so if you have seen the lab or holbrook call police.they have been missing overnight, and her family is concerned. katie utehs. >>> a man walking on the fourth street onramp was hit and killed by an suv this morning. the chp is investigating what the man was doing there. officers say the suv driver is cooperating and they do not believe alcohol was a factor in the crash. >>> the search continues for whoever shot and killed a person outside the kabuki theater this morning. the victim has not been identified. >>> and mcmath's family is getting closer to raising the money they say they need to move her into a long term care facility either in california or new york. on a public donations website the family has raised over $13,000 of the 20,000 they need. >> we're learning new information about a man shot and killed. the man was hosting a birthday party for a friend when shots rang out. it happened on the 96th avenue near bancroft avenue. so far police don't have a motive. and haven't made any arrests. if killing was oakland's 88th homicide

dick holbrooke said it was a problem from hell. and when we read discussing how everything happens at once, the aftermath with somalia, haiti, bosnia, tony lake cracked one of the best lines of all time he worked in the white house. sometimes i really miss the cold war. bosnia in some ways became a metaphor for the struggles of the 21st century. the first conflict which reminded us the end of the cold war basically took the veil off this image we were privileged to have even when it didn't comport with reality that there was a bipolar world and as dangerous as it was with nuclear weapons hanging around at least it was organized. even our spies helped each other, i used to say. if the russians were better off with spies in the cold war, for america, were really good. that way we knew their intentions, they didn't mean to launch a nuclear weapon at us and we were better off that the russian spies were really good because they knew we didn't intend to blow them off of the face of the earth. hard to convince anybody who's life is on th

milosevic would look at holbrooke, and he didn't like holbrooke. he didn't trust them. he was tricky, tricky guy. but i was military. military is like the dog. they are smart, not so smart, but loyal. [laughter] and so he would manipulate, he would look at me and smiled at me and then smiled, blow smoke at dick and looked daggers at him, you know? you could see him working the delegation. so we worked this through and we have some interesting times on. date, he was very good at using the intelligence. he got intelligence, john, i think you gave him personally -- i'm not sure i got that intelligence because when you're dealing with intelligence you never know what you don't know. somebody always has something else that, you look up there and see how does he know that? because he got limited distribution intelligence. so dick was very, very good, very, very well prepared to a couple of incidents that illustrate this. so when the bombing was occurring, milosevic -- we landed there, because we hunting lodge from belgrade and he said let's take a walk around the lake. dick a

dick holbrook said it was the problem from hell. when we discussed how everything happens at once, the aftermath of somalia, highty, bosnia, tony crack the one of the best lines of all in the white house. he said, you know, sometimes i really miss the cold war. [laughter] bosbosnia in some ways was a struggle for the 21st century. it was the first conflict which reminded us that the end of the cold war basically took the vail off this image we were privileged to have, even when it did not share with reality that there was a bipolar world and as dangerous as it was, at least it was organized. even our spies helped each other out, i used to say, you know, if the russians were better off if the spies in the cold war for america were really good because that way we really -- we knew their intentions and knew they didn't mean to launch a nuclear weapon at us, and we were better off that the russian spies were good because that way they knew we didn't intend to blow them off the face of the earth. .. >> i thought my job when i got elected

morning, we wanted to find out more as to why this occurred, so we talked you to corporal kevin holbrook. apparently we don't have that. i apologize, del, but basically what he said this morning to us is that what they have is the a.r.15 assault rifle that they will use inside of middle schools and high schools. they'llen locked up when the resource agent, a police officer is not around. they feel that this is a precaution that they needed to take basically because of the fact that in newtown andsed weag distance range of 300 yards so that. just let me know guys. we do, here it is. >> we didn't do anything to say ok, lets look at this problem and see if there's other solutions, because the whole idea to me is to stop it before it happens, try to prevent it from happening. how can you prevent it from happening by bringing more guns in school, bringing more attention to the situation, plus that's just not the solution. it is a day nevada the other ni, del. robert, thank you very much. >> the world's most powerful telescope now in orbit. next, we'll tell you about a mission to map out the u

aif, and i -- 1995, and if you read holbrook's memoir, he wanted release from sanctions more than he was committed to the greatest, sesh -- serbia and croatia. the success of this sanctions effort on the part of intelligence was due to leon ferth, the very rigorous patience sustained effort he had on a daily basis. we had daily meetings on sanctions, and the way he structured the response, and most structured the effort. he had published a task force including state treasury, dod, commerce, cues -- customs border patrol, and cia marrying nicely with the task force bringing together the intelligence assets. it is -- i will tell you that it did require the leadership of someone like leon to get it to work, but this, for the intelligence side, it requiredded a full scale, what we call multihint, that means all your collection assets and all analytics with regional analysts, economic analysts, financial analysts together on a daily basis to bring out and about the results achieved on those sanctions, and they became a model of success, and i think, actually, change, in my judgment, the c

afghanistan went to the late richard holbrooke. the difference here is that john kerry knows that this is almost certainly his last big job in american politics. he hit his 70th birthday this week, incident lip. so in a way he has nothing to lose and this next three years is his chance to make his mark and he says in speeches he's willing to go out and take risks. he's willing to risk getting knocked down if he thinks he might have a chance at getting something done. >> doyle, it seems to me that this started, it seems months ago with the war in syria and whether they were going to engage and whether we were going to attack them and now you don't hear much about that at all. what -- >> but you will again soon because that same john kerry, believe it or not, has been spending months putting together a peace conference in jeevepa in january and he's going to try and get the two sides together. now, does this thing have a chance of really work something gwen: everybody said the u.s. decided maybe it was going to pull out support for t

holbrook may be with her lab.he is actually 5'5". >>> the obama administration reports that the federal health care website is working as it should. the white house said a team of experts continued to work throe the holidays on any continuing glitches. the site handled 83,000 users at atime. meanwhile republican leaders continue to predict problems with the affordable care act. when coverage begins january 1st. >> folks in obamacare and the affordable care act believe that they have purchased something that they haven't really purchased they have a health care coverage with fewer doctors, with fewer hospitals, with fewer clinics being able to see them. >> americans can sign up for coverage through march 31st. there is still confusion about the basics. a panhandle young democrats found fewer supports obamacare than the affordable care act, which of course are the same thing. the latest figures from state's website show 428,000 people have signed up here in california. covered california says those who have applied

jump on maryland avenue or also holbrooke street in northeast. use that instead. let's shoot over to greenbelt, the eastbound lanes closed because of a vehicle into a pole. police are still on the scene there. for folks waking up taking i-95 in maryland or even b.w. parkway nice and clear. richard, those travel lanes nice and open. back over to you. >>> thanks, danella. scientists in china are anxiously watching as the k country's first lunar rover heads into space. this morning a rocket blasted off. the unmanned craft is slated to touch did you know own on the m surface. while looking for natural resources. if it successfully lands on the moon china had will become the third country to put a craft there. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what caused a helicopter crash that killed nine people in scotland. crews recovered the body of the ninth victim from that wreckage. police say it's possible they could still find more victims. a police chopper crashed into a crowded pub in glasgow. >>> police in california say speed played a part in the fiery car crash

today we learned holbrook was found safe with her dog. >>> if it seemed a little warmer than usual out there today, you're right. mark is in the weather center. we set some records? >> yes, we set some records. 60's and even a few low 70's. low 70's. one of those records was out towards oakland. oakland downtown, 73 degrees. san francisco, 66. that was a record. in mountain view, tying a record at 68. so another warm day out there across the entire bay area. we're going to trim back a little on the very warm readings. but overnight lows, waking up to some very cold mornings over the past few days. cooler spots, into the upper 20's for santa rosa and napa. fairfield, right around 30. livermore, 33. and san francisco, 45. mostly clear skies. high clouds will be increasing throughout the day, especially after 1:00 or 2:00 tomorrow afternoon. you can count on patchy frost. here's the forecast. as i mentioned, the cold spots up in the north bay. we'll take a look, areas of frost out there. and temperatures in santa rosa at 7:00, right around 30 degrees. instead of upper 60's tomorrow, we'll

. >>> almameda police are asking for the public's assistance in locating hair yet holbrook.seen around noon yesterday. she's 5'5" and weighs around 110 wounds. harriet may be walking with a brown chocolate lab. almeida police are asking anyone who may have seen her to call the police department. >>> coming up at 7:00 on "today in the bay," could facebook soon be a thing of the past, a remnant of the past? why the bay area company is struggling with younger generations and a study says facebook just isn't cool anymore when it comes to teens. more coming up at 7:00. for now we send you back to the "today" show. >>> we're back on a sunday morning, december 29, 2013. great shots of our crowd this morning, our last show of 2013. >> it happened so quickly. >> it did. >> i know. let's do it again. >> let's not. i'm lester holt. >> we have a lot coming up. we want to first get you caught up on the top headlines. a suicide bomber attacked a train station in russia killing at least a dozen people and wounding more. >> bitter cold and snow. tough news for many who are struggling from l

, then he showed leadership and appointed ambassador holl book to lead an effort to bring the -- holbrook to lead an effort to bring that conflict to an end >> i get that. is that not complicated by the fact that the groups cannot decide who should represent them at peace talks. if they can't identify who should represent them, how can the united states identify who the moderates are in their midst. the international community and the united states has acknowledged that the legitimate representatives of the syrian people are the syrian nationa coalition. they are weak on the ground. bickering is a response to the confused, ugly turn of events where the moderate democratic opposition and the military forces tloil -- loyal to them are there on the ground. others don't want to come to geneva, they want to pursue an arms struggle to the end. going? >> from bad to worse. predictions are that refugees flowing out of syria will double. three-quarters of syria are needed in a short period of time. we are headed for a darker day. crimmer day. bashar al-assad will get stronger. and unfortunately th

harriet holbrook was last seen in front of her home at noon yesterday. that's 5'5" and 110 pounds. she may be walking with a brown lab. alameda police are asking anybody who has seen her to please contact the police department. >>> more than a million americans are without their unemployment benefits this morning. the clock ran out yesterday on an extension of long-term unemployment benefits. california is home to more than 200,000 of those affected. one family says their $375 weekly check was a life line and now their only guarantee is uncertainty. >> we both work too hard. we love what had we did, loved our families, took care of them, did everything for our family, and just pulled the rug out from underneath us and there's nothing left. >> heart breaks for thousands of families across the state. now, the other states with the biggest numbers of long-term unemployed include nevada and new york. >>> many people who use ac transit can sleep a little easier knowing a deal has been reached. union members voted to approve a tentative deal with management late friday night avoiding a p

senator dole invited us to share an afternoon with him at richard holbrooks apartment and in new york. all i can say is there is a man who we projected integrity, courage, wisdom, and strength. we haven't seen anybody like him in my lifetime and unlikely in the foreseeable future. other leaders will come forth. i doubt we'll see one like him soon. >> while we have you on the line, former president clinton released a tweet and statement. it's a picture of clinton and mandela. with that contagious and enormous smile with his right hand in the two hands of president clinton. clinton says i'll never forget my friend. the rest of the statement he says the world has lost one of the most important leaders in one of the finest human beings. hilla hillary, chelsea and i have lost a true friend. for peace and recommend sill yooigs we'll remember him as a man of uncommon grace and compassion who abandoned bitterness not just a political strategy but a way of life. president clinton goes on to say our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and the people of south africa. all of us are living i

and having succeed jane holbrooke, that's saying a mouthful. "mr. mayorkas has already served the department well and honorably in the role of director of u.s. citizenship and immigration services. mr. mayorkas continued to be -- i believe mr. mayorkas to be a public servant of integrity, with a clear and distinguished track record of leadership." and mr. ahern also one of the past commissioners of this department, said these words: "it is my strong opinion that director mayorkas's leadership to be invaluable as d.h.s. continues to protect our country from threats of all kinds of mayorkas is the right leader to continue the development and also meet the very critical mission challenges faced every day. " just think about it. the three most senior border security officials who served under george w. bush all agree that director ale mayorkas would make an outstanding deputy secretary. they worked with him in many cases. they know him. they've seen him up close and personal. they've watched him lead. but it's not just former d.h.s. officials who feel t

then in 1995 everything went straight back to what dick holbrooke called the problem from hell. exemplified by the slaughter, the second major showing of the sarajevo market after which nato launched a 30 one hundred missile mission campaign, airstrikes and missile strikes, and was clark and the whole team went about trying to to get some agreement on basic principles to open peace talks. .. >> that was strobe talbott's job, keep the russians happy. easy little job. the result was the's agreement. the peace agreement that said there would be one unified country with an undie vieded sir yea slow -- sarajevo as capital. trade and immigration, and each division -- the serbian republic and the bosnian and croatian republic -- would have their own police forces and, basically, run their domestic lives. then we had to sell it, including a peacekeeping force of 60,000, two-thirds of which would be supplied by 25 other countries, one-third by the united states. you heard them talk about that. as i remember, only about 60% of the people were opposed to us participating in that. i say tha

. >> when he came here, i was at a party one night at the united nations with the late richard holbrookeand president clinton had just dropped off chelsea at stanford and mandela was so social. he knew everybody by name. he remembered my original interview with him. if he walked in here today, he would put everybody at ease. there wasn't any of that aura that he carried around with him. >> so charismatic. >> i knew i was in the presence of a great man. >> he was a renaissance man is how i would put it. he moved from every generation even eventually embracing aids when it wasn't popular for leaders in africa to do that. >> thank you both. appreciate your time. >> absolutely. >> we'll have more on nelson mandela and his extraordinary legacy coming up in a couple of minutes. >>> let's switch gears now. there's a big winter storm. big story. millions impacted by what could be one of the worst ice storms in years. let's get to al with the latest on it. al, good morning to you. >> good morning, guys. 1,200 miles from san angelo texas all the way into the northeast and new england. right now th