nbc's kristen dahlgren with more. >> reporter: when some students were pepper sprayed in san to moni monica this week, it lighted the underlying problems of cuts in community colleges. this started with the community college's plan to charge students much higher fees to get into newly created sections of in-demand courses. the students rebelled. >> it's essentially privatized education. >> the school said it was a way to offer extra classes in a time of shrinking budgets and cutbacks. santa monica is hardly alone. from miami where community college prices are up to massachusetts where they're the highest ever, and peoria, illinois, prices are going up for the 12th straight year. the community college system is designed to be available to everyone and president obama recently touted its importance. >> we've got keep relying on american know-how and ingenuity that comes from places like this one, nashville community college. that's our future. >> reporter: but in california, which has nearly a quarter of all community college students nationwide, the head of the system said this about

nbc's kristen dahlgren is in our los angeles news room with the latest from the scene. kristen, good evening. >> good evening. a total of ten were shot in oakland. police have now confirmed seven dead. as you can imagine, it was a tense scene for several hours today. police had to evacuate survivors while a s.w.a.t. team searched for the gunman. as emergency crews rushed victims out of the school, police ran in, guns drawn. witnesses describe the frightening moments after the shooter entered oikos university this morning and opened fire. >> he shot one guy in the chest, shot another person, and started firing like crazy. >> art richards captured the panic in this cell phone video. >> you heard a couple more shots ring out from the building and i guess police fired back or something. we all got on the ground. there was a girl next to me, i had no idea she was shot, but she was shot. a piece of her arm was missing. >> unsure if the gunman was still inside, police worked to evacuate students who sprinted to safety. >> another lady came running from behind me. she said there

nbc's kristen dahlgren has our report tonight from oakland, california. >> every morning, allison transforms from busy mom to bake sale betty. the most famous sandwich maker in oakland. >> let's do it. >> but the blue wig isn't the biggest change. >> if you told me ten years ago this is what would be happening, i would not have believed you at all. >> she was an australian immigrant, a low-paid line cook selling cookies on the side to make ends meet when she took a chance. she opened her own store, selling just a few sandwiches at first. then word spread about her fried chicken. >> this is what it looks like here every day, a line out the door and down the block. 300 sandwiches an hour, but betty is the first to tell you she didn't do this alone. >> i was looking for something to give me the hope and the support that i needed. and i came across women's initiative. >> plug in what is relevant for your business. >> an 11-week program where women put together business plans, get help with loans, and graduate with the confidence and support to launch their dreams. >> they can become economically

our report tonight from kristen dahlgren. >> jenny jackson could be a poster child for pinterest. >> pinterest became an obsession. >> the 28-year-old hairstylist and photographer uses beuse s pin board for everything from recipes to decorating ideas. >> i think a good way to describe it is it's folders of things you collect and do and want to do, inspirations. >> she was recently inspired to form a group with other fanatics to try out their pinned projects. >> that looks great. i'm going to take a picture. pinned. >> the growth has been phenomenal. from 3.3 million users to almost 19 million in just six months. making it one of the fastest growing internet companies ever. >> with millions of visitors and all of those images, you might expect pinterest to have a huge high-tech headquarters. you would be wrong. this is it, a small, quiet room in palo alto with about 30 employees. >> as a kid, i was really into nature and really into science. >> co-founder ben silverman was a bug collector as a child with an idea to take collecting online. it paid off. forbes recently estimated the two

>> kristen dahlgren in oakland, california. kristen, thanks. >>> now to the race for president playing out tonight on multiple fronts in three gop primaries. and what is being called a full frontal assault today by the president on the republicans. our political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd with us from our d.c. newsroom tonight. chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. first, we have results in two of the three primaries being held today. in maryland, no surprise, mitt romney is projected as the winner. according to our estimates, he's going to win by a very large margin over rick santorum. in the district of columbia, santorum was not on the ballot. nbc projecting mitt romney will win there as well. romney hopes to wrap up the nomination, perhaps as early as tonight, so he can focus on president obama, who stepped in the fray himself today, in a very big day. as mitt romney spent this primary day in wisconsin campaigning with congressman paul ryan, the architect of the gop's congressio

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, burbank, california. >> great story to end on as we complete our broadcastor this tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we, of course, hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good evening, everyone, i'm janelle wang. >> i'm jessica aguirry. the ultimate in california's death penalty? california voters will decide whether the state should continue to execute prisoners. an initiative to end the death penalty will appear on the november ballot and if it passes more than 700 death row inmates would have their sentences changed to life imprisonment without parole. joe rose eto jr. shows us why continuing the death penalty would cut down on crime. >> reporter: when it comes to the issue of crime and

>> kristen dahlgren in oakland, california. >>> now to the race for president playing out tonight on multiple fronts in three gop primaries. and what is called a full frontal assault today by the president on the republicans. our political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd with us from our d.c. newsroom tonight. chuck, good evening. >> reporter: with mitt romney on the verge of wrapping up this republican nomination, possibly as early as tonight, president obama decided today was the day to step into the fray in a big way. as mitt romney spent this primary day in wisconsin campaigning with paul ryan, the architect of the gop's budget proposal, president obama took to a washington d.c. hotel ballroom filled with america's newspaper editors to eadvice rate the ryan plan. >> an attempt to impose a radical vision on our country. thinly vailed social darwinism. >> reporter: and the president used rhetoric and sarcasm, not just to attack the budget plan, but romney personally for supporting it. >> and he even called it marvelous, which is a word you don't often hear w

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, normandy. >> and that is our broadcast on this monday night as we start aew week. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. woe hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night.

here's nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> reporter: even outside the classroom, rebecca mieliwocki can teach>> i think a great many americans wake up on a monday morning sort of grumpy about what they have to do when they get to work. i wake up excited about what i get to do. >> reporter: that enthusiasm was honored at the highest level. >> there is our 2012 national teacher of the year, rebecca mieliwocki from burbank, california. >> reporter: her students know why she's teacher of the year. >> what makes her a great teach summer. >> she's amazing. she's the best teacher i've ever had. >> reporter: mieliwocki is humbled. >> i'm not the best teacher in america, there isn't one. >> reporter: she loves learning as much as teaching. >> i'm only as good as i am because i walked into other teacher's classrooms. >> reporter: she never loses her sense of humor. >> i have to say, she was a little goofy when i met her. >> reporter: for the 43-year-old, teaching was in her dna. she tried law school and publishing, but finally she realized this is where she belonged. here in her class, she tries to kee

kristen dahlgren has our story. >> reporter: when chaos erupted on the campus this week, it erupted aonversation about a squeeze on community colleges. >> california's community college, the largest system in the country, a couple hundre00h thour thourns thousand studentsed turned away. >> they rebelled. >> privatizing public education. >> reporter: the school stead was a way to offer extra classes in a time of shrinking budgets and class cutbacks. santa monica is hardly alone. from miami, up 50%. massachusetts, the highest of, and peoria, illinois, where class costs are going up for the 12th straight year. the country's community college system is designed to be available to everyone, and president obama recently touted its importance. >> we've got to keep rely on american know-how and from colleges like this one. >> reporter: nearly a quarter of all commune college students nationwide said this about the impact of the state's budget crisis on colleges. >> we are seeing what i would call a death by thousand cut. >> reporter: back in santa monica, the college decided to back down putt

kristen dahlgren has our report from oakland. >> reporter: every morning, allison barri cat transformingm busy mom to bake sale betty, the most famous sandwich maker in oakland. blue the blue wig isn't the biggest change. >> if you told me 10 years ago this would what would be happening, i would not have believed you. >> she was an australian immigrant, a low-paid line cook, selling cookies on the side to make ends meet. she opened her own store, selling just a few sandwiches, then word spread about her fried chicken. this is what it looks like every day, a line out the door and down the block. 300 sandwiches an hour. she's the first to tell you she didn't do this alone. >> i was looking for something to give me the hope and support i needed. i came across women's initiative. >> an 11-week program where women put together business plans, get help with loans and graduate with the confidence and support to launch their dreams. >> they can become economically independent, lift themselves out of poverty. >> reporter: in 24 years, that simple concept that is helped 24,000 low-income women, th

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nbc's kristen dahlgren is in oakland this morning with more. kristen, good morning. >> good morning, savannah. this is the hospital where the three victims who survived were brought to the hospital, won't say what their conditions are but we're learning more about the seven who were killed. police say they were six women and one man. their ages between 21 and 40. we're also learning more about those frontic moments. >> be advised we have live fire. >> reporter: outside the school, sheer panic as students ran for their lives and police search for a gunman. >> we're getting information now that the suspect is still in there reloading. okay? >> reporter: as s.w.a.t. teams stormed the school, police tried to evacuate students. some still hiding in locked classrooms, while victims lay nearby. >> we've got at least five down inside the building. >> reporter: in the end, seven were dead, another three wounded. witnesses described the gunman as a former nursing student at the small christian school. this man's sister was in the classroom when the shooti

here's nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> reporter: it may be the world's most famous drink. >> vodka martiniaken not stirred. >> reporter: so when fans heard in the latest film james bond would be swigging a beer -- >> i must be dreaming. >> reporter: -- moviegoers themselves were shaken. >> that's different. not like him. unusual. >> reporter: heineken dealed to placed its beer in the "sky fall" as part of a bigger advertising campaign. >> the name is bond, james bond. >> reporter: 007 daniel craig will also be featured in a heineken commercial. and though on the big screen the star will still also sip those iconic martinis, the change in taste may be the biggest example yet of the power of product placement. >> heineken is just another beer like every other beer until somebody identifies it as the sophisticated beer. >> reporter: from reese's pieces in "e.t." to raybans in "risky business," product placement is now a $1 billion industry. but perhaps nobody does it better than bond. this is the car bond drove in the most recent film, the astin-martin dbs. but there was a time when he ditche

kristen dahlgren takes us to the place that gives new meaning to small town. >> reporter: ever dreamedg famous? seeing your face on billboards? owning the town? no, i mean literally owning the town. >> the whole town, everything, but you also get your own zip code. 82052. >> reporter: buford, wyoming is for sale. there's just one catch. that's don samons on the billboard. the only resident. >> i really couldn't believe it. that there would be one person here. >> reporter: don was on the "today" show last summer and things have changed since then. he has a new look and he's ready to hang up his hats of mayor, store clerk, mechanic. >> i have so say, i visualize some kind of palm tree and sand at some point. >> reporter: and maybe a book about his one-man town, which maybe by then will be somebody else's. on thursday, it will be auctioned off. bids start at 100,000. don's house, post office boxes, cell tower and the one-room schoolhouse from the 1800s when 2,000 people lived here. >> it takes someone that wants something out of the ordinary. >> reporter: he's had interest from all over.

. >> kristen dahlgren, nbc news, oakland. >> and that is our broadcast for this friday night.eing with us. i'm savannah guthrie. lester holt will be here with you this weekend. and brian williams will be back here monday night. good night, everybody. and have a great weekend.

>> nbc's kristen dahlgren. kristen, thank you. >>> we are keeping track of breaking news out of maryland. at least seven schools in the kent county district have been evacuated because of a bomb threat. a note was found at the door of a middle school warning of bombs in each of those schools. bomb sniffing dogs are searching those schools, and students have been dismissed for the day. primary voting in the county has not been affected. >>> rick santorum apparently on the ropes in wisconsin with front-runner mitt romney hoping to deliver a crushing political blow that will send his opponent reeling and open up a clear path to the 1,144 delegates needed. here is what's at stake tonight. 39 delegates in the badger state, but also a campaign statement on the victor on the march to tampa. also casting votes in maryland and washington, d.c. two primaries where governor romney is expecting to cruise. santorum is trying to close the gap. there's a new message popping up on the trail. santorum is fighting the calls to st

for "today," kristen dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles. >> nadya suleman, good morning.>> i remember talking to you shortly after the babies were born. at that point i said, a lot of people are angry about this decision because they don't think there's any obvious way that you can support these children. and you said, "i'll prove them wrong." >> right. >> what happened? >> well, i have for over three years, and i was working, and still am, working as hard as i possibly can to support them. i made that call reluctantly, emotional support from family and friends and professionals saying they deserve it. they deserve it. you need to remove your pride. and i'm, like, it wasn't really just pride because i'm admitting part of it was pride. it was fear. i was absolutely terrified and receiving thousands upon thousands of death threats. >> i'll get to that in a second. when you looked at this long term and thought you could handle this, do you think you were naive? were you in denial? >> all of the above. i didn't think i could handle -- i need to do prove to myself that i could

kristen dahlgren takes us to a place that gives new meaning to the phrase "small town." >> ever dreaming famous? owning a town? no, i mean literally accident owning the town. >> the whole town, everything. and you also get your own zip code. 82052. >> buferede, wyoming -- buford, wyoming is for sale. there is just one catch. only one resident. >> i couldn't believe it. that there would be one person here and he has his own zip code. >> don was on the "today" show last summer. he has a new look. he's ready to hang up his hat as mayor, store clerk. >> i have to say i visualize some kind of palm tree and sand at some point. >> and maybe a book. >> buford will be automaticed off. pids start at $1,000 for his -- >> and the one-room schoolhouse from the 1800's when 2,000 people lived here. >> it takes someone that wants something out of the ordinary. >> he has had interests from all over. >> i have heard from moscow, russia. not idaho. i've heard from beijing. >> in a recent open house, even some from nearby layer my came. -- laramie came. >> we would have two here, and that would be a 100%