lester? >> mark potter, thank you. >>> a state of emergency has been declared tonight in southwest north carolina after heavy rains triggered severe flash flooding, stranding motorists and challenging rescuers. the city of newton and the city of hickory especially hard hit. several thousands of people without power there tonight. >>> a boat carrying six people, including members of a wedding party, struck a barge in the hudson river last night just north of manhattan. tonight the boat's operator has been charged with first-degree vehicular manslaughter as he remains hospitalized. four people were taken to the hospital after the crash. the bride to be and the best man went missing. today a female body was recovered from the river, but has not been identified. the search continues for the missing man. >>> there's late word from indianapolis tonight where three people were killed and several others critically injured when a bus overturned near interstate 465. police say most of the 40 passengers

jon lester was a 22-year-old rookie pitcher for the boston red sox. when a trip to fenway park back in 2006 changed his life. >> i had gotten in a car accident here driving to the field. >> the accident seemed to make some lingering back pain even worse, sending lester to the hospital, where doctors threw him a curveball. >> you're sitting there one minute thinking, you know, in my case, you know, i just have some back pain, just need to get anti-inflammatories, maybe some rest or something like that to you have cancer. >> lester was diagnosed with anaplastic large cell lymphoma. it's a rare, fast spreading yet treatable form of blood kancanc that affects the lymph nodes and he endured the treatment and soon after the cancer was gone and he then met with terry francona eager to get back into the game. >> he sat me down and said we'll take this as slow as we possibly can. and obviously that's the last thing i want to hear. >> in 2007 just a year after his cancer diagnosis, lester started and won game four of the rld series. clinching the championship f

lester. >> tom, thanks. earlier this morning i spoke to ntsb chairman debbie herzman and given the amount of evidence already, were they confident they would be able to find out what went wrong. >> i am confident in the ability of our investigators to get to the bottom of this. as you said, we have a lot of good information. we need to look at it and see what it tells us. >> has your team or faa had a chance to even have a cursory conversation with the pilots? was there any indication of a loss of power or any other performance issue with the airplane that you're aware of? >> there were federal officials, law enforcement officials, that did have initial conversations with the pilot, but the faa and ntsb have not interviewed them yet. we hope to do that in the coming days. we will be looking at the cockpit voice recorder closely and the flight data recorder to see what those parameters might tell us about the last moments and even the minutes and hours before the crash. >> tom had pointed out and we had menti

. >> reporter: lester, good evening to you. protesters took to the streets again today in some cities. the calls for renewed conversation and change growing louder. today, protesters turned out in houston flanked by police on horses. a day after nationwide rally promptedly the verdict in the trayvon martin trial. all of this as the debate shift focused to stand your ground laws, which allowed deadly force in cases of life and death. >> i think it will be useful for us to examine some state and local laws. >> reporter: and there was some support for that today from arizona senator john mccain. >> is worth looking at again? >> i think that -- yes, i do. and i'm confident that the members of the arizona legislature will. and because it is a very controversial legislation. >> reporter: but those stand your ground laws found in some form in more than 20 states have strong support. arizona governor jan brewer has made her position clear. i support stand your ground. i think it's a constitutional right. on "meet the press," the chair

i'm lester holt. >> i'm erica hill. it is a busy day, especially for all the royal baby watchers. >> there was no due date announced. am i wrong? >> no. there was something printed in the press that she was due in mid july. the palace never confirmed the due date, wisely i would say. >> wisely for them, not for the media. >> wisely for them, exactly. >> once you give somebody a due date, then as it gets closer and closer they like to tell you exactly what's going to happen. >> no one can even remember the due date. i asked you a hundred times when are you due again? >> you also asked me a hundred times for other things, too. >> belly still there. >> jenna not today, maybe the royal baby. >> who knows? >> glad we've cleared that up. >> a few other stories we're also following on this busy morning. as lester mentioned, a late development in the battle over abortion rights. overnight the texas senate passing one of the strictest anti-abortion measures in the country. as you kim imagine, reaction on both sides very strong t

lester? erica? >> thanks very much. >>> we have the author of the book, "you are the brand." both of you are with us this morning. look at what's actually going on here. i think the question that most people have is why? is it ego? what drives these men to do this and keep doing it? >> they are particular men. people in leadership positions, first of all they are takers. they are impulsive people and charming. they make it work for them. that's how they get the position in the first place. then it's seductive being in that position and it's easy to abuse your power. people view you with fantastic traits you don't actually have. the people around you say everything you do is wonderful and fantastic. their jobs depend on you. they feed on this. it's an acquired narcissism. you might not have started out that way to begin with, but over time, you acquire this view of yourself. >> in the case of anthony weiner, he continues this behavior that got him in trouble yet makes a decision to put himself

lester?> kerry sanders in sanford. >>> for two days the eyes of the country were focused on the six jurors in the case who spent some 16 hours weighing the evidence. nbc's ron mott now with some insight into the trial itself and where the state's case may have come up short. ron? >> reporter: hey, lester, good evening to you. much of the past 16 months here in sanford, florida, especially the past five weeks at the courthouse have been focused on the george zimmerman case, a case that ended late last night with eight words. rising to his feet, george zimmerman waited for his future. >> we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. >> reporter: blinked once, twice, he was free. >> juror b, 76, is this your verdict? >> yes. >> reporter: after a quick poll of the jury, measured emotion from zimmerman's family and friends, hugs and kisses, thanks to the defense team. his wife wiped tears. moments later, zimmerman was gone, so, too, the ankle monitor tracking him for a little more than a year. his

lester? >> john yang, thank you. >>> in the hudson river just north of new york city officials have now recovered two bodies following this weekend's tragic boat accident that is believed to have claimed the lives of a young bride-to-be and her fiance's best man. katy tur has our report. >> reporter: a mangled bow, this is what's left of a friday night boat trip that ended with the bride and best man believed dead. a groom and three others seriously injured. >> i can't talk about it right now. >> reporter: speaking to reporters saturday, the bride's parents hoped for a miracle. >> they just wanted a nice night on the river. >> reporter: but sunday police recovered two bodies believed to be lindsey stewart and mark lennon. >> we did speak to the families today and they were notified. we did console them. at this time we're waiting for positive identification from the medical examiner's office, but we're pretty confident that in fact this is mark lennon. >> reporter: 30-year-old stewart was set

>>> it's been a struggle this season for the pitcher from the red sox, jon lester.allenge that he faced seven years ago as a rookie. cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta has his story in "the human factor". >> reporter: a 22-year-old pitch for the boston red sox when a trip to fenway park in 2006 changed his life. >> i had gotten in a car accident driving to the field. >> reporter: the accident seemed to make lingering back pain worse, sending lester to the hospital where doctors threw him a curveball. >> sitting there one minute think, you know, in my case, i have some back pain, need to get anti-inflammatories, maybe rest or something like that, to you have cancer. >> reporter: diagnosed with an aplastic large cell lymphoma. a treatable form of blood cancer. enduring six rounds of chemotherapy. by the end of the year ct scans showed the cancer was gone. soon thereafter meeting with terry francona eager to get back into the game. >> we're going to take this as slow as we possibly can. obviously that's the last thing i want to hear. >> reporter: 2007, ju

i'm lester holt. >> and i'm chris jansing in for jenna wolfe. welcome back. you made it. >> in san diego for comicon and took the red eye and got in moments ago. >> you were working? >> i was working. >> an important point. there is no cape. >> for those who have hd, you'll know why they call it the red eye flight. it's kind of a tough turn around. >> we are happy to see you here. thank you very much. >>> we have a pretty gruesome case unfolding in cleveland. police found several bodies and are searching for more as they try to figure out if there is a serial killer behind the murders. >>> kobe bryant's parents are finally making money from selling his memorabilia. able to auction off some of his stuff. we'll tell you how much they were able to get. >>> a little later as the world continues to wait and wait and wait for that royal baby, we will ask how will the queen do as a great grandmother? and what about prince charles as a grandfather? do you think they'll spoil that child rotten? >> i think just a little bit. >> possibility. >> before we get to all that

lester? good. >>> we want to turn now to this remarkable story of a young boy who survived a nail going right through his heart. >> is it a remarkable, amazing story. it happened after that nail was shot out from under a lawnmower. the 12-year-old was taken to the hospital. and his best chance of survival meant everything. i mean everything had to go just right. >> reporter: the image is staggering. an x-ray of a nail piercing a young boy's heart. how could he survive and how it did happen? 12-year-old abe tullis was looking forward to mowing the lawn. he'd seen his dad doing it many times but in early june, he got his first chance, almost immediately, something went wrong. >> i just heard the lawnmower stop. and i heard him shout out. >> reporter: the lawnmower hit a 2 1/2-inch nail and flung it straight into abe's chest. >> it it felt kind of like dinging, but kind of like a bruised ding nick. >> i pulled the shirt up and watched him breathe, as the chest expanded, the nail pulled in and lo

in 2007 lester started and won game four of the world series clinching the championship for the red soxst lester was reluctant to talk about his cancer. >> i just wanted to move on, to get back to doing what i love to do and play baseball. >> reporter: but that changed in 2010. >> we had just had our first son. i could only imagine what it would be like for him to go through something like this. >> reporter: so lester helped launch nvrqt, never quit, which raises awareness and money for pediatric cancer research. >> each ball represents a child diagnosed with cancer. over 125,000 in the last decade. children's cancer is a monster we all need to bring down. mom, dad told me that cheerios is good for your heart, is that true? says here that cheerios has whole grain oats that can help remove some cholesterol, and that's heart healthy. ♪ [ dad ] jan? what are you guys doing? having some fiber! with new phillips' fiber good gummies. they're fruity delicious! just two gummies have 4 grams of fiber! to help support regularity! i want some... [ woman ] hop on over! [ marge ] fiber the fun way,

>>> reporter: saturday night at the hayward city russell blues festival as lester chambers sang a song he dedicated to martin a woman leaped on the stage. she smacked down the 73-year- old singer. several band members and fans tackle and make a citizen's arrest. >> you're okay, right? >> reporter: tonight at their petaluma home, chambers and his sons shudder at the video. >> oh, god. >> reporter: chambers has bruises on his ribs and all over his body. he must now walk with a cane. >> it's beyond fathomable that that happened to my father, a legend, someone so powerful for peace. >> i saw anger for the short term that i did fear she just couldn't -- you mother -- f you started this, boom, you know? and i was down. >> reporter: chambers cofounder of the chambers brothers says he was singing about love and

inside studio 1a alongside lester holt, jenna wolf. taking time off. >> pretty shocking news. >> fans of the show "glee" woke up to sad news that the 37-year-old star was found dead. talk about his legacy, public struggle with drug addiction in a moment. >> and fear rampant along the sidelines of playing fields. parents now concerned about long-term effects of head injuries. now there's a new app to help them quickly diagnose concussions. we're going to show you how it works coming up. >>> and royal baby fever hitting fever pitch again. buckingham palace has only said the due date is some time in mid-july. and as the dates creep on, royal expectations are creeping. but there's new information this morning indicating royal watchers may have a little longer to wait. might not be as soon as we thought. we have a live report coming up from london. >> and christopher gore, star of the usa network hit "covert affairs" stops by to talk about his show's upcoming new season. >> and first we begin with "glee" star cory monteith. cory monteith sh

>>> boston red sox pitcher jon lester has had tough games in his career.ng compared to what he faced as a rookie seven years ago. our dr. sanjay gupta has the details in this week's "human factor." >> reporter: jon lester was a 22-year-old rookie pitcher for the boston red sox. when a trip to fenway park back in 2006 changed his life. >> i got in a car accident here driving to the field. >> reporter: the accident seemed to make some lingering back pain even worse. sending lest toer to the hospit. where doctors threw him a curve ball. >> you're sitting there one minute thinking in my case, i just have some back pain just need to get anti-inflammatories. maybe some rest or something like that. to you have cancer. >> reporter: lester was diagnosed with anti-plastic large cell lymphoma. a rare, fast spreading, yet treatable form of blood cancer that affects the lymph nodes. by the end of the year ct scans showed the cancer was gone after six rounds of chemotherapy. soon after lester met with then red sock manager terry francona, eager to get back in the game.

lester holt is back with us. lester, you are looking at presumably the same picture i'm looking at. while intact looks to be in awful shape. >> well, i think what you are seei seeing, i don't see the exact picture you have. the fire looks like it continued to burn even after the evacuation of the planes. the latest pictures show a total loss. the fuselage of the airplane consumed by fire. the critical thing to look at are the wings, if not separated, they have been twisted away. the engines have detached as well as the tail section. that leads open a huge range of possibilities. the airplane at a high range. made a tail strike. very unclear. this is incredible popular safe plane. the boeing 777 made in the mid-1990s. they have sold a ton of them. to my knowledge, there's never been a fatal crash involving a 777. the weather picture appears to be clear. this would have been a visual landing, meaning the pilot was not dealing with clouds, smoke or haze. simply seeing the runway and landing. very unclear what could have gone wrong. the pilots are generally the most experienced of the a

at first lester was reluctant to talk about his cancer. >> at the time i just wanted to move on.k to doing what i loved to do and play baseball and not be the cancer patient any more. >> reporter: but that changed in 2010. >> we just had our first son. i can only imagine what it would be like for him to go through something like this. >> reporter: so lester helped launch nvrqt, or never quit, in collaboration with the cancer research corporation. >> i beat cancer. now it's time to fight for the kids. >> nvrqt races money for cancer research. >> each ball represents a child diagnosed with cancer, over 120,000 in the last decade. children's cancer is a monster we all need to bring down. >> reporter: having beaten cancer himself, lester's mission right now is to strike out cancer for children. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn reporting. >> nice inspiration. >>> a year has passed since an armed man took 12 lives in a colorado movie theater. now families affected by other shootings join shootings join fn aurora to call for big change. mom, dad told me that cheerios is good for your heart, is tha

i'm lester holt. have a good night, everyone. >>> good evening. i we begin with a breaking story. the clock ticking on union leaders to come up with a deal to avid a strike. a deadline less than six hours away. if a settlement is not reached, it could come to a hult tomorrow morning. the two sides are meeting right now. >> reporter: this meeting is likely the last hope to avoid a strike tomorrow. both sides are meeting inside this building on west grand avenue in oakland at this hour. the fact both sides are even in

lester will be back tomorrow.or all of us here at nbc news, good night. >>> good evening, i'm diane dwyer, terry mcsweeney has the night off. a fire shut down a lucky supermarket in sunnyvale tonight. the fire happened on north matilda avenue a few hours ago. that's where we find kimberly terry who has the latest for us. >> fire crews are still out here, just making sure that that fire is completely out, because these buildings are so close together. and that was their initial concern, that this fire would spread more than it did. the call came in about 2:30 this afternoon. when firefighters arrived, the fire grew significantly. they were worried the fire would spread to other businesses and also to the lucky's which is adjacent to the businesses that were on fire. >> we're still assessing the point of origin. generally we think it was somewhere in between the liquor store and the chinese restaurant. >> the luckies was evacuated and it just reopened about an hour ago. the chinese restaurant and that liquor store h

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. we will be back here tomorrow evening. good night, everyone. >>> good evening i'm dianne dwyer. >> and terry mcsween my. all four runways are operating tonight one week after the arabian airplane crashed one week. >> reporter: plans have sbn landing all day long. in fact you see one coming in right now about to land on runway 2-8 left where the asiana plane crash happened last saturday. so far there have been no issues. the runway opened last night at 5:05 in the evening and sfo is only reporting a few delays this afternoon. now, earlier today a few people came together to honor two of the girls killed in the crash. an international buddhist relief group organized the ceremony. a letter was read from farnts saying that loving will help us heal. organizer say the family was touched by the outpouring of support here in the bay area. >> they're happy b

. >>> jon lester is not only a starting pitcher for the boston red sox, he's also a cancer survivor. a very significant change in his life moved him to help the youngest of cancer patients. jon lester was a 22-year-old rookie pitcher for the boston red sox, and a trip to fenway park back in 2006 changed his life. >> i got in a car accident here driving to the field. >> the accident seemed to make some lingering back pain even worse, sending lester to the hospital, where doctors threw him a curveball. >> you're sitting there one minute thinking, in my case, i just have some back pain, just need to get anti-inflammatories and maybe some rest, or something like that, to you have cancer. >> lester was diagnosed with anaplastic large cell lymphoma, it's a rapidly spreading yet treatable form of blood cancer that affects thelism nodes. he endured six rounds of chemotherapy, and soon after, the cancer was gone. he met with red sox manager terry francona, eager to get back in the game. >> he sat me down and said, we're going to take this as slow as we can. that's the last thing i want to hea

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 they had any more incidents >> where is it located. >> it's close to post and another street. >> ea the last 3 times we closed

i'm lester holt.s for joining us. >>> this sunday, the president seeks to ignite a new conversation about race in america. >> trayvon martin could have been me 35 years ago. >> the president's deeply personal remarks about the aftereffects of the george zimmerman trial add to the debate about the stand your ground laws, racial profiling and the plight of african-american boys in the criminal justice system and our society. >> if trayvon martin was of age and armed, could he have stood his ground on that sidewalk? >> this morning a special discussion about race relations and the impact of the president's remarks on the black community and beyond. with us, the president of the national urban league, marc morial, chairman of the congressional black caucus, congresswoman marcia fudge. author and pbs host tavis smiley, former chairman of the rnc, michael steele, and harvard law professor, charles ogletree. plus, the remarkable financial collapse of a major american city. detroit files for bankruptcy. what'

i'm lester holt. this is ""dateline" behind closed doors." here's andrea kenning. >> it was a tuesday afternoon in carlsbad, california, just north of san diego. at the town beach, locals were enjoying the rays and 35-year-old crystal harris was in her car on a lunch break. she had a mini cassette recorder with her. she pressed play and listened to what she says are the sounds of her own rape. >> you're choking me. you're choking me! >> you sounded so terrified on the tape. what was it like to relive that whole experience? >> horrified but also glad there's that evidence. >> that evidence would be the centerpiece of a story about a controversial subject. one that's not often discussed. >> it's just so uncomfortable, an uncomfortable subject. >> one that raises boundaries between a husband and wife. when does what happens behind closed doors cross the line and become a crime? >> it can happen to any. >> it cuts across all socioeconomic levels. it cuts across every type of woman out there. >> crystal wo

lester they have 15,000 so they are really moving up labor. it's a good thing because they have the demand for products. but give you some perspective. facebook has 5000, google has 20,000 and microsoft has just under 100,000 so amazon building up quite nicely. another winner is a car. a lot of people are talking about apple. how about our car. right now there is to a half million people already in at pandora streaming to their car. mgm is building 4 g cars sold your kart is going to be connected to the internet. in the next five years those cars will be out. but for apple and google to have a big fight over this. look for tesla and four to look into this technology so people will buy their cars. you appear from around and your phone will be the device that pulls your music your maps everything into your car. it's just a natural correct extension going the right way. the integrated car and finally we have a loser. cash over stocks and of long-term investments. stock's average 9% a year but individuals are 26 percent of americans would rather s

musician was attacked on stage last night after he dedicated one song to trayvon martin. 73-year-old lester chambers is known for his work as a member of the chambers brothers. the assault happened as he played at a blues festival in hayward. the attacker disagreed with the dedication and ran on the stage, shoving chambers, causing him to fall and injuring his back heavily was taken to the hospital for treatment. >> i went flying back, maybe four to six, eight feet in the air, landing on the equipment. >> ama: police and security guards weren't far away and rasted the woman, 43-year-old deanna potter from barstow. >> the justice department is going to re-open an investigation into the murder. they previously used the federal civil rights law to convict defendants who have been acquitted in state cases. zimmerman's family said they are relieved that he is a free man for now. speaking to cnn this morning, zimmerman's older brother, robert zimmerman, jr., said the entire ordeal has been deeply emotional for the family but hope george can move on. >> freedom is a new concept him. he is really f

. >> i'm lester holt and this is "dateline." >> narrator: in the movies and on tv, people can just disappear without a trace, leaving family and friends with nothing more than memories, questions and worry. in real life, vanishing is more a magician's trick than an everyday occurrence. which brings us to that crossroads where magic and entertainment collide, hollywood. the cops who roll around these streets call it hollyweird, because anything can happen here, and sometimes what does happen makes no sense. hollywood's a real place, but it's also a myth and the fantasy of what might be has always drawn the hopeful from every town in america with a bus station. for quite different reasons, it drew these two sisters, leslie and osha. maybe you recognize osha davis, she's one of the lucky few for whom that hollywood fantasy came true. within a few years of her move west, osha's star was rising, first with small parts on tv. a college student on t gilmore girls. a patient on house. a street wise girl on the shield. and in 2007, her big break on friday night lights. she was the sharp as a tack tee

lester chambers is known for his work as chambers brothers. he played at festival in hayward. and ran to odisagreed with thought stage. she hospitalized him and he is with a taken to the hospital for treatment. >> i six to to eight feet in the air and on the equipment. >> police and security guards arrested the woman. she was charged with battery but was released from custody. >>> the justice department is still trying to determine whether federal prosecutors will file murder charges against zimmerman now that the state indicates is done. feds opened an investigation into the trayvon martin killing but allowed the prosecution to move forward. they used a civil rights law who have been acquitted in state cases. >> the family is relieved. speaking on cnn, older brother said the ordeal has been deeply emotion for the families but they hope george can move on with his life. >> freedom is a new concept to him. he is free to move about and do whatever he pleases. >> despite his younger brother being a free man, george zimmerman needs to keep a low profile and keep to himself. if you

musician was attacked on stage last night after he dedicated one song to trayvon martin. 73-year-old lester chambers is known for his work as a member of the chambers brothers. the assault happened as he played at a blues festival in hayward. the attacker disagreed with the dedication and ran on the stage, shoving chambers, causing him to fall and injuring his back heavily was taken to the hospital for treatment. >> i went flying back, maybe four to six, eight feet in the air, landing on the equipment. >> ama: police and security guards weren't far away and rasted the woman, 43-year-old deanna potter from barstow. >> the justice department is going to re-open an investigation into the murder. they previously used the federal civil rights law to convict defendants who have been acquitted in state cases. zimmerman's family said they are relieved that he is a free man for now. speaking to cnn this morning, zimmerman's older brother, robert zimmerman, jr., said the entire ordeal has been deeply emotional for the family but hope george can move on. >> freedom is a new concept him. he is really f

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this section is revised to identify the information and post it on the website lester the public of the approval action of the appeal window. next is establishing deadlines that assists the board of supervisors in the peel hearing. and lastly, the potential significance prior to any approve the h t p authority was established and didn't have an established rule on the process. this legislation gives the commission the permission to comment on the the issues that are having an economical impact. last is modification having the environmental review officer notify the public of the environmental review. in closing, i want to say that many of us in this board promote growth in this city. i worked on the outside and their support the legislation. we may not also agree but we agree there is a robust effort to allow the public to express their opinion. and if we didn't have this robust project i said probably support a lot less. this is also including projects that are - we're going to allow citizens to appeal the action. i want to recognize the dedicated work of the land use committee and the

lester helped launch nvrqt.ch. over 125,000 in the last decade. >> children's cancer is a monster we all need to bring down. >> you know, it's amazing. a year after he was diagnosed, he is in the world series and wins game four and clinches the championship for the boston red sox and even a new york fan, i can get behind that a little bit, i think. >> absolutely. i love that he's using his position to do something good like this. >> when you hear sanjay from back pain to blood cancer. i mean, that's how it started for him. >> at the top of his game, prime condition. this is the ball, by the way. each one of these balls represents a child with pediatric cancer. 125,000 of these over the last decade. that's what they're trying to fight. >> good story, sanjay. thanks so much. >> helping the cause. you want to help, go to our website and we'll let you know how. >>> coming up on "new day," an incredible story you need to see. local fisherman helps free a giant whale. stick around. ♪ [ male announcer ] some question p

saturday night at the heyward blues festival, as lester chambers sings a song he dedicated to trayvon martin, a woman leaps on to the stage. she smacks down the 73-year-old rock and soul singer. several band members and fans tackle and make a citizen's arrest. >> you're okay, right? >> we're going to pray. >> tonight at the petaluma home, chambers shutter at the video. chambers has bruises on his ribs and all over his body. he must now walk with a cane. >> she came with a force that was like, boom. and just blew me backwards. anger and for the short time i did fear, she just screamed. you started this. boom, you know. i was down. >> chambers, cofoirnd of the chambers brothers was singing about love and peace as a tribute to trayvon. he told the audience why he chose the hit, people get ready. >> he sang, people get ready, there was a train coming and if he was here today singing it, he would prefer probably that we would say, people get ready, there's a change coming. >> officers say 43-year-old suspect, andrews potter of barstow refused to talk to police. she was sited and released.

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. from all of us at nbc news, good night. >> announcer: nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >>> a call from one of the crew members to increase speed was made approximately seven seconds prior to impact. >> and that was the first sign of trouble, just seven seconds before the crash from the cockpit of this airplane. right now a live picture of the wreckage at sfo. we are learning more about why the plane went down and how one of the two teenage victims may have died in the chaos that followed the crash rather than in the crash itself. >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. terry mcsweeney has the night off. just into our newsroom tonight, a picture from inside the cabin. you can see the oxygen ma

. >>> lester chambers was performing at the hayward russell city blues festival saturday when a woman suddenly jumped on stage and shoved the 73-year-old singer. he fell to the floor. >> for the short time that i did fear, she just screamed, you mother -- f -- you started this -- boom. you know? and i was down. >> band members tackled the woman and held her until police showed up. the woman from barstow did not explain her actions to police. alameda county prosecutors will eventually decide whether to charge her. chambers is recovering at home in petaluma. >>> stevie wonder is boycotting florida following the george zimmerman acquittal. >> i decided today that until the "stand your ground" law is abolished in florida, i will never perform there again. >> stand your ground allows people to defend themselves with force if they feel threatened and that's not just on private property. >>> for more on the zimmerman verdict including raw video from local protests and reaction from across the country, log on to our website, kpix.com. >>> san francisco police have arrested a shooting suspect

police say the 43-year-old dinah lynn potter jumped on to the stage as lester chambers performed at the hayward russell city blues festival on saturday. witnesses said she shouted, quote, it's all your fault" and pushed chambers to the ground. potter was cited and released on suspicion of battery. >>> it's a tiny pest that could devastate the state's multibillion fruit industry. this morning, an emergency eradication team stepping up its time against the guava fru throughout in san jose. crews will gather at 8:30 to spread a deadly insecticide on trees and telephone poles between berryesa road, white road, 14th streets. the sticky substance, which is not harmful to humans, is meant to attract and kill the male flies. earlier three were found in the area of san jose but officials warned that number could be in the millions. the pests feed on citrus, stone fruits, tomatoes and other plants. >>> good morning. 4: 4:40. a nice day in store for us. christina loren, we welcome you back. good to see you. >> good to see you. good to get a vacation in every once in a while, especially when the we

lester is on assignment and erika is off. i'm the lucky one. >> where was it warmer, california or new york? >> it's been so hot here. i don't know how you have been dealing with the heat. >> no problem. >> i had a softball game yesterday at noon. it was unbelievable. i never thought we would make it through, but we won. >> at the airport, 101 degrees the pilot announced t. waves came through the airplane. >> i was walking here and it was 87 already. >> we are going to have more on the heat and coming up, why firefighters outside palm springs are dealing with high temperatures themselves. >>> the somber anniversary. it's been one year since a gunman went on a rampage. we'll remember the victims and the one couple turning this day into one of the happiest of their lives. >> if you thought you might be waking up to baby news this morning -- >> sorry. >> there's still no royal baby to speak of. the great kate wait continues. nobody knows more about that than natalie morales who has been standing guard, knitting, reading books. s

lester holt is here with you this weekend. we hope to see you back here on monday.n the meantime, have a good weekend. good night. >>> nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >> that breaking news happening in san francisco. two women dead in a jewelry store shooting. what you're hoobing at is a live look at 9th and brannan. that is the bed bath and beyond. the street you're looking at is 9th, which is between brannan and that area right there is bryant, i should say. brannan and bryant. that's the way you go to get on the central freeway. it's jam-packed with people who have been stuck in this mess. good evening. >> we mentioned two women were found inside that victoga. the suspected killer opened fire on officers who were arriving at the scene. the suspect is now in police custody. it was a terrifying scene for employees and customers. the entire area was on lockdown while sfpd and the fbi searched for a possible second suspect. >> that is known as the design district and the jewelry district. they also have some high tech companies in that area. nbc has been

harry smith will be with you tomorrow night while lester holt enjoys a rare saturday night off. we hope to see you back here on monday night. good night. have a >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good evening, and thanks for joining us on this friday, i'm raj mathai. >> developing news on the asiana flight. the coroner confirm thad a fire truck ran over and killed one of the young victims at the crash. this happened in the first moments when the fire crew was rushing onto the runway. we're live with how the family is doling with, and firefighters as well. >> reporter: that's right. a lot of people having to deal with this tragedy. there are about 100 firefighters stationed here at sfo who are specially trained to deal with incidents on the tarmac. they are combing through everything that happened that saturday. >> there was a lot of debris. >> reporter: by the sometime san francisco fair fighters arrived and people were desperately trying to evacuate the boeing triple 7 that had caught fire. >> it was a very dangerous, volatile situation. >> reporter: more than 250 firefight

you're all here because one of you killed lester bradovich, martin talbot, and allen charney. why would i kill three members of my own church? well, because the farm was failing, and bret stiles didn't want that to happen. but maybe it wasn't you. mr. bradovich here was angry with his brother for abandoning his family. even if i was, why would i kill the other two guys? who knows how a homicidal maniac thinks? homicidal maniac? i was 16, mr. jane. yes, but your mother was an adult, and she was angry with the farmers over how they were treating the animals. are you seriously saying my mother killed these people? you're right. maybe it was the priest. he was angry because he was displaced as the farm's leader. no, i wasn't. then there's the angry farmer and the police chief. whoever did this, it was definitely one of you, and in a moment, we're gonna find out which one. but first... more coffee, anyone? (whispers) no. (crying) no. no. no. no. mom. mom. no, no, no. mom... mom, take it easy. (whimpering) what's her problem? why's she so upset? she recognizes the symbol. there was

lester holt will be here with you this weekend. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here on monday night. have a good weekend. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good friday evening, everyone. >> drug heading arunning and ho woman captive. both men in jail tonight accused of growing large quantities of pot and holding a 15 year old girl captive in a metal box. the girl in a rural section north of santa rosa. r jessica, the details of what that girl allegedly went through truly make your stomach turn. the details are all spilled out in these court documents. two men have been charged in federal court. the u.s. attorney's office says these are the two men behind a disturbing marijuana grow operation. investigators say they were not only growing more than a thousand marijuana plants in the rugged countryside of lake county, but had held a 15 year old girl captive there for weeks. the girl was kept locked inside a metal box that was hoisted at an angle for human waste to drain out. the gir

. >> coming up, we are learning more tonight about the attack of soul singer lester chambers in a concert in upper heyward. coming up next. [ male announcer ] how do you do a summer clearance the dodge way? first wait till summer. then get the cars ready. now add the dodge part. ♪ ♪ the dodge summer clearance event. right now get 0% financing for up to 72 months and no payments for 90 days on all dodge vehicles. >> apple is investigating a claim that one of its iphones electrocuted and killed a woman. it happened when a woman in china was talking to her iphone while it was charging. local police confirmed the woman died of electrocution but did not say how. apple said they will fully investigate and cooperate with the authorities in this matter. >> he dedicated a song to trayvon martin at a music festival in the east bay and was attacked on stage. this is video provided by fuse tv. shows a woman that heyward police identify as denaline potter. she shoves the singer and then he falls down. it happened on stage saturday night at the heyward's russell city blues festival. the 73-year-old was