police have shut down traffic around the area of 23rd and bartlett to investigate report of suspicious package with visible pipes and wires. officers have asked some people to stay in their homes and muni is rerouting buses around the area. bottom squad on the way. we bring you development in the newscast. also follow us on twitter at 7 news bay area for updates. >> fear and anger. if walnut creek over sexually violent predator who has just moved into the neighbor. people are furious they were not consulted or even warned that charles chris man was moving n.he settled in the home on walnut boulevard last week. laura anthony explained how this happened. and has a look at the people who defended him. >> he shouldn't have been placed in a house i a community full of children. >> kelly says this is how she found out that her new neighbor is a sexually violent predator. from a flier left on the door by cocoa sheriff. piece of paper discovered by the 14-year-old daughter. >> what is this and very frightened and wanted to know i'll get emotional. how this could happen. >> 71-year-old charles

he called it top quality and it was housed in a garage near his home in bartlett, tennessee. >> phil was real excited about going into business. that was his dream. >> to no one's surprise, it was successful from the day it opened. with that success, there was the need to expand. he turned to his friend and next door neighbor, steve white, who was interested in investing in the business for partnership. his good friend also joined the company. >> as a matter of fact, everybody was happy with the way things were going. everybody was happy we got off to a good start. >> it was phil's knowledge, tall length, and experience that made the company so successful. when phil became ill just two months after the shop opened, it was a serious blow. >> i didn't have any energy and my stomach gave me a lot of trouble. i had trouble with digestion. i had severe chest pains. my hands went numb. >> to make matters worse, medical tests couldn't find the cause. >> i had an ultrasound done, a cat scan and an ultrasound and all those tests came up negative. >> inexplicably, phil's condition continued to

joining me tonight bruce bartlett. mr. bartlett good to have you with us. what do you make of these early polls? there's nobody jumping out, and i guess whoever can win the media show at this point -- what do you think of the field? there is no front runner at all? >> i think my first impression is this is terrible news for jeb bush, who is trying to run as the establishment candidate and is obviously not getting traction, but then again neither is anybody else. i think maybe it's because in their heart of hearts republicans know they're not going to win in 2016. they don't have a candidate who can beat hillary clinton. basically, it's just a question of who is going to be the sacrificial lamb. >> watching the "saturday night live" special last night obviously it was all supposed to be a joke but she's serious as a heart attack. sarah palin she could not have had a better question and a better role to play in that whole production last night because she had a serious look at one moment about her. does that make you feel comfortable as a republican? >> it ce

they discovered it on 23-rd and bartlett streets. kron-4's jeff is joins us live. he is at the scene right now. jeff what's the latest? >> jeff: it was a trying time in the mission district in san francisco for several hours as this all played out. the bomb squad had their special robot out here suspecting this device but turned out to be nothing in the end. they shut down all the streets surrounding area. san francisco police department had the area and ordered off in a four square blocks area. the police were not taking any chances. they had a shelter in place. we are happy to report that the device turned out in art. we're not sure what it was but the police have given the all clear. >> pam: high risk. with a history of sex crimes against children. that's how the contra costa county sheriff's office. describes a man who recently moved into an upscale walnut creek neighborhood. tonight, kron four's philippe djegal joins us live in the east bay. with reaction from neighbors upset that this sex offender just moved in. philippe. >> phillipe: pam. its been quite some

nancy snyderman and bruce bartlett former george h.w. bush policy adviser.or rand paul just released a statement saying this. i did not say vaccine cause disorders just that they were temporarily related. i did not allege causation. i have them myself. mr. bartlett what's your response to that? >> obviously, he's trying to have it both ways. you have to understand when you're a member of a party that institutionally hates government they're going to blame government for everything that happens as their knee jerk reaction. if some new issue comes up and somebody sticks a microphone in their face and sizays what do you think about this their answer is going to be the government is wrong. we should do everything privately. one of the interesting thing about rand's statement is parents own their children. think about that for a minute. it is not just a matter of caring for them. they own them like chattle slaves. >> how dangerous is this anti-vaccination sentiment that seems to be all of a sudden a big problem for republicans? >> well it's growing and i worry th

accommodate the families i believe many houses my mother grew up in fair oaks and my father landline in bartlett so my family lived in that part of the city those were large homelands for large families it explicit get taken out and a as they did in 1910 or 20 when the permits were prior to 06 we don't know that. >> okay. thank you mr. sweeney i'll weigh in there's not other commissioners here i respectfully disagree with commissioner mar and commissioner walker with no permitting kind of case i've also told you at the commission and behind the skeendz whatever we we came down across this i went to the permits this is a design built and obviously a client changed their mind every 10 minutes and the system allows for the design buildings and this is one of them and if i was the contractor i would have a lot of concerns is up and down with the permits and trying to get the clients focused on what needs to be done unfortunately, that's not what we do we're not in the policing business to mr. sweeney point of view and someone that's seen this type of thing there's storage and you know basements that

into ours newsroom there's a suspicious package and the mission district streets are got off from bartletteet. the package has pipes and wires. the bonds what is currently responding we have a crew that is on the way. will give you additional affirmation as becomes available. >>reporter: getting heavy snow and we talk all the reported currently. i wait 88. up to a foot of snow may fall up to the highest peaks. a winter weather ree advisory has been issued. the snow levels will start off as 6,000 ft. down about 3500 free 48 in. of new snow. scall there were also brings and snow flurries closed to us of the bay area. the top and a some much needed snow. clothes and a half will drop about 8 degrees overnight. will stars saturdays at in the '40's along close. the winds will died out by tomorrow and into the afternoon will seize of scattered showers and some isolated guard's storms thunderstorms and some mile a 0. hail... your extended forecast is >>pam: wittes of a new kron 4 whether apple will help you track that storm. gasoline prices are on the rise and they say is because of the explosion

those devices were discovered on 23rd and bartlett. we get the breaking news from debora villalon. she has been talking with police and residents and is live now with the latest, debora. >> reporter: we're about a block and a half from the suspicious device. and this is as close as hpd has let it go. people on this four block raidous cannot get in, they cannot get out until they determine the danger. you can see the street is deserted. we're told now they are inspecting the suspected explosives. know there are one, possibly two of them that were found this evening near horess middle school. the devices are said to resemble pipe bombs. they're not on school property but they're near the campus. someone who saw them flagged down the patrol officers who sounded the alarm and the evacuation began. >> the residents cannot come outside. we're not allowing anyone into the residence or to get any vehicles within this block until we've figured out whether or not there's any public safety concern. >> any officer that's assigned to the mission district now is here now sealing off the area. th

so president bartlett makes a good observation. he may as well have been talking act isis right? >> yes, exactly. that's exactly what isis is trying to do. there is some dispute over whether they are the best kind of literalists, certainly some dispute over whether they're the best kind of muslims, but the idea they're not reaching into muslim tradition is factually inaccurate. >> you write that the islamic state is very islamic. you use words that are not typically ascribed to isis. you say their followers derive from a coherent even learned interpretation of islam. >> yes. >> defend that. >> it's a learned interpretation of islam that is rejected by most muslim scholars. but they have their own council of scholars. they have scholars who are looking at these hadith sayings of the prophet, looking at scripture and finding ways to use pem thp they're not people who are illiterate. they're people looking into these books and finding justifications justifications rejected by everyone else but they are scholarly. no denying that. >> i've read your piece twice. they're just fid, able

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the package was discovered around 8:00 last night at 23rd and bartlett. it appeared to be a legitimate threat because it had a timer, pipes and wires. the bomb squad was called to the scene and determined the device to be a hoax. residents were asked to shelter in place until the issue was resolved. police cleared the scene around 10:00 p.m. >>> a car burglary goes high-tech in south sausalito. it had devastating consequences for a northbound woman. police say the man in this picture used some kind of electronic device to break into the car and steal the bicycle. the man stole an expensive bicycle, but it wasn't just the bike he took, it was the victim's livelihood. we have details now from sausalito. casing the vehicle and watched as he approached ' and taps the passenger's door handle. like magic the doors unlock and the man walks way with a suitcase and a $15,000 bike. the owner was home the entire time. >> the way that he went into the car and got the bike out and just knew exactly what he was doing. >> that bike wasn't an expensive hobby, she is a pr

the package was discovered around 8:00 last night at 23rd and bartlett. it appeared to be a legitimate threat because it had a timer, pipes and wires. the bomb squad gas called to the scene and determined the device to be a hoax. residents were asked to shelter in place until the issue was resolved. police cleared the scene around 10:00 p.m.. >>> a car burglary goes high-tech in south so -- so . the man stole an expensive bicycle but it wasn't just the bike he took, it was the victim's livelihood. we have details now from sausalito. >> you can see him indicating the vehicle and watched as' apreached the taps the passenger's door handle. like magic the doors unlook and the man walks way with a suitcase and a said thousand dollars bike. the owner was home the entire time. >> the way that he went into the car and got the bike out and just knew exactly what he was doing. >> that bike wasn't an expensive hobby, she is a professional triathlete. >> it's a violation of my life style and of my livelihood. >> a neighbor told him he saw the thief but assumed it was

. >> i went with president bartlett. i will say i am struck speaks to our current politics that two of you picked presidents from the simpsons. >> mine is harrison ford in "air force one." get off my plane. and at this point, we're going to get off the show. that's all for this sunday. you can see a lot more we'll >>> here's what we're following this morning. a house fire and the impacts on the neighborhood. >>> and trying for a steal. the governor of florida is here. what billionaires are doing to try to make sure the local jobs stay put. >>> plus we hope you enjoyed the brief warm-up yesterday because temperatures are dropping with another arctic blast moving in. a live look at beach avenue and cape may right there. the potential record cold is on the way for tonight and tomorrow morning. good morning this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm chris

. >> i went with president bartlett. will say i am struck speaks to our current politics that two of you picked presidents from the simpsons. >> mine is harrison ford in "air force one." get off my plane. and at this point, we're going to get off the show. that's all for this sunday. you can see a lot more we'll have next week. because if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." >>> intercepted at the goal line! >> the following is a presentation of nbc sports. >>> the adirondacks mountains in upstate new york sits the quiet town of lake placid. 1932 and 1980 it was the center of the sports universe. today it's our home. but 35 years ago, it was a place that taught american sports fans to believe in miracles. lake placid new york has long been heralded as the last small town

. >> i went with president bartlett. will say i am struck speaks to our current politics that two of you picked presidents from the simpsons. >> mine is harrison ford in "air force one." get off my plane. and at this point, we're going to get off the show. that's all for this sunday. you can see a lot more we'll have next week. because if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." narrator: gas prices are down helping middle class families. but now, the white house wants to impose title ii regulations on your internet meaning new government taxes and fees. every month: you'd pay more. 11 billion dollars a year in new taxes and fees. internet freedoms can be protected with the white house and congress working together, but imposing new tax increases through public utility style regulations will hurt middle class families let's protect the internet we love without regressive taxes and fees. no to title ii. >>> this business appears to be booming in delaware but could a jump in violent crime cause the good times to come to a halt?

. >> i went with president bartlett. i will say i am struck speaks to our current politics that two of you picked presidents from the simpsons. >> mine is harrison ford in "air force one." get off my plane. and at this point, we're going to get off the show. that's all for this sunday. you can see a lot more we'll have next week. because if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." >>> thanks for starting your day with "early today." coming up, lights, cameras, big winners, memorable moments. fashion hits and misses, plus the host with the most. hollywood's biggest night of the year. >>> then to serious matters and possible terrorist threats made against a nation's malls. this on the heels of a showdown on capitol hill over funding our homeland security. >>> a big finish at daytona and much more on a busy monday, february 23rd. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning, i'm milissa rehberger. it was a night of glitter and gold in hollywood at the 86th academy awards. funny and poignant moments from a mother/daughter dus

. >> i went with president bartlett. i will say i am struck speaks to our current politics that two of you picked presidents from the simpsons. >> mine is harrison ford in "air force one." get off my plane. and at this point, we're going to get off the show. that's all for this sunday. you can see a lot more we'll have next week. because if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." >>> in the suburbs of orlando, florida, and all across america, the business of sex for sale is ruining young lives. >> i've heard a lot of people say that prostitution is a victimless crime. but it's not a victimless crime. if it was your daughter there, you would not be saying it's a victimless crime. >> girls and young women trapped in a world of despair and degradation. >> this is not some concepting adult having sex with another consenting adult for exception. these property. she's property to be bar teared with, to be sold. >> tonight, msnbc returns to the sunshine state and goes undercover with the polk county human trafficking task force.

. >> i went with president bartlett. will say i am struck speaks to our current politics that two of you picked presidents from the simpsons. >> mine is harrison ford in "air force one." get off my plane. and at this point, we're going to get off the show. that's all for this sunday. you can see a lot more we'll have next week. because if it's sunday, it's "meet the press."

. >> i went with president bartlett.urrent politics that two of you picked presidents from the simpsons. >> mine is harrison ford in "air force one." get off my plane. and at this point, we're going to get off the show. that's all for this sunday. you can see a lot more we'll have next week. because if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." >>> cameras are rolling all day every day. you'd be surprised what they catch. unlikely thieves. >> let it go, let it go, let it go! >> heroic bystanders and downright brazen criminals. >> i just don't understand what kind of person it takes to be able to steal from the boy scouts. >> a man chases a woman into a building, smashing his pickup through the doors. >> it was like, oh, my god. >> this guy drops in unannounced. >> i never expect all this mess. it was destroyed. >> and a strip mall casino robbery is foiled when a security guard breaks free and opens fire.