thanks, lester holt. you guys are the best. >>> dylan is back now with a check of the rest of your weekend forecast. hello again. >> you have to figure out which time zone you want to run through. seven time zones? >> let's do all through. >> let do all nine. >>> we'll see this huge storm in the pacific northwest affecting seattle and areas in portland, oregon, too. in the center of the country, this cold front is moving eastward, heavy rain from michigan into texas. it won't be as heavy in texas as it was yesterday. chicago, 84 yesterday. only topping out at 71. today. now here's a peek out your window. >>> good sunday morning to you. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. we're in the mid 50s in downtown washington. most of the suburbs are in the 40s this morning. 48 in gaithersburg and 43 in manassas. 51 in falls church, stafford and quanti quantico. your sunday afternoon after a nice cool morning, high temperatures reaching into the low to mid 70s for a brief time, between 2:00 and 5:00 this after

thanks, lester holt. you guys are the best. >>> dylan is back now with a check of the rest of your weekend forecast. hello again. >> you have to figure out which time zone you want to run through. seven time zones? >> let's do all nine. >> we're going to see this huge storm in the pacific northwest still continue to affect parts of seattle and into areas of portland, oregon, too. in the center of the country we have this cold front moving eastward. heavier rain from michigan to texas. it's not going to be as heavy in texas as it was yesterday. look at skom of our numbers, chicago, 84 yesterday, only >> good morning. scattered clouds today. it will be great for outdoor plans. we expect us to climb into the low to mid 70s by the afternoon. we are warming up in it the low 80s by wednesday and thursday. next chance for rain holds off >> that is your latest forecast. erica? >> dylan, thanks. >>> turning now to the latest chapter for amanda knox, accused of killing her british roommate in italy. tomorrow she fa

i'm lester holt. >> he is just part of the family and fabric.everything we would want everyone in this building to be. >> he's so dedicated to getting everything right. >> here is the mosque where omar established the taliban. >> he wants us to be the best show possible. >> i can't even imagine everything he's experienced in the ten years on the "weekend today" show alone. >> the stories he's gotten to do. >> let me tell you about the one that got away. >> whether he's doing recipes in the morning, or hot yoga on "weekend today" or whether we see him in the midst of a revolution in egypt. very few people are able to do what lester does. >> the fighting continues here in lebanon. school bus tossed about. i don't know where to start. so much is taking place. >> he's one of our absolute weapons that we can use to cover any kind of story. >> we want to turn now to the ground zero disaster. >> the haitian people know something about resilience. they'll gather here tomorrow to elect a new pope. >> he can be the serious news man that we know he is, but

is on the docket for capitol hill to fix the problem we'll speak with new jersey congressman rush holt about the issue coming up. in texas a foster mother was charged with the murder of a two year old baby girl the girl was placed in the woman's custody through child protective services but how did things go so what wrong we'll speak with the mother of the baby just ahead. it's thursday september twelfth four pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r.t. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in geneva switzerland today participating in another round of talks with his russian counterpart sergei lavrov about the chemical disarmament of syrian military forces the two day meeting was you will include full diplomatic teams from both countries as well as chemical weapons experts who will discuss the overarching question of how this disarmament will happen the goal is to have a resolution to present to the u.n. by the end of these negotiations in a speech secretary kerry delivered today he set some guidelines for syria's disarmament. this is not a game that i should vote fo

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they are not reading john holt. they don't ask me to come down and talk to hem. if anything i have been -- john holt has been pretty vilified by the religious rake. >> there's certainly very extreme situations. where it advocates whipping children even when they are months old, very extreme treatment of women too, i know there is that issue on the fringes. but the reality is that home schooling has gotten increasingly popular, it is growing by leaps and bounds. the most recent numbers show that 3.4% were home schooled, that's nearly 1.8 million. there are big businesses involved. including laurel springs.com, k-12.com. now this is far from just religious parents. it has become popular for young athletes and musicians because it allows them to train at what they hope will be their trade. it can be good for a lot of people. >> well, yes, i think kit be good for a lot of people. and there are many different -- there are several different subsets of the home schooling movement, pat has addressed that, there's the unschooling sides, there's the charter school stuff th

holt, mr. hastings, for their patience and listening and coming to a good solution to a very important problem. i thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. holt: let me ask the chairman if he has additional speakers. mr. hastings: i'm prepared to close. mr. holt: i will close with a few remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. holt: with the thanks to the chairman. mr. speaker, i just want to stress how important the operation of the federal helium has been to science, to technology, to manufacturing, to health care in the united states. three-quarters of a september try ago, farsighted legislators started stockpiling helium. they didn't know what else it would be used for, but they recognized and understood that helium had some very special prompts. the federal helium reserve, the country's domestic stockpile of helium has been a good investment for taxpayers

that was us representative rush holt. and while there is a huge spotlight on what the government is doing with your data the question of how the government is organizing its own data has been less explored until now that is congressman darrell issa has been trying to standardize the way different agencies keep track of their spending so that taxpayers can search and examine where their money is going artie's perry and boring caught up with the congress man and she brings us this report. the federal government has been collecting all sorts of data on citizens but is a terrible job organizing its own data expression only when it comes to spending the issue they are using twentieth century technology to track the twenty first century the federal government is so large and expansive that it doesn't even have a full list of all the different agencies it departments and programs and addition all of these different organizations do not report in the same place or in a standard format making all of the information and searchable

congressman rush holt thanks for joining us. robert gibbs, as always.his is going to be tough. >>> coming up, rejectionists on the right. they have their theories. benghazi, he's gone too far. he hasn't gone far enough. >>> not too early to see what this means for 2016. hillary clinton is for it, rand paul is against it. >>> and look who's back on late night tv after 12 long weeks. >> you can't use chemicals to kill your own people. you have to do it organically. america and the world want to make sure he only uses free ground range in ordinance. >> welcome back. >>> let me finish with the republican nomination for -- this is "hardball," the place for politics. she's always been able to brighten your day. it's just her way. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgentl

congressman rush holt thanks for joining us. robert gibbs, as always.his is going to be tough. >>> coming up, rejectionists on the right. they have their theories. benghazi, he's gone too far. he hasn't gone far enough. >>> not too early to see what this means for 2016. hillary clinton is for it, rand paul is against it. >>> and look who's back on late night tv after 12 long weeks. >> you can't use chemicals to kill your own people. you have to do it organically. america and the world want to make sure he only uses free ground range in order nans. >> welcome back. >>> let me finish with the republican nomination for -- this is "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ fire, fire, you can take me higher ♪ ♪ take me to the mountains, start a revolution ♪ ♪ hold my hand, we can make, we can make a contribution ♪ ♪ brand-new season, keep it in motion ♪ ♪ 'cause the rhyme is the reason ♪ ♪ break through, man, it doesn't matter who you're talking to ♪ [ male announcer ] completely redesigned for whatever you love to do. the all-new nissan versa note. your door to

they don't read john holt. and they're not asking me to talk to them. if anything, john holt has been dillfied by the religious right. >> and there are extreme situations. there's a book that has gotten half a billion people to buy it, it calls for whipping children, and extreme treatment of women too. and i know that's on the fringes, but home schooling has gotten creamingly popular. 3.4% of kids in the u.s. are homeschooled. that's 1.8 million of them. and there are big businesses involved, laurel springs been, and this is far from just parents. it's popular for young people. and what they hope will be their train. and heather, it can be good for a lot of people. >> yes, i think it can be good for a lot of people. and there are several different subsets of the homeschooling movement. there's the unschooling side. and the charter school stuff that you mentioned and then there's the fundamentalist christian side much that's not a small group. they don't represent every, but they're powerful. the homeschool defense association is one of the premier advoc

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i'm lester holt reporting from new york.of us here at nbc news, good night. . >>> centurylink eld in downtown seattle, where tonight the loudest stadium in the nfl promises to reach deafening levels as the seahawks renew their rivalry with the san francisco 49ers on "sunday night football." they call the crowd here the 12th man but it's the man under center on who has made the biggest difference as of late. quarterback russell wilson tying peyton manning rookie record with 26 touchdown passes and taking the seahawks to a playoff rin win and turning seattle for

i'm lester holt.s something i will get fixed. >> good evening. it's a game changer for the 49ers. aldon smith took to the field today, but this is the last you'll see of him for a while. he's take an indefinite leave of absence. hello, henry. >> hello. two days after being arrested on suspicion of dui, also don

today starting to go below the 12 hour rush holt. we will continue to move them through december 21. only 87 days away. will be here before we know it. we will continue to lose daylight until then. sunrise until 7:00. we have last night, temperatures were generally in the 50s. all that cold overnight. temperatures now generally in the 70s and very comfortable. clouds circulating around the upper level low. bandsn see the cloud building in. they will not produce any rain. we do not expect rain over the next few days, which even though is nice, we do kind of made it a little bit. high-pressure settling in towards the south. for the afternoon, a few clouds. tonight we will cease the clouds. see the clouds. temperatures night as cool as they were. you may still want to grab the jacket. through the day tomorrow, i think we will see morning clouds and then afternoon sunshine. temperatures very similar to today. we'll be a nice end to the workweek. nathan drive. saturday and sunday great for outdoor activities. really cloudy both days. earl

holt: thank you. i will repeat this bill is a give away. it is free mining, no royalties. i refer to the archaic legislation that is -- goes by the archaic name of the mining act of 1872. which excuses miners from royalty payments. that would apply here. and as for excusing the miners from environmental regulations, he legislation says that the lead agency shall determine hat a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of human environment has not occurred, or is not occurring. in other words, it is the ning activities are excluded from, excused from the triggering language of the environmental policy act. no environmental significant environmental policy review would be undertaken under the national environmental policy act if the agency can say, well, the state is doing something. the state is doing something. whatever that may be, however adequate that may turn out to be. so i call that a relaxation if not an exemption of environmental protection. and i repeat these mining activities

. >> i'm lester holt and this is "dateline." here's keith morrison with secrets in the desert. >> what a strange place is the past. it doesn't exist anymore beyond where it has put us and the fading memories. and yet how that poisoned hand can reach up through the dark and torture basements of half forgotten years. >> i have heard a lot of stories from both sides. >> this is ron. if anyone should know about this particular past, it is he and yet how could he know who betrayed his trust, his father, his mother, which one? >> i don't know what's true and what's not true. i don't know who told who what. >> neither did katie when the young lawyer at the arizona justice project opened the musty file and looked inside. >> we don't want to close this case because it's always haunted us. >> of course it has. even though it happened long before she was born. how long? 50 years. phoenix. it wasn't the sprawling very modern city we know today. back then lots of open desert still dirt paths dotted with cactus framed by red mountain peaks. a

i'm lester holt. the internet was still in its infancy when the young mother at the center of this story disappeared. police didn't have today's high-speed tools to track people who went missing. decades later, a cold case investigator hit on an idea. could facebook help find out what happened to the woman who vanished so long ago and forced her son to face the truth? here's keith morrison. >> reporter: january, point vicente, california. the wet, gray cold has settled in to stay. at noon a police boat sets off into the pea soup fog. a hail mary pass, apparently a slim chance to find the truth at last. but why out there? why after all these lost 30 years? maybe some cases are destined to stay cold, easier that way, before they came along with their wild ideas about murder and facebook, of all things. and now this. their doomed errand into the fog. her name was carol jean meyer. low she was carol lubon when all this happened back in march, 1981. the night of the slam doors, the harsh words, the car roa

>>> holt que tal jorge. polÉmica han generado declaraciones, del congresista por este estado.tas como lo dijiste a enunciarÁn su retiro y tambiÉn hablÓ sobre el futuro de la reforma muy gra tri. esto nos dijo. >>> sin embargo, en de k34r5 lagsz a univisiÓn el congresista luis gutiÉrrez aclara lo que podrÍa pasar en las prÓxima semana. >>> yo dije hace algunas semanas atrÁs. >>> me tomÓ un poquito mi comentario fuera tomado, con tanto significado porque hace semanas yo estaba diciendo. si no es este grupo. montamos, 6, si no 4, 9, 10 hay personas con las cuales podemos colaborar. >>> al ya difÍcil camino que viereck rraoend el proyecto de reformo mi dpra tri en el congreso se suma un nuevo escollo, los representantes republicanos por tejas, john carter y johnson anuncian su separaciÓn del grupo de los 7. se fueron, porque su pa tied no los apoyo. porque donde quiera que iban a su distrito, durante el reces de agosto, creo yo, lo que recibÍa era critica. >>> y en uno comunicado los congresistas atribuyen su separaciÓn a la falta de confianza que el gobierno haga cumplir las leye

i'm lester holt. >> i'm erica hill alongside dylan dreyer and jeb hill who is with us this morning. >> about the length of two football fields, was it a 40-foot gap here? >> i think 25 feet. >> the lowest point 15 feet wide, the highest is 60. the tough part for him he had to maintain this perfect position for 20 to 30 seconds. his last jumps were maybe one to two had to to worry about. >> apparently he is practicing and this is a simulation and made it only 50% of the time. >> those are great ops going in. >> i sky dived once, twice, just had to hold this position for 30 seconds and that was impossible. i don't know how you steer between pieces of rock. >> we will talk about this incredible feat later on and we wanted to show you bait of it to get things started. >>> we want to begin with today's top story the ticking clock and looming government shutdown. luke russert is on capitol hill right now with the latest. >> reporter: here on xcapitol hill as they tried to avoid a government shutdown. yesterday on a party line vote, the senate passed a bill to continue to fund the government

with lester holt, and erica hill. live, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on this sunday morning. i'm erica hill. >> i'm lester holt. we have a lot to get to. we want to start with the breaking news in kenya. the siege is now in its second day. overnight the number of dead from 39 to at least 59. >> the militant terrorist group al shibab has claimed responsibility. >> we'll ask a terrorism expert how vulnerable we may be here in the u.s. because of past statements by this terrorist group. but first, the latest from ron allen who is on scene in nairobi. >> reporter: it was a brazen attack in broad daylight, as one of the most popular places for families to spend a saturday afternoon, the elegant westgate shopping mall, erupted into a battlefield. gunmen burst in throwing grenades, then firing a hail of bullets. hundreds of people, including many children there for a special event, hid wherever they could. some for several hours, until they could escape. >> he shot at my head. luckily it hit the

i'm lester holt. >> i'm erica hill. thomas roberts is here this morning in for jenna and dylan dreyer is out in boulder covering the floods. you are back and nice to have you back. >> back for a full weekend while i was on vacation last weekend. >> a well-deserved vacation. >> thank you. filling in and topsy-turvy and things are back to normal. >> all is right with the world. >> i'm back to sleep deprived! something i know well. lot to cover on this saturday morning. >>> we beginning in colorado. devastating scene out there where some neighborhoods are under water and others simply cut off from the rest of the area because the roads are impassible. or washed out. >> in some cases, just gone. here is the latest for you this morning. at least four people are confirmed dead. now, there is concern that number could rise. 181 people still unaccounted for in boulder county but official there do caution, this does not mean those people are missing. what it means, in most cases, no one has been able to contact them. of course,

i play captain ray holt, the newly assigned captain to this precinct, the nine-nine. everyone--i'm you're new commanding officer. that was my speech. speech! short and sweet. andre comes in and he's like-- he kind of reminds everybody, like, oh, yeah, this is real. i want to be briefed on any new developments. i have to whip them into shape and bring them into line. the next time i see you, i'd like you to be wearing a necktie. check it out. secret tie. playing a cop is awesome because you get to wear a gun on your hip and a badge on your belt. and she's a psycho. [laughs] so this is like her life's dream. nothing. what? you look great. i love playing a cop. running around with a gun is like you're 10 years old again. that maybe came out wrong. well, this is awkward. it's not awkward. if you're an andy samberg fan, you know that he's whack-a-doo. let's pound it out. whack-a-doo means buddy. whack-a-doo is hilarious. what's wrong with you? never took off the speedo. big mistake. it is inside me. this is marcus. he's 8 years old and in the third grade. he loves to play

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with lester holt and erica hill live from rockefeller plaza. >>> and welcome to "today" on this sunday morning. i'm erica hill. >> and i'm kraig lammas. lesterin e enjoying a much needed time off. can you believe those people in that video could not believe their eyes. >>> and also ahead, he's one of the nfl's most popular players, but now tim tebow's future is in jeopardy. once again he's out of a job this morning a day after the new england patriots cut him from the team. they are the third team in about a year and a half to say good-bye to the quarterback. so where does tebow go from here. >> if anywhere is the question. and also this morning, one of our favorite examples, you may remember the homeless man a few months back found a cherished engagement ring in his change cup, returned it to the owner. we've been following billy ray harris' story pretty closely. and this morning we are going to have an update for you. we want to begin with the latest on the president's surprising move to hold off on military action against syria until congress ta

. >> announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. substituting tonight, harry smith. >> since we first saw the images of syrian civilians suffering the effects of what many believe to have been a chemical weapons attack, the white house has insisted that the atrocity demands a response. convincing the world and the american people of that necessity has been difficult to say the least. tonight disturbing images you have not seen before meant to move america to action. nbc's peter alexander is the at the white house with the story. good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you. these videos are among 13 you tube clips ploided to nbc news by a government official. they were shown during a classified briefing last week and we should let you know the videos are quite graphic. they are paralyzed with pain and fear. a little boy barely conscious. a young girl almost unable to move. rows ofs, many children. the only sound is the greens of the victims and prayers for the dead. government officials tell us the intelligence community authentic

the house republicans will strip out the holt car healthcare fund send it back to the senate. >> reports of a three minute commission blackout. the moment the firefighters from killed an ai airplane carrying e retardant was above the fire waiting to hear the location of the men. >>> starting on tuesday, exxonmobil said it will offer benefits to workers in same sex marriages. it had been criticized for its previous policies on gays and lesbians. those are your headlines. i'm david schuster. "inside story" is next. [♪ music ] >> froon inside story the challenges and ripple effects of this new diplomatic opening. >> hello and welcome. president barack obama and president rar hassan rouhani dit meet face to face at the u.n. general assembly in new york. >>> secretary of state kerry is set to meet with iran's foreign minister. they'll have to work through iran's nuclear program and syr syria's rages war. president obama said the difficult history between the united states and iran cannot be overcome overnight because suspicion runs too deep. >> i do believe if we can resolve the issue of iran

senator holt of new jersey joined earlier to talk about his efforts to rein in the government and joined me earlier about why it is so important to him. >> we have seen a lot of excesses and missteps come to public attention now. the nsa has gone out of bounds for a number of ways. their heavy-handed manipulation of encryption, of codes, with heavy-handed approach to whistleblowers. all of this is coming to light. it means that the legislation i introduced months ago is all the more relevant. let's hope that it becomes supported. we will find out. >> let's talk about this agreement that recently came to light whereby the nsa passes along raw data and intelligence to israel, not just about u.s. citizens but on canadians, brits, new zealanders, and australians. what do you make of this recent information? years, the u.s. has shared intelligence with israel and vice versa. as in so many cases, with the intelligence community, there has been too little congressional oversight. these things that are done in the name of the security of the american people. to say that things are done in the na

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today."ck here tomorrow evening. good night. >> the giants and the dodgers, a rivalry for the ages. the rivalry continues next. the heat

with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plas plaza. >>> good morning everyone. welcome to "today" on a saturday morning. i'm lester holt. >> i'm erica hill alongside dylan dreyer and craig hill in this morning. >>> jeb corliss attempt to go fly through two peaks in china. about the length of two football fields, twas a 40-foot gap here? >> i think 25 feet. >> the lowest point 15 feet wide, the highest is 60.5 feet wide, the highest is 60. the tough part for him he had to maintain this perfect position for 20 to 30 seconds. his last jumps were maybe one to and this is a simulation and made it only 50% of the time. he hit the wrong position. >> those are great ops going in. >> not a lot of room for error. >> not too much. >> i sky dived once, twice, just had to hold this position for 30 seconds and that was impossible. i don't know how you steer between pieces of rock. >> we're going to hear from him about this incredible feat later on. we wanted to show you a little bit before we got started. >>> we want to begin with today's top story the ticking clock and loom

what is on docket for capitol hill to fix the problem we'll speak with new jersey congressman rush holtut the issue. the c.e.o.'s of facebook and yahoo are speaking out against the n.s.a. scandal mark zuckerberg and the rest of the mayor have voiced their concerns over the expansion of surveillance we'll hear their concerns later in our tech report.

they're holt, tired and they've had enough. as tensions rise some passengers have started blocking the entrance to the airstrip. >> planes leave and arrive, but the lines don't move. people have been waiting here for 72 hours. >> with more storms on the way the government is now racing against time trying to get supplies to where they're needed the most. david mercer al jazeera, acapulco, mexico. >> fewer than 6,000 people in the hardest hit colorado counties of larimer and boulder have fled. more than 7200 business he have been damaged or destroyed. residents have cleaned up searching for their mud soaked belong is to see if anything can be saved. meteorologist nicole mitchell. >> what we're seeing in acapulco has caused problems all the way along the mexican coast. this x is where it originally made landfall so that was kind of the time frame when it was causing the problems in acapulco. similar time frame we had another storm moving in from the east coast and that was that squeeze play that caused all the flooding in the mou

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i'm lester holt reporting from new york.or all of us here at "nbc nightly news," good night. . >>> a look from above at atlanta, georgia, where tonight beneath the georgia dome, the records don't tell the whole story as the unbeaten new england patriots visit the down but dangerous atlanta falcons on "sunday night football." after a pair of narrow road losses matt ryan and the falcons 1-2 but with the quarterback at the helm of a explosive attack the falcons still have time to make a run at the playoffs. despite starting 3-0 for the first time since the franchise's undefeated season in 2011, devin mccourty and the patriots come

lester holt will be here with you from new york this weekend. we hope to see you back on the broadcast on monday night. have a good weekend in the meantime. have a good weekend in the meantime. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening, thanks for joining us on this friday. i'm raj matthai. >> we begin with breaking news. a cabbie caught by a stray bullet during a shootout in oakland a few hours ago. it happened in front of the marriott city center on broadway. where the football team the ohio state buckeyes are staying ahead of their game with cal tomorrow. one man is in custody and they're searching for another. nbc bay area joins us with the latest. >> reporter: it happened in front of the marriott hotel in downtown oakland. a cab driver in front of the marriott possibly waiting for a passenger, maybe waiting to pick up someone. shots were fired and a stray bullet hit the cabbie. no one else was injured. once the cabbie was hit, the shooter took off. he was detained two blocks away on martin luther king boulevard. oak

i'm lester holt reporting from new york.or all of us here at "nbc nightly news," good night. . >>> a look from above at atlanta, georgia, where tonight beneath the georgia dome, the records don't tell the whole story as the unbeaten new england patriots visit the down but dangerous atlanta falcons on "sunday night football." after a pair of narrow road losses matt ryan and the falcons 1-2 but with the quarterback at the helm of a explosive attack the falcons still have time to make a run at the playoffs. despite starting 3-0 for the first time since the franchise's undefeated season in 2011, devin mccourty and the patriots come to atlanta a road victory would come a long way toward beginning to answer them. once they kick it off an hour and a half from now, the guys with the answers, as always, will be al michaels and cris collinsworth as we zoom in to the sideline inside the mostly empty georgia dome. alfalfa, we pose this question. if saints beat miami tomorrow night and falcons 1-3 the division is pretty much out of the q

it also helped to be able to watch lester holt in this very chair every night. and i am in his debt. now he is taking the well-deserved break as we begin a new month and a busy season. >>> and so that is nightly news for this post labor day tuesday, september 3rd. i'm brian williams. thank you for being here with us. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow night. good night. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good evening. and thanks for joining us. >>> we begin with a nbc bay area exclusive. we're getting information about a party at the home of 49er player smith. it happened in the east san jose foothills. chief investigative reporter joining us. >> a june 2012 party, we got the lawsuit. it was filed late this afternoon. ina/; that seven page lawsuit, are learning much more about the party and the shooting. it also names former 49er, delaney walker. smith and his friends charged $10 per person to enter the party and the event ended in gunfire. >> reporter: this was one of the shooting victims. the lawsuit names smith and walker. it claimed they repeated

lester holt is here with you this weekend. we, of course, hope to see you right back here on monday night 37 in the meantime, have a good weekend. good night. in the meantime, hav weekend. good night. >>> good evening, thanks for joining us on this friday. i'm raj mathia. >> less than 1,000 officers on the street of san jose. today the department welcomed a new class of academy grads. word is out some are already planning to leave the sjpd before they even ever fight crime in san jose. nbc bay area's marianne favro is live at the department with a closer look at the planned defections. >> reporter: jess, it all comes down to money and benefits. while many of the san jose graduates are now wearing the san jose badge, some of them are already interviewing at other bay area police departments. 0 men and women celebrated a milestone today. they completed san jose police department's four-month academy. today they received their badges and will begin 16 weeks of intense field training to prepare them for solo patrols on the streets

holt, an actress who married eight times, always told her two daughters... >> be special.o the kids. i didn't know she was going to be this big. i had no idea. you know? >> you guys went through some rough spots, though, didn't you? >> oh, yeah. yeah. >> teenagers. >> we're tough women. she used to drive my car down sunset boulevard. >> oh, mom. >> but i was cool on the big things. >> yes, mom, you were great. she was great on the big things, and there were a few big things. >> like moving out when she was 16 and later moving in with sonny bono, who was 11 years older. but it was on the sonny and cher comedy hour in the 1970s that the iconic cher was born. >> when you look great, you sing great. >> you better change your clothes. your suit sounds terrible. >> sonny was the nice guy. i was the bitch that sang well and looked great in clothes. there were people who just tuned in, women to, see what i was wearing. then it started to be a big deal for me because it was a big deal for people. and so it gets interwoven in you. >> there would be no madonna or lady gaga or katy pe

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lester holt is here with you this weekend. we hope to see you right back here on monday night.time, have a good weekend. good night. >>> miss teen usa. her high school classmate arrested for cyber stalking. >> somebody that i saw every now and then walking through the hallways and to know he was so close to me -- >>> then -- inferno. little girl in diapers. rescued. here she is. >>> and real housewives shocker. is she really advocating marital rape in her new book? >> it's playful. >>> then -- do you remember this? justice. >> the angry mom searching for her missing daughter. exclusive. why she confronted her ex on the streets. >> just pure anger. >>> and would you have a patch sewn right on to your tongue to lose weight? the tongue patch. >> stick it here. >> the extreme new diet. it makes eating food hurt. but does it really work? >>> then -- >> are you ready to get serious? >> robin williams versus michael j. fox. >> i will take you down. >> who won their head-to-head tv showdown? >>> plus -- >> hi "inside edition." >> your choice for the hottest bachelors in our nation's ca

i'm lester holt reporting from new york for all of us here at nbc news, good night. >>> 58 degrees one september night at heinz field in pittsburgh, where tonight it's a meeting between two storied franchises and there's a hint of desperation in the air as the steelers are looking to avoid their first 0-3 start since 2000. what followed then, of course, was a spectacular run of success highlighted by two super bowl appearances, two of them victories. after struggling through two losses this season, ryan clark and the steelers could be quickly running out of time.

lester holt is here with you this weekend. we hope to see you right back here on monday night.time, have a good weekend. good night. >> it's the dleetd sex scene. >> well. >> the secret only sharing her here. how far did oprah really go in the butler. plus miley stuns and her favorite drug and hallucination story to boot. plus a wild feud is born. >> no. 1 and apologize publicly. that was really the

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friend today, sunday, september 29, 2013. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with lester holtive from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on this sunday morning. i'm erica hill. >> i'm lester holt alongside dylan driver and craig marvin. >> it is a very special day around here. we're excited to celebrate your tenth anniversary. i know you don't always like the spotlight on you and it's well deserved. >> i like it on me when i'm doing that stuff. >> or that stuff. >> or that stuff. >> a couple of these i swear i don't remember. >> has it felt like ten years? >> absolutely. >> in a good way, right? >> ten and more. >> i tweeted this morning, it's one of the great jobs in television. i've been honored to have it. i think the longest running on this show. you've been here almost one year. >> almost one year. don't try to put the attention on me. it's all about you. >> i'm sure whatever you do in the second half will be things tasteful and small. >> low key. >> we'll get to that. thank you for the good wishes. want to get to today's top story, the potential gover

lester holt and i have a little bit of skepticism about whether this is an actual feud. >> i think this real feud. kimmel pranked a radio interview that kimmel did and he did a spoof of which kimmel said and kanye saying how could you? >> you can't repeat a lot of what he said. >> not here. >> but this is taken from -- we should point out. he took the transcript from the bbc interview and just had kids play the part to the interview and interview kanye. >> he did this before with josh groban reading kanye's tweets a year ago. the best part is chris brown gives advice to kanye. >> oh, goodness. >> saying you need to get some street guys and i can't say what he really wrote. you need to get some street guys to handle this, so the feud is on. >> street guys to handle this? >> that's not exactly what he said. just read the tweet. >> i was going to say, you can't make this stuff up. >> you can't make this stuff up. >> i want to talk about breaking bad. last week i got out of this kick and binge watching and starting season five. the finale is coming up this week. >> this will not get as many

you can see that it is not just this area that we're talking about but the bay area bridges and holtre busy. there is a 2.4% increase compared to last year. the bridge officials at this time and try to figure out why. there stating that maybe is due to the bart negotiations. officials stated that when it comes to the bay bridge more people wants to check that out especially towards. they are zeroing in on the fact that there is just more traffic out there. so, unfortunately it is not just on the bay bridge but the san mateo bridge, the dumbarton bridge, all the bridges are seen an increase and traffic. >> we are just pass the metering lights. and again one of the problems people are facing is that it is really tough going. the traffic is horrible on a daily basis. >> there was an accident westbound that occurred right by 80 over crossing. we can see that the crews are working on this accident. even though a similar was issued it was cleared. it was right around 33 minutes that was blocking lanes. a vehicle was on its roof. it is now gone. you concede that the traffic has filled in as

is on the docket for capitol hill to fix the problem we'll speak with new jersey congressman rush holt about the issue coming up. in texas a foster mother was charged with the murder of a true year old baby girl the girl is placed in the woman's custody through child protective services but how did things go so wrong we'll speak with the mother of the babies just ahead.