detective killed in the man hunt for christopher dorner will be laid to rest today. 35-year-old jeremiah mckay was killed after exchanging gunfire with dorner. he's survived by a wife and two children. >>> and happy birthday to former "frasier" star kelsey grammer. he turns 58 today. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments on those stories and the best political analysis on msnbc. and tonight, be sure to watch "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. details on new research that may answer the age-old question, why do women talk so much more than men? >>> and a texas mom tells the emotional and uplifting story of the miraculous surgery that saved her baby daughter's life. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm mara schiavocampo. thanks for watching "early today." just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a great one. >>> happening right now. a courtroom shocker in south africa. see what happened at the os

that department is mourning the death of jeremiah mckay. >> detective mckay is 35 years old. and has been a member of our department for 15 years. he's married and has two children, a 7-year-old daughter and a 4-month-old son. >> dorner, as most americans now know, threatened to wage war on the lapd as revenge for his firing in 2008. the couple, the reynolds that were held hostage, said that dorner told them he didn't have a problem with them, he just wanted to clear his name. >>> friends and family gathered tonight to remember a baby girl, an infant found dead inside her house. a memorial service was held in silver spring for 7-month-old lorissa yans. police say she was killed by her 14-year-old brother last week in their house in white oak. the baby's mother left the little girl in her brother's care while she worked a night shift. according to court documents, the brother had beaten her and suffocated her when she wouldn't start trying. he's charged with an adult. >>> quick action may have saved a student's life after his roommate might have killed him. he was in college p

. >> reporter: detective jeremiah mckay was killed in that gun battle. law enforcement in the communities had started to withdraw officers when the search for dorner was turning up empty that. they swarmed again during the standoff, but now police are beginning to open up these roadblocks. many here are relieved it's all over. >> very glad that he's taken care of because he was killing people. >> reporter: one of those victims, riverside police officer michael crane, was laid to rest wednesday. hundreds of police officers from across southern california attended the funeral. teresa garcia, cbs news angeles oaks, california. >>> pope benedict delivered his final public mass on wednesday. >> thousands packed into st. peter's basilica to pay tribute to the pontiff who will step down at the end of this month. when he left for the last time, the crowd gave him a standing ovation. many had tears in their eyes. he's the first pope to resign in 600 years. >>> straight ahead, your thursday morning weather and in this morning's "moneywatch" report, from candy to c

the deputy that died tuesday night was 35 year old jeremiah mckay. he was a 15-year-old veteran of the san bernardino sheriff's department. mckay is survived by his wife and two kids. a funeral was held yesterday for another one of dorner's alleged victims. thousands of law enforcement officers from across the state as well as governor jerry brown attended the funeral yesterday. crane was killed on february 7th when dorner allegedly opened fire on his patrol car. >>> it is 4:37. let's check in with christina loren to see what kind of weather the valentine lovers are in for today. >> it's not just love in the air. we'll see haze and fog. good morning to you. we do have dense, patchy fog up in the north bay. quarter of a mile visibility. that's all that's available if you are transporting your kids around up in the north bay you really want to travel cautiously this morning because fog will be a factor throughout the morning drive but have no fear, mike inouye is back and he's tracking it for you. temperatures are going to be so comfortab comfortable.

the san bernadino sheriff's department identified the deputy who was killed as detective jeremiah mckay. he was 35 years old and married with a seven-year-old daughter and a four-month-old son. so a very young family. the san bernadino coroner says it could take weeks to identify the remains found in that burned out cabin. >>> we are learning more about the south bay man wanted for setting off an explosive and threatening a public official. it turns out that official is leyland ye, and the suspect is a well respected computer engineer with close ties to apple co-founder steve s who knee yak. steve what's -- waznia c. >> this layer of a would be murderous bomb maker, or was it the at homework shop of a genius software engineer whose materials used with tinkering with homemade electronic devices could bemis taken for a bomb? well it depends on who you ask. chp officers will keep watch overnight off everett basham overnight. he was arrested for threatening leyland ye and charged with igniting or attempting to ignite an explosive device with intent to commit murder. the chp says s.w.a.t off

the san bernadino sheriff's department identified the deputy who was killed as detective jeremiah mckay. he was 35 years old and married with a seven-year-old daughter and a four-month-old son. so a very young family. the san bernadino coroner says it could take weeks to identify the remains found in that burned out cabin. >>> we are learning more about the south bay man wanted for setting off an explosive and threatening a public official. it turns out that official is leyland ye, and the suspect is a well respected computer engineer with close ties to apple co-founder steve s who knee yak. steve what's -- waznia c. >> this layer of a would be murderous bomb maker, or was it the at homework shop of a genius software engineer whose materials used with tinkering with homemade electronic devices could bemis taken for a bomb? well it depends on who you ask. chp officers will keep watch overnight off everett basham overnight. he was arrested for threatening leyland ye and charged with igniting or attempting to ignite an explosive device with intent to commit murder. the chp says s.w.a.t off

the san bernadino sheriff's department identified the deputy who was killed as detective jeremiah mckayld and seven-year-oldeven-year-old daughter and a four-month-old son. so a very young family. the san bernadino coroner says it could take weeks to identify the remains found in that burned out cabin. >>> we are learning more about the south bay man wanted for setting off an explosive and threatening a public official. it turns out that official is leyland ye, and the suspect is a well respected computer engineer with close ties to apple co-founder steve s who knee yak. steve what's -- waznia c. >> this layer of a would be murderous bomb maker, or was it the at homework shop of a genius software engineer whose materials used with tinkering with homemade electronic devices could bemis taken for a bomb? well it depends on who you ask. chp officers will keep watch overnight off everett basham overnight. he was arrested for threatening leyland ye and charged with igniting or attempting to ignite an explosive device with intent to commit murder. the chp says s.w.a.t officers found bomb maki

san bernardino county sheriff's detective jeremiah mckay was killed in the shootout on tuesday. mckay was 35. he was married with two children. mckay had been with the sheriff's department for 15 years. >>> state police responded to a fatal shooting near an elementary school in the east bay. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran is down in san leandro with more. >> reporter: the alameda county coroner's office says the victim was an 18-year-old man. we want to let you see right now that they're still here on scene in front of the school. san leandro police are telling us they are investigating this as a homicide and as far as we know, that investigation will be continuing today. shots were reported around 9:00 last night at hillside elementary school. a neighbor said they heard lee shots and called 911. when officers got to the scene they found a man on the school property. we're told he died at the hospital. we still don't know the circumstances around the incident or how many people may have been involved. we want to make note, we called the school hotline number to see if this would

police say dorner did shoot two other officers during his run yesterday, killing 35-year-old jeremiah mckay, who leaves behind a 7-year-old daughter and 4-month-old son. the former navy reservist then holed himself up in a cabin and here, in these usually quiet mountains, an intense fire fight broke out. police say they fired tear gas into the cabin -- >> burn the gas! burn the gas! >> reporter: then came the flames. >> we have fire. he might come out the back. one shot fired from inside the residence. >> reporter: by nightfall, the cabin burned to the ground. and inside, authorities say they discovered a lone, charred body. authorities now turn their attention to forensic tests to positively identify that body. 12 los angeles police department families remain under police protective watch, fearful of dorner's threat to go after them, diane. and i'm sure that fear will remain until that positive identity on that body comes back. >> all right, cecilia, thank you. and i want to bring in abc's chief justice correspondent right now, pierre thomas, who has been working the phones to learn more a

unfortunately, our other deputy, detective jeremiah mckay, was pronounced deceased at 2:24 p.m. yesterday at the hospital. detective mckay is 35 years old. and has been a member of our department for 15 years. he's married and has two children, a 7-year-old daughter and a 4-month-old son. presently assigned to the station, but also a detective at the big bear station. my sincere condolences go out to the family. this is truly another sad day for law enforcement. our department is grieving from this event. it's just a terrible deal for all of us. the folks that are up here with me as well. have also been dealing with this suspect's behavior over the last week. we believe that this investigation is over at this point and we'll just need to move on from here. i will tell you that the deputy sheriffs that responded to this active shooting scene yesterday are absolutely true heroes. there were rounds being fired as you saw on some of the news coverage, was absolutely incredible. it was like a war zone and our deputies continued to go in to that area and try to neutralize and stop the

meanwhile, authorities today identified detective jeremiah mckay a 15 year veteran of the san bernardino sheriff's department as the deputy who died yesterday in a shootout with dorner. investigators also confirmed that dornerer is the man thieved to have barry kateed himself inside a cabin after the gun battle with officers. he never emerged after the cabin went up in flames. police are still waiting for dna testing to confirm this is dorner's body. with happened to end the man hunt that is the question? >> reporter: from a barrage of gun fire to a rush of flames. to sharon stone shel that shel. now, nothing left but rubble. >> shut down the freeway possibly the subject we have been looking for. >> the run from the law began to unravel here at this cabin near a ski resort. police say dorner broke in and took their car and sped off. they broke free and managed to call the police. dern was, once again, on the run, chased by police. he abandoned the stolen car and up the road dorner carjacked. >> dorner jumped out of the snow at me, gun drawn and a big long rifle. i wasn't going fast so i

. >> reporter: we also learned the name of the deputy killed yesterday, jeremiah mckay, a young deputy been here for a long time, but still in his 30's, he had two young children and leaves behind a wife as well. that happens, that name comes to us as the funeral, riverside officers took place today and there were literally thousands of people there. police agencies from all over the western united states for that matter from all over the country came to pay respects. four died according to the authorities at the hands of dorner, including two police officers and daughter and fiance of another before his reign is apparently over. the forensic investigation is going forward we know from covering these things and other stories, it could be something quick, could be long. they did find a driver's license with the name. as you mentioned people here are uncertain, a bit uneasy because everyone thought dorner had left, as of mid day yesterday and of course, we saw what happened after that. so, until that is, until that's nailed down until they know for sure that forensically, that is christo

unfortunately, our other deputy, detective jeremiah mckay was pronounced deceased at 2:24 p.m.esterday at the hospital. detective mckay is 35 years old. and has been a member of our department for 15 years. he is married and has two children. a 7-year-old daughter and a 4 month old son. he is presently assigned to the ukipa station but also a detective at the big bear station. my sincere condolences go out to the mckay family. this is truly another sad day for law enforcement. our department is grieving from this event. it's just a terrible deal for all of us. the folks that are up here with me as well have also been dealing with this suspect's behavior over the last week. we believe that this investigation is over at this point. and we'll just need to move on from here. i will tell you that the deputy sheriff that responded to this active shooting scene yesterday are absolutely true heros. there were rounds being fired as you saw on some of the news coverage was absolutely incredible. it was like a war zone. and our deputies continued to go in to that area and try to neutraliz

. >>> detective jeremiah mckay was killed in the shootout on tuesday. he was married with two children. he was 35. he had been with the sheriff's department for 15 years. >>> a specially designed armored vehicle made to withstand weapons of mass destruction will soon be available to parts of the bay area. marin county has teamed up with three other counties to buy a bear cat g-3 urban assault vehicle similar to this. the vehicle cost $368,000. marin county supervisor steven kinsey has received mixed reactions to the deal. >> there are two levels of reaction. the high school kids can't wait to get a ride in it. i think the general public wonders if it's the best use of funds. >> money for the bear cat will come from a federal homeland security grant. >>> 5:10. a possible pay raise. >> the plan being pushed by president obama today. plus -- >> i can't imagine having as much fun at any other school than i have here. >> from band to drama, how a south bay school is using the arts to help students learn. >> but first, talk about breakfast on the go. a doughn

angeles police officer christopher dorner . 35 year-old san borodino county sheriff's detectives jeremiah mckayt. there will be a five milelong procession from the mortuary to and at the air they usually holds more than 60,000 people. mckay was the fourth and final person killed by dornr during a shootout outside a mountain cabin in the big bear area. the cabin when up in flames and dornerd remains were found inside. >> next on the kron 4 morning news. your trip across the golden gate bridge to be extra informative to date. what bridge officials are talking to drive is about as they cross. baby. hmm. let's just share a 20 piece. [ internal ] 20 mcnuggets, for only $4.99? oh, man. she's beautiful smart and sensible. jackpot. [ crewperson ] anything else? [ male announcer ] mcdonald's crispy, juicy chicken mcnuggets are now part of the extra value menu. so you get the tastes you love at a price you'll love even more. guess who's going to the game? [ internal ] thank you. [ male announcer ] the simple joy of having more to love. >> welcome back on the time is 5:29 a.m.. >> it is warmer than it has

of people expected to attend tomorrow night's candlelight vigil in san bernardino county for jeremiah mckayiff's deputy, a father of two. he was killed last week while pursuing christopher cover, the former l.a.p.d. police officer suspected of killing four people. the resort owners up there are ready to put dorner's gruesome death in a mountain cabin behind them now. they want everybody to know big bear mountain is back open for business. a large number of skiers and snowboarders are there for the presidents' day weekend. >>> a crash in oakland involving a sheriff's deputy left a pile of wrecked cars. the alameda county sheriff's office says a deputy and sergeant were pursuing a car that failed to stop for them about 9:30 last night. a witness says the sheriff's suv crashed after swerving to avoid him at 35th avenue near deering street. >> as he hydroplaned, he couldn't maneuver to avoid the car. >> witnesses said the sheriff's suv clipped that car and hit a parked suv and pushed it on top of another car. the driver in the suspect's car was arrested on the scene. the deputy and the sergeant

funeral arrangements are being made for the second lawman dorner allegedly killed. 35-year-old jeremiah mckay shootout in big bear on tuesday afternoon. he joined the department in 1998. he leaves behind a wife, 7-year- old daughter, and 4-month-old son. he was so excited about the new born he posted a son na gram months -- sonogram months earlier. >>> how one local group is using the golden gate bridge to spread their message right here in the bay area about domestic violence. >>> new satellite images reveal some changes in the earth's ozone layer. [ male announcer ] we began with the rx. ♪ then we turned the page, creating the rx hybrid. ♪ now we've turned the page again with the rx f sport. ♪ this is the next chapter for the rx and the next chapter for lexus. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> last night members of code pink. they were busy getting ready for today's very unusual protest demonstration "dancing across the golden gate brame" it's all to mark "one billion rising day" a day of ending domestic violence. they will start at 10:00 this morning. them are also planning a flash mo

the deputy sheriff dorner is accused of killing is jeremiah mckay.he department for 15 years. he leaves behind a wife, a 7-year-old daughter and a 4-month-old son. >> thank god the terror is over. >>> another story today, a merger to reshape the airlines industry. it's impacting millions of travelers. >> later today, american airlines and u.s. airways are expected to make it official. announcing they'll combine the companies to create the biggest airline in the world. american airlines' newly unveiled paint job is still facing mixed reviews. as is today's likely announcement that it will merge with u.s. airways. execs from both companies will announce the merger in dallas this morning. then will break the news in person to employees. here in tulsa, the stamg ge is up. >> our best goal going forward is to make it the biggest airline in the country. >> reporter: it will be american airlines, based in texas, but run by the u.s. airways management. on twitter overnight, outrage. and questions about how it will impact travelers, especially frequent flyers

angeles police officer christopher dorner. 35 year-old san bernardino county sheriff's detectives jeremiah mckaylaid to rest. there'll be five milelong procession from the mortuary to and at the theater that usually hold more than 600,000 people-- 60,000 people. mckay was the for the final person killed by dorner during a shootout outside mountain cabin and big bear area. the cabin when up in flames and dorners remains were found inside. >> peninsula cities are preparing for anonymous gun buyback in east palo alto on saturday. police agencies from east palo alto, menlo park, and palo alto are sponsoring a gun purchase event, which will take place in the parking lot of east palo alto hall between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.. local residents will be paid $100 for a handgun, $200 for rifle. or a shotgun, and $300 for assault weapon. guns will be except anonymously and no questions asked. >> we will have more on your forecast coming up in just a minute. for over 60,000 california foster children, nights can feel long and lonely. i miss my sister. i miss my old school. i miss my room. i don't want speci

. >> that could be true, but what could one and for from the death of jeremiah mckay were no contraband was found the explanation could be the dog detected an odor but the substance was not there or the dog was confused with the dog was not very competent. what can one infer? especially in regards to performance records? >> what you can infers that this dog is not an accurate indicator of probable cause. it is probable cause as to whether drugs are likely to be found in the search that follows an alert. >> they are unlikely to be found if there is a residual order of drugs, you've got the drugs are no longer there. it is not an incompetent dog when he alerts. because of the residual odor. >> but if the dog has previously alerted and no drugs have been found, because of the dog having hacker activity, the next time that that dog alerts, it is less likely that drugs will be gone. it goes through probable cause measures, rather than the likelihood, the reasonability that drugs will be found. >> council, what about a police officer who comes to a car and smoked marijuana? he will never know

reporter: police say the former cop gunned down a sheriff's deputy now identified as 35-year-old jeremiah mckay, the last of dorner's four victims. >> officer down. >> copy. another officer down. >> reporter: with the murder spree now over, the reynolds afraid for their own lives never wanted dorner to lose his. >> i didn't wish him dead, though, at any point. i really didn't. i prayed for him a lot. and i'm praying for his family now. >> reporter: this morning it remains unclear how long christopher dorner was holed up here. last night the sheriff's department held a press conference and they told investigators and the public that they were in this area, that they did search several homes but it's unclear if they searched the condo behind me. matt? >> miguel almaguer in big bear, california, this morning, thanks very much. >>> natalie morales has the other top stories. good morning. >> good morning, everyone, we begin with the megamerger just announced to create the world's largest airline as american airlines and us airways join forces. nbc tom costello covers aviation for us. good morning. >