. >> peter yarrow from the legendary folk trio has died at the age of 86. together, they're exceptionally harmonic voices helped to shape an entire generation. here's abc's david muir. >> peter yarrow of peter, paul and mary, the legendary 1960s folk trio. lord, i'm 500 m from my. >> home. >> their music, their distinct harmonies, their lyrics full of moving stories. their song. if i had a hammer, i'd sing out a warning. >> i'd sing out love. between my brothers and my sisters. all over this. land. >> the timeless puff the magic dragon. puff the magic dragon. >> live by the sea. >> sing it with us. >> and frolicked in the autumn. is in a land called on a leaf. >> they would record john denver's leaving on a jet plane. i'm leaving on a jet plane. >> don't know when i'll be back again. >> peter yarrow, writing often with paul stookey, the last surviving member of the group, mary travers died in 2009, often lending their voices for civil rights and against vietnam. how many times must the cannonballs fly before they're forever? >> banned? >> peter yarrow died

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peter yarrow of peter, paul and mary, the legendary 1960s folk trio. ♪ lord i'm 500 miles from my homeusic, their distinct harmonies, their lyrics full of moving stories. their song "if i had a hammer." ♪ i'd sing out a warning ♪ ♪ i'd sing about love between the brothers and the sisters ♪ ♪ all over this land ♪ >> david: the timeless "puff the magic dragon." ♪ puff the magic dragon ♪ ♪ lived by the sea ♪ >> sing it with us. ♪ and frolicked in the autumn mist ♪ ♪ in a land ♪ ♪ of honalee ♪ >> david: they would record john denver's "leaving on a jet plane." ♪ i'm leaving on a jet plane ♪ ♪ i don't know when i'll be back again ♪ >> david: peter yarrow writing often with paul stookey, the last surviving member of the group. mary travers died in 2009. often lending their voices for civil rights, and against vietnam. ♪ how many times must the cannon balls fly ♪ ♪ before they're forever banned ♪ >> david: peter yarrow died at the age of 86 earlier today at home in new york city, surrounded by loved ones after a years-long battle with bladder cancer. tonight here, peter yarrow in his own word

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tonight, 1k3 and a member the legendary folk trio who wrote puff the magic dragon, remembering peter yarrow storm is kicking you have explosive and rapidly spreading brush and wildfires all over southern california this evening. homes are already engulfed in flames in the pacific palisades section of l.a. forcing thousands of to flee and creating a dangerous situation. fire emergency fueled by powerful santa ana winds. officials had warned of extreme fire danger. tonight the danger has become a reality for those caught in the path. as the flames and smoke spread some drivers abandoned vehicles causing gridlock for others, including our own liz kreutz. liz joins us now from los angeles. liz, it is a desperate situation with so many rushing to get out. >> reporter: lester, this is a chaotic situation unfolding now. we are hearing reports of people trapped. hundreds of people have been trying to get out creating gridlock traffic. all of the cars around me are abandoned with people that got out to get out on foot. there are hundreds of firefighters who are working te fire right now. all of it i

peter yarrow of the legendary group peter, paul and mary has died. ♪ and brought in sealing wax ♪ puff to be about drugs, became one of the earliest hits. and yarrow said it was actually about outgrowing the playthings of childhood. the inspiration for the song came from a college acquaintance who fell out of yarrow's life. after searching for many years, yarrow finally tracked him down and shared half of the songwriting credit with him. peter yarrow was 86 years old. such a memorable song. and that is tonight's "cbs evening news." i'm norah o'donnell. good night. ♪ ♪ >>>>at night. it's wild, wild west. >>>>can law and order be brought to a notorious san francisco city street? >>>>when i came to san francisco and drugs were very rampant. >>>>today, we're talking about a plan to stop crime under the cover of darkness with mass arrests. arrests. >> he started at 7:00 at night. >>> and i'm anne makovec. we have all seen the scenes of people looking like zombies on the streets of san francisco. open drug use leading to petty crime and a general sense of lawlessness especially in the tender

singer-songwriter peter yarrow of the folk music group peter, paul and mary has died. ♪ yarrow co-wrote's best-known song, "puff the magic dragon." in the early 1960's, he joined forces and harmonies with noel paul stookey and mary travers. together, they created hit versions of bob dylan's "blowi'' in the wind" and pete seeger's "if i had a hammer," among others. a social activist on and off the stage, yarrow was involved in the civil rights movement, and campaigned against the war in vietnam. peter yarrow suffered from bladder cancer in his later years. he was 86 years old. still to come on the "news hour," the u.s. says sudan's rebel forces have committed genocide. minneapolis agrees to more oversight of its police department, four years after george floyd's murder. and we examine how u.s. foreign aid does and does not make an impact around the world. >> this is the pbs news hour from the david m. rubenstein studios at weta in washington and from the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism from arizona state university. geoff: facebook and instagram's parent company meta a

peter yarrow died this morning at his home in new york city after a four year battle with cancer. yarrow, along with paul stookey and mary travers, began performing as a group in 1961. he's best known for writing the song puff the magic dragon. the trio's biggest hit was their 1969 recording of leaving on a jet plane. yarrow was 86 years old. we have a lot more news ahead. garvin thomas joins us now with what's coming up next at 6:00. right now at 6:00, dangerous, explosive and fast moving. hundreds of fire personnel are tackling the palisades fire burning in southern california. and the worst is yet to come. we're tracking the latest on the gusty winds fueling that fire, as some 30,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. our jeff ranieri is tracking the conditions making for a potentially deadly situation down south. we've also seen some wind gusts here in the bay area. nothing like soc, but we'll still talk about that with our microclimate forecast and an encouraging update out of san francisco. new numbers show the city's crime rate is the lowest it's been in 23 years. the ca

remembering peter yarrow. >> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening and welcomend storm -- homes are engulfed in flames in the pacific palisades section of l.a. forcing thousands to flee and forcing an incredibly dangerous situation. santa ana winds gusting up to 100 miles per hour and spreading for acres and acres. the plume of smoke visible from lax. officials warned of extreme fire danger, the highest alert. tonight the danger has become a reality for those caught in the path. as the flames and the smoke spread today some dr

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. >>> folk singer peter yarrow has died. was known for his role in the band peter, paul, and mary. the group had several top ten hits in the '60s including a cover of bob dillon's born in the wind which they performed at the march on washington. peter was 86 years old. >>> all right. still ahead, ed luce of the "financial times" will join us with his new piece "musk's war on america's allies." he'll break down why the tech's ceo on russia and china speaks volumes >>> plus "usa today's" susan paige joins us with her sit down with president biden in which he says he could have won re-election. what he's now saying about his legacy and regrets. >>> also ahead, we'll go live to california where nbc's jacob soboroff is standing by with the latest updates on the fast-moving infernos that are destroying homes and causing thousands to flee. >>> "morning joe" will be right back. thousands to flee. >>> "morning joe" will be right back there are some feelings you can get with any sportsbook. ohhh! the highs! no, no, no. the no, no, nooo

. >> liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty peter yarrow, the singer songwriter best known as one third of the folk music trio peter, paul and mary, has died. >> he had been battling bladder cancer for the past four years, according to his publicist. during the 60s, peter, paul and mary released six billboard top ten singles, two number one albums, and won five grammys. yarrow also co-wrote the group's most enduring song, puff the magic dragon, and he performed on cnn back in 2017. >> bigotry and hatred still hang heavy in the air. >> they poisoned children's hearts and minds and

. >> liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty peter yarrow, the singer songwriter best known as one third of the folk music trio peter, paul and mary, has died. >> he had been battling bladder cancer for the past four years, according to his publicist. during the 60s, peter, paul and mary released six billboard top ten singles, two number one albums, and won five grammys. yarrow also co-wrote the group's most enduring song, puff the magic dragon, and he performed on cnn back in 2017. >> bigotry and hatred still hang heavy in the air. >> they poisoned children's hearts and minds and now. >> in the nation's capital is about to begin its final farewell to the 39th president of the united states, jimmy carter. right now, we are all looking together at live pictures from joint base andrews, where service members are awaiting special air mission 39. that is the plane carrying the late president and his family, now from georgia, due to land in any minute. welcome to cnn's special coverage. the state funeral of jimmy carter. >> i'm erin burnett, and i'm jake tapper. we're standing by for the first o

peter, paul and mary has died. the folk band is behind the hits puff the magic dragon and weave me the sunshine. we've a. >> sunshine. out of all the great, so many great songs. >> yarrowas given an honorary doctorate from san francisco state university in 2003. his representative says he died of bladder cancer. he was 86 years old. he'd been struggling with the cancer for some time. >> yeah. legendary songs. absolutely amazing. all right, we want to get a check on the weather and the wind. yeah. >> let's go back down to southern california. meteorologist sandhya patel tracking those conditions. >> yeah, and it's only going to get worse. unfortunately, between 10 p.m. tonight and 5 a.m. tomorrow. take a look at the winds right now out of the northeast, gusting to 25 miles an hour. looking at some other wind speeds. lax 21 miles an hour. here in the bay area we have our share of gusty winds. oakland 33. half moon bay 24. over the higher terrain, look at mount eminem 60 mile an hour. wind gusts right now. big rock ridge 33 as we go. hour by hour. notice the winds increasing during the overnight hours, reaching 50 miles an hour for the strongest winds over some of our loc