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beloved for his boyish enth enthusiasm, david bloom was just 39, leaving behind wife melanie and theiro the girls he wasn't david he was dad and a huge ball of energy. >> he would carry the three of us up our staircase at the same time with a twin under each arm and me on his shoulders. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: a >> and he woild pretend to lose his balance while we were screaming and laughing. >> reporter: for the twins now 29, some moments are seared into their memories. >> the last moment we saw him, we were all huddled in our entryway we held hands in a circle and he hugged us all good-bye and he got in his blacktown car and drove down the street and he stuck his hand out and was waving to us like the whole way down the street. after he passed i had like recurring dreams that he was coming back down the street in that town car, and he was coming home again. >> reporter: nicole shared with us some of her dad's last words to them, always unselfish, he wanted to make sure his daughters were too. >> when you're missing me as i'm missing you remember to say a prayer for all the other

it was 20 years ago we learned our colleague david bloom had died while embedded with the front line raq how david died was in a shock in itself and a wakeup call still impacting lives today. >> this is the u.s. army's third infantry division we're with the second brigade, the 315 infantry >> it's where he liked to be on the big story, out front david bloom rolling into combat on live tv with the army's third infantry division trailed by a customized satellite truck known as the bloom mobile >> basically what we've done is we'v established the ability to transmit live from this vehicle using a pretty sophisticated camera which could be outside the vehicle and take the bumps and the jars >> paul was david's producer on the journey. >> we're just rolling along. it's nighttime now >> the difference with the bloom mobile is it was the first time that you had live television on the move in the middle of an invasion >> rocket, rocket! >> tom, we're under attack right now >> david traveled aboard a cramped tank recovery vehicle what was your level of concern about him going off and working i

david bloom roll into combat on live tv with the army's third infantry division trail by a customizede've transimate lines from this vehicle using a pretty sophisticated camera which could be outside the vehicle and take the bumps and jars. >> paul was david's producer on the journey. >> we're just rolling along. it's nighttime now. >> the difference with the bloom mobile it was the first time that you had live television on the move in the middle of an invasion. >> tom, we're under attack right now. >> david traveled aboard a cramped tank recovery vehicle. what was your level of concern about him going off and working in a battlefield? >> i was very concerned, and what i knew about david, though, is that's the only place he would be. he really had a calling to be a journalist. >> his wife melanie worried about the war unaware he faced another threat. >> two nights before his death he had called me and he said, you know, i just can't sleep another night in that tank with my knees pulled up to my chest, i've been having these leg cramps. >> what no one including david knew he had devel

beloved for his boyish enthusiasm, david bloom was just 39, leaving behind a wife and young daughters. >> oh, my gosh >> he would pretend to lose his balance until we were all screaming and laughing >> reporter: for the twins, now 29, some moments are seared into their memories >> the last moment that we saw him, we were all like huddled in our front entryway in our house. we all held hands in a circle and said the our father. he hugged us all good-bye and he got in his black town car and was waving at us towards the street and he stuck his hand out and waving to us all the way down the street after he passed, i had recurring dreams he was coming back down the street in that towncar and coming home again. >> reporter: nicole shared with us some of their dad's last words to him always unselfish, he wanted to make sure his daughters were, too. >> when you're missing me as i'm missing you, remember to say a prayer for all the other boys and girls who are missing their mommies and daddies, too and yes, my dear sweet girls, i will miss you and remember you and your mom and know how much i

ask your dermatologist about opzelura today. >> david: finally tonight here, the super bloom >> davidloom has our viewers excited. what scientists are calling a super bloom, the phenomenon with heavy rainfall that causes seeds in the ground to bloom at once. we reported on it here last week and it is growing. in california, the field of flowers and golden valley, arizona, and we heard from texas, the bluebonnets blooming early due to heavy rain a few months back, combined with sunshine and warmer temperatures. just outside dallas, fort worth, and nationalists with the bluebonnet festival. >> we have 40 miles of trails. >> david: 40 miles of trails ready for your visit. >> our message is to please do not doom the bloom. walking into the flowers can prevent them from making seeds for the future. >> david: in texas they hope you come see the bluebonnets. >> you cannot forget the scenic views along the way. >> david: we love those images. thank you for watch next at >> next at 6:00, the robot dog part of the search team searching through the deadly collapse in new york city. what is being

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. >>> it's been 20 years since our colleague david bloom died. embedded with the military during the u.s. invasion. he died suddenly after spending days cramped in a tank and developing a blood clot in his leg that traveled to his lungs. he left behind wife melanie and three little girls. his wife has been bringing awareness. >> that's the bitter irony, he protected himself as best he could from the ravages of war, if you will, and those dangers. what he couldn't protect himself from was the bomb that was within his own body. his three girls have grown up. melanie talks about the signs you should know did dvt. lester holt joins us at 6:30. >>> it was a surprise of a lifetime for a small typewriter shop in massachusetts. the owner received a large bulky package shipped on tuesday. inside a vintage typewriter. scrawled across the top of the machine was an autograph from tom hanks and included a typed note from the actor who grew up in oakland. >> toms hanks here. i do hope this typewriter comes into use. it is yours now. take good care of it and he

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walking trails and into the flowers can prevent them from making seeds first future blooms buried >> davids they are ready for their super bloom and for your visit. >> thank you, david, for inviting me to share my park with you and i hope you and america have a wonderful even evening. >> david: it is a breathtaking sight. i'm david muir, thank you for watching her tonight from all of us here. good night. >> building a better bay area. moving forward. finding solutions. this is abc7 news. >> the judge was very clear, this was racial animus. the reality is, racial animus is a nice way you are saying, you are racist. we don't need racists in our police department. larry: sounding off after an explosive city council meeting triggered by racist text messages allegedly sent by antioch police. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. julian: i'm julian glover. more on that story in a few moments. first a terrifying ordeal involving a smash and grab in oakland. an influencer is coming forward months after it happened to share her story of being robbed while in her car. larry: she's h

and from the mojave desert tonight, supervising ranger matt williams. >> please don't doom the bloom. >> davidthey are ready for their super bloom and for your visit. >> thank you, david, for inviting me to share my park with you and i hope you and america have a wonderful even evening. >> david: it is a breathtaking sight. i'm david muir, thank you for watching here tonight from all of us here, good night. >> new at 6:00, the i team downloaded oakland's hacked data from the dweand called the people whose information is out there and at risk. >> they blew out the whole window right away and reached and grabbed it and they were going. >> robbers snatched -- her window and stole her purse while she was in the car. the practical advice she is sharing to protect other drivers. >> the progress made on clearing out oakland's biggest homeless camp. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> the dark ethics. there is no bottom in the dark web. >> dark web personal information lives as a result of the oakland ransomware attack. >> the i team has confirmed t

ask your dermatologist about opzelura today. >> david: finally tonight the super bloom has plenty of excited. tonight a spectacular sight sprouting up across america, what scientists are calling a super bloom, the rare phenomenon when heavy rainfall calls seeds in the ground years old to bloom all at once. we reported on it last week and tonight it is growing. in california, the poppy reserve, the field of flowers in golden valley arizona, and we heard from viewers in texas too appeared to the blue bonnets, their state flower blooming earlier this year due to the heavy rain a few months back combined with sunshine and temperatures now. and from texas just outside dallas-fort worth. ashley: go with the bluebonnet trails festival. >> we have 40 miles of mapped bluebonnet trails and it is a sight to see. >> david: 40 miles of bloom ready for your visit. and from the mojave desert, supervising ranger matt willi williams. >> our message to the visitors is please don't do them to bloom. walking off trails into the flowers can prevent them from making seeds for future blooms. >> david: they

beloved, david bloom was just 39 leaving behind his wife and three daughters. he would carry us up the staircase at the same time with me on his shoulders and pretend to lose his balance until we scream and laugh. >> reporter: for the twins some moments are seared into the memory. >> the last moment we were all huddled in the front entryway and held hands and said the our father and hugged us and got in the blacktown car and drove down the street and waving to us down the street after he passed i had recurring dreams that he was coming back down the street in that town car and he was coming home again. >> reporter: she shared some of the last words he wanted to make sure his daughters were unselfish. >> when you miss me remember to say a prayer for the other boys and girls. yes, when i'm a little bit scared i promise you i will remember you and your mom and how much you love me to the moon and back, right? >> reporter: the soundman brought home sand from near where their dad passed makes you feel close to your dad? >> absolutely. a moment that changed our family

. >>> it has been 20 years since nbc news correspondent, david bloom died. >> he died in iraq while coveringhe veteran journalist suffered from a blood clot when he was reporting. doctored call it the pulmonary embullism. >> sometimes we look back and think about what it would have been like if he was still around. >> coming up on the "today" show, we will have that full conversation, taking a look back at his life. that's at 7:00, right after here on "today in the bay." >> hard to believe it has been 20 years. >>> colleges in the u.s. are facing another challenge to student loan debt and it's coming from a class action lawsuit followed by borrowers. this is separate from president biden's plan to cancel student debt and the legal challenges that plan is facing. borrowers filed this five years ago, and 153 schools are on that list. the settlement was approved in california and then appealed up to the supreme court. now colleges in question are asking the courts to put their case on hold. if the colleges have to pay out, it could end up costing them over $6 billion. >>> right now at 6:00, a c

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>> what would david think of these girls, these women today >> i think looking down he's got to be so proud of the young ladies that they've become >> melanie bloom has made raising aware ness about deep vein thrombosis her lifelong cause. we honor david for his heroism, his kindness, his wonderful family just seeing those three little girls, watching them dwrgrow upw have seen them over the years, it is a great life's lesson for us all, treasure the moments and that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports. thanks for being with us i'll be back in washington tomorrow follow the show online on fake and twitter @mitchellreports "chris jansing reports" starts right now. ♪ >>> good day, i'm chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. breaking right now, an unprecedented move republicans trying to expel three democratic lawmakers in tennessee for protesting gun violence on the state house floor after the nashville shootings. hundreds packing the state house to protest one of the democrats being targeted calls today's vote, quote, morally insane. >>> and court dates are on a collision course with campaign events in 2024 as a

david mure america's most-watched newscast. >> why san francisco's police chief is confident his detector gives will solve the murder of the executive. sandhya: what weather moving in. -- wet weather moving in. >> the super bloom can see these flowers in our own backyard. >> now from abc7 news, live breaking news. >> that breaking news is in roseville, one person is dead and a chp officer and one other person are injured after shooting this afternoon. a suspect is in custody, police say the suspect shot the, chp officer who was serving a warrant. the suspect due to people -- took two people hostage and wounded the other. there was a chase that ended in a nearby park. witnesses described the chaotic ski -- seen. >> all of a sudden, a gun came out and they started shooting. like, lots of shots. ama: the suspect was arrested and taken to the hospital. officials did not provide any information's on the chp officer, the surviving hostage or the suspect dan: thanks for joining us. we moved to developing news. we are seeing surveillance camera images of some of a bob lee's final moments. the executive was stabbed to death on tuesday morning in san francisco. it happened by main and harrison streets in the east cotton