. >> rob was just excited.his was an opportunity. so it was like he was just excited about getting the offer. >> rob, nancy, and their two children, a three-year-old and an infant packed up their stuff, said good-bye to friends and family. the new yorkers were about to become american expatriates, and wealthy ones at that. it was good-bye new york, hello hong kong. this was their new home, a sprawling $20,000 a month apartment in parkview towers. they fit right into the life-style where banker husbands like rob earned millions of dollars a year but worked 16 hours a day, and wives like nancy filled time with children and charity work. they had begun their great life adventure. there was so much hong kong to explore. a glamorous city of 7 million people with business on its mind. but it was also asia. culturally alien for some westerners. after a long day, the kissel's could retreat to parkview towers, like america under glass. >> it is like disneyworld, kept green areas, pools, waterfalls, restaurants, tennis,

rob marciano was in kansas. that's his shot there. rob is on the phone with us. what are you seeing? we're looking at your shot now. >> we are to the right of the wall cloud, mesocyclone that jacqui told you about. a cell moved through, we have been watching it in woodward, oklahoma. dipping into a valley, then we come up over this ridge, you'll see what we're looking at. we are looking for this to tighten up a little bit around the circulation. get a little better organized, which it has been doing the past five or ten minutes. there you see wind turbine. you see the precipitation coming down. that is the area where if a funnel were to form and drop it would happen. so we're driving north, trying to stay ahead of it, because you get behind it, it is a lost cause. at this point, no tornado touchdown with this, but starting to look more well developed. >> you're traveling. the signal is in and out. that's rob marciano doing some storm chasing, our meteorologist here. there's an active tornado on the ground. jacqui jeras, our meteorologist in studio, as soon as we

what an honor to talk to rob reiner. >> right?ng about how hate. the rhetoric is at least archy had a heard, and now i'm not so sure these people have a heart. it's very sad. >> i think he would vote for the republican. >> i don't know that he would be hahpy with mitt romney. >> no he would probably have somebody like newt gingrich. >> look at those clowns. [ laughter ] >> i'm not really sure. andy in indianapolis. >> rob petri voted for him. >> yeah. andy you are on the stephanie miller. >> hi, everybody. three things first of all mr. [ inaudible ] i would really appreciate it if you make another follow-up documentary. >> the band doesn't like me. because they felt i done a hatchet job on this. [ laughter ] >> second, i would like to tell you something i didn't really overhear at a secret republican meeting i didn't really go to. it is called the three ss, the litmus test. keep them sick, keep them stupid, and keep them scared. >> yeah, like you say i don't think it has ever been so blatant. i remember when they cheered that we l

the bottom liven is flight risk, rob. flight risk.t is the judge -- i was thinking about 400, $500,000. $150,000 is quite a reasonable bond. there are obviously going to be important conditions in this thing. >> they are monitoring with ankle bracelets on him? >> they have to. take a close look at zimmerman. take a look at that suit. they had that guy with a bulletproof vest on. it's very likely he's going to be outside the jurisdiction. so the gps, the monitor is an absolutely critical part of the condition of release. >> we'll -- >> hey, rob. listen to this, rob. the government was asking for a million dollars or no release. that's what the government, the prosecution asked for. $150,000 was granted by the court and that was deemed heavy in florida because even people charged with first degree get $75,000 bond. the $150 is $15,000 in cash only and the rest collateral. the lead investigator, rob, he did not know who began the physical altercation. >> no way he could no. >> no, he did not. he was cross examined specifically on that. w

>>rob: and morgan hill, rob fladeboe, kron 4.: this has several pages including a biography of sierra lamar with several pictures. and a link from our website. >>pam: the man responsible for critically injuring ryan white during a d was back and joycecot room from du i this nine year old and a woman was hit from the vehicle. andrew vargas was a eventually arrested and charged with felony hit and run wild driving under the influence. today. marcus spoke words of remorse. >> your honor, i just cannot find the words to express how remorseful i feel towards the family of ryan white. i feel terrible about everything that happened in everybody involved this tragedy. i have learned so much out of this. i am determined to turn things around for them. i will do everything in my power. >>pam: he was sentenced to one year behind bars and five year'' probation in addition to a felony strike on his criminal record. >>pam: the father and daughter that died and a deadly bicycle ride were laid to rest today. there were buried in a traditional mu

shot at him. >> smith has endured being robbed time and time again.ut this time, the no nonsense store manager, who has never fired a gun in her life, shoots the man. one time at point blank range. >> i didn't even realize i hit him at first because it took a minute. >> now, armed with a little more courage, smith makes sure the robber doesn't try to hurt her. >> don't move. >> i was scared. i said, hey, show me your hands and he said, i don't have anything. >> it turns out the robber doesn't have a gun. smith is both relieved and annoyed. the robber pleads with her. >> please, don't shoot me. call 911. >> in a dramatic turn of events, it's the robber who's now afraid for his life. >> he was squirming around on the floor and i said, you weren't dialing 911 when you were robbing me. shut up, i'll call them. >> smith keeps the gun aimed that robber until police arrive. >> i was so relieved when they came. i was just like, thank you, god, for not letting me kill this man. he didn't have no gun, but i was so terrified of him or me. the robber is 26-year-o

that is straight from rob. i forget exactly when he said it, it was a couple weeks after you got back to bethesda. it was very soon after he was injured. that was his philosophy, and that was your title right there. c-span: what did you think of "survive, recover, live"? >> guest: it is probably a couple weeks after i was wounded. i remember i had put it on facebook. i had internet access at the time, so it was probably two weeks after i got wounded. c-span: a lot of the story is set up and told in the first 11 minutes, which is the survivor part of this. we are going to run the whole 11 minutes, then we will come back and have you guys fill in the blanks. >> guest: that sounds great. >> hello and welcome to the first annual. [inaudible] >> harry doing? >> i'm doing very well. >> we have an exciting match up today. >> let's posit this writer. this is a story about my friend rob. that is me and him in high school. you see, i'm the clichÉ, it a nerdy kid who watched "jurassic park" too many times. he had an ill c

rob marciano is in oklahoma. and we're following the tornado outbreaks in the middle part of our country. joining us now by phone is susan candiotti, she's in a hotel in wichita, kansas. she's seeing lightning strikes and hearing about tornadoes breaking out throughout that area. first to our meteorologist jacqui jeras with new information. >> this is a large confirmed tornado on the ground near clearwater right now and it's less than 30 minutes away from downtown wichita. this is what we call a tornado emergency where there's a large destructive tornado confirmed on the ground moving towards a populated area. so this is as bad as it gets in terms of the threat at this hour. and this has been a rough day. more than 60 reports of tornadoes from places like oklahoma, into kansas, nebraska, and even into iowa, where we're getting reports that there's some damage to a hospital in creston there. so an unusual day with a lot of destruction. most of the storms have been rural throughout the day. now as they move into po

right, rob? >>> temperatures today in the 80s and 90s. you'll think, you can pack away the winter clothes. you mentioned it, kris, you'll need it toward the middle part of the week. but this morning you'll notice the clear skies and a little bit of patchy fog along the coastline. but look how mild temperatures are to start the da mostly 50s near the bay area, but some of the hills near fremont and south of san jose starting off the morning in the 60s. so this is like a running start to the warm up we'll see today. without any sea breeze until mid-afternoon with temperatures warming very quickly. today looking a little more like summer around the bay area. out to the tri-valley and the areas south of san jose, very likely low 90s today. 70s and 80s with areas of fog on the coast. then the ocean air-conditioning will turn on, more so tomorrow, that will lead to cooling. then maybe temperatures dropping by 20 degrees by the time we get into monday and tuesday. for a change, the active weather will be heading out towards the east coast. as we

rob black? >>rob: ibm is doing a stock buyback.t&t also provided good numbers with property are better than expected. this could be one of the worst quarters for this year but it is better than expected. and perhaps 14,000 the dow jones by the end of the year. >> catherine: home prices are decreasing but slowly. >> it is based on needs. you've still are looking at housing numbers but we do need job growth. the s & p is showing that 3.5% decreasing annually is the slowest drop. their record low borrowing costs have helped but look at these numbers. >> catherine: san francisco. >> las vegas. and >> catherine: those key areas? >> robbed think about this just in five years. with places like phoenix, showing a recovery. >> catherine: what about location, location, location? >> rob fremont. >> catherine: so salida, palo alto. and the winner is apple. --sausalito >>rob: i own apple shares. they have made a $11.6 billion. however the margin = 42%. they did not blow out the revenue. they did offset margin costs. the ipad sold millions. chri

thanks again to rob marciano.here are many areas not out of the woods just yet and i want to bring in our meteorologist jacqui jeras. which areas need to be on the lookout right now? >> more than 1,000 miles of real estate from wisconsin stretching all the way down into arkansas where those red boxes are. that means tornadoes are still possible in these areas and at greatest risk, i think, who has a chance of still seeing tornadoes in the next few hours. southeastern minnesota into western parts of wisconsin. this line has a history of producing a lot of lightning and some hail with it but no warnings at this time, but stay alert, and then we're also tracking from st. louis stretching down just to the east of little rock. we've had about a dozen tornado reports today, but little to no damage, so that's the good news so far. so a big area for the slight risk overnight from houston stretching up over towards chicago and milwaukee. the storm system advances eastward for tomorrow, and we'll be looking at places like b

. >>> let's check in now with rob mayeda and the weather going on around here. rob? >> the weather around the bay area is certainly hot. especially from san jose south. that is where we are seeing the hottest temperatures now. let's take you outside to san francisco. i want to show you that we are watching a developing sea breeze right now. if you look closely, you can see the flag is moving around as the sea breeze is trying to pick up. no low clouds right now. are we breaking records? on the left side, you can see the records. they are high standards to meet. mid-90s break records in the valley. we were close in the north bay and fairly close in the east bay. san jose near 90. we saw the numbers climb up. gilroy, 97 degrees. if we broke record, it's south of san jose. a developing sea breeze hints as cooler changes as we watch the low clouds reforming on the coast. it's going to set the stage for more low clouds and ocean air-conditioning as you wrap up the weekend. yesterday felt more like august. tomorrow, cooler changes. look at the bottom of the screen. we are

police say a hood in a hoodie tried to rob this store. but he wasn't counting on a cop at the counter. >> oh! >> and what a customer does after the shooting is a real head shaker, too. he wants to be "the bachelor" on tv, but see why somebody's always pencilled him in as the groom. >> ah, we have someone who would like to propose to you. >> if "the bachelor" doesn't work out -- >> oh. >> and it's called jumping cactus for a reason. >> oh, oh [ bleep ] in my [ bleep ] leg! >> i'm sorry, dude. >> don't think about consequences as you do things. >>> it's time to kick things off. our first video. >> we've all had bad dates, but this one is straight-up horrifying. i found a video on krqe, new mexico state police officer's car. pulling up 0 an intersection you see a car straight around this corner. the police officer tries to stop him, but instead of pulling over, the driver of his car, 18-year-old angel gutierrez, desides he's going to take off at speeds of over 70 miles an hour, and sometimes reaching speeds of 107 miles an hour. in the car w

he was then robbed ordered in to the car's drunk. the three drove the cab to oakland and let the victim go. the cab driver was not hurt. nobody mass been arrested. police say two cabbies in oakland and one in antioch have all been robbed this week. >> safety was the single took for in the decision to cancel all off shore boat races, they are all postponed in the wake of the deadly accident near the islands early this month. we spoke to the coast guard captain who said she made the call out of an aboundance of caution. there is no word on what the events will resume. >> this fall california voters may have the chance to have the state oversee health insurance costs. harvey was out -- for petition in san francisco. in 1998, his proposition regulated auto -- now he said he is ready to take on health insurance. >> once we force companies to open their books, improve, under penalty of perjury -- that they need them it'll give them the power to stop them if they aren't justified. >> to qualify november the ballot it needs 200,000 mower sig

rob mayeda knows more. we'll talk with him in just a bit.overnor brown's proposal for tax increases. larry gersten joins us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> let's talk about why this is in trouble. >> well, we've talked about this before. unless they have 60% public support going into the election, they're in big trouble, and likely to lose. now, that's because so many people have second thoughts at the end. to brown's proposal, well, the latest survey by the public policy institute of california, a very nice nonpartisan operation in san francisco, statewide survey finds that only 54% support the tax increases, that's the sales tax and income tack for higher level earners. that's very worrisome, because you're just not going to be there. 54% is not good. >> almost all the $7 billion that would come from these temporary increases would fund public education. does this speak to how people feel about public education, or just their own personal economy? >> it's a good question. the irony is voters understand, they get it, they un

rob black is here. what happened? >>rob: the unemployment numbers impacted the markets.reet could have started a bit better but with that news. a bit of a sell-off. and slow growth is still growth. >> catherine: a zerol selling patons to microsoft i guess they really needed that money. >> selling yes patents.. some are tied on x box, and other operating systems this highlights the trend. and in silicon valley, with tech companies struggling and trying to generate in, with selling and selling. >> catherine: facebook acquires instagram! >>rob: $1 billion. >> catherine: only 12 the employees! >> catherine: instagram is a photo application. >>rob: when i start on facebook i am looking at the photographs. >> catherine: take a look at my facebook page. >>robin: this was for smart by facebook to keep social. >>rob: this was very smart for facebook. it is all about photo sharing. instagram is worth $1 billion! a and a 1/2 >> catherine: a san francisco- based company. the loser is the ratings for the masses. why were they down? >> catherine: tiger woods was not that popular. >>ro

rob and paula?ne, thank you. >>> that same storm system caused more chaos, forcing a united airlines jet to make an emergency landing when the plane was hit by pretty severe turbulence. ambulances were waiting when the plane finally landed at its destination in houston. five passengers and two flight attendants were hurt in the chaos. >>> and we are learning grim new details about the circumstances surrounding whitney houston's death. the final autopsy report shows that white powder was found in the singer's hotel room and that she had cocaine throughout her system. drug paraphernalia was also found on a bathroom counter nearby. an investigator also noted a hole in houston's nose listed under history of substance abuse. she reportedly had abrasions on the left side of her forehead. houston accidentally drowned in a bathtub nearly two months ago. >>> a very bitter chapter in the aftermath of hurricane katrina has come to a close. a federal judge imposed stiff prison sentences on five new orleans cops

rob, what's happening outside? >> right now, it's pretty nice. we had the weekend ahead. a big, stormy saturday, cleared out nicely yesterday. and at least for now, the weather's looking good, except on the coast. we have the high surf warning in effect. use caution if you're going to be anywhere near the beaches. 60s later on this afternoon, next chance of showers comes in as we get into tuesday night and wednesday. we're in the 40s outside. you'll need a jacket this morning. you will notice some high clouds this afternoon. they will not drop rain on us yet. the system come late tomorrow will start to spill more clouds and thicker clouds our way come tuesday. of course, we've got the bay bridge getting started tonight as we head over to the at&t park, first pitch around 7:30 this morning. listen to that. that'll wake you up this morning. 58 degrees, first pitch. three games, by the way, mike, we'll tell you about traffic impacts later on this evening. here's your temperatures around the bay area. santa cruz, close to 70 today. that's nice, pleasantton, as well, 70 degree

as far as anyone can possibly be on the limb, i said he'll pick rob portman. >> rob portman is the senator from ohio. a state republicans historically must win to win the presidency. here's how one republican state chairman described the appeal of rob portman. according to buzz feed. he was born to be the guy standing next to the guy. he's the type of guy who ran for vice president of his high school student council. go ahead, you first. >> whatever you think about rob portman, i make the case on a couple of levels. one, twice senate confirmed. what does that mean? >> for? >> ustr, u.s. trade representative and budget director. that means his fbi file is known to all who care. which means he will be noncontroversial and will not slow the romney campaign down if they pick rob portman. what is crucial for romney is to pick a vice president that checks several boxes and then he moves on as the alternative to obama. he cannot afford two or three weeks about who his running mate is. which i think he would invite with rubio, christie or any of the more charismatic choices. >> wouldn't they be mo

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i think it's the kind of technological invasions that rob was talking about. in sbrpting the data in actually how do you actually bring your cost down. we've known about horizontal drilling and hide yofrakking for decades. so it's only been the early part of last decade. that we saw that becoming commercial. not only the technology, but it's adapting it to circumstances in this case, the united states. we've been the leaders in this. the ability to take risk, willingness to take risk. and that you tend to find that in the smaller firms. you know, who basically go all in on a particular project. and that's what happens with shell gas in the barnett region of texas which was what really turned the corner in taking known technology, adapting it, and bringing the cost down to where at the time it was profitable. >> and, do you see some technology coming out of the government that's doing to further refine this? or technology coming out of corporations that's going to further refine the oil business? >> i think it's less likely to come out of government because the

rob, that's a lot of twisters.not a record, but certainly been an active year and we've already had a couple of bad tornado outbreaks and fatalities alarming well over the average we've got over 60 fatalities in the last year, we had much, much more than that with the two massive outbreaking here and alabama and in missouri, but you mentioned warning, you know, there were three cells that came through this town, two during the day, they were tornado warnings but didn't drop a tornado. created a lot of damage. knocked out power and here the warning sirens are powered by electricity. it kind of goes county by county here in oklahoma as far as what system you want to use and oklahoma city for instance they have powered sirens by electricity but they also have backup battery in case that electricity goes out so that you can hear the sirens. in most areas sirens are designed to alert people who are outside. now the third and final round of storms that came through here was, that dropped the tornado came in the middle of

as rob fladeboe reports, they're not giving up hope.: with a another weekend, and gone no clues, no leads but volunteers say they are not going to give up the search any time soon. 350 people turned up on saturday. many of them were returning volunteers. 500 separate search teams was the milestone #since her disappearance. >> nearly 4000 have been involved in the search. in addition, we have used 5700 people in not total participation. >>rob: search & rescue into five different sheriff's department looking through gilroy in a world. as did not find anything to the sierra lamar case. >> we are eliminating the out and keeping hope alive. every day that we do not find her is another day that she is possibly able to come home. >>rob: a spokesperson from the sheriff to purposes of there are no searches plant but it will continue to follow on the 1500 tips. robert fladeboe come kron 4. >>pam: this suspect got away. however, the police said that as good as american possibly thwart this crime. >> this tow tr-this--truck driver was dropping off

the driver's injuries are minor, but rob's story, major.ack at the station -- >> i walked in the door and i had a big grin on my face and i said, you guys have to see this. >> the footage rob shot goes viral, garnering more than 1.5 million hits on youtube. the ramp has been redesigned to ensure truck driver safety. rob still marvels at how he wound up at the right place at the right time, even though it was the wrong place and the wrong time for the driver. >> the fact that i had my camera set up and pointed towards the ramp when the truck was coming down. i can't imagine -- i am speechless. the timing couldn't have been more perfect. you never think that anything like this is going to happen when you are going out on a shoot. >>> coming up, a base jumper overextends himself with brutal consequences. >> before i could even really know what's happening, bang, i hit the ground. >>> a base jumper's ambitious acrobatics send him crashing into the bottom of a rocky canyon. >> before i could even know what's happening, bang, i hit the ground. >>

rob black is here saying that the dow ended a bit higher. >>rob: yes we are slowly adding jobs. to do with a good year on wall street. the tech stocks however were a loser apple has slipped. >> catherine: i wonder why? >> robbed. >> catherine: electric cars your saying that it is a winner. we know that is 6 money but why more money pressure >> mark: >>rob: typically, they are $40,000 more. you get into this scenario of the rebate, the $7,500, usare able to save $1,20 for gasoline annually. >> catherine: and gasoline continuing to increase in price. >>rob: correct, the teeter totters in effect with prices, momentum, a price of gasoline, the math has not added up a previously but now is with the increase in gasoline prices. >> catherine: what about open table? >> robbed would papal is trying -- >>rob: open table is an online reservation system for high demand restaurants. >> catherine: people love but they use it all the time. >>robin: but consumers it is easy for them but the restaurant to not like it. there is associated small fees using this service. >> catherine: their church

damascus murders have robbed the the bay area. in the east bay, find out why this trash can became the focus of an investigation into monday's school massacre and in san francisco, the man accused of killing five people has two words for the judge. >> not guilty. >>catherine: forget about the jersey shore, we have a preview of the bay area's new reality show. >>catherine: seven people killed and three wounded. a lease surged in nearby garbage can for a gun. j.r. stone is joining us live from the scene of the school massacre. >>j.r.: as we go to the front door, you can see employees and friends of employees. as we speak, they are putting some of the plywood up to cover some of the windows that were broken out in this massacre on monday. >> this woman has a daughter who died on monday. this woman was all tiers. it was a very difficult day for so many people who went inside. we spoke with an english professor about going back inside to the chapel, the back section of the building. >> it is a very difficult fief's e.f. i am filled wit

good evening, rob. >> good evening, raj. right now at least the more intense showers which dropped pea-sized hail across parts of the bay area starting to shut down. we'll start off showing you around the east bay. oakland, showers around the hilltops. looking at mostly cloudy skies, dry over downtown, but still a few hilltop showers. back from the radar we'll take you into the south bay. out towards mt. hamilton and around the santa cruz mountains, which is where you're looking right there live now off to the southwest of downtown san jose, showers rolling off the summit there near highway 17. and we will continue to see those showers trying to spill over towards los gatos and areas south of san jose. you notice here as we put this into motion, look at all the red showing up on the radar. some of the stronger cells earlier today dropped pea-sized hail near san jose and did spawn up a funnel cloud and tornado near stockton. the transition tonight will be going for the showers to decrease short-term, and then the rain to incr

there are rob the search for sierra lamar continues. >>rob: . these are returning volunteers. on wednesday. this is searching a popular, but secluded biking trail and a central morgan hill. they found no evidence. they insist that this is open ended. and they want to eliminate doubt by ruling out one location and each location will keep open lot. >> this german shepherd is recovering after it was correct on the freeway for several blocks. it is here at all creatures veterinarian hospital. the veterinarian is expected that this dog will have its full recovery. other than the habitation, it is doing fine. tonight, we will hear from the woman who saved the dog. reggie kumar, kron4. >>jacqueline: the satellite and radar coming up from the south is finally impacting the south bay. another round coming in from the north. starting to approach. both of these systems have been impacted tonight and tomorrow. read are showing these showers over concord. the main activity is to the south. cupertino and also have your weather cells are robbed milipitas. and

rob mayeda will be back in a few minutes. and our storm watch coverage will continue through the night on nbcbayarea.com. and live coverage on "today in the bay" at 4:30 a.m. >>> the big question tonight, will the storm affect the giants' home opener. the rain would delay a bit. but the crew at at&t park is working overtime tonight to make sure the field is ready to go. coming up in five minutes, we'll give you a behind-the-scenes look at the opening day. >>> large fire broken out at the apartment complex where a man suspected of killing two people is believed to be hiding out. these are pictures from a few moments ago. we don't know what caused the fire. but police reportedly did tear gas the apartment earlier tonight. the standoff started about 11:00 this morning. this is the modesto. the man in the apartment was reportedly being evicted. 53-year-old sheriff's deputy robert paris was shot to death while trying to notify that apartment complex. the fbi and s.w.a.t. teams continue to surround the apartment complex. the suspec

rob and paula? >> we hope this is not an omen for a rough spring to come, especially what happened over the winter there. but as you were driving in from the airport, what were you able to see on your way in this morning? >> reporter: you know what i saw? a whole lot of nothing because it was all foggy. the conditions here were really tough to drive in. as soon as i started making my way in, you saw police blocking off every street. as i came in here, i had to wind my way around damage. it looks like somebody took these homes, put them in a blender, hit high, and poured them back on the ground. that's the kind of damage we're talking about. and your heart goes out to the people left here, who are left to salvage what they've got. >> amazing scenes of destruction. diana alvear, live for us in texas this morning. the storms now, eastward, in louisiana and mississippi, now, in the crosshairs here. we'll have much more on the storm zone in texas and elsewhere, coming up later today on "good morning amer

thanks, rob. >>> up next, hold the congratulations. california university is under fire for mistakenly sending hundreds of students acceptance letters. >>> i think it's hatred of women. >> she is fighting back for all women. why actress ashley judd is lashing back at her critics for judging her appearance. >>> and he is a pint-sized orn.hi gng national attention.te s sthiy p.mis ng u >>> well, this was just a little bit embarrassing. officials at ucla are apologizing for mistakenly sending out letters to nearly 900 high school seniors saying they were admitted to the university. slight problem. they weren't admitted. ucla says those students actually remain on the wait list. the error occurred over the weekend when financial aide notices were sent to thousands of accepted students as well as those students on that waiting list. both sets of letters included the line "congratulations on your admission to ucla." the university did clarify its mistake on monday and has apologized for confusion. >>> actress ashley judd is attacking the med

i'm rob nelson. >> i'm paula faris. storm survivors deal with all of the power outages and wait for the power to come back on. the nation was transfixed because of all the home video showing mother nature at its very worst. just amazing pictures in texas. we'll take you live to dallas in just one moment. >> the scenes of those people drive with the huge storms not far from them. but then the footage of the tractor trailers being picked up like they were toys yesterday. you rarely see that kind of glimpse into the fury of mother nature. amazingly, so far, no deaths. at least right now. >>> another big headline this wednesday morning. mitt romney's primary trifecta. the gop presidential hope civil now a big step closer to the nomination as he picks up votes and delegates in primaries in d.c., maryland and wisconsin. and wisconsin, a very, very good night for mr. romney. >> quite a swing from just maybe even a month ago how he was polling with very, very conservative voters. >>> later this half hour, raise your hand if you

i'm rob nelson. >> i'm tanya rivero in for paula faris.he search for isabel celis in a moment and bring you another developing story as protesters fill the streets of phoenix expressing anger over arizona's immigration law now in the hands of the supreme court. >> talk about a heavy docket, man. the supreme court has this hot-button issue in front of it and then two months from now we'll be in the middle of the health care debate again when they rule on that. have a very busy supreme court with the backdrop of an election year. high stakes. >> we'll be hearing a lot from the supreme court. in the days ahead, for sure. >>> also this half hour, putting scientific research to work. psychologists say talking to yourself is healthy and helpful, right, rob? right. we'll test this theory in a supermarket of all places. >> are you sure about that? but the problem is other people may not think it's so healthy. >>> and we can't wait to show you two basketball plays burning up the internet. one play comes from a european game. another from an america

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rob mayeda who is tracking this developing storm from our nbc bay area weather center. rob? >>> raj, right now the heaviest impact with this storm right across the east bay and into the tri-valley. let's show you how it looks. outside around oakland, light rain falling. the oakland a's set to get their home game started after 7:00 tonight. looks like they'll be dealing with light rain. as we go from oakland, this is one place that's been getting hit by pretty good downpours. now the heavier rain has moved off pleasanton. that traffic heading towards you northbound and even southbound, some rooster tails out there on the road. that is from some ponding that is taking place from downpours that occurred within the last half hour or so. now we'll take you in a the south bay, san jose seeing pockets of mainly light to moderate rain at times. as we take you outside you can see the gray skies in an already slow commute this time of day made slower. now the system respons rle for the rain here is a pretty large one and the interesting thing about the moisture instead of going west t