anything but i am willing to stick by your side and i promise you that i won't leave. >> at my request, gabe has >> susan, this is the young man i told you about. this is gabe. >> hi. hi, gabe. nice to meet you. >> this is susan. this is heather's mother. sit down. >> have a seat. cold enough for you? >> yeah. pretty chilly out there. >> yeah, a little bit. >> gabe, what are you feeling right now? >> to be honest with you, a bit awkward. >> yeah. >> so do i. just because we both know that you were here this summer. >> gabe, what's it like being here now? what's the feeling of being back in charlottesville? >> just realizing the magnitude of what happened there because that got, like, national attention. i wasn't even expecting that, to be honest with you. >> how did you feel when you heard that somebody had been killed? >> i really didn't know how to feel. no offense to you, i mean, at the time i honestly really didn't care -- >> i understand. >> because it was someone from the other side. >> i think that's part of the problem is that there is this image of this communist protester -- >> oh, my

nbc's gabe gutierrez has the latest. >> reporter: today the dallas police department announced r g. it comes after outrage after the botham john in his own apartment. >> we believed the only right thing to do was fire the officer. >> reporter: she entered the apartment, thought it was hers, saw a large silhouette and gave commands and shot. witnesses heard her banging on the door demanding to get inside. there was growing tension after the release of a search warrant showing several items seized including marijuana. tonight at jean's funeral in his home country, outpouring of grief. >> reporter: guyger is out on bail and out of a job. gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >>> the fbi has joined the mis wi police say 6-year-old maddox rich was last seen by his father and another adult saturday at a park east of charlotte according to officials, maddox has autism and is non-verbal. police are asking anyone with information to come forward. >>> now to an nbc news exclusive with music publicist rob gold stone that set up that trump tower meeting between trump officials and a russian lawyer promisin

gabe gutierrez has more on the survival story for the love of the game. >> reporter: at this stadium in central puerto rico, the fans cheer for more than just their team. for me, this is therapy, this woman says. the torredos are part of the island's main amateur league. for players like rafael sanchez, there's more at stake than ever. >> this is more than just about baseball? >> it's about giving to the fans, giving to the people and just giving back. >> reporter: in the year since hurricane maria hit, the island's favorite pastime was put on hold. >> after a hurricane, baseball was a question mark for everybody in puerto rico, we can give back to the community. it was a blessing to be part of this, and giving the community a chance to forget about all the problems. >> reporter: in puerto rico, the home of roberto clementa, baseball is more than a pastime. it's a passion. >> it's everything. i mean, you can go outside,oue a kid playing with a ball. >> reporter: the storm heavily damaged the home stadium, now they're playing in another. the financially strapped league shortened its s

gabe gutierrez has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: frances, good morning. a hurricane warning went into effect in myrtle beach. is popular beach town is shut down. the colinas bracing for their strongest hurricane in two decades. the rush is on to g out. from the carolinas to virginia. more than 1 million people are desperately trying to outrun hurricane florence. how terrifying is this storm? >> yeah, t it's somethint i've been dreading since i moved here. >> reporter: in south carolina, authorities closed this highway in onelirection. al lanes now leading west away from the massive storm that's ominously thurning inhe atlantic. w this is the incredible vom noaa's hurricane hunter. >> weer are in a vy deadly and importan game of chess with hurricane florence. >> reporter: in myrtle beach. >> hurricane nor pflorence, bri on. >> reporter: there's a rush on sand. she is using it to protect home, but she's bolting for higher ground. >> we don't need to tak chances or put personnel on the line to save us. we need to go. >> reporte still,ot everyone's fleeing fl

kron four's gabe slate has the story.s the red paper notice of an animal seizure from the home the reason listed "the owner deceased". this is where police say on september 13th they responded to a welfare check in request and found 67-year-old karen navarra dead, at first it appeared to be a suicide she had a knife in her hand and wounds in several places on her body, but after an autopsy was performed, karen navarra's death was ruled a homicide navarra had suffered multiple skull fractures which were "inconsistent with being self- inflicted or accidental,"stand up - police say information gathered from a wearable tech device and video images captured by nearby surveillance camera provided the crack in the case. detectives used data collected by karen navarra's fitbit, a fitbit similar to this one, to determine when her heart stopped beating.investigators say that information combined with video surveillance footage lead to the arrest of karen's killer. anthony aiello , karen's 90-year-old stepfather. investigators say v

nbc's gabe gutierrez has the latest. >> florence's fury is not over. new water rescues on the way as rivers swell after torrential rain. in rocky point, north carolina the smallest evacuees were rushed to safety. nadine hayes woke up when the rising water set off her car alarm. >> when we opened the door that's when we saw all the water and we were like oh, my god. >> reporter: among the greatest fears the rising cape fear river near fayetteville. >> this storm has never been more dangerous than it is right now. >> reporter: dangerous and dramatic from the air. the coast guard on urgent rescue missions has plucked dozens of people from their homes. others trapped after a giant sinkhole swallowed parts of the major highway. some communities cut off. >> it was waist deep inside the house, and then once we got off the porch it was up to our shoulders. >> reporter: we were with the swift water rescue team as they evacuated desperate residents from richlands, north carolina. >> our rivers are already overflowing, and we're just going to get more water comin

the story has struck a note with parents of young children everywhere. gabeierrez has the latest in g gastonia, north carolina. >> reporter: the mother of 6-year-old maddox ritch with a desperate plea. iust want my son back, please. maddox is my whole world and my reason for living. he's mama's bo maddox was at the park. he loved bouncy balland he loves his teddy bear. >> reporter: since maddox is nonverbal, police have been playing recordings of his parents' voices, hoping that would draw him out. the fbi sd his father has now joined search teams in charlotte, retracing their steps. that's whene tells police he and another adult were walking with maddox when he took off ahead. they'rerying to talk with a professional photographer and a nearby.who may have been >> persons o interests can help us with the timeline. >> specialized drones and choppers fly overhead. this community is reeling. >> i hope they find him and i hope they find him alive.te >> rep hoping the young boy last seen wearing a " will be "i'm the man back with his family soon. >> thank you all

gabe gutierrez has more as the investigation continues. i.d. orter: the official of the body is pending from the medical examoler but pe believe it is that of 6-year-old maddox ritch. >> this is not the end we hoped for. >> his body was found partially submerged in a creek. the boy had autism and for day search teams had scoured the area in a desperate attempt to find him. more than 0 investigators were on the case. now the investigation is not over. there are still many unanswered questions about how the body ended ue. ther there are barriers along the way. local authorities say it is possible maddox could have walked to the creek itself. maddox's father had said that his son had ran ahead of him 25 to 30 feet chasing after a jogger and he just couldn't keep up with him.ni ovt maddox's father took to social media writing "for t rest of my life i will live with the guilt ofot being there to save my son." >> reporter: overall just a heartbreaking story all around. >> certainly not the way anyone wanted that to turn out. developing this morn

kron four's gabe slate has the story.. taped to the door 1057 terra noble way in san jose is the red paper notice of an animal seizure from the home the reason listed "the owner deceased". this is where police say on september 13th they responded to a welfare check in request and found 67-year-old karen navarra dead, at first it appeared to be a suicide she had a knife in her hand and wounds in several places on her body, but after an autopsy was performed, karen navarra's death was ruled a homicide navarra had suffered multiple skull fractures which were "inconsistent with being self- inflicted or accidental,"stand up - police say information gathered from a wearable tech device and video images captured by nearby surveillance camera provided the crack in the case. detectives used data collected by karen navarra's fitbit, a fitbit similar to this one, to determine when her heart stopped beating.investigators say that information combined with video surveillance footage lead to the arrest of karen's killer. anthony aiello

kron 4's gabe slate has the story.ch and run thieves in the bay area a thousand dollar iphone just sitting here a few feet away from the front door with not much in the way apple stores have unarmed security guards that do not engage physically they are there as a visual deterrent and to act as witnesses. the iphones and ipads had no security ropes attached to them at the burlingame apple store. the laptops did have a security rope but a very flimsy one.. easy to rip out.. over the last two weeks across the bay area, similar thefts, involving small groups of hooded individuals took place in apple stores in santa rosa, corte madera, emeryville, walnut creek, and now the latest one on sunday at 1130am in burlingame.burlingame police said 4 men ran into the store grabbed $50,000 worth of gadgets and jumped into a grey volvo getaway car. burlingame police say all these apple store burglaries may be connected, they are investigating it that way, but they are not saying at this time that it's the same people doing the crimes

kron four's gabe slate has the story taped to the door 1057 terra noble way in san jose is the red paperotice of an animal seizure from the home the reason listed "the owner deceased". this is where police say on september 13th they responded to a welfare check in request and found 67-year-old karen navarra dead, at first it appeared to be a suicide she had a knife in her hand and wounds in several places on her body, but after an autopsy was performed, karen navarra's death was ruled a homicide navarra had suffered multiple skull fractures which were "inconsistent with being self- inflicted or accidental,"stand up - police say information gathered from a wearable tech device and video images captured by nrby surveillance camera provided the crack in the case. detectives used data collected by karen navarra's fitbit, a fitbit similar to this one, to determine when her heart stopped beating.investigators say that information combined with video surveillance footage lead to the arrest of karen's killer. anthony aiello , karen's 90-year-old stepfather. investigators say video captured shows

kron four's gabe slate has the story.. 1057 terra noble way in san jose is the red paper notice of an animal seizure from the home the reason listed "the owner deceased". this is where police say on september 13th they responded to a welfare check in request and found 67-year-old karen navarra dead, at first it appeared to be a suicide she had a knife in her hand and wounds in several places on her body, but after an autopsy was performed, karen navarra's death was ruled a homicide navarra had suffered multiple skull fractures which were "inconsistent with being self- inflicted or accidental,"stand up - police say information gathered from a wearable tech device and video images captured by nearby surveillance camera provided the crack in the case. detectives used data collected by karen navarra's fitbit, a fitbit similar to this one, to determine when her heart stopped beating.investigators say that information combined with video surveillance footage lead to the arrest of karen's killer. anthony aiello , karen's 90-year-

gabe gutierrez has the latest. good morning. >> report g morning. the boy'f says he let his son run 25 or 30 feet in front of him but he lost him becau he coulke up. this mystery iswi growing th more than 300 investigators now on case. is morning th desperate search for maddox ritch is expanding >> it torture. >> report: theboy's father says he was with a friend saturday wg through this 250 acre pk haot when his son, who has autism, started running after a jogger. him.couldn catch up with i feel guilt for letting him get ahead of me before i started running after him. >> reportee e h diabetes a nerve damage so it as tough to keep up. >> we wersei. i had park staff helping the search, too. i felt like we could have fnd him. >> poeeventually, a park employeele wha a missing kid. he has bee missing the last 30, minutes, hour maybe. >> reporte tplee tells nbc news ethbo do you havy to ub the fa's story? >> i would say thator weed very hard with him and-- th maddox's and we feel confidentt lot of the informatiothy oved is accurate. amazing grace. >> repo

kron 4's gabe slate has the latest on the lawsuit. 33 year old, south san francisco resident, anthonyiano taught at st. matthew episcopal day school in san mateo for 3 years.he was arrested on april 21st 2017 by the san mateo police department for molesting young female students on campus, after hours, during extended care time. once the school found out about the arrest, they immediately fired satriano and banned him from the campus. in february, satriano was found guilty and sentenced to 6 years in prison. prosecutors said anthony satriano took pictures and video of girls, aged 4 to 6 years old in sexually suggestive poses.there were five victims named in the case against him but prosecutors say he may have targeted as many as 20 kids.he was found guilty and sentenced to 6 years in prison. in the civil lawsuit filed today in san mateo, the plaintiff is anonymous, named as jane doe number 25, a minor, and her mother mary doe. the lawsuit seeks damages for past and future medical, and psychotherapy, expenses.and damages for physical and mental pain and emotional distress. i approached

kron 4's gabe slate has an example ofwhat you'll see. the salesforce tower 61 floors up ohana floor on a clear day you can see the farallon islands off the west coast which are 27 miles out. on this day the fog was gate bridge look cool with it's orange tower popping out. the ohana floor offers 360 degree views of the bay area the cars stuck in traffic on the bay bridge looked small from way up here the floor is open.. you can walk around and take in the views through the floor to ceiling windows. it's almost like a lounge up here with the piano player and comfortable seating scattered throughout. and it smells good there are 24 living columns throughout the floor featuring 128 different plant species, with 48 different exotic types of orchids. salesforce decided when designing the tower that they would not keep the best part, the top, to themselves. sound from - elizabeth pinkham/ evp, global real estate"we want to share this with everyone" elizabeth pink=ham, with salesforce, says this ohana floor will also be available to non profits

in san francisco gabe slate kron 4 news cal fire has set up a website that details out everything you should do now to prepare for a wild=fife evacuation that website is ready for wild=fire dot org in the newsroom gabe slate kron 4 news (pam) turning now to our four zone forecast... another warm day around the bay... on the last day of summer.(ryan) chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now with a look at fall. lawremce karnow: it was lawremce karnow: it was another warm to hot day today with into the 90s inland, with 70s and 80s around the bay and 60s at the coast. after a sunny start the fog returned to the coast. if you're going out tonight it will be cooler inside the bay and coast with increasing clouds and breezy conditions. on the satellite you can see a storm in the gulf of alaska. it will bring more rain to the pacific northwest and help to cool temperatures in the california. highs tomorrow will 80s inland and the coast, and around the cool a little sunday before on monday weather. it toward the week. ((pam/tele vo)) the money to pay for future settlements from last y

i want to bring in gabe sherman, reporting breaking tonight that the white house communications director has media strategy to build public support for, guess what, donald trump to fire rod rosenstein. what are you hearing, gabe? >> this is obviously something the president has been wanting to do for months now. internal pushback. "the new york times" story lays a predicate for the president if he indeed wanted to fire rod rosenstein. so a source close to the white house about the media plans told me bill shine is making sure trump allies in the pro-trump media are pumping the message out this is the time to move against rod rosenstein. we saw earlier tonight laura ingram already tweeting that this should be the action the president takes. it will be interesting to watch sean hannity's program tonight, another vocal -- >> will it? will it be interesting? >> well, you know -- >> is that the right word? >> i mean, it will -- >> you work with words for a living. >> we'll see, basically the idea being this would be the message the pro-trump media is pushing out there. talking to allies in the pr

. >> gabe, i spoke with the mayor of myrtle beach and i know tammy leitner has been there in the morel district. the point of concern from those rising waters of rivers is that cut off myrtle beach, right? there would be no access to get help. >> reporter: that's what the mayor is saying. there's concern the next several days by mid next week, three to five days, rivers could rise. then depending how bad that is, it could choke off this part of myrtle beach for days to come. so yes, the mayor is asking for supplies to be brought into this area, but it really depends on how quickly rivers rise whether or not that actually happens. it is a concern for local officials in south carolina. we didn't get to see thankfully the harsh hurricane force winds north carolina has, all of the trees that were toppled there, the major flooding in the new bern area. we haven't seen it in myrtle beach yet, but because it is a slow moving storm, the concern here is the next couple of days. >> gabe gutierrez, we're going to take our cue from you and head north to migel almaguer. i know tragedy has struck t

gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: he's the brash billionaire and owner of the dallas mavericks, who has even hinted at a presidentialrun. but mark cuban is apologizing. >> just never in my wildest dreams did i think that this was happening right underneath me. >> reporter: in a bombshell report in february, sports illustrated first detailed the allegations of sexual misconduct mavericks.e the team then launched an independent investigation. it found sexualsm hart by several mavericks employees over 20 years. most notably, improper workplace conduct toward 15 female employees by the mavericks former president and ceo, terdema ussery, including inappropriate comments, touching, and forcible kissing. nbc news could not immediately reach ussery for comment, but investigators said he denied inappropriate kissing or uching and only acknowledged complimenting women. >> it is really impossible i f think n me standing here to overstate to you how devastating it is forn organization when the ceo is the person who is engaged in sexual harassment. >> reporter: cuban himself did not face any misconduct allegations b

gabe sherman, "vanity fair" special correspondent, has a piece out and his reporting indicates jared with whom they've had this heat t baed back and forth. >> everybody is sniping at everybody else, certainly what the woodward book said. everybody is at everybody else's throat, which doesn't speak in great management on the part of the president. in fact, he seems to encourage that kind of thing. now everybody's going to be scapegoating their personal enemies, their rivals within the white house with this, but, you know, this really reminds me of back during the nixon administration, deep throat. i guess with this administration you wouldn't want to use that phrase. but, in fact, it's very much like that. and we waited decades to find out who deep throat was, and then it was somebody that almost nobody had ever heard of. >> david, we were talking about the reaction earlier. you have people thinking it might be john huntsman, the u.s. ambassador to russia. you had his spokesman out with a statement saying it's not ambassador huntsman. come to find when you're serving as the u.s. envoy

kron 4's gabe slate talked with cal- fire.. he has the details. sound from - amy head, cal fire spokeswoman"we will evacuate sooner than later to save lives, these fires now are so intense and moving fast, and with what happened last year we don't want to wait" cal fire spokeswoman amy head says the early evacuation orders of the irving fire that were sent out just one hour after the fire started on september 10th near samuel p. taylor state park in marin county is the new normal you can blame the population boom here creating extra traffic, the drought which has ripened the vegetation into wildfire fuel, and the amount of people moving out into the country living in the woods among the hard to navigate narrow windy country roads. sound from - amy head, cal fire spokeswoman "remote areas one lane are hard to get to, we need people out of the way, the quicker they get out the better " and cal fire wants people to know we are entering the most dangerous time of the fire season and when they call for evacuations you should take it seriously sound fro

kron 4's gabe slate talked to people who live there and has the story.in stevens / resident - westlake christian terrace senior residence " it hurts because it's my home, people don't have much here, we are on a budget"charmain stevens a resident here at westlake christian terrace senior residence in oakland says it was painful this morning as the residents here came out to a parking lot littered with glass windows in 28 of their cars were broken overnight sound from charmain stevens / resident - westlake christian terrace senior residence "yeah they stealing, going car to car" nats - clean sound from flora wong / resident - westlake christian terrace senior residence "somebody call me and say your car is broke" now flora wong has to pay $150 to get her window fixed. .. for nothing sound from flora wong / resident - westlake christian terrace senior residence "they took nothing" nats sweep sweep gabe slate reporter sound - oakland police department said they are investigating this crime. nats clean up moises sanchez with a mobile auto glass repair shop w

gabe, thank you. > it is 7:18. has the forecast. good morning. a look at the scene in the nort ye folks had to be rescd by front-end l in new jersey. way.literally getting mov massive flooding, eight to ten inch o rain throughout parts of new york, new jersey, and conn in fact, kids even had to b rescd in connecticut by school bus. unbeliev rain. we have more on the way. in fact, as you look here with a fron, br strong stor for 47 million pr seve r today, into tomorrow mornin that front stalls through the soutt bringing a flood thre through the southern appala. e heaviest in the southeast, from three toive inch or more of rain from roanoke all the way back into texas. we wl get to your local fore > good morning. i'm meteo chuck bell. a cloudy sky over washingtonng this mor yet.ha on storm ter that wille with a chance of thunderstor coming in duri the evening commute. a slight risk for strong to t out around e i-95 c take your n high, a nice warm day cooler rain showers latest > just h ahead, did the woman who prosecu feel sen himnced and d away i

has yet to fully recover. as thousands of small businesses have closed. many of the people have left that island for good. nbc's gabe gutierrez spent weeks on the ground after the storm roared ashore. in the aftermath, he has been down multiple times over the past year. what is life like right now on the island? >> they bounce back quite a bit. a lot of businesses are closed. there are still a few people without power despite the government saying that 100% of power had been restored to customers. we spoke with one person. he still doesn't have power. the ability to run his businesses, his restaurant, because of a recently installed fema generator. some people say it could take a long, long time, years really to fully recover from this. >> you spoke to one official many blamed for the power failures on the island. >> his bore the brunt of the criticism. his name is ricardo ramos. he was the head of the puerto rico power electric authority. he was the one who signed off on that controversial contract with whitefish energy, the small montana company, a warded that contract of up to $300 million to help repair the elec

gabe slate kron 4 news. (vcki) happening now.... gordon has been downgraded to a tropical depression.the storm has left thousands of people in the dark and has killed at least one person. in pensacola, florida-- a child died after a tree fell on top of a mobile home. gordon made landfall near the alabama-mississippi border tuesday night... bringing fierce winds and heavy rain to the gulf coast. emergency crews say power outages could continue and tornadoes are a possible threat. three states-- mississippi, louisiana, and alabama are still under a state of emergency. in louisiana-- the governor has activated 350 national guard members. (grant) hurricane florence is still way out florence is still way out florence is atlantic... it was just downgraded to a category three storm.... and could three storm.... and could threaten the east coast by threaten the and could threaten the east coast by the middle of next week. this would be the first major hurricane of the 2018 atlantic season... earlier today florence had maximum winds speeds of 130 miles per hour... it was about two-thousand mil

nbc's gabe gutierrez was on the ground for this story when it happened and has been covering it the lastyear. >> we've been on this island reporting the past year and i can say life is starting to return back to normal. in those bigger cities and puerto rico has come such a long way. power is back to the entire island. we found one man who is still not on the electrical grid, was only able to have power to his restaurant because of a recently installed fema generator. he says he feels abandoned. a year after the storm and you're still without power? he has run this restaurant in the yucca national forest for almost 40 years. i didn't think the hurricane would be this bad, he says. he was trapped in his restaurant for five days after the storm. his business and home are powered by a generator that fema only recently installed. and something we have to notice and have to underscore, a year after the storm, everyone that we spoke to all say puerto rico is not ready for another major category 4 or 5 storm. this is something that could be devastating for years to come. there's no real answer

kron 4 news (catherine) coming up on kron 4 news at 8 -- gabe will give us a look at the new iphones apple unveiled, including the ten=s max, which has the highest price tag.. (ken)coming up at 6:45.. colin kaepernick may soon be inducted into the hall of fame. no, not in canton, ohio. but in turlock. we'll explain. (catherine) more and more teenagers are vaping. that's prompting the federal government to crack down on vaping suppliers... with threats of stiff penalties. (lawrence)and i'm tracking your weeknight forcast... that's just ahead. when the day turns into night, my hash browns turn into my $3 munchie mash-ups. crispy hash browns and tasty white cheese. mashed up with your choice savory egg and bacon, buffalo chicken and ranch, or jalapeños and bacon. try my $3 munchie mash-ups, back for a limited time. only at jack in the box. ♪ ♪ ♪ i put a spell on you ♪ yeah, because you're mine ♪ with chase atms serena can now grab cash on the go, all with the tap of her phone. ♪ stop the things you do no card? no problem. life, lived serena's way. chase, make more of what's yours. this is customizable str...whatever size.r family. it's

gabe slate kron 4 news. (catherine) a student in the east bay has been arrested... after being accused of hacking into a social media account ... and posting a threat against diablo view middle school in clayton. the student was arrested at home this morning -- and booked into juvenille hall.. for identity theft and making criminal threats. the school's principal notified families in a robocall.. and told parents, there would be officers on-campus today to ensure everyone's safety. <"early morning, there were like a few ot them on every single corner."><"in my first period class there were only about 13 kids. (philippe) and, how many are usually in there? (melinda) 30.">(catherine) the students we talked with said, they intend to go to class tomorrow morning. (catherine) this was just the latest school threat in the east bay in recent days. today there was also a shooting threat at livermore high school. extra officers were on patrol.. and a threat was posted on social media... targeting clayton valley charter high school yesterday. last week - pittsburg hi

has turned deadly. first, florence is on the move in south carolina as we come on the air, getting lashed. gabe gutierrez is in the thick of it, in myrtle beach right now. what's it like, gabe? >> reporter: lester, first slamming into north carolina, florence is finally here. myrtle beach is just starting to get hit hard. we're feeling stronger winds than we have for most of the day and we're getting drenched now. flooding is the major concern here, and we're expecting more rain over the coming hours. storm surge is also a major worry. high tide is expected at midnight. over 80,000 people in south carolina are without power and that number is expected to grow, lester. >> all right, gabe, thanks. >>> tonight we're seeing the first casualties of this powerful storm. at least five people across north carolina have died, including a mother and her 8-month-old baby. killed inside their own home by a downed tree here in wilmington. we were there during those heart-wrenching hours as firefighters and first responders rushed to try to save their lives. >> reporter: as massive trees uprooted across the

has already burned through its budget for fighting fires this year... and is now requesting more money to make it through the rest of this brutal wildfire season. kron 4's gabe slate talked with cal- fire about what this budget shortfall means for firefighting efforts... sound from chief mike mohler/cal fire deputy director earliest request has gone out in last 11 years mike mohler, cal fire deputy director, says the agency burned through their budget quicker this season than any other because of how vicious the wildfires have been. sound from chief mike mohler/cal fire deputy directorit's the worst it's ever been, the biggest fire ever with the mendicino complex fire and the car fire has had fatalities. even though calfire has just $11 million dollars left of their $439 million dollar budget, and they have requested $234 million more dollars to make it through the season, they want the public to know that these budget issues will not affect their performance. sound from chief mike mohler/cal fire deputy director our job is to protect it will not affect how he respond we are ready in the news room gabe slate kron 4 news (pam) you can track california's fire

the countdown to halloween is on. 41 or 42 days and it is a land has transformed itself in order to jointly celebrate and. senior editor gabe attacks out the sites and the fears and new addition's. >>reporter: halloween. one of the happiest places on earth becoming the spookiest. the attention to detail and the overlays you enjoy your favorite. the disney rides and attractions in a whole new way and the reason to come back to disneyland park in california adventure park all over again. let's check it out. >>reporter: the famous haunted mansion at disneyland resort is erie any time of the year but the transformation for halloween makes it a new experience. and his staff for 18 days as artist the, florists, and baker's given a coalition spent. >>reporter: how to transfer the haunted mansion when it is already. to make it spookier and more magical. blackjacks cowlington comes to town. he lands right there. that he decorated the mansion as though it is christmas and halloween. it has been two holidays collide. it is kind of freaky and twisted. >>reporter: means she gets a makeover with scary decorations and hundreds of handcarv

in marin county say vaping among seventh, ninth, and 11th graders has more than doubled in the past two years. (catherine) as kron 4's gabeate reports the county is now considering a ban on vaping and flavored tobacco products. sound from matt willis, md, mph, public health officer / marin county "we found over past two years an alarming increase in kids in marin vaping" marin county public health officer doctor matt willis wants parents to know vaping is growing fast among teens in marin, and he wants the kids to know.. it's dangerous and vapers often turn into tobacco cigarette users down the road. sound from matt willis, md, mph, public health officer / marin county "in many ways we have lost 2 decades of progress, vaping is dangerous there are toxic chemicals" marin county just sent this booklet detailing the dangers of vaping to all the parents of freshman high schoolers.. over 3,000. sound from matt willis, md, mph, public health officer / marin county "we've sent a proposal to board of supervisors to ban vaping products in marin" sound from rebecca williams / manager, vip vape smoke shop"minors rarely come in here"

florence has been blamed for 24 deaths across north and south carolina. let's go to gabe. i see it in the water right there. tell us what you seen this morning and what it's like there right now. >> reporter: hi, there, steve. the coast guard was in this area. a short time ago. they have now since moved onto another area. they were evacuating some people in this neighborhood. this is one of those areas where the water rose sharply overnight by several feet catching some people by prize surprise. this area was also one of the places that have heavily flooded two years ago during hurricane matthew. the concern was all this water, all this rain that hurricane florence had dumped on this area now is flowing downstream and flooding some of these communities. we spoke with some of the people who were evacuated. take a listen. sg how sca >> how scary to see the water? >> it's fine. it doesn't touch during matthew. i did not expect to lbelieve. >> did you think the water was going to get this high in. >> no, not at all.? in. >> no, not at all.in. >> no, not at all.n. >> no, not at

has run out. residents are now bracing for the worst as florence begins its assault. miguel almaguer, nbc news, oak island, north carolina. >>> this is gabe gutierrez in south carolina where hundreds of emergency vehicles are standing by. first responders on alert as florence creeps closer. >> what we would say is all hands on deck. >> reporter: corporal tom vest with the myrtle beach patrol is on patrol checking up boarding up businesses and urging stranglers to leave before it's too late. have most people heeded the warnings? >> from what we've se and >> reporter: also today, the cajun navy arrived. hundreds of volunteers from at least ten states rushing to this staging area bringing boats and determination. >> we brought out every possible airboat that we can get in our team and also medics and a lot of people coming in on stand by. >> reporter: clyde came from louisiana is no stranger to strong storms. they have been rescuing people since hurricane katrina. >> you can't put a price on bringing somebody hope in a hopeless situation. that's just priceless. >> reporter: the army national guard is also in place. specialist raymond felton

gabe gutierrez is just outside myrtle beach. he's in conway. i know that highway behind you well. that's 501. it would seem as if traffic there hasere, craig. yeah, we're near the intersection of 501 and 544. as you can see behind me, well, there's a lull right now, but we had been seeing a steady stream of cars for the last few minutes as well. this is one of the streets that had been shifted from a two-lane highway to a four-lane highway. all traffic now heading away from this monster storm. you can see this is where authorities want that traffic to go. now, the governor here in south carolina says that nearly 2,000 members of the national guard are on high alert. some of them are directing traffic right here. we can see people, we have throughout the day, stocking up on gas, stocking up on other supplies. thankfully not too much of a backup thus far. seems to be pretty orderly at this point. but as authorities have been saying, craig, and you have been reporting, this is a monster storm. authoritying a authorities are urging people to be extremely careful and heed these mandatory evacuation warnings. earlier today, the governo

has been one of thereas hardest hit. >> we're going to take a trip around the carolinas. gabe gutierrez is in myrtle beach but we'll start with akmariana in island, north carolina. >> reporter: now we're seeing the flooding that we've been predicting near the beach. i want to show to you my left, for exple, these streets, these mailboxes, you can see. i want my camera man to pan to my left, how high the water has risen in some streets. v it iy hit or miss but it is what we've been talking about. as we keep getting pounded by this rain, this flooding is what we're going to continue to see. it is what many residents who left the island feared about not teing able to come back. i was j on the mayor of oak island and she said bh bridges will remainlosed so nobody can get on or off the islandt the moment. we're starting to see treeson fl top of some cars and some homes.n, age're still getting the brunt of the water. the brunt of the flooding. and we're still a couple hours out from seeing the worst of hurricane florence. >> reporter: here in myrtlebe h we're just beginning to see t

get rid of standing water and be on guard" inn concord gabe slate kron 4 news if you are curious what kind of mosquito repellant is best the cdc has rated all the products out there and has a list of what they recommend you can check that list out but the jist of it is they recommend you do want a repellent with deet in it. < logan: it's such a big relief. sue von daniels: i mean we got here and it was like tears of joy. logan: it's this massive weight off your shoulders, you know you're safe.> residents expressing relief after mandatory evacuations were lifted this morning. and they could return home.(pam) but the snell fire continues to burn in northern california ... at last check -- the 24-hundred acre fire is just 45- percent contained. kron 4's michelle kingston has more on that .. from pope valley tonight. (mk)michele kingston, mkingstonnews"mandatory evacuation orders for berryessa estates and snell valley road have been lifted but this fire is still burning and crews are still very hard at work.""it's sad to look out at a place that used be so beautiful."a pope valley resident who didn't want to go on camera ... is reliev

gabe ambiguigutierrez, nbc heews, new york. >>> toutrage in utah, 16 years after one of the mt infamous kidnappings in history, one of elabeth smart's abductors has been set free from prison years earlier than expecte smart herself issuing a new warning. nbc's joe fryer has more. >> reporter: when wanda barzee was released from this prison today, she managed to leave without being en, no photos, no video, free after spending 15 years in custody for her role in the kidnapping of elabeth smart. >> there is no sign she has had any rehabilitation. >> reporter: moments after the release, instagram. to may we remain vigilant watching over families, friends and community for anyone that would seek to hurt or take advantage. e >> do i belie's dangerous? yes. but not just to me. ep >>ter: in 2002 smart was kidnapped and held captive by barzee and her husband brian david mitchell. nine months passed before smart was rescued. >> it's real. it's real. >> reporter: mitchell is serving a life sentence while barzee was supposed to be last week utah but officials revealed a miscalculations that her 15-year state sentence should include the time she spent in fede

stone) the data shows vaping among seventh, ninth, and 11th graders has more than doubled in the past two years. and as kron 4's gabeslate reports the county is now considering banning sales of vaping and flavored tobacco products. sound from matt willis, md, mph, public health officer / marin county "we found over ks in marin vaping" marin county public health officer doctor matt willis wants parents to know vaping is growing fast among teens in marin, and he wants the kids to know.. it's dangerous and vapers often turn into tobacco cigarette users down the road. sound from matt willis, md, mph, public health officer / marin county "in many ways we have lost 2 decades of progress, vaping is dangerous there are toxic chemicals" marin county just sent this booklet detailing the dangers of vaping to all the parents of freshman high schoolers.. over 3,000. sound from matt willis, md, mph, public health officer / marin county "we've sent a proposal to board of supervisors to ban vaping products in marin" sound from rebecca williams / manager, vip vape smoke shop"minors rarely come in here" rebecca williams manager of vi

gabe, thank you. >>> tesla's board of directors says it has full confidence in ceo elon musk despite a federal lawsuitny. securities and exchange commission sued musk for fraud on thursday. he's accused of misleading investigators when he tweeted last month that he had secured funding for what would have been the largest corporate buyout ever. the lawsuit comes at a time when tesla is struggling to deliver its model 3 sedan after a long series of delays. >>> 8:08. we have the news. hoda is off so somebody has to do the boost, and, craig, you are the man for the job. >> i will give it a shot. jeopardy usually the answers come before the questions, but on last night's show a contestant decided to break format. take a look. >> i just wanted to say one quick thing and ask maria shaffer right there -- >> who is maria, where is she? oh, hello, maria. >> is she would make me a winner today and marry me. will you marry me? >> yes. of course. >> maria, you responded too quickly, i was about to say we will have the answer to that question right after this commercial break. >> that would be what is yes. >> what

commander in chief president donald trump has not been invited to the nationally televised these are. live pictures you're looking at right now let's talk to gabe well as rondo who is outside the cathedral in washington so what can we expect there. well you can expect that this will be a memorial service that will last several hours it's just getting underway right now just started a few minutes ago and you can expect that this will be a very patriotic memorial service dedication to john mccain and there are more than twenty five hundred invited guests inside the national cathedral there behind me and it is really a who's who of not only washington power structures and american power but also a globally as well several defense ministers and foreign ministers and even a couple heads of states in there as well people that have known john mccain for his nearly three decades just here that he served as a senator in washington and traveled widely around the world and as well when well reported now we're expecting that there will be several speeches given but i think what a lot of people are waiting for is the two eulogies that will be given jointly

catherine) the data shows vaping among seventh, ninth, and 11th graders has more than doubled in the past two years. (vicki) and as kron 4's gabe slate reports the county is now considering banning sales of vaping and sound from matt willis, md, mph, public health officer / marin county "we found over past two years an alarming increase in kids in marin vaping" marin county public health officer doctor matt willis wants parents to know vaping is growing fast among teens in marin, and he wants the kids to know.. it's dangerous and vapers often turn into tobacco cigarette users down the road. sound from matt willis, md, mph, public health officer / marin county "in many ways we have lost 2 decades of progress, vaping is dangerous there are toxic chemicals" marin county just sent this booklet detailing the dangers of vaping to all the parents of freshman high schoolers.. over 3,000. sound from matt willis, md, mph, public health officer / marin county "we've sent a proposal to board of supervisors to ban vaping products in marin" sound from rebecca williams / manager, vip vape smoke shop"minors rarely come in here" rebecca william

has turned deadly. we have it all covered but first,lorence is on the move in south carolina as we come on the air getting lashed. gabe gutierrez in the thick of it in myrtle beach. what's it gabe? >> reporter: after first slamming into north carolina, florence is finally here. myrtle beach is just starti to get hit hard. we're feeling stronger winds than we have for most of the day and edwe're getting dren now. flooding is the major ncern here and we're expecting more rain over the next coming hours. storm surge is also a major worry. ec high tide is ed at midnight. more than 80,000 people in south carolina are without power and that nber expected to grow. lester? >> all right. gabe, thanks. >>> tonight we're eseeing the first casualf this powerful storm. at least five people across north carolina have died including a mother and her 8-month-old baby killed inside their me by a downed tree in wilmington. we were there during ch the heart wreng hours as firefighters and first responders sh rued to try to save their lives. as massive trees uprooted across the region crashing into stres and homes, firefighters knew that