hair was really high that day. >> bill karins.ny. >>> and this comes to us from anchorage, alaska, where in the city of nome, one man and his team of four-legged friends gave the state reason to celebrate. john baxter and his crew of huskies finished first in alaska's legendary iditerod race. he's the first alaskan native to win the race since 1976 breaking a 35-year drought and giving alaska a long awaited homefield win. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your@o nbc station. >>> well, if you are going to cliff dives, this is the way to do it. for the first time, they were held at the famous easter islands. thousands watched as contestants plunged below into the waters, each one had points for successful summersaults and twists. >>> one grandmother's excitement for the royal numb talls is more like an object session. she has collected 10,000 pieces of royal memorabilia since she was a little girl. it seems her royal obsession cled tloed a career opportunity. a reporting job for

police also say officers were quite familiar with karin. two officers are gone while an investigation moves forward. police say both have more than ten years of law enforcement experience and have received crisis intervention training. now, san mateo police and the zriblgt attorney in san mateo corner are investigating. live in san mateo, jean elle. >> thank you, jean. >>> well, it is liquid gold and now breast milk is being sold on the black market. >> there's no standards out there for anybody selling their milk on the internet. >> mothers selling their milk to make extra money. and other moms, in turn, buying it from strangers to feed their children. not only illegal, risky business for the babies, exposing them to a host of bacteria and disease. see how one local group is getting around that law. >>> a lot of people are talking because he's talking. tonight charlie sheen's done it again. the bizarre getting more bizarre. meet the woman who he calls his goddess. >>> good evening, i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. plenty of sunshine t

meteorologist bill karins will have more on that storm pushing east in just a moment. >>> in florida, more wicked if weather across parts of the state. golf ball sized hail rained down in orlando. the fast-moving storms overturned a small plane and toppled trees on to roads and homes. at one point, leaving some 70,000 homes without power. >>> in california, part of highway 101 has been closed to traffic after heavy rains triggered a mudslide in the northern part of the state. much of the road was heavily damaged, crumbling under the weight of tons of mud and rock. one school district in the area has canceled classes for the rest of the week due to transportation and food delivery concerns. >>> and in missouri, the spring snow didn't stop one couple from tying the knot on their field of dreams. the two lifelong cardinals fans had always planned to wed in busch stadium. as the snow fell, they said i do at home plate. hopefully the cards won't have the same fate today when they take on the san diego padres on major league baseball's opening day. >>> now for a look at your national and re

you're walking. >> we learn from the best, bill karins. i'm lynn berry.is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> hidden cameras have captured incredible and promising video in the philippines. inside an indonesian national park, movement showed four of the world's rarest rhinos wandering the forest. poachers had decimated their population in recent decades, but this new footage is giving experts new hope for the survival of one of the most endangered species. >>> one museum in the philippines keeps fashion afoot by showing off its history. over 800 pairs of shoes, including those of the area's rich and famous, gives visitors a chance to experience a long-time local tradition. manual shoe making has existed here for hundreds of years and locals hope the museum brings back the pastime which has faded over time. >>> and from footwear to spy wear, american engineers are taking a cue from nature to build under water technology. the remote control sfooi spy aircraft is meant to look and function like a humming bird with a

when officers arrived they say they tried talked to karin but he fired at them and ran.ice chased him to a backyard and returned fire. that's when they shot and killed him. the two officers involved in the shooting are on paid leave while the san mateo police department and the district attorney's office investigates. karin's home says he had a history of mental illness. >>> a new statewide energy initiative kicks off today that could save you thousands of dollars. you could get rebates of up to $4,000. it will depend on the energy you are able to save and the utility provider. the $300 million program is called energy upgrade california. the goal of the program is to reduce household energy use, save consumers money on utility bills and create jobs in the state's building performance industry. >>> east palo alto is breaking ground on the new public high school in 40 years. aspire public schools is building a new campus to replace a converted warehouse that's being used by the east palo phoenix academy. the new school is going to have a state of the art gymnasium, scienc

please note that miss karins did not ask. this is a brief comment. i would like to rebut some of the contentions. in their own property at the west end of the property line, there is the soccer fields that provides some of the solutions that we might propose. this is an 8 foot fence bordering on the fields. you can see that this is down slope and the fence sits down on where the sidewalk is supposed to be. restoring some of the property line to this and it would give you a look like this rather than in approaching right where the sidewalk is. thank you. >> i would appreciate if you can fill out a speaker card. >> the matter is submitted. >> i feel that something would be gained in spite of the very thoughtful comments. how much of the fence and that plastic shielding, i don't know how to describe this. it would make someone feel more ham been to be there. to have that 6 feet and hopefully capture some of that open space even though we have heard from the department of public space, we think it would be reasonable. not that this should play into this

this is called, lament for a market place in babylon, by abdul karin al karid and it's a reference to a suicide bombing. this one and the next one are both translated by salim yusef. on this grave stone are angels and people weeping. what are people waiting for, their ship? here it comes, borne by the deluge. in a market place now frequented by money changers with beards and baggy trousers, who restores the limbs and who throws open the gates for hollow-eyed gods coming in from babylon with red chests and white furious hair? i wonder who? on the day of march 1st in the 5th year after the second millennium, a massacre took place in babylon. it's my pleasure it introduce the next poet, george evans. . >> first, i would like to read a poem by my dear friend and wife, daisy samora, who was to be here today but is in nicaragua, keeping in mind what michael said about jorge and casablanca, i will read it in her language or my spanish first, then in translation. it's a poem directly addressed to poets but certainly to activists as well. (speaking spanish) no man's land. we are a mine field o

bill karins has the latest. >> good morning, everyone.cause few wake up early on a saturday morning because they would like to say hi to who? >> donald, my grandfather. >> what's special going on? >> miss birthday is monday and he wanted knee come on the "today" show and say hi to him. >> what town? >> benson, vermont. >> very nice of you. let's talk about the forecast because it's a very active one. heavy rain in the ohio valley, flooding threat through the weekend, severe storms possible along the gulf coast. and then we'll deal with that rain moving up through vermont later on tonight. could change over to snow. maybe even heavy snow, areas of upstate new york and up into new england. it looks like the they have very rain threat on the east coast will be this in the afternoon and evening for the big cities like d.c., new york up to boston. >>> and speak that have, you're not going to see much rain around the bay area at least for the morning. mainly around mendocino county, heading up towardshe yreka. we'll get high clouds as we head t

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins withhe weather channel forecast. i like that grin. >> i'm thinking to pimyself wha is corn beef. >> you don't want to know. >> i probably don't. i know what corn is, i know what beef is i don't know what corn beef is. let's talk about the temperatures out there. good morning, much of the country is enjoying a spring break and warm weather. the west is not. it's rare to have the whole country nice. we'll see rainfall developing and another storm system ghos on sunday. and you can see the spinning motion of the big area of low pressure off the coast. a big huge dip in the jet stream out here. and the worst of this storm system is mostly going to be central and northernle california. i know the esierra will gets a much as two feet of snow. the storm system will move further to the zhou and evsouth los angeles has a chance of getting the rain. we' so have the umbrella with yo bakersfield trying to hold on to some of that warmth along with arizona. weekend draft coming up and not the best. >> a

ouch. >> ouch. >>> nbc meteorologist bill karins on the plaza with a check of the morning.. you like that? all these girls here on the senior trip. outside of ada, ohio, correct? enjoying that. nice day here yesterday. look at what's happening around the country because we have troublesome weather out west, especially. looks like california in for it this week. high winds, we are going to see mountain snow, two to three feet and a ton of rain, too. even coastal areas to get heavier rain in los angeles and tonight and middle of the country thunderstorms blossoming in oklahoma this morning. >>> good morning, i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri, we're watching another system as we head through the weekend, which could produce anywhere from one to two inches of rain through sunday which may even produce some isolated flooding, we're going to be watching that also with a chance of some isolated thunderstorms throughout your saturday and sunday and winds that could gust 20 to 40 miles an hour on your sunday as well. more coming up. alifornia to the south ahead of the front. temperatur

. >>> now for a look at national and regional weather we turn to bill karins with the weather channel forecast. bill, the fright thiening news of japan, wind played such a significant factor in this situation. >> the plant is right on the coast, the one we're worried about, lynn. roughly 100, 150 miles to the north of tokyo. the worst wind possible for tokyo would be a wind from the due north. this morning the winds are light but they are on shore. so whatever radiation is leaking is dripping back over the land area. but the forecast for wednesday, thursday, friday all has a northwest wind. that will take whatever radiation is being leaked and push it off the coast. so won piece of good news we have for everyone in japan and especially tokyo. on the west coast, we are watching a big storm moving on shore. we've had gusty winds. we've got a lot of rain out there this morning from the california coast north right through oregon and all through washington state. the snow at pretty high levels, up the cascades at the pass to deal with that. seattle, a little break. heavy rain, more or les

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meter olg bill karins for theeather channel forecast. i saw some of those dresses, and those girls probably have nothing to worry about. >> some were unique. >> that red and white one in particular. >> let's see what's happening this morning weather-wise. antiperiod of weather in the west coast. the middle of the country has a storm to deal with in st. louis and kansas city. seattle, we've had some rain. the first front has cleared through northern california. still some rain there around sacramento. as far as the forecast today goes, this one storm system has continued to kick up the coastline in british columbia. this storm continues to fizzle out over mav mav and utah. right behind it is another storm for tonight. the radar is pretty much william a lot of showery weather, and we've even had thunderstorms in the coast. very gusty winds on the coast too. this high wind warning will expire, and we're going to get significant snow at the high elevations. the next batch of rain will come many. it's really going to t

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins withe weather channel forecast. he is doing bicep curls while we're in commercial. >> no, i don't. let's go to hawaii this morning. a little unusual. this is where the worst weather is out there. actually, anywhere in the united states because we are watching a line of strong storms. we had severe storms overnight and now here honolulu some large thunderstorms. as the front slides through, heavy rain and flash flood issing going to be a possibility as we go throughout the morning hours here. it should clear out by the afternoon and start to head further towards the events, towards the maui area. now, forecasts obviously with the showers and storms, periods of heavy rain and temperatures in the 70s. yes, even hawaii isn't always paradise. they can get some very heavy rain and strong storms. especially in the wintertime. now in the west coast we have clouds moving oé shore. the next storm system does have a lot of moisture with it, so it's not going to be as rainy, but i can't promise you an

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. daytona will be where nascar fans go -- >> go to rest? i mean that's the mecca, that's the super bowl of nascar, so -- >> crazy. >> if you're going to do it anywhere, do it there. let's talk about how the weather pattern is changing for the good for some of us, including many areas of the west. right now all the storms have shifted further to the north at least temporarily we'll get a break and get really nice spring weather. this is a huge moisture feed, a hose of moisture coming out over the pacific and that is riding right into the northwest, so the pacific northwest, this isn't a great forecast for you. your friends to the south are just going to get great weather with mild conditions and in some of the warmest temperatures we've seen so far this year. today at least heavy rain on the coast, heavy rain in the mountains, mostly a coastal and mountain event. we're getting the rain shadow, and the cities themselves won't get the real heavy rain but the m

. >>> well, now a look at your national and regional weather, here is bill karins with the weather channelforecast. >> good morning. >>> he with had at one point the grapevine north of l.a. was closed because of the snow and the wind. it was the rain that was just plentiful. santa barbara, five inches of rain. now, in l.a. we picked up two and a half inches of rain. the worst over the last 48 hours was really san francisco southward down to los angeles. notice, we really didn't pick up much in vegas, medford. this was southern california's big storm. currently the storm is kicking through. it's actually moving, finally. it's still going to be rainy this morning. there's going to be some showers. you may even see some hail mixing in with some of the thunderstorms during the day. if we get enough instability out there. the heavy rain has ended. tloois that threat of it. now the jet stream, the big dip here to the south, and as that cubings on shore, we will watch the temperatures. very chilly, too. l.a., more showers are arriving as we speak. the mountains still with the snowshowers. it loo

and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. with the weather channel forecast. bill, good morning. >> not exactly your rugged cowboy, am i? >> no, not so much. that's okay. >> maybe i'll go -- >> you're a weather guy. >> maybe i'll go a day without shaving, get rebellious. >> that will be pretty cool. why don't we try that? >> we'll see. talk about what's happening around the nation because we have one more arctic blast from canada, this went through the great lakes yesterday, today in the northeast. southern half of the country very mild, all the way through albuquerque, phoenix, southern california. we're still stormy in the west too. it's not too cold. temperatures are little bit below average with clouds around. you see this moisture streemg onshore. it's not so much there's a big storm system. not like yesterday. those were incredible winds in the coastline in oregon yesterday. today scattered moisture and showers, high elevation getting snow. the cities are getting a cool rain. it's raining lightly from seattle and looks

here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast.l, good morning. >> good morning to you, lynn. did you see any of those sculptures? >> i haven't yet, but, you know, times square, it doesn't need any more characters. i am sure that it is lovely, though. all in the name of art. >> you and the naked cowboy out there, huh? >> exactly. i don't know about the art, bill, but we'll take it. >>> let's talk about what's happening on the west coast. that's where the rain is. the rest of the country is quiet. the other big weather story today is a big arctic air mass that's coming down out of canada. those temperatures are plummeting. look at minneapolis this morning. march is going to be a cool month. you go up and down in a hurry, and you are at negative 2 in minneapolis. some of the cold air is trying to bleed back here into the northern rockies. billings at minus 1 in montana. we're not bad in salt lake city. boise at 42. a lot of the mild air continues right along the pacific. it's because this -- our air finally is coming off the ocean in

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins withhe weather channel forecast. good morning, bill. we're all being big babies about the weather. >> did you hear what katelyn's first meal was, burger, fries. this latest storm hit hard around sacramento, over an inch of rain in san francisco, san jose a ton of rain. in the mountains additional snow. the storm stretched out a bit, not quite as intense and strong right where it was yesterday. rain showers to washington state and down here into southern california. truly only in arizona and nevada we're not feeling the effects as badly. even in nevada we've got showers. around reno just to the south, once you cross the border, snow on interstate 80, showers between sacramento and san francisco and continuing with the showers ft. bragg north wards up the coast. in the mountains, adding another 6 to 12 inches today from the areas of rain and snow moving onshore. so today's forecast we're going to keep it very unsettled. you need the umbrella everywhere north of l.a. it's sunny in one mbrella

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins withhe weather channel forecast. >> bill, good morning. >> good morning to you. before we talk about the weather stateside let's talk about the winds in japan because that's what's going to be blowing. whatever radiation is out there and whatever direction the winds are blowing. last couple days they've been out of the northwest and that continues this morning with breezy conditions. winds lately have been out of the west/northwest at about 10 to 20 miles per hour. over the next three days, friday, saturday and sunday, the winds are going to remain offshore friday and saturday, but an onshore breeze by the time we get to sunday. if there's still radiation coming out, whatever degree it's at, will be blowing towards land and over land areas. that's the concern. they have until about sunday to try to get things under control. the temperatures out there today on the west coast, it's a chilly morning in medford, warm in arizona, phoenix by the way yesterday had their first 90 degree day of the

. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. bill, good morning. >> good morning. i just added swimming in lakes as one of the things i would not like to do. >> picture there? >> yeah. i hope that story they don't tell friends, too. hope it will be all right, too. more snow, the snow pack is incredible in the sierras after these last two storms. the water supply great for this year. i'm going to say that, haven't, in many years. a lot of water issues. that's the good thing about all of these storms and the latest one is moving through. a slow mover, moisture supply coming right off the ocean. a good trajectory for a good snowfall. three to four feet in the mountains. on the coast, a rain event, as you'd expect. eve be the central valley getting the rain. the green is the rain. the white is the snow. we're picking it up around yosemite and further north around the reno area and tahoe, picking up significant snow. the snow forecast over the next 48 hour. in this blue here, look at the totals. 24 inche

. >>> and mere is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the forecast. we saw the tornado, the west coast was hit as well. >> one report of a tornado in central california, numerous reports of hail and temperatures are cool, we've had one storm move through, the second one is moving in today and another one is going to come in over the weekend so just an active period of weather. temperatures in the 40s for the most part so definitely the winter clothes are needed along with the gloves, the hat and umbrella. the rain, the next storm track it here on weather.com, tracking to the south, moving onshore, with rain on the coast and rain in the valley and heavy mountain snows. each storm adds one or two feet of snowpack in the mountains. the green is the radar filling right in as the storm moves onshore. we have a line of showers that just went through san francisco, now approaching sacramento. in the mountains more snow starting to fall, it will get heavier later on today. we're talking another one to two feet as i mentioned. the area of blue is snow. interst

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charity karin creasing has been increasing -- charity care has been increasing. i think the ideas for the long-term work in that area is something that we want to know more about particularly as it pertained to neighboring community of the -- the other thing is the health care cost. i did see that story when it was in the news, i guess it was last week about health care costs in northern california being higher and i would love to better understand -- in the story it said costs of labor and other things were involved. but just better to understand why overall health care costs are higher in northern california and particularly within the health system, that would be very interesting to just better understand that. and then also i would like to know more about your distribution model. it seems that looking at the charts there is a lot more charity care underserved at st. luke's and understand about your distribution care model and how it is that that facility is overly, you know, burdensome. it might say and the other facility is not. i would like those issues add

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the door after knocking obtained permission to enter and then all the rest of the man after finding karinn a second case police reports say the officers were led in the hallway by a woman who opened the door to you can see in the video one of the undercover officers covering up the camera for 15 seconds while other officers ordered the woman to open the door. the police report says officers talked to a man inside you told them he was on probation. there was never any conversation according to their public defender's office. >> police burst into a home it appears are routinely boosting into homes without warning. and then lying after the fact to protect the fruits of their misconduct. >> if you can't trust the word of a police officer it calls into question what are they doing out there? >> after the video was submitted to a checked the first and second cases were dismissed. in the next 30 minutes will hear from the city's district attorney who was police there for at the timethe police chief coming up. >> darya: we're two hours in the last day of the hearing in washington about what happe