with us is frank and kristen alioto.e gave you other things to do, frank. >> he proved to me i could drive a truck again, that i could still build things in my garage with my friends. he made me play murder ball which was unbelievable. >> larry: rugby in a wheelchair. >> it was an unbelievable experience. i spent the week basically with some very experienced quadriplegics. they showed me around san diego. they led me places. they took me places. and they kind of showed me that, you know, it's not as bad as you would think. >> larry: kristen, they send you on a holiday to dell coronado spa. you get the work. you come and have no idea he's going to play this, right? >> i had no idea what he was doing for the time i was away. we weren't allowed to speak or have any communication. >> larry: what did you think when you saw him? >> i imagined quite a few things they were doing with him. that was the last thing i imagined. i never imagined that. >> larry: he drives the truck and tony in the truck. >> he drives the damn thing 10

more with kristen, frank and tony robbins after the break.recommends citracal plus bone density builder... the only calcium supplement with genistein found in nature in soy and proven to significantly build bone density. citracal. >>> the show is "breakthrough." tony robbins, hairs tuesday nights on nbc. with us is frank and kristen alioto. he gave you other things to do, frank. like? >> he gave us a bunch of challenges. he proved to me that i could drive a truck again that i could still build things in my garage with my friends. he made me play murder ball which was unbelievable. >> larry: rugby in a wheelchair. >> it was an unbelievable experience. i spent the week basically with some very experienced quadriplegics. they showed me around san diego. they led me places. they took me places. and they kind of showed me that, you know, it's not as bad as you would think. >> larry: kristen, they send you on a holiday to dell coronado spa. you get the work. you come and have no idea he's going to play this, right? >> i had no idea what he was doin

kiss -- kristen, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. as you can see behind me, this fire rages on. the biggest challenge for firefighters now is the wind which is expected to pick up later on this evening. firefighters are trying to save as many homes as possible, but for some it is just too late. >> yeah. i thought i was going to die. i thought i was going to be consumed in flame. >> reporter: george plesco managed to escape the fire but he lost almost everything he owns. his home and 25 years' worth of memories. it's now reduced to smoldering rubble. >> i have buried my mom, my dad, my wife of cancer and my son that was 25 years old in a motorcycle wreck. so i had a lot of pictures here, you know, memories. it's all gone. >> reporter: his sister helen came to help. >> i never expected this. never expected it. >> reporter: plesco's home was one of about 25 structures destroyed in old west ranch near tehachapi. the fire moved so quickly there was little warning for homeowners to get out. 150 homes are under threat and hundreds of famili

good morning, kristen. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. you know, this may not be the last time we ever see oil leaking from the well. but so far this morning we see no evidence of any oil leaking out of the well. it is the sight so many had waited for, a stop to the geyser of oil that has been shooting into the gulf for almost three months. >> i am incredibly ecstatic about it. >> reporter: it was yesterday afternoon when engineers shut down the new capping system, closing off the flow. but though the pictures appear to show a cap that is holding back the crude, bp was quick to warn it is still just a test and still may be temporary. >> but i have to stress we have to manage our expectations because depending on what the results are could depend on what happens next. it's possible if the pressures are low that we'll have to reinitiate the flow. >> reporter: engineers will monitor those pressures for up to 48 hours, watching to see how the well holds. >> i think it's important to know whether the well has leaks or not. and it could be an i

veronica. >> nbc's kristen dahlgren live in louisiana. thank you so much. >>> we're going to get more details on tropical storm bonnie from nbc meteorologist bill karins. that's coming up in just a few minutes. >>> senate democrats abandoning plans to pass a sweeping energy bill this summer that would have kept emissions of carbon dioxide. at a news conference yesterday, majority leader harry reid called the development, quote, terribly disappointing and blamed republicans for refusing to cooperate. republicans, however, have argued the bill would lead to higher energy costs. instead reid and other democrats will push for a narrow measure that improves energy efficiency and looks to increase liability costs for companies involved in oil spills. >>> also on capitol hill, the senate has voted to approve a measure funding president obama's troop increase in afghanistan after stripping out more than $20 billion in domestic spending. house democrats were hoping to include $10 billion in grants to avoid teacher lay-offs, money for a summer jobs

kristen, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, lynn. this has been a lightning rod and could all come to a head today. the arizona immigration law has it gives the right to check immigration status during traffic stop if there is reasonable cause to believe they are undocumented. opponents say that will read to racial profiling while supporters say it's the only way to shore up a secure border. now the fate of this law appears to rest for now at least in the hands of a federal judge. we could hear her decision today. the aclu and other civil rights group filed in court to say it's unconstitutional to have a state law superseding federal law. meanwhile mass protests planned tomorrow if the law does go into effect. legal experts say whatever the judge does decide, it's likely this will eventually end up in the supreme court. >> kristin dahlgren there for us in washington, d.c. kristen, thanks. >>> and now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. officials in oklahoma are trying to determine what caused a gas

i'm kristen sze. police and firefighters are out at san francisco airport are investigating how half a dozen cars went up in flames in the parking lot. teresa garcia is live at the airport. >> not every day you see this situation. the car fires were reported just after midnight. i'm going to show you. you've got the car fires in the outdoor lot from the long term parking the arson investigators are still on the scene collecting evidence. with all these cars parked to each other, it's really lucky somebody spotted the fires. a manager said it started in one car and spread to half a dozen others. that is because they are parked head to head in the stalls. it is believed the car in which the fire began was parked in long time has been marked there since july 1. when the passengers return to pick up the cars, they are not going to be happy when they are confronted with there damage. an airport spokeswoman will be meeting with us shortly. we'll continue to bring you updates. live at sfo, teresa garcia, "ab

kristen, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. yeah, bubbles have been the focus for the past few days. officials say that tiny bubbles of oil and gas did begin seeping out of the well sometime on sunday, but admiral thad allen, the incident commander saying he doesn't think it's consequential. meantime the seepage we talked about yesterday two miles from the well site, they also say that is not related to this well. for now, as you mentioned, they are going to keep the cap on, keep it closed and continue to monitor, the testing process. there is some thought, perhaps, they will be able to keep the cap on until this well is finally killed. bp yesterday talking about a new method to do that. they called it a static call, kind of like the top kill pumping med and cement. they think they may have more success because the cap is on, the pressure is low. it's still in the infancy, but admiralalen still insists relief wells are the answer to the problem. >> thank you. >>> well, meanwhile, the judge who threw out the obama administration

. >> i'm kristen sze. we have breaking news from the central valley whereas many as five people may be dead after a collision between a greyhound bus and a minivan. it happened about 2:15 this morning. there were 35 people on board that bus. they were traveling from los angeles to sacramento. ambulances are on the scene, all the northbound lanes of highway 99 are closed right now. we'll have more on breaking news as we get it. five people may be dead in this crash. >> fire investigators are zeroing in on particular car as a major source of an overnight fire. half a dozen cars went up in flames. teresa garcia is live at the airport with the latest. >> these flames were spotted by a parking lot attendant who flagged down police. take a look at the damage. arson investigators still on the scene. fires were reported just after midnight. outdoor lot for long term parking. with all these cars parked so closely to each other, it's lucky the damage didn't get worse. the fire started in one car and then spread to h

kristen welker, nbc news, los angeles. >>> up next, new times for a record-setting swimmers who oncen't jump in the pool. >>> finally tonight in this sweltering july weekend, swimming pools across the country have been filled with children. trying to escape the heat. but the two men you're about to meet, brothers, recall a time when that just wasn't an option. if you look like them. which makes their stroke of success in the water all the more remarkable. when john and bradford tatum took to the water, public swimming pools didn't allow blacks. so they found another option. in the shadow of the 16th president of the united states. >> we never had anybody teach us the right stroke in the right kick and the right this. we just swam, we were playing. >> they loved to swim early on. but didn't really know how. >> we started wading and flopping around in the lincoln memorial pool. and when the park police suggested that we would leave, we had to run out of there. and we went up to the canal. >> even after the formal end of segregation, they didn't feel welcome in pools around the country.

kristen welker, nbc news, los angeles. >>> let's go back to washington for a moment for what happened there today because it will be felt across the country. almost two years now after the entire banking system almost collapsed, president obama signed the financial reform bill into law. as our own tom costello reports, it will usher in some big changes. >> reporter: with the stroke of a presidential pen, the new financial regulatory reform law is aimed at curbing the excesses on wall street while protecting average americans who live and work on main street. >> all told, these reforms represent the strongest consumer financial protections in history. [ applause ] >> in history. >> reporter: that will largely come from a new consumer financial protection bureau charged with stopping scams and overseeing nearly every type of loan including mortgages. the bureau will ensure home buyers are qualified for the loans they are getting. lenders will be required to provide credit scores for free. merchants will be allowed to set a $10 minimum for credit card charges and offer discounts for cash

kristen, what's at the center of the judge's choice? >> reporter: hey, there, laura. definitely an interesting 24 hours coming up here. the judge looking at a few things. one is whether or not the state law can supersede federal law, the aclu, and other civil rights organizations have sued in federal court, asking for this injunction. we should hear from the judge at some point before the law goes into effect. it's expected to go into effect at midnight tonight. meantime, there are mass protests and demonstrations planned in arizona tomorrow. some protesters plan to block federal buildings. they are going to force officials to ask for their immigration status, and then the sheriff in the largest county in arizona says that he has cleared space in his jail. he is going to send 200 deputies out. he says he will be arresting not just protesters, but he has also given them authorization to look for any undocumented immigrants. so we are waiting to hear from the judge and we'll see what happens after that, laura. >> kristen, in addition to fighting against arizona, getting

kristen? >> reporter: hey there, brent and laura.his was supposed to be the weekend that they were finishing work on the relief wells, doing that static kill in the hopes of getting a permanent fix to this leaking well, and instead now they are having to evacuate the well site, move all of the ships, all the personnel off the site. they'll leave the cap in place, saying that it has contained the oil for the past week or so, and they think that the well has enough integrity and the cap won't do any damage. but it will be unmonitored for a while. they're also having to remove the robotic subs and the cameras watching everything off of the site. those will be the last to go and the first to get back once the storm passes. they'll check things out, make sure there wasn't any damage while nobody was watching the well. but this is also now causing a delay, because by the time they get everything offsite and then back on site, make sure it's safe and that the wellbore is still intact for the relief well, it will be an extra week to two week

kristen, any idea when we might get a ruling? >> reporter: hey, laura.the last vote is expected tomorrow, so it's possible we might hear from the judge as early as this morning. this law has been a lightning rod since it was first proposed. opponents say it could create racial profiling. supporters of the law say it is the only way to shore up what has been a porous border. then you have the legal issues. and that's really what is at stake today before a federal judge. the aclu and other civil rights groups have sued in federal court. one of the issues that they are claiming is that you can't have state laws superseding federal law. that's one of the things the judge is looking at. she could issue an injunction as early as today. and groups on both sides are gearing up for mass protests and marches if the law does go into effect tomorrow. >> the president also got some help. want to talk about the republicans he got some help from in the house to pass a war funding bill. but we understand that fight is far from over. >> yeah. listen to these numbers, lau

nbc bay area's kristen dahlgren continues with this.oks good for now but we're not out of the woods just yet. what's next? >> reporter: hey, there, laura. at beautiful thing to see. and we just got an update from bp. and the senior vice president says that they don't have any evidence in their testing yet of any breaches to the well. so that's really a huge development as they continue to try and catch this. of course, it all comes with a healthy dose of caution. reminding everybody that this is just a temporary solution and that this is just a test. so what they do from here is they continue to monitor the pressure that's expected to go if they don't see any issues until saturday afternoon. at that point they want to do another seismic study to make sure that closing in this well hasn't done any damage to the well bore or to the sea bed floor around it. and then they need to make a decision on what to do next, whether they leave it like this and have the cap continue to hold down the oil or whether they use that cap as a siphoning devi

kristen, is the new -- is this the new normal oil leaking but not really gushing?porter: well, it may be, laura. you know, i was hoping again to have more information for you. bp holds these technical briefings every day at this time we were on the call waiting for someone to come in and check in with the operators and then we got word they had canceled it again. they're not giving us the latest information this morning. what we do know is that they've been watching for these bubbles of gas and oil around the leaking well since sunday when they first noticed them. admiral allen, the incident commander, says that he doesn't think they are consequential and so it doesn't appear like it's enough, that it's a big enough problem for them to try to do something about it to open up the caps. the testing continues, the cap remains on. the seepage we talked about yesterday that was two miles away from the well site, they say they don't think that is related to this well so that's a little bit of good news. they continue to monitor the situation. at some point they have to d

. >> and i'm kristen sze. have you ever reported a minor crime only to wait hours for police to come. they have a plan to speed it up by creating a police squad made up entirely of civilians. tomas aramon has more. >> this move may see necessary for the police department because they are losing money. they are losing money in their budget and also retiring about 735 police officers this year. the plan to hire the 15 crime scene investigators is to try to free up unformed police officers so they can get out on the streets and solve crimes. >> nonviolent crimes have to take a back seat to other more serious crimes. the police chief introduced a civilian investigators while the chief in arizona and highway is now proposing it here in san francisco. they would train 15 civilians to collect fingerprints and evidence. that would free up other officers so they could search to suspects and respond to more serious crimes. freeing up officers sounds like a great idea to some but some law enforcement proposals see proble

. >> and i'm kristen sze. bay bridge commuters don't be surprised to see a whole new look when crews lift into place the first section of the defining tower that will anchor the new suspension span. teresa garcia. its massive job. >> in many ways and that is from the shear engineering challenge to attach it to the sides and it's 525 feet high. it will be a sight to see as they put in the first section of the new span and new tower that goes on it. the bay bridge's span is premiere piece, $6 billion project. tower being installed will be built from multiple sections of which the first will be lifted and set into place today. piece being erected is 165 feet long, 12,000 ton section is one of five such pieces that will make up this soaring tower which is designed to withstand a massive earthquake. tower sections of the bridge were made in china. they arrived by barge two and a half weeks ago. first section should be finished in about two weeks. the entire tower is expected to be completed by early 2013. traffic f

i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kristen sze. san francisco police are dealing with a new video scandal. an officer surrendered his badge after a video shows him slamming a handcuffed mother face first into the pavement. >> terry mcsweeney is live at the station with the details on this. >> reporter: first of all we should point out he has been assigned to desk duty and that is standard procedure when an officer is under investigation. let's take a look. this video happened on sunday, two officers stopped a woman, she had a baby in a stroller with her. she is also a suspect in an assault. she is arrested and handcuffed. she is belligerent. police say she is drunk. she is handcuffed led to the squad car. watch as she resists officers, finally one officer tosses her to the street where she lays still for a few seconds before starting to move again. the child in the stroller throughout the video can be heard crying. the officer -- the ambulance arrives after the officer called for one. the woman is taken to san francisco general. sh

i'm kristen sze i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. >> oakland residents are being asked to pay up if they want to see 80 officers back on the street. they are voted to put a parcel tax, based on a new offer from the police union. teresa garcia has more on the story. >> this deal struck between the oakland police union and city council has a lot of ifs involved. it requires voter approval whether the residents want to put the money in their pocket to put more money in the pot important public safety. plan entails re-hiring 80 layoff officers, last night council approved it 5-3 to put it on the ballot. two-thirds of voters must approve the property tax increase. it is a conditional deal. council will only put the residential parcel tax if they agree by august 10th to contribute 9% into their pension funds over the next three years. if it ail passes, then you've got the 80 officers who could be re-hired, union will be guaranteed no layoffs for three years and the parcel tax would help raise $54 million a year, more than enough to cover the projected $50 million deficit. police union say

. >> and i'm kristen sze. oakland could take a big step to be the first city in the nation to license full scale marijuana production plant. biggest critics are mom and pop growers themselves. terry mcsweeney is live in oakland to explain. >> i'm out at the university where they do the cultivation of marijuana. they are in favor of the big guys getting involved in the pot growing operations but the little guys are concerned they will be left behind. they are considering a measure that would allow permits for four indoor marijuana growing operations, we're talking big operations, one company wants to grow 100,000 square feet of cannibis, imagine two football fields. for now they can only sell to medical dispensaries but oakland would be up and running with a large, legal operation. but the myriad of dispensaries that have been at the there at the beginning would be pushed aside. >> is it for government to pick the winner, only the factories that can only have the columbo bread, 29 cent tomatoes or to provide a

i'm kristen sze. >> i'm aeric thomas. >> the new higher tolls on the bay bridge appear to be having the desired effect. transportation officials are saying that $6 toll is reducing number of cars on the bridge. teresa garcia is live at the bay bridge it will plaza, is it working too well? >> success of higher bridge tolls may depend on who you speak with. on one hand you have transportation officials were hoping the higher tolls would ease traffic, it has done that. on the other hand you certainly got people who are getting a faster commute but it's taking a toll at the tollbooth. they released first data about the drivers' habits over the bridges. bay bridge increase was higher with fares at $6. there are no more free rides for carpoolers. it cost 2.off and that may have contributed to changes in driver behavior. a side effect is increase in ridership, bart is reporting 4500 riders each day. the bridges have declined about 12,000 a day. on the bay bridge in particular, overall commutes have fallen over 6,000 vehicles a day. positive results bay bridge traffic delays has been cut in hal

i would also like to thank michael and kristen and everyone that triscuit and everyone at the urban farmeam. urban farming is a non-profit organization that plants food of unused land m space and gives it to people in need. we started in detroit, michigan, with three gardens. we have 800 across the country now. we are excited to be breaking ground behind us here in san francisco. we are very excited to be partnered with triscuit this year to be planting 50 home farms in 20 cities across the united states. we are encouraging people to get back to the simple goodness of growing your own food at home. in addition to these community- based farms. by started to find out about victory gardens in 2005. in world war ii, 20 million americans grew almost half of our nation's supply. that was before the internet. before all the cameras here. before all the different ways that we can stay connected. they grew 40%, and we are excited at home with this home farming movement. if people start to plant at home, we can recreate that and make it sustainable. we are very excited by that. i would really like

kristen is live with reaction and a look at what's next -- christian. >> they are among the state workers that say they're very relieved that they'll be making their full paycheck, at least for now. >>> sacramento court judge turned down governor's latest petition. the governor is trying to force the state controller to pay at minimum wage to 200,000 state workers until he approve a budget. >> it is my direction to deny the obligation for the tro on the basis of the blanss of harms. >> the state's controller arguet technological constraints prevent them. >> a controller simply cannot wh the payroll system currently in existence do what the petition wants. >> the governor's administratiog that. >> we take a skeptical view of that inability to handle certain reductions that we've asked for now. >> state workers in oakland tody say they couldn't have made it through the summer if their pay was reduced to $7.25/hour. >> i would have to talk to my landlord, and verizon, and utilities and say wait for my money because i have to wait for them to give them my money. >> they believe the law is on

in new orleans kristen dahlgren. >>> in afghanistan a search is under way for two army service mbers. the two ere spottedt a bazaar two hours south of kabul a yesterday. he fears the two may have been killed or captured by the taliban. elsewhere in that country, five u.s. troops were killed in separate bombings. july is on course to become the deadliest month for troops in afghanistan since the war began nearly nine years ago. >>> starting today valejo police officers are doubling up saying it is too dangerous for officers to ride alone. half as many patrol cars are on the streets. it isn't expected to save the bankrupt city any money but will speed up response times because officers won't have to wait for backup. a week after the police department suspended canine and s.w.a.t. programs due to budget cuts. >>> in san francisco a scheme was broken up to sell illegally muni transfer tickets. last week two men were arrested teaming up to sell transfer tickets on their own. one of the men is a san francisco municipal employee. >>> we have breaking news out of vacaville. homes are threaten

. >> and i'm kristen sze. >> the state of arizona plans to file an appeal today at the ninth circuit court after a lower federal court ruled to block several of the provisions of its new immigration law. that law takes effect in midnight. the law fueled a protest in downtown san francisco. arizona's courtroom battle over immigration, they wanted to show support for undocumented immigrants. [ siren ] >> police arrested 19 people, mostly clergy members that were blocking traffic during the busy evening commute but what was supposed to be a protest to mark the eve of arizona's controversial immigration law, it was a rally for undocumented workers. a requirement that police check their immigration status while enforcing other laws. arizona's governor promises to continue to fight. >> we knew what was going to april and we knew the other side was going to appeal. >> legal analyst dean john says the case is poised to go all the way to supreme court? >> the judge said she was painfully aware of all the problems that illegal immigration caused but the issue is who gets to solve those problem

. >> and i'm kristen sze. a concord man is in charged with child endangerment after his pit bulls mauled his two-year-old stepson to death. three of the family's five dogs attacked abet inside a garage yesterday. meantime, we're learning more about previous encounters with the pit bulls. here is amy hollyfield. >> police say 52-year-old man wasn't at home when his stepson was killed but he did admit to owning the three ppbls that attacked the toddler. officers have charged hyashi with child endangerment and owning a mischief animal. >> the child was attacked by three president bush that were inside the garage. >> there were a total of five pit bulls in the home and two of them were in the yard. it didn't take officials long to decide what to do with the animals? >> the dogs were euthanized. >> there were two other children at the time of the attack along with the uncle and grandmother. they don't know why the family had so many dogs. >> as far as i know they had them as pets. i don't have any other details. >>

. >> i'm kristen sze. developing news in antioch where police are investigating a shooting at a convenience store. it happened shortly before 1:00 this morning at a seven-eleven store on hillcrest avenue. police answered to a call of gunshots fired to the area. they found a clerk injured from gunshot wound. we have no word on his condition. list have no suspect description nor the circumstances surrounding the shooting at this time. >> san francisco police are moving forward with plans to hire 15 civilians to respond to minor crimes that often get back logged because of low priority. it will help free up sworn officers to focus on violent crimes. how this pilot program will work. >> joe knows firsthand how long it can take for a san francisco police officer to show up at his door. >> it took four hours after my apartment was broken in to. >> the delay is common for nonviolent crimes since officers respond to urgent cases first, but starting in january, they will launch a new program to improve response tim

i'm kristen sze. >> welcome back. aim eric thomas. >> the search is on in oakland where police are looking for a sniper that opened fire on officers. the shot came from eight street and swat officers just wrapped up their search of that building. terry mcsweeney is live at oakland police headquarters. >> it started out about len 30 last night, its and market, police pulling a car over. we believe it had something to do with marijuana in the car, but soon it became something far more serious than that as a sniper opened fire from a near high-rise apartment building. take a look at the scene. police were all over the place responding to the scene. they were making the stops. they called for back-up and police swarmed to the site and no one was had the hit. officers did enter the apartment building which is on eighth street. that is where they think the sniper was. police did not enter individual apartment units. they were not sure exactly which unit the sniper's nest was. officers thought they caught a break when they g

. >> i'm kristen sze. >> the view on the bay bridge will be look different. to raise the first piece of a 525 foot section of a new suspension tower into place. it will be built from multiple sections. tower sections of the bridge were made in china and they arrived two and a half weeks ago. each of the four shafts measures 150 feet tall and weighs more than 14 tons. >>> two wildfires that erupted and spread quickly in southern california have destroyed dozens of homes in kern county. most did he truck i have is burning ten miles southeast of tahachapi. flames destroyed 30 homes in old west ranch. another 150 structures were threatened. fire started yesterday afternoon. flames spread quickly to more than 500 acres. some of the people that gathered at a shelter say they lost everything. >> i lost my barn. bunkhouse burned to the ground and truck and everything i own. >> it was horrible, smoke. it was orange and black. it was so huge and close. >> 200 firefighters are battling the blaze. it's about 25% contained. no one has been hurt and the cause of the fire i

. >> and i'm kristen sze. topping our news, commuters that take a.c. transit buses could face major delays stemming from a labor dispute. many drivers called sick in yesterday about an imposed contract. >> you know about 200 of those a.c. transit drivers didn't show up for work yesterday. it is still unclear whether they will call out sick again today. this is all in dispute over a negotiated contract that has been imposed on them. those that will suffer are going to be the passengers, for example here at the a.c. transit hub, no buses just yet but we'll find out shortly if passengers are delayed, as well. today, the atu, transit union workers plans on getting the new contract stopped. they achieved a ruling in it's favor last friday when a judge decided to require an arbitrator to legally settle their issues. a.c. transit has imposed a cost cutting contract that would reduce costs by $16 million which they need to fix the deficit. the workers are disputing contract changes to worker rules and co-pay rules and two tier pension plan. 1600 employees are

i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. >> san francisco police are carefully studying a youtube video to see if an officer used excessive force in arresting a woman. terry mcsweeney is live in san francisco to show us what happened. it's kind of a disturbing video to watch. >> reporter: it's disturbing to watch but this youtube video is like a piece of art in the sense that what it means depends on what the viewer brings to the piece. take a look at it for yourself. this was sunday afternoon, couple of police officers are stopping a woman. they believe she is a suspect in an assault. she is belligerent. police say she drunk and she shouts obscenities and there is a baby in her stroller. they take her over to the car and things get wild. woman resists an attempt to put her had into the squad car. she is slammed to the street and she is dazed. you can see her leg moving. and you can hear on occasion the baby crying in the stroller. an ambulance comes up and takes her to san francisco general. on the way to the hospital, the woman bites a paramedic. so those -- that's what we can see of thi

. >> i'm kristen sze. let's begin with breaking news. the emergency room at children's hospital in oakland has reopened after terrifying moments, a man walked in a gun and robbed an employee. man grabbed person from the hospital staff. man gave up quickly. employees and patients were shaken up. investigators haven't given the man's name but highway he has been taken to another hospital for a mental evaluation. we'll continue to follow the story and bring you updates all morning long. >>> hayward police have made a second arrest in the murder of two young men. latest is 17-year-old girl who police say pulled the trigger. amy hollyfield spoke with the victim's family. >> 18-year-old and rafael had been best friends since they were little boys. the family decided to bury them next to each other. >> it's really hard. >> the females say they feel a little relief the police have arrested two people for the murder. they believe 21-year-old isaiah washington and 17-year-old girl killed the two teenagers during a robbery. they didn't release her

. >> and i'm kristen sze. a bold mistake plan to rehire 80 layoff oakland police officers, part one, voters must agree to a steep property tax hike, three-fourths of voters must increase $360 per parcel. part two, oakland police officers must agree to pay 9% into their pension funds. if those two things happen, 80 officers will be re-hired and council would agree to no more police layoffs for three years. they took a second measure it would amend the measure to lower the number of officers on a condition that oakland collect $20 million in taxes. >> an oakland woman will be charged with robbery and murder after a visitor from out of state was killed for $17. tips from surveillance video led to the arrests of two suspects in the murder of the virginia man who was in town for a job interview. >> police say thanks to those calls, two people in the grainy video seen minutes before the murder are both in custody. the man in the hooded sweatshirt is 24-year-old oakland resident george huggins. his companion, athela

i'm kristen sze. thank you for joining us. we'llee you back here next time.

and at this point, i would like to turn it over to kristen. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm the senior manager of real estate for sfmta real estate and the finance and information technology division. so the two fee parcels that mta needs in full ownership is for two stations. one at 266 to 286 fourth street and the second is for the china town station at 933 to 949 stockton street. the three easements are for -- are underground between 30 and 60 feet down, underneath 801 market street at fourth, under 790 market street at stockton and under 1455 stockton at columbus avenue. those are for the tunnel and again, they are underground and do not affect the properties. the masconey station site at 266 to 286 fourth street fullerton is south of market. it's owned by convenience retailers which operate a gas station. negotiations are in progress to purchase this property. the second station site in china town is at 933 to 949 stockton street at washington. this property is owned by norman pechan, inc and owns a property management comp

had an idea -- a pretty simple idea really -- to donate bales of hay and as we hear now from nbc's kristenr, the simple idea of making a difference did more than you might think in these hard times. >> are you guys ready to go for a ride? >> reporter: shanti and spirit have been a part of susan gordon's family for 14 years. >> i love you, guys. >> reporter: but in january, her husband, barry, was diagnosed with cancer. medical expenses piled up and susan had to think about selling her best friends because she couldn't afford to feed them. >> you need that relationship with the animal, i think, to heal. >> reporter: and to help with susan's healing, amy riles is driving two hours to deliver 25 bales of hay to a person she's never met. >> just helping people in need. what america should be all about. >> reporter: riles started the nonprofit hay bank, one-time deliveries to horse owners who have fallen on hard times. amy had her own financial troubles a few years ago and her own horses helped her. >> sometimes i'd just stand in the barn for an hour with my face buried in the mane and cry. >>

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, venice larks la. >>> here's a side-by-side comparison of the oil leak before and after. look at that. you remember the pictures on the left there. but now on the right looking much better. the images are dramatic. the real test will be in the next few hours. we're keeping an eye on the situation. of course, we will update you have another report. >>> you now have a chance to respond to looters who tore three the streets following the mehserle verdict. they report police are unmassing the looters and people have very strong feelings about the vandal's actions. >> they're going to do what they want to do. >> can you help police identify any of these people in these photos on the oakland police website? there are 15 in all. take a good look. we learned good samaritans bravely snapped some of these photos and sent them into police so looters and vandals could get caught. >> i'm very glad of these photos and i'm glad they're offering a reward. >> reporter: how about this guy leaving foot lockers of boxes of what looks like stolen goods or this guy smiling as he run

spy for gang is working undercover as a to long university also has kristen for into the case the looming question in this case how did the iranian scientists sure amiri get to the united states one person has already answered that question sure amiri himself but his answers completely contradict one another in this video a man who says he. says he's in tucson arizona and was kidnapped by agents from the cia and saudi arabian intelligence agency he claims he was tortured. a few hours later though this video is released you have a man who looks the same and also says he's sure amiri claims he is here to further his education the u.s. state department seems to agree with that statement he is here of his own volition and he has chosen to return to iran of his own volition that is how we do things here in the united states we didn't we didn't seize him and bring him here they were not preventing him from returning to iraq this building is a pakistani embassies office representing iranian interests the old iranian embassy in washington since empty because there's no longer a diplomatic relatio

have won the race to produce an atomic weapon and this all seems kristen for azzam reports the fact of the blast wave went across the world involving many other countries in the nuclear arms race. it started with a pen and paper a letter written by albert einstein to president roosevelt in one thousand nine hundred thirty nine explaining the need to act quickly developing and exploring your anian fission roosevelt did act and as several nations in europe became entrenched in the second world war the united states propelled itself into work on developing a nuclear bomb tens of thousands of people worked on it the largest corporations in america were recruited so it's not something that can really be done in the laboratory here. instead a large bomb weighing almost ten thousand pounds was assembled at a top secret facility in los alamos new mexico the nicknames of the two bombs that ended world war two one was called little boy and that was a rainy i'm fuelled weapon and then fat man the fat man or implosion bomb used plutonium instead of uranium at the center of it and initiating device

kristen welker is in los angeles with more.> reporter: good morning, meredith. well, that custody hearing is set to take place at this downtown courthouse earlier today, later on today. in the meantime, radaronline.com has given nbc news a preview of tape six. now we have not been able to independently confirm the authenticity of this tape, but we have had an expert look at previous tapes for signs of possible tampering and he found none. but this latest installment shows just how bitter this custody battle really is. >> i'm just saving my child's life because you are a monster! that's all. you're a monster! >> reporter: in the latest radaronline reporting, the woman reporting to be oksana grigorieva is clearly fighting for custody of the child she has with gibson. on the same day lawyers for gibson and grigorieva are due in family court, nothing fires up both parties as much as the discussion both share, their 8-month-old daughter. >> you have my child and she doesn't need a gold digging [ bleep ] russian [ bleep ]. >> you're

first, nbc's kristen welker has the latest.sten, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, meredith. this makeshift memorial continues to grow outside of norma, lopez's high school and so does the grief here. so many people wondering who could do such a thing? police are investigating and urging parents to be on the lookout. >> i want to remember that there's a family here that loved her very much. >> reporter: words that elizabeth lopez will never be able to express to her sister, nor that. she was found in a field six days after she disappeared. >> we love her. we miss her and one day we will be together again. >> reporter: it is a loss that has rocked much of this small community. >> we remember you, norma. >> we'll remember you, norma. >> reporter: thousands turned out for a vigil at lopez's high school, all of them asking one question -- why? >> i hear a lot of people ask, how could god let something like this happen? >> reporter: on a day lopez disappeared, she left summer school and headed for a friend's house. that's whe

thought to help prevent women from contracting hiv has been widely publicized at the conference but dr kristen fielder told me a little earlier that he thinks the data obtained during the tests is unreliable. if you look over the last twenty years we have seen a number of hot air studies and this is just another one and i'm back to you within one year no one will talk any more about this study and if you look at the basis of the study it is focusing on african sexuality now this has been a white man's preoccupation since centuries and i ask myself as a doctor why are we not as my tree or compiled with clean drinking water sufficient food and clean housing of african people as much as we are preoccupied with sexuality of african people and just to give you one small detail about hundred almost hundred participants of this new study they had been enrolled in another study with another jail and they had to lie they had deliberately lie it to the organizers of the study and it was discovered and then they were excluded from that study but to tell you that about one third of the participants delibe

nbc's kristen welker is in tehachapi with the latest. kristen, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. governor arnold schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency here in kern county where we are watching two fast-moving fires. so far dozens of homes have been destroyed. people have been evacuated and a number of structures are currently threatened. if we could take a look at some of the video that we shot of this fire here in tehachapi. the first fire is called the west fire. it's destroyed more than 30 homes and is threatening about 150 structures. it's burning near tehachapi, which is 70 miles north of los angeles. it started yesterday afternoon and has already scorched more than 1200 acres. as many as 200 firefighters are battling this blaze and it's about 25% contained. now, we're also watching a second fire, the bull fire. that's in the sequoia national forest in the northern part of kern county. this blaze has destroyed six homes and forced the evacuation of a camp for juvenile offenders. so far 700 firefighters

. >> and i'm kristen sze. top story this morning, there is new deal that could bring back the jobs of 80 police officers recently laid off in oakland but there is a catch, a rather big catch. teresa garcia joins us live from the oakland police department with the latest on late night deal. >>> catch is you've got to have a lot of people approving this in all different facets. city unions who have approved to contribute pensions but police haven't. now, they struck a deal with city council they may decide to pitch in but much rests on the shoulders of oakland residents. here is the plan, to rehire officers, includes a four-year 360 per year parcel tax. they paragraphed it 5-3 to put it on the ballot to fund police and fire services. property tax increase requires two-thirds approval. council will only put this new tax on the ballot if the oakland police officers association agrees by august 10th to contribute 9% in their pension funds. if it airline passes, 80 officers are re-hired and union is guaranteed no la

. >> and i'm kristen sze. there was a critical milestone in the construction of new bay bridge. before the end of day, first section of the span will be in place. address tree joins us live from treasure island to talk about it. >> it certainly is milestone moment. actual eastern span will be ready to -- won't be ready to drive on until 2014. this is piece they of been waiting for. the tower of the new bay bridge is anchor span is considered the premiere piece. it's a $6 billion project scheduled for late 2013, tower section. it will be set in place today. this piece being erected is 165 feet long. it's 1200 tons, it's called a lift and one of four search pieces. this is a different bridge from others. >> self-anchored suspension span means the cable system connects into itself. it's unique without that, we don't to have build them on the water. ours will be the largest one ever built in the world. also the first with one main tower and one main cable. >> a lot of firsts there. the bridge was made in china. they arrived at the port two and a half weeks ago. first section should

. >> good morning, i'm kristen sze. arson investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire at sfo. it damaged numerous cars and may have started in a car that has been there for quite some time. teresa garcia joins us live. >> that car has been parked here since july 13. let's take a closer look. it's the one with the air bags that is deployed where it begin and spread. it was shortly after midnight where necessity flagged down a police officer her at long term outdoor lot. all the cars are being in towed away. they were close to each other and it's lucky someone spotted the flames so damage didn't spread further. manager said the fire started in one car and spread to half a dozen others. >> engine compartment on all the cars have been damaged but the main car the entire interior has been gutted with fire. air bags were deployed, its total loss right now. >> one of the top questions, accident or arson? >> that is what the arson verse are finding out. it's not common for cars to ignite on their own. >> the arson

. >> and i'm kristen sze. let's begin with the latest on developing news in oakland where hospital employee is safe after a few horrifying minutes being held at gunpoint. the drama begin and ended inside the emergency room at children's hospital oakland. man surrendered quickly after police arrived on the scene around 3:20 this morning. employee was not hurt but it rattled many people who saw what happened. >> the person was brandishing a weapon and people come and go into hospitals but at this point in time, security did exactly what they needed to do. it was contained very quickly. >> right now oakland police haven't yet released the name of a man or whether he had any ties to children's hospital. he is being taken to another hospital for a mental evaluation. >> dozens of firefighters will begin turning in their gear in a few hours. their jobs are being cut and a fire station is being cut down to help the budget. teresa garcia is live in san jose with more. >> it is the twilight hour for those 51 firefighter