thank you to monthlily mcfadden for -- molly mcfadden for singing the national anthem, and to the sf color guard. they all deserve a round of applause. [applause] >> first, i'd like to introduce honorable mayor london breed. mayor breed, thank you so much for coming tonight. it means a lot to the officers who are being honored and their families and friends, and i'd like to introduce your san francisco police commission. commission vice president mazzucco, commissioner cindy elias, commissioner john hamasaki, and commissioner demion brookter. and now i'll introduce your command staff, chief will i don't mean scott, hector sinus, mike redmon, from the professional standards and principle policing bureau, deputy chief michael connolly, and from the administration bureau, deputy chief robert mosier. and your commanders from the field operations bureau, golden gate division -- no, from the field operations bureau investigations division, greg mceachern, commander lozar, from the field operations bureau metro division, commander daniel perrea, pete walsh, from the airport bureau, commande

cynthia mcfadden, nbc news. >>> next tonight, an nbc news exclusive, an inside look at the u.s. navy's urgent medical mission helping thousands fleeing violence and a collapsing economy in venezuela. nbc's kerry sanders is onboard the medical ship where americans are treating those in desperate need. >> reporter: it is a non-stop flow of humanity. every day 5,000 venezuela people flee in search of a better life. but now here in the caribbean sea, the united states navy arrived, not a warship, rather, the hospital ship "comfort" armed with surgeons, scalpels and sympathy. caring for people like this family. since birth their 7-year-old son needed a hernia operation. [speaking foreign language]. >> reporter: he's saying he couldn't find the help in venezuela for who had this condition. he has a twin brother. they did the same operation on him. this 11-week mission is the first u.s. humanitarian effort helping venezuelan refugees. doctors seeing 16,500 patients in the first few weeks treating everything from burns to cataracts. >> i feel for them because i can hear in their voices

>> cynthia mcfadden , thank you. >>> the first cannabis-based medication was just approved by the fda available by prescription in all 50 states. it treats severe forms of epilepsy and based on a chemical component found in marijuana that does not get users high. >>> we turn to a story hitting home for so many families, perhaps yours. november is alzheimer's awareness and family care givers month, where the millions of family members who care for loved ones with alzheimer's are recognized for a job that can take a serious toll on their health. nbc news anchor maria shriver has more on what she knows all too well. >> reporter: for 14-year-old hailey and her mom robin balancing work, school and care giving has become a daily labor of love. their 82-year-old father and grandfather jim has alzheimer's. >> love you, grandpa. >> reporter: a former naval officer who lost his leg, jim was diagnosed with alzheimer's last year so robin had to move him and her mom into the tiny apartment she shares with her boyfriend and her daughter. >> not that shirt, dad. >> reporter: every morning and evenin

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our senior investigative correspondent cynthia mcfadden went to oregon where she discovered the voting by mail approach has brought together democrats and republicans. >> reporter: it is an issue that cuts across party lines. >> don't boo. vote. >> reporter: getting out the vote. >> everyone needs to show up and vote. >> reporter: the folks in oregon think they have figured it out. you have some pretty nasty things to say about the polling place. >> i think the polling place has become the single biggest voter suppression device in american politics. >> reporter: phil keysling used to be the democratic secretary of state here. dennis richardson, a republican, has the job now. and while much of the country is divided by party lines, these two are in total agreement when it comes to the state's vote by mail system. >> it's well embraced. >> reporter: they say their system gets more people voting and is also cheaper and more secure. >> you can't hack paper. >> thank you, sir. >> reporter: 20 years ago, oregon was the first state to adopt an entirely vote by mail system. >> got your ballot

rob goldstone sat down with nbc news' cynthia mcfadden to tell his story. >> you have been called a wideariety of names over the past year. useful idiot, dunce, clown, bonkers, puppet of the kremlin, sinister. any of that fit? >> i've been called much more than that as well. and, you know, ultimately i was a publicist who wrote an email on behalf of my client. >> but it's not just goldstone's words that have the attention of special counsel robert mueller. it's the response from the president's son. >> donald trump jr. said, if it's what you say, i love it. >> his reaction to that is not to say, is this all right? should i call the fbi? >> it's potentially criminal. it's embarrassing. it's a scandal. >> this meeting in some ways goes to sort of the heart of what robert mueller has been looking at. he was appointed to look at any connections that existed between the trump campaign and russia. >> there wasn't anybody higher in the trump campaign except donald trump himself at this meeting. >> so how did a celebrity publicist wind up as a central player in that trump tower conference room?

international foot home, we will be speaking to james mcfadden of scotla nd speaking to james mcfadden an interview with two young men who have chosen to play for oil in germany this season. a young englishman is one of them, james sancho, and to trust your dortmund and has been named player of the month in the bundesliga. this is a new generation of young englishman not choosing to play here. he is 18. playing in the bundesliga. it is a bold decision and a lot of the former generation might be saying they've regret not doing that. but he has taken that opportunity to play first team football. this is what he said. i just felt i was ready for the next step and borussia dortmund i thought was a great club to develop my career. i hope i have open people's eyes to see what i'm doing well and hopefully be a role model to the younger generation coming through. my team behind me are really supportive and they wanted the best for me. coming out in germany to express myself as the best thing i have ever done. also we have cloudier ranieri on the show. the premier league is kind of sleeping thi

nbc news senior investigative mcfadden has more on the surge in teens and the critical decision to come. >> reporter: olivia gordon is part of what the fda cas an epidemic. 3 million high school students this ar using e-cigarettes. up more than 75% from last year. >> she would hide them in their jacket asleeves and pull them up in and things like that. >> reporter: the fda so concerned about kids usi, they are considering taking some e-cigarettes off the market, perhaps banning the flavors kids prefer. e pod of the most popular brand juul contains the same amount of nicotine as a whole pack of cigarettes and a recent study suggestions there could beroubling long-term effects from vaping. >> the five ma chemicals we found are either shown to be cancer causing or erthought to be ca causing, either in humans or animals. >> reporter: dr. mark ruben stein at the university of california san francisco was the chemical levels in kids who said they use e-cigarettes. >> even the fact these were lower levels is still concning. we don't know these kids will continue to use for many years, sh buld

nbc's cynthia mcfadden takes us behind the velvet rope, where our team projects the winners. >> reportergoing to take you somewhere at 30 rock. without this i.d. i e an't get in, whve never been to go before. this is nbc's decision desk, the beating heart of our election coverage. hey, john. >> welcome to th decision desk. thank you for coming. >> explain to folks at home what >> we project elections across all of the races. e the main thingnt to do here is make sure that we're always right. >> reporter: he says being right matters more than being first. and it's complicated. c'it s nbls pex ck10 t0,ol000. >> we have mountains of data, hand we're running all of t data through literally thousands of models. >> reporter: how sure do you have to be, 90% good enough? >> absol enough.good our standards are 99.5%. >> if you're not 99.5% certain, the election doesn't get call on television? >> we use that standard across all of the races. itlw it's more so now than ever. >> reporter: isolated from outside inuences, all the senior people in this room must agree before a race is called. >> we pro

[applause] >> next, captain joe mcfadden, the prior commanding officer of ingleside station and sergeant dominguez, officer chew, and trail. [applause] >> my absolute pleasure to present this to these fine officers. i do want to thank the person that wrote up this gold medal of valor, sergeant lloyd martin. and before i could even ask him. he had it write and on my desk, so lloyd, thank you. [applause] >> this incident occurred right in this district a few blocks away, and everyone knows about it. on friday, october 14, 2016, officer dominguez, now sergeant dominguez, nate chew, and james trail were partners assigned to the ingleside housing team. at approximately 2015 hours, the three officers returned to the ingleside police station to end their tour of duty. as they were in the locker room, getting ready to go home, they heard a gut wrenching emergency communication on their radios of shots fired. several police officers subsequently trns mied that police officer kevin downs had been shot and severely wounded by a suspect who was at large and unconfined. as a result, the officered res

aden mcfadden said the college made the right choice. >> i think they did, because the air quality is pretty bad. so the students need the safety. >> reporter: this morning, uc berkeley was also monitoring their air quality, consulting with medical staff and the office of environment, health and safety. >> i think it should offer masks. safety should be a priority. >> reporter: this cal student wasted no time buying masks on amazon. >> i had a midterm this morning, and i still have to take it. a lot of us came in with masks. >> overall, it's a concern, but we're just trying to deal with it. >> reporter: late this afternoon, private schools and public school districts began notifying parents that they too were canceling classes tomorrow. in san francisco, leeann melend melendez, "abc7 news." >> several running races are being canceled because of air quality. the $30,000 prize will be given to the campfire evacuation relief fund. also in the city, the sunset run in races set for saturday, they could be canceled. in santa clara, sunday's 49ers golden heart race may be canceled. the berke

cynthia mcfadden look in their long-term impact. >> we've fully acknowledged they are using this product, and it's not acceptable. >> reporter: isn't it irresponsible to put a product out there for adults or anybody else to purchase if you don't know the long-term effects? >> i think the context is critically important. >> reporter: and all i'm asking you is whether you have a product that you can tell me 30 years from now won't be killing people from something else. >> there's growing scientific evidence that there's less intoxicants from e-rig sets than regular cigarettes. >> live pictures from sky ranger there over google headquarters in mountianview as the staged walkiot was set to take place any moment now. now a lot of the workers there in google are planning to walk out. this is against top executives who received payouts there, large payouts, that we've already seen walkouts in london and new york and then here right now in mountianview. a lot of employees set to walk out. we're seeing a diverse group of employees that are standing together against a lot of the pop executives rec

we asked the director mcfadden to speak to specific allocations for residential care facilities. and then second, the skill and capacity building for seniors, the people with disabilities. thank you. >> yes. >> good afternoon. thank you for the opportunity. and i will start out by talking about the two initiatives. i wanted to give you a brief update on the other ones which will be very fast. so the first one is that -- during the development for funding for residential care facilities for the elderly, this funding was called in a board hearing. based on alternatives for seniors. who are unable to stay home on their home but do not need a skilled nursing level of care. due to a variety of factors including increased regulations and labour costs the supply is decreasing. we lost a 29% decline. this funding will be used to alleviate the infrastructure costs in san francisco with a goal of supporting facility sustainability. it is $300,000. the procurement process, the funding is currently going to a competitive -- we are hoping to get the rrsp by september and october. and in this

with me is fred mcfadden. he's telling me something that i think is amazingly interesting. a need for blood but not for the reason people think. it's not that it's being used, it's that it's not coming in. >> exactly. particularly as we move into the holiday period, thanksgiving coming up, christmas, new year's, hanukkah holidays, folks get busy. many regular blood donors go on vacation and they're not able to donate. we need a continuous flow of blood donors even during the holidays. we ask people to look at their calendars, go to vitalent.org website, make the donation appointment. it's the blood on the shelf that saves lives today. we need a continuous supply of blood donors. >> when you throw in the huge fires in northern and southern california, folks there aren't donating blood. >> absolutely. we're seeing that there. we're also seeing that here because of the poor air quality. weave had some blood drives canceled just this week where we were in for protections of 20, 30 people able to donate blood. those taken off the calendar in very short notice. we still have to r

as part of a new investigation this morning, nbc's cynthia mcfadden looks for answers to the long-term impact. >> we fully acknowledge that they are using this product and it's not acceptable. >> isn't it irresponsible to put a product out there for adults or anybody else to purchase if you don't know the long-term effects? >> i think the context is critically important. >> and all i'm asking you is, whether you have a product that you can tell me 30 years ago from now isn't going to -- >> there's growing scientific consensus there's significantly less toxants from e-cigarettes than cigarettes. >> it's ate story all parents want to watch. it airs at 7:30 right here on nbc bay area this morning. >>> we have a warning for b.a.r.t. riders commuting in san francisco. happening today, an entrance to the civic center station is closing permanently. you'll no longer be able to enter in front of hotel at eighth and market. b.a.r.t. is making upgrades to the service. they're planning to turn part of the civic center into a new substation for trains that run through the transbay tube. >>> it's 6

valenzuela, and joan baez, and arlene bloom leads the green science policy institute, and nancy mcfaddener to governor brown, who unveiled the class yesterday, and all will be honored in sacramento next tuesday. >> that's really cool. it's a really mixed group you have there. belva davis is a bay area institution. >> yes. >> wow, cool. >>> all right, look, we have a huge donation to tell you about. >> bob wilson handed out checks worth $1,000 to 980 students and 105 staff members at paradise high school. wilson said he thought of the donation after reading a story about the high school still standing, with students scattered and separated from each other. the camp fire scorched more than 150,000 acres that left the town of paradise mostly desolate, and sadly, 88 people were killed. >>> r&b legend stevie wonder is planning to hold a benefit concert december 9th to help firefighters and first responders who helped fight all the fires across our state. stevie wonder's song party, a celebration of life, love and music will be held at the staples center in los angeles. nice way to give. >>> o

valenzuela, and joan baez, and arlene bloom leads the green science policy institute, and nancy mcfadden was a top adviser to governor brown, who unveiled the class yesterday, and all will be honored in sacramento next tuesday. >>> we want to tell you about r&b legend stevie wonder working to give back. r&b legend stevie wonder is planning to hold a benefit concert december 9th to help firefighters and first responders who helped fight all the fires across our state. stevie wonder's song party, a celebration of life, love and music will be held at the staples center in los angeles. >>> our "today in the bay" team was manning the phones yesterday as well, all day, for our wildfire fund-raiser, along with telemundo 48 and united way. we are helping the survivors of the camp fire in butte county. at last check, we raised more than $50,000. we'll have a final number in the coming days. you can still donate as well. just text "buttefire" to 91999, follow the prompts. you can also donate through our website nbcbayarea.com/donate. thanks for all the ones who gave. >> absolutely. giving back, of

aiden mcfadden, a student said the college made the right choice. >> i think they did, because the air quality is pretty bad. so the students, like, you know, need the safety. >> this morning, uc berkeley was also monitoring their air quality, consulting with medical staff and the office of environment, health, and safety. a spokesperson said any decision was not going to be based on emotions, but on science and good fax. this cal student wasted no time buying masks on amazon. >> i had a midterm this morning, and i still had to take it. a lot of us came in with masks. so, yeah, overall, it's a concern, but we're just trying to deal with it. >> and once that index level reached 200 here at usf, we also saw campus security begin to hand out masks to those students who didn't have one. also closing, san jose state, santa clara university, and the list gets longer. i'm live at usf, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> all right, lyanne, thank you. late today a number of school districts around the bay area announce they'd are cancelling classes for tomorrow. san francisco unified and schools in

cynthia mcfadden has been taking a hard look at this and joins us from l.a. >> reporter: good morninghree e-cigarette companies here in california alleging they market to young people which if true is not legal. meanwhile the biggest e-cigarette maker, juul, isn't part of the lawsuits, but it is in the cross hairs of the fda. this morning we talk to juul and to a leading scientist behind a ground breaking study of the e-cigarettes. as you'll see, the results are alarming. just when it seems cigarette smoking was a thing of the past, a new and disturbing trend among young people. juuling. the most popular brand of e-cigarettes. sleek and loaded with nicotine. >> it just became more and more popular and everyone was huddled around in the bathrooms. >> reporter: this 18-year-old is a college freshman. she says by senior year in high school just about everyone she knew was juuling. >> people hide them in their jacket sleeves and hold them up in class. >> reporter: gordon was part of a ground breaking study to try to figure out if juul or other e-cigarettes were bad for kids. >> i wanted t

c senior investigative and legal correspondent cynthia mcfadden has been taking a hard look at this. >> repory ls were filed against three e-cigarette companies right here in california alleging they market to young people, which, ifru is not legal. meanwhile, the biggestre e-cie maker juul isn't part of those lawsuits, but it is in the crosshairs of the fdng this mor we talk to juul and a leading scientist behind a groundbreaking study of e-cigarettes. as you'll see, the results are alarming. just when it seems cigarettein smok was a thing of the past, a new and disturbing trend among young people. juuling. the most popular bla of e-cigarettes sleek and loaded with nicotine. >> it just became like more and more p and everyone would huddle around in the bathroom because everyone had it all at once. >> reporter: 18-year-old olivia gordon is a college she says by senior year in high school just about everyone she knew was juuling. >> we would hide it in our tacket sleeves. we will pull up and in class and things like that. >> reporter: gordon was part of a groundbreaking study to try t