leila monitoring traffic. you wondered if it was going to be extremely breezy at higher elevations >>> even crossing the bridges this morning. that was kind of fun. east/west bridges running perpendicular to the the lower the car is to the ground, the easier to control. here is the leading edge of the wet weather, right here, sfo all the way over to san leandro. that is light to moderate rain. the heavy rain, you can see it. it is all the way up in the north bay, santa rosa, roaner park, specifically right there. it was just light to moderate a few seconds ago. now, it is becoming moderate to heavy. that gives you an idea of the waves of moderate to heavy rain that's going to roll through. you can see

you must be leila. >> leila. >> i'm saying it right? >> yes. you. your hair museum? >> yes, sir. >> am i correct in assuming and believing as i was told it's the only one of its kind? >> in the whole world. >> no other museums on planet earth dedicated to hair? >> no. >> you got the only one? >> uh-huh. i'll start with this one right here. there's 150 names on it. each one of the pieces you see the little black and white, that tells who's hair belongs to the 150 names. the little bird up there at the very top is number one. you start down the left side. before the camera was invented this is how they did genealogy. >> you're telling me in this frame are pieces of hair from 150 different heads? >> yes, sir. >> and the heads to which those hairs were previously affixed are all named? >> yes. >> and tell me again why? >> genealogy, done with human hair before the camera was invented. >> before photo albums we remembered friends and family with collections of their hair, hair albums basically. >> the reason people still in 2014 are cutting pieces o

leila confided in few friends. >> she told me hey, keep this on the down low.o not want people from our school to know. >> reporter: on twitter an outpouring of support, praying for leelal alcorn and praying for equality. the suicide note ended with a plea my death needs to mean something. fix society. please. dr. robert garaffalo said the lessons from alcorn's life could help. >> the challenges she went through is going to help make somebody else's journey easier. >> reporter: by her own measure her death may have meaning. john yang nbc news chicago. >>> and we're switching gears in a moment with the words you might want to strike from your vocabulary if you want to start the new year off right. i make a lot of purchases for my business. and i get a lot in return with ink plus from chase. like 50,000 bonus points when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. and i earn 5 times the rewards on internet, phone services and at office supply stores. with ink plus i can choose how to redeem my points. travel, gift cards even cash back. and my

my in name is leila baker. i'm a chiropractor and i have seen many patients of my own and others benefit from the use of medicine marijuana. however, there are too many clubs in our neighborhood. we don't need another one. would sparks be better than two of the three that we have now, absolutely. however, there are already three in our neighborhood and two within the the block of the proposed location. we don't need another one. the bottom line is there are too many and we don't need another one. thank you very much. >> public speaker: i have been in the neighborhood for 14 years and part of the neighborhood watch. i have always been a patient of medicinal marijuana and i'm glad that my city and neighborhood makes it available. i'm in favor of good planning. we have enough dispensaries in our diverse hardworking family oriented neighborhood yet many neighbors in san francisco somehow have none. i would ask you to look at this. if you look at our map where other mcd's. i would be a shamed to say that this is whe

his daughter, leila, tweeted out thanks to people for their prayers. >>> still ahead, the 911 calls justafter witnesses spotted a plane colliding with a flock of birds. >>> also new this morning, a bear attacks a teenager next to a supermarket. how a young victim's dog may have saved her life. >>> and running players over. for 79 yards. he did it again. we are going beast mode and you will be talking about this young fella today. >>> welcome back. it's crunch time for u.p.s. the shipping giant expects to deliver 34 million packages today. more than any other in its history. u.p.s. spent about there are 500 million to upgrade facilities to avoid what happened last year. >>> gas prices down every day for three months. the national average this morning is $2.39 gallon. that's 85 crepts better than this time last year. gasoline is below $3 a gallon in every state. missouri has the lowest prices with gas in kansas city below $2. >>> beer sales are tapping out. sales of the seven major american brands declined by more than 20% in the past five years. the recession and the popularity among craf

leila monitoring traffic. you wondered if it was going to be extremely breezy at higher elevations >>> even crossing the bridges this morning. that was kind of fun. east/west bridges running perpendicular to the the lower the car is to the ground, the easier to control. here is the leading edge of the wet weather, right here, sfo all the way over to san leandro. that is light to moderate rain. the heavy rain, you can see it. it is all the way up in the north bay, santa rosa, roaner park, specifically right there. it was just light to moderate a few seconds ago. now, it is becoming moderate to heavy. that gives you an idea of the waves of moderate to heavy rain that's going to roll through. you can see roaner park right there. we are also looking at pod rat rain and as you head down towards petaluma. the lower left-hand side of your screen, more moderate to heavy rain coming your way. you can't show this shot enough. winds gusting 40, 45 miles per hour. your day planner, in the low to mid-60s right nour. we are

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was moderated by wecan executive director osprey orielle lake and amazon watch usa program director leilaalazar-lopez. ofshe's the vice president [indiscernible] the people lived in a better way in the past. our water and environment was clean. now, they have ruined everything. they have polluted the rivers. children's scans are affected. they have different skin diseases. now theealthy fish and fish is polluted. we just have a little bit of territory left for the future generations to not suffer the way we have. we have to continue fighting. that is the only thing we have left. if we did not fight -- if we don't fight for territories like ours, then we would not be here speaking at this meeting. canadian, from the tar sands region of canada. >> the government knew what was under the land in 1860. iny knew that oil was there 1860. so they took their time and it was a long, long process. process -- and this is not just for the tar sands, but for all resources for taking this off the land -- is the children were taken away. and it was the law. if you did not give your children up, then you

i am a citizen and councilwoman for the community known as the to leila tribes.many few are deeply aware, the work we do on behalf of our --igenous people, mothers mother earth, and our surroundings is no easy task. in fact, it often feels as though the work we do is never-ending, and quite often is tragic. which is why a strong partnership nation to nation is critical if we are going to sustain real and timely progress. s with people like vice president joe biden. tribalral occasions, leaders met with vice president biden on issues surrounding the extension of justice in indian country, most notably the violence against women act, where vice president biden led the movement in the united states to help protect women against rape and domestic violence. [applause] last year with the support of tribal leaders and advocates, vice president biden helped to --s a much-needed revision provision to advance protections of an american women. while this is only the beginning, we must continue to protect our women and children .rom a long legacy of abuse vice president bide

and abc east mohammed leila is there this morning. >> reporter: good morning, i'm outside the entrance of the school where the massacre took place. the scope is almost unimaginable. this morning we got a firsthand look inside where so many innocent children were killed in cold blood. and we are learning mu details about the massacre in pakistan that left 130 children dead. after taliban gunman with bombs stormed the army's public school. >> act of terror angers and shakes all people of conscious. and we condemn it in the strongest terms possible. >> reporter: we got a firsthand look inside the school where it happened. a hundred children were in this room when the taliban storm nld, wearing explosive vests. >> you can see the splinters on the roof and the wall. >> reporter: this is what's left of the principal's office. the carnage began in a packed auditorium. bullets flying in one classroom after another. the taliban going room to room, hunting them down. >> they started shooting and after that they started spreading into other wings of the school where they were contained. >> report

>> i have a picture of her with leila who is 6 years old. she did that song.r? >> i don't know what's happened to her since. >> al roker discovered rihanna that. young girl has potential. we should put her on the show. >> also another one that's ten years old, "bad day." ♪ because you had a bad day. >> ♪ >> it lives on in commercials. >> any time somebody lost their dash -- >> i can't hear you right now. >> oh, you can't hear -- >> you're back. you're back. >> dirty little secret by the all american rejects, ten years old next year. >> i don't know that song. do i know that song? ♪ one man needs to know i'll keep you my dirty little secret ♪ >> through go. ♪ dirty little secret ♪ >> al didn't discover them. >> good stuff. >> he didn't. >> no. >> al are you listening? can you hear us? >> i can hear you. >> okay. you know you made it in life when you have fans out there who throw a christmas party in your honor. did you know -- oh, willie -- that you have fans who threw a christmas party for you? >> i actually did not. >> they call it a willie geistmas. >> come