all the rest of it is going to be new money. >> that was mark matthews recording. >>> this friday marksus in the bay area. 25 years since the loma prieta quake. we have a special section on our web site dedicated to it at nbcbynb nbcbayarea.com. there you'll find a one-hour special that aired here on nbc bay area back in 1990. that was one year after the devastating quake. >>> bart is calling them crowd pleasers. bart saw a big boost in passengers to san francisco thanks to bruno mars and the giants. yesterday marked the sixth-highest ridership day for bart in its history. bruno mars headline add party at the civic center and the giants won game three of the playoff series against the st. louis cardinals so lots of happy people on the train. >> a lot going on in the bay area, including our weather. we need more of this stuff, jeff. >>> we've got more coming our way. you can see from the weather underground time lapse across the santa clara valley it started off cloudy. a few rain drops, then we managed a little sunshine but still that cloud cover ruled that forecast. as we get a lookout

nbc bay area's mark matthews is at the fire department headquarters. mark, what is the response if any from chief joanne hayes white? >> reporter: well, raj, the chief is not responding in person as she did last week when the rank and file sent their letter. and today the battalion chiefs with this letter have joined the chorus, calling on the mayor to replace her. her own department is turning up the heat on fire chief joanne hayes-white. last week's unprecedented letter of no confidence from the rank and file was followed today by this one from the fire chiefs association. battalion chiefs echoing the crisis of confidence, saying the current state of the fire department has become untenable and immediate action is necessary. >> we're at a crisis point. we have -- we have real issues that need to be dealt with in the very short-term. >> reporter: the initial complain from firefighters focused on the department's slow response time on ambulance calls. but the chief's association president says it is far more widespread and much of it has to do with the

i'm mark matthews at uber's san francisco headquarters. the story coming up. >>> i'm scott budman. coming up, a silicon valley entrepreneur who got much more than stock options for his idea. he got a nobel prize. >>> and good afternoon, i'm are meteorologist jeff ranieri. sunny skies in san jose and san francisco. we'll talk about the rain coming up in the forecast. and a highly dangerous super typhoon and where it's headed next in about six minutes. >>> at 6:00, bad behavior at levi stadium. we compare fans, how many arrests per home game. insurance companies are spending millions of dollars trying to mislead you about the effects of proposition 46. well here's the truth: 46 will save lives. it will save money too. i'm bob pack, and i'm fighting for prop 46 because i lost my two children to preventable medical errors and i don't want anyone else to lose theirs. the three provisions in 46 will reduce medical errors and protect patients. save money and save lives. yes on 46. now, more and more americans are discovering that shredding galbani mozzarella yourself inspires moments that

live from dallas, mark matthews for "today in the bay." >> thank you, mark.ll continue reporting out of dallas for the rest of the day. stay with us for up to the minute coverage. one of the main questions is, how can i get it? you can find that answer there we'll talk about the forecast for your weekend plans. people have soccer games, swim meets. grocery lists. >> sounds like you're listing all the things your kids do in a day. >> we are remarkably free this weekend. for now. >> good. to show you what it's looking at, we are seeing plenty of sunshine. it will feel like fall across the bay area. anything you want to do with the kids, enjoy. it will be beautiful. that fog does return tomorrow morning. it's going to be thick at the coastline. that means looking at rain to start the work week. don't put those umbrellas away just yet. it will be nice today and tomorrow. no rain in the forecast. we are tracking a cold front off the coast that will move in through monday. 72 in san francisco. 80 in the north bay, 80 in the south bay. 70 to 80 not bad. we'll talk a

mark matthews joins us from the midst of the excitement. mark. >> reporter: well, raj, if the giants win tonight, if they win, the parade here in san francisco will be on halloween. and if you are at all superstitious about that, welcome to the ball club. the giants are so superstitious, they don't want us showing you these floats that are being readied for a possible parade on friday. a spokeswoman said bluntly, we're not saying anything about any of that. we are, quote, a very superstitious organization. so i thought we'd ask the float builders. >> so what can you tell us about this? >> i've been told not to talk, i'm sorry. we don't want to jinx anything. sorry. >> who told you? >> the giants and everybody involved. we've been asked not to say anything. we don't want to jinx anything. >> reporter: if the giants don't want to blow their horn prematury, june vasquez certainly does, vasquez quit his day job to go into the horn business and he has been trying to contact the giants about handing out his orange and black noise makers at the par

mark matthews explores how fears of ebola in the u.s. may now be hampering the fight against the disease in west africa. jay gray with the latest on what's happening in new york to save that city's first ebola patient. that doctor, jay? >> reporter: yeah, we have breaking news right now. within the last hour or so, we have learned that there is a second health care worker quarantined right now with a fever. initially this health care worker landed in newark, new jersey, today from west africa, working for doctors without borders. she was returning to the states. she was put into quarantine with no symptoms but began to show symptoms tonight and now has a fever. so a second health care worker again quarantined right now from west africa with a fever. that's while dr. craig spencer's still in stable condition at bellevue. his medical team says he's been sitting up, making phone calls. the conversation outside the hospital as you might imagine, a lot of people here talking about the fact that the virus has now made it to manhattan and a pos

i'm mark matthews. the story coming up next. insurance companies are spending millions of dollars trying to mislead you about the effects of proposition 46. well here's the truth: 46 will save lives. it will save money too. i'm bob pack, and i'm fighting for prop 46 because i lost my two children to preventable medical errors and i don't want anyone else to lose theirs. the three provisions in 46 will reduce medical errors and protect patients. save money and save lives. yes on 46. >>> they are one of the biggest draws at fleet week. and after a one-year absence, people are even more excited to see the blue angels return to the bay area this weekend. the navy's precision high-flying team took to the skies above san francisco in preparation for this weekend's air show. the highlight of fleet week is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of spectators to the marina on saturday and sunday. nbc bay area's mark matthews is on the marina green with a preview. and you saw them flying a couple hours ago? >> we got to show them live at

mark matthews at at&t park. this is the hottest ticket in town. boy, they are ready there at the ballpark. >> reporter: they are. the giants are back in town. they were practicing today. they're all tied up and there is excitement in the air. the park looks great. two rows of red and white bunting encircle the stadium walls, the main gate, ready to welcome the faithful. boxes of postseason gear unpacked at the dugout store. everyone here a giants fan except for mike ahn of pasadena. >> i would have loved to have seen the giants/dodgers championship. >> but the dodgers lost. >> yeah. >> lost. >> yeah, i understand. >> they're home now. >> reporter: now that that's cleared up the grounds crew is preparing the infield. the cardinals practiced today then the giants, pretty much like always, except an edge that isn't here in the regular season. >> there's always a sizzle in the air. you see the bunting around the ballpark. everybody says there's an air of exit that you can't have during the regular season because the stakes are so high. >> reporter: th

mark matthews. nbc, bay area news. >>> a crime against a south bay high school student sparked a new law. governor jerry brown signed audrey's law. her story went viral two years ago after she committed suicide at the age of 15. she was despondent after being sexually assaulted unconscious at a party and learning an online photo existed. the law mandates that adolescents and teen agers assaulting an unconscious victim undergo mandatory sex offender treatment. >>> uc santa barbara inspire ready another new law the bill signed today by the governor allows family members to ask a judge to remove firearms from a relative who appears to pose a threat. the families of the victim and the gunman pushed for passage of this bill. roger's parents had tried to notify authorities about their troubled son prior to the rampage in which six people were stabbed or shot. >>> it's official, california will be the first state to ban the use of disposable plastic backs. today the governor signed the law saying the bags

mark matthews outside of the ballpark. we'll start with mark. >> well, it's just about 20 minutes after 4:00 when the buses pulled into at&t park. let's go to the pictures of them arriving. we saw team members getting off the buses to the applause of fans standing on the sidewalk watching them get off. madison ba madison bumgarner was the first one we saw and hunter pence and buster posey strolled in. mike morris. several of them walk right by us but did not acknowledge the crowd or the people shouting at them. they looked like they were on their way to work. they are doing that. tomorrow the 42,000 here at the ballpark will be able to see them live and in person for the folks who are here, it was a treat to see them walk in. >> i just wanted to share this with my kids. it's the golden era of the giants. the supernatural era we're referring to it as. >> huge fans. it's amazing to watch them walk into the ballpark to the world series. >> when you see them on tv, and you get more close-up view of them and get a little insight

mark matthews is arrested and on new charges at the beginning of september. that victim's mother who does want to be identified says her daughter is still in deep pain. nal >> you're going to a tattoo parlor. expression of art. it's not supposed to be an expression of pain. daughter are now considering having that tattoo and the pnful memory of it removed if possible. plastic surgeon says that laser treatment to remove the attoo could cost around $10,000. >> starting tomorrow, d.c. police will be recording with cameras. police chief unvailed the body camerasles of which can be worn on eyeglasses the chest. more than 160 officers will take and it the pilot program will benefit both officers and the general public. d.c.'sppening wednesday, new yoga tax. the sames tax on gems, yoga studios, tanning salons and other businesses. is designed to pay for d.c.'s antial cut to income tax. >> hitting the area tonight testing. ial >> what these ads claim and who put them out. ebola outbreak grows closer to home. the patient in isolation >> developing news out of dallas t

mark matthews is in san francisco this evening with the new details. mark. >> reporter: we are at cpuc headquarters where today's hearing was about a judge shopping scandal. last month pg&e fired a couple of vice presidents and its senior vice president after e-mails revealed that the utility company had been lobbying cpuc staffers and commissioners to get a sympathetic judge in a rate case. it was a rate case tied to the 2010 san bruno explosion and fire that killed eight and destroyed a neighborhood. pg&e wanted $1.3 billion and e-mails show they went looking for an administrative law judge that would be sympathetic to their request. well, today an administrative law judge said that in light of those e-mails, she doubted the utility would have the temerity to pursue a challenge, but just in case -- >> pg&e is -- >> lawyers in turn asked the judge to release 65,000 e-mails between pg&e and the puc. >> this was a small limited proceeding involving -- it's indicative of a greater problem. >> only a relative handful of e-mails have been made public. >> ri

mark matthews is live outside the "w" hotel in san francisco. that's the south of market neighborhood where 200 guests are paying a bundle to meet the president, who's expected to arrive any minute. >> reporter: any moment we are now hearing the helicopters hovering overhead. we expect the president to arrive shortly. inside, 200 guests, they've paid between $500 and $32,000 to meet with the president. outside, there's protesters down there. about half a block away. shouting at the president to stop the bombing in iraq and syria. on the other side of the street there are more protesters saying that the president should do more to combat isis. we're outside with the folks who are yelling for the president to pay attention. >> genocide! >> reporter: a couple of dozen protesters are shouting at the president to stop the bombing in iraq and syria. >> our violence starts to foster more violence in response. there's no end to it. >> stop the bombing of syria. no more war in iraq. get the u.s.'s bloody hands out of the middle east. >> reporter: inside

>> they are so fast and they can go upsidedown and sideways. >> reporter: mark matthews, nbc bay area> he said it best. >> yeah. >>> let's get a check of the weather and what it's going to be like as far as fog. i think sunday's the day, right? >> yeah, you know, it's looking really good. sunday is going to be warm, saturday if you're going to be headed out there to check out the awesome ships, also warm, but a break from the heat we are expecting on sunday. that's the peak of it. but today looking really good. once you step out that door you'll notice temperatures are nice and comfortable all across the board. it feels like fall for today. we're going to climb towards 81 degrees in the south bay, 77 degrees for the peninsula, and 70 degrees on the east shore for today. as you head into your east bay valleys, much warmer, but not bad. 86 degrees for you, and 81, not a bad day shaping up for wine country. let me take you through the changes, because we have weather whiplash, starting today, nice and level. bumping up by five to ten degrees between today and tomorrow, so that translates

i'm mark matthews. the story coming up next. >>> all aboard. the move that could put california's high-speed rail back on the fastrak. >>> two young girls groped by the same man in two separate stores. take a look. police in san leandro hope this image can help track him down. nbc bay area's michelle roberts is live outside the bayfair center target, one of the two stores where this groping happened. >> reporter: yeah, the second one happened here. the other one 15 minutes beforehand at the walmart just down the street. both cases, the victims, young girls younger than 10 years old with their parents just around the corner in a different aisle. police hope surveillance video leads to an arrest. >> it almost appears in this video that he is searching for something or someone. >> reporter: san leandro police say this man molested two young girls who were shopping with their parents. >> he wanted to prey on them and he was walking the aisles of the store looking for them to find that right opportunity to commit the crime that he did on monday nigh

mark matthews joins us from the health symposium in san francisco. mark?> reporter: well, raj, in the world of infectious disease experts, some of the real rock stars showed up at a meeting here today at ucsf. and with the worldwide attention on ebola, the place was packed. >> in terms of health systems -- >> reporter: looking around the room, there is paul farmer, who transformed health clinics in some of the poorest countries in the world. larry brilliant, epidemiologist who helped eradicate smallpox and ran google's philanthropic arm. dan kelly who flew into sierra leone as some other doctors and nurses are fleeing. he is going back in another couple of weeks, and says the attention over a single case in texas is understandable, but way out of proportion. >> we need to just be open to the idea that there may be scattered cases that we'll see over the course of this epidemic. but really, our attention needs to be turned to west africa and there should be a call to action to rebuild that celt system better and stronger. >> it's a terrible disease. but it

mark matthews at cpu headquarters in san francisco. >> cpu president mike peavy sees himself as an environmentalist so in 2010 when business interests wanted to over turn california's global warming act, mike peavy went to pg & e and asked them to contribute to that challenge. >> it was over a couple of bottles of wine over dinner that he asked president for big bucks. the e-mail reads this. >> mike peavy told pg & e, if you do what i want, i'm going to give you more rate payer money. and in fact that's exactly what he did. >> today a lawyer for the utility watch dog group return, said peavy routiny worked deals with pg & e, and today the watch dog group and lawyers for the city say e-mails lobbied staffers for the judge of their choice in a $1.3 billion rate setting case that was stie tied to the 2010 city fire. >> very damaging e-mails go right to the top. >> today mayor called on them to release those $65,000 e-mails. this is pg & e's statement. in part. >> last month pg & e fired vice president chairy and another vice president and a senior vice president. the company said they acted swiftly an

nbc bay area's mark matthews reports. >> reporter: his left eye still swollen shut.says he was trying to do the safe and responsible thing by taking uber home that night. >> to do that and then wake up in the icu is something that i hope nobody has to go through. >> reporter: the 35-year-old bartender says he cannot work, he still faces reconstructive surgery for the fractures to his face. he says he was attacked when he questioned why the uber driver was taking the freeway to go home from the mission to the lower eight. his attorney says uber is clearly responsible. >> you can't offer this kind of service out into the marketplace, reap all the benefits and profits, and not take responsibility. that's pretty simple. >> no, not in my opinion. >> reporter: eric globeman is a professor of law and santa clara university and says uber's terms of service says riders use the service at their own risk. >> we have doctrines that hold sellers reliable, we don't have a similar doctrine for services, so those are different animals altogether. >> reporter: a spokeswoman for uber

but we begin with nbc bay area's mark matthews with those security concerns. and the chief is clear. don't come to town if you're going to make trouble. >> that's right. we're right on market street across from the ferry building at the foot of the parade route. believe it or not, the estimates we're hearing, that a million people could show up to see the parade tomorrow. the police tasked with keeping everyone safe and public transportation with keeping the city moving. last night the celebration of telephone giants victory degenerated as the night wore on into a street fire, graffiti-tagging, bottle-throwing mess. >> it's just disgraceful that they just don't get it. >> reporter: chief greg suhr was among those hit by bottles last night. today he told reporters most of the 40 people arrested were from outside san francisco. later numbers showed it was about half and half. the worst spots were by the ballpark and in the mission district. that's where she was this morning, painting over the wall of the restaurant where she works. >> come and clean it up. come

reporting from at&t, mark matthews, nbc bay area news. >> we'll try again tomorrow. thanks so much, mark. >>> still ahead, too close for comfort. the feds look deeper into pg&e's files. the troubling new e-mails. plus -- >> i'm jodi hernandez where police say what started as a petty shoplifting case spun out of control. tonight we're learning what led to the gunfire inside the store and more about the man police say are responsible. >> and fraud at the farmers' market. the change to make sure you're getting what you actually pay for. insurance companies are spending millions of dollars trying to mislead you about the effects of proposition 46. well here's the truth: 46 will save lives. it will save money too. i'm bob pack, and i'm fighting for prop 46 because i lost my two children to preventable medical errors and i don't want anyone else to lose theirs. the three provisions in 46 will reduce medical errors and protect patients. save money and save lives. yes on 46. i was very happy to make myd first doctor's appointment. i love my doctor. i'm in for the first time e

nbc bay area's mark matthews is live at at&t park where the game just ended. no sweep for the giants. there will be a game 4 tomorrow, mark. >> that's right. fans walking out of the the stadium, disappointed for many of them, this is the biggest game of the year that they've been able to get to. they came early. >> those who could not get into the stadium watched through the fence. >> i wouldn't miss it. >> matt and his wife jessica wanted to be part of it. >> together we are very giant. go giants. >> that's what they say about that togetherness thing and everybody seems to have their own way of contributing. >> oh, yes. i'm careful about what shirt i wear. >> you do the rally cap always. >> loretta wears her lucky ring or lucky necklace and always goes to day games. >> we've won every day game we've been to. >> mark has a ritual. >> it's a little chant. >> lynn rodriguez wears her boa. >> and we have a whole mantle set up at home with all the bobbleheads. >> kind of an altar. >> definitely an altar. >> frank puts the rally cap on his grandson. >> then he hits

nbc bay area's mark matthews is live in san francisco with that part of the story. >> reporter: we're at san francisco general where the epidemiologist here tells me san francisco general is ready and her confidence based on the fact that here in the united states, we have a first world medical system as opposed to west africa, which does not, and which is dealing with the epidemic. we have pictures of san francisco's general hospital inside lisa winston the epidemiologist says this hospital and every hospital in the bay area is already equipped to deal with infectious diseases far more contagious than ebola. >> it's very similar to the way we isolate patients for other diseases. and the types of equipment that we need to keep our health care workers safe are like the types of equipment that we use every day. >> reporter: winston says any single-bed hospital room can be transformed into an isolation room and the department of emergency services says paramedics already have the necessary equipment and training. what they're going over now is identification, being aware of what a case o

from civic center plaza, mark matthews, nbc bay area news. >>> it's usually 99% of the people are well behaved, but it's that 1% that everybody is concerned about. our chopper overhead. looks fun down there. a lot of anxious giants fans. we did this back in 2010 and 2012, and tonight we could have another victory celebration. if not, we'll do it all tomorrow night. janelle wang is in kc tonight. and coming up at 6:00, she reveals the one thing that nearly every giants fan is saying about kansas city. >>> now to a developing story. disaster for nasa in the last couple of powers. an unmanned spaceship exploded. watch closely what happened. this happened at the launch site in virginia. the rocket ship was supposed to go to the international space station to deliver supplies, including research satellites and a tank of nitrogen used by spacewalking astronauts. and then that happened. >> be advised to stay at your consoles. everyone maintain your positions. in the lcc, maintain positions at your console. >> that was the response from nasa after the explosion. they are investigating what hap

mark matthews is at the ballpark. >> reporter: raj and janelle, it was a giant crowd but not a big one here to welcome home the giants as they returned to at&t park. a few dozen people scattered around the intersection of second and king. let me show you the pick does of the buses rolling in. the players got off the buses to the applause of the crowd that was here. many of them with their families. we saw mabs, he was the first one that we saw, guster posy strolled on by, gregor blanco, yusmeiro petit, brandon crawford, mike morris among those headed into the stadium. the players didn't show much emotion or even acknowledge the crowd that was shouting at them. they looked like men on their way home from work or on their way to do a job. but for the folks here who were watching, it was a treat just to see them. >> i just wanted to share this with my kids. it's a golden era of the giants. the supernatural era of the giants. >> we're all huge fans. just amazing to watch them walking through the ballpark, to the world series. >> when you see them on tv and you get a more closeup view of th

but we begin with nbc bay area's mark matthews with those security concerns.nd the chief is clear. don't come to town if you're going to make trouble. >> that's right. we're right on market street across from the ferry building at the foot of the parade route. believe it or not, the estimates we're hearing, that a million people could show up to see the parade tomorrow. the police tasked with keeping everyone safe and public transportation with keeping the city moving. last night the celebration of telephone giants victory degenerated as the night wore on into a street fire, graffiti-tagging, bottle-throwing mess. >> it's just disgraceful that

mark matthews is standing by with protesters and a huge traffic snarl in this friday night commute. >porter: behind me you can see the "w" hotel and some of the people that are just going into this reception. the president not here yet. down the block about a half block away, a couple of dozen protesters protesting against the president's involvement in iraq and syria. and some people standing by just curious. the president's swing through the city will net something close to $2 million. 200 people are expected here at the "w" tonight. ticket prices start at $500 and max out at $32,000. inside, soul singer maxwell will perform in the ballroom. outside protesters are yelling at the president to stop the aerial attacks on isis in iraq and syria. >> they're bombing syria, they're bombing iraq, they're lying to the people of the world and this country that there's a reason for this that's humanitarian and just. >> i think it's our responsibility. we need to let president obama know that america's had enough of war. >> reporter: the streets around the "w" have been shut down. howard street

mark matthews is at the ballpark. i am ready for three straight nights of torture, what about you? >> i know you watched the game last night. forget about it, put it out of your mind. the giants are back home. it's a new day. the place is looking pretty good. let me show you the pictures. they've got two rows of red, white and blue bunting that encircle the outside of the stadium. the gates are standing by, ready to open up and welcome in the faithful. inside the giants started their practice this afternoon. they looked relaxed, glad to be home. even the cardinals talked about the beautiful wither in northern california. we're hoping that tomorrow it will cool them off just a little bit. the practice looked pretty much as it always does. a little catch, a little toss. except that you feel an edge in the air this time that just isn't there during the regular season. >> there's always a sizzle in the air. you see the bunting around the ballpark. everybody says there's an air of excitement that you can't have during the regular season because the stakes are so high. so we're excited.

mark matthews, "today in the bay." >> thank you, mark.s a result of the safety breach at the texas hospital, the cdc is issuing new rules for health care workers. we go live to washington, d.c. later for a look at what is changing. >> it appears there is another victim in the case of the palo forward to say something similar happened to their daughter. a 13-year-old girl said she saw a man touching himself in a car and looking at her. she kept walking and he showed up again doing the same thing. the suspect sketch is similar for those of those three incidences. however, the sketch is different for a 13-year-old girl riding her bike earlier this year. police think there are two different flashers. >> and tickleman's attorney says she has no motive because she was in love with him. >> testimony will be heard from city and county representatives. >> there will not be a repeat of friday's commute that had drivers stuck for an hour or long longer. the good news, steph, is the project is on hold. the bad news is it's just delaying the inevitabl

mark matthews is joining us now. mark, quite a significant decline in gdp there, down 1.8%. that's not an easy amount to recover. >> i suppose that the economic data has not been what we fans of japan, and i must count myself as one would have liked to see. but there's a lot of other things going on in japan which mitigate that and explain why share prices have held up. i won't go into details, but there's a lot of corporate reform. even if, you know, the third arrow hasn't been as strong as we would have liked on the corporate side, big companies, be they panasonic or hitachi or sanyo, these kind of names are actually shaking up a lot. that's what's driving the index along with the weaker currency, in my opinion. >> mark, what do you think is the biggest challenge facing the japanese economy right now? is it the aging population, the low birth rate or in general the low deflation? >> i think it was the currency. because, in fact, the birth rate, the fertility ratio has been rising since 2006 and is now higher than hong kong, korea, germany, singapore. japanese women are hav

mark matthew s in dallas with latest numbers. these folks have finished a three-week observation period. good morning. >> reporter: as of midnight tonight that 21-observation day period will be over. 21 days is the incubation period for ebola. most times the virus travels faster than that. if you're symptom free after 21 days you're in the clear. 38 people came into contact with the only man the die in the united states, thomas eric duncan. that 21-daytime frame expires tonight add midnight. the 48 have been monitored for three weeks. none have shown any signs or symptoms of the disease. it includes his fiancee, her son and two young men she consider family. this is a milestone and there's no reason for anyone to panic. >> there's a few people that are afraid and i understand it. if you have not touched a bodily fluid of eric duncan or someone symptommatic, you don't have it. there's no reason not to send your children to school or go to synagogue or church or go to the last day of the state fair of texas or go to the cowboy game

nbc bay area's mark matthews joins us from civic center plaza. mark? >> reporter: capacity crowd here at civic center plaza. many people as i have ever seen here watching the jumbotron and disappointed at the moment. the giants if they will win this game have a lot of work to do and the police say if they do win it, they're ready. there are certain areas of the city that traditionally get crazy. when the giants win a championship or 49ers win a super bowl -- >> it's the mission district. broadway. the marina. and now that we have a ballpark, down on king street. >> reporter: down on king street across from the ballpark. if giants win, he's got a plan in place. >> when the game ends, everyone comes out partying in the streets. >> reporter: in 2012 when giants fans took to the streets, they burned bonfires in the mission district and torched a bus on market street. tonight every police patrol car will carry a fire extinguisher and power will be cut if need be. >> we won't put service where there's trouble. >> reporter: the hope is that giants will win an

mark matthews reporting from at&t. >> all right, mark. nothing like a good happy hour in the bay area right now. gerard now joins us from the field. a bizarre ending, but it's playoff baseball. >> reporter: we've actually seen something similar to this already in this post-season, back in the divisional series against the washington nationals. in game three, madison bum gardner made a couple of runs. they came back and won the series. here today in the national league championship in game three, i guess you can say the baseball gods returned the favor. in the bottom of the tenth, runners on first and second, gregor blanco lays down the bunt towards third base. allowing randy crawford to score from second with the game-winning reason in a 5-4 giants victory in the thriller. >> i don't know how we're doing, but we'll take it. that was a great bump by blanco. forced them to make a play, threw wide, and fortunately we got the run. you know, a sidearm like that. but that was the kind of battle and get on base anywhere. >> reporter: all right.

. >> mark matthews from the civic center plaza, i think you just got a tour of that police command center for tonight? >> reporter: jessica and raunj, there are thousands at civic center plaza. right over there half a block away on mccallister street, the captain and police department from san francisco are keeping track of all of this. this is the police mobile command center. the hub of the department's rapid response strategy for a possible postgame celebration. >> from in here we can manage hundreds of officers throughout the area. >> reporter: the captain did not want us to broadcast a head count on the number of off cert in the plaza tonight but it is a big number. when the giants won the championship in 2012, revelers lit bon fires in the mission district and torched a bus on market. tonight police are taking precautions to avoid a repeat. trash cans have been emptied on streets that are likely to see large crowds. less gar began means less potentially to burn. those areas are south of market near the ball mark, in the mission district on valencia, around ninth and irving in the su

mark matthews is live at fire department headquarters with more. mounting pressure for the chief to step down. >> reporter: indeed. you remember last week, big news when every working group in the department signed a letter of no confidence. while today with this letter the battalion chiefs have joined the insurrection, calling on the mayor to replace the city's first-ever female fire chief, who's been on the job for more than a decade. when rank and file firefighters called on the mayor to replace chief joann hayes white, the mayor said he would look into it. by thursday a line of department heads and community leaders had formed at the fire commission's meeting in support of chief hayes white and it appeared she had weathered the worst. until today. when her battalion chiefs sent this letter through their association. describing a crisis of confidence and echoing the rank and file's complaint that the current state of the fire department has become untenable and immediate action is necessary. >> it's been fomenting for a long time. >> reporter: t

nbc bay area's mark matthews is live at uber headquarters in san francisco with more. what is uber saying tonight? >> reporter: uber is calling the incident deplorable. they say their insurance provide are has reached out to 35-year-old roberto chicas, but roberto's attorney says the company's history is one of not accepting responsibility. his left eye swollen shut two weeks after the attack, row better toe says he was trying to do the safe and responsible thing by taking uber home that night. >> to do that and then wake up in the icu is something that i hope nobody has to go through. >> reporter: the 35-year-old bartender says he cannot work, he still faces reconstructive surgery for the fractures to his face. he says he was attacked when he questioned why the uber driver was taking the freeway to go home from the mission to the lower haight. >> for reasons that are inexplicable committed this unprovoked attack. >> reporter: chicas' attorney says uber is clearly responsible. >> you can't offer this kind of service out into the marketplace, reap all the benefits and p

mark matthews is live in san francisco with a look at how prepared the bay area is for an ebola crisis. >> reporter: the confidence in this country's ability to contain the ebola virus is rooted in a couple of facts. one, in west africa where the disease is spreading they do not have a first-world health care system. two, ebola doesn't spread that easily. at san francisco international, up somes and border patrol agents are trained in how to handle passengers who are showing signs of being sick. with ebola it is not an infectious disease during incubation, only when a person is showing symptoms. >> the first real symptom is fever. if you screen for fever, you can catch people on the front end of disease. >> reporter: people boarding planes in west africa are being screened for fever. but as we have seen, it is possible to carry the disease for several weeks before the fevers begin. >> people coming back inside the incubation period need to engage in self-monitoring. >> reporter: san francisco general says it is ready. and the hospital's epidemiologist believes that's true for every med

police now say matthew is connected to the 2009 murder of mark an harington. matthew bass working as a cab driver the night the is virginia tech student vanished in charlottesville and police interviewed several drivers at the time. >> our understanding again is that he was driving a cab the night that morgan was abducted. >> and asked what dark colored cars and i went down a list and asked them because i seen them again and said what cab company was it and he and when he told me i'm like oh, okay, great it wasn't us. >> attorney is not commenting. haringtons case does share a forensic link to a 2005 sexual assault and in 2002 and 2003, matthew was named as a suspect in two other rapes but those women chose not to pursue charges. back to you. >> vanessa thank you. >>> now in addition to hannah graham there are dozens of other children miss frog our area. on our wusa 9 facebook page we have an album full of pictures and many of them. you can scag in these digital fliers and share with your friends and perhaps you can help bring them home. >>> the maryland govern

band to your mark brooks photographerry and matthew photos stale.arn home and said i do on the beach. and you can not go without the shots of ariel posing mermaid stylech the kik is sweet perfection. if you think under sea celebration, there you go. look at them. bride and groom. they're not real but you can really get this if you want it. >> every little girl's dream come true. >> under the see. >> where's sebastian. we need reggae vision. >> thank you, alicia. how about another check on the highways and by ways. >> i thought maybe we would take aerial view ever the schuylkill as you look live at city avenue. speeds are floundering just a bit as you come i would from the roosevelt to gladwyne. normal afternoon stuff that we're used to here on i-76. we're watching a number accidents one lower moreland by bury. and 65 miles an hour even by dep pail em. here in valley township chester county a crash involving a motorcycle rain bow at front street. also a wreck to avoid along sdebly road at sweetbriar way. concord bite it's slow as you get through the

mark it down. matthew mcconaughey, you heard it. >> november 3rd was that?to amy with the top developing stories. >> good morning, robin. good morning, everyone. >>> new details about the first person to be infected with ebola on american soil. the unidentified nurse had been treating the infected patient from liberia before he died last week. hospital officials say she had been wearing full protective gear but she still got infected. now that nurse is locked down in isolation. her apartment building being decontaminated. officials are tracking down everyone she's had contact with. president obama demanding the cdc investigate. >>> neenl, the world health organization called the outbreak the most severe outbreak in modern times. >>> a four-day protest of police shootings in the area of st. louis. over the weekend, police fired tear gas and arrested 17 protesters. another protest is planned for today. >>> gas prices are at the lowest level of the year. they've dropped 20 cents for gallon. prices are below $3 in many parts of the country. >>> two scientists in

mark. the suspect, jesse matthew, has been charged with abduction.ing to see if there's a connection with previous unsolved cases. hannah graham's parents today issued a news statement pleading for information. joining us, the investigative journalist coy barefoot. he's in charlottesville, virginia. also our law enforcement analyst, tom fuentes, a former assistant director of the fbi. coy, i know there have been new developments that you've been looking into. what are you hearing? >> wolf, the search team has looked at that eight-mile radius around the city of charlottesville, that really critical zone where the profilers say this is the most likely place to find hannah. the search team is in standown right now today and tomorrow. beginning later this week, they will enter a second phase of the search. they will conduct pointed specific areas to go back and look at a little more in depth. i asked mark eggeman why we haven't seen dive teams. there's ponds and lakes throughout the area, and he told me we had such clear weather in the first few days of

mark one month. police arrested jesse matthew in texas and charged him with kidnapping with intent to defile.said that it's heart breaking for us that the person or persons that know where hannah is have not come forward with that information, it's within their power to end this all. >>> conservative catholic bishops are making their voices here, after the church said they may change their position on homosexuals and divorced people. it was released during a meeting of family life, but conservatives say that the church must not forget the church doctrine and the dangers of sin. >>> one mom that went right from the gym to the delivery room is causing controversy. she continued her cross fit workouts until the baby was born. alicia vitarelli has the story. >> reporter: these are the images causing a stir, a pregnant woman in her ninth month doing strenuous pushups while standing on her head, all part of her cross fit workout. when she became pregnant with her second child she saw no reason to quit. >> being pregnant is not being sick. >> the only thing they she changed was the amount of weight

matthew, the suspect in the hannah graham case, to the disappearance and death of morgan harrington, who went missing after a metallica concert in 2009. >> i know he was out working that night. >> mark brown, who owns yellow cab in charlottesville says many of the drivers who knew matthew at the time have reached out to authorities. >> we had 20 drivers who provided information to the police concerning him. matthew was working for access taxi which is out of business. authoritieso, recovered his cap on a farm outside of town. matthew

matthew, the suspect in the hannah graham case, to the disappearance and death of morgan harrington, who went missing after a metallica concert in 2009. >> i know he was out working that night. >> mark brown, who owns yellow cab in charlottesville says many of the drivers who knew matthew at the time have reached out to authorities. >> we had 20 drivers who provided information to the police concerning him. matthew was working for access taxi which is out of business. authoritieso, recovered his cap on a farm outside of town. is often described by other drivers asodd. was not ad he fully functioning adult. >> virginia police have confirmed a forensic link between matthew and harrington but matthew has not been charged. a defense attorney says investigators are probably a long way from bringing any charges. >> it is going to be very difficult to solve it without a confession, some sort of an crematory -- incriminate tory statement from the defendant. teame leader of the search in the search for hannah graham says crews will employ a shift in strategy. he would not elaborate, only saying that they would use new strategies in a likely new occasion. jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. >> other c

mark understands what makes the state special. >> gardner is a fifth generation coloradoan while udall was born in california. vulnerable senate democrats told the president to stay away, leading to this outburst by msnbc's chris matthews. >> it's like obama's got ebola. >> after alisoused to say if she voted for the president, mark begich of alaska is answering the question but probably not the way the president wanted. "i did but that's irrelevant. the president's not relevant, he's gone in two years." >> kay haguen was asked if the president is handling the issues? >> no. >> what does it say about the president's leadership? >> he takes all these responsibilities very seriously. >> yet democrats are upset about miscues, like the first lady repeatedly mispronouncing the name of senator candidate bruce braley. with the senate up for grabss are angry democratic aides said the ineptitude has sunk from annoying to embarrassing. the president is doing radio interviews with african-american stations where he keeps tying moderate democrats to his agenda. >> and if michelle nunn wins, that means democrats keep control of the senate and that means we can keep on doing some good work. >> today on bloomberg tv, debbie wasserman

matthew for the abduction of hannah graham brings slight reassurance. >> steps in the right direction. maybe somehow we can find that be a step closer to her. >> reporter: at the one-month mark too, virginia state police continue to investigate a forensic link between matthew and the abduction and death of morgan harrington in 2009. what's more, that case has a dna connection to a 2005 fairfax county rape. coming up on news4 at 6:00, you'll hear from a man who was involved in the search for morgan harrington back in 2009. why he says both these cases should bring a new sense of resolve to this community. in charlottesville, i'm julie car carey, news4. >>> it may take longer than expected for marijuana to become legal in the district. even if voters give it the go ahead next month. residents will get to vote on election day, a recent nbc marist poll found they're likely to approve it. but the d.c. council may put the brakes on legalization, at least for a little while. councilman david grosso, who is one of the biggest supporters of the legalizing pot, tells the "washington post," he'll introduce legislation to delay the implementation of initiative 71. that so the council ca

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mark seagraves was also in court. >> we are able and ready to represent mr. matthew. >> reporter: that is the fairfax county public defender asking the judge to appoint his office as jesse matthew's counsel. matthew was charged in the rape and kidnapping of a woman in fairfax. matthew doesn't want the local public defender, but wants the same lawyer representing him in the disappearance of hannah graham. >> did you want to say something? possible. because i built a relationship with him in charlottesville, sir. >> reporter: matthew's charlottesville lawyer says he doesn't want the public defender's help, because he may be charged in the murder of harrington, he should have the same lawyer in all three cases. >> i have developed a very good relationship with mr. matthew since he was arrested in texas. i have also developed a relationship with him on the harrington case. >> reporter: the judge disagreed and appointed both the public defender and matthew's charlottesville attorney to represent him in the fairfax case. even the prosecutor disagreed with that decision. >>

mark seagraves has more on the story. >> reporter: fairfax prosecutors say jesse matthew abducted the 26-year-old victim as she walked down drive in fairfax, dragged her into the nearby woods and then raped her. today, the man prosecuting to case says the victim is ready to return to the united states and testify. >> yes, she is coming. and she is relieved, i think. i don't want to say happy because there is no joy in any of this for any of us. >> reporter: matthew appeared in today's hearing by video in a jail in albemarle county where he is being held on charges related to hannah graham's disappearance. indicated the fairfax case could be tried before the hannah grah case. >> my intent is to have this trial relatively soon, we're not going to be slow about this. we'll get to trial relatively soon. >> reporte the just postponed the trial for a later court date. as for the trial, jesse could claim an insanity defense, prosecutors say they're ready for anything. >> that is what i get paid to do is deal with things like that. whatever they feel is necessary they will do. same holds for me. >> reporter: in fairfax, mark seag