jay gray joins us live from boulder with the very latest. >> reporter: hey there. good to talk to you, adds you describe, a difficult day here. we've had rain at times adding to the flooding, the raging flood waters you can see here and the severe problem that the initial storm left behind. the path the violent flood waters cut through northern colorado is outlined by washed out homes and bridges and roadways. >> the water coming down this road was so intense that it tore up six inches of tarmac and asphalt. >> reporter: it has also ripped apart lives here. >> houses were just crumb bling off of the mountain side. >> reporter: and now as teams push into some of the hardest hit areas there is a real concern about what they might find. >> we're assuming that there may be further loss of life or injuries. we have to assume that. i hope and pray that's not the case. but given the def staths of some of those canyons, it's certainly a high probability. >> for survivors it's hard to believe that things could get much worse. >> the wall of water would take with it everythi

jay gray joins us with the latest from boulder, colorado. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. yeah, it's been a real rough go here as the rain tcontinues to fall. water swallowing not or streets, but entire neighborhoods and show ing no signs of slowing down. driving rain continued to feed raging flood waters overnight in boulder, part of a system that for more than 24 hours now has battered the region. sirens wailed and warnings sounded thursday as the water continued to rise. >> we have lost roads. we have lost bridges. we have lost homes, cars. and we are just now beginning to try to assess the scope of the damage. >> reporter: emergency crews rushed into areas cut off by the water and floating debris. dive teams rescued drivers after this bridge was swallowed by flood waters. neighbors turned to each other for help getting to higher ground. >> the water was raging like the colorado river through our house. >> reporter: in some areas the waters led to massive rock slides blocking rescue teams from stranded cars and communities

jay gray having a good time in denver. iners kick off the season at candle stick on sunday. >> plenty of sunshine. warmer weather, so it's going to be great news. i know jay personally, so i know he's probably got a little tailgate going on, some hamburgers and hot dogs. the seven-day forecast, it's going to be hot throughout this upcoming weekend. close to the century mark and yes, that beach weather mixed in as well, we'll have 70s across part sz of our coastline. throughout next week, we'll start to see temperatures cooling off. tuesday, wednesday and thursday and the thing to watch next week, while it is going to be hot next weekend, by wednesday and thursday, we'll see fewer thunderstorms develop. more humidity and a very, very slight possibility we may get a stray thunderstorm coming out away. right now, we're keeping that chance for the syria, but that's something we're going to watch closely. >> we are out of time tonight and because of tonight's game, football night in america with bob costas is next. we will see y

jay gray, nbc news, ground zero. >> thank you, jay.many powerful words and memories there. >>> well, right here in the bay area, a ceremony was just held honoring passengers and crew members aboard united air flight 93, which was bound for san francisco. nbc bay area's christy smith is live right now in union city with much more on a very touching tribute. christy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. yeah, the service just wrapped up a couple of minutes ago, and there are a number of family members here, including the family of pilot jason dahl. i spoke with the sister and also spoke with her husband. what they're saying is that over the years the sorrow has disbursed, but on this tragic day the memories come rushing back. they tried to fight hijackers before it crashed. the flight was bound for san francisco, and that fact meant veteran michael emerson to build a memorial here in union city in 2007. since then he has gone on to credit many more. the family says that pilot jason first became interested in flying when he was

at the u.n., jay gray, nbc news, new york. >> now, a follow-up to a story we first brought you yesterday. the chp says likely no charges will be filed against a woman who hit and killed the 12-year-old boy with her car right in front of the school. officers say he was riding his bike when the woman hit him with her car. she was dropping off her own kids at excels yore middle school in byron. this is near discovery bay. investigators say the woman was traveling no more than 10 miles an hour at the time of the crash. we understand the boy was wearing a helmet. officers say the woman stopped right away and realized the boy had been pinned underneath her suv. >>> an oakland neighborhood is trying to figure out just how to rebuild this morning after a fire damaged the centerpiece of his community. the fire tore through the sfwlion first church of god in christ yesterday. smoke could be seen across the bay. firefighters were able to get it under control, but not before it caused $900,000 in damage. people in this community say they don't want to lose the church. >> it's been on this for 97 yea

jay gray outside the u.n. now with more on the story. jay? >> good to talk to you, jim. president obama spoke for about 40 minutes here earlier this morning saying he prefers to find a political resolution to ongoing problems in the middle east but was not ruling out consequences at the u.n. ease reaction is not swift and firm. >> ladies and gentlemen -- >> reporter: the president's message was direct, at times forceful, the united states will not be the world's police force, but must stay involved, especially in the middle east. >> i believe america must remain engaged for our own security and the world is better for it. >> reporter: president obama called on the u.n. to forsz syria to destroy the stockpile of chemical weapons. >> it will send a powerful message that the use of chemical weapons has no place in the 21st century and this body means what it says. >> reporter: despite speculation, there's been no meeting, a head nod or handshake between the president and the newly elected counter part who addressed the general assembly this afternoon. >> iran seeks construc

live in cleveland, i'm jay gray, wendy, jim? >> all right, thank you, jay. >> it's not his first confrontational gig. kanye west under fire today after performing for a dictator's family. >>> a new push to legalize marijuana in the district of columbia, and it may go to a vote. >>> plus, a maryland woman with a rare form of amnesia disappears again today. >> and a live look outside at our cool and beautiful september afternoon. >> we have sunshine out there right now, wendy. in fact, we're in the low 80s. so it feels nice. did you feel this morning? look at the temperatures across the area. in the mid 50s is how we started out and now it could be even cooler tomorrow morning. i'll tell you if summer is over in jus >>> now to a deadly story involving a stabbing. a 17-year-old student is dead today. three others were injured. the stabbing occurred around 7:00 at spring high school. three people are in custody this afternoon. it's not clear if they all go to the school. police believe the stabbing began after a fight. the school is

jay gray, nbc news, boulder, colorado. >> we have new key taidetails a cab driver who was caught by a straight bullet. it happened to be where the ohio state buckeyes are staying today. they were checking into the hotel when a cabbie was shot and stumbled bleeding into the lobby. police say two people were shooting at each other but neither shooter was hit. instead the stray bullet hit the cab driver about a hundred feet away. witnesses say they're horrified. >> i was up in the pool area and just relaxing, i hear bap, bap, bap, bap. my first thought was where's my buddy mark? >> dove behind a pillar. advised others to do the same thing. >> reporter: would you come back for pleasure? >> no, no. >> reporter: because of this? >> yes. >> police did detain one person of interest. >> barry bonds says he is ready to start doing his time right now. the slugger wants to begin house arrest immediately. a federal appeals court upheld bonds' 2011 obstruction of justice conviction. he was found guilty of misleading a grand jury in 2003 surrounding the steroid scandal. the sentence is one month of

jay gray is live in boulder colorado with the latest for us. >> reporter: good evening.ou're right. take a look behind me. that break in the weather giving families a chance to come in and get a first look at what the water has done. >> obviously some technical problems there. you're looking at what normally is a dry creek bed. when it has waters, the neighbors say it is generally a trick trickle. it is still raging. let me tell you about this rescue effort. it was grounded yesterday because we saw more rain. it was grounded this morning because of low cloud cover. they rescued more than 175 people and their pets bringing them to safety. we know there are more than 1,000 people still in remote areas that still need help getting out. they can continue to rescue effort into the night. they have night vision goggles on board. they'll continue to look for people who need a ride to safety through the evening here. talking to personnel, they say this is a process in some the hardest hit areas that may take if not days, weeks. this is something that's going to be ongoing just l

nbc's jay gray joins us from boulder, colorado. good morning. is the town still cut off? what are you hearing? >> good morning, richard. there are communities that are still cut off, not only from the water but rock slides as well. look, that water has been relentless ripping away not only streets but entire communities in some places. right now it shows no signs of slowing down. driving rain continues with raging floodwaters in boilulder part of a system for 24 hours. sirens wailed and warnings sounded thursday as the water continued to rise. >> we've lost roads. we've lost bridges. we've lost homes, cars. and we are just now beginning to try to assess the scope of the damage. >> reporter: emergency crews rushed into areas cut off by water and floating debris. dive team rescued drivers after this bridge was swallowed from swollen floodwater. neighbors turned to each other for help getting to high ground. >> the water was raging like the colorado river through our house. >> reporter: in some areas the water led to massive rock slides blocking rescue teams from stranded ca

. >> joining us is mark ginz berg and jay gray at the u.n. plaza. do we have any news regarding a meeting between the president and rowhani? >> reporter: at this point krystal it does not appear they will meet. they were invited to a luncheon at the u.n. this afternoon. president rowhani did not attend. that's not out of the ordinary. there are several world leaders here that were not a part of that luncheon. there was no nod, there was no handshake as has been speculated by so many over the last week or so. it does not look like the two will get together during this trip. the white house has said they are open to a meeting if indeed it does work out at some point. >> all right, jay gray at the u.n. plaza. thank you so much for that update. ambassad ambassador gins berg, the president urged the security council to pass a strong resolution if syria fails to give up their chemical weapons. what is he looking for there? do you think there's some behind the scenes progress being made between the u.s. and russia here this week? >> actually there hasn't b

nbc's jay gray joins us in boulder with more.inally, some good news. >> reporter: yeah, good news, jessica, but the areas they're getting into are devastated. this is a disaster that really is continuing to unfold. take a look behind me. show you what some of the families are dealing with here. this is from a home that was swallowed by the water. all of their belongings pulled out here on to what is a muddy street here filled with silt and mud they also pulled from this house. as you come back across, we're going to show you the reason why. take a look down at this creekbed, nine months out of the year, i'm told, completely dry. right now it is still raging as you can see. and that's a scenario, that's a situation playing out across this region right now. water into areas in so is many places that it's either never been or hasn't been in over 100 years. this is an historic flood that many here are still dealing with as the rescue teams continue their fupush to get into areas t off by the water. they say they'll go well into the n

jay gray, nbc news, boulder, colorado. >>> a woman with ties to san jose is accused of an unthinkable crime. police say her two children were found dead in a southern california hotel room yesterday, and she is now under arrest in connection with their deaths. santa ana police have not officially released the children's identities or their ages, but sources close to the investigation say a 7-year-old girl and 12-year-old boy were killed. crime scene investigators found their bodies in a bathtub filled with water inside a third floor room in a santa ana hotel. >> i'm on the fourth floor along with my fiancee, actually, and didn't hear a thing, nothing. >> reporte >> police say the 42-year-old mother was di straut as she told them where to find the children after she crashed her car in a parking lot six miles from the hotel. the mother is from scottsdale, arizona, but her last known address is in san jose. police won't disclose how the children died until a coroner's investigation is complete. >>> new information this morning on a car crash that took the life of an east bay teenager. po

nbc's jay gray has the latest. >> the primary mission of recovery teams in colorado this weekend, finding a way in to areas cut off by the flood waters. >> search and rescue, getting people out that are affected that need to come out, eevacuations, things like that. >> hundreds have been air lifted to safety. >> we painted sos on the driveway this morning in big orange letters and not an hour later. >> many like this women, saw whole communities erased by the waters. >> houses were crumbling off of the mountain side and people's entire lives, everything that they own just fell off of a mountain into a river and down. >> a group of 85 fifth graders trapped for days during a field trip are finally back together with their parents. >> some parts were scary and the trails were basically rivers. >> every time you watch the news, right, it's hard to not burst in to tears, just worried about them. as families are reunited first responders warn, hundreds are still unaccounted for. >> we are assuming that there may be further loss of life. or injuries we have to assume that. >> while their search

jay gray, nbc news, ground zero. >> the planes that were hijacked and crashed 3,000 miles away, but there are several bay area connections, including united flight 93 headed here to sfo. nbc's kris sanchez is joining us from a memorial. >> reporter: raj, in about an hour, people will gather here at the 9/11 plaza built about a year after the fatal attacks on the world trade center. here the memorial takes the shape of an airplane and therefore memorializes flight 93 but there are other smaller memorials to the first responders, to the folks who died in the world trade center and the veterans who died in the attack as well. this ceremony will get under way at 6:00 today, one of the many remembrances here in the bay area. >> they say time heals but it still brings you back to that day. just seeing 9/11 anywhere, it remin reminds you of that day eight tragedy of that day and how many lives were affected and innocent people hurt. >> reporter: one of those people was carol's brother jason dahl, the captain of flight 93 which crashed in shanksville, pennsylvania. her family finds solace at the

jay gray reporting live from boulder, thank you. >> it has been range day after day in colorado. let's bring in now meteorologist nicole mitchell. nicole, what is behind this tron she will rain? >> we've been stuck in one of those weather patterns. i will get to that in a second. causing scenes like this one, it only takes two feet of water to actually move a car, six inches to knock you off your feet. always better to turn around when you see flooding. you can see this little circulation off to the west of colorado, and it's all that moisture that's been flowing in from the south, the gulf of mexico and also as we get into parts of the pacific, funneling that in. because of the rain we've had in some cases over a foot of rain over the course of the week, the ground is saturated. there's nowhere else for the rain to go. it continues to funnel into those rivers. all the areas in the lighter green are warnings, places we already of the flooding and a lot of places especially as we get into new mexico off of parts of nevada where we have the potential, because it's really the whole

nbc bay area jay gray joins us live from boulder tonight with the very latest.is not a forecast that is in any way uplifting for those folks. >> reporter: no. very difficult, jessica. good to talk to you. we are getting a much-needed break from the rain today. but it is expected to come back here sometime tomorrow. no break from the damage that the downpours left behind. many of these areas seeing rain the same amount they see in a year over the span of two days here. so it's pushing water into places it's never been. it's also closed off several communities trapped from the rest of colorado by walls of water. the sheriff in boulder county talked about that earlier today. >> many, many communities in our western mountains are completely isolated. there is no road access, no telephone information, no power, no water, no septic, no sewer. >> reporter: now, a really tough go, thousands of people who are isolated right now. they've had to try to chopper in some water, some food supplies, some medicine in some cases. they're still working around the clock trying to g

. >> by sitting down face to face at the negotiating table for the sixt time in at least years, jay graywbal-tv 11 news u.s. automakers are getting ready to send a lot more overseas. >> plans for toyota and ford. first -- >> student athletes are getting held in the classroom. -- getting help in the classroom. when you're struggling with your mortgage, your home feels like a burden. news.s is breaking >> back now. we want to update you on the breaking news situation. >> we have been monitoring the situation for the past 30 minutes. northbound i 83 is heavily backed up all the way. an eight mile stretch. >> here is the latest from state police. seven people have been taken to the hospital. the injuries appear to be not life-threatening. drivers are urged to avoid the area and the crash is clearly under investigation. >> football players are getting help from the nfl toward their path toward college in addicted -- in addition to the players on the field, a new academic coach helps them in the classroom. >> nice. more on how the nfl is playing a role. >> during the season, plenty of time on

jay gray, nbc news, boulder, colorado. >> more details now. three red cross volunteers from the bay area are in colorado helping with relief efforts. more are expected to be sent. local officers are waiting for the call from colorado authorities to find out what kind of aid is needed. >> all of these kinds of disaster situations, whether it's a house fire that only affects one family or a disaster that affects a region, either way it's always heartbreaking, and the red cross is there to make that journey a little easier and help out as much as we can. >> a voluntary from the east bay says the shelters are packed with families and many pets, and she says people were forced to evacuate so quickly, some don't even have identification. evacuees don't know when they will be able to return to their homes. >>> tomorrow on the "today" show, matt lauer will be reporting from boulder and that begins at 7:00 a.m. >>> new information tonight on a woman with ties to the bay area accused of killing her two children. the children were found dead in a bathtub

now jay gray joins us with more on how officials are dealing with these record you rainfalls. jay, good to see you this morning. are they getting federal help now to deal with this disaster? >> yeah, rochelle. in fact teams on the ground here doing what they can to support the local and state officials and crews that have been working on this for more than 24 hours. give you an idea of what's happening now, you can see the raging floodwaters here. they've washed away not only this roadway, but parts of this community. that happening, a scenario playing out across the region right now. as we talked about, there are thousands forced to higher ground because of the floodwaters here and unfortunately, forecasters warn we're likely to see on again-off again rain through sunday. that's going to add water to what's already a dangerous, deadly mix and something that they're going to have to deal with for quite some time. we're uphill. >> absolutely. i anticipate many updates throughout the day. we hope not to see the kind of rescues we've been seeing for the last few days, either. >> n

that's where jay gray is. what is it like out there, jay? getting a little break from the rain right now. what i can tell you, though, is more is expected and it's certainly not what they need. let me show you what all the water is doing. you can see the raging waters that have really washed away the road here. it's done a lot of damage to the community and that's a scenario playing out across the region right now. evacuations are continuing, we know that at least three have died as a result of these storms. as the sun comes up we've seen a few people venture out to get another look at what's going on here. the rain is still going to come through the weekend as we talk about, it's going to add more water to a mix that's been deadly and it's still dangerous, laura. >> thank you very much. it is amazing to see the devastation. the rescues they made, the lives lost because of that. >> the car and truck flipped over, the houses collapsing. and again, three people dead so far. >> and more rain headed to that neck of the woods as well. boy, in our

. >> jay gray live in boulder, colorado, one of the hardest hit areas in the state.at's not going to a little break from the rain here but that's not going to last according to wno carrierort encoder cf1 c0 look, there have been high water rescues, again families moved to higher ground and officials say that's something that's going to continue here. we know at least three people have died as a result of these storms, one person is missing. and officials are concerned that that's going to increase. so they are really urging anyone and who is out and about to stay away from the rushing water, even just six inches can do significant damage, pick up a car, knock someone from their feet. that's a concern for a lot of the teams here which have been stretched to their limits working 24 hours trying to secure what they can. get people to safety in a situation that is historic here. when you consider they have seen more than nine inches of rain at this point in the last 24-plus hours. normally in this month they see over an inch so. nine times the amount of rain they see in

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jay korff, abc 7 news. >> more news from the district. this is over the beltway. graynt maher gray- mayor -- reportsington post another will be named. andtay with abc 7 news wjla.com. we'll have updates for you on there. >> a resolution in the murder of an 18-year-old. he was killed at a metro station act in november 2012. five people recently accept the responsibility for the roles in the death. one pleaded guilty to first- degree murder. during a fight that ensued, the victim was stabbed and later died. arrested two people in connection to -- they are in custody tonight. both charged with an adoption. -- abduction. one step at a senior over the weekend. police believe a string of events leading up to the death are related. >> and the latest on the potential of a government shutdown. if the government runs out of most businesses will close down. but a lot requires the government to send all nonessential employees home -- and that lot requires the government to send all non- essential employees home. there could be a legal challenge. even the national zoo could be impacted by the s

gray dodge. and that's about all they have. they say the teen was last wearing blue and jay pajama bottoms and a blue and gray super hero t-shirt>> our number one priority is a safe return of a 14-year-old innocent girl. >> reporter: the family just moved to the neighborhood a month ago. police say they don't believe they had any connection to their attackers. the neighbors here are stunned. and have already set up facebook pages, hoping they bring her home safe. >> i hurt for that child. i hurt for the parents. and the child must be frightened to be with strangers and have been taken from her home. >> reporter: the fbi is here. school officials have sent grief counselors to the teen's high school. and everyone here, robin, waits nervously. robin? >> everybody's out there looking for her. thank you very much. >>> we're going to switch gears here now. the college year is kicking into high gear. and there's some pretty stunning accusations of racism sore reporti sororities at the university of alabama. and reena ninan has the story. >> reporter: the women who asked to remain anonymous, described as ideal university of alabama sor

i would sit and eat a piece of pizza with jay apd could see his hair getting gray while i was chewingall, no african-american had ever been given a late night talk show. in 1989 when he was tapped to be the first, the expectations, he says, were almost too much to bare. a bear. >> a white person successful in this town can focus on white things and while culture and never care what's on the central and what's on j zee. i have to know what jay-z knows. he don't have to give a damn about what i do and who i do it with. >> reporter: he knows the tv landscape is decidedly different these days a lot more crowded and he's a lot older but he's ready to give late night one more go. >> here's the deal. if it don't work i'll say it was a special. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," this is lee cow an cbs, los angeles. >>> he has not lost his sense of humor. hello, sexual chocolate. >> yes indeed. >> you say you want to send viewers to bed with a smile. i want to say what are you going to do to us to make us smile? >> you've given me the best advice. when i saw you in vegas, you said, i have on