bob mackenzie brought us this report in the 1990s. >> reporter: mamola did pretty well for himself. something has bothered ed mamola all his life. he and his brother never knew anything about their father expect that he had died when they were babies. their mother managed to support the boys by working two jobs but she would never talk about her husband. >> she wouldn't talk nothing about what he was doing or nothing. she was just scared. she was scared the mafia was going to come get her and us kids. >> reporter: finally this year, mamola got a call from sergeant jim nelson of the alameda county sheriff's department. nelson had ran across this story of joseph momola a policeman killed on the job in 1827. and a few weeks ago, nelson and the mamolas went to alam rock cemetery and walked to the grave of joseph mamola, jeff's father. >> it's nice when you get something like this when you get a nice ending. >> reporter: the story sergeant nelson told them was this, joseph mamola was a constable, an elected police official in richmond in the days of prohibition. >> now deemed under court

as bob mackenzie reported back in 2001 a lot of people felt the best chance for survival could be right in their own backyard. >> reporter: civil defense officials estimated americans would have six or seven hours notice to evacuate their city -- their cities if the soviets would send nuclear bombs. at the veteran's home you can still see a concrete building constructed in the 50s with a basement containing what's left of a california state command and control center. communications gear of all kinds, maps of all the california counties, lists of the shelters in every town all gathering dust now. from this windowless room with 18-inch thick walls, the president of the united states could hunker down and direct rescue operations throughout the state. provided of course that there were still personnel out there to carry out the orders. but soviets developed a rocket capable enough to deliver a bomb, that was the end of evacuation plans. school children had monthly bomb drills. >> we must be ready every day all the time to do the right thing if the atomic bomb explodes. duck and cover. tha

bob and doug mackenzie, we like it.as far as your weather is concerned. pick city today l.a., showers, thunderstorms, 66 degrees, not used to that. as we show you our satellite radar. a lot of wet weather, this upper level low spinning around, bringing that wet weather to the south lands and the southwest. also a frontal system bringing snow showers through the u.p. of michigan and parts of the upper midwest. look for breezy conditions here in the northeast with some morning showers. gulf coast looking pretty darn good. that's what's going on aro >> it is going to turn out to be a pretty nice day today. we will see plenty of sunshine as we head through this thursday. expect >>> that's your latest weather. mr. lauer. >> all right. when we come back, the qvc host who fainted on live television. we'll find out how she's doing right after these messages. [ male announcer ] there's everyday chicken and then there's juicy chicken with hellmann's ♪ hellmann's is the secret to making parmesan crusted chicken... [ bell dings ] .

bob and doug mackenzie, we l li.as far as your weather is concerned. pick city, l.a. showers, thunderstorms, 66 degrees. not used to that. as we show you the satellite radar, a lot of wet weather. upper level low spinning around bringing the wet weather to the southland. a frontal system bringing snow showers through the u.p. of michigan, parts of the upper midwest. look for breezy conditions in the mideast. gulf coast looking good. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> it will be much cooler today. storm team 4 meteorologist, veronica johnson. we have sunshine out there right now. temperature 49 degrees, reagan national with a light wind out of the northwest at 10 miles per hour. the wind is going to shift to the west and southwest later on today. today, 64. tomorrow, 63. a breezy 63 with a few afternoon clouds. another front comes through. we have a cold start to the day saturday. mid-70s for>>> that's your late. mr. lauer. >> all right. when we come back,

bob and doug mackenzie, we like it.our weather is concerned. pick city today l.a., showers, thunderstorms, 66 degrees. not used to that. as we show you our satellite radar, a lot of wet weather. this upper level low spinning around, bringing that wet weather to the south lands and the southwest. also a frontal system bringing snow showers through the u.p. of michigan and parts of the upper midwest. look for breezy conditions here in the northeast with some morning showers. gulf coast looking pretty darn good. that's what's going on around >>> 8:06 now. a live look over the bay bridge. you can see plenty of clouds overhead. also getting some very light activity when it comes to rainfall. that's going to intensify as we head through the second half of the day into the evening. 5:00 p.m., yeah, expecting more showers even all of the way through 9:00 p.m. along the peninsula and through the east bay tomorrow morning. we'll finally get rid of that chance heading through the second half of your saturday. 70 degrees in livermo