we begin with the story of tyra patterson.tenced to decades in prison after she says she was coerced into a false confession. she used her time behind bars to start a career and become an inspiration to others. tonight she is free and she says it's thanks in part to a group of high school students in cincinnati. here's abc's deborah roberts. ♪ free ♪ free, free, free tyra >> reporter: this is a moment tyra patterson has dreamed of. finally embracing these teens who she says helped save her life in a campaign for her freedom. tyra wasn't much older than them when she was imprisoned for murder. >> you remember me, huh? >> yes. >> reporter: even though she didn't pull the trigger, didn't even have a gun. her confession coerced, she says, raising questions about the issue of mass incarceration. leading to a campaign to set her free. celebrities even joining the cause. >> and i am tyra patterson. >> reporter: then a stunning turn. the victim's sister coming to tyra's defense. >> do you think tyra patterson is in any way responsible

. >> lindsay patterson was on leave from her i.t.n the navy, visiting her mom who lives just over the backyard wall from the hall house. lindsay was inside, in the bathroom that faced away from the hall house and out onto the street, when she heard a noise. >> it was a horrible scream. it was just, something was wrong kind of scream. >> a woman's, she thought. she went outside to tell her mom. i said, did you hear that scream? she said, yeah, but i think it's just kids playing in the -- playing in the pool. >> kids, at six something in the morning? lindsay walked over to the six-foot brick wall between their yard and the halls'. she stepped on the planter, she said, and looked over the wall. >> at that point i saw a man with his hand, one hand on top of a woman's head and one hand on her back, and she was face down in the water. >> like something was going on? >> yeah, that's what i assumed. >> that is, she thought she was looking at a sex act in progress. >> i don't know why it didn't seem right. but something made me want to look a

and the former prosecutor who secured patterson's conviction.t since march after his conviction was vacated and today he's a free man. >> i know, man. you're free, man. >> reporter: dontia patterson ran into a childhood friend as he was about to have the monitoring device on his ankle removed. >> did you feel like you were still behind bars? >> definitely. >> reporter: one of the first things he did, pick up his 11-year-old daughter at her bus stop. >> you've seen her grow up without being with her. what kind of pain did that bring to you? >> a lot. there's days i cry. >> reporter: a judge dropped all charges against patterson at the request of newly installed district attorney, larry krasner. >> we were able to show the prosecutor there was a lot of evidence they had not considered or seen. >> patterson was arrested in 2007 for the murder of his friend, antwine jackson. he was convicted at a retrial in 2009. the d.a.'s office claimed this week that although patterson was tried twice, neither jury heard the truth, adding the prosecution and poli

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patterson. i am the general counsel at the american tower association. i will be moderate -- moderating this panel today. i see three major trends that are driving the landscape today. one is moving away from centralized, larger scale generation. the second is a electrification. moving towards electric vehicles . and the third is a digitized administration --. today you cannot discuss designing the future of the power grid without discussing the revolution that this will present to us. there are advantages and disadvantages to digitizing the grid we have for panelists the are going to share their views on how this impacts consumers. first to speak will be jim spiers. the senior vice president of business technology strategies at the electric cooperative association. he leads the department that a prize is all there technology transfer. we also have mark cooper director of research at the consumer federation of america. he is responsible for energy telecommunications and economic policy analysis. we also have john howe lick. he's been involved with energy

hablando de otras cosas, jenny patterson se prepara prepararse una vez mÁs por los largos tiempos de-reducirlos. la administraciÓn trump estÁ redoblando sus esfuerzos para detener a inmigrantes indocumentados que trabajan. el servicio de inmigraciÓn reporta que las investigaciones se han duplicado. ademÁs, han aumentado las auditorÍas entre empleadores. luis mejÍa tiene esas cifras, ademÁs, habla de las estrategias que utiliza la agencia federal. luis: no es su imaginaciÓn, tampoco la prensa . inmigraciÓn estÁ visitando más lugares de trabajo que en el pasado. la agencia ha lanzado mÁs de 3500 investigaciones, el doble de caso del anterior aÑo fiscal. a eso hay que agregarle las auditorÍas de empleadores, cuando inmigraciÓn de pie los documentos de todos los trabajadores para saber si estÁn en regla. en siete meses hicieron casi 2300,, comparadas con 1360 en todo el aÑo fiscal pasado. ha habido multas millonarias y arrestos, es un director de investigaciones dijo en un comunicado que la estrategia continuÓ enfocÁndose en elevar cargos criminales contra los empleadores que violen inte

dom chu. >>> let's bring in rebecca patterson. rebecca says the u.s.best place to be right now rebecca, was this also prior to what was going on in italy >> yeah. so we've been overweight at the u.s. for two reasons right now it's because of the tidal wave of stimulus coming at u.s. companies and the economy which we think is largely but not necessarily fully priced and then there is the defensive element, which is what dom was getting at what we found over the last few decades, is when you have market panic, even if the u.s. causes the panic, the u.s. tends to outperform some of that is americans bringing money home in times of stress and we bring a lot of money. and it's the capital repatriation lifts the dollar. if you look at currency in total return, that stronger dollar plus liquidity of the u.s. market tends to make it a better performer. even if it's '08 where it was the u.s. that led the charge >> in terms of the tax reform not being fully priced are, there specific sectors that you're looking at that you think really are not reflecting? when

let's get the latest from nbc's steve patterson. he is there tonight. steve, good evening. >> reporter: kate, officials are warning everyone inside the risk zone be ready to flee at a moment's notice. they're letting people collect personal items but they say there's no sign of this volcanic activity from slowing down and today more homes were found destroyed. overnight, the earth opened again. kilauea's relentless eruption continuing. now, there's a ninth fissure, another route for the lava's release. officials warn nearly 2,000 residents to get out concerned about toxic gas, molten rocks and potential for wildfires. felicia frazier-harms lives in the path of the lava path. >> boom, your whole life comes to a screeching halt. >> reporter: she knows the trauma as well as anyone. losing her childhood home when the nearby town was destroyed by lava flows in 1990. >> just the thought of, like, losing everything we worked so hard for and my kids' childhood home and our community all, like, having to go through it again. >> reporter: the world's most active

nbc's steve patterson has more. >> at the time he made me feel extremely uncomfortable and violated. >> reporter: for the first time, usc student daniela is speaking publicly, alleging dr. george tyndall sexual abused her under the guise of medical care. >> without a glove, he put two fingers in me and felt around. >> reporter: with her attorney gloria allred, she joins a group of six former and current students filing lawsuits alleging a pattern of sexual abuse. tyndall was the only full-time gynecologist at the school's student health center for nearly three decades. >> usc is going to have some explaining to do. >> reporter: the lawsuit accused him in part of forcing them to strip maked and groping their breasts for no legitimate medical purpose and alleges usc failed to respond to complaints about tyndall for decades. >> i was in the hands of a predator. >> reporter: an they quietly paid off tyndall in 2017 after a complaint was escalated to the campus rape center. >> reportedly, usc was aware of dr. tyndall's inappropriate conduct before i was even born. >> reporter: nbc news ha

nbc's steve patterson is there. >> reporter: today, state lawmakers arriving to a passionate welcome. day three of a statewide walkout over 30,000 teachers descending on the capitol, demanding more funding. the legislature in session for the first time after arizona's governor proposed a 20% pay increase for teachers over three years and $100 million for school funding. supporters of the walkout are dubious but still waiting on details. what are the chances something is going to pass that everybody here is going to be happy with? >> not likely. unlikely, that's the reality. >> one more time, loud! >> reporter: high school teacher courtney thompson says she works four jobs just to make ends meet, and struggles at school. >> we have cockroaches in our school. we have rats in our school. it is crowded. >> reporter: the budget is likely to pass this week, putting pressure on teachers to go back to the classroom just three weeks before the end of the school year. steve patterson, nbc news, phoenix. >>> and staying in arizona for a moment, where crews are battling wildfires that have now pr

steve patterson, nbc news. >> hate to draw serena in the early rounds, right? >>> when we come back, the battle to keep a beloved women's roller derby league, rolling on. >>> finally tonight, a rough and tumble roller derby league is taking on a new challenge. finding another venue to call home in portland, oregon. they're known as the rose city rollers. hundreds of them banding together to keep the league on skates showing love for a sport that's given them and their fans plenty of thrills. here's nbc's tammy leitner. >> lock it down! lock it down! >> reporter: this is roller derby. a sport where skaters score points by passing each other. and the rose city rollers are the largest female league in the u.s., some 600 strong. >> that was a nice hit right there. >> reporter: they're an iconic part of portland and were a lifesaver for players like 18-year-old sophie arnold who says the sport was her salvation. >> i was at a really bad place when i first started. i lost my friends. it was like a lot of bullying involved with that. >> reporter: roller derby brought

we get the latest from nbc's steve patterson. >> reporter: tonight after weeks of fiery destruction, kilauea is claiming the first serious injury. after an airborne chunk of lava struck a man at a home our cameras were there to capture what happened next. the neighbor rushing in to the home calling out to the victim. dale! debris still burning inside. >> molten chunks of rock arch high in the air. it looks like fireworks. >> reporter: the victim seriously injured but expected to recover. >> in the hospital now and we'll see if he loses a foot or not. >> reporter: lava now bubbling out of four active fissures pooling in bright red rivers and cutting across the earth. 44 structures have been destroyed including at least 26 homes. meanwhile, along the coast, a new threat. streams of lava now reaching the pacific ocean. as the super heated molten flows reach the water a dramatic change in temperature can form laze with steam and glass particles into the air. officials say it's yet another serious hazard warning stay away. >> biggest worry is people being trapped. >> reporter: the lava no

steve patterson, nbc news, phoenix. >>> might be a tear-wiping moment right here. take a look at this. >> oh! >> that's amazing. here's the story. after being in a wheelchair for for months, that's morgan from texas surprised her prom date at the door by walking on her own. so you can see right there, they were excited. a scream. ran up and gave her a big hug, asked her how did you do it? how did this happen? that has gained over 12 million views and has been liked more than 1 million times and those are the special moments right there that you play over and over again, never gets old, right, bill? >> that was really sweet. his reaction is so genuine and she's so happy, you can hear it in her voice and the laugh. that was great. >>> i'm going to talk about stuff that's not so great, unfortunately. severe weather season is here. here's our storm ingredients. we're going to watch the slow-moving cold front and a lot of moisture pumping up out of the gulf and that's the recipe. that's what you get this time of year and that's why we have 4 million at risk today of sev

steve patterson, nbc news. >> i have a feeling it will not take her long to return to the top.into memorial day, president trump will lay the annual ceremonial wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier in arlington national cemetery. the event will also showcase the time honored american flags on each grave and feature thousands in attendance. a wide variety of memorial day parade and other remembrances are also set to be held today in communities all across this country. today is also national burger day in case you didn't know. several restaurants will be serving up deals. burger king has a new buy one get one offer. the app is promoting a buy one whopper get one free coupon, $3 cheese burger meal and more. chilies 6.99 >>> i am not saying this is worse, i'm just saying my heart is broke. >> a memorial day to remember as flash floods devastate a community. alberto as several states praising for impact. george h.w. bush is back in the hospital. living life to the fullest. meet the friends who buddy bucket list may inspire you, and a tradition unlike any other, the

the most recent attack near patterson elementary school. there have been a half dozen robberies, the most recent near patterson elementary school. >> i hope they catch him. it is frightening to know that this is going on in this other neighborhood. >> reporter: although the suspect descriptions vary, police think one man is the culprit in at least two of these robberies. all of the robberies could be related. of course, if you recognize that guy in the surveillance video, contact fremont police. anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> a suspected stoned driver who allegedly killed three people in fremont today will be in court today. 21-year-old dang tran made a reckless lane change on 880 tuesday night according to officials triggering the deadly crash. 14-year-old christie lemus, her 9-year-old sister brooke and 39-year-old noelle johnson were killed in the crash. five others were hurt. police believe tran was high on pot and speeding recklessly when he hit the cadillac escalade the victims were in causing it to roll several time. >>> police say that t

we get more tonight from nbc's steve patterson. >> get busy living or get busy dying. >> reporter: for decades, he personified the voice of reason. >> i'm considered a bit of a story teller myself. >> reporter: now oscar winning actor morgan freeman using that same voice to craft a series of rebukes and apologies after reported sexual harassment accusations from at least eight women on film sets, during interviews and at his own production company. freeman now defiant saying i am devastated that 80 years of my life is at risk of being undermined. i am someone who feels a need to try to make women and men feel appreciated and at ease around me. but i also want to be clear. i did not create unsafe work environments. i did not assault women. the cnn report details what accusers say is a pattern of inappropriate behavior allegations of two named and six unnamed women range from unwanted touching to public comments about women's clothing or bodies. all spurred by the cnn reporter's own encounter with freeman. >> right when i walked into the room he began to make sexual suggestive comments t

most of it looks to be favoring highway 5 out to patterson.f you're traveling on 5, follow that down there. probably producing a little light rain. not a lot but a little bit there. coming off of mount diablo from brentwood over to blackhawk and livermore, altamont pass. if you get a few showers, that's what it is associated with. it will be a painly morning event and drive southward into southern california. low clouds tomorrow. partly sunny, partly cloudies. then we will kick it out and temperatures will warm up by thursday and fray. the cloud cover is part of a low forming in southern california. that will give them rain. unseasonably cool temps. it will allow the breeze to pick up for us. we have one more piece of energy diving in. it is thinning out but will dive over us later this afternoon. 40s and 50s. 30s up into lake county. the water temps continue to be really cold. bodega bay is 49 degrees. san francisco buoy is 50. southern california today and tomorrow, not only shower activity but isolated snow showers. our morning event would

se entregÓ a las autoridades en patterson. mayores. el padre que presuntamente torturÓ a dos menores en una casa de fairfield enfrenta nuevos cargos. a jonathan allen le agregaron cuatro acusaciones por actos lascivos contra un menor. los otros cargos incluyen tortura, abuso, negligencia y poner la vida de un menor en peligro. en el este de la bahÍa, abogados tendrÁn que ponerse de acuerdo con la fecha del juicio de los acusados. el litigio estÁ programado para el 16 de julio, pero el defensor de harris pidiÓ que se posponga hasta septiembre, algo que tiene descontento al otro inculpado y naturalmente a su abogado. en un hecho que no se veÍa en mÁs de 20 aÑos, el consejo de la ciudad de san josÉ rechazÓ el reporte anual del auditorio independiente de la policÍa por objeciones sobre insinuaciones de disparidad racial en casos de uso de fuerza. jaime pelo pi nos acompaÑa con la informaciÓn. jaime: el alcalde dice que el reporte distorsionaba la verdad y por eso pidiÓ su rechazo. el reporte anual del auditorio independiente de la

the most recent attack near patterson elementary school. >> it is frightening to know that this is going on in this other neighborhood. >> reporter: although the suspect descriptions vary, police think one man is the culprit in at least two of these robberies. all of the robberies could be related. >>> for decades a man has been in jail on death row but did he kill four people? dave bryan on the new push for a death row dna test. >> reporter: the victims of the brutal bloody 1983 murders were doug and peggy ryan, their 10-year-old daughter and her 11-year-old friend. they were killed with a hatchet and at least two other weapons. only the ryans' eight-year-old son joshua survived the attack. he told police he thought three men did it but only one man, kevin cooper, was arrested. he was a convicted burglar who escaped from a minimum security prison and was using the house next door as a hiding place. he claimed he was innocent but a drop of blood which authorities said was his and a bloody shoeprint led to his conviction. >> somebody discovered the footprint in the crime lab but nobody sa

. >> anthony: daniel patterson is the chef of one of the great bay area restaurants, coi.ef roy choi of l.a.'s kogi empire decided to embark on a revolutionary, probably fool-hearty, and entirely selfless new enterprise. >> anthony: what are you up to now, what are you doing? >> daniel: well we're starting a fast food ring. i mean -- >> anthony: why? >> daniel: it's unbelievable that in our country so much of it, we've just decided it's okay for people to eat garbage basically. processed food. the tenderloin, the area that we're going into is traditionally the worst intersection in the entire city. the most drug arrests, most homicides. the most vulnerable populations in our country are being fed the worst food consistently. >> anthony: local, it tends to address all those problems. creating a fast, casual, food business that's actually good for the world. >> daniel: so this is what roy calls awesome sauce. tomato, onion, garlic, a lot of olive oil, gochujang, and then scallion relish. just grilled scallions and lime. veggie burger dressed exactly the same way. if you're l

. >> the most recent was yesterday outside patterson elementary school. this is less than 1 mile from the one that we saw on video. and police believe that those two may be related. >> hopefully that surveillance video will be beneficial. >>> the woman who accused ruben foster of domestic violence has recanted her statement. she said she wanted to ruin his career. she accused him of beating her. - - she accused him of beating her. now she said that she lied. prosecutors maintain the new story is the life. but a legal analyst found her testimony convincing. >> it is unusual to see a victim say that they completely lied to the police. the das office will have to think about whether or not they can move forward. >> the judge plans to issue a ruling next week. 49ers say foster is not allowed at team events until he is cleared of the crime. >>> san jose police are looking for a pair of suspects after a man and woman were found shot to death. police say a passing motorist spotted bodies in the road. the man and woman both were suffering gunshot wounds. investig

they say he was arrested last night in patterson. a 93-year-old woman was badly hurt. >>> number two from our live desk, president trump defending the nfl's kneeling band. he said, quote, you have to stand proudly for the national anthem or you shouldn't be playing, maybe you shouldn't be in the country. he also did go on to say that standing no the locker room is better than kneeling and says the ban should have been made earlier. >>> aer lingas passengers had as flight canceled last night after the wing of their jet clipped the concrete side of a building at sfo yesterday afternoon. >>> number four, b.a.r.t. officials exploring several plans to expand. >>> number five, tracking a chance of wet weather tonight from tonight through tomorrow morning. potentials out there for up to .10 inch of rain. >> we have major delays out of tracy due to an earlier crash around florgt flynn. check that out, around four miles an hour. >>> number seven, tickets are still available for $20 to tonight's official warriors watch party at oracle arena. t

steve patterson is in hawaii for us. good morning. >> reporter: willie, there is no sign of this eruptive activity slowing down so right now they are urging all residents riveririveliving anywhere near the rift area to be prepared to leave. >> overnight, lava and toxic gases spewing into the air from a residential neighborhood in the town. earlier, three days into the eruption, more rivers of molten lava flowing in the streets. in the chaos five homes destroyed. thursday, the volcano spurted lava on this big island. since then, there have been hundreds of earthquakes including a massive mag constitute 6.9. spewing toxic gases from vents in the ground. officials now warn there is likely more to come. >> we're still kind of in the opening phases of this eruption. seismic data from the region indicate magma accumulating. >> reporter: more than 1,000 residents have evacuated. >> about midnight i hear someone yelling leave, leave, leave now. so they left. i figured if they are scared, it's time for me to leave. >> reporter: s

mientras tanto, la medida v busca autorizarle el distrito escolar patterson joint la revisiÓn de bonosun hombre coreano estadounidense fue vÍctima de insultos raciales en un incidente de ir al volante, en freeemont. si usted vive en una zona afectada por la contaminaciÓn, podrÍa recibir hasta 20.000 $ por parte del estado para instalar paneles solares en su vivienda, continuamos. suheily: llega el viernes al Área la bahÍa, variable con algunas lloviznas a travÉs de la zona. tal y como se estÁ esperando en el valle central, se dieron algunas tormentas aisladas. Échele un vistazo las temperaturas que se esperan tras el fin de semana largo, aumentando asÍ el lunes seriado. ramÓn: un hombre fue vÍctima insultos raciales en un incidente de ir al volante, en freemont. se escucha una mujer diciÉndole al hombre coreano estadounidense que este no es su paÍs, que tampoco es de los chinos. el video fue publicado en facebook por la vÍctima, con el propÓsito de alertar a otros conductores. si reside en la zona afectada por el alto nivel de contaminaciÓn, podrÍa ser elegible para recibir 20.000 $, p

he was arrested in patterson after getting more than a dozen tips from the public. they say he robbed two women in a bank parking lot last friday afternoon at that bma parking lot, knocking the 93 year old to the ground before taking off. 93-year-old ann peterson remains in the hospital with a broken hip. the 64i-year-old victim has a message. >> i hope you never get out, that you'll neff be able to do this to anybody again. you are not a very nice man, are you a very bad man. and what you did was very, very bad. >> police say he is also responsible for a may 9th armed robbery at a lowe's store and may be connected to one other robbery in the south bay. >>> disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein is set to turn himself in tomorrow. he is under investigation in new york city, los angeles and london. dozens of women accuse him of rape, assault and other types of sexual abuse. among them, ashley judd and salma hayek. he says he went into treatment but denied any wrong doing. morgan freeman issued a statement today after eight women accused him of harassment or in

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police made tonight's arrest in the central valley city of patterson.od evening i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm alma daetz. now to our other top stories, stand or pay up. >> yeah, today nfl owners approved a new policy addressing the controversy over national anthem protests. >> 49ers owner jed york as the only one to abstain from the voting. tonight 49ers players and coaches met with fans in san jose. >> abc7 news reporter carlos sa said owe is outside the theater tonight with the story. carlos. >> reporter: well, the event was labeled as the state of the franchise but there was very little announcement as far as today's decision with the nfl and its anthem policy. "the fan" fa the fanfare was just as loud outside as the was inside for the state of the franchise. team leadership discussed what fans have to look forward to this upcoming season, but were mum on the nfl's new national anthem policy. >> it's still pretty early on so i'm not sure what i'm going to be doing. >> reporter: under the new rule, any player who comes out onto the field during the anthe

picture of the suspect yesterday we learned that the concord police detectives located a suspect in pattersonf tracy and took him into custody tonight as we reported last night it happened outside of bank of america, the 93-year-old, and peterson went to the hospital with a broken hip the concord police say that a press release will be issued tomorrow. the charges will include robbery and elder abuse. >>> the linebacker, he can join the team after the charges were release. he asked if he was relieved by the judges decision. his ex-girlfriend recanted the allegations of abuse the judge said that she reviewed 911 calls and she did indeed make up the story. the das office said that they are disappointed by the ruling. >>> it has been one month since they launched their 311 app and phone number for residents to report nonemergency issues like trash, potholes or broken lights they have gotten 6000 calls. henry lee tells us which problem is being reported the most. >> i fill it up with trash that has been thrown around. >> carol chang has a birds eye view from her home on twitter court in east oakl

have committed two of the robberies preying on mothers picking up their children from oliveira and pattersonementary schools. >> it give a little feeling of insecurity to all of us, n only about the jewelry but like it's about dropping the kids in the morning and all. >> reporter: these are photos that have man robbing and wrestling a woman to the ground as s walked home with her child. >> we are not wearing much of gold these days. it's better not to wear it, just to be safe. >> reporter: all of the robberies took place in broad daylight and targeted east indian women. lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> six uc berkeley police officers may lose their jobs after being accused of lying about patrolling a campus while they hung out inside the building. they claim they spent parts much their shifts in the math library. investigators used hidden cameras to catch the officers. they've been on leave since october. uc would not comment on accusations citing confidentiality laws. >>> uc berkeley has fired a long time member of the athletic department after an investigation found he violated the univer

police made last night's arrest in the central valley city of patterson. no doubt officers there will be working with concord police on this case. natasha, back to you. >> jessica, thank you. >>> happening today, the california supreme court is expected to rule whether facebook and other social media companies must turn over user content to criminal defendants. two murder suspects in san francisco requested video and other content posted to facebook and instagram by the victim and a witness. those murder suspects claim the constitutional right to a fair trial entitles them to the material to prepare for their case. attorneys for facebook and instagram say a federal privacy law prevents the release of user content. >>> new details on a flag kneeling controversy involving an east bay teacher. some students are fighting to keep him from being transferred. not everyone wants him to stay. abc 7 news reporter kate larsen has that story. >> reporter: students rally for tiyler rust who took a knee whie the flag was raised. >> the controversy is very good. >> carte

the most recent attack, near patterson elementary school. police believe the same suspect is behind at least two of the robberies. >> it's happening next to the school and that's scary. >> reporter: katie nielsen, kpix 5. >> investigators think the suspect is in his 20s or 30s. call if you recognize the man. >>> oakland police are looking for the shooter who sent terrified children running for cover as he opened fire near their school playground. kpix 5's da lin shows us a surveillance camera near parker elementary school caught a glimpse of the gunman and the getaway car. >> reporter: after school, broad daylight, and kids playing. then gunshots followed by the piercing sounds of kids screaming. a home surveillance camera captured the frightening ordeal across the street from parker elementary school in east oakland. it happened just before 5:00. a newer model mercedes pulled up and a man in a hoodie got out. the principal at the school saw the shooting. he tells me the man walked up to this apartment complex and fired three shots. [ three

have committed two of the robberies preying on mothers picking up their children from oliveira and patterson elementary schools. >> it give a little feeling of insecurity to all of us, not only about the jewelry but like it's about dropping the kids in the morning and all. >> reporter: these are photos that have man robbing and wrestling a woman to the ground as she walked home with her child. >> we are not wearing much of gold these days. it's better not to wear it, just to be safe. >> reporter: all of the robberies took place in broad daylight and targeted east indian women. lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> six uc berkeley police officers may lose their jobs after being accused of lying about patrolling a campus while they hung out inside the building. they claim they spent parts much their shifts in the math library. investigators used hidden cameras to catch the officers. they've been on leave since october. uc would not comment on accusations citing confidentiality laws. >>> uc berkeley has fired a long time member of the athletic department after an investigation found he violated the

nbc's steve patterson has the latest. >> reporter: after weeks of fiery destruction, kilauea is claimingst serious injury. after an airborne chunk of lava struck a man in pahoa, our cameras were there to chap tour what happened next. the neighbor rushed into the home, calling out to the victim. >> dale? >> reporter: debris still burning inside. >> molten chunks of rock, high in the air. it looked like fire works. >> reporter: the victim seriously injured but expected to recover. >> he's in the hospital now and we'll see if he loses a foot or not. >> reporter: lava now bubbling out of four active fissures pooling into bright red rivers and cutting across the earth. 4 structures ha 44 structures have been destroyed including homes, a new threat, streams of lava reaching the ocean. as the molten flows reach the water, a dramatic change in temperature can cause laze or plumes of hydro caloric acid spewing glass particles into the air. another serious hazard. warning, stay away. >> the biggest worry is people being trapped. >> reporter: the lava cutting off a major highway out of the evacuati

. >> reporter: the most recent attack was just yesterday near patterson elementary school school. police believe the same suspect is behind at least two of the robberies. >> happening next to our homes and schools, that's scary. >> reporter: police say they believe the man is in his 20s or early 30s. if you do recognize the man in the video, police want to hear from you. >>> some police officers at cal could be fired for what they were allegedly doing on patrol. six uc berkeley officers were caught regularly sitting inside a closed campus library after reporting they were out patrolling other buildings. they've been on paid leave since october. they are waiting for a decision in their final appeal hearing. a cal spokesperson says quote because police officer personnel matters are confidential, we cannot discuss any particulars of any individual case. speaking generally we expect all of our officers to be out working as assigned. a former student is coming forward tonight.. with disturbing claims against a he says he >>> a former student is coming forward tonight with disturbing cl

police made tonight's arrest in the central valley city of patterson. good evening i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm alma daetz. now to our other top stories, stand or pay up. >> yeah, today nfl owners approved a new policy addressing the controversy over national anthem protests. >> 49ers owner jed york as the only one to abstain from the voting. tonight 49ers players and coaches met with fans in san jose. >> abc7 news reporter carlos sa said owe is outside the theater tonight with the story. carlos. >> reporter: well, the event was labeled as the state of the franchise but there was very little announcement as far as today's decision with the nfl and its anthem policy. "the fan" fa the fanfare was just as loud outside as the was inside for the state of the franchise. team leadership discussed what fans have to look forward to this upcoming season, but were mum on the nfl's new national anthem policy. >> it's still pretty early on so i'm not sure what i'm going to be doing. >> reporter: under the new rule, any player who comes out onto the field during the an

nbc news correspondent steve patterson is in hawaii with more steve. >> tyler, right now, big islandains in a state of emergency and for good reason, as you mentioned, those lava floe, flowing through the community. they spout out from fissures that open up, literally just splits in the ground where lava shoots up hundreds of feet high. we've seen it several times now. there's been ten of those fis r fissures all clustered together in this residential area called leilani estates. those evacuation orders in place, about 1,800 people pushed out of their homes they were allowed to collect their belongings and medical supplies yesterday some realizing that their home had been destroyed from all that volcanic active. no time line, no indication of when this is going to end. it accompanies earthquakes we've had more than about 500 of them rattle this island including a 6.9 on friday, the large nest in nearly 40 years. there's this toxic gas, sulfur dioxide. crews are really worried about that if you have respiratory issues, lung issues, if you're very young or very old, that can be a deadl

my name is delia patterson. i'm the senior vice president and general counsel at the american public power association. i'll be moderating this panel today on digitizing the power grid. i see three major trends driving

nbc's steve patterson is right there on the ground for us. steve, good morning. what's the latest? >> reporter: frances, officials they have allowed those in the lay lanny collect their items, personal effects and medication. they are warning everyone within the risk zone be careful and be ready to flee at a moment's notice. there is no sign of this volcanic activity from slowing down. >>> the earth opened again. kilauea's relentless eruption continuing. officials are warning nearly 2000 residents to get out, concerned about toxic gas, molten rocks and the potential for wildfires. felicia frazier harms lives in the path of the lava flow. >> boom, your whole life comes to a screeching halt. >> reporter: she knows the trauma kilauea's fury as anyone. losing her childhood home when it was destroyed by lava flows in 1990. >> just the thought of like losing everything we worked so hard for, and my kids' childhood home, our community all having to go through it again. >> reporter: the world's most active volcano exploded on thursday. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: snaking rivers of lava thr

on this patterson has to be the biggest surprise as i said i think sandra wagner has done a great job i mean at this season and i think he probably was very surprised not to be included but the five of striker is the second top scorer in the bundesliga this season and he's certainly got the kind of character to me which suggests he's going to fit right in in this team i get to not being involved is obviously a surprise considering the role he played in the last world cup but he hasn't had the best season adversity almost so that's perhaps a little bit more understandable so do you think this squad can defend its world cup title. absolutely there is no reason why germany can't go on when that's when with this squad i think the players that they've selected certainly have the quality to do that and the choices that live is made today suggest to me that he's picked a lot of players a certain players on character and his present being the number one in that regard maybe adding the right touch or a new touch can be and make all of the difference now there was some controversy over a photo

she'll also get a lifetime achievement award as our entertainment correspondent colin patterson reportsceived awards throughout her career. in 1945 she was given both the war medal and the burma star for entertaining the troops. but now at the age of 101 she finds herself nominated in two competitive categories at the classic brit awards. it is on the back of the success of the album vera lynn 100, released last year, and featuring re— orchestrated versions of some of the best—known songs and digitally created at us with the likes of the host of pointless, alexander armstrong. # balbi bluebirds over... the album will only scaf off number one by ed sheerin and drake. the classic routes say that what she has achieved in her 100 years more than worthy of nominations. she is a legend, an icon, she spent a whole century, nearly, of entertaining the uk. 0bviously what i most famously. but even as recently as 2009 she topped the charts. the oldest person ever to top the official charts. yes, she was the forces sweetheart and now almost 80 years later vera lynn is the darling of the classic bri

in february 2015, 23-year-old joe patterson, on the left, that's his son. his wife was pregnant when he took the fentanyl-laced product. and he never got to really see his newborn son at all. joe patterson from georgia took a single painkiller from a friend when he pulled a muscle and he died. josh ackerman in california took a quarter of a xanax because he couldn't sleep. and he never woke up after taking a quarter of the tablet. the stories is the same for maggie crowley in florida. and bernie stocksbury in ohio and even prince in minnesota. it took us a long time to find out that the product that killed prince was a counterfeit drug that was laced with fentanyl. the carrie crowley in the picture on the right up there, and that's holding a picture of her son. she's been a big advocate of trying to get these counterfeit products off the market. so americans are dying. and there's a few things as a psm, we'd like to change and get going on trying to put this problem away. so we need every american to be aware that our country is awash in fake pills. we need

i had the chance to attend their awards program and wanted to congratulate will patterson, david miller, dj irwin and patricia for receiving awards that night. and then finally, i wanted to thank president mendoza-mcdonnell for residing over the 12th annual sfusd retirement celebration which she helped start with then mayor gavin newsome and then dennis kelly. it was real eye a -- really a wonderful event. >> vice president cook. >> i wasn't at the last board meeting, but i wanted to shout out to all the organizers of the black family day that was hosted at willie brown a few weeks back. it was a great event. i got to serve on a panel with incredible young people. i just appreciate the multiple years that that event has been hosted. also, commend the educators for the really wonderful he are tirement -- retirement event that i attended last week -- retirement/scholarship event, really, really inspiring evening, and congratulations to all of our educators that have retired and our students going off to multiple four-year schools. i commend your success and service to our district. >> tha

nbc's steve patterson is in california.r: sheinelle, this is an about face from the university of southern california's board of trustees. earlier this week as calls for the president to step down started mounting, t issued a statement defending the handling of the scandal. now appears to be a change of heart. breaking overnight. a bombshell announcement at the university of southern california. president c.l. max nikias agreeing to step down in the wake of the scandal after hundreds of former patients accuse dr. george tyndall, the only full-time gynecologist for 30 years, has been accused of sexual misconduct. >> i am looking for justice. >> reporter: the accuser danielle detail her account. >> he put two fingers in me and felt around. he said i think we better use some lube. he felt around by moving his fingers around inside for few minutes. he said that this was part of the std test. >> reporter: at least ten lawsuits filed against tyndall. as the accusations piled up, calls for the university president to step down. th

. >> and the governor of alabama, john patterson, had said citizens of the state are so enraged, i cannot protection for this bunch of rabble-rousers. >> the whole world is watching. the violence could undermine kennedy's presidential authority. >> jfk says get them off the buses. stop them from demonstrating. >> jack does not want to back the protesters. supporting civil rights would make him very unpopular with southern democrats. >> let's not forget the south is solidly democratic. they call them dixiecrats but they were democrats. so a big part of the power base for the kennedys rests in the south. >> in a desperate attempt to defuse the situation, bobby makes a call. >> bobby tried to convince the freedom riders that they should cool down for a bit and just not embarrass the president. the wonderful response of the young civil rights leaders is we've been cooling off and slowing down for 50 years, and we're going to keep going. >> civil rights leader the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. rives in montgomery, alabama, to join the assembly. the church is soon surrounded by an angry m