brokaw have been doing a ton of work. this is what she's working on, bringing wellness into our department. so this is yesterday, some of the members that were doing that yesterday, divisional training. as far as covid numbers, we had a really bad month. we had 51 members quarantined for covid. delta variant really took a toll on us. we had a little bit of a spike, but now, we still have 17 members, so we continue to direct or members to mask indoors and limit the contact with the public, which is difficult, the way we work in the fire department, too. on the random alcohol and drug testing program, 69 members were tested, and all were in evidence. it continues to help with [inaudible] and probation physicals and all results were negative. 121 service requests in august. 112 were closed. [inaudible] and in late 21, stations 37 and 44 will be out to bid, so this is an on going contract that we have, replacement generators that have a limited life span, and we get this through eser bond money. we have completed the [inaudib

just past that around brokaw there's a report of the crash in the right two lanes but no slowings haveshowed up in the last few minutes. for the rest of the bay, we are looking at an easy, clear dry. contra costa county, aside from the crash just off the antioch bridge, it's a smooth drive in towards 242. and vasco as well, nice drive. 580, a little slowing off of the altamont pass. >>> and then the man was the person who filmed the police beating of rodney king, and he filmed the beating with the camera he just purchased. holiday's friends say he died sunday from covid complications. he was 61 years old. >>> now to the missing person case that has been drawing nationwide attention. today an autopsy will be conducted to confirm the identity and cause of her death. >>> in the meantime, petito's fiancÉ, brian laundrie, has not been seen since last tuesday. they set out on a cross-country trek together but he came back to florida alone on september 1st. >>> a judge is expected to rule this week on whether the suspect in the disappearance of kristin smart should go to trial. she was last s

brokaw, one on montague first and then now one on brokaw.low there as well. 87 now building as well as 101 and of course 880, that's the one we don't expect to be quite so slow. >> let's hope things pick up out there. that's what is happening on "today in the bay." >>> the president's speech to the united nations expected to get under way shortly. we will carry that special report on air when it begins. we will also stream it live on our nbc bay area app. it's free to download now if you don't already have it. we will have more nbc bay area news at 11:00 for you. the "today" show is coming up next. have a great tuesday. >>> good morning front and center, president biden steps onto the world stage this morning to deliver a key speech, his first address to the united nations since taking office, while facing multiple crises around the world. the speech just hours ahead of a critical face-to-face with britain's boris johnson. but first, the prime minister sat down with savannah to address their relationship after that chaotic withdrawal from af

after that just past brokaw is where the crash was blocking right two lanes. i think they cleared vehicles to the shoulder judging by the speed sensors. a smooth drive south of there, and northbound with your commute, an easy drive. westbound your build just a little out of the altamont and no problems at the toll plaza or the span. >> glad it's looking good. >>> typical home values in some bay area's zip codes are soaring into the millions as people are trying to find homes to make it in the bay. some top the typical home value is around 1.8 million. pleasanton coming in at 1.6 million. >>> 5:11. coming up, it's a tiktok challenge leaving behind a mess in school bathrooms. why one move is putting kids at list. >>> a play list curated for those that cannot hear. how it works and how one bay area's comedian got to contribute. >>> i identify as columbian, cuban and american. i sometimes get comments like you don't look america or you don't look latina. sometimes i feel like i am not american enough or latina enough. what people have done behind me to fight for o

." >> i'm tom brokaw, old uncle willard. >> he came to today from wrc tv in washington where he was the weather man. he began his broadcasting career in 1950 at wrc. and he helped to create the popular joy boys radio program. he played bozo the clown and was the first ronald mcdonald. >> he's ronald mcdonald, the hamburger happy clown. >> that's my agent there juggling, he has been doing that with my career for 40 years. >> he walked across the united states, and he traveled the world with "today." >> somewhere, and i mean somewhere in the saudi desert. >> happy birthday to all of our friends today. >> a bunch of us get together and send our pictures in to willard scott with a note saying we're 100. >> mom, that's ridiculous. >> do you a better way to get on "the today show." >> do you want to jog with me? >> he even got a kiss from first lady barbara bush. >> he had a quick whit and a good sense of humor. >> are you ever going to get to the weather? >> yes, we are. >> in 2015 "today" celebrated his retirement after 65 years with nbc. >> i'm going to be fading off into the sunset and i'

gave me a hug i walked up to andy, the president of nbc news, and he said get on the set and tom brokawatt lauer were on and they parked me next to them to recount what i had seen and experienced down on wall street. >> how has it affected you, that day? >> this year has been a little harder some years i've avoided the coverage altogether. i think there's a profound sense of loss, of sadness. the first three years i did not go across the george washington bridge without once thinking about what had transpired that day. on the 20-year anniversary i do feel a little bit more emotional about it we lost friends, all of us, in our business new people in the building, some colleagues along the way, either in the iraq war or in afghanistan. i still think it has such a profound impact on our psyche. i wish it had permanently unified the country, which is only did at the end of the day for a matter of months >> ron insana, a day we'll never forget, a day that changed the world and how we live in it. ron insana, thank you very much. flexshares etfs are built with advanced modeling. to fill portfo

we were all bound together by broadcasters, my colleagues tom brokaw, brian williams, late great timal security council made critical decisions at camp david. tim, on that sunday morning interviewed vice president dick cheney on "meet the press." the first television broadcast to originate from there. >> you face the full wrath of the united states of america. that we will, in fact, aggressively go over these nations and making sure they cease and assist. >> full wrath, that's a strong statement this morning. >> it is indeed. >> days earlier the president led a service at the national cathedral drawing on all faiths, including to help bring the nation together. ♪♪ >> and mr. bush continued the following week visiting the islamic center of washington. again, trying to extinguish attempts to blame the attacks on the muslim community. america was, indeed, traumatized. until 9/11, we had felt protected from overseas terror by two oceans. but the country united behine of our leaders no talk of red or blue state america after those hijackers hit washington, shanksville, pennsylvania. at th

i'm tom brokaw with jane pauley and uncle willard, the newest member of the "today" family. >> reportersunshine will come -- >> reporter: where he was the weather man. he began in 1950 at wrc and helped to create the popular joy boys radio program. willard played bozo the clown and even was the first ronald mcdonald. ♪ he's ronald mcdonald the hamburger happy clown ♪ >> reporter: he loved a laugh at his own expense. >> he's been juggling my career for 40 years. >> reporter: willard walked across the united states. >> maybe scattered showers by sunday. >> reporter: and traveled the world with "today." >> somewhere out in the saudi desert. this is spectacular. >> reporter: viewers loved his birthday tributes. >> happy birthday to all of our friends who have birthdays today. >> a bunch of us get together and send our pictures in to willard scott with a note saying we're 100. >> ma, that's ridiculous. >> you have a better way to get on the "today" show? >> reporter: and the big named loved him, too. >> holy mackerel. can you believe this? >> i wanted to see if you wanted to go with me. >> r

colleague, you know, our former colleague terry moran who did wear a flag pin and i remember tom brokaw saying, look. we're just not going to start doing that because it was true that became not just a kind of patriotism but it became an emblem of are you kind of behind what the administration is doing. and the bush administration knew that. so it was a mixed kind of message and a lot of people in the media stood down from that. >> just then in the aftermath the republicans were obviously in control and they asked americans to give up real freedoms. you know? that is when we started getting searched at the airports and of course the patriot act that was overreach in some ways but people did it because of a collective cause. now taking a vaccine is too much for them. anyway, i appreciate the perspective. well delivered as expected. my brother david gregory thank you for joining me. >> thanks, pal. >> david gregory. he'll never forget. now i mentioned the first responders in there. because they were an early sign of what david is talking about that, yeah. we come together in a crisis but

this is when these moments are when i miss having tom brokaw around to deliver the news that's the only i want to hear say those words "breaking news gerald ford fell down the stairs on air force one [ laughter ] and now he has swollen testicles. [ laughter ] richard nixon engorged at the news." [ laughter ] anyway, we're now on day four of this scrandal, a scrotal scandal, and we've gotten -- [ laughter ] -- to the point where the white house is getting involved. >> the white house says it offered nicki minaj a phone call to answer her questions about the safety of covid vaccines it comes after minaj tweeted earlier this week an unverified story about her cousin's friend in trinidad who got the vaccine and became, quote, "impotent." yesterday, minaj tweeted that she had been invited to the white house. that prompted the white house to issue clarification, saying the invitation was for a phone call, not an in-person visit >> and administration officials tell cnn's jeff zeleny, quote, "as we have with others, we offered a call with nicki minaj and one of our doctors to answer questions t

here is tom brokaw. >> it does now appear that the american action against afghanistan is under way.ders, the united states military has begun strikes against al qaeda training camps in afghanistan. >> i knew that when we hit them with 2,500 pound bombs they weren't going to last long. they ended up doing a b-52 run that actually went down the line of bunkers and took each one out, and they could hear this one guy in a bunker, like number five, say, number one just went, number two, number three, oh, my god, number four. that was the enemy. they broke. >> just three months after 9/11, the united states overthrew the taliban and had al qaeda on the run. it took 100 cia operatives and 300 special forces soldiers. only one cia officer was killed. as wars go, it was short, cheap, effective and victorious. but it wasn't a total victory. there was one major shortcoming that proved critical. bin laden and a few hundred al qaeda militants slipped away, even though the cia had them trapped along the mountainous border with pakistan in an area called tora bora. >> they were driven from power,

president, willard on his very first day was another legend of this show, our beloved colleague, tom brokaw> i first met willard when he was in washington, d.c. and when i was doing the "today" show, he joined us there in new york. and a lot of my friends said willard scott? and i said you watch he was one of the most memorable performers i have ever worked with there was only one willard scott and it's just as well. we didn't have room in the studio for two willard scotts. >> definitely larger than life you know who else sat next to him for a long time. jane paulie. she was alongside liwillard from the beginning. she said he changed the landscape of broadcast news forever. here is a snippet of what she had to say >> willard brought fun, not just to the weather he brought fun to morning television i really think he changed morning television and, by extension, he changed broadcasting he caused us to take ourselves just a little bit less seriously. sometimes a whole lot less seriously. >> from jane, we have to go to katie. she wanted to share a few memories about willard here's what katie co

. >> i'm tom brokaw with jane pauley the newest member, old uncle willard. >> he was best known for celebrating>> margaret mc, a very independent lady, 100 years old. >> willard came to "today" from nbc station wrc in washington, where he was the weatherman. >> and sunshine will come in here sometime. >> born in 1934 in alexandria, virginia, an only child, scott began his broadcasting career in 1950 and helped create the popular joy boys radio program willard played bozo the clown and was even the first ronald mcdonald ♪ a hamburger happy clown ♪ no gimmick was too much for him. he dressed up as everyone from boy george to carmen miranda willard loved all creatures, big and small. >> i think he's going for my ear piece. i love you >> and the big names loved him too. >> can you believe this? >> i came by to see if you want to jog with me today. >> i'm ready. >> willard even got a smooch from first lady barbara bush during the 1989 inaugural parade. >> how about that? i've been kissed by the best. >> after traveling the world on "today" -- >> and we are somewhere out in the saudi desert this is s

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