. >> and i'm juliette goodrich. the winter stormy weather may be the start of something beautiful. a wet winter. however, conservation is still on everyone's mind. not only are water watches gleaming, kpix5's mark kelly says people in the ski business are also hoping for a good season ahead. >> this berkeley business may be miles from tahoe snow. still, wet weather is critical for california ski company to survive, says owner, greg whitehouse. >> i have three really bad snow years back to back to back. it's been brutal. >> good for the ski shop, the dry spell looks to be cracking. weather models for most of the bay area the next three months show rain fall totals 30% above average. but not everyone is singing in the rain just yet. >> one storm is not going to get us out of the drought. >> this week, even with more rain expected, east bay mud is getting tougher on water waste. customers could be asked to scale back water use 50% in the new year. >> we just don't know. are we in the last year of drought or in the middle of a longer drought? at this time, it's really the most prudent

good rich has new information juliette? >> reporter: the gunman announced online what he was going to do and why. this is the police car two new york city officers were sitting in when a man walked up and shot them execution style. >> they were quite simply executed. >> reporter: ismaaiyl brinsley fired from the side of the car, striking both officers in the head. >> officer liu and officer ramos never had the opportunity to draw their weapons, they may never have actually even seen their assailant. their murderer. >> reporter: the suspect ran to a nearby subway station where he shot and killed himself. ismaaiyl brinsley was on the run after shooting and injuring his ex girlfriend in baltimore, he posted from her instagram account just three hours before killing the officers, the caption reads i'm putting wings on pigs today. they took one of ours, let's take two of theirs. #shootthepolice #riper #ripericgarner#michaelbrownthis mightbemyfinalpost. >> this happened after they got a report he may be headed to new york. >> eve

but juliette, this is a 50-year-old man. this is not a young convert or someone disenfranchised. what do you make of that? >> well so demographics are very different but in some ways the biography sounds familiar. he is isolated from most people and in particular his family if he was in a caustic divorce. what we have to remember in a almost all of these cases, the person is known to authorities for something different. they were either sociopathic or violent or went after their wife more to this case all of the above. it's a way law enforcement has to learn about what are the potential triggering events for someone like this who is a -- who they are aware of to then find a meaning for their craziness. for their violent behavior and isis or al qaeda provides them that meaning. it's delusional, we know this. i'm not justifying it. but in open societies like ours and australia where we love the diversity of religion and ethnicity and the peacefulness that that diversity almost always brings is -- as i said, there are an infinite number of sociopaths and an infinite number of soft t

juliette. >> reporter: hi, liz. it's quite a story to tell.hat's the box that belongs here in east dublin at the chabot home but somehow, it managed to wind up by the railroad tracks in east oakland and it took a mother and daughter to look inside and realize this box must come home. >> definitely tired. >> reporter: she is tired but always smiling. camille is 19 and battling stage 4 lymphoma cancer. the night before her fifth chemotherapy treatment, there was an unexpected knock at her door. her mom cautiously answered. >> i heard a noise and to the left i saw this younger woman probably camille's age pulling a heavy box up the sidewalk. >> reporter: a mother and daughter from east oakland at their front doorstep delivering a huge box they found along the train tracks near their home. >> these two angels in the night rainy dark night rush hour traffic to drive out to us to deliver us a lost dumped box on the side of the road. >> reporter: but it wasn't just any box. it was a box filled with scarves that say, hashtag camille strong. a camille

these men tend to be caught relatively soon. >> we need your voice, juliette. so stop talking. get some rest. >> i'm taking tomorrow off. >> all right. good job. thank you very much. thanks to juliette kayyem, leah farrall in australia and our correspondent anna coren as well. when we come back oprah winfrey in the wake of the protest as cross the country over police tactics. she talks about the lessons of selma and what protesters can accomplish. >>> plus shocking new developments in the case of a man with a bb gun shot to death by police in walmart. why did police interrogate the dead man's girlfriend, and did they cross the line? i hait's tough, but severi've managed.ease. but managing my symptoms was all i was doing. so when i finally told my doctor, he said humira is for adults like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease. and that in clinical studies, the majority of patients on humira saw significant symptom relief. and many achieved remission. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including

i'm allen martin. >> i'm juliette goodrich.s ryan takeo talked with the east bay woman, whose making the best of this holiday heist. >> reporter: when evelyn arms's family first surveyed the aftermath of the break-in they didn't think the thieves took much. >> it wasn't quite as bad as we thought until all the slippers are missing. >> reporter: the burglars took 17 pairs of slippers, probably thinking they were stealing more commercial christmas presents. >> just would love to have seen the look on their face when they opened them up and saw that. slippers! [ laughter ] >> reporter: evelyn can laugh about it now. those slippers, like this pair that wasn't stolen, took a lot of time. all together, nearly 300 hours of handiwork. evelyn started think that's wha upsetting is that she always puts so much, you know, hard work and love into the items that she makes for everybody. >> reporter: evelyn's daughter- in-law hopes the thieves see this story and feel terrible. >> we are just thinking, maybe in the next couple of days, on her

look at this, juliette. one side to the other side, and he gone. 55 yards for a touchdown for trayvon. it was 7-0. now third quarter, horn frogs up 41-3. they beat them up bad because they want to make an impression on the committee. here's a shot to green. they won the game 55-3 and they are 12-1 to clinch a share of the big 12 conference. so, let me break it down for you. the top three teams, alabama, oregon, tcu, all that have won so far. florida state, sitting there at number 4. baylor 6. are playing respectively right now for that last playoff spot. the selections have come out on tomorrow. third ranked arizona hosting 9th ranked gonzega. in overtime, it is arizona. t.j. mcconnell putting them up. he scored 6 of arizona's points in overtime. here come the zags. that's a foul beyond the ark. you get three shines at the line to tie it. and byron wesley air balls the first. look at this. clangs the second one. misses the third one on purpose to try and get the rebound. but no, it did not work out. it is ar

kpix5's juliette goodrich on the risky rescue. >> i mean, she is sweet. she is sweet as can be. >> she's a survivor, too. >> reporter: this small gray cat is in safe arms now. but for the past ten days, a much different story. this feline with a pink collar and bow was stuck ten feet down in a storm drain on worthington courts. >> it was after school. >> reporter: eight-year-old hannah first heard the cat and told her grandfather who then called animal control. >> you could hear her when she was crying. and, after a couple of days, it sounded like she could have gotten sick or something, because her meowing was getting softer. >> reporter: day after day, and no chance of luring her out. animal control tried to use nets and even a sheet hoping the cat would climb up. finally, a successful rescue operation. dozens of volunteers coaxed the frightened feline into a cage and hoisted her to safety. >> you can feel it. it has a little spiny bone here. a little skinny. chef has eaten the heck out of everything i have given her. >> reporter: ray is with animal res

good evening, i'm juliette goodrich in for ann notarangelo. >> and i'm brian hackney. new york city is still in mourning tonight and the police commissioner bill bratton laid a wreath at the site where the officers were killed yesterday. people have been coming by during the day. the gunman announced on social media beforehand he was announcing a retribution attack for the recent unarmed killings of black men. wendy gillette has the response from the mother of one of those men. >> reporter: a flag outside the 84th new york city police precinct is flying at half staff. and it hangs above the front door. the department is mourning two of its own. 40-year-old rafael ramos and 32- year-old wenjian liu ambushed by a gunman identified as 28- year-old ismaaiyl brinsley who then killed himself. he warned online before the shooting he was going to put quote -- wings on pigs. sunday evening, hundreds came together at the intersection of brooklyn where the two officers were killed in their patrol car for a vigil. new york city mayor bill de blasio and police commissioner william

kpix 5's juliette goodrich on the risky rescue that paid off. >> i mean, she is sweet as can be. >> she is a survivor, too,. >> reporter: this small gray cat is in safe arms now, but for the past 10 days, a much different story. this feline with a pink collar and bow was stuck 10 feet down in a storm drain on worthington court. >> it was after school. >> reporter: 8-year-old hannah first heard the cat and told her grandfather, who then called animal control. >> you could hear her when she, um, was crying. and after a couple of days, it sounded like she could have got sick or something because her meowing was kind of getting softer. >> reporter: day after day, and no chance of luring her out. animal control tried to use nets and even a sheet hoping the cat would climb up. finally, a successful rescue operation. dozens of volunteers coaxed the frightened feline into a cage and hoisted her to safety. >> you can feel it's got a little spiny bone here a little skinny. and she has been eating the heck out of everything i been giving her. >> reporter: ray is with harp, homeless animals respons

juliette. >> reporter: hi, veronica. know, when the clock is ticking, i think shoppers head out no matter what rain or shine. if you bundle up, i have to tell you it's nice out here, we're at the broadway plaza in walnut creek where you can see that shoppers are strolling along and actually the rain has stopped. and according to merchants the rain earlier today didn't stop the heavy rush of people doing their holiday shopping. with umbrellas in hand, they braved the chilly rainy weather. and, in fact, we caught up with some shoppers this evening some last-minute shoppers. i asked them, are you out here doing the last-minute shopping or are you really just getting out of the house because it's finally not raining? >> weather prevents from you coming out or not? >> no. i'm normally very prepared but two children made it horrible this year so we are going last- minute this year. >> reporter: they have the rain jackets on so they are good to go. >> yup. >> reporter: all right. merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> reporter

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ning, i'm juliette goodrich, in for ann notarangelo. i'm brian hackney. the phenomenon is called a tide. for the next two days, we'll experience extrs -- very high high >>> becareful around the coast. >> the phenomenal that is called a king tide terror for the next two days we will experience high tides along with very low, low tides. it this morning, it this was the scene as the bay spilled over into this hotel parking lot. flooding blocked a few roads but weekend bike riders were able to get through it without too much trouble. >> no closed trails but we had to go through parking lots to make it back on the trail. >> king tides will peak tomorrow. they will have posted warnings and warnings about rip currents. it makes the shorelines a place to be. >>> a 76-year-old man was hurt when a tree he was cutting fell on him this afternoon. the tree had toppled down in last week's storm. the homeowner was pinned underneath when the structure collapsed. he is expected to be okay. >>> another car erupts in flames. the fifth vehicle torched in the area in the past

juliette goodrich, kpix 5. >> such a beautiful story. i'm so glad they got that box back to them. >> absolutely. and i'm sure the people had no clue what was in it but they got it to them and what a great story especially over the holiday. pretty cool. >>> it is 5:18 right now. olympic competition is once again coming to san jose. still to come, the event just awarded to s.a.p. center. >> and good morning, everybody. it's uncle vern on a friday morning. here's what i got for ya. i got these golden state warriors. you might have heard of 'em? real hot nba team. check what they did last night. sharks? not so bad themselves. >> all right, vern. what's cool about your school? email your nominations to us at coolschools@kpix.com. we may come and feature your school on the show. we'll be right back. singer shows how the right websites-- and a litt networking-- can help you la great gig. >>> in today's obs report, jill schlesinger shows us the right websites and a little networking can help you land a great gig. >> reporter: gone are the days w

i'm juliette goodrich. >> i'm allen martin. ken bastida and elizabeth cook have the night off.we have seen violent from test in oakland the last few weeks but none like this one tonight. protesters were out the destroy whatever they could as christin ayers shows us. >> reporter: there was very little peaceful about this protest. some marchers were hostile from the beginning. one protester lunged for our camera moments after the march began. when the group blocked an intersection near city hall tonight, this driver lashed out. >> they come from other areas and cause trouble. that is what is frustrating. some people come to do peaceful protests. he is not even from this area. >> reporter: within an hour, marchers were taking a detour through jack london square using rocks and skateboards to bash in 30 windows. some stealing bottles of liquor. >> the protests became violent. you can see they ripped the ornaments and the lights off of the christmas tree here in jack london square. >> reporter: decorative balls left strewn on the ground. the oakland police chief and a few helpers cl

packed with people wearing lots and lots of layers and lining up for a nice cup of hot chocolate, i'm juliette goodrich, ken and liz have the night off. let's get right to paul. >> the santa hats are helpful. we need the cover for our ears. it is in the 30s in places like napa and santa rosa, walnut creek and dublin. we are headed down near freezing. all the red you see, freeze warnings to the south and along the coastline to the north. for the sacramento river valley, a frost advisory is in effect. we don't get frost advisories after december 15 but we will. san jose three days ago 68 degrees. today, only a high of 57. overnight, it will only be two to six degrees cooler than what it was this morning. so widespread 30 to 35-degree temperatures away from the water. it will get colder as another surge of arctic air moves in. we will talk about how cold and how long and if there is any rainfall before the 2015 begins. that is coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks paul. >>> christin ayers is hearing from people in oakland tonight who are fed up with antipolice protesters. it is one thing to prote

tonight the search is on for who ever is going around torching places ning, i'm juliette goodrich, in for ann notarangelo. i'm brian hackney. the phenomenon is called a tide. for the next two days, we'll experience extrs -- very high high >>> becareful around the coast. >> the

good evening, i'm juliette goodrich, ann notarangelo is off tonight. >> and i'm brian hackney. dennis o'donnell joins us with how the niners had a lead and blew it. >> it is unbelievable. the drama of the season gets better and better or worse and worse. the 49ers are surely out of the playoffs. this marked the second worst blown lead in team history. the last time, 1965. the jim harbaugh era is not ending on a high note. they led san francisco 28-7 at the half. the game went to overtime. the 49ers got the ball firstment he appeared to be on the move. a possible field goal. but quentin patton fumbles the football. one of three turnovers by san francisco. san diego marched right down on the field and set up novak to win it. the chargers and the 49ers, their fourth straight loss. >> i thought it was over. san diego kept fighting. and they go our way. they made plays when they have to make plays. >> not much to say other than keep fighting. get our last regular season win. that will be the goal. but it's a tough one. everybody feels it. >> so jim harbaugh could have just one game

. >> reporter: well, juliette, that dress coat was listed on the "occupy oakland" website and it told white people not to wear the i can't breathe t- shirt signifying the death of eric garner. the post-christmas rhythm of union square typically filled with shoppers and ice skaters took on a different beat today. in the mix of exchanges an "occupy oakland" led protest about police brutality. >> eric garner! >> eric garner! >> "black lives matter"! >> "black lives matter"! >> reporter: take tobacco the protest out of the -- taking the protest out of the darkness to a new audience. >> if i can bring the reality of the war on black people in this nation into the heart and lives and daily interactions of people out for a day of shopping, we want to break through the veil. >> reporter: organizers called the gathering super low key and it was possible too low key for tourists confused by cops around union square. >> when you see a protest i think i'd like to see more people out. >> good for them. kind of like i mean if [ indiscernible ] we just [ indiscernible ] [ inaudible ] ed in a. >> rep

good evening, i'm juliette goodrich. >> i'm allen martin.g it happening in real estate sales but now it is happening with rentals. new at 6:00, da lin on how one bay area community is feeling a new property squeeze. >> it's about 450 square feet upstairs. >> reporter: a humble unit, all 1,000 square feet of it. it's in the industrial part of berkeley. and next to the railroad. noise is constant. [ railroad noise ] >> quite loud. and they go 24 hours a day 7 days a week. i sleep with earplugs. i can still hear it through the earplugs. >> reporter: so when her landlord raised the rent nearly 20% to $2,650, the working artist decided to move. >> supremely disappointed and -- and anxious about what -- what's next. >> reporter: she says a new neighbor who just moved from san francisco offered a couple of hundred dollars more than the asking rent and that drove up rents at her complex. >> it definitely sounds crazy when you're offering above rent. but when it comes down to it is you need a place to live. it's a case of desperation in this hot mark

juliette -- there you go. >> reporter: thank you so much. one of the first bills that mitch mcconnell sent to you is one that authorized the construction of the pipeline. when you talked about this in the past you minimized the benefits and highlighted the risks. i wonder what you would do given the public majority and also, what do you see as the benefit, and given the precipitous in drop of oil prices recently, does that change the calculous in changes of how that contributes to climate change and whether it makes sense to go forward with that project? >> i don't think i minimized the benefits. i think i described the benefits. at issue on keystone is not american oil, it is canadian oil. that is drawn out of tar sands in canada. that oil currently is being shippeded out, through rail or trucks, and it would save canadian oil companyies, and th canadian oil industry, an enormous amount of money, if they could simply pipe it all of the way through the united states, down to the gulf. once that oil gets to the gulf, it is then entering into

the "new york times" juliette macard asking, did goodell know all the details in the case when he gave rice the two-game suspension? did goodell backpedal in september when the graphic video of rice's punch was made public? did goodell unfairly blame rice saying rice misled him by playing down the elevator encounter? jones certainly suggests so. the nfl wrote in a memo this weekend to club own there's no part of the arbitrator's decision "questions the commissioner's honest yes, integrity, nor good-faith consideration on the issue when he imposed the indefinite fit suspension on mr. rice." matt lauer spoke to janay rice about her emotions in the the direct aftermath of that incident. >> i was furious. we came home and we didn't talk the entire ride -- i didn't speak to him the entire ride home. he tried to talk to me. i didn't want to hear anything. i just knew he hit me and i was completely over it. i was done, didn't want to hear anything. i just didn't even want to entertain it. entertain him, anything that he had to say, any explanation. of course in the back of my mind and in my h

. >> i'm juliette goodrich in for ann notarangelo. our christian hartnett is live where things got out of hand, christian? >> reporter: that's right. right outside the campus intersection of telegraph avenue and bancroft way. right now, as you can see behind me, there is no action right now. there was quite a bit of action maybe just an hour before this time. and over there, you can see the arrests. the alameda county bus they loaded at least several people. we saw them loading in there. we don't exactly have an exact number of arrests that were made, but there were people in the bus and they have cleared out that intersection. earlier today, it was one incident that set off the violence and mayhem. it really only took about ten minutes to start. it happened with the blink of an eye. >> people were throwing crates at it. breaking it. people with mostly covered faces of course. and people started walking up and taking some of the bottles. >> reporter: it didn't start that way, protesters gathered on the edge of the cal campus peacefull

>> reporter: that is the case, juliette!e have a good amount of people here at westfield valley mall so right now about an hour to go until they shut the doors here. and we are finding stores are pulling out all the stops to make sure they get their holiday inventory right off those shelves. for some, this much shopping is a nightmare. for others, it's a bargain paradise. >> another -- cards, they have an additional 25% so 75% is good. >> reporter: the entire houston clan hoping to cash in on the deals behind every door. >> we ran into a great deal at one of my daughter's favorite stores. >> one of the craziest days for us. >> reporter: this store manager says today is busier than black friday and she demands her store be in tip-top shape. not a piece of candy out of place. >> visuals is everything. people nowadays are buying with their eyes. >> reporter: it's not just the eyes that reel in the customers in this store. >> in the door it's the smell. definitely the smell. >> reporter: this clerk says the christmas eve shopper

. >>> i'm juliette goodrich. phil and have the morning off. welcome back to kpix5 this morning.rning. i am mark kelly. time is 7:59. >> i'm juliet goodrich. they have suspend the the search from the air because of nightfall in that part of the world. the airbus a320 took off early today from a city in indonesia and was headed to singapore. here is more. >> reporter: the information board at singapore airport announcing routine arrives and departures, today told relatives on 8501 to contact the airlines. the innocuous message, the flight de parted after 5:30 a.m. bound for singapore. just 40 minutes into the flight, the pilot asked to be given a different flight plan. 162 on the plane. severe thunderstorms were reported in the area at the time just before the plane went missing. both indonesia and singapore have launched search and rescue operations but there is still know word of the plane's whereabouts. family and friends wait for news as each hopes for a miracle. >> it is hard to escape the sinking feeling this is all-too familiar. the disappearance of the plane in march is a

we will start with april, go ahead, julie, leslie, colleen and juliette. >> well, sarah, when you were in the white house there, how gender diverse was the white house press corps than today? >> it's more gender diverse. the difference is that the bush white house was also more gender diverse than -- >> a plug there. it was. it was a diverse white house. i think it was a neat thing there for josh earnest. good for him. that's all for today. happy hanukkah, merry christmas. we will be back next week, because we're not taking a holiday break, because if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." >>> press here is sponsored in part by barracuda network. citi national bank, providing lines of credit to help northern california businesses grow. >> a former apple designer takes us inside the mind of one infinite loop, jason green says he's not impressed with a billion dollar company, he wants $10 billion companies, and spud hilton uses social media to shame space greedy air passengers. our reporters, kristina far of reuters, and john of usa today, this week on

welcome back, i'm juliette goodrich. >> i'm allen martin. the protestors have a new slogan.n reports from jack london square. >> reporter: they title the protest no time off but today folks are not talking about their new slogan. they are talking about vandalism. vandals smashed all these windows on this block. if you think this is bad, they trashed a christmas tree. in front of families and crying children. >> reporter: you can barely make out the screams of scared children in this loud chaotic scene. but you can hear a female protestor shouting at their parents. men kicked down the fence, broke the ornaments and pulled off the lights. it happened christmas night in jack london square. other protestors watched and encouraged the vandals by chanting, shut it down! shut it down! [ screaming ] >> reporter: as oakland police closed in, someone in the crowd yelled out to the vandals to come back so police couldn't single them out for arrest. and just like that, they came back together and began marching toward downtown oakland leaving police to survey the damage. some people are

we will start with april, go ahead, julie, leslie, colleen and juliette. >> well, sarah, when you were in the white house there, how gender diverse was the white house press corps than today? >> it's more gender diverse. the difference is that the bush white house was also more gender diverse than -- >> a plug there. it was. it was a diverse white house. i think it was a neat thing there for josh earnest. good for him. that's all for today. happy hanukkah, merry christmas. we will be back next week, because we're not taking a holiday break, because if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." >>> "nbc 10@issues" starts now. >>> not everyone feels good sick. people who don't get[c÷ pa time. now philadelphia city councilman has written a prescription for changing that. we will tell you how the business community feels. >>> a book about the man who created the popular museum. >>> and why a high school hockey team thinks pink5.n is the per color for their jerseys. >> good morning. weé< begin with philadelphia

. >>> first a young couple at the center of what some might call a romeo and juliette story. >> the forbiddenoff over a week ago, their parents desperately pleading for their return so they can talk things out and abc's mara schiavocampo joins us with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it does sound like a shakespearian love story but their families are hoping for a happy ending. the pair, just 16 and 20, have known each other since they were kids and now, it turns out, have been secretly dating for months. police believe they've disappeared together and they want them to come home. 16-year-old samantha delgado and 20-year-old fabel escalante missing for over a week. according to police possibly star-crossed lovers. samantha, a coral gables high school student, was last seen when her mother dropped her off at school. originally fearing she was kidnapped, the family and private investigator working on the case now say she ran away with escalante. >> what we believe is they're both together, that she is okay, and they're scared. >> reporter: they met as neighbors when they wer

we will start with april, go ahead, julie, leslie, colleen and juliette. >> well, sarah, when you wereow gender diverse was the white house press corps than today? >> it's more gender diverse. the difference is that the bush white house was also more gender diverse than -- >> a plug there. it was. it was a diverse white house. i think it was a neat thing there for josh earnest. good for him. that's all for today. happy hanukkah, merry christmas. we will be back next week, because we're not taking a holi because if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." >>> good monday morning, everybody. right now on "first look," the shocking details behind the murder of two new york police officers and the war of words that has followed. >>> north korea threatens to blow up america's citadels and accuses of u.s. of being deeply involved in sony's "the interview." >>> gas prices, they drop another quarter ahead of 98 million americans hitting the road for the holidays. >>> plus, a texas landmark bites the dust. >>> a nasty scare for lindsey vonn during the super "g" and might be this season's funniest "s

juliette. there you go. >> reporter: thanks so much. so, one of the first bills that mitch mcconnell said he will send to you is one that would authorize the keystone xl pipeline. you've highlighted the risks associated with those. also, what do you see as the benefits and given the precipitous prop in oil prices sdshgs that change the calculus in terms of how it contributes to climate change and whether you think it makes sense to go ahead with that project. >> i don't think i've minimized the benefits. i think i've described the benefits. at issue in keystone is not american oil. it is canadian oil. that is drawn out of tar sands in canada. that oil currently is being shipped out through rail or trucks. and it would save canadian oil companies and the canadian oil industry an enormous amount of money if they could simply pipe it all the way through the united states down to the gulf. once that oil gets to the gulf, it is then entering into the world market and it would be sold all around the world. so, there's no -- i won't say no. th

we will start with april, go ahead, julie, leslie, colleen and juliette. >> well, sarah, when you werehe white house there, how gender diverse was the white house press corps than today? >> it's more gender diverse. the difference is that the bush white house was also more gender diverse than -- >> a plug there. it was. it was a diverse white house. i think it was a neat thing there for josh earnest. good for him. that's all for today. happy hanukkah, merry christmas. we will be back next week, because we're not taking a holiday break, because if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." >>> welcome to colorado. >> it's a jungle, baby. >> land of the legal weed. >> yeah! >> and home to america's latest billion-dollar industry, marijuana. >> this is part of history because what did the end of alcohol prohibition mean to that generation? dynasties, right? >> i took everything i had, 401s, iras, and dropped it into this. >> i feel like we're in a once in a lifetime position right now. every state is looking at this. >> the demand really is there. >> we grew close to 1,000% las

we will start with april, go ahead, julie, leslie, colleen and juliette. >> well, sarah, when you were in the white house there, how gender diverse was the white house press corps than today? >> it's more gender diverse. the difference is that the bush white house was also more gender diverse than -- >> a plug there. it was. it was a diverse white house. i think it was a neat thing there for josh earnest. good for him. that's all for today. happy hanukkah, merry christmas. we will be back next week, because we're not taking a holiday break, because if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." >>> this morning philadelphia's police commissioner has a message for his officers following the killing of two members of the nypd. >>> and later today, friends and family will remember the victims of a montgomery county killing spree. this morning we're taking a closer look at the help that's out there for crime victims. >>> we won't see really any sunshine today. take a look at the radar. rain is on the way, so make sure you keep that umbrella handy. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm ros

juliette osburn. april, go ahead. >> it was a historic day.resident obama only took questions from female reporters at this, the solo white house press conference this afternoon. and for a president that seemed particularly relaxed and confident, it was a little more than a month ago he was meeting with republican leaders after that gop sweep and the back drop was threats from isis, the problem with ebola today. ebola seems con ttained on the home front for now. the job numbers, gas prices, and executive action and breakthroughs in foreign policy, the president basically provided over a jam-packed successful year-end press conference. joining me to explain it all, adam franco, former speechwriter and former special assist to president obama, and leslie clark, one of the reporters who asked a question at today's presser. let me start with you on that note, leslie. the president femelt he had a l of good news to spread and he went through the list of reporters we saw there. >> he did seem to do a victory lap on the economy and a number of things

. >> i want to go live to sydney with juliett, reporting from our bloomberg bureau.what have you learned so far in ?he past hour >> the last time we heard from the commissioner was a couple of hours ago now. now entering into its working power. it is midnight here in sydney. ,part from the police presence most of the city is how it is faring monday. and have goneleep home. people havew that either escaped or are being released. police have not confirmed whether or not they're being released, but it looks like they ran out the door. have not had enough this is a couple of hours ago. a lot went down about three hours ago. >> incredible footage running out of the cafÉ. what do we know about the government? understood the government is known to the police -- by the police. unconfirmed group boards that he was out on bail. police are staying tightlipped about this as they try to negotiate with the government. they are now negotiating directly with him and not to a third arty. these reports are still very much unconfirmed because police are trying to keep everything close

. >> reporter: including next summer, a turn as juliette, as in "romeo and juliette" at the met. >> i project as i'm working on them, individually, and not get overwhelmed by the bigger picture, but, it's -- i mean, it's hard to describe, and i'm just happy that i have these opportunities, you know, even with firebird, that the audience that was there that night was kind of changing, seeing a more diverse audience to come support me. it's a big deal. >> reporter: it is a big deal. and seemed far fetched 20 years ago, when one as six children, copeland would step up to a ballet bar at 16 years old in a los angeles neighborhood boys and girls club. >> it was uncomfortable? >> yeah. >> this wasn't the place you naturally wanted to be? >> it was unfamiliar and scary and as a shy, introverted girl, try anything that was new was terrifying to me. so, yes, it was terrifying at first. this thing that is like, this is my life. >> reporter: but copeland writes in her memoir, "life in motion: an unlikely ballerina," her ballet instructor saw in her gifts. >> my body was agile and just capable of

juliette is getting on this three-in-one elephant from fisher-price. this, one of our parents pointed out, it takes 35 to 40 minutes to put it together. if you're not particularly handy. oh, elliott. if your kids aren't -- if you're not handy, you want someone to have you help with it. >> assemble it beforehand. >> exactly. our kids couldn't wait. next toy is v-tech smart shop center. one of the toys we tested this year -- there you go! it fits in with toddlers who love doing things dp s again an again. families reported this was the easiest toy to put together. one family said after two weeks of playing with it every day their son was not that much into it. >> kind of over it. >> and every child is different. >> this is one of the few hot toys of the year, the disney get better talking mobile, featuring doc mcstuffins, wonderful character. she wants to be a doctor, just like her mom. and she works out on all of her toys. our parents were so excited to get this toy but were concerned about the quality. a lot of the pieces fall off. one of the other thi

. >> it's kind of like romeo and juliette in the workplace.e. and my boss is not a big fan of mixing that kind of relationship with work. and there's -- we're just surrounded by crazy characters and we keep it grounded and we keep it funny. it's a blast. >> there's something about the office space, if you'll forgive the term. >> nice, willie. >> that you sort of mastered. >> what are you trying to do here? >> you'll forgive us. dylan and i were on youtube watching clips of you for "office space." >> once you said it the way it was written, mike was generalious enough to give you enough rope you wanted to hang yourself with. and so a lot of that stuff was improv'd. sometimes that's a blessing. sometimes it's a curse. he was able to chop it together so it felt organic and part of the piece. >> upper management written all over it. >> yep. >> congratulations, guys. can't wait for the second season. thank you so much for joining us. >> yes. absolutely. >> catch "ground floor" tuesday nights, tbs. >> very funny show. >>> the one gift you can never