. >>> replacing patrick willis will be a tough act.y knows something about toughness, it's former cal bear desmond bishop who hopes to revive his career in san francisco. >> i was really thinking like i'm not going to be the ray lewis of green bay. >> reporter: the super bowl ring is all that remains from desmond bishop's days in green bay. a hamstring injury in 2012 derailed what seemed to be a dominant career. the 49ers are his fourth team in four seasons. not exactly what he expected while growing up in san francisco's hunter point neighborhood. >> i can [ indiscernible ] i can see it from my bedroom window. >> reporter: whiling candlestick park symbolized hope of an nfl dream, there was another landmark in hunters point just as famous for negative reasons. bishop's corner still stands today. >> my grandfather who passed away came from the south and he bought property and he bought a store. and the corner store was like the hangout for everybody. >> reporter: desmond's father dennis was one of those who used to hang out there. >> i

justin obviously and patrick willis. but two years ago this was a fierce pass rush. are you closer, do you feel you're closer to returning to what you had a couple of years ago? >> yeah. i'm obviously when you start talking about that group, i worked with them intimately, and i know every one of them intimately, and that is a great group. and it's great depth. and they're hard workers. let's pay the respects to justin smith. let's pay the respect to them. they earned it, they deserve it. absolutely. they're awesome football players. they don't play anymore. the guys we have, i don't want anybody trying to be justin smith. i want you to be the best version of yourself. >> jim, how excited are you to get this rolling? >> the excitement level for me is big time. everyday i get to wake up and coach football i'm excited. >> you're the head coach now. >> i get it. and i'm excited about that. no doubt about any of that stuff, but i really think about today. it's the day-to-day tore me, man. we talk about you look at your gps, it doesn't show you the destination. it shows yo

the 49ers were already without justin smith and patrick willis. san francisco will have to dig deeper into their depth chart. they spoke with the medium and admits his absence is a void that will be very hard to fill. >> you can't easily replace someone of that caliber but we'll find ways collectively to get that done. there's great opportunities. great opportunities for guys who may have had more limited roles had he been here. >> giants at cubs, the champs looking to avoid the four-game sweep. two outs for chris bryant and a single to shallow right. and it's 1-0 chicago. then a scary moment in the third. jake's pitch nails him in the head. he struggles to get to his feet. scary moment. he heads to the club house and giants keeping a close eye on him. top nine bases loaded. can gregor blanco be the hero? nope. strike three is called and cubs win 2-zip and complete the four-game sweep. >> we had a chance to win at the end of the day but yeah, i'm always trying to find the positive in losing but you know, right now not taking solace in much when yo

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justin smith, linebackers patrick willis and chris borland and anthony davis. the team lost star running back frank gore to indianapolis. michael crabtree to the raiders. >> the parents of 16-year-old girl killed in arabian na flight 214 have dismissed their lawsuit. she was one of three people killed when the plane crashed in 2013 landing at sfe. she was ejected and lying near the wreckage covered in firefighting foam when she was run over by crews responding to the crash. they did not see her. the family has not issued a public statement about today's decision. san francisco city attorney dennis herrera said the dismissal vindicates firefighters heroic efforts. >>> a 20-year-old u.c. berkeley student was robbed right in the middle of campus. that student was robtd about 12:30 p.m. it's a place filled with people. two men confronted the student, one holding a silver handgun stole the victim's cell phone and wallet. the thief ran away. the student was not hurt. >>> santa rosa police are looking for a man who attacked a convenience store clerk during an armed ro

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. >>> 49ers reported for training camp, but no patrick willis, no frank gore. >> going through this off season, not having them you know it's something i've had to deal with. i think as a stepping stool. you know just getting older and taking the next step. you know, we always talk about nfl not being for long. you know you want to take advantage of the opportunity. this is an opportunity for me believe it or not just to go out there and lead the team. >> russell wilson winning one, it's a four-year extension, and signing bonus of $31 million. $60 million is guaranteed. his salary second only to aaron rothers. >>> two years, cavaliers jerry goff with 17 picks but only six wins to show for it. now, goff is talking pac-ten championship for cal. his bears need to focus on one thing. >> finishing games. something we should be good at this year. if we're able to finish games this year, we can have a better chance to compete. >> on to baseball the giants have placed tim hudson on the disabled list with a shoulder injury? kind of convenient timing with mike leak being acquired last night. the

maybe patrick willis, but he seems to think he was on the down side too.ldon smith is one of the best pass rushers in the entire nfl. we and the last two years, he couldn't stay on the field because of his off the field issues. so, this one is a big blow to the 49ers defense and team and organization. >> thank you very much. >>> with baseball's trade deadline long gone, the giants move to solidify their rotation is now on the shelf. and after being scratched yesterday, leak was placed on the 15-day disabled list and he's going to miss probably one more start and lefty joss osich is called up from sacramento triple-a. and first hitter, kyle, a rocket off the glove of cellby and 3-1 chicago. later in the inning, and two more on for jorge and that ball over nori aoki in left field 5-1 chicago. and that's a single for center field in front of angel pagan. 6-1, cubs. they go on to win it 7-3. and bogy ends up taking the loss. now, getting back to the aldon smith release. the 49ers were forced and shufl today's schedule because of bhawhat happened and we'll hear

. >>> you lose guys like patrick willis, justin smith that, opens the door for former practice squadyers to step up and maybe make the roster. mike brassel is a candidate. you'll know mike is there when you see his hair, his long locks. he has a big goal line stand, plays most of the game registering tackles. >> i will be battling until my career is over. every day is a challenge. they're looking for your replacement. so i'm fighting and scratching and clawing and so is every other guy in the room. eyes are on us. some of the players have heft and everything. it doesn't, you know, makes us want it even more. >>> on to baseball, it was ryan vogelsong on the mound tonight. the game delayed 31 minutes by rain. johnny peralta, look at justin maxwell, making the catch and bangs into the railing. right now, scoreless in the fourth. hunter pence is having an mri on his obliques. no word on how much time he may be out. cannot afford to lose hunter pence. dodgers are in the bay area, taking on a's tonight in a two-game set. a's coming off an o and seven road trip. it's just not going to get e

. >>> you lose guys like patrick willis, justin smith that, opens the door for former practice squadp and maybe make the roster. mike brassel is a candidate. you'll know mike is there when you see his hair, his long locks. he has a big goal line stand, plays most of the game registering tackles. >> i will be battling until my career is over. every day is a challenge. they're looking for your replacement. so i'm fighting and scratching and clawing and so is every other guy in the room. eyes are on us. some of the players have heft and everything. it doesn't, you know, makes us want it even more. >>> on to baseball, it was ryan vogelsong on the mound tonight. the game delayed 31 minutes by rain. johnny peralta, look at justin maxwell, making the catch and bangs into the railing. right now, scoreless in the fourth. hunter pence is having an mri on his obliques. no word on how much time he may be out. cannot afford to lose hunter pence. dodgers are in the bay area, taking on a's tonight in a two-game set. a's coming off an o and seven road trip. it's just not going to get easier tonight

i haven't seen very much change at all but i will tell you this, when you saw patrick willis retired after eight years at the top of his game we are going to start seeing this manifest while players are playing. they're going to start having this symptomatology and a 10 to 12 year career. it's not going to take 20 years and that's why we are sitting on top of an epidemic because big strong players. he didn't have, i had a player cardinals leonard davis. he weighed 375 pounds and he could run a sub 540. [laughter] pellom, what's the reaction that you get when you talk of former players and they are aware of this issue. you alluded to the mindset earlier of a player and how ported is to stay in the game. how well do you feel a typical active player would be to a growing understanding of the risks of concussion? >> i think the active players are being inundated with information and some are accepting of information and clearly there's a great possibility that you are altering your life and the more hits you sustain and receive concussions in a position is par for the course. you are goi

they lost patrick willis and smith and borland.ith will be a key cog this season after missing nine games due to a suspension, but now with his legal issues behind him he has a great relationship with head coach. the only thing missing from his game is justin smith who retired this off season and he will find out how much he will miss his success. >> we will have to create a chemistry because that is the guy who has been beside me since i have been here. people learn fast, and we have a good coaching staff. it will all work out. >> the work and the shape he is in the conditioning he is doing . i am excited. >> raiders put the pads on today for the first time. always more exciting for the defense than the offense. you are either a hammer or a nail in this sport. linebacker moore had major hip surgery in february. he is physically ready and he loves the defensive mind-set of his new coaches. >> we have how many linebackers? position coach is a linebacker. the d coordinator is a linebacker. head coach is a linebacker. everybody unders

feel bad for jim thomaszoolo and had to do with issues nothing to do with in discretions and patrick willis retired and a lot of holes in the defense and aldon smith as well. a ton for the coach and organize to deal with. >> and it is early august. season is right around the order. >> you have a month to figure it out. >> i guess. >> and they did ask him about replacing this specifically and i think it will be by a al -- committee type of thing. eric armsted out of oregon a pass rusher and physical specimen in florida, he has been running with the 3rd team, i think he just got promoted. >> there you go. >> we will see if anyone else picks up aldon smith. >> the music festival, take a look right there, plenty, thousands of people are filling the city for the three-day event. and as you can see, yes, they are out there seemingly enjoying their time and let's check in with ann reuben like in the city. you made the trip across the golden gate, what was it like out there? >> well, it is actually quite busy. i want to have you take a look at this. this is the main gate here and earlier this after

patrick willis suddenly decides to retire. chris borland smith retires frank gore to the colts.e. fight tough for the new coach. >> jim is walking this is the first opportunity to be head coach. totally unproochbility you have a stadium where you can't grow grass. 1 billion dollars and can't get one season of sprout. just like where does it end. at this time end for alden smith with the niners today. fifth arrest in three years cut. stunning especially when you consider. tuesday night 3 nights ago. niners gm told reporters smith was doing outstanding job personally and professional. imagine how he felt when he answered the phone today. contract extension for smith. set to earn nearly 10 million $this season. hard to find any positive in the story but i will say this listening to jim this morning. you really cap see why the players loved him and why they support him because he genuinely care about his his guys about alden smith player and person. he has been turning his life around. he's in the process of turning his life around. the people stumble. if some things are greater gre

the 49ers were already without justin smith and patrick willis, and san francisco will have to dive deeperheir depth chart. he says the coordinator spoke with the media today and admits it is a void that will be very hard to fill. >> you can't easily replace someone of that caliber, but we'll find ways collectively to get that done. it's a great opportunity. it's great opportunities for guys who had more limited roles had he been here. >> silver and black in training camp, raiders with nine practices, seven in full pads. so far, the head coach is pleased with the team's progress, but says there's a lot of work to be done before friday night's opener against the rams. >> looking to flatten out and be consistent on a daily basis. there's ups and downs, up at a high level and maintain and be consistent. that's what we're striving for. yeah. if we fall down, we get up. if we stumble, you know, we get back on track, and so, we're going to continue to do that, hit the reset button where we need to. >> football is back! taking off in the annual hall of fame game in canton, ohio. 3-0 pittsburgh. p

patrick willis and chris and smith that is open the democrats and republicans for former practice squad up and make the 53 man squad former establish ford linebacker and nose tackle purchase sell 2 of the candidates. 6 tackle. he hooked good against the tax an on saturday stacking on the goal line stand and he played most of the gym at 8 tackle 5 solo. >> all battle to the day my career is over so i think you have to have the mentality whether dressed or not. in the league stick around. every year is new challenge and always looking for the replacement. sf i'm fight to go the this and so is ever other guy in the room. 90 of us and 53 of us soon enough. >> eye on us so many players have left and everything so it definitely the make us try to get it even more. >> with we have been behaving badly. joint prosecute in oxnard. ram and cowboy get in a pwrul and everybody is if on this one. cowboy receiver bryant had the helmet off and he got hit in the head so hard right there. his earrings fell out. somebody has to tell him clip on don't work in a brawl. i tell you that personally. >> nice. >

. >> borland was potentially going to make millions after taking over for patrick willis at inside linebacker for san francisco. he walked away from that. >>> sunday 49ers and cowboys at 5:00. we be there pre-game at 4:30. and game day on location all from levi's stadium. a great sunday of football. i'm dennis o'donnell. see you sunday. >>> we l thank you, dennis. play of the day, guess who is making some noise on the pga. at least in this round. tiger woods, yeah. round one a high shot for a birdie for mr. woods. he finished at 6-under, 64. tiger is just two back. it's our friday play of the day a. >>> it is 5:26. still to come, it's a tip line to report reckless drone use. how state leaders want to join the fight against illegal flights coming up. >> reporter: and a warehouse full of toxic chemicals continues to smolder here behind me and firefighters still worried about how this building co,,,,,,,, it's tougher than ever to be a... ... foster farms chicken. but foster farms simply raised chicken... ... is 100 percent natural... ... with no antibiotics. gasp! do i look natural herb man? can

. >>> no jim harbaugh, no patrick willis, no frank gore. but there's still colin kaepernick. he responds to interesting comments by a former teammate. he geraud moncure is next.k this out. with xfinity home we get 24/7 professional monitoring and video monitoring we can watch on our own tv. that's way better than our old security system. [metal clanking] [chip crunching] [baby crying] don't be old fashioned. xfinity customers, add xfinity home for $29.95 a month for 12 months. plus get a free security camera. call 1-800 xfinity or go online today. the drought is affecting all of us. at pg&e we've definitely put a focus on helping our agricultural customers through the drought. when they do an energy efficiency project and save that money they feel it right in their pocket book. it's exciting to help a customer with an energy efficiency project because not only are they saving energy but they are saving water. we have a lot of projects at pg&e that can help them with that and that's extremely important while we're in a drought. it's a win for the customer and it's a win for ca

. >> borland was potentially going to make millions after taking over for patrick willis at inside linebacker francisco. he walked away from that. >>> sunday 49ers and cowboys at 5:00 will be the pre-game at 4:30 and game day on location all from levi's stadium. a great sunday of football. see you sunday. i'm dennis o'donnell. >>> bring it on, dennis. play of the day, guess who is making noise out on the pga -- it's been a while but say hi to tiger woods. round one wyndham championship a flop shot going, going going [ sound effect ] >> and it's in. he finished at minus 6. nice round carding 64. tom hogan and erik compton sharing the lead two up on tiger at 8-under. tiger just two back but he does get our friday play of the day. look out for tiger. >>> look at this shell of a building here behind me on mare island. it is in danger of collapsing further. we'll tell you about the challenges firefighters are facing this morning as it continues to emit toxic smoke. >> reporter: and the state of california finally doing something about all these amateur drones causing problems at wildfires. ,,,, ♪

. >>> 49ers reported for training camp, but no patrick willis, no frank gore. >> going through this offeason, not having them you know it's something i've had to deal with. i think as a stepping stool. you know just getting older and taking the next step. you know, we always talk about nfl not being for long. you know you want to take advantage of the opportunity. this is an opportunity for me believe it or not just to go out there and lead the team. >> russell wilson winning one, it's a four-year extension, and signing bonus of $31 million. $60 million is guaranteed. his salary second only to aaron rothers. >>> two years, cavaliers jerry goff with 17 picks but only six wins to show for it. now, goff is talking pac-ten championship for cal. his bears need to focus on one thing. >> finishing games. something we should be good at this year. if we're able to finish games this year, we can have a better chance to compete. >> on to baseball the giants have placed tim hudson on the disabled list with a shoulder injury? kind of convenient timing with mike leak being acquired last night. the gi

patrick wilson is here. all that and more ming up right now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist andmorning, august 18th, 2015. al along with natalie, tamron. willie is off. our morning jam since i'm just coming off my weekend it's the weeknd, "can't feel my face." >> my son cranks this song. >> yes. >> my husband was going to change the channel. luke was like, no! love that song! we tonight know what it means. >> he was in studio and it's cold. he can't feel his face. >> that's the good thing about having the kids older. they keep you hip with the music. >> they do. sometimes i'm not sure if the lyrics are what they should be singing along to. it's a good tune. >> as long as it's on the radio at least there is a radio edit version of whatever it is. >> it's on hits 1. >> it's interesting what they will blur on radio or buzz out as opposed to what they don't. i'm flummoxed by that. >> i will stumble on a cable show and they say certain words. i know it's cable. should you really say that? i don't know. the song is the jam. >> we'll play stuff in the kitchen. i feel like my neck is hu