good morning. breaking overnight, foul play? serious criminal charges filed against the operator of an amusement park ride in north carolina, the one that injured several people this week. did he tamper with the safety controls? one more problem. jay z takes aim at the critics bashing him for his association with a new york luxury store accused of discriminating against black customers. crazy call? the st. louis cardinals win game three of the world series with a wild play, an obstruction call at third base and a whole lot of confusion. we've got final moments of that game that have everyone talking and red sox fans seeing red today, sunday october 27, 2013.

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today" on this sunday morning. i'm erica hill. >> i'm lester holt alongside dylan dreyer and tom llamas in for jenna. one of the things about going to bed early and waking up and everybody says "did you see the game last night?" >> dylan, you said your husban woke you up at the end of the game to let you know. >> whenever he comes to bed, i'm like who won? he said you don't even understand what happened. this call was insane. >> i still don't quite understand. >> you see where middlebrooks falls and it trip it is base runner. they're calling it an obstruction call. >> he gets the base and the next

base happens to be home. >> you're an adopted new englander, was it a good call? >> as a baseball/softball fan, i think it was the right call. >> we'll have more on that coming up. we want to get right to today's top story. a fair employee accused of tampering with a ride at the north carolina state fair. tom, you have more on this. >> this is pretty unbelievable. it was a horrible scene on thursday night in raleigh, north carolina, when a ride started moving as people were getting off injuring five of them. now police say this wasn't just an accident. it was criminal. >> reporter: the georgia man operating this ride on thursday night is now facing three counts of assault with a deadly weapon. >> we have determined that this ride was tampered with after the inspection and that critical safety devices were tampered with and compromised. >> reporter: witnesses say the ride had stopped and people were getting off when something went wrong.

the ride started moving again, injuring five people with three of them still in the hospital this weekend. >> it just sounded like a bunch of stuff hitting metal. >> reporter: according to the sheriff's department, 46-year-old timothy tutterrow was working as an independent contractor at the state fare. >> he will be charged with three counts, assault with a deadly weapon. >> reporter: authorities say their investigation is far from over. >> the question that is being asked, will there be other arrests. the answer is yes, there probably will be. >> we reached out to timothy tutterrow and his wife said no comment. the ride will remain closed through at least this weekend. three of the injured riders remain hospitalized. >> interesting to hear as we see more information coming. now the wild finish in game three last night of the world

series. dylan, explain what happened. >> those of us who are sox fans are a little unhappy this morning, stunld by what happened at the end of the game. it all happened just hours ago. >> reporter: a pivotal moment in game three of the world series between the st. louis cardinals and the boston red sox, tied at one game apiece. bottom of the ninth, one out. cardinals runners on second and third, the game tied at four runs apiece. a run would win the game. then one of the craziest plays you'll ever see. >> makes the play. throw home. two out -- it gets away. alan craig is going to come to the plate. here is throw. he is -- the umpire making the call. they're going to say he's safe. there was interference at third base. >> reporter: even though cardinals runner alan craig was

tied out at home, the umpires ruled third baseman middlebrooks interfered with him as he got to third base and called him safe. chaos on the field as the red sox manager and players argued the call and the cardinals celebrated. after the game, umpire john hirsh back explained why the runner was saefd. >> there doesn't have to be intent. once he has the opportunity to field the ball, he can no longer in any way obstruct the runner. >> the cardinals have won this game 5-4. >> reporter: a huge win for the st. louis cardinals in the strangest way possible. it hurts. the cardinals now lead the world series two games to one. by the way, dave, our senior producer is a huge yankees fan so he's making me read this stat. the world series has been tied at a game apiece 18 times. the steam that won game three has taken the crown 16 times. game four of the world series is tonight. >> i get it now.

it doesn't have to be intentional. so it was interference. >> it's one of those little rules rarely used, rarely happens. >> makes sense. >> it just so happens to be the game winning run. >> in the meantime, nbc sports called and they have work for you. we'll see you with the weather in a few minutes. turning now to the government surveillance program and the continued fallout from the revelations from edward snowden. while the u.s. braces for the possibility that there is more to come from snowden, america's closest allies are demanding answers. kristen welker has more. >> reporter: with the u.s. capitol as their backdrop, protesters turned out by the thousands with one message for the u.s. government, stop watching us. >> they don't have a right to listen in on our conversations and go into our e-mails. we're not doing anything wrong. >> reporter: some were elected officials. >> they're damaging the constitution. the white house is damaging the constitution. >> reporter: many here haled nsa

leaker edward snowden a hero. >> he's a patriot. >> reporter: snowden sent a letter to the aclu last week urging the public to join the march writing today no telephone in america makes a call without leaving a record with the nsa. our representatives in congress tells us this is not surveillance. they're wrong. as pour the fallout overseas, in new details according to a german magazine, they targeted angela merkel's cell phone since 2002 when she wwas still an opposition leader. several world leaders, close u.s. allies. with germany and france demanding answers, some political analysts say the nsa controversy could harm the united states' standing abroad. >> there's doubt today the united states is the kind of ally it used to be. we're spying on an allies. when it comes to security issues, there's doubt we will be

there when the rubber hits the road in terms of some real problem out there. >> reporter: for "today," kristen welker, nbc news washington. david gregory is moderator of the "meet the press." great to see you. >> good morning. >> all the outrage here at home and over sea, can the u.s. afford to decision mantle its electronic surveillance capability, especially in this era of terror? >> it's certainly risky. those responsible for it in our intelligence community say no, we can't afford it. we simply can't afford it. what you're seeing for the first time since 9/11 is congress really willing to review what power the government should have to eavesdrop, more generally to carry out a war on terror and how much oversight there should be over clandestine activities. that's something we haven't seen as robustly since 9/11 before now. >> i'm curious why the white house hasn't tried to get ahead of the edward snowden leaks.

clearly they must have known what he got away with and what would ultimately come out. why haven't they gotten ahead? >> it's a good question. i don't think they've always known what the full extent of it was. i think that in this particular case they had to conditional lies to say some of these things may come out. but the reality is there's a certain amount of theater here because allies know that they're spying on each other. there's few countries that the u.s. has a no-spy agreement with like with the united kingdom. in other cases it's that you don't want this to be exposed, to deal with it out loud. i think the ramifications on all this are on economic cooperation or cooperation chasing down terrorists. that's what can be compromised unless they're able to bridge all of it. >> the administration has a lot of headaches right now. i want to turn your attention to the obama care website, that they continue to struggle with. now talking about getting it online perhaps by the end of november. kathleen sebelius, hhs secretary

is going to testify before congress this week. has she successfully separated herself from this trouble? is her job safer this week than it was a week ago? >> i think her job may be okay for the moment. i don't think she's separated herself from it. as i've talked to people, they've described a certain siege mentality about what they were facing to get this thing up and going by october 1st. it's true that republicans have been not exactly excited about obama care's roll-out in wanting to see it work. b but all of these problems undercut the effectiveness of obama care, whether it can be affordable to insure more and more people. if they don't achieve that, there are enormous problems, not that it goes away, but enormous problems for years to come. >> we're talk to you a little bit in the broadcast and get a preview of this morning's "meet the press." in santa rosa, california, promises of daily protests until a community gets answers in the death of a 13-year-old boy shot

and killed by a sheriff's deputy earlier this week. joe fryer is in los angeles with more on that story. good morning. >> good morning, erica. officers say they thought the teen was carrying a real gun. after shooting him they learned it was a toy replica. now the fbi is investigating how it all happened. >> for days now friends and relatives have hit the streets of santa rosa, california, protesting the shooting death of 13-year-old andy lopez. >> there's no justice that can compare to a little boy dieing. >> reporter: classmates walked out of school this week and marched to the sonoma county sheriff's department where some scrawled angry messages in wet cement. >> he wanted to go to college and have a career. he wanted to do something more and better with his life. >> reporter: it was tuesday afternoon when investigators say two sheriff's deputies spotted lopez walking around with what they thought was an assault rifle. an eyeness spoke to lopez just

moments earlier. >> i saw the boy with the rifle in the left hand, and i'm telling him throw that thing away because the police is behind. >> reporter: investigators say the deputies shouted at lopez to drop the gun. within ten seconds of reporting the incident to dispatch one officer opened fire. >> one of the deputies described it as the subject was turning toward him, the barrel of the rifle was rising up and pointed in his direction. >> reporter: lopez was shot seven times. only after did they realize the gun was a replica. in a news conference police held a fake gun next to a real one to show similarities. the sheriff is promising a transparent investigation. >> none of us on any level wants tragedies like this to happen. we're very sorry about this incident. >> reporter: lopez's parents are arguing that the shooting isn't justified. >> he's dead, 13 years old, an

eighth grader. couldn't something else have been done? >> in addition to the fbi, the santa rosa police department and the county district attorney are also investigating the shooting. so far the names of the two deputies involved have not been released out of concern, officials say, for their safety. erica? >> joe fryer, thank you. what a horrible story. let's catch up on some of the other headlines from overnight. tom llamas is back. >> we start in the midwest. students at indiana university bloomington get the all clear after being on lockdown for hours this morning. police are still looking for two male suspects on campus, one possibly armed with a knife. students were told via the university's twitter page, to take shelter in the nearest room, lock the door, avoid windows and stay inside. three students got into a fight at an on campus building. they say one of the students pulled the knife and slashed another one. he was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. police are looking for the two other students. the mother of the teen accused of killing a high school

teacher in massachusetts says her heart is broken over the tragedy. the attorney for diana chism released a statement that read in part, ms. chism would like you to know that her son was born in love and is dear to her, very dear. she's struggling to understand this and respectfully asks for time to process this. 14-year-old philip chism was charged with first degree murder in the killing of ms. ritzer. a man was arrested ann at kennedy's new york airport for carrying a loaded gun. a 23-year-old man from tennessee was charged with six felony counts of criminal possession of a weapon. the man was headed to charlotte, north carolina, with two handguns, two deface rifles and several ammunition magazineless. generations of trksv viewers are saying farewell to actress marsha wallace. some of you may remember her as bob newhart's sassy receptionist on the bob newhart show.

other the voice on the simpsons. he died friday in los angeles at the age of 70. we know she battled breast cancer in her life and became a big advocate. we're still trying to figure out exactly how she passed away. she was in "alf," "magnum pi." >> i loved her in the newhart show. >> crap crab apple. dylan is back with a check of the weather. good morning again. >> maybe some more sports. sports i'll put oun hold. i'll switch over to the weather. we have heavy rain falling in parts of s. that's the only area where we're seeing bad weather. you can see across southeastern texas we have heavy rain that just moved through houston. we had strong storms occur overnight. you can see with the flashes of

lightning and torrential downpours. we saw a lot of hail. in fact, in oklahoma, three to four inches. many parts of texas we saw golf ball-sized hail. luckily things are improving. there are thunderstorms this morning, but not hail producers. just some rain and a lot of noise, too. that's ahead of the cold front. behind it things are quieting down. the next storm system to move into idaho, that's going to be a snowmaker for parts of the rockies, especially as we go into tomorrow and tues and a look outside around san jose has some low clouds and some fog. we're seeing a lot of that around the bay area, especially into the north bay. this morning visibility is down to a quarter mile in napa. you're seeing some fog around san francisco this morning. for the afternoon, partly cloudy skies, cooler finish to the weekend. highs mostly in the 60s with the winds picking up and as a cold system drops in from the north

into tomorrow, slight chance of an isolated shower. temperatures really dropping off as we start the week. that is your latest forecast. erica? >> dill lang, thanks. up next, signs of progress one year after hurricane sandy devastated the east coast. that's right after this. [ male announcer ] if you're a rinse user, you may have heard there's a new rinse that talks about protecting, even after eating and drinking. crest pro-health has always done that. it's clinically proven to fight plaque and gingivitis.

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super storm sandy roared up the east coast, leaving behind images of destruction no one will forget. in the last year people have worked around the clock to rebuild. dylan visited one new york city neighborhood to see how they're doing. >> i did. it was touching to see everything going on. recovering from a large disaster is not easy, but there has been a remarkable effort by everyone involved to come back stronger than ever. >> reporter: in the far rockaways of new york city, a rebirth is taking place at bethel church and food pantry, a cornerstone of the neighborhood for nearly 15 years, until october 29, 2012. hurricane sandy tore through this community, leaving a path of destruction and almost $33 billion in needed repairs and restoration. >> this was an immense storm. the number of people and the number of individuals and the number of homes and businesses that were compromised is beyond imagination. >> reporter: it's been a whole year, but it looks like here at the food pantry work is just

getting started. >> we have already had ourselves 15,000 individuals come here filling over 25,000 volunteer positions. i know we could safely double the number of volunteers we have and there would still be work to be done. >> reporter: the line on this wall showing just how much water came through far rock a ways largest food pantry. >> there's a major need for the food pantry now, more so than even before. >> reporter: before sandy, the pantry served close to 800 family as month. what have you been doing to keep things up and running? >> i have names on a database of the sangd shut-in, the handicap. i would go to their homes. i was receiving small deliveries. i would do it from the trunk of the kafrmt people have to eat. >> reporter: today a team of 15 are bringing the pantry back to life again. volunteer susan o'reilly spent her summers in the rockaways as a child. >> it's a way of giving back to a place that gave me so much.

>> reporter: bruce wreck ter, a physician says he gets more than he gives. showing a year later, this community is still standing strong. >> there is still a lot of work to be done, but i'm told that more and more volunteers are helping out every day to help get this food pantry back on its feet. in just the short time i was there that day, the 15 people who showed up, the place looked so different. they were already tearing up the carpet, rebuilding the walls. what volunteers can get done in a short period of time really makes all the difference. >> it is remarkable. we saw so much of that, too, in the wake of sandy. knives to see it's still continuing a year later. >> there's no sandy fatigue. it's great that people are still out there. >> nice story. dylan, thanks. still to come on a sunday edition of "today," breast cancer survivors finding strength in their recovery i'll call you in a little bit.

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you are watching "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. waking up in oakland, you can see some of the fog that is kind of hanging around not just the east bay but also around san francisco as well. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda, who says it will stick around to -- >> probably until midmorning for most of the bay area. it's thick into the santa clara valley. it's the north bay seeing visibilities down to a quarter mile in napa. 40s and 50s to start today and we're going to finish the day in the 60s and low 70s. so a cooler finish to the weekend and by tonight the winds will pick up. this will be a cold breeze out of the north that could bring us an isolated shower or two late tonight into monday, and look at the highs. they seem like lows now.

we're in the low to mid-60s for inland spots as we get into monday and tuesday. >> thank you very much, rob. a developing story out of castro valley where more than a dozen elderly folks were left abandoned in a care facility for two days after the state shut the facility down. authorities have been working since yesterday to evacuate those left behind at the valley springs manor nursing home near redwood in castro valley. a notice saying closed for business is on the front door of valley springs manor nursing home, and the alameda county sheriff said the state shut the facility down early thursday but 14 elderly residents were still here more than two days later. relatives say they didn't even know where their loved ones were or that they had been living there with only a skeleton staff. the website shows valley springs as a licensed facility but still no details as to why the state shut it down. now to a follow-up in the south bay. a nightclub employee is in the hospital this morning still

after reportedly asking people in the parking lot to turn down their music. the shooting happened at the spot nightclub on orchard drive in campbell around 2:00 yesterday morning. police officers spent last night going to nightclubs and bars handing out flyers asking anyone with information on the shooting to come forward. police say the 33-year-old bouncer along with two other bouncers went out to the parking lot because a group of people were blaring music from their cars. when they asked them to turn down the volume, the two groups began to push and shove each other until one of the men pulled out a gun and shot the bouncer before fleeing the scene. the victim is expected to survive. a nearby resident and patrons say the shooting has rattled their nerves in the usually busy but peaceful downtown area of campbe campbell. we'll hear from them at 7:00. coming up on "today in the bay," we have one of america's top cheffings in studio this morning, chef josie will join us and show us how to make one of her popular dishes, her fresh

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if you're in the neighborhood, stop on by. we'll talk about jay-z, weighing in on the controversy regarding barney's, the high-end retailer, with charges of cases of racial profiling there. he has a deal, a marketing deal with them. he's finally responding. we'll tell you why he says he's not making any decisions quite yet. >> we'll introduce you to women who are becoming an inspiration, strength and survival in exercise. >> if you're guilty of having hundreds, if not thousands messages on your phone, most of them could probably be deleted. we'll figure out what exactly to do with them. >> and boo! >> oh. >> do you like to be scared?

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heavy and gusty winds. we could see blowing snow as an issue. today we're looking at some of the showers across eastern texas and will spread eastward. we'll finally see the lake-effect rain and snow start winding down. tomorrow, besides the snow in the northwest, we could also see a chance of strong storms from kansas into oklahoma and across northern texas as well. that and a look at some of our temperatures around the bay area this morning shows 40s and 50s outside right now, and for the afternoon we're going to get those highs climbing into the 60s and maybe close to 70 inland. once the fog breaks up, we'll see partly cloudy conditions and the winds are going to kick up later today, so much cooler air drops into northern california, and we could get a chance of an isolated shower or two late tonight into monday. main effect of the system will be dropping our temperatures, especially inland early in the weeks, and then warmer and looks dry for halloween. >> we have a christmas list of people here.

i'm noticing it's all women, right? and we want to get to today's top spot for you. i love our new open there. we're heading to memphis, tennessee. there's a three-day celebration of visual and performing arts. try your own hand at creating masterpiece at the interactive booth. if you're in the neighborhood in memphis, tennessee, make sure to check that out. the weather should be nice as well. >> i was actually in memphis, tennessee, this past week. jay-z is finally breaking his silence about about why he has not been talking about his partnership with barney's. they've been accused racial profiling. >> a lot of people are talking about this story right now. jay-z released a statement saying he wants to wait until he has all the facts before making

any decisions. he claims acting too quickly could hurt the people he's trying to help. he's one of the biggest names in entertainment and now jay-z is defending his relationship with barney's as they face charges of racial profiling. the superstar rapper is designing an exclusive line to appear in the store next month, but he said the money will go to his charity. writing, i'm not making a dime from this collection. in the past week, two barney's customers both african-american claim they've been stopped and detained after making luxury purchases. >> i walked out, and as soon as i head to the next block on the corner, the undercover cops stopped me and arrested me. >> reporter: he says barney's new york has zero tolerance for any form of discrimination and we stand by our long history in support of all human rights. for his part, jay-z said he was forced into a statement, after

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>> people get overwhelmed with thousands and thousands of images and people want to be able to do something. >> reporter: john boris is the chief marketing officer for shutt shutterfly, handling more than 20 billion of their subscribers' snapshots. the facility in south carolina is so big that the staff there uses these bikes to get around. >> these machines can produce up to 90 feet of finished photo books in a minute. >> in a minute. >> in one minute. >> one thing is for sure. people are taking a lot of pictures. according to a recent study, 20% of people snap more than 50 photos a month, and 46% want to do more with those images but don't know how. so what's the answer? >> there are really three easy tapes we recommend to people. one, get it off of your hard drive or physical device and

store it in the cloud. it's much safer, much more secure. two, trade an organizational structure for your photos. create albums that help you easily find and access them. the third is do something with those photos. create physical products. don't just lock your photos in a safety deposit box and never access them. >> reporter: if you want to make organizing easier, don't worry, there's an app for that. photo full, my photo pro and pic tag can all help you for under a buck. but once you do that, the options are limitless. >> the book you created is now being created right here. >> do you know how long i've been waiting for this moment. >> there's your book coming off the line. >> i cannot wait to see this. wow. i never thought that i would have ended up having a personal connection to a photo book i simply made online. but what i found out is there

are so many ways to relive those precious memories. >> reporter: because at the end of the day it's making those memories and moments last that means the most. >> even for someone like me who is absolutely familiar with the technology out there that helps making organizing photos, it's the reality to give yourself time to figure it out. >> it is daunting. give me tips to make it easier? >> it starts right when you make the picture. so many people take a lot of pictures. we keep the photos we don't need. delete right away. delete the nine that don't look great and get the one that does. >> do you label them and date them? the computer dates them to a certain extent. >> there's a lot of different choices. i organize my stuff in the clouds. so you want to back up all of your photos, whether on an external drive or to the internet and i group them by

event. i feel like a lot of people in these photos are in the same photos, just different timelines. holidays, 2009, graduation 2012. i do them bifolder. >> you've inspired me. i'm going to get it done soon oovps. >> sure? i want to show you a common mistake. a lot of people also shoot into the light, lester. i don't know if you notice this, the image is really dark here, but it's very clear. you want the light behind you. that's exactly what you want, the light or the sun behind the shooter that's actually taking the picture. if it's blurry or doesn't look good, delete it right away and get rid of it. keep the one shot that looks great. >> that's what clogs up my phone, why did i keep that. mario, thanks very much. getting ahead, the right fix from the big screen to a growing number of tv. why we like to get so scared by

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shows geared toward the type of person who likes to get scared. >> networks and cable tv are adding more shows with a horror theme than ever before. our appetite for a fright fest is growing. joe eel gargiulo takes a look at why that might be. >> reporter: once upon a time horror was reserved for the big screen. if your tv is any indication, terror has gone mainstream. from american horror story to "the walking dead," "grim," "bates motel" and all those viral videos, our appetite for fright is clearly on the rise. so this begs the question why do we love to be scared? one man with an explanation thomas defayo, his magazine caters to those fixated with fright. >> we want the boost, that adrenaline rush.

it's like going on a roller coaster. but this way we can do it on our own coach. >> reporter: a similar bump in the night isn't enough to scare us silly anymore. >> i think our brains are different. we're used to seeing real extremes, so what excites us has to be almost bizarre, really frightening to register in our brain. >> reporter: generally people fall into one of three categories, the excitement junkie, the safety seekers and those in between. as for me, definitely number one. i'll admit it. i love a good scare. but what do our change in tv habits say about us? >> when we're given the experience to identify with a cashing ser who is being bad on one level that's gratifying for us. >> reporter: and that gratification has been leading to big ratings. >> it's the industry pushing the envelope that fans just want more. you have to top that next tv show or the next movie to be a shocker. the thing with horror is, it

will never go out of style, never. that's the truth. >> reporter: for today joelle gargiu gargiulo, new york. we wanted to hear where you stand in this matter. do you like being scared. dylan is in the orange room with your reaction to our today.com very scientific survey. >> it is very scientific. we had a lot of people respond to this question, do you enjoy scary entertainment? i was shocked to find that 66% of you said no. only 34% of you said yes. i feel like there's something going on -- i heard him stomp in here. >> who is it? >> it's my husband. >> that's the phone call you got yesterday that you were being sneaky about. >> maybe. >> my heart is kind of racing right now. >> dylan, you handled that so beautifully. you did not seem like you were that scared. >> there was one time he was at my house when we first gave each

other keys to each other's house, walk in and it's midnight. the house is pitch black. he's sitting on the couch and i turn on the light and i was like, oh, hi. >> hey, brian. >> you weren't worried about an intruder at all. i guess i don't get frightened that much about for "the shining." >> do you watch scary shows? >> we do. the movie "the shining" freaks me out. that movie i'm sitting in the corner. >> you like scary stuff, lester? >> i think the scariest movie i saw "dissent." what was the movie where the people, the boat left without them. they were swimming -- "deep water." it wasn't a horror film. it was the most unsettling film. >> i won't watch scary tv. we had an author on a couple weeks ago who wrote a scary book, i called up the exec stif producer i said, i can do this

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let's check in one more time with david gregory to find out what's coming up on "meet the press." >> good morning, lester. coming up, more on the trouble obama care rollout, some of the major issues still to be resolved. we'll explain the impact. also a tough week for the president's foreign policy, new revelations about u.s. spying on our allies. plus brian williams with his personal reflections on the one-year anniversary of hurricane sandy, all coming up on "meet the press." >> we'll see you soon. >> that will do it for us this sunday morning with a few friends. i take these people with me everywhere. this is my entourage. >> thanks all of you. >> thanks for coming out. >> i'll see you tonight on "nbc nightly news."

good morning. i'm kris sanchez. coming up next on "today in the bay," families outraged as more than a dozen elderly residents are left in a nursing home shut down by the state. what family members tell nbc bay area about how they found out and where their loved ones are now. >> i'm completely shocked that something like that would happen in our area. a shooting at a south bay nightclub has residents and customers worried about their well-being in what's considered a safe neighborhood. also, a horrifying scene in new york. a mother and her four young children stabbed to death in their own home. who police now have in custody. this is "today in the bay." from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. lookinve