[ [ bleep ] ] ran up with a hatchet, smash, smash, smash! >> how a hitchhiker saved a pg&e worker from a deranged driver who claimed to be jesus christ. >> weather time and another dry day throughout the bay area despite it was chilly and a cold front moved through. we'll talk about the prospects for rain. we actually have some in the forecast. and find out if we'll be using that drought word anytime soon, gosh! your forecast coming up.

. >> ran up behind with a hatchet, smash, smash, smash! >> the strange chain of events that turned a hatchet-wielding hitchhiker into a hero. >> and chris brown back in an l.a. courtroom. the unlikely supporter who joined him for the proceedings. >> and love leaving its mark on one woman. a short courtship that led to a permanent tribute to her fiance. ,,,,,,,,,, the next few months. >>> a decision to allow gays into the boy scouts has been put off for the next few months. their national leadership says the organization will act on the resolution at its national meeting in may. the announcement comes as both sides lobby fiercely for keeping or doing away with the ban on gay scouts and scout leaders. >>> the internet is burning up with the story of an unlikely hero. a hatchet-wielding homeless hitchhiker who took matters into his own hands when his ride went on a rampage. the driver smashed into a pg&e worker in fresno because he is black. allen martin kicks up the story from there. >> he was driving down this way, like, you know what? i co

i'll get the scoop on "smash". this is america's one one financial news program. "on the money". >> here is a look at what is makie ing news as we head into new week. slow but steady labor department says 157,000 jobs were added in the month of january. job creation number s for the previous two months were upwards. it had the best january performance since 1994. the dow closed above 14,000 on friday for the first time since 1997. nasdaq was up 4%. >> i think in was a lot of positive in the market right now. is it going to go straight up, no. is february and march going to be choppy? yes, i think we are higher from here by the end of the year. >> in fact. the gross domestic product contracts. defense spending and defense inventories were down. big companies reported earnings this week. amazon fell short. and ford beat expectations but showed weakness in europe. boeing said it's top priority is to fix the battery problem on its dreamliner. some are worried about what washington may do. the hardest thing in the busin

you produced "smash" which starts its second season on television this week.t's interesting that musicals have become so popular on television right now. >> i actually think that "glee" opened t ed thed the door for t happen. "glee" made the audience used to see people sing and dance in scripted form. "smash" took it a step further by having original music and also by having the backdrop of a broadway musical. and so it's very organic and it gives us license to play with the form. >> craig, "smash" is about the broadway industry. is there a chance that developing this show will launch a new business for you, an actual stage production of the show within the show? >> you know, when we first started working on the show, steven spielberg, who hired us and asked us to produce the show with him, because it was too steven's idea originally, one day in success, if we get to that place, maybe one day we'll take the show that we're writing for "smash" and mount it on broadway. it was never a game plan, but we always thought in the back of our minds that could be like a

smash the boulder down into what? rocks. then i take those rocks, boom, boom, i smash them down into... - stones. - stones. now, i take that sledgehammer, bam, bam. i smash those stones down into... gravel. come on, let's be a little imaginative here. and i take that gravel, unh, smash, smash, i break that gravel down into. - sand. - pebbles. sand. fine gravel. i take that fine gravel, i smash that down into, begin with an s, ends with and, try it. sand. now, i'd be taking that sand, honey. i take that sledgehammer and i smash that sand down into... - dust. - dust, powder. and i take that sledgehammer and whomp. i smash that dust down to... pebbles. powder, fine dust. fine dust, all right, all right. all right, let's take that fine dust and i smash that down into, begin with c, r, y, s, t, a... crystals. and i take those crystals and i smash those down into... molecules, or begin with "a" and guess what we're gonna be talking about today? atoms, all right. now, i take those atoms and i smash those down. can i break th

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congrats on "smash." >> thank you. >> jimmy: what if "smash" wasn't a smash? >> i don't know. i wanted to be a singer always. i initially wanted to be an opera singer. >> jimmy: really? >> and did what all normal teenagers do and went to opera camp. >> jimmy: yeah. >> yeah. >> jimmy: sounds about right, yeah. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. yeah. >> jimmy: it's a bummer. yeah, what do you do at opera camp? >> a lot of singing. >> jimmy: yeah. >> a lot of talking to singers. >> jimmy: oh. >> yeah. >> jimmy: so that made you get out of opera? >> yeah, that's what made me decide that it's probably not for me. >> jimmy: yeah, you don't -- but, can you sing like that? can you like -- [ singing off key ] >> kind of, a little bit. i do in "smash," in the second season, a little bit. they gave me a classical piece. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> yeah, mm-hmm. >> jimmy: no way. that's exciting and fun. >> yeah. >> jimmy: i mean, you get to sing, you're on with great people. anjelica is on the show. we love anjelica huston. >> yeah. >> jimmy: she's a legend. bernadette peters. >> yes. >> jimmy: she's su

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. >>> it's a different kind of smash-and-grab. gangs robbing cars as they sit in traffic. >> how it's leading to a new brand of street justice. >>> you can't believe three guys are doing this inside grocery stores. now meet the cousins behind the outrageous videos. >> did you get in trouble for this prank? >> we didn't get in trouble actually. they kind of felt bad. >>> every day, a woman gives herself bee stings. the story behind one strange addiction. >>> plus, the monday buzz word for your chance at an ipad mini. and does this house cat realize who he's messing with? it's the epic showdown of -- >> cat versus crocodile, y'all. >> see who's a big man now. oh wow! >>> reports say that this is video released by police in lima, peru. and what we're seeing is a group of men that police say are known as the coyotes, they're robbing cars as they sit in traffic. taking advantage of congested streets in lima. it's a smash-and-grab and they do it in groups. so that the driver is so stunned and so confused they don't know which side of th

so i (bleep) ran up behind him with a hatchet-- smash, smash, suh-mash! yeah.laughter] >> stephen: yeah! thanks to kai, the man hit by the car is okay, the bystander is okay, and for the first time in history, people are saying, "boy, we sure are lucky that homeless hitchhiker was carrying a hatchet." [laughter] and this situation could have happened to any of us. remember, kai said the driver "came to realize" he was jesus in the middle of driving. who knows when i'll realize it? [laughter] and when i do, i'm going to want somebody like kai in my passenger's seat because he knows what to do. >> i'm like, "bro, if you're (bleep) jesus christ, i'll be the anti-christ, man, like (bleep) that (bleep)." [laughter] >> stephen: kai here, of course, is quoting scripture. matthew 24:5, which reads: "for many will come in my name, claiming, 'i am the christ,' and will deceive many. then one will be like, 'bro, if you're (bleep) jesus christ, i'll be the anti-christ, man, (bleep) that (bleep).'" [cheers and applause] so, nation, i encourage you to pick up axe-wielding ho

, smash, smash! >> how a hitchhiker saved a pg&e worker from a deranged driver who claimed to be jesus christ. >> weather time and another dry day throughout the bay area despite it was chilly and a cold front moved through. we'll talk about the prospects for rain. we actually have some in the forecast. and find out if we'll be using that drought word anytime soon, gosh! your forecast coming up. in san francisco. 5-passengers and 2-cable car al muni blames a bolt in the tracks for this morning's cable car accident in san francisco. five passengers and two cable car operators went to the hospital after the cable car suddenly stopped at powell and washington. one of the passengers fell out of the cable car. others on board were shaken up. >> did you bump your head? >> yes. >> oh. >> we were just coming down the hill and the train abruptly stopped. they never moved after that. it was a little scary with the kids but looks like everyone's okay. >> investigators are trying to figure out where the bolt cam

people smashing the display cases.ia goncalves is live from arlington with one of the locations. she has more on the search for these people. delia. >> reporter: good morning. what happened in maryland, -- one happened in maryland. one happened in virginia. the good news here, no one was hurt. and that is fortunate because as you mentioned, this is in the middle of the day. there were a lot of people around, including customers. so this could have gone very, very bad. a lot of employees and a lot of employers are saying thankfully our employees did exactly what they were told to do, even getting on the ground when these men came in the door. fortunately no one was hurt except for just some minor pepper spray incident that happened over in downtown frederick. let's take a look at some video of that scene in frederick. female employees there were sprayed with pepper spray tuesday. three men barge into the store at 1:30 this afternoon. they ordered employees to the floor at gun point. smashed the jewelry case with a hamme

four masked men used hammers to smash the display case after getting away in a car and smashed through a gate leaving the mall. >>> straight ahead here on the news edge, a u.s. senator defends a message. some are calling racist. >> this is a building designed for the people who help keep all of us safe. and about to open. i'm beth parker. the story coming up. >> the parade route is set for after the ravens return home. touched down at bwi moments ago. a recap ahead in the sports edge. >> and taco bell's superbowl commercial was a hit among viewers. shows senior citizens blowing off steam and headed back to the nursing home where they topped off with a meal from taco bell.  all right that's a fifth-floor problem... ok. not in my house! ha ha ha! ha ha ha! no no no! not today! ha ha ha! ha ha ha! jimmy how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? happier than dikembe mutumbo blocking a shot. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >>> arizona senator john mccain under fire. a tweet comparing is drawing cr

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. >> [ bleep ] ran up behind with a hatchet, smash, smash, sa- mash! >> how a hatchet wielding hitchhiker saved a woman from a man who went berserk coming up. >> and caught on camera stealing that camera. where this intruder went wrong coming up after the break. intruder trying to steal that surveillance camera. he walks into a fraternity house at indiana state university tries the doors. then he amera and rips it >>> caught on camera a masked intruder trying to steal that surveillance camera. the thief tries the doors, sees the camera, rips it at the wall and looked into it. after all that he failed to get the digital recorder and he is still on the run this morning. going into a fraternity house, you have a lot of people in the house. >> not a mensah member there. >>> homeless hatchet wielding hitchhiker is the next big deal online. >> i guess so, that's after he saved the life of a pg&e worker just outside of fresno. police say a driver who claimed to be jesus christ intentionally rammed the workers with his car because the man was black and that's

ran up behind with a happened. , smash, smash, smash! with a hatchet. >> reporter: that's what tanya said saved her life. and the homeless hitchhiker didn't care the suspect was more than 6 feet tall. >> that woman was in danger. he just finished what looked like at the time killing somebody. and if i hadn't have done that he would have killed more people. >> now, the pg&e worker is out of the hospital and going to be okay. the suspect is in custody. kai the hitchhiker as you might well imagine has been an internet sensation. you can see the entire recap of what happened his own words on our website, cbssf.com. just click on the story. >> certainly was a character. usually you hear don't pick up hitchhikers. >> kai, you're something else. >> no kidding. >> you can hop in my car. >> good to have around. he has a hatchet. >>> well, it's not rain, sleet or snow keeping you from getting weekend mail. why it's going to be tough for some to say good-bye to saturday delivery. >> and tossing tokens. a monopoly mainstay going away. the iconic tok

they're smashing cases with a hammer. actually two stores fell victim to this and customers were around when the robberies happened. delia goncalves is in arlington with one of the stores. >> reporter: you can believe it? this is something you can see only in a movie. it's hard to believe in the middle of the day in a very busy store these robberies took place. it's important to tell you that no one was hurt. that is the very good news either in the attack that happened at pentagon city or the robbery that took place in downtown frederick. however, in frederick on tuesday, we can tell you that some female employees were sprayed with pepper spray. three men barge into the store around 1:30 in the afternoon. they ordered employees down to the floor at gunpoint, smashed into the jewelry case with a hammer that they reportedly left behind. on monday four suspects also used a hammer to smash into the glass case at zales in pentagon city stealing we're told $128,000 worth of rings. nice in arlington think the robberies and the

. >>> we'll chat with oscar winner and star of the nbc drama "smash," angelica houston, in a minute.day. we'll fill you in from all the latest news from hollywood. >>> something a little different from "today's" kitchen, vegan desserts. >> are you a fan of vegan z desserts? >> if it's a dessert, by law i'm a fan. >> you'll keep an open mind. >> yes. >> test drive it. >>> we're looking at a lot of wet weather along the eastern seaboard later today, icy conditions in the appalachians changing over to rain. snow become through the sierra and a lot of windy weather as well in between frigid and sunny. then as we -- not anderson but weatherwise. strong storms in northern and central texas, snow from the rockies moving into the plains. lake-effect snow hanging around the great lakes. it will be sunny and cold, midatlantic down into the southeast. nice and mild. >> good morning. we will see some light showers developing on an author the day today. there is a slight chance for some sleet or snow to make >> and that's your latest weather. willie? >> thanks a lot. >>> on nbc's "smash," angelic

i'm doing "smash" this week, and i'm on with you and hoda. hoda and i haven't heard about it. are they making fun of us? she said, no, there's actual dialogue. then hoda was on a book tour. so i went over there. >> i know. >> i'm bummed we couldn't have you as well. >> i get there, though, and i think i'm just reading a little intro. and it turns out here's where you're standing. and by the way, come early. they put me in a huge production number. a whole ensemble. what happened here? i loved every minute of it. >> we won't reveal what production number she's doing. >> we will not say. >> what an amazing cast over there. >> we were all very excited that you were coming. >> thank you. >> next time. >> we were excited for tonight. thanks for coming to see us. >> you're such a terrific actress. not just a great singer. >> "smash" airs tonight. >> say it again. >> here on nbc. >> another singer and actress who can do it all. the legendary julie andrews is here along with her daughter actress and author emma. >> after these messages. a roun. then

it's the second smash and grab in two days. are the crimes connected?> plus a 10-year-old northern virginia boy charged with brandishing a weapon on a school bus. that weapon was actually a toy gun. >> and another twist. it's coming in the chandra levy murder case, why the convicted killer is coming back to the district to appear in court. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm brian bolter. >>> we'll begin with another smash and grab robbery at a local jewelry store. today's target, frederick, maryland coming one day after a similar crime in arlington, virginia. tonight people are asking are these crimes connected? fox 5's bob barnard is following the investigation. >> the best answer police can give success maybe. the crimes are quite similar. hooded men bursting into jewelry stores in the mid of the day heading right to the expensive -- middle of date heading right to the expensive stuff smashing with a hammer making off with the loot. yesterday was in arlington, this afternoon in frederick, maryland. colonial jewelers, herlitz family

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season two of "smash" starts at 8:00. >>> we have more on "smash" coming up on news4 at 4:00.at lawson-hughes with more. >> we'll have more on "smash" -- and also, coming up at 5:00 today, tools to help you stay fit. we will show you these tools in the palm of your hand, we take a look at the best smartphone apps to help you stay healthy. joining for the latest at 4:00. >> thank you, we'll be looking forward to seeing you later. >> and tom is here with a look at the forecast. i bet folks in baltimore are glad they didn't get any snow. >> and there's not a lot of wind. there's some clouds, but oeshz, it's a good day for a parade, that's what's been happening here for the last six hours. a little patch of green east of baltimore, maybe a few sprinkles over the bay. temperatures now in the mid to upper 30s in baltimore and throughout most of the metro, here around washington, highs 40s each day into the weekend. maybe some rain on friday. that's the way it looks. >> all right. tom, thank you. >> thanks for watching "news4 midday." we'll see you tomorrow. >>> don't forget to join

they're smashing everything. >> this is in the middle of hours in the middle of the hour. where are employees? seems this place is completely empty? >> i would think people are terrified. you see people fleeing in the background. these guys are masked up and covered up and didn't damage product and government away with $128 now, worth of diamond rings. those rings are going to burn off a lot of fingers for how hot they are. >>> now off to another brazen robbery suspect. this is in florida. so brazen, he robbed the same munchies convenience store three times in january of this year. >> what? >> what's wrong with this guy? >> he is -- who does that? >> police believe it's the same guy. he's wearing the same jacket in the three different robberies in the surveillance video. twice he holds up a clerk to steal cigarettes. and some sort of synthetic marijuana. >> what an odd thing to staem. >> steal. >> one time seeing stealing scratch off lottery tickets, and police believe this is the thief unmasked cashing in a bunch of winning scratchoff tickets. >>> everybody, we're giving

but it wouldn't be "smash" if will weren't obstacles in the way. >> it would be quite a shock. >> "smashonight at 9:00 right here on news4. they are going big tonight. >> don't miss that. >>> ever hear somebody say if you make a face, lit stay that way? >> ahhhhhhh. >> some people say this exercise is the key to staying wrinkle-free. >>> veronica, what about the weather? >> yea want to take chances on that. i know what my mother told me. as far as the weather goes, no problems tonight. take a look at friday. essentially late thursday, early friday, not just rain that moves in but snow, too, possibility. we will talk more about that. >>> a northeast d.c. father is concerned about his daughter's safety this afternoon. his 6-year-old girl, eriona birts, has been missing for six day now. he believes the mother took her. she came to d.c. with her boyfriend who is want order a felony probation violation. news4's jackie bensen will have the latest on the search for i eria in our next hour. >> there is a push to allow police to track cell phones without a certain much warrant. the american civil

. >>> coming up, what smash fans can expect in the new season. plus meteorologist tom kierein will be back with another check on the midweek forecast.

first person to smash two raw eggs on his head loses.ghter ] that's what -- no. [ laughter ] i'm going to choose the biggest one. >> steve: choose carefully. good luck! >> jimmy: i know, suspense. >> it's sad that this scares me. [ laughter ] ♪ [ audience ohs ] ♪ [ applause ] >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. >> brand new suit. >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. >> brand new suit! >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. >> steve: eggs don't stain. >> eggs don't stain? >> steve: no, they just -- go. good luck! [ laughter ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. >> i know how this is going to go. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, my goodness. i'm so sorry. so sorry. >> you're going to need roker for two segments now. [ laughter ] >> steve: good luck. ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ [ audience sighs ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: all right. >> steve: choose wisely. >> can i do something from "the deer hunter"? >> steve: mao, mao! giddy mao! [ audience ohs ] >> "the deer hunter" with de niro. >> jimmy: neither of us were in that movie, so -- [ laughter ] this egg just looks weird. doesn'

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, smash, smash. >> this is not the latest slasher film.s the blunt end of the hatchet, and for the record that was kye. the guy was taken to jail, though, and now out on a million dollars bail. not kye, the guy who said he was the almighty. >> thank good northwest for kye. >>> stay with us this morning, courtroom drama unfolds during a sentencing. >> the defendant is not pleased about this verdict. now she's going to get some time behind bars. >>> good luck can strike twice in the same place. you're not going to believe this story. one couple shares news of their good fortune times two. >>> hey city leaders, you have been warned. if you don't get down to business, we are going to go broke. the city's finances are in bad shape and something needs to be done. the >>> the commanin

into russia and it doesn't only smash into russia. it smashes as the biggest fall in 100 years and that last one in tunguska in 1908 was only 3,000 miles from this one. that's the longest astronomical hole in one you can possibly imagine. >> the video was incredible. >> reporter: incredible. >> i want to ask you, like, how often does this sort of thing happen asteroids and meteorites? how often do they come this close to earth? >> reporter: welsh the one that happened this morning, you know, was the biggest one since 1908. we got a fireball at least once a day but most of the time it's over the ocean. something this big doesn't happen more than once in a century and the near miss something like this near miss, about once every 40 years, elizabeth. >> wow. all right, brian hackney, thank you. >>> you can see more of that amazing video of the meteor as well as the photo gallery of its path of destruction on our website, cbssf.com. >>> new details on the assassination threat against state senator leland yee. the man who turned his home i

you don't have to do a smash-and-grab. that's what happened today.e men armed with hammers robbed a jewelry store at the fashion center in pentagon city mall in arlington this morning. jackie bensen is live with the latest on this. of course we understand they went for the best stuff. >> that's right, wendy, they went straight for the rings, taking 27 of them, and police have noted this crime's proximity to valentine's day. the security camera videos show the suspects were determined -- repeatedly pounding the display case until it shattered enough to be peeled back. >> we had four suspects enter the store, two brandished hammered, smashed the glass casing, and at that point all four individuals started grabbing rings and stuffed them into a bag. >> reporter: the mall was open and customers were inside. loot in hand, the men ran to a nearby exit into the third-floor level. witnesses told police they jumped into a red car. it was clear from how fast they were going they were not planning to stop at the joyce street exit gate. >> from there we got repo