that was pretty much the last person off the plane. we radioed to command that we did our primary search, all passengers were off the aircraft and that we would be going to an exterior mode and basically we're going to -- since serving clear inside, we're not worried about passengers' lives anymore, we're concerned about our safety, and we just went to putting the fire out from the outside. that just involved the -- bringing the arf rigs in, they had to fill up three, four times with water back and forth and i have to say that we had emergency members come in off
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duty. they got in, they staffed extra rigs that we have. so once that happened, we had all of the capacity we needed and we just bombarded it and it finally went out. and that's pretty much what i did. >> so as you can see, pretty incredible stories from our first responders, those first on the scene. i wanted to acknowledge you and it is not -- they are not accustomed to addressing a large group of media and what stands out to me is their humility and their acknowledgement of the team and that's what the fire service is all about, is about the team. i'd also like to acknowledge officer jim cunningham for his bravery. he -- we have training in this. we wear protective equipment and he joined in, recognizing that we needed someone else and for that, i'm truly impressed. as you can tell, we had our hands full with the aircraft.
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i got on scene within 20 minutes. controlling and suppressing the fire that we had, as big of a piece, if not bigger, is the medical component and i would like to give particular credit, he's not here today but he responded to the city from the medical group supervisor, stewart beach who did a phenomenal job in tracking and organizing the medical group side of this incident. today we have with us from the san francisco international airport and he also did a wonderful job rescue captain tony malloy. what tony did was oversee the triage and treatment area. the comments received from the medical personnel, the doctors, nurses was that without the treatment and the early detection of the most seriously injured and the prioritization of getting them to where they needed to go, there would
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definitely have been more lives lost. so i'd like to have rescue captain malloy give you a snapshot of what he did at the treatment and triage area. >> hello. my name is tony malloy, molloy. when i responded to the airport, stewart beach, who is rc-3, was dispatched. stewart actually held my position as he rescued captain at the airport previously. he was very familiar with all of the training that we do here. so we were lucky to have him here that day. he was just setting up the ics structure. prior to his arrival, we had the airport medics and emts staffed to handle the 300 people coming
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off the plane. firefighter people were doing one heck of a job, in my opinion. we are proud of everything that they did and to be associated with them. so we had rick wedland who started as the medical group supervisor. he was working with emt tony kato and meyer gordon on rescue 91. no. meyer was working with tony. i'm sorry. stewart was the mgs. we had gotten all of the passengers over into the right of the aircraft, if you're facing it, towards the taxiway. and we were setting up our treatment areas. so in something of this nature, we have our red patients, our yellow patients, and green patients. what i was able to do was organize was our mutual aid response from san francisco who
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were already doing the triage, engine 44, 43, 42. we organized in red treatment, yellow treatment, green treatment area. we were able to organize with amr with the transportation leadership and mike marsh from san mateo did a phenomenal job. just amazing the way we were able to get the people loaded and out of here as quickly as we did. so we set up -- we started right away loading the red patients, moving them out, moved the yellow patients out, and then we cleared the green patients to the international terminal which is per the policy that we have here at the airport. once we knew the amount of patients we had over there, potential patients, we set up a secondary medical group headed by another rescue captain from
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the city and we were able to again retriage. i don't have the exact number before me. but over 100 patients there who eventually got transported to local hospitals. so the initial triage on the airfield were the reds and the yellows. we retriaged all of the greens. group effort by everyone involved on the ems side. difficult circumstances, 180 people transported to hospitals, phenomenal. that's basically what we saw that day, what we had ems-wise. thanks. >> next i'd like to introduce newly selected assistant deputy chief at the airport and i have
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to say he's also done a phenomenal job. due to retirement of my previous chief at the airport, captain dale carnes was selected by me to oversee the airport. his first day was at san francisco international airport and five days later we encountered onaturday and he's done also done a great job of supporting the team at san francisco international airport. he will give you a brief overview of his role that day. this is chief deputy karnes. >> good morning, my name is dale carnes. i'm assistant deputy chief of the san francisco fire department and as chief hayes-white stated, i'm in charge of the roughly 90 men and women who make up the airport rescue division here at san francisco international airport what we call sfo. before i go on, i'd like to
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state how proud i am of the officers and firefighters that make up the airport division here. with the conditions that they faced on saturday, and the level to which they performed, i feel it's nothing short of extraordinary and i couldn't be more proud of them. i also would like to acknowledge again, as we already have, the efforts of everybody involved as far as the law enforcement and agencies from san mateo county, the flight crew in attendance and performance that they put on saturday as well and the operational support staff from sfo. here we are literally a small slice of the city and county of san francisco. kind of a microcausem of our community. every agency is represented here at sfo. we work very closely together in what i consider more of a family
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environment and that relationship or those relationships actually showed very visibly on saturday. and i think that what we saw is a very successful end of this event on saturday is definitely the result of a large amount of people from multiple agencies and organizations performing at an incredibly high level and incredible professionalism as well. my goal on saturday was to be our agency representative in the emergency operation center, or eoc here inside the terminal. i arrived poll 25 to 30 minutes into the incident. roughly two-thirds of the way through the incident as we were transitioning from the fire attack and rescue phase into both overhauling the fire and aircraft and starting to concentrate on the treatment and transport of patients, it became aware to one of our fire
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battalion chiefs may have been contacted by one of our apparatus at an unknown point during the incident. he immediately made that information known to chief siragusa as commander. within moments that was run up our chain of command, both deputy chief gonzales, chief hayes-white and myself were made aware of it and immediately thereafter our command element from san francisco police department as well as the fbi were made aware of this potential situation. as you can imagine, it immediately became an investigation. once it -- once the scene was safe and we considered the aircraft secure and we had all of our patients transport off the initial scene, the scene was
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locked down and secured and became part of the formal investigation. the san francisco fire department is directly supporting not only the san francisco police department but also the ntsb and the san mateo coroner's office, the county coroner's office with this investigation and we're also conducting an internal investigation of our own trying to clearly establish the facts of what happened. as you can imagine, it's a very dynamic environment, dealing with an active aircraft fire and trying to rescue somewhere in the realm of 300 victims. so at this time, because we have not clearly defined and established those facts, we cannot answer your questions. anything that we might offer at this point will be simply conjecture and would also complicate the investigation and we're just not willing to do that. so once the investigation is complete and we have met with all of the stake holders involved in the investigation, we will be forwarding that
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information on to you folks. thank you. >> thank you, chief carnes. we talk about it a lot. we're not only professional colleagues but we're good friends. we've known each other for a long time and i can't say enough about the gentleman standing behind me. i consider him -- we joke about it sometimes, but it's the truth. my public safety partner. greg sir, their role was tremendous that day. it was lesser than ours but i can tell you, having someone standing right next to me during this incident was amazing. and i'd like to acknowledge all of the men and women of the san francisco police department for the work they do every single day for our city and here at the airport, particularly those coming from san francisco airport. they have a bureau down here under the direction of deputy denise schmidt who is also here.
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i'd like to now introduce police chief greg sir to give his overview. >> thanks, chief. if you're not impressed with the stories that you've just heard, i've heard them before and just wow is the only word that just keeps popping in my mind at the performance of the first responders with regard to this incident. on top of the agencies to whom we also, the performance of the men and women behind me that day was nothing short of incredible. there were also unsung heroes. the airport maintained the holding areas, the passengers that disembarked. as far as the police department's roles on saturday, one of the very first people to even see the crash was officer jeff brown. he's over here. canine unit was actually on the air field when he saw the plane crash and put it out to dispatch, one of the first
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descriptors, if you will. officer jim cunningham who you heard from already and as they ran to the front of the craft where you might have heard me mention on saturday, the asiana crew was begging for knifes so that they could free passengers to enable their escape. officer lee actually handed his knife to one of the pilots as officer cunningham tossed his up there and they began to free passengers leaving from the plane. at which point they asked, is everybody off? and they noticed that the rear of the plane there was still people leaving. they ran to the rear of the plane. as has already been mentioned by our brothers and sisters, he entered the plane without protective equipment. he even had a presence of mind when he saw an iphone knowing that somebody would be looking for a loved one by calling that iphone. it's unbelievable to have that
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sort of calm and presence of mind in which you can imagine happened. lieutenant gialoni -- common spelling -- he actually entered the plane as well and seeing smoke and flame and hearing crackling and popping, was assisting officer cunningham. he saw one man in great pain without having anybody there, they got him off the plane and actual flight attendant was tending to a woman with serious, serious head trauma. again, they assisted her in getting that woman off the plane. and on and on. officer stewart moulder who has medical experience from his time in the plane, he was assisting people off. and very quickly, if i may, jeff
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brown, martin scanlan, sanjay, pun, john glenn, michael king, donald mcintyre, donald, officer antoinette were all on seen that day and the leadership of the command staff here at the airport, deputy chief schmidt, captain pardini in the department operations center all in support of the firefighting effort. no one has mentioned that special agent curtis groberg was there on the scene managing back and forth with the ntsb, myself, chief hayes white. he was terrific. who we never met. it all came together that day. i think you're hearing in my voice two very proud chiefs and without further ado i'm going to bring out the chief who can
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spell his name. >> hello, everyone. i'm lieutenant gaetamo, last name is caltagirone. so i was the incident commander for the san francisco police department on saturday and the first thing i heard over the radio was just a crash coming from one of my officers. and the first thing of my thinking, it's just a vehicle crash or a car that has crashed with a vehicle on the airport runways. the next thing i hear, it's an airplane crash. i look outside my window and i see the airplane set, starting to smoke. all my officers who i was in
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charge immediately acknowledged the crash and responded to the scene. it was an amazing team effort and we talk about team, the san francisco splits department working in kicks with the outside police department. we truly worked as a team and as a family. we all came together and we all knew what jobs we had to do. my guys and gals who are under my command immediately went into action. and as a boss it was amazing to see that i really didn't need to tell them much to do. they knew what they had to do. they -- they weren't worrying about themselves. they were worried about the lives of the people that they needed to save. they immediately went into action and as you already heard, officer jim cunningham did an amazing job.
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he went in. he was inside the plane. and being a police officer a long time, i saw that, you don't leave your partner behind and he's inside the plane so i followed suit behind him and as i entered the plane, he's tearing apart the plane to make the entry -- the exitway bigger so he's handing me seats, panels, throwing them outside and we're grabbing people to pull out. i'm able to step out and i see all of my other officers assisting all of those injured passengers on the ground doing crowd control, making sure people are taken care of, pulling people away from the site. it was so surreal. if you look at so much chaos going on and it was quiet. and we spoke about this. there was -- it is probably very
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loud out there but it was quiet and everybody was doing what they were trained to do, save lives and way beyond. and i was very proud to see my officers out there not worrying about themselves and making sure that they would protect and help everybody as well as they could. we were calling for mutual aid and the fire department was doing the same thing as i was doing, asking for transportation, asking for mutual aid. so it's with conjunction of i would say brain power, working together to make sure we came up with the same common goal to come out of this as positive as possible. i could continue on with the many efforts of what we did and i'd be more than glad to do that later on but you can't ask for better people when you say you
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train for something like this, you really don't train as well as when you actually jump into the action and do it. and it's just instinct and i'm speechless and when i approached my officers the next day at lineup, they were all exhausted. they could have easily called in sick but nobody did. everybody showed up. people were calling me saying that i'm off duty, i can come and work, whatever you need. and you could see it in their faces that they are dedicated officers who are more than willing to do whatever it takes to help and serve the public out here. and i commended them so well and you can see it also in the faces of everyone that was out there that day on saturday, that if you are not prone to the sun, you turn red. and there's a glow of red in
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every one of the officers and firefighters' faces that you could see, that they were looking for sunscreen, shade, or any kind but there was nothing there. and they just kept fighting and we really worked hard. so the real efforts go to the firefighters and the two officers that really put their lives at stake at this. thank you very much. >> now i'd like to bring up officer jim cunningham. >> and actually derek. >> i'm officer jim cunningham. actually, james. but everybody calls me jim cunningham. i'm not used to speaking to a crowd like this. i'm a little nervous. i was driving my control car and i pulled inside century aircraft terminal, not too far from the
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crash site. i stepped inside for a second to see what was going on, just to do a welfare check inside the building when i heard officer jeff brown very calmly, i think at the time, say that call for a code 3, 777 down. and i stopped for a second and i was in shock and then i asked where and he said out in the airfield and then i ran outside the building. i saw a tunnel of smoke and dust flying throughout the air. as i turned around, there's an ambulance ucsf having picked up a patient. the windows were rolled up and they stopped their ambulance and i said, stop, we need your help. there's a crash. and then i jumped in my patrol car and said, follow me. and i opened up the security gate next to the signature aircraft and then we're driving towards the safe road where the -- off the runway and i was calling for the dispatch to clear the runway, shut the
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runway down. don't let anybody go on the runway. i was concerned it would be too dangerous and another plane would come down and hit us. i saw -- when the fire vehicles were going by and they followed us, i was trying to race out there. i remember the paramedics were behind me and they came up to my car and i was trying not to lead foot it. we got out to the scene. we pulled some distance apart. out of a safety zone for patients and just as i pulled up, got out, derek lee pulled up in his car and he doesn't want to talk about it but -- he wasn't driving a car that day but quickly got in a car, drove across the runway to get to the location. and right after that, officer stewart mould derived. we saw the two chutes coming down from the plane. there were a lot of people
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hanging around the front of the plain and other people getting a safe distance away. some people were trying to get their luggage. we were trying to say when there's damage like this to an airplane t. could go up in a couple of minutes in a ball of flames. we saw older people on the ground, flight attendants trying to help them and they started yelling at us, if they had any knives, they needed knives. officer lee pulled out his knife and one of the crew came down another crew member, i tossed it to them. went up there and released passengers. the crew wanted to stay with the plane to make sure everybody was off. we kept saying, get down, get down. officer lee and i turned around and looked at the wing of the plane, it was gushing with fuel right next to us and we just -- we got to get out of here, let's go. so the people on the ground,
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picked up and started bringing them towards the paramedics there. i'll probably forget things because a lot of things are hazy. and then when i turned around, got away from the plane safely, i turned around and saw -- >> right now you are listening live to the true heroes of crash flight 214 at sfo. you are hearing from the first responders, both from san francisco fire and also the san francisco police department. this news conference started at sfo just about an hour ago with san francisco fire chief joanne hayes-white taking the podium first. she said right off the bat that she was so proud of all of the first responders really calling it a joint effort between san francisco fire, police, and crews from san mateo county. we are going to continue to listen in. >> i just

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