>> reporter: good evening, lester. the president's trip, we're doing our best to focus on trade and it's become all about the ailing nelson mandela. not only about his legacy in south africa, but for the whole world. from the moment that president obama set foot on presidential grounds on pretoria, only one question, the health of nelson mandela. >> he remains critical but stable. nothing has changed so far. we hope that very soon he will be out of the hospital. >> reporter: referring to mandela by his tribal name, president obama, as he has done, shared his personal feelings. >> madiba's moral courage, this country's historic transition to free and democratic nation has been a personal inspiration to me. >> reporter: he essentially called him the george washington of south africa, noting how like america's founding father, mandela knew to grow a democracy, he to walk away from power. >> nelson mandela, similarly, was able to recognize despite how revered he was, that part of this transition process was to make sure th

lester? >> richard engel in istanbul tonight. richard, thank you. >>> now to this country the manhunt and fallout from a former nsa contractor's exposure of a government secret surveillance program. after briefly coming forward this weekend to announce he was the source of the damaging articles in the guardian newspaper, edward snowden has apparently gone underground, leaving behind him some troubling questions. nbc's andrea mitchell has the latest from our washington newsroom. andrea? >> good evening, lester. the global manhunt for edward snowden continues. while the fbi now focuses on how he did what he claims to have done, and whether he had help. called on the carpet, the head of the national security agency summoned to the intelligence committees today to explain. how bad is the damage? and how did a 29-year-old contractor copy so many secret documents? and the guardian's glenn greenwald says more leaks are on the way. >> we're going to have a lot more significant revelations that have n

lester? >> the threat includes a big part of the country, including major population centers, meteorologist chris warren is tracking the storm from weather channel headquarters. hi, chris. >> good evening to you, lester. these storms are still strong and still dangerous as we're tracking them right now. let's take a look where clouds and rain are right now. it's a line of storms that we're looking at here, and this is over the past few hours here this afternoon and the evening. still a chance for damaging winds, which could lead to down trees and power lines. also large hail, and possibly a few tornadoes. now we're going to take a look and show you what the radar is going to look like tonight. so this is the future radar. and as we go through time here during the overnight hours, you're going to see things really clear out. we're going to watch these storms move out by tonight, and then tomorrow much more on the way of improvement. the northeast a few showers expected. and lester, in colorado

i'm lester holt in for brian. an international manhunt for the 29-year-old man who says he's the one who exposed the government secret surveillance program. what he told "the guardian" newspaper in a story published last week caused a firestorm of controversy over privacy and national security. edward snowden has been identified as a contractor who worked at the national security agency, and yesterday from halfway across the world, he stepped from the shadows, admitting he was the leak. and tonight, the u.s. government is hot on snowden's tail as it investigates whether or not he broke the law by sharing classified information. nbc's andrea mitchell is working the story for us tonight from washington. andrea? >> reporter: lester, good evening. they have launched the manhunt for. the 29-year-old nsa contractor, edward snowden, has turned the massive national security agency inside out. federal agents at the home today of edward snowden's mother in ellicott city, maryland, only miles from the nsa in ft. meade. >> ar

i'm erica hill. >> i'm lester holt.t is hard to overstate how important "all in the family" back was in the 1970s. ground breaking show. it was number one for a stunning five wreerz. >> while jean stapleton, edith, was naive, she also served as the show's conscience. we talked about earlier this morning about how it would be so difficult to have a show like that today, it seems. >> they've dealt with subjects that were politically encorrect then and maybe more so now, and she was just remarkable in that role of softening the blow of some of these really sharp edge subjects. we'll look back at her life, a remarkable life of jean stapleton coming up. >>> just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, a new headache for the irs. a cringe-worthy video. what are they doing with our money? >>> beyonce headlined a charity concert along with jennifer lopez and madonna. talk about the trifecta there. tonight is airs on nbc. >> sounds like a can't miss. >>> i'll take the stage myself on america's got talent. i thought i had a s

lester. >> all right. mark potter, thank you. >>> overseas, this is another violent day in turkey in what has become the biggest anti-government protest that country has seen in years. in ankara, the capital, almost 2,000 have been injured throughout the country. the protesters say the prime minister has too much influence over every part of life in turkey. >>> in this country a health scare tonight. the cdc investing investigating an outbreak of acute hepatitis a that may have been linked to frozen berries in five states, 30 cases in colorado, new mexico, nevada and california. nine people have been hospitalized. some reported they had eaten townsend farms organic antioxidant blend. that's a frozen berry and pomegranate seed mix sold in costco stores and possibly elsewhere. >>> another rough week expected for the irs with more congressional hearings on their targeting of conservative groups and a new report inspector gent report released detailing millions of taxpayer dollars spent on lavish employee conf

i'm lester holt in tonight for brian. even in places used to brutal summer heat, this is going to be a weekend to remember. extreme heat gripping parts of the west tonight. expected to send the mercury close to 120 degrees in cities like las vegas and phoenix, and even threatening to ground some flights. parts of california, nevada, and arizona are under heat alerts as officials warn people of risks that include heat stroke and even burns from searing sidewalks. and parts of the east tonight are dealing with severe storms and heavy rains that have already caused flash floods in upstate new york. we've got it all covered, beginning with gabe gutierrez in los angeles. gabe, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. this is predicted to be the most brutal heatwave in the western u.s. in almost a decade. extreme heat warnings are now in effect in five states. the west is baking. >> it's extremely hot. >> reporter: in los angeles, the elderly are packing cooling centers. they feel safe here. >> i'm 87 years old. i have

. >>> good evening, i'm lester holt in for brian. this is an anxious night for lots of americans from damaging storm conditions in the lower great lakes to the middle mississippi valley to a raging wildfire. in fact, several of them, driving thousands from their homes in colorado. in the midwest, forecasters are watching radar images ahead of a dangerous system of thunderstorms, expected to bring winds up to 75 miles per hour and powerful tornadoes. parts of iowa, illinois, indiana, and ohio are under the most severe threat. and while out west, four separate wildfires are on the march, burning homes and forcing thousands to flee. our teams in place to cover it all. let's start with the storm and weather channel meteorologist mike seidel, from under an ominous sky in joliet, illinois, southwest of chicago. mike. >> good evening, lester, 74 million americans in the path of this dangerous storm system and for the first time in nine years, the storm prediction center in norman, oklahoma, put chicago in high risk this afternoon. take a lo

lester?night for two storm chasers as they got very close to a giant twister. take a look. >> head down, duck down! duck down! drive forward if you can! brandon sullivan and brett wright of tornado titans. glad to see you in one piece, i should note. good morning. >> good morning. >> brandon, tell me about it. my understanding of storm chasing, you want to get as close to the tornado as safely possible. this didn't look safe. had you ever experienced anything quite like this? >> i've certainly never experienced anything like this. you know, we were obviously very close to the tornado. it grew really quickly, became a violent tornado very fast. we tried to go south but ultimately it got a little too close. >> we saw you with your hands covering your head. what were you seeing? what was hitting the vehicle as you were trying to shield yourself? >> well, the tornado actually passed about a half mile behind us. but the winds rushing into the tornado destroyed a barn right in front of us. so that

lester? >> kristen, thanks. >>> we want to update you on an investigation. the former vice chair of the joint chief of staff, general james cartwright under suspicion for leaking secrets. michael isikoff has more. >> reporter: general cartwright retireed from the marine corps in august 2011 after nearly 40 years of service. cartwright continued to serve, appointed to the defense policy board and lead pentagon advisory panel with top security clearance. last january, cartwright resigned out of the blue citing health reasons and business. legal sources tell nbc news the fbi was already investigating cartwright, suspecting him of leaking secrets about a u.s. cyber attack using a computer virus called stuxnet on irans nuclear program. a spokesperson says it was unrelated. they said in a statement, general jim cartwright is an american hero who served his country with distinction for four decades. any suggestion that he could betray the country he loved is propostrouse. eric holder is not talking.

i'm lester holt. >> i'm erica hill alongside jenna wolfe. it's nice to have the family back together. >> it was an exciting weekend for you, father's day and graduation. >> tuition free. >> it's like you got a raise. >> i did. he got an education. it was a full ride but i was driving all four years. >> yeah. >> four years for that joke. four years, every morning on the weekends he was waiting for that joke. >> he nailed it. >> it was perfect. it's a tough act to follow. >> we'll show you pictures later. lots to tell you about including a wildfire in colorado. the images are staggering. the town made famous in "national lampoon's vacation." >> the rain is threatening a city. we are going to calvary where tens of thousands were forced to evacuate evacuate. >> how some are spending their vacations chasing tornadoes. >>> later, the tribute planned in honor of james gandolfini. the heart disease that could not only take your life but the life of those you love. >>>edward snowden facing espionage charges this morning. we want to start with kristin

and tonight, lester holt finds out what it takes. >>> plus, our friday making a difference report. "nightly news" begins now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening, i'm natalie morales in for brian. he'll be back on monday. it has been a fierce firefight over the last four days in colorado as a black forest fire near colorado springs turned deadly, claiming its first victims. hundreds of homes destroyed and nearly 40,000 had to flee from the raging inferno. at this hour, firefighters continue to go house to house, saving what they can. and finally today, their efforts to contain the flames are paying off. nbc's miguel almaguer is once again there for us tonight. >> reporter: after exploding out of control this week, today firefighters held their ground. the burn zone, 24 square miles. but where there is no fire, there is progress. >> we made tremendous ground, especially when it came to the structure protection. i saw a lot of resources in there. i heard them on the radio last night. they were really hoppin

. >>> i'm lester holt. we have a lot to talk about this morning, including an update on nelson mandela. he's waking up in a south african hospital. we go live to johannesburg with an update on his condition. >> this morning, we've heard a lot about electric cars. they seem far in the future. now we're hearing that they could be closer and may look like that. sportier than what we've seen in the past. this is the s series by tesla motors getting rave reviews. it will cost you an arm and a leg, however and then more as well. we're still going to take it for a spin. why it could be the wave of the future. >> double a's or aaa's. >>> cyber thieves have tricks up their sleeves and getting their hands-on your online banking information fl we'll tell you what you can do to protect yourself. >>> a little later, it's been a season of twists and turns for one of the hottest shows on television. game of thrones. very excited for the fi nai. >> not that i understand it. >>> it can be a violent show. it's a huge hit. >>

lester. >> janet dirks tonight for us. thank you. >> another threat tonight, wildfires in the west, raging out of control. as firefighters race to protect a storied resort town in colorado, resources are stretched and hundreds of property owners can only hope for the best. here is nbc's mike taibbi. >> reporter: thick clouds of smoke in the near distance beyond the rooftops. and the ominous glow of flames burning. for hundreds evacuated from the resort town of south fork, losing their homes to a fire so huge it can't really be fought now from the ground or from the air seems inevitable. >> we hate to leave it. but if it is gone it is gone. >> reporter: but with the cloud cover thickening and wind abating and shifting there was optimism at today's briefing. >> it is still burning but it was not showing the type of activity it was the other day. >> reporter: still some 60 square miles have been scorched along three separate fronts in this lightning ignited wildfire while the fire's weather-driven course change has spared sou

. >> reporter: good morning, lester. yesterday, we tied the record for june 28th. 115 on the strip. it was still 100 at midnight. before sunrise, 93 degrees. but it is a dry heat. some of the hottest temperatures we have seen. salt lake city had the hottest june day, 106. in phoenix, where it's supposed to be hot, hotter than average. ten degrees above average. a lot of residents who didn't have the air-conditioning working or needed relief from the blistering heat into the cooling centers. death valley the hottest spot on the planet back in 1913 they hit 134. this weekend, they will challenge 130. that will be the hottest temperature in the world measured in about 100 years. we'll see how it goes. most of the tourists are from overseas. the ones we talked to say they

i'm lester holt. "rock center" with brian williams starts now. >>> ladies and gentlemen, this is the national broadcasting company. >>> tonight on "rock center" -- >> you are not safe right here. everybody back! >> for a time it had the attention of the whole country, a huge explosion and fire tore through a local restaurant after reports of a gas leak. tonight lester holt sorts through what went wrong, as we hear from a hero from that night for the first time. >> if i did not respond to those screams, that would have been a fate worse than death because i would have heard those screams probably every night for the rest of my life. >>> also, their baby developed a condition that can amount to a death sentence until this doctor gave them an experimental medicine. so why are federal officials making it so hard for other desperately sick kids to get the same drug? dr. nancer snyderman investigates. >> how quickly did you start to see a difference? >> i think right away. >> the first dose. >> seriously? >

in the process of talking to the lesters to fund their campaigns, the lesters have their influence. and it changes the agenda and what's on the table for congress to even consider. long before we get to vote. >> you're a good lawyer. what's the best argument against your reform? >> well, there's a lot of arguments about unintended consequences. i get that there are risks. but the question isn't what's the risk-free thing we can do. the question is, what is the thing that minimizes the probability that we are going to face catastrophic consequences from failing to address the issues we all know we need to address. the tax code, the climate change, having a health care system that actually cures people. financial reform on wall street which we have not really, really begun at all. these are all important issues. that if we can't address, our nation is sunk. and so i understand we need to worry about what the consequences of this might be. but we also need to act vigorously to change a system which any rational soul has got to believe is corrupted. >> is citizens united, the supreme co

he had his way with the red sox player jon lester today.he is again, getting the double to the left. lester is not having a good day as orioles win 6-3 taking the four-game series from boston. >>> mother nature has not been kind to the golfers at marianne this weekend merion -- merion this weekend. we have seen a stop of the players looking for the top spot. phil mickelson is your leader headed in for today celebrating his 44th birthday. and you've got justin rose who is up there as well. let's take a look at the current leader board. right now we've got all three of those guys tied for first at 1-over. jason day is in 4th at 2-over, but they're coming down the home stretch, so we'll see who can hold on as it has been back and forth all day. >>> it was a shortened season, but a good one for alex ovechkin, taking home the heart trophy, given to the league's mvp. his third time winning it. he edged out sidney crosby for the award by 32 points. wrapping up the season by playing on a broken foot, suffering a hairline fracture after his foot was

facing jon lester. points davis. two-run home run. mlb leading home run are of the year that's 100 danger of his career. orioles march to 3-zip lead. base knock right back up middle. nick on his horse around score. and he heads up, he not stopping. and good thing because throw somebody was off the mark and he will come around to third he would later score on davis double. davis knocked half 0s runs today and they win. >> coming up it was quite hraeurpbing curve for alexander ovechkin. he still brought home hard. how credits for his mvp troef foe. next of. but will. becoming little re --able left wing so oats switch to rid woeupbg. he trusted his coach made move and last might scooped up his third heart trophy for league mvp. >> you know i am back on track. and you know especially with him. and lap night i call him right away to see almost, first person i call. and i am just happy. and how can i improve my game. i tell him you know i til adam you know, i can tell -- i tell him. i trust you. >> mother's day michigan intentional speedway

, buddy, lester hunt jr., 83 years old, living in wisconsin i believe, right?ago. remarkable human being who's had a tremendously fulfilling life. he worked in chicago after his father's death and worked in hispanic and puerto rican communities. but someone who deeply feels that history is important and that the story out to be told. >> and it was covered up in some respects at that time. reporters didn't talk about gay issues. anybody arrested for soliciting gay sex. what was interesting here is his son was interested in laufatte park. it's another part of joe mark kaer mccarthy, we don't hear about his obsession with going after gay americans. >> had it not been for joe mccarthy, we'd have resolved issues like marriage equality two or three decades ago. >> is that right? >> the problem with joe mccarthy, homosexuals were relatively tolerated and there was a vibrant gay community in washington, d.c. mccarthy and others come along during the early years of the red scare and when mccarthy's not able to make his case against communists, he learns that the state d

the morning off. >> we hope lester's enjoying his father's day and happy first father's day to you, tom. >> first for me and kanye. >> it's nice you two have that bond. >> yeah. that same club. but as i learn this week, fathers get gypped on father's day as compared to moms. we'll tell you about that later in the show. >> sorry about that, better you find out early. >> looking forward to it. >>> we want to begin with the violent clashes happening in turkey. richard angle caught in the middle of it all and joins us from istanbul. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. there have been more clashes here in istanbul this morning and in ankara. the situation escalated yesterday when riot police moved in to taksim square to drive out protesters. we were here for that crackdown and saw what happened during it and what followed. turkish police moved in saturday night, a quick military-style operation using water cannon and bulldozers to clear taksim square and the park inside of iit protest ent don't want destroyed. they cleared the site with ease and then things start tod

lester has the morning off. >>> coming up, it's something a lot of parents do.th your wife a little more. >> yes. >> you post pictures of your kids to facebook to share them with your family and friends. let the grandparents see them. for a lot of people it's harmless but for one mother she was shocked to learn what happened to her photos when they ended up in the wrong hands. talk about a cautionary tale for all of us. her story is coming up. >>> plus, when it comes to shopping some companies are using technology to help you check out faster, but beware. sometimes that convenience can come with a price. we'll have more on that story. >> why does there always have to be a catch on something like that? we begin this half hour with a divorce settlement that could go down in the record books. michelle franzen is here with more on that. a lot of divorce. a lot of big numbers this week. >> erica, when oil baron harold hamm was named by "forbes" as one of the 50 richest americans last year now his divorce settlement may focus on what he doesn't have. that is a prenupt

>> very brave lester. you're proof that real tea baggers don't choke. there are millions more exactly completely like him! so won't you please help? these tea party members have been silenced. they now have no voice in society as they've said, thousands of times on the thousands of radio and cable tv shows they've appeared on relentlessly. the loyal patriots who want who only want to turn our country over to wall street have been trying to scrimp and scrape by with only a few million dollar contributions from billionaire anonymous supporters like the koch brothers. without your help, they might suffer the fate of emerge america, a liberal group targeted by the i.r.s. for being political that was really forced to disclose its donors and lose tax-exempt status which hasn't happened to a a single one of the tea party groups that shouldn't pay taxes because they're not political. are you going to let the i.r.s. get away with breaking zero taxes? all of your contributions are tax be deductible. if you care about the tea party do everything you can to impeach

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the only lester with the public if you see something is something. so that is our first alert. and that's about it but there is security plans that, you know, i'll not elaborate about the event >> the saturday is one of the heights so once again, you know, we'll be just as vice president joseph said we'll be working on that and we've had some long conversations. and we'll be on site and we'll be bringing in adult probation. as i know the day of saturday and sunday we don't see many problems >> thank you very much and any public comment on the sound techs report. closed >> police comments and questions. strangulationly enough steve is missing. nobody. nobody >> you want to come on up everything you say has to be said in the report. >> i'll be here for a couple of weeks. >> he deserved a vacation. i have one report there was a drunk. it happened on the 14 accounting i believe they were two unruly patrons >> i did have is a question. there's a restaurants have they had any more incidents >> where is it located. >> it's close to post and another street. >> yeah, the last 3 times we

i'm lester holt. us. >>> this sunday, national security versus freedom of the press. the tension and the political fallout as the attorney general appears to backtrack. republicans have their sights set on attorney general eric holder. did he level with congress about whether he sought to criminalize the work of journalists? >> with regard to the potential prosecution of the press for disclosure of material, that is not something that i've been involved in, heard of, or would think would be a wise policy. >> holder reportedly regrets the treatment of the press in recent leak investigations and tries to reach out. has it worked? how should the administration balance the protection of secrets and the free flow of information. we'll ask the chairman of the house intelligence committee, michigan congressman mike rogers, about that. and the expected nomination of former bush administration official jim coemy as director of the fbi. >>> also, the president back to business and tries to shake off scandal. wi

lester they raised over $100,000. >> so motivating. >> the golf course just outside of philadelphia. step forward for phil mickelson mickelson. u.s. open highlights are next in sports. >> we've got an estimated $85.4 million in jackpot tonight. good luck. it is time to play. we have 48. right after that we have the number 55. tonight we go to mississippi to meet our $1 million winner. she plans on buying a particular car. she wouldn't say which one. we've got the number 40. we will round it out with the number 36. for tonight's winning powerball, you're always a winner if you match this, it is the number one tonight. make sure you check your tickets carefully. have a great night. i will see you back here this >> now your sports. it is opportunity for the royals make a statement in the american league east. the red sox came to town. the best record in the entire league. baltimore over the previous two nights, taking the first two games of this four-game set. the red sox were the top scoring team in baseball, and they help to poor -- they were held to four runs. freddy garcia on the mo

i'm lester holt. last week on "against all odds," we brought you the story of a mom who survived days trapped in a blizzard to get back home to her boys. tonight you'll see two parents with a different kind of bravery facing a different kind of challenge. here's keith morrison. >> this is where i get the biggest hug in the whole world, okay? i'll see you in just a few minutes, all right? >> all right. >> reporter: she is outside an operating room in palo alto, california. this is the moment of no return, no backing out now, and she is terrified. her name is lindsey lou bingham. she is 9 years old. >> a group hug. >> group hug. >> this is from your mommy. >> we love you. >> you can do this! you can do this. >> it's okay. >> i know. >> reporter: she says good-bye to her mother and her father. without this operation to give her a new heart, lindsey will die. with it, well, who knows what will happen? >> love you, lindsey lou. there she goes. >> what is happening to the bingham family, jason and stacy and

shelter in place and very concerned about many people who are in that area and i understand that lesterour name right, sir, with ascension paris public information office, can you hear me, sir? >> yes, i do. >> can you give me an update what the situation is down there? >> the information i have is sparse right now because they're still working the scene. we have the ascension parish just after around 8:40 this morning a fire at the williams olafants plant and we responded to the scene along with several fire departments, hazmat teams, members of homeland security and the fire department and police department working at the scene and there is a shelter in place enacted in a two-mile radius around the scene of the accident, and that was done by phone notification. we're asking shelter employees and the people to stay in their homes until teams have responded and it will be okay. we notified them by phone again. >> do you know anything about the injuries? for about 50 or so minutes we have been going on this skeletal report that there were indeed multiple injuries expected and reported an

i'm lester holt reporting from new york.or all of us at nbc news, good night. >>> and right now at 6:00, rain is making it's return to the bay area. a stormy downtown san francisco. on the right, rain drops on our camera. good evening. i'm terry mcsweeney. it is officially summer, it doesn't look or feel that way. it is cloudy and a little cool. we're tracking the changes outdoors, there's some big changes coming this way. >> lard to believe we were talking 80s and 90s a few hours ago. some a

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. for all of us here at nbc news, good night. for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created... a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more.. low and no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know... exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks... with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories... america's beverage companies are delivering. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good evening, i'm diane dwyer. >> and i'm terry mcsweeney. we begin with a developing story in the east bay, and that is where a limousine burst into flames this morning as a driver was picking up a group of women to take them to a birthday party. the owner of the limo company says the vehicle was idling when it starts smoking. there were four to five elderly women inside, he got them out. no one was hurt. the owner says it was a 2008 lincoln town car limousine that had been regularly inspected. this may

i'm lester holt. thanks for joining us. >>> good monday morning. coming up on "early today." the debate over national security versus privacy will continue this week while a 29-year-old former intelligence officer claims to be the leaker of the secret surveillance program. >>> jury selection begins in the high-profile murder trial of george zimmerman accused of killing trayvon martin. >>> hope and prayers for nelson mandela. his family remains upbeat. we go live to south africa. >>> plus, the auto industry on a hiring spree. >>> a deadly heat wave hits parts of the u.s. and lebron takes over in game two of the nbc finals. "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for monday, june 10th. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm richard lu i. a week after newspaper reports blew the lid on two secret government surveillance programs we are meeting the man behind the leak. 29-year-old edward snowden coming to london's "the guardian" newspaper. he's a former cia employee who says he leaked the government sankssed programs. they involve targeting not only american p

after officers lester cole, gene clifton and theodore restinga. >>> san jose going green to make roads safer for bicyclists. the silicon valley bicycle coalition rolling out the green pain, the first green colored bike lane. the new bike line on hedding street to future b.a.r.t. station. >>> 4:41. where in the world is edward snowden? new details where the man accused of leaking government secrets could actually be. >>> prince jackson gets ready to tell a jury about the night his father michael died. >>> also -- keeping your kids safe after the sandy hook school shooting. we have the new panic butten in one school that could soon be added to schools all across the country. >>> welcome back. good wednesday morning. 4:44. long will be the largest city in the country to ban plastic bags. city council voted last night to away the plastic bags at grocery stores and large retailers. much of the bans here in the bay area, paper bags cost shops are 10 cents. l.a.'s bag ban goes into effect january 1st. >> glad they're not fat dimes, hard to carry around. >>> ftc issuing a new warning to the ba

this came off of jon lester yesterday. here is manny machado. 4-0. double.is 32nd 5-0 in the seventh inning. miguel gonzalez was pitching well. the bullpen would shut the door on boston. jim johnson, save number 25. that leads the major leagues. the orioles take three of four from boston. game 5 of the nba finals last night. duncan did his usual -- double routine. .ere was the three-point shot lead.tonio had a 15-point a 12-0 run for miami. from theeen, the three corner. .e had six more three-pointers the spurs go on to win. game 6 coming up tuesday night in miami. >> thank you. 6:28. >> we have been following breaking news in baltimore county. >> >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. good morning. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. a look at this morning's top stories. .> a body was found on sunday he went missing after his kayak got caught in some debris. >> the debate is expected to continue in washington over the

lester holt will be here with you this weekend. we will, of course, look for you on monday night. in the meantime, have a good weekend. good night. with breaking news. >>> good evening i'm raj mathai. jessica is off tonight. we begin with breaking news in east san jose where police are investigating a shooting in front of a liquor store in front of the s&s market. we have confirmed a man was shot once in the chest and twice in the back. the gunman is described as a 14-year-old boy who shotted a gang affiliation before the shooting. we have a reporter on the scene right now gathering information. we will have an update later on in this newscast. >>> the timing of all ofm/v this ironic. before this shooting san jose put itself officially in crisis response mode. san jose police department will be out in full force beginning this weekend. days off have been postponed and overtime have been approved stemming from a deadly week in which four people were killed in three separate incidents and that does not include this hour. nbc bay area's damianso3 has th details with this weekend's pl

as we start a new week, my thanks to lester, ann, and natalie who filled in here, allowing me to sneakwhile. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> cover up! the teen who says airport security told her to put on more clothes. >> also so wrong and unprofessional. >>> then, come home son, a father's plea to the nsa whistle blower. >> we want you to come home. >>> the shocking photos making international headlines, the famed tv chef, did her millionaire husband really try to choke her? what he's saying today. >>> plus, major oops moment, at the miss usa contest. >> continuing to try to strive to -- >>> then, wait till you see where we found the beverly hills 90210 actor. >> hello, "inside edition." >> he's a chippendales dancer. >>> and -- ♪ you are my sunshine♪ >> the "you are my sunshine couple," the story behind the video everyone is talking about. here they are. now, "inside edition," in high definition, with deborah norville. >>> hello, everybody. thank you for joining us. no one these days calls travel fun but do passengers deserve t

lester holt will be here with you this weekend. we, of course, will look for you right back here on monday night. in the meantime, have a good weekend. good night. >>> good evening. and thanks for joining us on this friday. >>> new at 6:00. there's a government agency on the brink of bankruptcy. the post office is losing $25 million a day. a surprising turn -- it's hiring in the bay area. we're live in concord to explain. >> reporter: 500 letter carrier positions are available from the south bay through the east bay, with workers retiring at a pretty steady rate. we're told most bay area post offices are short staffed. the spokesperson for the region says until somebody figures out how to e-mail a sweater, they need people to deliver. they're known as the public face of the u.s. postal service. letter carriers who deliver mail to your doorstep each day. >> it's a nice job. it's a good job. it keeps you healthy. you're out in the fresh air. and the hourly rage is decent. >> reporter: and the post office is doing a mass recruitment.

the author was a very brilliant canadian, lester pearson. he worked very closely with dag hammarskjold when pearson received a nobel prize with the execution of peacekeeping. and he really gave all of the credit to dag hammarskjold. it is a very interesting story. brian burkhardt was the muscle. he was a brilliant african-american noble laureate who is one of the inner circle of dag hammarskjold. so that is what you are looking at trade it is hammarskjold being a peaceful man with no military experience. no military experience prior to this, he did this many times. strange enough to say, his advisor, his military advisor said that hammarskjold was a good commander because of his long heritage of military men behind him. he said that he wasn't afraid of the military the way that so many were in high places in the u.n. i don't think that he was pleased to be reviewing the troops, but he knew how to do it. so we enter this in between was resolved so brilliantly. in the congo crisis, which this reflects. this is from summer of 1960. there were n

as we start a new week, my thanks to lester, ann, and natalie who filled in here, allowing me to sneak away for a while. i'm brian williams. we of course hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. a car hit and killed a bicyclist. it's also causing traffic troubles. >> it shut down the southbound on ramp to highway 87 from taylor street. we have the latest. george? >> reporter: terry and janelle, eastbound 87 or eastbound taylor to southbound 87 is still shut down. you can't get on to the on ramp. if you need to get on southbound 87, take julius or the skyport drive on ramps. the reason why police are here since 3:25 this afternoon, they want to know who hit and killed a cyclist and took off. the body is covered by a tarp and surrounded by cones. taylor is busy during the day and into the evening. police believe there have to be witnesses but no one stayed around. >> it's heavy all day. around 3:00 there's heavy vehicular traffic. we're confident there was somebody who saw something each in a car or a pedestrian. we don't know if this individual was by himself or how