. >> we met him at the kern valley state prison armed with pepper spray and baton. he's the lone officer responsible for supervising the inmate staff. >> i have six, seven inmates here. i have four or five cops outside that door. the door is locked. there's one dude with the key. you have to trust them to a certain extent. they have no reason to assault me unless they are pissed off and i disrespect them. >> the number two cook is carter hill. >> tell me what your sentence is. >> murder. >> what's your sentence? >> 50 to life. >> there's a dynamic in prison, when you are interviewing somebody, if there's a corrections officer or inmate together, they will watch their ps and qs. they will tell you what you want to hear. when we met him, we got truth. >> like '82, right. later on, it came to cos. now, i look at them and we got gang members. in green suits. >> hill was willing to make an exception for officer epperson. >> this man here, he treats me like a human being. it's a rare occurrence around here. this man, he all right. >> you're all right. >> i got to live her

a fact dramatically illustrated during our visit to kern valley state prison in california. >> it's all we got, work, work, work, you know. >> when we met james randall, he was working his prison job helping officers serve food to his fellow inmates. when we sat down to talk in his cell, randall seemed to only have one concern. how his shaved head looked on camera. >> there's no lint on my head or nothing? >> no, you're fine. >> i'm cool. i got a gang out of it. i don't want to be shining. i'll be shining like money. >> when you interview people in prison, you know they are in there for a good reason. and when you meet them, sometimes they're very likable. they might even be somebody you think you could be friends with. but sometimes you end up hearing a jaw-dropping story. the day we met james randall, we heard a jaw-dropping story. >> originally i came to jail february 21st, 1981, convicted in san bernardino county for murder/robbery. >> given a sentence of 34 years to life, randall was 18 at the time of his conviction. but his rap sheet started much earlier. >> i have been gang bangi

. >> two other kern valley inmates everyone's broken up into think all these people hate, out to thercise yard to see part of their daily routine. we look forward to it, for sure. sunlight, it's a big deal. it's an exercise routine, and, therefore, the race have to follow as long as they show respect. everything in prison is about an inmate bridging the racial a white guy as a crip. so evidently i get my respect. >> because of who i run with, have to prove myself, you know? always, no matter what. so i can't change my life now, i chose that road, so i have to be a part of that. i don't try to be black, i'm me, i'm dylan. hope is like that will kill me before one of them kills me. >> what? feel like >> the life and death consequences of leaving a prison gang. >> am i going to get killed by killed [ driver panting ] if you're sick of paying more than your fair share... [ scream] get snapshot from progressive, and see just how much your good driving could save you. as long as you love me, it's alright bend me shape me, any way you want me... shape the best sleep of your life. sleep numb

. >>> it's monday at california's kern valley state prison.rcus armstrong, that means it's laundry day. >> a lot of guys don't trust the laundry. we do the laundry ourselves. some do it in the sink. me, i do it in the shower so i can really get it clean. soap it up, rinse it out, wring it out. get a little workout in the meantime. good as new after two hours. just like mamma taught me. >> it's also the best night for television. >> monday night, primetime tv come on and i watch the primetime shows. my favorite shows right now are "24," "smallville," "grey's anatomy," "desperate housewives." you know what i'm saying? i love you bree. >> armstrong's weekly routine will continue indefinitely. he's serving 25 years to life for first-degree murder. >> sometimes i can see the victim in my case when i'm walking, you know what i'm saying? it's like demons that never go away. i have dreams about it, you know? >> the victim was a friend who learned that armstrong was involved in drug dealing and credit card fraud. >> she was an ex-girlfriend of mine, bu

kern county. live images from the central valley.kris sanchez reports that fire has doubled in size since 4:00 yesterday afternoon. this is a threat for thousands of homes. kris will have the latest after this break. to brace for a double-digit increase in their monthly gas b. >>> it is 6:14. pg&e customers will need to prepare for double-digit increases. over the next couple of years, monthly bills for natural gas are expected to rise an estimated 11%. that translates to about $6 tacked on to your monthly bill. the rate increases are set to begin early august. >>> the party bus driver who had teenagers with booze and drugs object his bus is expected to enter a plea in court today. james greene was arrested after a tip from a concerned parent. investigators say onboard that bus they found 33 minors, 30 bottles of hard liquor and a jar of marijuana. greene is facing four drug charges and one felony child endangerment charge. greene told police he did to the know there was alcohol onboard the bus. >>> san francisco's bicoalition is cal

you see the inland valley slow recovery, could be problems tomorrow. >>> now the kern county, firefighters are making progress on the wildfire northeast of bakersfield. it started last thursday. tonight it is 40% contained. at least two people were killed and 200 structures destroyed. the death toll could rise as they search through houses that have burned to the ground. >>> the hot dry weather has fire crews reminding property owners to create defensible space. so far they have inspected 20,000 homes in the area. they are looking to see if homeowners are maintaining their vegetation. 2000 properties are underorders to fix the problems. firefighters want to find average that -- everything that fireworks are forbidden. toxic alien found in the --al gee was found in the water. toxic algae causes rashes, eye irritation and stoppic sickness. this is the second summer in a row it has been closed. >>> airbnb goes to federal court to block rules. the home sharing service said the new ordinance requires users post a registration number with the listing and to verify if the number is correct. airb&

. >> it will stay hot especially over the central valley where they are battling the kern fire.e to watch out for that as well as heat building into the bay area. it is nice and cool this morning. mostly clear skies in the south bay. it's 57 and 52 with low clouds in parts of the north bay. highs there reaching 90. also 90s for the tri-valley while south bay at 87. 72 in san francisco. let's head over to mike now tracking crashes in fremont and near the bay bridge. >> globally lots happening. locally there are a couple of traffic issues. we are looking at south bay. a couple of crashes. those are minor. the one in fremont had a big backup. southbound 600 coming out of sunol. that should recover but this has not yet recovered. the backup now off university slowing and really jamming up approaching the berkeley curve. cutting off 580, 24 and 980. this is expected to be there maybe another half hour we are looking at off the berkeley curve slowing up traffic on the approach for westbound 80. back to you. >> 531. breaking news we are following is developing right now out of the cent

. >>> also going on right now, a fast-moving wildfire is destroying homes in the central valley in kernm nbc news this is today's take with al roker, willie geist and tamron hall all from studio a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome, it is a friday morning and a special day, steven tyler is wrapping up the set on june 24, 2016. inside studio 1 a i'm here with dylan and al. walk this way, that groundbreaking collaboration between aerosmith and run dmc. >> how does he still get that voice up there? >> after all those years of doing it? how does it not pop out of your chest? >> and he's got the look and the fingernails and the hair. >> and he smells great. >> he smells fresh. >> steven tyler. >> i don't know if it's a fresh soap or whatever. >> it was quite delightful. >> do you have his picture? >> he was rubbing dylan's tummy. >> that's for good luck. >> oh, you got that in there. if you watched at 8:30 this happened, but i need to like hide my excitement more. >> there was that fine moment but no, he does smell good. >> speaking of exciting moment, al roker we have our ghost bu busters the

>> it is in kern county, which is in the south end of the san joaquin valley just north of los angelesve about the fires, eight large fires burning right now in the southern half of the state. conditions are changing throughout the state. rapidly dryings the vegetation throughout california. our fire activity is increasing throughout the state. last week, we had 300 new fires. several fires are escaping that. we anticipate fires to continue for the days to come. it is parching already parched fuel. we are getting into peak fire season conditionright now. amy: how do these fires compared to the last 30 years? >> we are seeing several things. the most damaging fires -- about half of the state's largest fires have occurred in the last decade. we are seeing a significant change. fire seasons may add and flow from year-to-year, but the trend is larger, more damaging fires and more acres burned. amy: can you talk about the connection of the five-year drought that has been going on. >> the connection of the drought is profound. it has left the living fuels very dry. even some of the rainfall

southern sierra really fanning the flames for the fire in kern county but for the bay area our wind shift allowing for warming trend in the inland valleyg the fog at bay tonight, tomorrow, by sunday it does return. 62 in san francisco right now. mid 60's in oakland. 68 mountain view. 69 in san jose. 73 still in morgan hill but look at the coast. half moon pay 54 degrees. from our east bay hills camera this is where temperatures are going to really get warm but in fact they are going to be at the warmest by the end of the weekend into early next week. 69 santa rosa a napa 64 novato 73 in fairfield. 77 in concord and 76 in livermore.so notice the golden gate bridge nice and clear. beaches nice and sunny. we start out with a little bit of patchy fog on suf=jy but i still thil think we get a good warming over the weekend with a heat alert early into next weekt for monday and tuesday then looking atf triple digit temperatures inland. so we will be looking at the clear skies tonight overnight low in the 50's so comfortable 55 oakland. 54 san mateo o. 53 in morgan hill and by tomorrow when you wake up no fog. sunny skies in the afternoon. 67

valley near bakersfield. we reported towards the top of the newscast, according to a tweet from the kern county fire departmenten found dead. the fast-moving wildfire exploded overnight. it has now burned at least 80 homes and 1,500 more are still threatened. mandatory evacuations and road closures are in effect. that fire has now burned more than 19,000 acres. >>> san francisco police track down a u-haul used to steal five motorcycles from a petaluma sports shop. this happened sunday night on petaluma boulevard north. police say the burglars loaded those motorcycles into the u- haul and drove it all the way to san francisco. officers tried to follow the truck, but they lost it and then they later found it abandoned right near candlestick park. >>> now to a happy story in the north bay of a man who is shipping out a garage full of baseball gear to children in the caribbean. >> the remarkable thing that all this equipment, is all donations he collected himself. >> reporter: it's gonna be like christmas in june. this petaluma garage is chock full. hundreds of balls, bats, gloves, uniforms. >> my bag fees are goi

kern counties. this morning apparently calls to tell you about yours. some attempts at general mills nature valleygranola bars for listeria contamination from sunflower seeds. so far no reports of illnesses at mr traveling report. ikea with dressers and chairs that can tip over and are being blamed for the deaths of three toddlers. customers told the anchor i.t. announcing a lot of dressers were not anchored. they offer the full refund. as well as free and great kids and remind consumers if you are going to keep a company great. if not, get rid of it. maria: did u.s. markets poised brain as i have relief after days of the british accent aftermath. a 200 points on the dow jones industrial average expect to know better than 1%. nike to report earnings later today. sports apparel makers could be stopped short by hurdles in its path. we will stay with you. back in a moment. ♪ this man creates software, used by this bank, to protect this customer, who lives here and flies to hong kong, to visit this company that makes smart phones, used by this vice president, this little kid, oops, and this obstetrici

kern. las autoridades dijeron que es un fuego extremadamente peligroso y volÁtil. las llamas dejaron sin servicio elÉctrico y seÑal de celulares la zona del lago isabela en square valleytal. su gobernador declarÓ estado de merjdz en 2 condados. la furia de las aguas desbordadas hicieron intransitables varias carreteras. cientos de personas quedaron atrapadas, cuyo puente de acceso fue destruido por la inundaciÓn. varias viviendas fueron arrancadas de sus cimientos y varias personas atrapada en sus vehÍculos. cientos de personas quedaron sin servicio elÉctrica. >>> luego de medio siglo de conflicto armado, el gobierno de colombia y las guerrilla de las farc abren un nuevo capÍtulo con la firma de un acuerdo que pone fin a la guerra ahora, viene la desmovilizaciÓn de los frentes guerrilleros y su localizaciÓn en las 23 zonas. tarea que estarÁ bajo la coordinaciÓn y vigilancia de estaciones unidas. la entrega de armas serÁ luego de 6 meses luego del acuerdo definitivo de la paz. >>> despuÉs del fallo de la corte suprema sobre los alivios migratorios el gobierno tratÓ de tranquilizar a los 5 millones de indocumentados que quedan en el limbo con el argumento que son baja p