jeff rossen from nbc news. why wasn't your son in the seatbelt?st forgot. >> reporter: you just forgot? >> yeah. >> reporter: in fact, lots of parents tried to explain themselves. >> i told them to belt in as we were leaving school, like i always do -- >> reporter: they didn't. >> i don't know. yeah. >> you know how important seat belts are. for adults. you're wearing yours. >> yes. >> reporter: especially for the kids. will you make sure they're belted from now on? >> yes, i will. >> you're driving 15 miles per hour. you're thinking it's a safe speed. >> reporter: are you going to get on top of it now? >> oh, yeah, definitely. >> reporter: you need to help dad too. when he forgets to put his seatbelt on, put your own on, okay? perfect. >> there's a high five. most of the parents say they forgot. new technology may change that. you know that dinging sound that starts when someone in the front seat isn't buckled up? congress has passed a law now that would require that same seatbelt alarm in the back seat too. still unclear when automakers will ins

national investigative correspondent jeff rossen goes undercover. >>> and bristol palin off the hookfter a house party ends in a violent brawl. what she's accused of doing right before the cops showed up. >>> and yes, we've had some showers moving through the area already. take a look at your weather story. rain continues most neighborhoods for another 15 to 20 hours. it picks up. but here's what i like. the best of all about the forecast. weekend improvements, which you'll have to see on the other side of the break. in cases of rape and incest, just like the right-wing republicans in congress. they want to overturn roe v. wade. so does she. "i think roe v. wade should be overturned." barbara comstock even voted with right-wing republicans to require women seeking an abortion to undergo transvaginal ultrasounds. that's all i need to know. i'm john foust and i approve this messge. >>> you're watching news4 at 4:00. >>> we're doing a little negotiating with veronica. we don't want a washout weekend. >> you've got the power. >> i've got the power. >> you've got the radar. >> okay, so th

jeff rossen from nbc news. did you see the bus? >> reporter: do you have children? >> yeah. >> reporter: how would you feel if your child was crossing the street, expecting the cars to stop and then a car flew through? >> i would feel bad. i have taught my children to look both ways before they cross the street. >> reporter: but shouldn't they expect to be safe? >> but they need to be conscience too. >> reporter: then deputies pulled over this car, the driver telling us she saw the bus too late. >> by the time i could do anything, i said oh, my gosh. >> reporter: you realize what you had done. >> yes. >> reporter: from now on, will you pay more attention? >> i always do, but this time i didn't. >> reporter: the drivers both slapped with a $270 ticket. >> to me, they're not paying attention or they don't see it. you're talking about lives, children that could get hit. >> the problem is so bad, some buses as we know have cameras to catch drivers flying by their stop signs. that program is under way in montgomery, prince george's and

>> no, we call jeff rossen. we have a very interesting story coming up from jeff rossen. one of his investigations. so, jeff set up a hidden camera to talk with people who make housecalls as ghost busters. they actually are hired to come to your home and cleanse the place of bad spirits. take a look at jeff's report. >> reporter: i'm jeff rossen. we're at a house in the suburbs right now. come with me, inside our hidden camera control room upstairs. did you know you can hire ghost busters to come over your house and see if there are bad spirits? we're doing just that, getting it all on tape. what they say is going on here and what they're going to charge us. it's all coming up. >> we took to facebook and asked, do you believe in ghosts? yes or no. use the #orange room. full sclodisclosure, once someo offered to come in and cleanse my home. i debated it. i didn't do it. >> one time we had one of those people in studio 1a and she sniffed around a little and said there may have been a couple of ghosts floating here. >> you think? >> guys, what do you think? what do you think

jeff rossen reports, a hidden camera investigation ahead on "today." >>> some sports, the san francisconl wild card game, that was a blowout. pittsburgh fans pumping up, waving rally towels. brandon crawford, grand slam here in the fourth quiets all of that. it is the first and post season ever by a short stop. later, san francisco with this over the railing catch nails it. the giants, next, the division series and the nationals. the odds from fan graft, detroit is a favorite at 25% followed by washington and l.a. dodgers. san francisco and baltimore, the underdogs. >>> police say olympic swimmer michael phelps blood alcohol level was 0.14 in his dui arrest. maryland's limit is 0.08. they say his eyes were red, blood shot and he was mush mouth. >>> and donald sterling has a run in with police. his estranged wife reported a burgla burglary. the police came. who did they find? police say she was his guest. they found no criminal activity. but maybe one of those. >>> dallas cowboys c.j. spillman accused of sexual assault on september 20th. no announcement from the cowboys as of yet. >>> th

today," rossen reports, 25 years after the san francisco earthquake killed more than 60 people, jeff rossenstigates new technology designed to keep people safe from another quake. >>> for the latest in sports, over to betty nguyen. good morning, betty. >> good morning, dara. >>> now to thursday night football, the jets and the pats. just minutes into that game the patriots find the end zone. it is shane vereen rolls in for 6. the jets keep it close down by 2. a chance to win with a 58-yard field goal. and look at this, it is blocked. patriots with a sigh of relief. they pull out a 27-25 victory. >>> a scary moment on the ice during the penguins/stars game. penguins forward pascal dupuis gets knocked down in front of the net and gets hit by the puck in the back of the neck. he was treated on the ice before being taken off on a stretcher. the stars pull it out 3-2. >>> it may be nba's preseason but there is excitement on the court. as the clock winds down jimmy butler at the buzzer drains a 3 to steal the win 85-84. >>> the first men's college basketball poll is out. "usa today" ranks kentuck

just in time for halloween, jeff rossen put a real life ghost busters team to the test. >>> kobe sharingith former teammate dwight howard. later they shared elbows and words before both receiving matching technicals. it gets uglier. julius randall suffers a broken leg in his nba debut. he will undergo further evaluation. rockets win it 108-90. world champion spurs receive their rings prior to the match-up with the mavericks along with the unveiling of the banner in the rafters. both teams keeping it close, ginobili hits a shot at the buzzers to pull the spurs ahead. mavs down by one with a chance to win it. right there it is off the rim. the spurs edge out the mavs 101-100. the pelicans win their season opener against the magic 101-84. the college football play-off selection committee unveiled the first college football player rankings. the fcc dominating three of the top four, mississippi state sits on top, followed by acc powerhouse florida state and then auburn and ole miss at three and four. the final rankings will be released on december 7th. >>> one college student is $10,000 riche

>> the "today" show's national investigative correspondent, jeff rossen, shows us a stunning social experiment. and it comes with a warning, because some of the video is disturbing. >> you could tell me the truth! why are you talking to that guy last night! >> reporter: a boy friend and girlfriend arguing on the street. and it gets violent. the crowd speaking up. what they don't know? this boyfriend and girlfriend are just actors with the improv group, octv. a social experiment to test reactions. it's ripped from the headlines. the tmz sports video of ray rice hitting his wife in the elevator, causing worldwide outrage. but when solange knowles hit jay-z, people laughed. there were even comedy spoofs on tv. >> so let me tell you once and for all what i think of this man. >> reporter: so these actors hit the streets and posted their video online. >> today we're doing the domestic violence experiment. >> i'm going to be abusing him, he's going to be abusing me and we'll see who got more attention. >> you spoke to him last night? >> i wasn't. >> reporter: first, it's the guy abusing the girl. >>

jeff rossen goes undercover to find out how they're gaming the syst and cashing in. >> rep it's an open secret at military bases across the soldie looking for contract marria just click on craigslist, and you' find dozens of ads, many of the soldiers so blatant, they put contract marriage right in the subject line. t even trying to hide it. >> these guys are criminals, thers no dou about it. the steg mon from the uns of america. >> rep colonel jack jacobs is a 20-year army veteran and says these soldiers aren't lookg for love. just want that marriage certif and it pays off. married soldiers can make tens of thousands of dollars more than single soldiers. >> it's a business proposition concerned. he'll get a substantial amount of money. he'll give her a portion of that, and she'll get free medical care from his standp, a great deal. >> rep from the taxpayer a terrible deal. this is not a victimless crime. this i mon coming out of the pocks of taxpayers, money supp to be in the defense of e republic. ?> rep so how does it to find out, my producer joe vana responded to this ad. this soldie

. >> jeff rossen with nbc news. this young woman is working with us.ust offered her money to marry you. why? >> so i can support my son. >> a lot of people have children they want to support and that is noble. but this is against the law. the military frowns on this. they call it dishonorable. you're defrauding taxpayers, aren't you? >> is it? >> you're faking a marriage to get more money from the army. how common is this? >> i hear of it a lot. >> you saw a lot of ads online? >> that's where i got the idea. >> a lot of your fellow soldiers are doing it? >> yes. >> in a statement to nbc news, the army told us fraudulent marriages are inconsistent with the army values of ethics and soldiers doing it could face administrative and punitive actions. >> there may be people watching this saying they're serving our country. what's the big deal? >> it's a very big deal indeed. they're taking money out of the pockets of soldiers who come by these benefits honestly. >> the department of defense says they do take these allegations seriously. but that it isn't the

. >>> first, jeff rossen with a look at what is coming up on the "today" show. >> coming up this morning on "today," a new rossen report and this could be a lifesaver. you probably notice there's smoke in this kitchen. we are filling this house with suburbs complete with a simulated fire and flames here. why are we doing this? there are new numbers we have this morning about how many families actually have a fire safety plan in place. so we're going to put the family that lives here to the test. how fast can they get out? what mistakes did they make? and what you can learn from them. the tips you need coming up this morning right here on "today." i love the bacon on this sub. i love bacon so much, i'm launching a line of bacon jewelry. aw, i've seen those online, but-have you ever seen bacon brows? what was that? i was just putting the finishing touches on my bacondor. everyone loves bacon at subway. try it on the chicken & bacon ranch melt. subway. eat fresh. >>> welcome back. it is only fall but we're looking to see what the outlook is for winter fuel. it's been said that many will spe

jeff rossen is in san francisco with an inside look at new technology to keep you safe in a quake.rning. >> reporter: hey, natalie, good morning to you. you think about this area, the entire bay area went through 25 years ago today. boy, have engineers come a long way since, learning more about earthquakes, and building safer homes, safer buildings that are more earthquake proof. by the way, education is a huge part of it, too. climbing into an earthquake simulator. there are few of these across the country. to give the public an idea of what it's like to be in an earthquake. and you see how fast things can go sideways, especially if you're caught off guard. this morning, we are taking a look back at all the prior devastation 25 years ago and also showing you the new technology engineers are using right now to protect you if the big one strikes again. october 17th, 1989, as californians were sitting down to dinner, it struck. magnitude 6.9 earthquake. buckling san francisco's bay bridge, leveling homes, destroying stretches of the double decker 880 freeway. >> that is completely co

wait until you hear how much they charge and the warning that one of them had for jeff rossen himself. >> oh, come on. all right, those -- >> come on. >> those stories, plus, fashion icon diane von furstenburg stops by. her thoughts on style, aging. she's got a brand new book out that's terrific, and how you can become the person you really want to be, when we see you in a little bit here on "today." she's got an incredible story, guys, coming up. >> look forward to seeing that. thanks. see you at 7:00. >> all right, you got it. >>> now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> at 7:26, we'll see the sun. right now we're in twilight, so we're starting to see the skies brighten a bit. you see the scattered, high clouds that are in the area. we will see a good deal of sunshine before clouds take over later on. 62 degrees right now in philadelphia. no wind here at nbc 10. sunshine is going to be bright to begin with, but that fades later today and that's when you'll need your umbrella. look at these temperatures. 50s and 60s. 62 degrees right now in wilmington a

he gets up to leave. >> thanks, nice to meet you. >> reporter: i'm waiting outside. >> jeff rossen nbcn is working with us. you offered her money to marry you. why? >> to support my son. >> reporter: a lot of people have children they want to support. >> that is noble. but there is against the law t. military frowns on this you are defrauding taxpayers, are you? >> is it? >> reporter: you are faking a marriage to make more money. how common is that in the military? >> it happens a lot. >> reporter: you saw a lot of ads online. >> yeah, that's how i got the idea. >> reporter: because a lot of other guys are doing it, your fellow soldiers? >> reporter: in a statement, the army told us fraudulent marriages are inconsistent with the army values and ethics. soldiers doing it could face administrative and punitive actions. >> reporter: there may be people saying, they're serving our country. what's the big deal? >> it's a big deal. they are taking money out of others that come by it honestly. >> reporter: they say they take allegation like this seriously. it isn't their job to physical out i

. >> i'm jeff rossen. on the other side that have glass, that is a deadly venomous cobra.hat, we own it. you're about to see just how easy it is to buy a snake, as we expose the underworld of the snake black market. it's all coming up. >> very scary. >>> first this is "today" on nbc. >>> coming up, george clooney takes a break from his honeymoon to attend comic con? >>> the princess bride takes ♪ vivofit. gently reminds you to get moving. join the movement. dave's been working on his game... morning double bogie. hey, three putt. and starting each day with a delicious bowl of heart healthy kellogg's raisin bran. how's your cereal? sweet! tastes like winning. how would you know what winning tastes like? dave knows it's also a delicious source of fiber and one more step towards a healthy tomorrow. you eat slower than you play. you're in a hurry to lose, huh? oh okay! invest in your heart health, with kellogg's raisin bran no crying today... it's in this spirit that ingu u.s. is becoming a new kind of company. ing u.s. is now voya. changing the way you think of retirement. th

jeff rossen from nbc news, why wasn't your son in a seatbelt?ust forgot. >> yeah. >> i told them to belt in as we were leaving school like i always do, i don't know. yeah. >> reporter: you know how important seatbelts are for adults, are you wearing yours, especially for the kids. will you make sure they are belled if from now on in. >> yes, i will. >> you are driving 50 miles an hour, you think it's a safe speed. >> reporter: are you going to get on top of it? >> yes, definitely. >> you need to help dad, too, when he forgets to put his on, put yours on. >> cute kid. most of the parents told pe i just forgot. that was the no. 1 excuse. now new technology may change that. the dengue dings that we put on the front seat. there has been legislation passed by congress that would require that same seatbelt alarm in the back seat, too. it's still unclear whether, it's an amazing idea, when they will install it. experts say it will help. by the way, one other tip, i'm guilty of this too, your kids don't wear the shoulder strap, they put them behind them

jeff rossen from nbc news.bus is this. >> no, i did not. >> reporter: do you have children? >> yeah. >> reporter: how would you feel if your child was, you know, crossing the street, expecting the cars to stop and then a car flew through? >> i would feel bad. i have taught my children to look both ways before they cross the street. >> reporter: but shouldn't they expect to be safe? >> but they need to be cautious, too. >> reporter: then deputies pulled over this car, the driver telling us she saw the bus too late. >> by the time i could do anything i said oh, my gosh. >> reporter: you realized what you had done? >> yes, yes. >> reporter: from now on, will you pay more attention? >> i always do but this time i didn't. >> reporter: drivers both slapped with a $270 ticket. >> to me they're not paying attention or don't see it. you're talking about lives, children that could get hit. >> the video so dramatic. this problem has gotten so bad, school districts across the country now installing new technology on school

national investigative correspondent jeff rossen has cover this had case from the very beginning. jeff, good morning to you. >> hey, matt, good morning to you. after everything, all the witnesses, all the talk, all the arguments, oscar pistorius is going to jail, sentenced to five years. the judge, as you mentioned, handing down her decision a short time ago saying, yes, pistorius is a first-time offender. yes, he's involved with children's charities. but when he shot and killed his girlfriend, he was negligent, firing that gun four times into a bathroom, knowing someone was there, aggravating circumstances, the judge said, forcing jail time. oscar pistorius, stoic, walking into court this morning. his freedom, his future on the line. and from the very start, it didn't look good for him. >> this would be a sad day for this country if an impression were to be created that there was one law for the poor and disadvantaged and another for the rich and famous. >> reporter: then the moment of truth. >> mr. pistorius, please rise. the following is what i consider to be a sentence that is

. >> i'm jeff rossen. 25 years ago today, the big one hit san francisco. this morning, we are here, taking you inside of an earthquake, inside this high-tech earthquake simulator. what does it feel like? and how do you protect yourself? we have the video you need to see and the tips you need to practice, just ahead. >>> also ahead, ever tried moving yourself and found it impossible to get a piece of furniture out of your house or apartment? meet the man who found a clever way around a difficult move. meet the man who found a clever way around a difficult move. first mm. feel it. j.j. watt? you know there's a game on tonight right, amy? oh, i know, but it's my turn to chaperone. right, but you could do both. how? nfl mobile is now free with the more everything plan from verizon. i have verizon! download it, you can watch the game right here. come on, let's boogie! oh, helen. get coverage of every nfl game on nfl mobile. included with the more everything plan exclusively from verizon. beroccaaaaaaaaaaaa! [popping & fizzing sounds] support both mental sharpne

national correspondent jeff rossen is here with more for us.d morning. >> tamron, good morning to you. do you have a fire plan at home? have you talked to your kids about it? >> yes. >> probably need to do more. you're alone then. a whopping 82% of families have never practiced a fire drill at home. these are new numbers out from the american red cross this morning. i want to show them to you. 82% never practiced a fire safety drill. 52% of us have never talked to our kids about fire safety. so many of us think, look, i know my house inside and out. i can get in and out in seconds. the question is, how prepared would you be in the darkness of night, with smoke filling your bedroom? this morning, we're going to the suburbs for an extreme experiment. it starts small, but within seconds an inferno. st. paul, minnesota, firefighters showing us how fast your home can become a deadly trap. it happened to maureen isa. her house caught fire in the middle of the night, with her five kids inside. >> it went like match sticks. it just -- it just went with

. >> we need jeff rossen. that's what i've been using, blue drops to make them whiter.ory for you. did you hear this? >> yes. >> great story. >> this happened outside san jose, california, melissa vasqu vasquez, 20-year-old woman, she's driving along, her car plunges 500 yards off a cliff. the on-star system goes off. it's a gm car. it goes off, alerts police her car has rolled over. the on-star was not accurate and the cops couldn't find her. after several hours, they contact her stepmother and say does she have an ipad in the house? we might be able to use this find my iphone app to pinpoint her location. >> brilliant. >> this is the best part. >> this is an officer, i want to give him a shout out, dave campbell in the cameron police department. he cracks the code on her ipad. figures out her password. has no information to go on. figures it out after three or four tries. uses find my iphone. they find out where she is. they get to her. she's been there almost a day. face down in some brush. but she is conscious. >> look at the terrain. >> yeah. >> amazing there was e

jeff rossen is here with a real eye opener. jeff, good morning. >> tamron, good morning to you.n important topic. so many people, men and women, victims of domestic violence, one in four women suffering through it, one in seven men are abused by a partner. what if you were walking down the street and saw it happening right in front of you? would you step in if a man was assaulting a woman? what if it was the other way around, a woman beating up the man? this morning you're about to see a stunning social experiment. a warning here, some of the video is disturbing. >> you could tell me the truth. why you talking to that guy last night? >> a boyfriend and girlfriend arguing on the street and it t gets violent. >> listen! >> the crowd speaking up. what they don't know, this boyfriend and girlfriend are just actors with the improv group octv, setting up a social experiment to test reactions. it's ripped from the headlines, tmz sports video of ray rice hitting his wife in the video, causing worldwide outrage but when solange knowles hit jay-z, people laughed. even comedy spoofs on tv.

. >> jeff rossen, thanks so much for that. >>> the cdc has issued new guidelines for health care workerso have ebola. cdc director tom frieden conceded that the old guidelines didn't work, when two nurses in texas treating thomas eric duncan contracted the disease. under the new guide lines workers must be repeatedly trained specifically in putting on and off equipment. the equipment should leave no skin exposed and the procedures should be monitored by a trained observer. >>> authorities in gary, indiana, say a man charged with strangling a woman may be a serial killer. darren van has been charged with the death of afrikka hardy. he also confessed to killing six other women, whose bodies were found in northwest indiana over the weekend and they say vann has indicated there could be more victims going back 20 years. >>> an update now to a story we told you about on monday. we're hearing now for the first time from the humble hero, whose brave actions were captured on camera and seen worldwide. thomas artiaga was reunited with an elderly man that he pull ed from a burning house in fresno,