our ron mott tonight on his remarkable comeback. >> reporter: the scary moment last april.quhar is in the dugout -- >> pitcher danny farquhar suddenly passing out from brain hemorrhage. just six weeks later he spoke to us with wife lexi by his side. >> i never doubted that he wasn't going to be okay. i knew it was going to be different, i knew it was going to be a struggle. >> reporter: now, eight months further along, the 32-year-old hurling again for the yankees, pitching a second simulated game. solid except for one that got away. did that guy go yard on you? >> yeah. >> reporter: no matter, farquahr says he feels like the old danny. the custom protective hat is new. >> there's always setbacks. you have your tough days. you have your days where you don't want to go to the gym. i don't have a day where i don't want to go to the park, which is great. >> reporter: he's hoping to make the opening day roster. manager aaron boone likes what he sees. >> for being this warm, gentle, kind of joyous guy that he is when he comes to the ballpark, there's a real focus and a determina

our ron mott with the latest now. >> reporter: gunfire erupting at a rockford, illinois, hotel. >> u.s. marshals are on the scene. >> reporter: a u.s. marshals deputy, jacob keltner, shot and killed. >> the first and second floor, they cleared it. they went to the third floor, they cleared that and got to the suspect. >> reporter: the suspect jumping out of a third floor window, authorities say, escaping. -- still on 55 >> reporter: oupo him more tha 150 miles away. officials say officer keltner, a 12-year ven, was serving a warrant on 39-year-old floyd e. brown, wanted in several counties and for parole violation. >> the fact that it's a law enforcement officer obviously doesn't change the basic investigation very much, but it does add to the emotions of the police officers. >> reporter: police say the suspect fired at the officer with a rifle and a female acquaintance found in the hotel room was suffering from a nonlife-threatening gunshot wound. authorities say no officers used their weapon at the hotel. police say the suspect's vehicle crashed near lincoln, illinois, prompting an h

ron mott, nbc news. >> what can we say but wow. that's "nightly news." i'm lester holt. thanks for watching and good night.right now at 6: >>> they obviously were taking advantage of people and looking more at the much than the care of the people. >>> $16,000 for a penicillin shot? the urgent care center in the south bay facing fraud charges. >>> storm ranger mobile weather radar shows the wet weather returning. >>> no charges filed. we're tracking news where larry baer learns his fate after this public altercation with his wife. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre. >> i'm raj mathai. legally, he is off the hook, but in the court of public opinion. larry baer has an image and career that needs rebuilding. he won't face any criminal charges, but he still might be penalized by major league baseball. in a story we broke two hours ago he will not face charges. we are joined by jean elle with the developing story. jean? >> reporter: raj, this is the plaza where that altercation was caught on videotape. and tonight the

nbc's ron mott explains why. >> reporter: in north tulsa, dollar stores are easy to find. walk a short distance in just about any direction and you're likely to run into one. >> dollar general we?d >> right reporter: what's harde spot, especially in city councilor harper's district, are places selling fresh food and meat, healthier fare than typically found at dollar stores. >> i shop at discount dollar stores when they need something they provide. what i am concerned about is the proliferation of them and the ultimate effects they have on communities. >> reporter: still, dollar store park lots are often busy. >> it's cheap, it's convenient. it saves me going to walmart. >> reporter: the two largest ai general and family dollar, which also operates dollar tree, declined our request for an on-camera interview. in separate statements both companies told nbc news they help customers save time and money. dollar general saying it has added fresh fruits and vegetables to one of its north tulsa locations. there are ten dollar stores in hallharper's district, more than any other p

ron mott, nbc news. >> what can we say but wow. "nightly news." i'm lester holt. have been living in a >> wendy williams shares her truth in tears. as

ron mott, nbc news, tulsa. he> now to decision by prosecutors in twacramento not to charge police officers who fatally shot an unarmed black man last year. and a correction here. last night we incorrectly reported that stephon clark was running away fom police when they shot him. yesterday the district attorney said an investigation concluded that clark was advancing toward the officers in a shooting stance. the officers said they thought he was pointing a gun at them. clark was found to be holding a cell phone. his fiancee told reporters the decision not to charge the officers broke her family's heartagain. >>> now to new thinking about how to report the crime of exual assault. about every three minutes, someone in this country is sexually assaulte d many of those attacks go unreported. but now, somes vivors are finding the strength to begin a search for justice on their own terms using high-tech tools. >> reporter: growing up in connecticut, ryan scioscia loved playing soccer and e, but he had a secret it wou

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ron mott, nbc news, lsa. >> we just talked about how we're ready for a change.ome on, rain and coek after week. >> i know. it's miserable and i feel like everyone weekend, at least one day, it's been -- >> my friends look at me like hey -- got to know. my people. >> efb's so upset with the ground hog. u want me to do about it. hey, listen. it doesn't look good this week in terms of a warm air coming our way. but we're rolling there. we've got to make it to summer at one point and we'll start complain iing about the warm ai then. so just take a teep breath. it will get there. might take a little bit, but it will get there. breezy todaywnd dry. we head into tuesday, sunny and cold. the wind settles dow a b through tuesday. now wednesday, that wind starts to amp back up. so we are looking at some breezy conditions and by thursday, we're sll on the chilly side. we hav the system that passed through last night but now, we're lookingthgood. system, there it is right there. i wanted to see if i could record this so you could see those storms that happened in the deep s

nbc's ron mott is going to have more on this story tods s "today" show. >>> you may have to rearrange your evening commute plans if you travel on the arlington memorial bridge. tothere will be fewer lane use. >> it's part of a massive construction project.ch aimeis traveling on the bridge right now. aimee, when does this get started?rn >> good g. the closures will last from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. each night. the good news is, this shouldn't affect rush fhour. threehe six lanes along the arlington memorial bridge have already been shut down for months. now, the newest closure means a fourth line will be shut down overnight. the bavdge will only two lanes open, one in each direction and for 15 minutes at a time, they will be shutting down a fifth lane. so, in that case, you only have on lane open and cars will have to take turns crossing the bridge. this is so crews can install concrete panels. the national parks service says they if they didn't make the closures, the bridge would have eventually become unsafeleor peo drive on. the latest overnight closure will last through the fall. dr

here's nbc's ron mott. >> reporter: this morning the man accused of kidnapping 13-year-old jayme closs and holding her captive for months is speaking out in a jailhouse letter. 21-year-old jake patterson is charged with killing jayme's parents before taking off with the teenager. three months later, jayme managed to escape. now patterson who authorities say confessed to the crimes tells a reporter from nbc's minneapolis affiliate he's ready to plead guilty. >> he claims in the letter he plans on pleading guilty. of course that doesn't mean it's going to happen as attorneys could convince him otherwise. >> reporter: in a letter sent from a wisconsin jail where he's awaiting trial, patterson writes, i want jayme and her relatives to know that. don't want them to worry about a trial. patterson also scrawling an apology writing in bubble letters, i'm sorry jayme for everything. i know it doesn't mean much. the reporter asked patterson for details that weren't in the record. >> i didn't do anything that's talking about what he's feeling or anything like that. i kept it all fact based primar

kelly abusing young women.c' ron mott has more on this. rt this week as he prepares to defend himself against ten counts of aggvated criminal sexual abuse, and now prosecutors in new york are set review a third sex tape purportedly connected to the singer. this morning o r. kelly o jail but far from out of trouble. >> i noticed a sports tape, but it also had r. kelly's name on it. >> reporter: this man, gary nnis, saying he found an old vhs tape in his collection showing a man hsithinks is the er, whom he's never met, sexually abusing multiple minors. >> he was telng them whato do and what to say, and it appeared that he was inontrol of t camera. >> reporter: attorney gloria allred sayshe isn't certain the man on the tape is kelly but turned the video over t federal prosecutors because she says the underage. ar to be >> no child should ever be subjected to the kind of abuse and degrading sexuall predatory misconduct depted on the tape. >> reporter: kelly has long denied ever sexually assaulting nors. his attorney steve greenberg in a statem

ron mott explains why. >> in north tulsa dollar stores are easy to find.r walk in any direction and you're likely to run into one. >> dollar general wanted to go in where? >> right here. right behind. a stones throw away. >> what's harder to spot especially in her district are places selling fresh food and meat. healthier fare than what is typically found at dollar stores. >> i shop at discount dollar stores when i need something that they provide. what i am concerned about is the proliferation of them and the ultimate effects that they have on communities. >> still dollar store parking lots are often busy. >> it's cheap, it's convenient. it saves me from going to walmart. >> the two largest chains, dollar general and family dollar which also operates dollar tree declined our request for an on camera interview but in separate statements they said they help customers save time and money. dollar general saying it has added fresh fruits and vegetables to one of its north tulsa locations. there's ten dollar stores in her district. more than any other part of t

for "tay," ron mott, nbc news. >> patterson's attorneys have not comnted on his letter. >>> to a story we've been following surrounding vaccinations to clear up misinformation on a bunch of social media sites. facebook announced new policies on thursday to reduce the visibility of false information on its platform. searches for topic like vaccine controversy will no longer yield results for pages or groups known to spread misinformation. facebook says it will also reject ads that include deceptive or false vaccine material. that announcement came two after an ohio teen tfted for a senate committee he got vaccinated against his mom's wishes. kelly conway says she received bad information on social media sites. >>> what better place to spend the weekend thanar ston, south carolina. the charleston wine and food festival. how is it going, buddy? >> it's going to be exciting and i'm doing the 10:00 with kathie e from here. it will be a good time from charleston. some of ourweather, not such a good time for a lot of folks, especially back through the plains where we have winter storm watches