he was supportive of cif fer and dana reeve -- christopher and dana reeve, he was active in helping others, hosting comic releafs with whoopy gold berg and others. he worked for the u.s.o., travelling to kuwait, iraq, afghanistan, and president obama released a statement that said in part:. >> good words to remember him by. >> he was a larger than life star, right. but showed in good. that he could condense himself and become part of a larger hole, which again is the mark of a great actor and person, and someone who was never as full as himself as we have seen with other stars. it's a sad night. i don't think we have ever seen quite so big a star take his own life. i hope it brings awareness to the toll depression takes on people. >> i hope to does. good to have you with us. he leaves behind a wife and three children. his time post was a happy birthday message to his daughter, linking to a picture of them from their childhood. robin williams was 63 years old. >>> today's data dive looks at changes in the educational system. the school year marks the first time u.s. public schools have more

a portion of the proceeds from the auction will benefit the christopher and dana reeves foundation. > turns 55 and steve marchedin turns 69. have a great thursday, everybody. >>> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >>> well good morning everyone, it is 4:30 on a thursday, i'm scott mcgrew. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. big welcome to school to the students returning to class this morning. it includes those in the jefferson union high school cricket, morgan hill unified, and students in st. francis high school. >> speaking of san jose, let's look outside this morning. it is going to be a great day, great day for a first or possibly second day of school. rob mayeda joins us with a look at your forecast. >> it looks good around daly city this morning. you have to look out for low clouds and fog. temperatures in the upper 60s ro

if you feel compelled, donate to the uso, christopher and dana reeves donation.nn.com/impact sf. >>> well, the u.s. national weather service has issued a warning for flood watches for parts of the northeast and midwest. >> how many of our viewers need to listen up? >> this situation here, we've got an amplified jet stream pattern, extreme conditions on either end of the united states. massive high pressure has been in place. near 100 in the pacific northwest and that fueled storms across the eastern united states with the dip in the jet stream. i want to take you into maryland where we've had tremendous rainfall come down across this region because the flooding is causing major problems across the roadways. of course, if you're traveling by air, similar circumstances. look at the scenes coming out of baltimore where they saw the second wettest day recorded in history. 5,000 flights were delayed on tuesday afternoon. we had 550 flights canceled across this region as well. you see the flash flood watch extending across the metro areas of the northeast and you can s

he also served open the beard of the christopher dana reeves foundation.s barbara walt percent more. >> it was 1973. 2 young men part of 2000 students auditio auditioning for just 20 spots at the prison strij use school of drama and they both made it in. if they became roommate and formed a friendship that would last for decades even after death. >> i just want to thank also very, very special person tonight chris reeves. i miss you. and i also say this. good night. >> legend has it the 2 of them made a pact to students that whoever made it first would always support the other one. in 1995 reeves injured his spine in horse riding accident and was paralyze from the neck down. when i interviewed him 4 months later said the greatest gift williams ever gave him was the gift of laughter. >> you had a very good friend named robin williams. >> yes. >> the and i understand that he came here to see you. >> i was happening upside down. semi conscious not eating not drink and i turned to my side and the there is robin williams dressed as doctor wearing one of those f

. >> including the uso, christopher and dana reeve foundation and saint jude children's hospital.northeastern u.s. has been suffering the effects of soaking wet weather. >> if you are in baltimore, maryland, washington, d.c., you know this already. you were hit by massive floods. rescue crews have been working to rescue people trapped there, as well. authorities say the region has had about eight inches of rain. that is more than 20 centimeters. in fact tuesday was baltimore's wettest day in more than 80 years. >> as you see we have details on. that wet for the east coast as well. >> the last time they saw this much rainfall is in 1983 and that was the great hurricane of 1983, one of the most destructive storm to impact the eastern united states. it took with it nearly 50 lives and that was 81 years ago. it brought down 7 1/2 inches of rainfall for baltimore. 6.1 occurred on tuesday afternoon. nearly doubling the monthly average. in fact, about four of those six inches came down in two hours. officials say this is a one in a 100-year event that took place across portions of baltim

williams family is asking that people give donations to his favorite charities, the christopher and dana reevel as glide memorial. >>> robin williams was a long- time fan of the san francisco giants. so last night, the giants honored robin williams before the game. >> we lost one of our greatest fans yesterday and he will be deeply missed by all of us. >> that was a moment of silence at the ballpark. photos are up there on the scoreboard. players and bruce bochy said they have fond members of him visiting the clubhouse. >> robin williams was asked many questions, this clip from youtube of inside the actor's studio shows his response to a question from the host about heaven and of course his answer was laced with humor. >> if heaven exists what would you like to hear god say when you arrived at pearly gates. >> there's seating near the front. [laughter] >> the concert begins at 5:00. it will be mow saturday, elvis -- mozart, elvis and one of your choosing or to know there's laughter. god goes, two jews walk into a bar. [laughter] >> the show was shot in january of 2001, the host said an audienc

a portion of the proceeds will be donated under the christopher and dana reeve foundation. janet yellen said, i have nothing to do with this either. >> were you a comicbook reader? >> i was not but we are now in a big way. >> you are now? >> yeah, i had a few. i had some "ritchie rich." and "archie." i had a few of those. >> not big into superhero. >> i had some like this back in the day. billion there were. who was the one before her, julie numont, i believe. frank orson. >> my generation. >> wasn't halle berry one, too? >> yeah. >>> how much will global numbers weigh into the futures? what do you think this week? >> we have a lot of geopolitics working in the background as far as the u.s. scheme is released. we had the new home sales, first gdp revision. and at the end of the week we have the pce, the income spending and inflation measures. so it is all very important. the stock market is pretty much ignoring all of the geopolitics. as we move up to new highs, the one thing i think is the most important as far as the stocks go in recent history is the qe. even though we k

he was somebody who -- i never worked with anybody -- he was a great friend of chris and dana reeve.'ve done comedy and drama. you're now tackling sci-fi. but when i think of you, i don't think there's a sci-fi lover. have you always been? >> well, is this science fiction? i don't know. >> it's a futuristic society. >> yeah. it kind of is. but i hope that's not our future. and it's sort of hard to imagine that it would be. >> i'm so glad to hear you say you hope it's not our future. you play the chief elder in this weird society. you're the chief elder of bizarre-o world. describe it a bit to me. >> well, it's a very controlled -- the reason i don't think it's our future is because it's so controlled. and if anything, i think our world is spinning out of control and is in danger of chaos. so this is an interesting sort of idea to imagine societies that are ordered and where war has been eliminated. illness has been eliminated. >> memories. all memories eliminated. >> color. >> i don't want to make it sound like a trick, but is there something in a script, is there something in the vi