mark matthews, terry mcsweeney, at various headquarters. we just mentioned crowded field will be cut dramatically tonight. only two of the top five candidates will advance to the election. chuck reid turned out. the question at this late hour, who will he oppose? this race too close to cool. either sam luccardo or nguyen. >> candidates held election nice parties it note when the polls closed and there was a lot of excitement as supporters watch the numbers come in. if no candidate receives 50% of the votes, then the top two vote-getters will face off in november. crime, quality of life issues and pension reform were hot button issues in the run up to tonight's vote. three candidates leading votes say if they are in the run off they expect the same issues will be what matters most to san jose voters. >> we want new direction. they want change. and people are tired of unsafe neighborhoods. frustrated with city hall. >> just a real quality of life issues that people care about. i have a young daughter. i want her to grow up here in san jose. i

mark matthews is live with why the nsa is claiming victory tonight. >> reporter: at least for the short term. this case dates back eight years, back to a time when a technician at an at&t building in san francisco reported what he said was massive government spying on americans' internet and e-mail communications. mark sclien said it was happening inside this at&t building. he said it was happening in room 641 a, reporting that the phone company had installed a splitter on their internet cables routing everything into a nsa bank of

mark matthews joins us from the cal campus where friends and fellow students are helping to spread the word. >> reporter: they are. here is a copy of the flier going up on campus. a lot of people new or know vernon hmatthews. he's the head of the undergraduate anthropology association. tonight he's missing in the mountains. it's the in the ice house area. you're looking at pictures of the command post that's set up. the young man's father said he called home on friday to tell his mother he was heading out for a hike and would be back later that night. >> he called my wife. he said he's getting ready to take a hike. they discussed the conditions of the time and day, place he might want to go. he dressed for a lightweight hike. >> reporter: he's been on lot os these hikes. he said his son is an experienced out doorsman. >> he's our risk taker. he's a little absent minded and compulsive. it's not unusual to see him get sidetracked. never like this. >> reporter: the anthropology posters are up but the story of how they got here are unusual. a fellow student who graduated last semester and

i'm mark matthews. the story coming up on this edition of nbc bay area news. >>> we're seeing some cooling for now. summer sunshine around the bay area. our temperatures will once again be climbing into the 80s inland, but we do have a much-needed rain potential in the forecast for parts of the bay area. we'll look at that when we come back. >>> bad ending, a driver lost control of his truck and crashed into an mcdonald's drive throlu. he suffered some sort of seizu e seizure. rescuers did manage to pull him from the truck and he was taken to the hospital. we don't know at this point how seriously he was injured. but three other people were taken to the hospital to be treated for moderate injuries. >>> three large auto makers are recall being millions of vehicles because of faulty air bags. they have problems with defective air bag inflater. >>> a little bit after cool down and then heading back up? >> we have a chance of seeing a few showers coming up in the forecast. right now, that's a view outside o

mark matthews was at today's board meeting filled with emotional testimony. mark? >> reporter: really heartbreaking stories from families who have been battling for years to get a suicide barrier. today they finally got the votes, a unanimous vote, as you say, from the board for a $76 billion metal net to hang beneath the bridge. it's going to be below both sides of the bridge. it will take three years to build, a cost of $76 million, funded by the state, federal government, and caltrans, the last $20 million from the golden gate bridge authority, which for years resisted using toll money for a barrier. >> there was a lot of feeling that the bridge is iconic, untouchable. >> reporter: one assemblyman accounted some of the resistance he's faced over decades and family maybes of those who have jumped talked about what the lack of the barrier cost them. >> i lost my 17-year-old daughter kasie. this is a picture of him saying good-bye three minutes before he jumped off the bridge. >> my son was on the bridge for five hours. >> i feel there's so much trauma in this room

nbc bay area's mark matthews joins us more for what that means here in the bay area. mark? >> reporter: well, this supreme court decision is going to effect buffer zones in front of family planning clinics all over the country. 35-foot buffer zone is unconstitutional in massachusetts. when you think of this 25-foot buffer zone, it almost certainly will be challenged here in san francisco. the director of the regional planned parenthood clinic in san francisco says she has been worried about this supreme court decision ever since the high court took up the case. >> it was coming down any moment. we were concerned what it might mean and we're still concerned about what it might mean and we don't quite know how this will impact the buffer zone that we have here in san francisco. >> reporter: san francisco buffer zone was authored by supervisor david campos. he says patients and staff at the clinic here in the mission were being harassed before the buffer zone went in. >> we saw anti-choice extremists that were coming in, intimidating women as they were going into the clinic, h

the bay area mark matthews is in the city where governor perry spoke to the commonwealth club. mark. >> reporter: we are here in front of the of the hark hopkins hotel, where governor perry spoke last night to that commonwealth club audience. he was asked on his views on sexually, because this week his party if texas, the texas gop endorsed plague in their platform for so-called repairtive therapy. asked if he felt he was possible to cure someone of sexuality. governor perry says he thinks of it sort of as being an alcoholic. >> i might have the genetic coding that i'm inclined to be an alcoholic. but i have those desire not to do that. and i look at the homosexual issue the same way. >> when he said that, there were some gasps in the audience, that was palpable. >> reporter: he noted a large portion of the audience appeared to be perry supporters. the governor qualified his opinion by saying he is not a doctor. a medical doctor, a ucsf society of psychology. >> first of all, homosexuality is not a disease. >> the apa would say that rick perry's analogy is nonsense ro on the str

mark matthews is in a san francisco neighborhood that's among the hardest places to find parking. mark? >> reporter: we are here in north beach, and if you've spent any time in this neighborhood trying to find a parking spot, you know it's tough. this is the way the apps work. say you're driving around, trying to find a spot, open up the app, see somebody ready to leave their spot, all you have to do is pay that person to wait until you can get there and take his or her place. you put in where your car is parked, then wait for somebody to put in a bid for your spot. the bids start at $5, go up to $20. the money transferred electronically and the parker notified when the payer is behind him waiting for a spot. >> i think it's a great idea. i think it will benefit a lot of people. >> reporter: tyler loves the idea, and in north beach -- >> sounds kind of like progress to me. >> reporter: union square -- >> like uber but for parking. >> reporter: this morning the city's attorney's office told the italian-based company to cease and desist. >> we told them that they have to stop operati

mark matthews, nbc bay area news. >>> now, overseas to the developing story if iraq. today the war-torn country asked the u.s. for help, wanting president obama to authorize air strikes against rebels. the president met with top congressional leaders in the oval office this afternoon to discuss all options. no exact plan of action has been decided, but as of now it appears president obama is still against combat troops in iraq. as for air strikes, that's still on the table. >> options like air strikes, as the president said, he's not ruled in or out. but there has to be reason for those. there has to be an objective. whether you go with those. >> president obama continues to pressure iraq's shiite-run government to be more inclusive of the minority sunnis and kurds. so far, that's not happening. isis is trying to gain control of the country's largest oil refinery. if that happens, that could mean soaring gas prices here in the u.s. >>> the pressure continues one of the most well-known teams in american sports might be forced to change its name. the u.s. patent office

mark matthews is there now. we did see protesters at her event last night at the orpheum. what'd it look like this morning? >> reporter: no protesters, but an awful lot of people waiting in line to meet hillary clinton, former first lady, former secretary of state, and as yet, unannounced democratic favorite for the 2016 presidential race. let me show you the pictures. hillary walked into the book packages store here about 15 minutes to 9:00. she took no questions from reporters. she sat down, started signing and shaking hands. rather than the 100 to $500 per person that people paid last night at the orpheum, the price today was $40, which is roughly the price of the book. the store owner is expecteding or expected a thousand people and i've got to tell you, the line looked at least a thousand people line. i asked elaine how book passage managed to get clinton to come to the store. >> from the moment we got an inkling there might be a book, we were writing her saying, please, please, please. people should get the chance to meet secretary clinton. and there are people who c

. >> that's where we can find mark matthews. he's in the plaza and the fans are the story here. >> reporter: jessica, they certainly are the story. there were 2,000 of them standing right behind me just a few minutes ago. let's go to the videotape and i'll show you the pictures. we were all standing here watching the game just a couple minutes into the game when the first goal surprised everybody. >> that's why we're here. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: i was getting ready to ask him what he thought of his team's chances when suddenly ghana was trailing 1-0. >> when you play, you try to teach your child to play the game, let them take the lead, so you will definitely win. >> so he's saying that he's giving us a sneak peek and he's coming back at the end, i don't think so. we're taking it all the way, baby, all the way. >> reporter: obviously, a very enthusiastic u.s. crowd. wasn't willing to concede that ghana came into this game a favorite. the parks department put up the action on a big screen for free. they said they'll

nbc bay area's mark matthews is live at san francisco city hall, where the mayor is among those asking the archbishop to stay home. >> reporter: you can see behind me the mayor is hanging a rainbow flag from the second-floor balcony of his office. he, nancy pelosi, a host of others are asking him to reconsider his participation at the rally, and today, as you say, 30,000 signatures delivered to the archdiocese office. petition organizers marched up hoping to speak to the archbishop and to deliver what they said was 30,000 requests for reconsideration. >> we're not asking him to totally change his mind. we're just asking that perhaps he would not attend a group that was really hateful. >> reporter: in a written response, the archbishop wrote, i myself am willing to meet personally with any of you, not only to dialogue, but simply so that we can get to know each other, but at his office this morning, employees locked the front doors, refusing to accept the petitions. >> i sent this to nancy pelosi for all the church leaders around the bay area that have asked for dignity to be respected.

nbc bay area's mark matthews is live outside grace's cathedral with more. you spoke one-on-one with the archbishop, and he is not backing down. >> reporter: no, he is not, janelle. this is the first time we have heard from him since nancy pelosi and the mayor of san francisco and the lieutenant governor and a host of others wrote to him asking him to stay home. in washington, d.c., archbishop salvatore cordileone led several thousand protesters from the capitol to the steps of the supreme court. the leader of san francisco's catholic church was the main attraction and the first speaker to take the podium. >> the truth is that every child comes from a mother and a father. and to deliberately deprive a child of knowing and being loved by his or her mother or father is an outright injustice. this is our very nature. no law can change it. >> reporter: the archbishop also asked the crowd to hold back on hate speech, even though they may be tempted. >> when you are relentlessly and unfairly painted as a bigot and punished for basically stand the big basic truth o

mark matthews is at the coffee shop, which has been hit twice in the past five weeks. what's the problem here? >> reporter: the problem is neighbors are feeling edgy about this. i can tell you that the tensions that led to all these windows being blown out, the tensions are being felt in a lot of kplunkplun -- communities from here to san jose. surveillance cameras caught the rock throwing, from outside and inside. five broken windows, the night before last. >> one of the rocks made it over the bar, and hit the machine over there. >> reporter: the owner released this video. the chunks of concrete through the windows came just four weeks after the spray paint. >> and they put wood glue in our locks, in our ada push button for our door opener. >> reporter: he admits he didn't get it. >> this is not a starbucks. this is not jp morgan chasms. >> regulars are steamed. >> i've done wonderful things in the -- the guy's done wonderful things in the community and these jerks break his window? go get a job, dude. >> reporter: there's a lot of fear in this neighborhood. >> san fr

mark matthews has more. >> reporter: most of us think of it as a national landmark that defines where we live, but for some it is a symbol of death. 46 people died last year jumping from the bridge. 1600 have died in the past 70 years. today, family members of those, some of those, who have jumped made one more plea for a suicide barrier. it was heart wrenching testimony. >> i lost my 17 year old daughter, casey. >> as the darkness came in, he still right to live. >> i think he was into depression. >> reporter: in halting voices and sometimes through tears, mores that a dozen family members talked about those who have taken their lives on the bridge. 1600 people have jumped to their defendants in t deaths. 46 in the last year. this is one who has survived a leap from the bridge. he's now written a book and a career helping others with mental illness. a man who lost his son embraced him. afterwards, hines walked out to the bridge and talked about what happened the instant he left go. >> the millisecond i just left the rail i thought what have i done? and i hit the water. >> reporter: h

reporting from highland hospital, mark matthews, nbc bay area news. >>> let's take you to the east bay where a deadly fire is, happened this afternoon, now under investigation. firefighters were called to a home on san carlos way in union city around 3:00 this afternoon. no word yet on the victims' identity or how they died. another person was also rushed to the hospital. >>> a temporary ban on medical marijuana clinics is now in place in some parts of the south bay. it's in response to the ban two weeks ago. they are worried the clinics will go fleeing to unincorporated areas. today's ordinance would keep new shops from opening until supervisor can develop laws to regulate them. the debate is still ongoing since the medical marijuana was approved back in 1996. >> i can't imagine how frustrated the public is, regardless of what their point of view on the subject may be that over the course of 18 years state, federal and local government haven't figured out how to make this work. >> there are currently no cultivation sites licensed by the county. >>> as you can see from this video, an h

mark matthews is at city hall where the mayor hung a rainbow flag. and what's the archbishop going to do? >> reporter: well, the archbishop is ignoring the rainbow flag. and the archbishop said, look, the rally i'm going to isn't anti-anything. it's just a pro-marriage raleigh in washington, d.c. but let me show you a little video that the rally organizers put together. this video says very little about being pro-marriage. instead, it asks followers to stand up to the tyranny of those who would take away freedoms and silence dissent. the pro-marriage message is couched in pretty dark terms. >> this march, this rally is a hate rally. >> reporter: greg is one of the organizers of the petition drive to try to draw attention to the archbishop's position. he and others delivered what they said was 30,000 petitions to the archbishop's door urging him not to attend the rally. they pushed the petitions through the locked doors. we were told that the archbishop feels compelled to attend thursday's rally. >> the archbishop wants to share the teachings of the c

mark matthews is on the uc berkley campus where students are spreading the word about their classmate. >> reporter: this is the poster that's going up around campus. he's a senior in the and throw apology department. his friends are contacting the matthews family online in an effort to help try find him. 23-year-old vernon coty matthews left berkley last week to spend the summer at his parents' cabin in the icehouse area of eldorado national forest. his dad describes vernon as an adventurer. >> he's our daredevil. a little absent minded, and he's compulsive. so it's not unusual to see him get sidetracked -- never like this. >> reporter: friends describe him as fearless, either on stage as the rapper d.j. thor or in the mountains on hikes. >> he likes to do hiking. so when i heard about this i was surprised. he has good skills. >> reporter: a college student from berkley who is now studying at oxford got in touch with his family at rancho kuk monday ga and produced this poster and e-mailed it to the anthropology department. >> all we can do is spread awareness and hopefully some inform

. >>> nbc bay areaes a mark matthews is live outside st.mary's in san francisco with more on what the archbishop told the crowd and what that message is being received here back at home. >> jessica, archbishop bought the political pleadings from several people in san francisco, higher ranking people, to go to this rally where apparently he was the star attraction. witnesses say the archbishop led the march in the capitol to the steps of the supreme court and he was first speaker. >> the truth is that every child comes from a mother and a father and to deliberately deprive a child of being loved by his or her mother and father is an out right injustice. this is our very nature. no law can change it. >> he also pushed back against his critics who said he was going to participate in a protest organized by extremist groups. >> have you seen any hate here? i've only heard messages of love. >> reporter: he asked the crowd to resist the temptation to lash out at supporters of same-sex marriage who stood just across the street. >> we must not allow

mark matthews was there when it happened. >> i'm outside of his address here on jackson street. this is where fbi agents, members of the bomb squad and the hazardous material team conducted their second search since saturday. fbi spokesman peter lee kept repeating today's search was routine. moments later a new zealand interrupted. she exbs plained her law office is opposite his apartment. from inside her office, she took pictures of the hazardous materials team in their white protective suits. >> i'm the person closest to this thing. he's just right through the wall from me. >> she pepped barlow with questions. >> so, you're telling me it's okay to go in there, but you don't know what the potential -- >> quite honestly, we're not -- >> lot of conflict here. >> off camera, the fbi's peter lee repeated what is in the criminal complaint that the 42-year-old media consultant had in his bag what the fbi is describing as an improvised explosive device. he was arrested monday and before he was picked up, he reportedly posted an online suicide note. since then, friends and neighbors ha

mark matthews is live with why the nsa is claiming victory tonight. >> reporter: at least for the short this case dates back eight years, back to a time when a technician at an at&t building in san francisco reported what he said was massive government spying on americans' internet and e-mail communications. mark sclien said it was happening inside this at&t building. he said it was happening in room 641 a, reporting that the phone company had installed a splitter on their internet cables routing everything into a nsa bank of computers. the electronic frontier foundation or eff is suing claiming the mass surveillance of americans is unconstitutional. they asked judge jeffrey white to prevent them from destroying that evidence of collection. lawyers argued the nsa material needs to be deleted bec

we are reporting from highland hospital in oakland, mark matthews, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, mark. >>> this just in, one person dead, another rushed to the hospital after a fire in the east bay. our nbc bay area helicopter caught this video of firefighters there battling that blaze. the fire broke out at a home in union city around 3:00 this afternoon. at this point it's not clear what started that fire. >>> now to our continuing coverage of the asiana airlines crash. tonight, an official cause, pilot error, that's what aviation investigators revealed today, but they also revealed more about this crash. we have live team coverage tonight. >> new information on the response by rescuers, but we begin with steven stock. he attended today's hearing, he's live in washington, d.c. so much what was said today, what you said, too much reliance on that automated system. >> exactly right. while the ntsb does not assign blame in any kind of accident and won't in this case, today's vote did send a message and say multiple contributing factors did lead to this accident. the bottom line, accord

mark matthews is trying to get them to talk details. >> reporter: it was a bumpy ride. and it gives you an idea of how difficult it is when the second in command can't tell you where the monday even is coming from. what she did say is money is running out and projects across the country are in jeopardy. potholes, not a deep problem. one that is spreading. >> right here in lombard. >> i believe it's lombard here. >> i really have to say it is. >> reporter: the real problem is money to fix the roads is running out. >> highway trust fund is going to go insolvent, we predict in august. >> reporter: this is deputy administrator at t federal transit the administration. and she says the highway trust fund must not be allowed to crash. >> there has to be a fix for that or we're going to find ourselves in a pretty dire situation. >> reporter: so i asked her what the administration is proposing. >> we believe that revenue can be generated from a pro-road business tax reform over all proposal. >> reporter: would the taxes go up or how would that work? >> the details of that are, h

we lost mark matthews at fisherman's wharf with that tragic story of that little boy. >>> not just comfortable but dangerous has livermore firefighters on alert. a serial arsonist is on the loose. coupled with the dry brush and the intense heat, this is a major concern. you can see the map here. five fires set in this area across livermore this past weekend alone. thankfully, these fires were put out before they turned into anything major. nbc bay area nanette miranda joins us from downtown livermore. nanette, what do we know at this point? >> reporter: no suspects yet. clearly, the fire danger is heightened. take a look behind me. the temperature gauge will say that it's 104 degrees, which is only one degree below the high. an arsonist is the last thing firefighters need. >> we had a series of fires on friday and again on saturday night. they were arson. >> reporter: investigators say the charred field in a livermore neighborhood near this court appear to be the work of a serial arsonist. five fires in all over the weekend. always in the cover of darkness. with the extremely dry conditions an

mark matthews, nbc bay area news. >> all right, thank you, mark. >>> we want to get back to our developingtory in san leandr. just a few minutes ago, you're looking at video. the s.w.a.t. team reentering this home, searching for a man accused of committing violent crimes. just before 6:00 p.m. so just about 10 or 15 minutes ago, we saw this man surrendering. this all started around 4:45 this evening. shortly after, police went inside, they brougt out an elderly person in a wheelchair. police are telling everyone in this neighborhood to stay inside until the situation is over. this is off the marie 2345 kpits off of 880. >> still ahead, you've probably seen the commercials talking about reverse mortgages. we'll take a look on our reality check. plus -- >> i'm mary anne favereuax. the numbers are in. and when it comes to conserving water. the south bay is short. i'll have that story coming up in a live report. >> good evening. winds riegtsd now, a little bit gusty here across the bay. foster city gusting up to 15 miles per hour. we'll have more on how the winds will impact the forecast for t

mark matthews, nbc bay area news. >>> now to decision 2014.changing in san jose. voters now have two choices for mayor. santa clara county supervisor dave cortese and sam liccardo. they won enough votes in yesterday's primary and now they'll face off in a runoff in november. both agree on the same thing. they want san leandro to claim its title as the safest nation in the country. the question is, how? >> it's not just about cops. we'll restore police officers, we'll restore safety, but we're going to do it not just by spending more money. >> here in city hall, there are 140 funded police positions. they're ready to go. we need morale back, we need safety back. >> he says he also plans to focus on rebuilding city parks and focusing on the crumbling roads and infrastructure. and liccardo said he would help san jose's homeless. our election results tab is in the upper left-hand corner to find out what happened in the bay area and across the state. >>> i couldn't believe what was happening. i still can't believe it. >> reporter: ahead a family de

here's nbc bay area's mark matthews. >> reporter: april 16 of last year, the metcalfe sub station cameunder fire in what the head of the regulatory commission said at the time was the most significant incident of domestic terrorism involving the grid that has ever occurred. surveillance video shows sparks as bullets hit the fencing, similar to those rounds from an ak-47 were fired into circuit breakers. they managed to reroute power around the sub station. there were no blackouts. but it was 90 minutes before any utility employees showed up at the site. >> we've identified a number of areas for improvement in that area. >> reporter: an audience was told at the headquarters that the shooting has been a game changer for the industry and over the next three year, $100 million will be spent on security upgrades. >> our plan include adding opaque fencing and protective barriers, enhanced detection and deterrent systems, improved lighting and camera systems around the facility itself. >> reporter: a pg&e spokesman told reporters it is too early to say where the $100 million will come from. s

mark matthews, nbc bay area news. >>> it is a concern. a life changing surgery has give and 6-year-old boy a chance to stand on his own. here he is. a palestinian boy from the west bank. before now he could only crawl or be carried. he was born with a condition known as stuck joints. it includes many orthopedic deformities. one of which, his feet were facing the wrong direction. thanks to a non-profit program, doctors were able to perform a series of surgeries, over six months, that allows hadi to live a normal life. >> the surgery was about four and a half hours long. and he was a champ. it was painful, but he handled it like a pro. he was so thankful. the first thing he said when they took off the cast was thank god and thank you. >> very happy. hadi and his mother will go back to palestine later this month where he will attend school for the first time. >> what an exciting milestone. that's great. >>> let's turn things over to jeff ranieri where he talks about heat hided our way. >> our 24-hour temperature change already showing signs

mark matthews is at fisherman's wharf. >> reporter: none of the businesses want to talk with us. this blue line here. that's the police line that they say you cannot cross if you are a merchant. can you not put your goods, your sculpt tours, your artwork on the sidewalk. however, this gallery, the majestic gallery was warned about the dolphin statue. they ignored the warning, and it cost a young boy his life. 2-year-old casen wanted to go up and touch the dolphin statue. >> he wanted to go up and touch it. and he stepped with a foot on the base of it. and the statue came down on top of him. >> reporter: by phone from his home south of salt lake city, scott shelton described how his son was crushed. the statue, a smaller version of this one, stood 6 feet tall. and it was out in front of the store on the sidewalk. >> he was out on the sidewalk. it was not inside the store. it was on the sidewalk. >> reporter: not in the doorway? >> not in the doorway. >> reporter: scott shelton says it was an irresistible attraction for any 2-year-old. >> i think any 2-year-old would go toward anyt

reporting from the orpheum theater, mark matthews, nbc bay area news. >>> house speaker john boehner says he plans to file a lawsuit against president obama, charging he's not faithfully carrying out laws passed by congress. the house will vote next month on whether to authorize the lawsuit. boehner told reporters that president obama has tried to erode the power of the legislative branch by executing executive orders to circumvent congress. >> when there's conflicts like this between the administrative branch and the legislative branch, it's, in my view, our responsibility to stand up for this institution in which we serve. >> congressional republicans have been angered by the president ordering a higher minimum wage, deferring the deportation of illegal immigrants. >>> the tech giant is showing off a bit of its future today. how scott budman is live with the first look. >> reporter: google says it wants to be where the tech industry is going, that means wearable devices and in-car technology. things like that. today the company gave us a peek into what it has planned. the crowd was

mark matthews is live with why the nsa is claiming victory tonight. >> reporter: at least for the short term. this case dates back eight years, back to a time when a technician at an at&t building in san francisco reported what he said was massive government spying on americans' internet and e-mail communications. mark sclien said it was happening inside this at&t building. he said it was happening in room 641 a, reporting that the phone company had installed a splitter on their internet cables routing everything into a nsa bank of computers. the electronic frontier foundation or eff is suing claiming the mass surveillance of americans is unconstitutional. they asked judge jeffrey white to prevent them from destroying that evidence of collection. lawyers argued the nsa material needs to be deleted because there's simply too much of it. and keeping it could imperil the program and damage national security. the judge said he didn't have enough information to overrule the national security concerns. >> the judge said he didn't have enough information to make a decision. this was an emergen

reporting from city hall, mark matthews, nbc bay area news. >>> happening now richmond, a contentious school board meeting over plans to launch an rotc program at a local high school. it is a military training program. many california high schools have rotc training on campus. the contra costa school board approved bringing it here. but then were surprised by the anti-war activists' reaction. board members are reviewing the decision tonight. the rotc costs the school distribute $100,000 a year. >>> punishment is causing raised eyebrows tonight. the mother is outraged saying that her son was required to clean bathrooms for six days. did the mom not know this was happening as of day one of that punishment? >> reporter: the mom did not know. she had no idea. and the mother claims that her son was simply a bystander, not a participant to a bullying incident that took place out here on the playground. she does not believe her son should have been punished at all, let alone assigned to clean bathrooms. >> even now, after so long, i still can't believe it. >> reporter: she gets choked up jus

reporting from the mission district, mark matthews, nbc, bay area news. >> thank you, mark. >>> bryan stow's lawsuit against the dodgers tonight is in the hands of a los angeles jury. stow is the santa cruz paramedic left brain damaging after a beating outside the dodger stadium. he will require around the clock care for the rest of his life. in closing arguments his attorney put that cost of treatment at $37 million. and requested twice as much for pain and suffering. the dodger's attorney set the bar much lower. >> at tabout 2 or $3 million in past pain and suffering. you're looking at around $6 million for future. >> on most to god you've got to do the right thing here. you've got make it right. >> stow's attorney says the dodgers were negligent in providing security saying the teen budgeted 62 cents per person kconsiderably less than the stadium charges for a beer. >>> millions of u.s. soccer fans celebrating in brazil and here in the bay area as well. team usa lost to germany today but that will not stop them from advancing to the next round of the world cup. christie smith is li

running as is mark matthews, head of asian research with julius baer.uations look attractive here, what are you buying? >> well, i have had a soft spot for china for the last six to nine months, and i admit it has not gone anywhere, but at least it has not lost a lot of money either. i am talking about the shanghai composite. and i think i will stick with that story from a pure valuation perspective. its long-term average is roughly twice, and it is not a particularly earnings driven market. as we know, it is not a valuations drive -- driven markets, byother merely retail, but i think over the next 12 been 18 months, a series of events will play themselves out, so if i would pick one value market in asia, it is china. china is alsos, causing a bit of consternation in asia with geopolitical concerns, rising up with the between thepute asian nations, the philippines, think thisdo you could potentially impact trading partnerships, trading relationships, and then, in effect, the economic output of the region? know, clearly, they are ratcheting things up, an

we're joined by major general james "spider" marks a marks. matthewf the bergdahl family, former marine corps captain, state department official in afghanistan. we have two paths on this story right now. why did we make the deal? right, the u.s.? and what's going on with bowe bergdahl in terms of how this all began. let's start with what we just saw though. general, what is going on with that? the secretary is no joke. we all know that. that seemed very personal, very pointed. and arguably, misleading from the congressman. how did you take it? >> it is misleading. i think it's a goofy question. this soldier is being -- he's not being held at landstuhl. he was sent to landstuhl to get medically evaluated so he can be reintegrated back with his family, hopefully with his unit. unlikely that's going to happen. but he needs to get his act together. this is five years of captivity that he's been held. so there is a long process. it's unprecedented in that regard in, in that we haven't seen it most recently. we've had vietnamese p.o.w.s like john mccain. >>

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. >> reporter: mark said years of therapy didn't help his 20-year- old son matthew.l now save another family from his loss. 46 people jumped in 2013. the most in one year since it opened in 1937. manuel gamboa's 18-year-old son kyle was one of them. >> the news that came to me was devastating. you know, i was like, well, how can such a popular boll

. >> mark said years of therapy did not help his 20-year-old son, matthew.e praised a barrier will now save another family from this unbearable loss. >> 46 people jumped in 2013. the most in one year since it opened in 1937. manual's 18-year-old son kyle was one of them. >> it's the news that came to me that was devastating. i was like, how can a popular boy full of energy come here and do this and was allowed to do it. >> it comes too late for these families but there's a tempered joy. >> it's better sweet. it's hard not to think if that was -- i think my daughter would be standing there with me. part of me feels scrambled up. >> not closure. ever. it's never closure. it's preventing one more suicide. i'll always grieve for matthew. >> since the bridge opened 77 years ago more than 1,400 people have jumped. >>> california's attorney general is taking action against a profit education company. adds on the website for corenthia college are misleading. it came out it's hurting for money. it might have to sell off some of the school. >>> all oakland fire houses

. >> reporter: mark said years of therapy didn't help his 20-year- old son matthew. he prays a barrier will now save another family from his loss. 46 people jumped in 2013. the most in one year since it opened in 1937. manuel gamboa's 18-year-old son kyle was one of them. >> the news that came to me was devastating. you know, i was like, well, how can such a popular boy full of energy come here and do this and was allowed to do it because there was no barrier on that bridge? >> reporter: a barrier comes too late for these people but there is a tempered joy that is coming. >> it's very hard not to think, well, if that thing had been there, i don't think -- i think me daughter would be standing here with me. part of me just feels scrambled up emotionally. >> not closure ever. it's never closure. it's preventing one more suicide . i'll always grieve for matthew. >> reporter: over the next few months, bridge directors will be selecting a final barrier design then hire a contractor. they hope to have that net in place by 2018. live at the golden gate bridge, linda yee, kp

mark your calendars. opening weekend just 11 weeks away. one of the players that has really stood out this off season how about wide receiver jordan matthewscond round draft pick out of vanderbilt. it will be tougher for matthews when the pads go on at camp. learning curve always gets tougher for wide receivers in year one. but jordan matthews has done everything he's been asked to do. the reviews from the coaches have been positive, and simple. >> the game makes sense to him first off, and so he knows -- knows where to line up want to do. um, he's learning how we do thing which is important. and then he catches the footba football. you know, i think that's first the most important thing. and he's a great finisher. he'll catch the ball and run through the fence with it, you know, he's just -- he's got all the things you're looking for. he's young. he doesn't totally know everything we're doing yet, but he work extremely hard to pick it up. >> all right. another fascinating week in sports. the spurs win their fifth nba title. clayton kershaw throws no hitter and 11 year old shoots 78 in a major and oh, yeah, we end the night with moments to

matthew chance is in moscow right now. what have you learned about the explosion? >> well, it seems it took place, the ukrainian defense ministry markingtheir condolences to the 49 passengers and crew on board. it was a member of the parachute regimen as it came into land at the airport. it was shot out of the sky by pro-russia rebels. a big tragedy there. the defense ministry saying it was cynically and treacherously shot out of the sky. it comes within the context of what they say is an anti-terrorist campaign in the east of the country to crack down on the insurgency there. there's worrying development that is have taken place in eastern ukraine over the past 24-36 hours or so. you see the plane shot out of the sky. another incident 24 hours before where ukrainian authorities are accusing russia of allowing three tanks and other armored vehicles to cross over the border to aid them. the kremlin denies that. the u.s. is involved as well. they believe the tanks came from russia. if that's true, it could be another major escalation in this crisis. >> matthew chance in moscow for us. thank you so much. >>> a former p.o.w., bowe bergdahl

mark dempsey responded by saying bergdahl is innocent until proven guilty. so the main thing becomes what were the facts on the ground? let's get to matthew sergeant and was a platoon member with bowe bergdahl. he says he knows what the facts on the ground were. sergeant, thank you for joining us on "new day." and thank you for your service to the country. >> thank you. >> what were the facts on the ground as you understood them at the time when bowe bergdahl disappeared? >> the facts on the ground were, he left his weapon and his equipment to supplies and walked off to either join the taliban or do something else only he can answer that question. >> what was the feeling on the ground about what had happened to him? >> well, the general feeling was that he deserted us and walked off and left us. >> and you felt that way even though he left all his supplies because to some that would suggest that you're not planning on being gone that long if you don't have any supplies. how did you take it? >> i took it as you would never leave to begin with without your equipment or your weapon. so that's suspect from the beginning. i don't believe he ha

mark halperin and jon meacham still with us. joining the table the president and ceo of the aspen institute, walter isaacson. in washington the host of msnbc's "hardball" chris matthewsdy, france, mike barnicle, nbc news chief white house correspondent and political director be and host of "the daily rundown," chuck todd. also with us pulitzer prize winning author rick atkinson out with a new book "the guns at last light." we'll start with you, mike barnicle, and take us through the story tellers there as we look back in time. >> thank you, mika. this remains, as we spoke earlier, just a staggering experience, a humbling experience to be here. rick, you've covered in great reportorial depth the entire scope of world war ii and yet here, this beach, this coastline, from utah but especially omaha beach, but especially omaha beach in the epic of world war ii, place it within that epic. >> well, if you can imagine07 years ago today the weather is not nearly this nice. there are 156,000 soldiers, american, british and canadian, trying to get ashore. the seas are very high, the winds are high. there are lots of germans here. there are 200,000 sailors and seamen who have br