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mccoy who i believe served in the marines. the problem here is hillary clinton's campaign actually helped orchestrate this. it wasn't a very big protest. and, when you look at the numbers, veterans support donald trump over hillary clinton two to one. i don't think they necessarily like hillary clinton's comments in the fall, saying the problems with the v.a. are not necessarily widespread and quite frankly they are disappointed in the way she has handled foreign policy under president obama's administration. and i don't think they are going to get over the fact. >> i agree with you. that mccoy has a right to protest whatever he wants to protest. is he an american and he fought for our throisht do just that. you don't go out there and scream and yell about donald trump if you are involved with the clinton. >> that is standard practice. the clinton campaign is happy to help him. >> for whom? irving who protests against donald trump goes to the clinton campaign for help? >> i'm saying in any campaign, if a legitimate organizatio

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. >> thompson: joe mccoy grew up in these public housing projects. he spent four years in jail after pleading guilty to selling cocaine. >> what's up with you? how you doing, man? >> thompson: mccoy checks in almost daily with grady hudson and his older brother, trovante. both have been arrested for gun possession. mccoy pesters grady about attending a life skills class. >> you got there on time yesterday like you was supposed to? >> yeah, i got there on time. >> thompson: when grady was 17, he spent six months in juvenile detention for bringing a gun to school. >> due to territorial issues, i was kind of scared around here, so i had to protect myself by arming. >> thompson: richmond's office of neighborhood safety helped grady, now 19, sign up for temp jobs and offered him a life skills class to deal with anger issues. but grady says he's got more to work on. >> my head is elsewhere. it's not focused on school material right now. but, like, i'm trying to get... i'm trying to get that together and get my diploma. >> thompson: if he does get it togeth

blake mccoy tells us more. >> reporter: 163 million americans use facebook. many probably turn to the trending feature for their news. a running list of stories selected, the website says, by popularity. a top republican is demanding to know how the list is compiled. >> if the news is coming through there, which is represented to be objective and it is not, then i think the people deserve the right oh to know that. >> reporter: in an article printed by gizmodo monday, a former employee who helped compile that former list says sto stories are picked by editors, not algorithms. and facebook is deliberately dropping conservative stories saying it was absolutely bias. according to the source as politically conservative, trending topics about mitt romney among others were removed. in a statement, facebook vice-president tom stocky said in part there are rigorous guidelines for the review team to ensure consistency and neutrality. these guidelines do not permit the suppression of political perspectives. users from across the political spectrum rely on facebook to p

blake mccoy, nbc news, minneapolis, minnesota. >>> we're back in a moment with a big announcement from major league baseball. after players spoke up about their fears of the zika virus. >>> major league baseball has announced it's moving a pair of games out of puerto rico over players' fears of contracting and transmitting the zika virus. the matchups between the pirates and marlins will instead be played in miami later this month. >>> new developments in the aftermath of the death of prince. today a judge allowed dna testing on the late singer's blood in case anyone else comes forward claiming to be related to him, as a court fight grows over his fortune. the superstar left no known will when he died on april 21st at age 57. >>> the list for the top baby names is out. once again, noah is the top name for boys for the third year in a row, followed by liam, mason, jacob and william. for girls, emma was the most popular name for the second year in a row, followed by olivia, sophia, ava and isabella, according to the social security administration. >>> when we come back, don't just throw

nbc's blake mccoy has the latest. >> reporter: outrage over an incident at the cincinnati zoo. when a 3-year-old boy fell into the gorilla enclosure saturday. for ten agonizing minutes onlooks watched including the boy's mother who cried out the him. at one point the 420 male silver back named harambe dragged the boy through the water. >> mommy loves you! >> reporter: zoo officials opened fire, killing the gorilla and rescuing the boy. zookeepers defended their decision. >> naturally, we did not take the shooting of harambe lightly. but that child's life was in danger. >> reporter: a fire storm, people upset that the gorilla was killed. many blame the boy's mother, who runs a day-care center. many are urging she be charged with negligence. in a facebook post, the mother defended herself. as society, we are quick to judge how a parent could take their eyes off the child. i keep a tight watch on my kids. accidents happen. a subsequent statement thanked the zoos for the acten. >> just being a gorilla and it paid the ultimate price for something that was not its fault. >> reporter:

nbc's blake mccoy reports. >> reporter: outrage over an incident at the cincinnati zoo.hen a 3-year-old boy fell into the gorilla enclosure saturday. for ten agonizing minutes onlookers watched including the boy's mother who cried out to him. >> mommy is right here. >> reporter: at one point, the 420 pound male silver back named harambe dragged the boy through the water. >> mommy loves you! >> reporter: zoo officials opened fire, killing the gorilla and rescuing the boy. zookeepers defended their decision. >> naturally, we did not take the shooting of harambe lightly. but that child's life was in danger. >> reporter: on social media a firestorm. people upset the gorilla was killed. many blamed the boy's mother who runs day-care center. an online petition has 200,000 signatures urging she be charged with negligence. in a facebook post, the mother defended herself. as a society we are quick to judge how a parent could take their eyes off their child. a subsequent statement thanked the zoo for its actions. >> it's just being a gorilla. unfortunately it paid the ultimate pri

nbc's blake mccoy for us. >> joining us now, the host of abc's ocean mystery.u for joining us. what is the protocol of children are in danger? >> the first level is to have a good enclosure and the enclosure where these gorillas live. all the protocols of standard of practices of the ava, it really should not have happened. ultimately, when something like this does happen, you want to reasonably and quickly try to separate whoever is in harm's way from the animal. sometimes, they're able to taunt the creature away or trap the creature away with food or base or repellent or stuff like that or hoses. >> in this situation, it happens so fast and so quickly and so shockingly. >> when you watch this video and we have been playing it which you mayor may not see, what do you take from the video that we have been playing and that you have seen. >> my heart is just -- it is racing when i watched it. it was very hard for me to watch. this i see this incredible gorilla that has done nothing wrong and just being a gorilla. it did not escape or not running king kong style a

it is a heavily traveled road that's now closed between sweet land road and mccoy's lane for these emergency repairs. the sink hole was discovered late this afternoon. the road was initially shut down by upper merion police. getting around is already hassle in this rain and we wanted to give you a heads up that if you were planning to use route 23 also known askew kill river road at some point this weekend plan on taking an alternate route. penndot says while it has been a wet week it's hard to say if weather is the roost this problem. sink holes are fairly common in this area because of the limestone killing filling underground. water can cause limestone to erode and create these problems tonight as you can see crews working to excavate the hole. they'll plug it with rocks and fill it with cement before resealing the road with asphalt, and, again, the goal is to reopen route 23 between sweet land road and mccoy's lane by rush hour monday and we wanted to make sure that you about this going into this busy weekend. back to you guys. >> we'll keep updated through the weekend. jenny, thanks. >>

or blake mccoy talks to one woman who said the side effects nearly destroyed her family. >> reporter:enise miley seemed to have a perfect life, a family and good job as a cpa. but battling depression, her drug prescribed a drug called avilify. >> he talked about maybe gaining a little bit of weight. there wasn't any additional side effects that he talked about. >> reporter: abillify is an anti-psychotic, also used in combination with other drugs to treat depression. after several weeks, denise noticed her behavior changing. >> instead of going to work, i would go straight to the casino. i would be there all day. >> reporter: in five months, she had gambled away $156,000. >> i couldn't control it. >> reporter: this week the fda added a new label warning about rare side effects that can include uncontrollable urges to gamble, binge eat, shop and have sex. the drug may be overprescribed, say experts. >> the fda warning about these newly emergent behavior effects i think will be a wakeup call. >> reporter: the maker said patients should talk to their doctors about its benefits and risks.

the real mccoy is likely connected to a first highway for shooting. just tonight, the highway patrol announced the names of three men wanted for shooting of february 1. oscar torres, zachary lopez and antonio navarro's. all the rest of the same day, one unnamed person is also in custody, police are not saying which incident that suspect is really too. >>> the father accused of setting a fire that killed his five routes on it was in court today. the suspect charged -- turned himself in yesterday. he faces felony charges for murder, theft and murder and arson. police say he admitted starting the vallejo house fire with his family inside. his wife and teen son escaped with second and third degree burns. those suspect is scheduled to back in court june 8. >>> hillary clinton delivered a fiery speech in downtown san jose to an enthusiastic group. clinton touched on a range of issues but as she has been doing speeches and best buy across california she went after donald trump. >> we know a lot about donald trump. he was for himself, not for you.>> reporter:

blake mccoy in cincinnati for us. blake, thank you. >>> now to the deadly flood emergency in the south tonight. at least six people are dead in texas where evacuations continue after historic rainfall pushed several rivers to overflow. and now, residents are bracing for even more severe weather. nbc's gabe gutierrez has more from south texas where the danger is far from over. >> reporter: today the brazos river swelled quickly. how fast is it coming up right now? >> it's very, very fast. very fast. >> when i walked through there, it's over my knees. >> reporter: the rising water creeping closer to laurel's home. >> material things. >> reporter: she and her neighbors in rosenberg, texas, frantically grabbing what they could and evacuating. have you ever seen it flood this bad? >> no. >> it's a scramble. >> reporter: mandatory evacuations in wharton, texas, as the colorado river overflowed. >> i just don't know what to say because right now i feel devastated. >> reporter: the death toll in this state climbing to at leas

we see nbc's blake mccoy. how it's looking at o'hare?rter: well, you heard the tsa chief say you're going to see long lines but they're going to be moving efficiently. that's what we're seeing here now. back there, we have every checkpoint open if you look down this aisle here, we have a bomb-sniffing canine. that's significant, the dogs have been here all afternoon. when canines are at work smelling for explosive devices they can move the line quick somewhere expedite the screening process if the canine does not detect anything. a look right now, about what the line looks like. it's not that pretty. going into a thursday afternoon, as people get a jump start on the holiday travel weekend. again, it is moving. now, tsa says there's one thing that everyone can do before they get here to keep the line moving faster, know what you can and can't bring on the plane. if they don't have to spend time taking out liquids over 3.4 ounces, pocket knives, this line will move quicker. they will not jeopardize safety in order to get the line moving fa

bake mccoy wi blake mccoy were the latest for us. what do we expect them to say? >> reporter: we expect them to defend the decision of shooting and killed the gorilla. a three years old child fallen into that enclosure. the child was in the enclosure for more than ten minutes. at times being picked up by the gorilla and dragged through and that's when officials made the difficult decision, they say to shoot and kill the gorilla. the reason they did not use a tranquilizer is two reasons, one, it would have taken several minutes for it to kick in and two by hitting the animal with that tranquilizer could hav hav agitated him more and causing more danger. they're defending that decision, people are criticizing the zoo for making that call. they're also criticizing the mother of this child for not keeping a better eye on her three years old and how he's able to get in that enclosure. people want to know. in the middle of all of this. there is a vigil with the coroner here. he said something is being loss in the blame game. >> there is been people screaming out it is t

and joining me now is nbc's blake mccoy from chicago, o' hare. what made the difference?reporter: well, good day to you andrea. there is been a lot of extra people that we have seen out here. they approved more overtime to keep these check points opened and they tripled the number of dogs here from o' hare from four to twelve which we get these lines moving faster. you can see holiday travelers coming up. this is the fourth busiest travel days of the year and this is the line. it is about a ten minute line and it is the longest that's been all day. things are operating very smoothly here at chicago, o' hare airport. when things were bad a new weeks ago, mark kerr, said in things the did not improve tsa members should resign. if things are staying like this, i think they are safe. >> dallas was clear and san francisco, great tsa officers there. thanks to them and it all seem to be moving smoothly. thank you, blake mccoy in o' hare, lets hope it continues. >>> a few section in the country is bracing for another tornado. hail and storms. the stretch if shreveport to louisian

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mccoy, he has pictures with him and clinton. he works for a democrat senator.oing to use veterans as political pawns, tell the truth. lou: it is a strange thing to do to be picketed in cooperation with if not coordinated by the clinton campaign, trump tower. we understand the tactics, but why not report the full story. >> who in their right mind would go after a person trying to raise money to help veterans? okay? if we get one dollar, that's one dollar more than a homeless veteran would have. where is hillary clinton? where is bernie sanders? they give nothing to the veterans. they can talk it up, look at story. look at the politicians in washington. people are dying on their watch. republicans and democrats. it needs to cease. lou: you said something very important, 22 veterans a day committing suicide. the tragedy in houston, texas committed by a man and served four tours. the things we're asking of our men and women in uniform are unprecedented. i mean, to think that one of the people the president referred to died in combat, and to have 14 tours it's unima

>> blake mccoy there at chicago o'hare live. thank you, blake, so much.lle here in paris. as you've been watching, you've been seeing the planes taking off and landing behind me. it's kind of a surreal experience to see the airport rolling again, running again so quickly after something so tragic has happened, and with the news breaking that u.s. officials believe that they did see some kind of an explosion on board the aircraft with the continuing search for the aircraft, for those black boxes. but i guess the very fact that the airport is still running is a sign that the world keeps turning, life has to go on. we will be back with erika hill after the top of the hour with more developments on this breaking story here on msnbc. we have been live from paris. i'm keir simmons as msnbc live from paris. our cosmetics line was a hit. the orders were rushing in. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us. we didn't need a loan. we needed short-term funding fast. building 18 homes in 4 ½ months? that was a leap. but i knew i could rely on american express to

. >> you got a guy outside, mccoy, go do a google search on his facebook. he's out there, his picture is with clinton. they are using veterans as political pawns and it must stop. >> reporter: as if this could be an indication of what his white house would be like, trump said probably. he's not going to change and will be who he is. the search from someone republican trump critics for an independent candidy does continue. bill kristal of "the weekly standard" today published in this week's edition that he's still looking at the possibility of a choice, a gentleman by the name of david french, a writer for the conservative national review magazine who is said to be willing to consider it. not a lot of money, certainly not a lot of organization and not a lot of name recognition, but somebody who is willing to run as a third-party independent candidate to oppose both trump and clinton, the idea being that if the independent candidate could deny them enough electoral college votes, ultimately the selection of the president could be left to congress and someone

nbc's blake mccoy has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, zoo say shows an agitated 400-pound gorilla putting a 3-year-old's life in danger after the child fell into its enclosure at the cincinnati zoo over the weekend. the zoo's director made the difficult call to shoot the animal, he says he'd make it again. >> we're talking about an animal with one hand that i've seen take a coconut and crunch it. you can't take a risk with a silverback gorilla. >> reporter: a small vigil was held outside the zoo monday as anger grows towards the child's mother. an online petition demanding she now be charged with child neglect has more than a quarter million ignatures. the mother responding in a facebook post that has since been deleted, as a society we're quick to judge how a parent could take their eyes off their child. and if anyone knows me, i keep a tight watch on my kids. accidents happen. a subsequent statement thanked the zoo for its actions. this file video shows the enclosure, a metal railing with some wires underneath, four feet of sh into the mote separating people from the habitat. th

it has reopened, let's hope mccoy can say the same thing for her business. >>> a massachusetts cancer patient has become the first person to receive a penile transplant. >> doctors performed the groundbreaking surgery but donated organs from a man who died. a 64-year-old was diagnosed with cancer in 2012. doctors had to remove most of his genitals to ve of bed, different tissues and we will have to take it day by day. >> he is sharing the story to remove any shame or stigma associated with genital cancer and injury. this is the third transplant of its kind in the world. >>> police are asking for your help to find two missing teenagers. she is a 13, rudy is 14, and they disappeared from their homes last wednesday. detectives believe they may have taken a taxi to maryland. if you have seen them you are asked to contact police. >>> benjamin franklin is getting a thorough inspection from head to toe. >> a specialist will look for damage done when this statue took a spill sunday in boston. high wind knocked over a tent and the likeness was made back in 1856. it marks the original boston la

blake mccoy explains why the teachers are so furious at the city as they refuse to come to work. it also tells us about the impact on the children. >> reporter: fed up and facing no pay. detroit teachers staged a sickout for a second day. teachers like lorraine sheffield and deborah robinson. >> they've got to take us seriously. we're not a rug. we're not under anyone's feet. we shouldn't be treated like that. >> reporter: lorraine and deborah, like many teachers in detroit, choose to have their compensation spread out year round, during summer break. with the deeply indebt district running out of money june 30th, those summer paychecks won't come. >> that is the money that takes care of us across the summer. >> reporter: nearly every school in the district has been forced to close this week, with more than 1,500 teachers calling out, more than 45,000 students staying home. michigan's legislature is working on a restructure plan to bail the district out. the governor today said the sickouts are making that harder. >> i would hope they would get back in the classroom, because the

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nbc's blake mccoy and tom costello are at o'hare. blake, good morning.ere like this morning? >> good morning to you. a pleasant surprise for passengers who were told to arrive here three hours early today. that is the extent of the line. it's only about a ten-minute wait right now. passengers are going, what? why am i here three hours early? things are much, much better than they were over the weekend. there is still a lot of concern going into this weekend when we get back to peak travel times as well as towards the summer. on an average day this summer, 2.5 million people are expected to fly. that is 100,000 more people than the average day last summer, so we're expecting to see a huge increase and the question is can the system handle that kind of increase. joining me right now is our transportation correspondent with nbc, tom costello. tom, there's been a lot of talk about this. tsa it seems they have finally woken up to the problem and are doing something about it. what is tsa doing about it? >> well, they have a huge problem. this is not an easy pr

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blake mccoy is live at o'hare. any changes there specifically for example as terms of security?eporter: we've not seen any noticeable changes but you have to keep in mind that security with the tsa in the united states has been at an elevated level since the paris and brussels attack and the tsa tends to not have knee-jerk reactions until they know exactly what happened and that way they can take focused steps going forward. this is fred mckinney just got off a 20-hour travel flight from bangkok. you're a foreign service officer. when you land in chicago coming home and hear something like this happen, does it make you think twice about flying? >> not really. i think that it's been pretty amazing over the last five to seven years in terms of my travel, that i've seen how much the security overseas has improved. and so you know, traveling is part of living in this century. you have to do it and the security precautions they take are really pretty vigorous, almost all over the world. >> thank you for speaking with us after such a long flight. i appreciate it. >> no problem. safe t

the fact he has given so much -- >> this guy, mccoy, to bring viewers up to date, claimed he was there outside of trump's offices protesting because he was ticked off and he had no affiliation with the campaign. then hillary clinton campaign admitted they helped organize this and then mccoy said, yeah, i work for the hillary camp. that's a different issue, sergeant. now "the washington post," which started to run the numbers, the veterans groups, the tally on money raised, was that $4.5 million. it doesn't add up to what trump has said. tru trump's point is these groups need to be vetted, it takes time. >> politicians or people running for office should be honest and do the right thing. you say you support the vets, then do so. you know, that's what the american public is asking for. they're asking for these politicians who are running to do the right thing. we've put these people in office. they say they do a bunch of things. it's just a bunk ch of hot air. there's nothing behind it. when somebody says they're going to war, they go to war and do the right thing. when they come back, t

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>> blake mccoy, thank you very much. michigan, a day after president obama visited the city of flint, as residents continue to deal with the fallout from lead contamination in their drinking water. the president reassured residents the water is now safe, as long as it's properly filtered. and he drank a glass of filtered water from the city. the president also urged parents to get their children tested for possible lead poisoning. michigan governor rick snyder was booed during his remarks in flint, ahead of the president. snyder has been criticized over the handling of the water crisis. he reacted a short time ago on "morning joe". >> my goal is to say, how do we solve the problem for the people of flint moving forward? and that's about all of us working together, because there are multiple investigations that have happened and are happening to look at the past, and i'm cooperating with all of those. i hope everyone is, because let's get to the bottom of that, but at the same time, the important thing is, is how do we ge

nbc's blake mccoy is outside the court house in minnesota. blake, what do we know this morning?ed here in court in chaska, minnesota, all of them dressed in black ready to stake their claim for a piece of prince's estimated $300 million estate. we should caution it's just an estimate at this point because even in court this morning, there was no breakdown of assets. we do know that prince's estate includes money, property, the paisley park estate as well as other properties around minnesota, that much talked-about vault of unreleased music. the value of that is anyone's guess and any future royalties prince'sgarnish. the estate falls to any surviving siblings. he has one sister, five half-siblings. they will split his estate evenly. in court this morning the two big takeaways, bremmer was affirmed as a special administrator of the trust while all of this is sorted out and the judge asked the attorney for bremmer bank is the search for a will continuing. he said yes. even though no will has popped up yet, the search is continuing and this could take some time. >> blake mccoy, tha

. >>> nbc's blake mccoy reporting. the zoo insists the enclosure is safe. they say they haven't had a breach in 30-year history and it's set to open next weekend. >>> at least eight people have died and one is still missing after weather in the great plains. a boy killed working with a church cleanup crew in the texas town of brennan. tree branches were reported falling on him and killed him. in toex rain-swollen rivers continue to rise after a break in the rain. the brazos river near houston is expected to crest later today and a record high more than 53 feet. the heavy flooding also washed out bridges and destroyed homes and more rain is in the forecast the rest of the week. meteorologist bill karins will join us in just a few minutes with more. >>> world famous theoretical physicist steven hawking says that while he may have a handle on the inner workings, understanding donald trump's rise is something entirely different. in fact, he says he is baffled by it all telling good morning britain, quote, i can't. he is a demagogue who seems to appeal to the lo

you got a guy outside, mccoy, go do a google search on his facebook. he's out there, his picture is with clinton. they are using veterans as political pawns, it must stop. donald trump is doing this from the heart. you're all focused on the way he's raising money and you're not looking at the 22 veterans that are killing each other every day. you're not concerned about the thousands of veterans that are on wait lists. look at his plan on this trump website. he talks about medical cards, he talks about fixing the va, he talks about competition. i think the liberal media, and i've been dealing with you a long time, need to get your head out of your butt, focus on the real issues. thank you. >> what i did is -- i didn't ask al, i've gotten to know al a little bit primarily through new hampshire where we had great victories, but he showed up this morning because he was upset. many of the other groups are very upset. they received $100,000 in the mail. they didn't even know what it was for. it was from me. other groups received $200, $250,000. they didn't k

check in with the eyewitness weather watchers, start on photos here, taking a quick peak at one, greg mccoy sent in to us, sending this in from delaware. a lot of puddles still out there, we do also have couple of showers are currently just moved through. so as a result you might find, you know, few excuses to flick the windshield wipers once, twice, tack it back out to the map view, take a look at observation, generally very, very consistent, this has been theme lately we've had the temperatures within certain range all across the board, no major variation on that, so, mid and upper 50s generally speaking, take you further inland here, to start things off here with fran, he has 49 degrees, a lot of clouds out in nottingham, chester county, another one further off to the north, all the way up here to, where, charles is reporting, and he's just got a lot of clouds out there. we would love to see your next profile picture, up load it when you get the chance. sunday was dank day, i'm with you, so dreary outside, but i hate to tell you it looks like we will see continued rounds of showers, and/

. >> blake mccoy with the late word. thanks. >>> terrifying moments today in the nation's capital when police say a man hijacked a city bus, drove off, then hit and killed a pedestrian. the suspect allegedly attacked the bus driver with pliers, and a screwdriver. the driver and passengers managed to escape. but the bus jumped a curb and that's when it fatally struck a gas station worker. the suspect is in custody. >>> the trusted brand used at homes all across america for decades, now johnson & johnson has lost yet another multimillion dollar lawsuit which claims an ingredient in its popular baby talcum powder causes cancer. there are more than 1,000 other suits pending. let's get more on this from nbc's rehema ellis. >> reporter: for more than 100 years, johnson & johnson's baby powder has been promoted and widely accepted as safe. but now the company lost its second major lawsuit this year in a st. louis courtroom. johnson & johnson was ordered to pay $55 million to 62-year-old gloria, who said she used the company's b

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mccoy said he was charged $35 for a job that usually costs him $125. >> they have to stop stuff like that. he was doing the wrong thing. >> reporter: police arrested weinstein hours after the sting operation. >> he has a drug addiction and that's his reason that he gave. >> reporter: he reportedly admitted to scamming 20 to 25 people but police want to verify an exact number. weinstein did not go to jail because he's cooperating with police. in lower southampton township, i'm brandon hudson, nbc 10 news. >>> new at 11:00, the man known as philly jesus is arrested after a disturbance at a center city business. this photo was taken of michael grant's arrest. police say grant who goes by the name, philly jesus, refused to remove the cross he was carrying and leave the apple store on walnut street tonight. grant has been charged with defiant trespassing and disorderly conduct. >>> new jersey's department of education is on a mission to find out if students are getting enough sleep. state lawmakers passed a proposal last year to study this issue and the first of a series of public hearing

for "today," blake mccoy, nbc news. >> things are tough for jordan spieth right now. one golfer has a smile, will take a look. >> interesting punt. >> boom. that's right, a hole in one on the 17th. perhaps the most famous hole in golf is the first ace since 2002. >> that has to feel good. >> amazing. >> incredible moment. >> you can stay on top of all the action. maybe another holen one at the player's championship on nbc. coverage begins today at 2:00 eastern. >>> now, a story that will make you believe in miracles, truly. a florida woman says two decades of prayers have been answered after she went in for surgery and left with the results not only a doctor can explain. we have the story. >> it's the perfect day for a drive. >> oh, you want to come with me? woo-hoo. >> reporter: m prepping for her drivers license. >> everything comes back nice and easy. i have to keep my hands on the wheel. >> there's a lot of people she needs to see. >> all my family i haven't seen in all these years. >> reporter: this time, she won't have her glasses on. >> in 1993, i was in a bad,

. >> nbc's blake mccoy reports. >> reporter: this morning zoo keepers posted a video they say shows an agitated 400-ground gorilla putting the 3-year-old's life in danger after the child fell into its enclosure at the cincinnati zoo over the weekend. the zoo's director said he made make the call to shoot the gorilla again. >> you can't take the risk with a silverback gorilla. >> reporter: anger grows towards the child mother, an online petition demanding she be charged with child neglect has more than a quarter million signatures. the mother responded, "as a so the we're quick to judge how a parent could take their eyes off their child. if anybody knows me, i keep a sharp eye on my kid." this file video shows the enclosure, a metal railing with wires underneath, 4 feet of bushes, then a 15-foot drop into the moat. that's where the boy fell in. >> the exhibit is safe and the barrier is safe. that said, any of us in this room could climb over barriers if we choose. >> reporter: this morning we're hearing from the zookeeper who raised harambe, the gorilla. >> how intelligent he was, how i

. >> thank you, next speaker is james mccoy. who is a member of the retired firefighters association. thank you for your service. you have the floor. >> good afternoon commissioners. my name is jim mccoy i'm president of the retired association of the san francisco fire department. we are approximately 1300 strong. over half of that in retired since before 1996. i myself retired in '96. so, we urge you to grant this supplemental cola to all these pre96 retirees. thank you. >> thank you mr. mccoy. our next speaker is rudy, retired rudy, would you like to speak? >> the floor. >> i'm rudy i'm the vice chair of united educators of 46 retired. i'm urging you to please do the right thing. make sure that our pre996 retirees do receive what the rest of us have received. i wanted to mention, i don't think i have before, my father was a teacher in the system. also part of city retirement system. we retired way back, maybe 1970. my mom lived on his half pension for the rest of her life. she was 92 when she died in 2003. anyway, i also memb

five people arrested for copyright mccoy is allegedly connected to an april 1 highway 4 shooting. an unnamed person is behind bars, chp not saying which incident. and despite the highway patrol announced three others wanted for shooting on february 1, turns out oscar torres, zachary lopez and one other were arrested the same day. they are said to be lots in multiple freeway shootings. police just releasing this information. four people have died, 12 others injured in a more than 2000 the spec two dozen shootings in the last seven months. the mayor is asking the government to step in and help. they want camera surveillance program put in place as soon as possible. >> we have to ensure our residents are able to travel on our freeway. it's overdue. >> reporter: the chp says they want to remind people to give them a call. if you have any piece of information about any shooting that you may have seen, even if it seemed insignificant, they want to hear from you tonight. >>> this is in 2016. hillary clinton was in the bay area today. >> the front runner for the presidential nomination he