>>gabe slate:google's chromecast is the way eyehole to go. >>gabe slate:35 bucks.ple tv is the only to have "hbo now" that's the new service just announced that let's people stream all of hb0's content for $15/month without having to suscribe to a cable service >>gabe slate:so if you're looking to cut the cable cord and you love hbo the apple tv could be for you. >>gabe slate:i also recommend the apple tv to anyone who uses apple computers, the iphone or ipad. because you can easily mirror what's on your apple devcie to your tv wirelessly through the apple tv box. >>gabe slate:the amazon fire tv is the most expensive at $99 but in many ways it's worth it. i think it has the best user interface. >>gabe slate:the best remote control. it's faster moving than the others. >>gabe slate:videos load quicker. it features a ton of video games you can play with the remote control. >>gabe slate:or you can buy this separate pro gaming controller to use with it. and i love the voice search feature it works really well. >>gabe slate:it works by talking into the remote >>gabe slat

i am ali velshi speaking to musician and human rights activist peter gabe bre yell? >> i thought i misread that. you are creating apes. >> yeah. well, i mean i played -- i had a year when i was working with sue savage-rumbeau with these extraordinary bonobo apes and i went down there four times. sometimes with musicians and, and we tried different things but in the end we got a bonobois on the keyboard, two of the apes and i would be playing in the next door room. they could see me and they would just experiment with different notes according to what i was playing, and most people, you know, i mean i think some people have seen stuff on the movies and they expect had he them to play beetoven but what you see is an extraordinary intelligence questioning each note, finding harmonnies, octaves, repeating certain notes and for any musician, they get blown away because there is something happening which you get in a jam where things begin to work, and it was 100% evidence from the -- of the intelligence of other beings, and i think we have maintained anextremelyarrogant a

kron 4 is a tech >>reporter: gabe slate joins us.not just about the apple watch it or was it. >>gabe slate: here's a look at the highlights from today's events. at a lower the price on their apple tv streaming media player box to $69 effective immediately. that is down from $99. the notes came just before they announce that apple tv will be the explosive device for hbo's a new streaming service caught hbo go. so anyone who hasn't at ltv will be able to a stream on to demand all of hbo shows for $15 a month without needing a subscription to a cable provider. >>gabe slate: the eighth the old gal string service will be like before the game of drones premiere on april 12th. will be on we have a release date and cost lay out for the apple launches. pre order begins april 10th and they hit the market april 24th at. the apple watched sports watch made from aluminum starts at 3 and $50. the apple watched model is stainless steel and starts at $550. the apple's watched addition is 18 terror goal and ranges from $10,000 to $17,000 dikes. >>gab

>>gabe slate: this one and put my be the future. >>pam: cummingtonite 8 a terrifying of adoption a man running down the street with the little boy they just grab from a park and what the children the older siblings of the child did help save his life. and coming up later was gary and ronnie lott's future with the 49ers. gary has an emotional reaction about willises retiring from the 49ers pillared. i hope no one would notice. they hurt my feet. i never had new shoes before. to help, sleep train is collecting new shoes of all sizes. bring your gift to any sleep train, and they'll be given to a local foster child in need. not everyone can be a foster parent... but anyone can help a foster child. >>grant: check this out this child of dr. he does see him running right there with a child in his arms. you see the children were chasing after him screaming at the top of their loans this was in washington state man man tried to kidnap a 22 month old the dispatch from a stroller. the toddler in the siblings were left playing in the park near

>>gabe slate: san francisco and then ask the size of for that area and where to get information from the isle as soon as we can hopefully get a 30 just a little after. >>reporter: instead of to be a cooler night thanks to a gusting northwestern transporting dry and cool air mass decide disagree market open 58 for you instead was that lower 60s in concord as santa rosa 58 degrees and livermore take a look at headlines tonight mostly for the balance in the north and east to communities as it had a long coastline but away from the coast were looking at a starlit night israel has voted the opposition leader is refusing to close the thought of in the election there so for that party has refused to endorse either side with the team to gather new details on tonight's bird a nose and also involve shooting that bass and pine street in san francisco are crews remain on the scene who have of that a 30 if not before was forced as a to jump on top of a man in the middle of a flight. we live in a pick and choose world. choose, choose, choose. but at bedtime? ...why settle for this? enter the sleep

lester. >> all right, gabe gutierrez. gabe, thank you. >>> to the middle east now where the chaos in yemen has suddenly expanded into a dangerous regional war with iran on one side, saudi arabia on the other. and as you might imagine, syria's -- serious implications all around for the u.s. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel has more. >> reporter: saudi arabia has long been known for getting washington to fight its battles. not this time. these saudi fighter jets are on their way to attack rebel positions in yemen, targeting weapons depots, a command center and aircraft used by the rebels who've been trying to overthrow the government. the rebels called houthis now control large parts of yemen. they're backed by iran. to fight them saudi arabia says it's bombing with 100 jets, imposing a no-fly zone and mobilizing 150,000 ground troops. no invasion yet, but that's clearly an option. the saudi coalition of ten muslim nations includes jordan and egypt, which today reportedly sent warships to defend the yemeni coas

. >> gabe: there are a ton of media streaming players out there >> gabe: these are the little gadgets that you plug into your living room tv they connect to your home wi=fi and then let you watch content from the internet on demand i want to show you a little comparrison of these players what they cost and what you get for the money i chose three popular ones to focus on today google's chromecast the apple tv box and amazon's fire tv box let's look at prices first the gooble chromecast is the cheapest at $35 each of these devices lets you rent or buy videos to rent on demand. the apple tv is $69. and the amazon fire tv box is $99 each of these devices will let you rent or buy tv shows or movies to stream on demand. they all feature the most popular streaming channels like youtube, netflix, hbo go hulu, and pandora. the apple tv and amazon box come with a handy remote control. with the chromecast you use your laptop, phone, or tablet to control the device. so if you're looking for the most affordable way to get into the streaming game and be able to do the most popular stuff. now the a

>>gabe slate: there will be three versions. the apple watch, that apple swatch sports watch and the apple watch edition. that apple what stainless steel apple what sport is a i anodize aluminum apple watch addition is a fancy 18 carry gold model. the screens will be crafted from this sapphire christo the same material used in luxury watches. i wanted the market in april. we know the entry-level watched a most likely sport's version will start at 3 and and $50. we do not know the higher in models will go for. they're only two buttons of the device. a apple watch need to connect to and i foam through glued to to be able to connect to the internet. not just any i found the old as i foam will begin connect to its all-fired and it has to be running the latest hot at all as eight software. apple wants to have heart rate sensor and excel excel room exceled a meter to measure body movements including stepped are however the what does not have gps build then. >>pam: breaking narrow streets shut down between valley medical center and san

>>gabe slate: tomorrow evening this can't this makes chef set packs will be full smart phones.dreds of people be here without their smart phones. they have to check their phones so they can be device free for the evening. >>gabe slate: levi and his crew are setting up for debate on plus a san francisco event which takes place friday night from 7:00 p.m. until midnight in the north beach area of san francisco's at broadway studios. everyone is invited you just have to be willing to check in your phone at the door. >>: >>gabe slate: they set up low- tech fun for people to keep pete busy they do not want any work talk or networking is all about playing. puzzle's board games drawing, a pie eating contests using old school typewriters. >>: of the pet rock face paint crochet baton of music nine bands playing sofa be an amazing night were people in this cell brigandines dancing >>gabe slate: gabe slate kron 4 new spirit >>pam: the news continues at 66 and we are live where the authorities are looking for an escaped convict. there also given new details on how the man got away and wher

reaction from local pot clinics to a proposal to end the federal ban on medical marijuana gabe slate on the wearable everyone's talking about. and he found a baby raccoon at work. what he did next out rage to the employer. what is the employer did to him as outraged animal lovers. this of the full outdoor of your choice of prime time news. >>pam: of 49 a player has been arrested for allegedly abusing his girlfriend. fullback bruce miller was arrested last thursday in santa clara. kron 4 jr stone has been working this story since he got the news of the arrest earlier today. >>jr stone: pam i actually broke the news to a number of neighbors that live in this area. they tell me that they did not notice anything out of the ordinary and bruce willis grew smellers aw and during the past week. bruce miller he was arrested last week on a domestic abuse charge is a misdemeanor and california. i went to the 27 year-old santa clara home and and didn't get any answers. he was taken into custody planet last thursday night before midnight appellees only come from that he was arrested on a domestic

nbc's gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: penn state university is calling what police say happenedehind these walls appalling. >> i'm very committed to making sure that we know exactly who is responsible. delta rho is now suspended for a year after pictures of nude and sometimes unconscious female students were discovered on two private facebook pages. and police say were secretly set up by the fraternity. >> they're embarrassing and illegal photos. and that's unacceptable. >> reporter: the search warrant reveals the first facebook page was titled "covert business transactions" and was shut down when police say one of the women accidentally spotted a topless picture of herself on a computer at the fraternity. a former fraternity brother who blew the whistle said a second page was set up that included more explicit photos and images of drug sales and hazing. how widespread is this type of culture? >> it's huge. it's everywhere. >> reporter: courtney keal is a penn state law student whose group helps victims of sexual assault. sexual assault. >> it's so upsetting. i think what's more

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, denver. >>> when we come back, nerd alert. one more reason to love pie today. >>> how's this for a birthday celebration? great-grandmother georgina harwood turned 100 this week, and rang in the milestone by, what else, jumping out of a perfectly good airplane. this is the third skydive for the south african native. she completed her first tandem jump at the tender age of 92. >>> speaking of soaring, a bird's stunning flight from the world's tallest building was captured on video today, thanks to a small camera placed on the eagle's back. the bird's-eye view recorded the flight as the bird flew from the top of the skyscraper in dubai to his trainer standing on the ground 2,700 feet below. >>> math lovers and foodies alike also have a reason to celebrate today. march 14th, otherwise known as pi day. it has a special significance this year. nbc's kevin tibbles has more on what all the fuss is about. >> reporter: using the theory of smellativity, we've determined who's your mama's pie show in chicago is the perfect way to celebrat

our report now from nbc's gabe gutierrez. and a warning, the video and audio are graphic. >> reporter: police responding to a robbery call in the neighborhood known as skid row when the violence suddenly erupted. the videos posted on social media show lapd officers confronting a homeless man. there's a scuffle. he's taken down, and officers try to cuff him. next, the sound of a taser. someone yells, drop the gun. then -- [ gunfire ] at least five shots from three officers leaving bystanders and witnesses in shock. >> i think it was kind of extreme. >> he didn't bother nobody. he didn't have no weapon. they just shot him. >> reporter: today, the lapd displaying enhanced still pictures said the man reached for an officer's weapon. >> this is an awful tragedy. but, you know, the officers took on the face of it reasonable steps to avoid it. >> right here. >> reporter: this is a spot where dennis horn took one of his cell phone videos. minutes before he says he captured these last images of the man known on the streets simply as a

back to you. >> gabe guttierez live for us. thank you. >>> happening today, the so-called beer pong rapist will be sentenced. joey poindexter was convicted of sexually assaulting multiple men. police started investigating him after a student alleged point deks ser sexually assaulted him of a per a beer pong tournament in will 2013. police say he had been victimizing young adult men for a decading meeting them in bars and luring him to his maryland home. in court today, his victims may speak about the impact about the assaults on their lives. >>> penn state says greek life needs to be reevaluated. kappa delta rho suspended its penn state chapter for one year following allegations thataternity operated an illegal facebook page that contained photos of several nude and seminude women, some appeared to be asleep. >>> and an epic day for astronomers today and here is part of the reason why. take a look at this video from the faroe islands. this is halfway between norway and iceland. this is time lapse video, so we have about three m

nbc's gabe cohen shows us. >> the inn is known more for decor than anything else. >> my grandfather benny a great passion for fishing. they'll come through the doors and maybe looking at the floor and all of a sudden they look up whoa. >> but the most extraordinary fish at benny's isn't hung on any wall. she's still swimming. >> emma sawms is the top ranked female swimmer in washington and 13th in the nation. success owed to a lifetime training in a hotel swimming pool. >> so this is the only pool in callville. so i mean it's really what i have to work with. i know it's crazy. >> emma found her stroke swimming twice a day in an unusual setting. >> i'm always worried about hitting someone when i'm swimming so i have to watch. it's five yards shorter than a regular pool. >> that alone is incredible. >> every meet you go to you're racing in a pool that's longer than the pool you train in. and at benny's she has no coach. just a clock and a stopwatch. >> i send her a workout. she does it. she does exactly how i write it. and she probably does it even better than what i expected to do. >> this

>>gabe slate:the most asked question was about escalators. but not about the broken down ones escalators >>: there is a as a lead tech data service at the same station with put the other and remain as committed as working going up because it would not like to walk up. >>gabe slate:this next one was aslo one of the most popular questions something i've always wondered this. run trains late. >>: would you have extra tracks and we have to perform maintenance needs. >>gabe slate:and a lot of people tweeted about wanting more parking parking >>: man we can do some joint funding initiatives but is always cause is usually a problem and also worked with the cities do not want a part of a structure elevated parking structure it will block people's view of the beautiful city and things like that. >>james: looking figure out there right now in terms of current weather 48 degrees in oakland on the course i should woman to 69 letter on this afternoon >>erica: temperatures are on the course i this morning we do have some of the '30's for the protective val

back to you. >> gabe gut reeztierez thanks. >>> howard dickson is out of a job due to new fault of his own. he worked at the university of oklahoma for more than a decade. sae alumni have st raisers to help him out and so far they have raised more than $75,000. gabe guttierez will have more on the story on the "today" show. >>> ferguson missouri is getting a new city manager. current one says he's resigning because of the justice department report that accused ferguson police and the courts of racial bias. a city clerk was also fired and a judge and two police officers have also resigned. >>> three bills to help sexual violence on campus are headed to assembly. if approved employees would need to report any allegations to the title ix coordinator and schools would be required to make a note on academic transcripts. >>> joe morrissey is no longer spending time in jail. completed his three month sentence yesterday. morrissey served time in connection to a relationship he had with a 17-year-old girl. he resigned over that case, but was voted back into office in a special election for the

>> all right, gabe, thank you. >>> new developments to report tonight in the controversy over hillarylinton's use of a private e-mail account for government business. the state department's watchdog said today that many e-mails by mrs. clinton and other officials may not have been saved automatically as clinton claimed. nbc's andrea mitchell has been looking into it. >> reporter: defending her use of private e-mails, hillary clinton said her e-mails to her state department colleagues were saved by them. >> it was my practice to communicate with state department and other government officials on their dotgov accounts. so those e-mails would be automatically saved in the state department system to meet recordkeeping requirements. and that indeed is what happened. >> reporter: but only 24 hours later a new state department inspector general's report says for the past five years most important state department e-mails for all of the state department were not properly archived. the report says a computer upgrade in 2009 when clinton took office failed to preserve thousands of key policy e-

gabe, good morning. >> reporter: joe good morning. there's a lot of outrage here on the campus of the university of oklahoma. the university's president says he hopes the expulltion of two students shows the campus has a zero tolerance. it's a chant that shocked the country one of the students involved has been identified. the student pumping his fist is parker rice a university of oklahoma freshman who graduated from a jesuit prep school in dallas last year. >> i'm saddened and hurt here we are 2015 and we're still dealing with issues of racism and bigotry. >> reporter: now this short clip posted online showing the long time house mother for the fraternity at ou using the same racial slur. in a written statement she says she's heartbroken by any racist portrayal. she doesn't tolerate any form of discrimination and only singing along to a rap song. the sae house members rushed to move out before the midnight deadline. the fraternity shut down leaving its cook without a job. own line donors raised about $50,000 for him. >> it's like ge

back to you. >> gabe we'll see you at 7:00 a.m. thank you. >>> power house athlete mone davis proving she has a big heart, too. a lot of you are commenting on the story on nbc washington phasebook. she asked a university basketball coach to let one of the players on the team. the player was booted after he called davis an offensive name in a tweet. in a letter to the coach, davis says she forgives castleberry. she told the coach that quote, made one dumb mistake and deserves a second chance. >> every time we do a story about her i love her that much more. how classy and dignified. such a young person! good for her. >>> no ordinary crowd control. the potential threat that had extra police on hand for the ncaa tournament game. >>> no more snow flurries to worry about. we're dealing with temperatures that are colder than usual. what you should dress your kids for this morning with the bus stop forecast. plus the cold may not have you thinking about warm weather and the pesky mosquitos, but we'll show you ♪ ♪ know you can keep your fin

we get more tonight from nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: outside the indiana state capitol today, a wave of fury. >> i think it's absolutely going back to the dark ages. >> i don't think religion should be in business. where you shouldn't be able to discriminate on whoever we want. >> reporter: on thursday indiana's governor signed a bill that would allow businesses to deny services based on their religious beliefs. >> this bill is not about discrimination. and if i thought it legalized discrimination in any way, i would have vetoed it. >> reporter: but opponents argued it wouldn't legalize discrimination, after the state's ban on same-sex marriage was overturned last year. >> it basically says to a group of people that you're second rate, you don't matter. and if you walk into my store, i don't have to serve you. >> reporter: the backlash has spread across social media. apple's ceo tweeting, apple is open for everyone. we are deeply disappointed in indiana's new law. ahead of next weekend's final four in indianapolis, the ncaa released a statement. we are especially concerned abo

we've got more from nbc's gabe gutierrez who is on the campus tonight. ♪ [ bleep ] >> reporter: it ishe chant that shocked the country, and tonight one of the students involved has been identified. ♪ [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the student pumping his fist is parker rice a university of oklahoma freshman who graduated from a jesuit prep school in dallas last year. >> i'm not only appalled, but i'm also saddened and hurt that here we are 2015 and year still dealing with issues of racism and bigotry. >> reporter: today ou expelled two students though officials won't name them citing privacy laws. >> we're just not going to let this define the university and we're going to send a message. >> reporter: now this short clip posted online showing the longtime housemother for cigna alpha epsilon at ou using the same racial slur. in a written statement, she said she is heart broken by any racist portrayal. she does not tolerate any form of discrimination, and she was only singing along to a rap song. today at the sae house, members rushed to move out before the midnight deadline. the fraternity sh

nbc's gabe gutierrez follows up. >> reporter: it was the story that rocked the university of virginia and sparked a national conversation about sexual assault. today, police said they found no evidence that it was true and have suspended the investigation. >> that doesn't mean that something terrible did not happen to jackie. we are just not able to gather sufficient facts to conclude what that something may have been. >> reporter: the lengthy "rolling stone" magazine article was published back in november, a woman the magazine called jackie claimed she was gang raped in 2012 by seven men at the phi kappa psi house. were you able to ever find the student, the fraternity member who allegedly orchestrated this attack? >> no, we weren't. >> reporter: charlottesville police chief said jackie did not cooperate with the rape investigation. the shocking story initially led university officials to halt all greek activities. but soon jackie's friends began to raise doubts. >> she said there were five men. the "rolling stone" article reported seven. >> reporter: "rolling stone" apologized to it

nbc's gabe gutierrez has details. >> reporter: after relentless backlash, today, indiana republicans rushed to defend the state's new religious freedom restoration act. does this law allow businesses to deny services based on religious beliefs? >> no, it does not. >> reporter: the house speaker says lawmakers are trying to add language to clarify the law's intent. >> it is to set a standard, a high standard, of when government attempts to impact negatively or burden someone's religious liberty. >> reporter: democrats want to repeal the law. critics say it's anti-gay. 19 other states have similar laws, but indiana is different in part because there's no statewide non-discrimination law here protecting sexual orientation. >> the controversy here is not about the text of this law. the controversy is about the context in which this law has been enacted. it's not a coincidence that in the last several months same-sex marriage has become legal in the state of indiana. >> reporter: the firestorm has spread on social media. #boycottindiana. late tonight connecticut became the first state to

>>gabe slate: as they came pouring in through twitter. we heard a lot about the smell no one likes the smell of our downtown san francisco station that also agreed with his other we are going to a civic we are but the game was a new will we're calling morning crew the only job is to scrub and spain claimed the interests of bart stations and will identify basically small stations in they're targeting those stations. the answer to that is if there isn't as the lead to economic servers at the same station will try to put the other cameraman as a letter that is working going up because cute would like to walk up. why can we run later this the sea on weekends we have to perform critical maintenance we do have extra tracks like other systems a lot of people to to about wanting more parking why can you build parking garage at the lafayette station the response was will be have to work with the city of lafayette and the two joint funding and is still but as always cost is usually a problem and also working with the city now one of our constructio

thanks very much, gabe reel watching watching. where the u.n.s expecting to have crisis talks shortly joining me is adam burenl. a yemen expert. we know that the u.n. is likely to condemn what's been happening in yemen and they seem to place responsibility squarely on the shoulders of the houthis. what can they really do about the situation in yemen? can they -- are we likely to see further saurpingsz from them? anything they can do to bring these parties to actually talk to each other? to some extent, the u.n.'s hands are tied at this points. they have already tried numerous carrots and the stick of sanctions has been used in the past and one of the key things when you look at leadership they are not a group with significant assets when you look at travel bans, he you hit out directly at the security counsel effectively foreign interventions. they hasn't had effect on the internal situation in the country. what about comments from houthi today? he is saying he wants to mobilize his forces but he is saying that he's targeting isil and specifical

our report tonight from nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> fire in the hole!plosive problem. one that can tear through a home in an instant. captain siegfried cline with the aurora fire department organized this demonstration to show how butane can ignite when amateurs use it to extract hash oil from marijuana plants. a new and dangerous effort to produce a more concentrated form of pot. at home. >> and that's the attraction. the purity. it's got a more potent high from it. >> reporter: windows blown out, kitchens ripped apart. in 2013 colorado saw just 12 of these explosions. but last year that number jumped to 32. dozens of people have been hospitalized. amazingly, no one has died. >> that goes up in a split second. >> very fast. very quick. it's not going to allow people to get out of the area in time. >> reporter: here at the state capital no one would argue that the hash oil extraction isn't dangerous, but given that colorado voters have legalized marijuana, the question is is it a crime. >> i think some districts believe we can already prosecute people f

nbc's gabe gutierrez is on the story for us tonight. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ] >> reporter: the video first posted sunday has sparked national outrage. [ bleep ] >> reporter: now a second recording from a different angle shows members of the fraternity sigma alpha epsilon or sae at the university of oklahoma chanting racial slurs. ou's president joined hundreds of students at a pre-dawn rally, many with tape across their mouths. >> it really hurts that we're still going through stuff like that and it just needs to stop. >> my jaw definitely dropped. >> reporter: naomi is with the african-american student group that first received the video through an anonymous message on twitter. >> a lot of people like to say this is post-racial america. we're not in post-racial america. and this is just a huge example. >> reporter: sae suspended the local chapter immediately. >> we were absolutely appalled and shocked at this video. and more so we were outraged that any member of the sigma alpha epsilon would think this is somehow acceptable. >> reporter: graffiti reading "tear it down" written on the sae

nbc's gabe gutierrez reports. >> reporter: air canada flight came down hard its nose broken off, one wing badly damaged. >> report of a plane crash. an aircraft emergency. airplane down. >> reporter: airbus a320 flying from toronto to halifax nova scotia carrying 133 passengers and five crew members. >> we literally hit once and crashed and skidded for a very long time. >> i hit my head and said it's over no way we are going to survive that. >> reporter: authorities say the plane touched down short of the runway and skidded for 1100 feet before it came to a stop. >> this caused considerable damage to the aircraft and the main landing gear came off at this point. >> reporter: passengers say the plane hit a power line. the airport temporarily lost electricity. it was snowing but the airline has not determined what caused the hard landing. >> the finest weather, airport for a period of time. >> reporter: at least 25 people rushed to the hospital many clutching blankets. all but one have been released. in creditably there were no serious jeers. they are cooperating with the safety board

we get a lot more now from nbc's gabe gutierrez who's on the campus. >> reporter: for days the racist chant has been widely condemned. today the university of oklahoma sigma alpha epsilon chapter fought back. >> we need to avoid a rush to judgment. >> reporter: its alumni have hired high-profile attorney stephen jones who represented timothy mcveigh in the oklahoma city bombing trial. after the video became public, university president david boren quickly denounced the fraternity. >> real sooners are not bigots. they're not racists. there is zero tolerance for this kind of racist and bigoted behavior. we don't want to be defined by those who completely violate our values. >> reporter: some experts question whether a public institution expelling the two students is legal. >> the first amendment protects all ideas, including really evil ideas. >> reporter: sae's national headquarters says it supports the stance that ou has taken and it's moving forward with the plans to revoke the membership of all suspended members here permanently. sae's under fire across the country. its headquarters

nbc's gabe gutierrez reports. >> reporter: the video first posted sunday has sparked national outrage. now a second recording from a different angle shows members of the fraternity sigma alpha epsilon or sae at the university of oklahoma chanting racial slurs. ou's president joins hundreds of students at a predawn rally. many with tape across their mouth. >> when we hear stuff like that it needs to stop. >> my jaw definitely stopped. >> naomi is with the african-american student group that first received the video through an anonymous message on twitter. >> a lot of people like to say this is post racial america. we're not in post racial america. this is just a huge example. >> reporter: sae suspended the local chapter immediately. >> we were absolutely appalled and shocked at this video. more so we were outraged that any member would think this is somehow acceptable. >> reporter: graffiti written "tear it down" is on the house and the letters were moved. all members moving out into campus, waiting for punishment. the university's president did not mince words. >> take them out of her

and earlier this evening in pacifica some really heavy rain add hail this picture from gabe slate. also some lightning in south bay from some unusually strong storms and more hail in the north bay. this storm went through santa rosa about 2:00 p.m. we have a little bit of light rain over the san mateo bridge things beginning to quiet down. as we go through the night showers beginning to come to an e-mailed ab round midnight. for tomorrow a completely different situation the storm system is moving into southern california. mostly sunny skies still a chance foam -- tomorrow for a weak sun shower or thunder shower. so we are getting improving conditions coming our way but we have another system due in for monday i'll talk about that coming up. >>> continuing our coverage on the storm phillippe djegal joins us. >> reporter: it's dry right now but it was raining pretty hard earlier. >> in the early afternoon really hard. at 1. i wasn't sure it was going to stop. you can seat remnants of that storm that barreled through. there's still some standing water in the parking lot. what we're re

nbc's gabe gutierrez has been looking into it. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: sigma alpha epsilon today said racist behavior entered its university of oklahoma chapter three to four years ago calling it a horrible cancer. >> we had to cut that cancer before it infects too many other groups. >> reporter: sae's national spokesman says the fraternity has so far been unable to verify reports of similar chants at other campuses. parker rice one of the sae members in this video, said the song was taught to us. >> when somebody says it was taught to us we know it was not the national headquarters. it wasn't even something that would be part of our history at all. >> reporter: rice said i am deeply sorry for what i did saturday night. it was wrong and reckless. i admit it likely was fueled by alcohol consumed at the house before the bus trip. but that's not an excuse. the parents of a second fraternity member in the video, levi pettit also apologized he made a horrible mistake and will live with the consequences forever. >> it's an old fraternity tradition of singing these types of songs. >> reporte

nbc's gabe gutierrez is on that story for us again tonight. >> reporter: mike pence blasted his critics saying indiana's new law is about religious freedom, not discrimination. >> this law has been smeared. >> reporter: the front page of the indianapolis "star," fix this now. the governor said he's working with a lawmakers to clarify the intent of the law by the end of the week. >> under this law, as it's written, is it legal for a florist to deny services to a same-sex couple citing their religious beliefs? >> this law does not give anyone a license to deny services to gay and lesbian couples. >> reporter: that's a different interpretation from eric miller, one of the bill's proponents who stood next to the governor at thursday's bill signing. the bill would help christian bakers, florists and photographers who should not be punished for refusing to participate in a homosexual marriage. since then -- >> was i expecting this kind of backlash? heavens no. >> reporter: nine ceos have sent a letter to state officials demanding the law be changed. >> the notion that you can tell businesses

>> gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> in the trial of the allege boston marathon bomber, for th first time today we at what investigators say dzhokhar tsarnaev scrolled inside the boat where he hid just before his ca tsarnaev may have believed tho would be his final words in th last moments of his life as police closed in. nbc's pete williams was in the courtroom. >> reporter: four days after t marathon bombing, police discovered dzhokhar tsarnaev hiding in a boat stored in a watertown backyard. it was clear he had been injured, shot several times. pictures revealed publicly tod clearly show that the boat was riddled with police gunfire. they show three sections streaked with tsarnaev's blood with at least 21 bullet holes visible. his older brother tamerlan die earlier that day during a poli shootout. in pencil he wrote, i'm jealou of my brother who received the reward of paradise, god willin before me. god has a plan for each person. mine was to hide in this boat and shed some light on our actions. he criticized u.s. military operations in the muslim world and said, you are fighting men w

lester. >> all right, gabe thank you. >>> an emotional day in the trial of the alleged boston marathon bomber. the prosecution rested its case concluding with some of its most heart wrenching evidence to date before the defense began making its case. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams was in the courtroom. >> reporter: the government ended its case on the human toll of the second marathon bomb blast. an emotional finish on the youngest bombing victim 8-year-old martin richard. several jurors wept as the medical examiner explained how the bomb ripped through his 69-pound body. he'd been watching the race with his family leaning on the railing along the marathon route. the fbi says dzhokhar tsarnaev placed a pressure cooker bomb loaded with nails and bbs just a few feet away from where martin richard was standing. the medical examiner said the blast drove six nails, 20 bbs and other pieces of the bomb into the boy's body. his mother and father were in court as photos of their son's fatal injuries were shown to the jury. earlier, a doctor detailed how the same blast killed chinese

lester. >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> the capital building in wisconsin was also a focus of a major protest of the shooting death of a young unarmed biracial man at the hands of an officer. hundreds of demonstrators, most students, packed the building claimi the incident is all too similar to other questionable fatal encounters with police. nbc's ron allen has a story for us from madison, wisconsin. >> reporter: madison's high sc students had a real live civic lesson today, walking out of class, taking to the streets demanding to know why tony robinson 19 a recent high school grad was shot and killed friday night by officer max kenny, a 12-year police veteran. >> you can't just shoot like an innocent guy. >> reporter: police radio calls revealed some of what happened. reports of trouble at a gas station. >> we're looking for a male black, light skin tan jacket in teens, outside yelling and jumping in front of cars 19 years of age, name is tony robinson. >> reporter: police say officers followed robinson to a house across the street forced his way in because of disturbance and opened

we get our report tonight from nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: well, that was fast. >> just pulled up and started watching as the price went up and up and up. >> reporter: in just one week average gas prices in california have soared 42 cents from $2.90 to $3.32. >> jumped like 12 cents overnight. and i don't understand it. >> reporter: in los angeles it's been especially brutal. a 49-cent spike in a week. so what's the reason for these higher prices? there are several. earlier this month a dispute shut down a refinery in northern california. and then this happened. an explosion at another facility cut off even more production. those two refineries process 17% of the state's crude oil. adding fuel to the fire environmental regulations here mandate a specialized blend of gas not used anywhere else in the u.s. >> the quality of the gasoline is more stringent. it's harder to make and more expensive. >> reporter: not long ago many states saw gas below $2 a gallon. so what is california's spike mean for the rest of the country? analysts say directly not much. but the cost of crude oil i