before i was just -- i was just gabe, and now i'm gabe the skin head, and everyone respects me and fears me. it happened to me and i'm not willing to let it happen to anyone else. >>> first thing i like to say about the american flag, i don't salute the american flag, two of the states stands for nonwhite states like alaska and hawaii. i stand for my own flag which is the banner of the white race. >> with me is chris picciolini, the director of the northern hammer skin heads. >> i believe we are warriors today and fighting for a great cause, which is the white race. >> it's painful to admit, but that's me, 22 years ago. today, i see the world very differently. >> joining us now christian picciolini, he is the cofounder of life after hate. >> hello, this is christian. tell me what is going on, man. >> for more than a decade, i have made it my mission to help people disengage from hate groups, before they destroyed their lives or the lives of others. does he talk about being violent? does he talk about using weapons? there's a resistant to work with someone that was a violent white suprema

before that i was just gabe and now i'm gabe the skinhead. they either respect me or fear me. >> according to the southern poverty law center there are currently 78 racist skin head group in the united states. my old crew is the oldest and largest. and have a repue tpraeugz being extremely brutal. a kind of white power special forces unit,eger to engage in a race war. gabe was a hammer skin prospect for nearly two years, hammering his hateful agenda into the group. >> i was trying to change the world to make myself happy tin instead of trying to change myself so i could be happy in a world i already have. >> i'm happy for you. you've made ton of progress. i'm also concerned. >> since we started working together, he's severed ties with the hammer skins but i found out just a few months ago he marched in the first power rally in more than decade. on august 11th and 12th, 2017, white supremacists descended on the small town of charlottesville, virginia. calling themselves unite the right. they claim they were protesting the city's decision to re

before i was just g-- i was jus gabe, and now i'm gabe the skin head, and everyone respects me and fears me. it happened to me and i'm not willing to let it happen to anyone else. >>> first thing i like to say about the american flag, i don't salute the american flag, two of the states stand for alaska and hawaii, i stand for my own flag, the banner of the white race. >> with me is chris picciolini, the director of the northern hammer skin heads. i believe we are warriors today and fighting for a great cause, which is the white race. >> it's painful to admit, but that the me, 22 years ago. today, i see the world very differently. >> joining us now christian picciolini, he is the cofinder of life after hate. >> hello, this is christian. tell me what is going on, man. >> for more than a decade, i maze it my -- i made it my mission to help people disengage from hate groups. does he talk about using weapons? there's a resistant to work with someone that was a violent white supremacist. he is preparing for the race war. there's so many more people who need help. i get calls and e-mails from p

. >> that's gabe? >> yeah. >> lawyshe contacted me a year terrified she was ludsing her 21 year-old son to the same skin head crew i helped lead. the hammer skins. >> when he got the tattoos i thought his life was over. nothing good is ever going to come out of this. >> i remember when you called me. you were def atvastated. that's your baby. >> yeah. my beautiful little baby boy. >> what do you think it was that led him to go down and search for the acceptance? >> i was having problems with drugs kp alcohol. emotionally i wasn't there. i was there physically. not emotionally. i had gotten into an abusive relationship. i was supposed to stop seeing this guy and i didn't. that's how i lost custody. >> it took him a long time after his mom contacted me before he would talk to me. he finally reached out. he told me had attended monthly white power rallies. provoked confrontations and dragged his mothers black boyfriends out of a car and beat him up in a parking lot. we have been working together eight mon

gabe, jerry george, the l.a.u chief, last night talking about their protocols for dealing with this sort of stuff. let's listen to what he had to say. >> there was such a device in this digital age where, you know, particularly sensitive story files including source agreements and contracts and page proofs were stored for access and protection. when david pecker arrived, he sort of brought with him a silent editor, and that was, you know, donald trump. i know of stories of infidelities on the president's part and also stories on the children. i mean, between the trumps and the kushners, they have more skeletons in the closet than the adams family. >> gabe sherman, let me turn to you to get a sense of this relationship the president fornlfornl -- forged with david pecker. we hear about how it was literally stored inside a safe. tell us about what he might have, what the "national enquirer" might have against donald trump. >> i mean, if we had the code to that safe, i'd to get in there. you know, this is a relation

>> hey, gabe, want to play fruit ninja. >> but gabe to play fruit ninja -- don't cut the cord!the game which is even funnier. >> i don't really like that game. >> i've watched this video a number of times as far as i can tell that all looked very real. gabe has got to be a master at all of this. >> videos. >> great videos put together by the barefoot team on youtube. >>> hey, go for it -- >> ellie's racing to do her makeup. >> but she only has the exact time that a red light lasts. >> see if this it's a high-tech revolution in sleep. the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it intelligently senses your movement and automatically adjusts on each side to keep you both comfortable. and snoring? how smart is that? smarter sleep. to help you lose your dad bod, train for that marathon, and wake up with the patience of a saint. the new sleep number 360 smart bed, from $999. smarter sleep will change your life. cuticles. if you want to see the entire video go to rightthisminute.com and check it out on our mobile app. >> in the latest video, jarod actually came up for forrall allie. the stop

gabe sherman with "vanity fair." and clinton watts, nbc, national security analyst. >>> president trump just wrapped up an event in the oval office with the fifa president. fifa is the organization that oversees international soccer and the world cup. the u.s., canday and mexico are hosting the world cup in 2026. the president didn't answer whether mexico agreed to pay for the border wall as part of the new deal that the president announced yesterday, but he said mexico, yesterday he said mexico will pay for the wall. he also talked about the controversial google tweet earlier saying google is treading on troubled territory. we'll bring you more news from it as it breaks and talk about google. >>> but up next, senator lindsey graham is getting set for a tribute to his long-time friend and colleague, john mccain. ohn n if you're turning 65, you may be learning about medicare ohn n and supplemental insurance. medicare is great, but it doesn't cover everything ...only about 80% of your part b medicare costs. a medicare

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, aurora, colorado. >>> we're going to take a short break. when we come back, beach goers beware. the fears versus the fact of the dreaded sharks. >>> police rescued a young girl trapped inside of a hot car. with rheumatoid arthritis. because there are options. like an "unjection™". xeljanz xr. a once-daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well enough. xeljanz xr can reduce pain, swelling and further joint damage, even without methotrexate. xeljanz xr can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections, lymphoma and other cancers have happened. don't start xeljanz xr if you have an infection. tears in the stomach or intestines, low blood cell counts and higher liver tests and cholesterol levels have happened. and while taking xeljanz xr, and monitor certain liver tests. tell you doctor if you were in a region where fungal infections are commb, hepatitis b or c, or are prone to infections. needles. or some things. hepatitis b or c, or are prone to

(grant) kron 4's gabe slate followed up with bart about this program to see where it's happening, and how effective it seems to be. sound from - debora allen - bart director district 1it's really like a needle in a haystack, they're looking for people who are evading bart when they could just stand in front of the gates. debora allen sits on the bart board of directors. she says what they have learned so far from this pilot enforcement program is that the problem is worse than they thought. sound from - debora allen - bart director district 1the problem is worse than we thought, a lot of evaders. in just two months 15% of those riders asked had not paid their bart ride. fare evasion is the gateway crime, it's very unlikely that a

joining me now from san juan is nbc's gabe gutierrez.e, let's first of all talk about the conditions in puerto rico now. how much improvement have we seen? >> reporter: hi there, ali. well, things have improved here in puerto rico quite a bit. power has finally been restored to the entire island, although the last customer restored was just a few weeks ago. many people say that took much too long. if you go to san juan, the tourism industry is trying to flourish once again. the economy here needs visitors and the government is trying to lure people back here in order to pump up this area's economy again. but, ali, as you're mentioning this new report really seems to confirm what a lot of people here on this island have been telling us for months. nearly 3,000 people are estimated to have died following hurricane maria, making it the deadliest u.s. natural disaster in more than a century. think about that, 3,000 people. more than 1,000 than were killed in hurricane katrina. the magnitude of this is overwhelming. we should point out some o

in yosemite national park gabe slate kron 4 news. (ken) tonight... another sobering reminder of the human toll men and women fighting it.(pam) we are learning the identity of the latest victim... our grant lodes is here with more on matthew burchett. (grant) the 42 year old leaves behind a wife and young son. matt burchett served for 20 years in salt lake city and just this may joined the draper city fire department in utah to lead its wildfire program. tonight, his colleague's are remembering a loving, funny, talkented man. but first, here's burchett, a batallion chief, speaking to reporters earlier this month right before he came to california to help battle the enormous mendocino complex fire. battalion chief bob bowery, draper city fd:'and matt jumped at the chance to go assist in california and i think anybody in our department would do the same.' 'he was a good man, he had a very dry wit.''if i had to describe him, i would say he was a master of his craft.' troy walker, draper city mayor: 'draper deployed 5 firefighters from here on august the

(ken)kron 4's gabe slate joins us live in the newsroom, he spoke with environmental experts gabe i caught up with kathryn phillips, director of the california sierra club, she is based in sacramento.the sierra club is one of the oldest and largest environmental organizations in the country...i asked them what does this verdict mean for the everyday gardener.. what should we know? is roundup safe to casually use around your house?? here is what they said sound from - kathryn phillips, director, sierra club california / sacramento"don't use it. it is dangerous. it's widely used people don't know but it's bad. katherine phillips director of the sierra club california says if you have to use roundup take precautions sound from - kathryn phillips, director, sierra club california / sacramento"use a glove and mask the spray can flow over the yard and your kid and wildlife becareful with it" scott partridge, vice president of monsanto, the company behind roundup, says their product is safe to use. sot: scott partridge, monsanto vice president //"the verdict today it doesn't change the overwhelmi

and gabe, thank you, as we continue to look at pictures of the freedom plaza, cater the corner to the willard hotel. counterprotesters are gathered north of the white house in washington, d.c. as we continue this conversation about race, i want to go to msnbc's cal perry. live in charlottesville, virginia. cal, what are you seeing there? extraordinary moment this morning when we heard from the president of the university of virginia, offering a formal apology about what happened last year. what's been happening there in charlottesville today? >> we are seeing continuation of what has been a very ugly weekend between antifa protesters and law enforcement behind me. we'll show you the antifa protesters. we will immediately -- go ahead, randy. very small group that's split in half. they are incredibly abrasive to the media and to law enforcement. one of the things going on all day is that antifa is saying that law enforcement was responsible for the violence that we saw a year ago. that they did not protect the people of charlottesville from that radical right violence that we saw. so wh

kron 4's gabe slate shows us the video and he talked with police who shared what the adrenaline fueled experience was like. nat sound of police rescue body cam footage from vacaville police officers shows how intense it was when officers rushed to evacuate the dogs and cats inside the solano county spca animal shelter friday evening as the nelson fire threated to burn it down. sound from mark donaldson - lieutenant vacaville police "putting dogs cats in crates in patrol cars to save them and take them to a nearby makeshift shelter" mark donaldson, with vacaville police, says the fire department was busy trying to save the spca building. his police department was the only agency that could assist spca workers to get the animals out. sound from mark donaldson - lieutenant vacaville police "you just do what you have to do" vacaville police department set up a temporary shelter in a nearby grocery store parking lot and that's when something special happened members of community started showing up to help. sound from mark donaldson - lieutenant vacaville police "people started adopting anim

nbc's gabe gutierrez with more on what is now the deadliest u.s. national disaster in more than 100 years. >> reporter: outside puerto rico's overflowing main morgue, the government brought refrigerated trailers to hold dozens of unclaimed bodies. today, the new report from the washington university indicates nearbily 3,000 died in hurricane maria, dramatically higher than the previous official count of 64. >> it's way too early and did not look at the total counting for what might have happened over several months. >> reporter: shortly after the category 4 hurricane tore through the island almost a year ago, president trump touted the low death toll. >> if you look at a real catastrophe like katrina and look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died, everybody watching can really be very proud of what's taken place in puerto rico. >> reporter: today, researchers slammed the president for speaking prematurely. the report blames the puerto rican government for a massive communications breakdown. >> i agree hindsight is

nbc's gabe gutierrez reports. >> reporter: apparently this was no easy takedown. two houston police officers struggling with a teenage suspect at a gas station. several bystanders recording the arrest on their cell phones. among them a security guard. she stays back with her phone despite the officers' pleas for help. her employer fired her after seeing the video. >> she's supposed to be assisting police officers and all she did was stand by and video. what a complete joke. she's a disgrace. >> reporter: across the country, some officers say they need all the help they can get. >> the difference between another person applying pressure or grabbing someone's hand is significant. >> reporter: the sergeant's union in new york city is now proposing a $500 reward to citizens who can safely put down their phones and help cops restrain suspects. >> what's occurring is individuals are more concerned about capturing what is on tape rather than get involved and maybe help save someone's life. >> reporter: in houston, the former security guard could not be reached for commen

kron 4's gabe slate is live at the scene with the latest. gabe? traffic nightmare - friday - right by very busy mall exit off 880 in hayward. the southland mall.the big rig leaking the chemicals is located on the winton avenue 880 southbound ramp...so not on the highway - but right next to it. ------------------------- --------here is the latest - all northbound lanes are open. - opened around 3:45pm the leak in the truck is stopped and an unknown amount of product is on the ground. officials think the leak could be up to 300 pounds. so they are cleaning it up with neutralizer agents. chp says the leak is creating a vapor plume southeast from the i-880 winton avenue on-ramp to southbound i-880. a reverse 911 call was issued for a shelter-in-place within the area of jackson street (south) to winton avenue but that has since been lifted. again, the shelter in place is no longer going on. -------------------- sound - people stuck --- "this is terrible traffic / i'm late for work / it's taken 2 hours to get a mile / (grant) here's a look at traffic in

gabe sherman, ken dilanian, harry litman.a complex issue, particularly for those of us who are not lawyers, to follow. but the three of you have made it a lot more understandable. >>> other breaking news, senator john mccain is ending his treatment for brain cancer. his wife tweeted, i love my husband with all my heart, god bless everyone who has supported my husband in his journey. fellow vietnam veteran john kerry, a democrat who served with mccain in the senate, called mccain a brave man, showing us once again what the words grace and grit really mean. chuck schumer and sheldon whitehouse of rhode island both put out statements, keeping the senator and his family in their thoughts. paul ryan tweeted john mccain personifies service to our country. these are a few and not likely the last of a growing list of thoughts of prayers and comfort being sent to the mccain family from both sides of the aisle, thanking a man who has spent his life in the service of his country. joining me now, bill kristol, founder and editor at large

gabe, let me start with you. what do we know about the immunity for david pecker and what that means? >> well, ali, you know, two things on an legal level, this shows that prosecutors had enough to put pressure on david pecker and american media for their role in essentially becoming a de facto arm of donald trump's presidential campaign by both catching and killing embarrassing stories that would damage president trump and publishing stories that attacked his rivals. now, to me, the bigger thematic point that this story shows is that the fact that david pecker put his own legal future ahead of the president's by taking this immunity deal to testify to federal investigators that donald trump, in fact, knew about michael cohen's payments to stormy daniels and karen mcdougal in advance shows that donald trump's allies, when squeezed by prosecutors, will abandon donald trump and look out for their own interests. and if you were donald trump or anyone who's at the subject of a wide-ranging federal investigation, that

gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >>> it's the race many are witching for a hint whether we'll see a blue or red wave in the midterm elections but tonight the special election in ohio's 12th district remains too close to call. republican troy balderson leads danny o'connor. in a district that voted for president trump and held by the gop for 35 years but thousands of provisional and absentee ballots must be counted. balderson and the president claim victory but o'connor is not conceding. >>> the trump administration says it's slapping sanctions on russia after the former russian spy on british soil using toxic nerve agents that playing out amid a new back and forth in the russia investigation. president trump and his lawyers playing hardball with mueller over a possible interview. we get details on all of it from nbc's peter alexander. >> reporter: tonight from president trump a stiff punishment, new sanctions for russia's poisoning of an ex spy and his daughter in britain last march. following fierce criticism of vladimir putin and his relentless attacks on what he has branded -- >> the rus

gabe gutierrez, nbc news chapel hill, north carolina. tl you about this tuesday night. breaking her silence. what a key figure in the #metoo movement is saying about anthony bourdain and the hush payments made to her accuser. >>> tonight, one of the key figures in the "#metoo" movement is breaking her silence after being accused of a sexual assault with a minor. she's denying her allegations and saying her late boyfriend, anthony bourdain paid off her accuser to avoid negative publicity. >> reporter: assio says they were just friends. her first response to allegations she sexually assaulted a 17-year-old minor in a california hotel room five years ago. writing to journalist, i am deeply shocked and hurt by having read news that is absolutely false. i have never had any sexual relationship with jimmie bennett. the accusation first surfaced in a "new york times" article on sunday. the paper says argento did not respond to requests for comment for days. today, she admitted there was a payment to bennett and it was r th boyfriend, urdain who made it. she writes, anthony bou

here's nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: this is the view from inside an uber in polk county, florida, when a pickup truck cuts the driver off, forcing the uber to stop. deputies say the truck driver gets out and starts threatening the uber driver. instead, the uber driver, identified as robert westlake, shoots him first, then calls 911. >> i couldn't get away. he came towards me, shouted he's got a busine pistol. >> reporter: 34-year-old jason boek did not survive. police officers say the uber driver was justified in his actions. >> you have the right to protect yourself. boek's family disagrees, telling nbc news they're angry at the sheriff's handling of the case, saying they believe the uber driver had plenty of time to leave the scene. deputies say boek,had an exten criminal record, pursued the uber because he mistakenly thought his girlfriend was in the car. in a series of heated text messages, boek made it clear he wanted to beat the driver. tonight, westlake says he feels for the family, adding, no one goes out with a concealed carry weapon permit looking to use their firearm.

>> gabe gutierrez tonight, thank you. >>> there is breaking news in california this evening, a verdict in the case against a company with products in ll a jury just decided that reliable for a cancer causing in a man that used roundup. >> this is a landmark decision with wide spread ramifications for hundreds of cases with the maker of the weed killer roundup. today's jury awarded $289 million to dwayne johnson who said use of roundup lead to a terminal non-hodgkins lymphoma. attorneys for monsanto said there isn't sufficient evidence linking roundup to cancer and insist their product is safe. monsanto has knobodes and faile fyhnsois one of 5,000 plaintiffs.ster. >> steve patterson, thank you. >>> there are chilling new developments in a story we've followed every night this week. we've gotten exclusive access to the new mexico compound where kids were allegedly training to kill. the new twist, a secret tunnel discovered under ground. tonight, we go into the tunnel and reveal new evidence at the scene that raises more questions were authorities thorough enough? nbc's gadi schwartz is t

what's the next move let's bring in gabe hoffman.learly a bit of a smile on your face there, gabe and we understand why. so you've increased your short position that's been proven right in the short term have you taken profits from that short? >> i haven't covered most of it. i think the data points are very clear. tesla will miss their third quarter production most will reiterate guidance to assure investors operations are on track and i believe imminently in the next couple of months elon musk will be removed as the ceo of tesla. >> by the board or some outside investigation by had sec or whatever it might be >> the sec cnbc had an amazing interview with theresa goodeeb just this morning. if anyone thinks the sec is not serious about this matter, they absolutely are this was in my view the most egregious and naked example of securities fraud i've ever seen from a ceo in my 18 years as a hedge fund manager >> well, we want to dig into that more with you, gabe so stay with us. we're going to bring in someone who's actually bullish on

is that gabe's argument, basically? finish that thought, gabe, real quick, and then -- >> yes.uses capital from foreign places which are risky like turkey to flow more quickly into safe assets like the u.s. connell: okay. did i hear an agree with that, gary? >> no, that was me. connell: yeah. i always get you guys confused, kristina and gary. [laughter] >> my voice. connell: this is the last point, but you were saying i agree. why? >> i was saying i agree with the fact that interest rates need to climb higher. but i would say emerging markets could be a buying opportunity giving this lagging s&p 500 for quite some time. connell: let's see what happens on monday. maybe gary's right, we'll forget about turkey on the map. thanks, guys, have a great weekend, all four of you. >>> now, next up, believe it or not, kanye west. i don't know if anybody saw this last night, but he was on tv, and as he's done a few times now, he's defending president trump. he went further. he's talking about what would happen to him if he publicly supported the president. that's his thought process during

gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >>> tonight we're following a flood emergency raging across several states in the eastern part of the country. it's been a day of dramatic water rescues. people swept away, hopes and highways flooded, and the threat continues into the night for 30 million americans under flood watches from virginia to new york. >>> shocking new details about that new mexico compound where children were allegedly trained to carry out school shootings as the five adults charged in the case appeared in court. prosecutors claim a boy was killed on that compound during an exorcism ritual. >> reporter: today in court the first descriptions of a raid on a new mexico compound where investigators found two men armed surrounded by 11 starving and neglected children. >> some of these children were handling ammunition at the time. >> reporter: prosecutors painting a picture of a radical group who believed they could perform an exorcism on a small boy. >> the children were told abdul would be resurrected and come back as japanese. >> reporter: t-- jesus. >> gunfire coming from the proper

kron-4's gabe slate visited yosemite today and shows us what it looks like. stand up gabe slate - "yosemite national park has reopened but the air quality is poor" sound from decarious young / works at yosemite "it was really bad, chunks of ash falling from sky" decarious works at yosemite, he has been here the whole time it was closed he says he's happy to see the tourists return. when you drive into the park it does not feel like the fire is out. you can see smoke everywhere, you can smell it, there are still active hot spots that are still smoking i saw several hot spots where flames were visible. helicopters are still dropping water in the park on these hot spots. these signs warning of extreme fire danger are visible throughout the yosemite loop. let me show you the landmarks this is what el capitan looks like it's covered in a brown haze of smoke. and here is half dome which is a little farther east into the park.. the air was a little better here but still half dome was covered in smoke. sophia bergal / visitor it's my husband's birthday so happy to be

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, puerto rico. >>> federal investigators released disturbing new findings about the pedestrian bridge collapse in miami earlier this year. the collapse which killed six people was caught on camera and newly released photographs showed large cracks in the bridge in the days before it collapsed raising questions about why the bridge was in use and why traffic was allowed to flow beneath it. >>> now to new questions tonight about a possible double standard when it comes to the first family. first lady melania trump's parents becoming brand new u.s. citizens today apparently through a legal process that president trump has repeatedly railed against, and has said he wants to end. we get details from nbc's peter alexander. >> reporter: tonight, the first in-laws, melania trump's parents, sworn in as american citizens. the slovenian immigrants taking the oath in new york city. their experience reyou nighting questions whether they obtained citizenship through family migration, a family unification process president trump repeatedly denounced. >> we have to end chain mig

nbc's gabe gutierrez has the details. >> reporter: police took de ntre and cory into custody. they are wanted for a string of murderhat rocked nashville. >> officers in the city are on the look outor two cold blooded killers. >> reporter: investigars hadio prly released this grainy surveillance photo of a dark sedan and looking to see whether vicious crimes all bhwithin a 14-mile radius are related. august 8, -ya 39r-old woman shot in the back while walking her dogs. she survives but is paralyzed. august 12 a new incident now part of the investigation, a man tells police two men car jacked him and at leasted one was a with a rifle. august 14th, 31-year-old kendall shot and killed while waiting for a bus. are same night, two people robbed nearby. then on friday, police say two friends, jameis and bartly were robbed and shot dead outside the cobra bar. >> he was loved by a lot of people. this affects people very deeply. >> reporter: shannon said he was a talented musician who was celebrating his 33rd birthday. >> everybodys really hurt, it's d. >> reporter: the first victim's di

the monument has beeso ce fo controversy r decades and nbc's gabe gutierrez is in chapel hill tonight for more. >> it had stood at the f university onorth carolina for 105 years. tonight, the confederate statute known as "silent sam" is toppled >> i'm happy it is gone. i am so glad. it had no place being here in the first place. >> reporter: university officials had acknowledged the statute was divisive but said state law prevented them from removing it. today, unc's board took a hard line against the protesters calling their actions unacceptable, dangerous and incomprehensible. >> reporter: adding mob rule and the intentional destruction of public property wilnot be tolerated. what did the statute signify r you? >> hatred and inferiority and inequality. >> reporter: there a more than 1700 confederate symbols across the country and when aavowed white supremacist massacred a church-goer was and a rally in charlottesville, virginia was killed. >> i think it's disgrace as part of north carolina history. >> reporter: "silent sam" may have been silenced but the monumental debate is anythin

we get details from nbc's gabe gutierrez. [ sirens ] >> reporter: the rescue was dramatic.hters dug six feet down and tunnelled through another 20 feet of concrete to drag out this man. >> it continued, we came very close, too close. we might have had an amputation. >> reporter: he was trapped after a massive explosion at a water treatment plant on chicago's south side. >> it was like, boom! it was like it just -- fee it because of ebuding before noon. >> straight down. pancake collapse. >> reporter: a huge swath of the roof collapsed. >> we've got a total collapse of the structure. we have multiple victims trapped. >> reporter: in all, ten people were injured, rushed to the hospital in serious to critical condition. >> it's a concrete building, concrete walls, concrete roof, concrete i-beams on the ceiling. that's why the gentleman was pinned so bad. >> reporter: the plant had been operating since 1922. it passed its earlier inspection this month. >> investigates are saying possibly a methane explosion. >> reporter: investigators are trying to figure out what caused it. ga

nbc's gabe gutierrez has the details. >> reporter: michael drejka is in jail charged withns ughter. he's seen in this surveillance video last month shooting marquise mtocglo >> i've been in i guess a daze because that was my baby. so today when i heard that he was getgeng ch i guess i could start healing. >> reporter: mcglockton had gone inside a convenience store in idear water, fl with one of his kids to buy snacks. outside drejka confronts his girlfriend aboarng in a handicapped spot. mcglockton leaves the store and shoves drejka to the ground, w then pulls a gun and shoots him. >> he felt after being slammed to the ground that the thing was that he was going to be further attacked. >> reporter: the shootin sparked protests and outrage over why drejka, who is white a and h legal conceal carry t permit, was charged in the death of an unarmed black man. the case herenewed fierce debate over florida's controversial stand your ground law which gives people the right to protect themselves using deadly force. >> i thought the guy should have been arrested from day one. >> reporter: inv

(vicki) kron 4's gabe slate joins us live. gabe you spoke with the fire chief in marin how concerned are they? the fire chief was very concernedhe says the next devastating wildfire in marin county could happen at anytimeit's not a matter of if. it's when and the more marin residence do now to prepare for it will mean the less devastating it will be when it happens. sound from - jason weber, fire chief, marin county fire dept."what happened up north last year could happen here" marin county fire chief jason weber says they need the publics help to prepare for the next big wildfire that could strike marin county anytime. sound from - jason weber, fire chief, marin county fire dept."if your selfish you're not participating, help your neighbor and the firefighters" marin county residents might see one of these show up on their front door warning them they are in violation of defensible space. sound from - jason weber, fire chief, marin county fire dept. "we have 4,000 investigations of defensible space a year making sure people a

gabe gutierrez has the latest. >> reporter: late tonight police took these two men into custody wanted for questioning in the string of recent hout the city are on thokout for tw cold-blooded killers. >> reporter: investigators released this grainy surveillance video of a mysterious dark sedan, looking to see if crimes are related. the first august 8th. a 39-year-old woman is shot in the back walking her dogs. she survives but is paralyzed. august 12th, a new incident part of the investigation. a man tells police two men carjacked him and at least one was armed with a rifle and august 13th, 31-year-old kendall rice is shot and killed while waiting for a bus. that same night two people are robbed nearby and on friday, police say two friends were robbed and shot dead outside the cobra bar. >> he was loved by a lot of people and this affects people very deeply. >> reporter: she says teal was a talented musician celebrating his 33rd birthday. >> i think everybody is really hurt. it's bad. >> reporter: the first victim's distraught husband is a crew member for the band one republic. the ban

nbc's gabe gutierrez reports, the project was massively over budget and missing a key facilior ptsd. >> reporter: this is just east of denver, a sprawling conquest. >> we're close to the northern end. >> reporter: sally showed it to us before it opened. >> how many buildings? how big is it? >> reporter: david ortiz was paralyzed from the waist down after his helicopter crashed. una new spinal c . a new spinal cord unin. a new spinal cord un . a new spinal cord un2. a new spinal cord un0. a new spinal cord un1. a new spinal cord un2. una new spinal cor with sliding doors and ropecially configured bathoms. what did you think? >> to be honest, i was pretty blown away. >> reporter: the project's story has been troubled to say the least. there are 170 medical centers in the v.a. system. almost aecade after the ground breaking for this facility doubled the size of the old one. it's ballooning cost made it the most expensive ever. design, construction, and management issues blew up the budget from $328 million in in thial perspective in 2004 to almost $2 billion as of today. it's opening de

(ken) kron 4's gabe slate joins us live from the bart station in san brno. gabe you followed up with bart about this program to see where it is at, how it's doing, and if it's working to keep fare evaders off the system? sound from - debora allen - bart director district 1it's really like a needle in a haystack, they're looking for people who are evading bart when they could just stand in front of the gates. debora allen sits on the bart board of directors. she says what they have learned so far from this pilot enforcement program is that the problem is worse than they thought. sound from - debora allen - bart director district 1the problem is worse than we thought, a lot of evaders. in just two months 15% of those riders asked had not paid their bart ride. fare evasion is the gateway crime, it's very unlikely that a person who commits a crime in september bart police will be presenting the bart board of directors an official update on this pilot program and provide numbers showing it's success or failure so it's early to judge it. but debora allen says the

in san mateo county, gabe slate kron 4 news.p after the break... he has a job... and now we're hearing from the man who went viral... for handing out his resume on a bay area street corner. (ácommercialá) have you smelled this litter? no. nobody has! it's unscented! (vo) tidy cats free & clean unscented. powerful odor control with activated charcoal. free of dyes. free of fragrances. tidy cats free & clean. when no scents makes sense. we've told you about the homeless man who was standing on a street corner handing out resumes... recently got a job... and now we are hearing from david casarez. david has accepted a job offer from white fox defense.. a drone airspace management company. he will be building their website and working on software. david says white fox was the first to reach out to him after the tweet went viral. he says he's grateful the woman posted the picture of <"i wasn't expecting any of this to blow up and then it just blew up and it's just been a blessing.because of her i've been blessed with opportunities tha

nbc's gabe gutierrez was in puerto rico duri maria and went back for this update. >> reporter: tonight, new confusion toll with them ath acknowledging more than 1400 people m have died, dramatic higher than a previous count of 64. the president talked about the real death toll. >> if you look a at real catastrophe like katrina, and hundreds and hundreds of people died, everybody watching can be proud of what took place in puerto rico. >> reporter: the actual numbe controversial. a harvard study said it could be 4600, the official government count unchanged waiting on another study that's not yet done. this as people like david are still ggling almost 11 months after the storm. does this island feel forgotten? >> yes. >> reporter: he lives off puerto rico's southeastern coast. dropped the ball here? >> the federal government and the local government. >> reporter: he is forced to make a grueling ten-hour round trip three days a week for kidney treatment. the loan dialysis center is still shut down due to mold. for you this is life or death? >> yeah, because now coming another season of h

gabe, give us the breakdown.ened this weekend, and are we sure that the venezuelan government's version of events is the actual version of events? >> well, katy, good afternoon. the venezuelan attorney general just said, as you mentioned, six people have been detained. they have now been charged with treason and attempted murder. there is some question about the government's official version of events. you see the video right there from a network that the venezuelan government says was real. that was one of the two drones blowing up in the air according to the government. there initially had been a dispute about what exactly happened. several firefighters on the scene said there may have been a gas leak or explosion at a nearby apartment building, but the venezuelan government now says one of the drones was detonated near the presidential stage. the other drone fell into that apartment building. they now say of the six people arrested, one of them had an open arrest warrant for an attack on a military base in 201

kron 4's gabe slate spoke with city officials to learn more.edwood city, on the corner of el camino real and dumbarton avenue in an unincorporated area of san mateo county there sits a small drive thru coffee shop called caffino that recently closed. a new owner, pink pantherz expresso is trying open a similar business, a drive thru coffee shop, but with a twist. the baristas at the pink pantherz expresso coffee shops are known for wearing very veing bikinis. they are bikini baristas. sound from david j. canepa - san mateo county supervisor - fith district "i can understand neighbors being concerned" san mateo county supervisor david canepa has tak concerns from community members. there are schools nearby and kids will be walking by the business. sound from david j. canepa - san mateo county supervisor - fith district "we have heard from the community they have spoken up against this" sound from tricia young - san mateo county resident "coffee is coffee i don't care, as long as not naked" tricia young has been coming to this drive thru coffee s

kron 4's gabe slate explains why and which bay area stores this will affect.hich owns foods co, food 4 less, and ralph's grocery stores is the countries largest grocer..they are currently in a battle with visa over the fees visa charges them when a customer uses a visa credit card at checkout. the negotiation is ongoing but for now kroger just laid down the hammer. as of august 14th kroger says 21 grocery stores and five gas stations in california will no longer be accepting visa credit cards. there are five bay area foods co stores affected two in san francisco, one in oakland, one in richmond and one not on this map in pittsburg at 300 atlantic boulevard. retailers pay $90 billion in so-called swipe fees annually, according to bloomberg, and kroger says visa's rates and fees are the highest of any credit card.kroger says avoiding visas hefty fees will allow their stores to not raise prices of their goods. sound from - vanessa e. rosales ÷ foods co, director, corporate affairs "everyone sees it as a way of business but it's those fees that get passed on to th

christian, tell me about gabe the young man you were sitting there with. so angry about? >> i started working with gabe about a year and a half ago after his mother contacted me. it took him a while to actually talk to me. i worked with his mother and counselled her. we made progress. at one point he decided he wanted to go to charlottesville. he was missing the brotherhood of it. but after he went there he really had the revelation that that wasn't something that he wanted to be a part of any more. so he finally reached out to me. he made that initiative to really talk about what was going through his heart and i brought him back there to face his demons. >> where does that hate come from? we've been talking about gabe. where did it come from you? where is the hate coming from? >> i don't think that ideology is what causes these people to hate. i think it's search for identity, community and purpose growing up and they hit what i call potholes in the road that deviate their path. if we don't have the resources to fill in those potholes and get us back on

kron 4's gabe slate explains why., and ralph's grocery stores is the countries largest grocer..they are currently in a battle with visa over the fees visa charges them when a customer uses a visa credit card at checkout. the negotiation is ongoing but for now kroger just laid down the hammer. as of august 14th kroger says 21 grocery stores and five gas stations in california will no longer be accepting visa credit cards. there are five bay area foods co stores affected two in san francisco, one in oakland, one in richmond and one not on this map in pittsburg at 300 atlantic boulevard. retailers pay $90 billion in so-called swipe fees annually, according to bloomberg, and kroger says visa's rates and fees are the highest of any credit card.kroger says avoiding visas hefty fees will allow their stores to not raise prices of their goods. sound from - vanessa e. rosales ÷ foods co, director, corporate affairs "everyone sees it as a way of business but it's those fees that get passed on to the customer" vanessa rosales, di

gabe is a national correspondent with "new york" magazine. susan del percent ocen percio in strategist. omarosa, she's not credible. >> correct. >> the president is not credible. >> also correct. >> who do you believe? who do you believe in this saga, omarosa, this ex-aide, ex-reality show star who the white house said was fired for not being professional, trying to use the white house as her own personal backdrop for her wedding photographs, et cetera or omarosa who says i worked for the guy for 15 years and i realized after 15 years that he's a racist and a bigot and a misogynist. >> the overall thrust of what she's saying is not necessarily that controversial given what we do know about the president, but in terms of the actual evidence doesn't seem to be matching up to what she has said. on the white house side they have been transparent in a weird sort of way. the weird question you asked rhetorically is why did he hire this person? they're being pretty transparent, because she flattered the president and that's what he liked. they didn'

this is coming from gabe sherman. kimberly, what are you hearing, if anything, about the president's state of mind as it relates to the release of these tapes? >> i mean, i didn't have that particular reporting. as i said, clearly he's unhappy about this. we've seen that from his own twitter handle and his reaction to omarosa about this. i think it's disturbing if the president's trying to find ways to arrest an american citizen for writing a book. if that's true, that's something that should concern everyone. i can't imagine what crime he thinks she's breaking, if she hasn't released anything that's classified. but it's not surprising. like i said, the president's own twitter handle backs up exactly where his emotions are regarding this. >> you heard the conversation there between manigault newman and lara trump. what's your take on this job offer? >> first, i think your questioning was on target. i think we have to regard many of her allegations with a great deal of skepticism. she's made explosive allegations she's

kron 4's gabe slate spoke with city officials to learn more.edwood city, on the corner of el camino real and dumbarton avenue in an unincorporated area of san mateo county there sits a small drive thru coffee shop called caffino that recently closed. a new owner, pink pantherz expresso is trying open a similar business, a drive thru coffee shop, but with a twist. the baristas at the pink pantherz expresso coffee shops are known for wearing very revealing bikinis. they are bikini baristas. sound from david j. canepa - san mateo county supervisor - fith district "i can understand neighbors being concerned" san mateo county supervisor david canepa says the city has taken quite a few concerns from community members. there are schools nearby and kids will be walking by the business. sound from david j. canepa - un fith district "we have heard from the community they have spoken up against this" sound un- san mateo county resident "coffee is coffee i don't care, as long as not naked" tricia young has been coming to this drive thru coffee shop for yea

in vacaville gabe slate kron 4 news kron 4 news gabe slate kron 4 news ( darya ) happening now...to the ocean. this is a picture of the grounded boat from over the weekend. according to the coast guard... about 200 gallons of diesel leaked into the water. the boat crashed early sunday morning near natural bridges state beach. the captain and his dog were able to get off the boat quickly. so far there have not been any reported affects on wildlife in the area. most of the boat has been removed from the water and no more diesel is expected to leak into the water. ( darya ) in santa clara county.... officials will be fogging for mosquitoes after they detected west nile virus in portions of santa clara and sunnyvale. the fogging is scheduled for tomorrow night at 11 p-m. this is a map officials put out of the area impacted. the fogging should take a few hours. yesterday... notices of the treatment were placed in neighborhoods where it will be happening. ( james ) park officials at yosemite national park are continuing their search for missing hiker. 48-year-old scott tenczar was last

gabe hamlin, dan sarbut castleford came back fighting and scored four tries of their own, but it wasn'ton to win 24—22. here are the results from the other matches in the super 8s and qualifiers. warrington thrashed challenge cup finalists catalansd dragons 56—6, steve price's side are up to 3rd. st helens were beaten 16—12 at home by huddersfield with wakefield comfortable 31—13 winners at hull fc. meanwhile, in the qualifiers, a big win for salford 28—10 they won at hull kr. so, the new premier league season is underway. it was a pretty frantic final day of the transfer window on thursday, but the prize for the most imaginative presentation of a new player has to go to villareal. a magician took to the centre of the pitch at the estadio de la ceramica, look at the theatrical gestures and the glass tube filled with smoke. former arsenal midfeilder santi cazorla appeared through the mist. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more sport for you throughout the weekend. hello welcome to our look ahead at what the papers will be bringing tomorrow morning. welcome to both of you. they have