it's a little town by itself way away from phoenix, 45 minutes outside the border of phoenix. >> [speaker not understood]. >> yeah. it's out there. and you're like, this kid is traveling. so, you can see it tells you what cameras they take pictures with. this is the mic camera, what it was removed, what type of surface it was. it comes with an incident number. that incident number is tracked to our graffiti abatement team.

it's a little town by itself way away from phoenix, 45 minutes outside the border of phoenix. >> [speaker not understood]. >> yeah. it's out there. and you're like, this kid is traveling. so, you can see it tells you what cameras they take pictures with. this is the mic camera, what it was removed, what type of surface it was. it comes with an incident number. that incident number is tracked to our graffiti abatement team. from them i give incident number, 451 4321. okay, we cleaned it up on this date and it was 45 21 for a damage estimate or $54. whatever it took for them to clean that off and how they cleaned it off, that's how we get our damage estimate to make a bigger case. >> [speaker not understood]? >> for the abatement? as that's a whole 'nother ball game and a whole 'nother day. but i can get it for you. they do an audit every year, neighborhood services department. last year we cleaned up $6.4 million in graffiti. so, it's pretty bad. i give you the person to get in charge -- with the abatement side, william hogan. i'll give you his number and stuff. he can tell you how they do

phoenix or arizona it's a thousand. okay. it used to be 250 years ago and they moved it up to a thousand. so, it's a little bit harder for us to get -- if i got him down to $97 0 in damage, i almost got him. [laughter] >> but this is the way we started, though. ultra was my very first big case instead of doing these little tagers every so often. you guys investigating graffiti crimes, you see a tager come across. once in a while, what the hell is this, ultra again? ultra again? * this is how we started. * tagger look at different things on facebook. i don't know if you guys can see all the paint cans. it's got a couple assault rifles in there. graffiti is just -- graffiti -- those guys aren't that bad. we're seeing a lot of -- in the state of -- in the city of phoenix, not the state of arizona, but the city of phoenix, we don't recognize tagging crews yet as gangses. they don't filth our criteria for dealing that. but if you look at it, they do. i can prove to you that it's the same stuff as when when you document a gang memo

we also have -- in phoenix, we have those little flash cams. i think we had some over here, the vendors area. flash cams are awesome. these people don't even understand. we even have some flash cams that talk to you. you are trespassing in the area. vacate the area. they don't care. they just keep tagging. we use some of those flash cams to put on these -- put on here to try to catch them. put them on the media and catch them that way. all right. some of the fun parts on why we're doing what we're doing. >> hey, mike, [speaker not understood]. >> joe? >> yeah. >> i don't know what he he does, man. [laughter] >> anybody know about sheriff joe? crazy. >> [speaker not understood]. [laughter] >> i was telling the story, the first time i came to phoenix, arizona, i was a fresh rookie cop. i took a guy to jail. it was just after lunchtime, about an hour after lunchtime. the guy was i'm starving, i'm starving. you should have thought about that before you went to jail. i'll give him some food. they gave him green baloney. i ain't eating that. don't co

i got hits all over phoenix. what the hell is going on? guy is just a tagger, right? no, he did six burglaries in phoenix and five burglaries in glendale by his girlfriend's house. 35 guns stolen. went back and interviewed him. where did those guns go? he sold them. to who? bunch of tagger buddies. so, it go and goes and goes. and now he's got 6-1/2 years for the graffiti. he's facing up to 8 years right now for the burglary charges. so, it's not just graffiti. b feet i'm telling you, please don't believe that. * what else did i want to tell you guys? there's something. just be careful with some of these guys, especially when you deal with them out on the street. there's a couple incidences where we caught people in the act, arrest them, get their hands behind them, sure as crap they have a gun right there. so, either they have guns or they have pellet guns that look like guns. same thing as i'm going home to the family. they pull that on you. you know what you need to do. it's a getting worse. and we're doing a study -- you might be interested in talking to you about

phoenix or arizona it's a thousand. okay. it used to be 250 years ago and they moved it up to a thousand.

phoenix, 93 this afternoon. and then as we go into the weekend, a couple more showers in the northwest. and still warm in the southwest. that's where all that warm air's hiding. i'd love to have some over here. >> i'm going west this weekend. >> you're going to get in on some good weather. >>> it might take sleight of hand for "the incredible burt wonderstone" to have a magical box office weekend. the comedy about las vegas magicians has solid star power in steve carell, olivia wild and jim carrey, but according to "fandango's" new fan-ticipation meter, which uses social media and advanced ticket sales to gauge a film's buzz, "oz, the great and powerful" is, indeed, tracking for another great weekend. >>> well, justin bieber wrote a lengthy instagram post thursday shooting down rehab rumors and, quote, countless lies in the press. he also took a shot at lindsay lohan saying people comparing him to the troubled actress should, quote look at her 2012 tax statements. justin quickly deleted that section of the post

and she's already said that she's on board donating it for the 2013 conference in phoenix. (applause) >> >> rick stanton nominated somebody. rick? * >> if you've been working in graffiti profession for awhile, i think everybody knows randy campbell. who knows randy campbell? that's good. those of you who don't, especially if you're in law enforce. you're probably going to want to write this down. no graph.net. randy campbell has been working in graffiti cases forever and he's a retired, i think, sheriff or highway patrolman. maybe somebody can help me out there. >> highway patrol. >> highway patrolman. what he runs it's no ground.net. for law enforcement, if you're looking for a tagger you think is crossing state boundaries and you catch one and you want to put up that person's tag to other law enforcement agencies, he's got a network where you can do that. so, you send that in to him, he sends it out and it goes to hundreds of cities. if you're looking for somebody and you think that other cities might know who that is, put that out and he'll send it out to all those citie

hot, dry weather is the stuff of legend in the sprawling metropolis of phoenix, arizona. here in the valley of the sun, summer temperatures can exceed 100 degrees for weeks on end. being surrounded by desert only makes things hotter. on july 5th, 2011, the combination results in a spectacular phenomenon that fills the sky. >> the storm spanned from one side of the horizon to the other. >> this time lapse must be seen to be believed. the storm is called a haboob. >> a haboob is an arabic term, and it basically just means wind. here in the southwest or the united states we generally just use the word dust storm. >> the wind from a dying summer thunderstorm kicks up enough dust to produce a dense, massive wall, advancing towards the city. while some take cover, veteran storm chaser and videographer blaine curry sees this perfect storm as a perfect photo op. >> i get a phone call. get your camera. i don't care what you're doing. drop what you're doing right now. get out to the nearest hill you can. as soon as i got to the nearest intersection, i saw it coming. >> kwhiel while

lights what happen over phoenix arizona in the ninety's let's take a look at that. it was described by witnesses is larger than a football field and silent it was a giant. in the right side of the b. went over us the left side was like a couple blocks over it just didn't know what to do you know it was just like my god how big is this thing the greats. arizona. i want to go to the vietnam era for spidering i've never publicly now what she did until now and i suspect. the defense department proves this otherwise that it was probably some form of million spacecraft so why what's amazing about that is that at the time all these people thousands tens of thousands of people across arizona and nevada some even in california saw this phenomenon totally silent these this giant v. in the sky for a couple days he held a press conference and everyone was looking at him to explain what you know what he was going to say it was and he actually mocked them he came out with their guy in an alien outfit and of course you know here we see a decade later he's like yeah i think that th

phoenix, about 93 degrees. l.a. up to 80. we'll be in the 50s in the pacific northwest but 69 degrees in medford, oregon. not too bad out that way. so looking ahead, we are going to stay above average, normal high in l.a. is in the mid-60s. we should be in the mid-70s through the rest of the week, weekend, even monday, we're above average with a who have of 71 degrees. now phoenix, arizona, the normal high is in the mid-70s. we're well above that. today, tomorrow, saturday, we should get into the 90s, even upper 80s by sunday. things do start to cool off by monday. but it should still be in the mid-80s. lots of sunshine out60s in pend. elko, nevada, 60 degrees. 85 in bakersfield today. so it is warm all through california, through arizona. that's where the warm is across the country is right now. >> shall we head over to the transporter right now? >> i'll do it. i'll get there in a heartbeat. >> dylan, thanks so much. >>> coming up, 60 charged in a massive gambling operation that takes down florida's lieutenant governor. >>>

the phoenix hub is a critical piece of profitability. we will just be able to provide more service to the people of arizona and i feel good about that. the headquarters issue is one that is difficult situations like this, not one we took lightly, but one we did what we needed to do to make sure -- we had to pick one and the reality is american airlines has been headquartered in dallas for some time and we thought that was the right place to keep the american airlines headquartered but it was not done lightly. we expect to maintain a large andorate presence in tempe we expect to maintain that facility and keep it fully staffed with personnel because we are committed to arizona and the community and we will be a huge part to the community. i assure you i will still come to visit you and your colleagues because we love arizona. it is important to us. it is also the right business decision. the phoenix hub is extremely important. away and the miles l.a. situation is a very different type of flying. american uses los angeles largely as a gate

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phoenix they could set records in phoenix, arizona today and tomorrow. 93 and 93 as we head into the weekend. little early for 9 0s. maybe they are used to it. i am not sure in phoenix. i would say 9 0z are a little early. >> i agree with you. whatever you say. >> maybe they are jumping for joy. >> back to you. >> in a few hours samsung is unveiling it's new galaxy phone and it could give the iphone a run for its money. adam shapiro is here. can anything give the iphone a run for its money? >> i am a little prejudiced i am an iphone guy. it surpassed samsung they ha ip they have 29 percent of the market iphone has 22. it will be pretty much the same old thing with improvements to the camera that kind of thing. smart phone experts say you won't see changes in apple and samsung until a year and a half where you get bendable screens. you know all of them with smashed screen that is may be gone forever. >> that is when you drop it and it breaks. >> bendable screen. >> nothing surprises us any more. >> march madness just a few more days. >> brackets on sunday. >> how does it effect produc

now, according to our phoenix affiliates, the marine -- he was in phoenix with a group of other woundedom california for spring training baseball game. the group was there. you're looking at some video there. but when it was time for them to return home to california, the marine who lost both legs to an imp provised explosive device in afghanistan was humiliated. that's according to a man traveling with him. that same man says a tsa screener asked the marine to get out of his wheelchair and walk. and then that marine also had to remove his prosthetic leg. here's more from the man traveling with him. >> he cannot stand up by himself. and i tried to explain that, and they don't want to hear it. i said, man, i'm sorry that has to happen to you. and he just goes, you know what, get me -- out of here. >> so they apparently walked away from that situation feeling very disrespected. but the tsa has a different story of the account. they say that closed circuit tv shows that tsa officers followed procedures and that the marine actually stood up on his own and willingly walked through security.

phoenix was up year over year, san francisco, 17.5 and then you look at the bottom of the li d new york city up just half a percent. what kind of conclusion should we draw from looking at these numbers and what's the story behind the numbers. >> short run go for phoenix. long run, go for new york. by the way, the financial sector is very low priced now, too. new york is the world's financial sector and it looks beaten down right now, but my feeling is that has a good, strong future. >> let me get you as a student of value to commt iyou ul the values of the stock market today. do you think the market is priced too high for the economic underpinnings. >> it is priced highly. i have my own -- and cyclically adjusted price-earnings ratio, and that ratio is 23 which is high. then you have to remember that interest rates are very low. so it's not unnatural for them to be high. so what i'm saying is based on the cape ratio and the real return on the stock market for the next ten years might be something like 3% a yrhich isn't bad ithe current environment. that's way better than your ten-year t

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he did arrive safely in phoenix the next day.he airline refund ad $450 fee it charges to fly with a pet. no word whether hendrix got to do sightseeing. ireland around st. patrick's day would be a lot of fun. anyway, back home. jon: it is a springer spaniel, not a irish seter. rick folbaum, a happy ending anyway. >> that's good. jon: thanks. jenna: could eight hours hours a day keep the pounds away? what a new study reveals about the link between sleep and weight. dr. marc siegel joins us next jon: well the baggie eyes and yawning are bad enough but new research shows losing sleep can also make you fat. the study followed 16 healthy men and women for two weeks, chronicled their every move and found that losing just a few hours of sleep a night had an almost immediate impact on metabolism and eating habits. dr. marc siegel, fox news medical a-teamer and professor of medicine at nyu langone medical center. 16 people involved in the study at university of colorado. they documented everything they did, very high-tech study. do you agr

, az 6,434 in phoenix to watch the a's host rangers top 1st adrian beltre a deep shot - but watch greating catch in the outfield by the cuban missle, yoenis cespedes it's still a sac-fly and a run scores bot 5th, 4-0 tex josh reddick - the bearded one - sends this randy wells pitch deep over the wall in right reddick's 2nd home run of the spring rangers beat a's 6-2 a's drop to 8-9 this spring the 49ers lost their 4th free agent, and third on defense when the colts inked defensive lineman ricky jean francois to a 4-year, $22 million deal francois joins isaac sopoaga and dashon goldson on defense, as well as tight end delanie walker as 49ers to leave via free agency francois may best be known for what he calls his "penu--peanut butter jelly" dance: ♪

phoenix, one of the warmest spots in the country. one of the only spots in the country to get oh into the 80s. much of the nationhe northwest continues you will stay on the cool side. >>> good news for the west. it looks to be a dry weekend. >> do you have a man cave at your house? >> i wish. >> i know. i'm not even a man and i wish i had one. stick around for this story. it's amazing. >> all right. >>> first though obama care is on the move. is your state one of the 26 that failed to meet obama care deadlines? plus, have you heard the buzz over american eagle's spray-on skinny jeans? it may be the ultimate man cave, bill. 7,000 square feet of space. oh, yeah. this is for the man in your life and it is for sale. "early today" is back in two. >>> welcome back to "early today." here are stories making news this morning. a new report says republican leaders in as many as 26 states are failing to make obamacare deadlines to connect uninsured residents to coverage. if states don't act the federal government will step in. >>> there is a bi

even the university of phoenix online was like, who? [ laughter ] we don't even have a basketball team. i don't know why we care. you guys see this thing about tilda swinton? tilda swinton -- i love tilda swinton. there she is right there. oscar nominated actress was a part of a new exhibit -- you hear about this, quest? tilda is now sleeping in a box at the museum of modern art. [ laughter ] take a look at this. this is her sleeping in the box. [ laughter ] there's no schedule. she just comes in. she sleeps in the box. leaves. >> questlove: yep. >> jimmy: walks away, then comes in -- oh, i think i'm going to sleep in the box. she'll come in, taking a nap in the box. she's actually just laying in a box. or as fish put it, "oh, sure, when she does it, it's art. when we --" [ laughter ] tilda is -- tilda swinton is sleeping down the street. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: right now at the museum of modern art. >> steve: that's the way it goes. >> jimmy: in a glass box. art experts are actually calling it a powerful deconstruction of the voyeuri

we had records thursday and friday in places like salt lake city and phoenix. and the southwest, those high temperatures peaked on thursday and friday, and today above average but not as warm as they were today. pacific north west, rain for you, and that storm system gets its act together and cruises through the country, and that's the next storm system down the pike, guys. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> sure. >>> we have more ahead this hour. >> here is what is coming up next. >>> knives are coming to the sky. how safe is the crew? a new measure one 9/11 widow is pushing to make pilots safer. >>> they are rich, famous, and we love to hate them. now one star is defending young celebrities from what she calls media bullying. >>> you know when the celebrities tweet out a product. violators could be in trouble. reduce or stop cymbalta. dizziness or fainting may occur upon standing. take the next step. talk to your doctor. cymbalta can help. >>> investigators are looking into what caused a deadly plane crash in ft. lauderdale. the twin engine went down in a nearby

warm in the southwest, phoenix in the mid 70s. ten degrees colder than usual in the upper midwest. fargo, about 25 degrees today. looking good, as always, in miami and honolulu. they will be close to 80 degrees. >>> coming up, good news when it comes to gas prices. your monday business news is next. >>> and the new use for aspirin. a new study released overnight on the effectiveness of battling a deadly form of cancer. >>> and the epic 100-yard fall caught on helmet cam. this climber's message when his ordeal was finally over. >>> welcome back, everybody. we are seeing a reversal at the pump. gas prices are actually coming down. they dropped five cent gals lon many the last week, the first decrease since december. the reason behind it all, crude oil prices are falling and k street begins the week in new territory this morning. the dow opens at nearly 14,400. boasted by last week's positive reports about jobs. the index is up 10% since the first of the year. the bull market began the run upward four weeks ago. >>> and "oz the great and powerful" really was great and powerful. almost

makes sense when you find out they got their degree from the university of phoenix. >> one billionaire is building titanic 2. he says this won't sink. he has bigger plans and send one lucky couple on a round to mars. pope benedict xvi said a public farewell, private farewell and almost final so long before heading off into retirement. but wait. there's going to be two popes? >> it's going to be chaos. you can't have one vatican with two popes. it's like gotham with multiple batmans. you shine the bat signal all these clowns show up. >> so you think he will be forgotten by monday? >> you would like to think he wouldn't be, but, you know, people forget a lot over the weekend. >> yeah. that's when they get together. all right. all day long stay on top of the very latest developments, those stories and others as they break on msnbc and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with ""nbc nightly news."" later on the "today" show, brand new clue in the treasure hunt and candid moments with first lady michele obama and this sunday on "meet the press," an he interview with job boehner on the bu

ted rowlands is at the courthouse in phoenix., what do we hope -- or rather what does the defense hope to accomplish with the witnesses today? >> reporter: well, basically here's the thing. she has this great memory on the stand. she remembers dates. she remembers specific things that happened to her as a child, as an adult. but she can't remember everything that happened during the actual murder, the details of that. and so these two witnesses are coming on, a psychologist and then also a domestic violence expert, to basically explain to the jury that because this was such a traumatic event that's why she has selective memory. and this has been a problem for her on the stand for the last 18 days, you mentioned it. the prosecutor in this case, juan martinez, hammered away at her yesterday on her final day on the stand getting to her asking her why she couldn't remember. and basically poking holes in her story. let's take a quick listen to some of that. >> started to come in after the gunshot. after i got up and he threatened my l

look at phoenix. 62. why am i showing you phoenix? we could flirt with record highs this week. look at that 90 degrees for much of the workweek heading into the weekend as well. average high around 76. little early for 90 degree temperatures in phoenix, arizona. >> that's not fair for you to show that to us. >> i know. >> now i am going to be grumpy. >> she is never grumpy either. >> your doctor probably prescribed it for you for a cold. now we have a warning about a popular antibiotic. >> plus the white house may be closed to the public but that's not stopping the federal government from spending millions of dollars to study art. we are following the breaking news out of vatican city where smoke from the sistine chapel could appear at any moment. we will bring you the details as they come. license and registration please. what's this? uhh, it's my geico insurance id card, sir. it's digital, uh, pretty cool right? maybe. you know why i pulled you over today? because i'm a pig driving a convertible? tail light's out.. fix it. digital insurance id cards. just a click away with th

the southwest had record heat the last couple days in phoenix, and salt lake city.res not quite as warm as they were, but still above average and the pacific northwest rain showers moving in. if you can be out there skiing, high elevations snow, and lower elevations in denver, snow showers. >>> this dog story has really got me going. the idea of putting your dog on a plane and he ends up way far -- >> it's one thing to lose your luggage when you are waiting, and then you go, where is my dog? >> the springer span annual, 6 years old, his name is hendrix, and already a world traveler, but not on purpose. >> hendrix, and no relation to myself, he was going to phoenix but ended up in ireland. all the way to ireland. >> food and walks in between, but that's the kind of trauma you don't want to repeat. >> one happy dog. the airline apologized and offered a full refund. >> the owner says she is not sure the dog will be flying anytime soon. >> i thought about putting my dog on the plane before and that's the kind of horror story you hear about. >> the dog is thinking, you h

the english springer spaniel named hendrix was supposed to go from new jersey to phoenix.was a mishap at the airport. he ended up in ireland. his family was outraged. they were able to joke about the whole thing and said maybe he has guiness, corned beef, and cabbage. >>> louisville, ind, kansas, and gonzaga are number one seeds heading into the tournament. let's get the latest from espn news. >>> welcome in to your "sportscenter" update. i'm dario melendez. third quarter, heat up. 22 points and 12 boards for james. check out paul. the al lie eep to wade. a team high 24 point gos with 9 assis assists. the man of the fourth, ray allen. 4 for 6 from behind the arc. later in the fourth, allen, back to work. he scored 16 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter. the heat win, 108-91. 22-straight game win streak. >>> miami looking for the first acc tournament title in school history. d.j. harrison with other things in mind in the first. he knocked down four treys in the first half. this one, good. a team high. miami up three at the break. in the second, shane larkin wheeling and

kristin dalgren, nbc news, phoenix. >> see you on the treadmill.hat's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. see you tomorrow morning on "today" and right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. >> i'm teri mcsweeney. >>> raising money to help prevent drunk-driving and talking for the first time of what brought the reality of drunk-driving to his doorstep. we are live in san carlos with details. >> he lost two of his family members recently. that's what got him involved with m.a.d.d. his aunt and uncle went to the super bowl in new orleans and hours later, they were killed by a drunk driver. he was the last person to see them. he struggles with the pain from the unexpected loss. today, he signed autographs. dinner tonight will also be held to raise money for mothers against drunk-driving. walker who played for the niners signed a four-year deal with the tennessee titans. the move is bittersweet for him. he's grateful for the opportunity

. >> airport officials are trying to figure how a bullet got beyond security in phoenix, arizona, in the cabin of the jet at second moan to, international airport. a flight attendant found the .22 caliber on the floor after the southwest airlines flight arrived from phoenix which was not fired. t.s.a. officials say the pilot asked for the plane to be subjected before passenger boarded it for the next flight to portland. nothing else was discovered. they don't know who brought the bullet on board. >> daylight savings is on sunday with an effort to spring forward a dayerlier. mattress company seas too many show up to work tired the monday after daylight savings time kicks in and the company is launching a petition on facebook urging lawmakers to switch it permanently from sunday to saturday. >> there are a few things can you do to adjust to the time change. experts recommend start changing your routine a few days ahead of time. each night, go to bed and get up 15 minutes earlier. move the alarm far away so you have to get out of bet. it sounds like sleep training with babies. you want