we get more from steve patterson. >> how many people? >> reporter: terrifying moments in harrisburg, pennsylvania friday night. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: crews rushing in. flames shooting out of the roof. family members frantic. >> we're getting rapid calls. >> reporter: inside, the 3-year-old severely burned. she later died, caused by a battery in a whoever board. lithium ion batteries can fail and burst into flames like the ones in the recalled samsung galaxy 7. and the laptop next to devon johnson in february. they say that was a third-party battery. the batteries in whoever boards so dangerous that the consumer product safety commission warned none of them are safe. more than half a million recalled. >> if you own a whoevhover board, spleplease stop using it immediately. >> reporter: there have been hundreds of injuries and millions of dollars in damages. experts say if you do have one, don't take any chances. >> i would not leave them charging unattended and i probably wouldn't store it in your house. >> reporter: officials are la

steve patterson, nbc news. >>> it is almost that time to turn our clocks forward an hour. some lawmakers hope this is the end of daylight saving time. san jose assembly man has proposed a bill which would repeal the daylight saving time act. i like this music underneath the clocks. you like that? now it's gone if passed it would make it to the ballot for the next general election. it could be heard in committee as early as next week. california has been observing daylight savings time since voters approved in 1949. hawaii and arizona are permanently on daylight saving time. >> that is a hot debate. many people have strong opinions about that. keep it, do away with it. >> it's fun in the fall. >> right now, tomorrow morning, it's going to hurt. >> the weather is nice. skies are clear. pretty pictures outside tonight. >> wow. >> terry you tweeted out the photo of the moon from the parking lot. >> i didn't range far and wide. there it was. what the heck. >> nice pictures there as you can eright now. the beautiful moon. clear skies which if you're in the sierra and you get a n

steve patterson, nbc news, portland. >> bravo. that is "nbc nightly news" for this sunday night.r holt will be in tomorrow. i'm kate snow reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow and all week on msnbc. for all of us here at nbc news, have a great night. outside?" laughs runs 3 ==co. vo==right now atix. forming somepectacularsights ar >>> yes, you can go outside. right now at 6:00, some specta spectacular sights and strange sights as well. good evening everyone. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> a very unusual day of weather that prompted a flood of videos into our news room which we really love. including this one. this taken in the backyard in palo alto. >> and we have live team coverage including snow in some places.

steve patterson, los angeles. >>> we've heard a lot about president trump's order to ban muslims fromix mostly muslim countries. another part of that order would halt and reduce the flow of refugees into the united states. among those pushing back, some small u.s. cities that have come to rely on refugees. nbc's ron allen reports from one of them. >> reporter: for this family, chicken, yogurt and bread, they are refugees who have fled syria and have been in the u.s. just six months. their new hometown, erie, pennsylvania. what did you take when you left? >> clothes. >> clothes. >> reporter: only your clothes? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> reporter: when people find out i'm a refugee, they say welcome. as president trump seeks a 120-day halt to refugees entering the u.s. and then a significant reduction. erie, a rustbelt city with a declining population rolls out the welcome mat. refugees from around the world make up 18% of the population. what has been the net result of refugees coming to this town? >> oh, i think it's kept us alive. i think it kept us moving forward. >> reporter: paul jer

nbc's steve patterson from california tonight on the hard sell. >> reporter: 2700 miles from washing. >> hold on. >> congressman darrell issa faces angry constituents. >> you deserve good health care. >> he's just one of the republican leaders attempting to ease fears about changes that could affect millions. >> we want him to please protect the aca. >> vice president mike pence took the stage in louisville, kentucky, today to make a pitch pumping up the administration's plan by putting down obamacare. >> obamacare has failed the people of kentucky, it's failed the people of america and obamacare must go. >> pence is here to win over a state where the number of uninsured fell from 20% to just 7.5% in 2015 under obamacare. >> we need every republican in congress and we're counting on kentucky. >> it's a balancing act. pence as salesman in chief is also having to reassure conservative critics who say the plan is too similar to obamacare. >> there's enough conservatives that they can't pass obamacare-lite. what's going on is a charm care offensive. >> the gop wants to end additional medi

steve patterson with the very latest. >> police involved in a standoff. the gunman believed barricaded on this bus. snipers on the rooftops. officials say one person was killed, another injured prompting the evacuation of the cosmopolitan hotel and casino. >> guests in their rooms told to shelter in place. >> we have our s.w.a.t., tactical and crisis negotiators on scene. >> this comes after a high stakes burglary less than a half a mile away. police say the thieves, including a man in a pig's mask used sledgehammers to steal items inside the bellagio hotel and casi casino. it sparked pan ib. several people were detained. police are still searching for suspects. both crimes playing out in the heart of vegas are now under investigation. steve patterson, nbc news. >>> we turn now to immigration and another ripple effect from president trump's actions and tone on the issue. it turns out that a lot of colleges and universities in the u.s. have received fewer applications from international students. for some, this could mean big financial challenges. nbc's ro

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we get more from nbc's steve patterson. >> how many people we still got trapped? >> reporter: terrifying moments in harrisburg, pennsylvania, friday night. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: crews rushing in, flames shooting out of the roof, family members frantic. >> we're getting rapid calls and reports of kids trapped on the third floor. >> reporter: inside, a 3-year-old severely burned. she later died. two others critically injured. the fire caused by a battery in a rechargeable hoverboard. but it's not just hoverboards. lithium-ion batteries can fail and burst into flames, like those involved in the samsung galaxy 7, and a laptop, that exploded charging next to a 17-year-old devin johnson in february. the company says that battery was from a third-party. >> very scary. >> reporter: the batteries in hoverboards so dangerous that the consumer product safety commission warned none of them are safe million recalled. >> if you own a hoverboard, please, stop using it immediately. >> it's on fire! >> reporter: since 2015, there have been more than 100 incidents, thousands

we get the latest from nbc's steve patterson. >> reporter: lives threatened in the line of fire. more than 1,000 homes evacuated near boulder, colorado. with more than 60 acres burned, the flames are hopping above a row of homes with minimal containment. farther west, wet weather makes shocking scenes, homes sbloo rivers and streets that look like canals in yakima, washington. portland, swept away. >> not something you expect on your daily commute to work. >> reporter: three men survive uninjured after a hillside collapsed on their car. the warning heard across the region, conditions are prime for more. >> we have had so much rain this winter, when we get rain like that, the earth moves. >> reporter: this week, more rain in the forecast. the bulls eye on northern california. some five inches near the battered oraville dam. crews working to repair the spill pais to lower lake oraville to prepare for more rain. >> we have gone to extreme efforts to clean out and caulk every crack we can find on the deck. >> reporter: in february, nearly 200,000 residents were evacuated as an auxili

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nbc's steve patterson is live there with a fantastic story this saturday morning. steve, good to see you. >> hey, good to see you, craig, so get this, the school started that investment fund in the late '90s, a little over a decade later they decided to invest in this strange new idea called snapchat. off of the advice of just one guy. obviously not everybody was on board with the idea, so they decide upon the relatively small amount of money of $15,000. to the investment world that's like tossing a penny down a well and landing on a pot of gold. [ cheers and applause ] >> thursday's opening bell. the ringing sound of success for snap. parent company of the popular disappearing messages app, snapchat. after it went public on the stock exchange, shares soared. making instant millionaires out of investors, and billionaires out of its founders. but argy score? >> it's crazy. >> was raked in right here at this high school. >> it's an amazing transformational opportunity for the school. >> way back in 2012 during the early days of snapchat, private catholic silicon valle

for "today," steve patterson, nbc news, los angeles. >>> let's get a final check of the weather fromiful weather today. let's take a look outside what's going on in the rest of the country. storms in mississippi as well as alabama. we'll see that weaken a bit but have another system make its way through tomorrow. sunday evening will be another threat of the severe weather. here sunday we're looking at those showers now sproed spreading towards the northeast. it'll be a series of storms making their way through. let's look at your local weather. >> good morning. some sunshine breaking out. high overcast. live view if the storm team 4 tower cam on this morning. and later today we'll soar into the mid-70s this afternoon. and then maybe a few sprinkles of light rain this evening. have an umbrella handy if you're going out tonight. then sunday some sun back. cooler with highs. low 60s on sunday afternoon. and then monday we'll have maybe some morning and midday rain. afternoon temperatures with sun back in the low 70s. milder on tuesday. could get afternoon and evening rain then. >> a lot

steve patterson reports. >> reporter: with more than 60 acres burned, the flames are hopping dust above a row with min medical school containment. further west wet weather makes for shocking scenes subdivisions transformed into residential rivers streets that look like ve knee shan canals and parts of washington. portland, swept away. >> not something you expect on your daily commute to work. >> reporter: three men survive uninjured after a hillside collapsed. the warning heard across the region conditions are primed for more. >> we have had so much rain this entire winter and when we get rain like that the earth moves. >> reporter: this week there's more rain in the forecast. with the bulls eye, some five inches expected near the dam. to prepare for more rain. >> we've also gone to extreme efforts to basically clean out and caulk every crack on the deck. >> in february nearly 200,000 residents were evacuated as an auxiliary spillway over top. after one of the wettest winters on record rapid snow melt this season could mean more flood danger across the west. a new norm for a region that

steve patterson, nbc news, los angeles. >>> now a look at some of the other stories making headlines this morning. authorities in seattle are searching for suspects after a synagogue there was vandalized with graffiti claiming the holocaust was fake with the letter s followed by a dollar sign. cemetaries across the country are dealing with a rise in bomb threats and vandalism. >>> sad news from the world of music. singer joanie sledge has passed away. ♪ we are family ♪ i got all my >> sledge and her sisters hit the big time in 1979 with the song "we are family," a tune that became an anthem for the women's rights movement. joanie sledge died on friday. she was 60 years old. >>> on a much lighter note, today is selection sunday when the ncaa reveals the 68 teams selected to play in the march madness basketball tournament. on sunday the villanova wildcats won the big east knocking off creighton 64-60. they will likely be the number one seed in the tournament. they won it all last year. the blue devils won on saturday. and my alma mater vanderbilt did lose to arkansas in the semifinals

nbc's steve patterson has our report. >> everything happened so st victim of a vicious attack in his own words. >> they kept coming at me like bulldogs. >> reporter: on wednesday a pack of unruly bikers wove through san francisco traffic, popping wheelies, speeding and harassing drivers. >> there are about 20 motorcycles involved, yelling at motorists. >> reporter: the highway patrol responding to a call on the busy 101 freeway where the motorcycles forced their wrath on this sedan. he somehow defended the bikers by changing lanes and was immediately surrounded before being forced to stop. >> he started hitting my window on the right-hand side. he hit it until he broke it and the glass started flying at me. >> reporter: quintana tried to talk himself out. >> instead of using words, these guys used their fists. >> reporter: video shows the brutality of the beating. he described kicks and punches. >> one punch after another just hit me. >> reporter: after sustained blows across his body, the bikers began to speed away with one last injury to inflict. >> he looked at me straight in the

nbc steve patterson has the details. >> reporter: newly released faa audio record gts reveal the confusionbetween harrison ford and air control last month. the actor accidently buzzing single engine plane filled with passengers. >> he landed on charlie. >> charlie. >> ford was flying in to john wane airport in orange county california cleared to land on short runway, instead landing on a taxiway. flyingless than 100 feet. on the ground instantly realizing he made a mistake. >> this is harrison ford. >> okay. >> my pilot license. >> over. >> take your time. no big deal. >> it's a big deal for me. >> this is just the latest close call for the veteran pilot. just two years ago ford was injured when he crash landed antique airplane on santa monica. he later latched about it on ellen. >> you crashed a plane. >> the plane crashed. i was aboard the plane and it crashed. >> this morning flight experts say the error is a clear faa violation and ford's pilot license could be suspended. >> i would not be surprised if the faa asked him to take a competency check. if he's found competent, i would have

nbc's steve patterson joins us with more details on that. k to me, what exactly about what exactly happened in this video. >> well, katy, this is 48-year-old romelo gonzalez. his family claims he's been in the united states for more than 25 years, undocumented immigrant from mexico, who is a father of four, u.s. born citizens, including his 13-year-old daughter fatima who you can hear in that video who took that video, you can hear crying as she's watching her father be arrested, and then deta. she ss that her father was sily dropping the kids off for school on tuesday morning, when two black unmarked cars rolled up on them, and made that arrest. as you mentioned, they just have the words "police" on their back, but they turned out to be immigrations customs enforcement agents. so they take him into custody, where he remains in i.c.e. custody at this time. this video though has outraged the community in los angeles, particularly in east l.a., where they were in an area near highland park. also in dispute here is the closeness to the proximity

my colleague, steve patterson is there. what's the latest on the family and is the father still in custody? >> yeah, 48-year-old romul avelica remains in i.c.e. custody. he was picked up on tuesday. his family says he was simply dropping his kids off at school when two black unmarked vehicles pulled them over. it was his 13-year-old daughter fatima, who you can hear crying and sobbing and pleading as she's recording her father's arrest and detention. that video has since sparked outrage in east l.a. over the nature of the arrest. fatima and her sister, jocelyn, recently spoke out about what happened. >> he's a good person. he doesn't deserve any of this. he's a really good person. he does nothing but work hard. he's always there for us. >> so, we do have a statement in from i.c.e. it says mr. avelica was targeted for arrest because relevant databases indicate he has multiple prior criminal convictions, including an dui in 2009 as well as outstanding date for removal from 2013. the attorney for the family says that is decade

we hear about it from nbc steve patterson. >> reporter: tonight air travellers may start feeling a difference in airport security lines. the tsa tightening rules on passenger pat downs. previously transportation security officials used several types of pat downs usually after a person sets off the metal detecter alarm. now those options have been replaced with a universal procedure that's more comprehensive. >> from an operations perspective it's a little bit easier because everybody just has to learn one procedure, one technique and they don't have to try and make a judgment call as to which one to use. >> reporter: in a statement to nbc news the new procedure does not involve any different areas of the body than were screened in the previous standard pat down procedure. the tsa says pat downs will still be done by an officer of the same gender and it may still include inspection of sensitive areas such as breast, groin and the buttocks. >> this is not anything that's going to benefit security and all it does is turn the check point into a place of indecency. >> reporter: today travellers ha

nbc's steve patterson is live in los angeles. >> reporter: good morning. march madness is a nationalns o out brackets, watching the games on really whatever screens they can find. it has an affect on the workplace in ways you expect and others not. here is a l tournament is playing out so far. >> march middle tennessee. >> reporter: the signs that make for madness. >> takes out. the minnesota gophers. >> reporter: long shots are cinderella stories. celebrities fill to take in the drama of the down to the wire nail biter. this year, though, the ncaa .ournament's top rated teams >> i think the perfect way to describe is a lmes, but not man. >> reporter: but the biggest action 40 million americans fi that is more than donald trump or hillary clinton in the last year'sa lot of themn the job. >> their duties during the ncaa employees use company time to year, researchers losses. >> you can find a way to and fl. >> reportemarch, even the pentagonrning sent to employees streaming the me network resources that could behe war. this, patients who are wife wohas of b

steve patterson has details. >> reporter: lives threatened in the line of fire near boulder, colorado. with more than 60 acres burned the flames are hopping just above a row of homes. farther west wet weather makes for shocking scenes, subdivisions transformed into residential rivers, streets that look like canals and evacuations in parts of yakima, washington. parts of portland swept away. telemen survive after a hillside collapsed on their car on thursday. >> we have had so much rain this winter and when we get rain like that the earth moves. >> this week there is more rain in the forecast with a bulls-eye on northern california, five inches expected near the battered oroville dam. the crews have been working around the clock to repair the damaged spillway. >> we have gone to extreme efforts to basically clean out and caulk every crack on the deck. >> reporter: in february nearly 200,000 residents were evacuated as an auxiliary spillway overtopped. after one of the wettest winters on record, it could mean more flood danger in the west. a new norm for a region that couldn't get enoug

nbc steve patterson tells us how a new policy will impact your next flight. >> reporter: air travelersairport security lines. the tsa tightening rules on passenger patdowns. previously transportation security officials used several types of patdowns, usually after a person sets off the metal detector or alarm. now those options have been replaced with a universal procedure that's more comprehensive. >> from an operation's perspective, it's a little bit easier because everybody just has to learn one procedure, one technique. and they don't have to make a judgment as to which one to use. >> reporter: in a statement to nbc news, the tsa says the new procedure does not involve any different areas of the body than were screened in the previous standard patdown procedure. the tsa says patdowns will still be done same gender and may include inspection of sensitive areas, breast, groin, and buttocks. >> this is not anything that's going to benefit security and all it does it is turn the check point into a place of indecency. >> travelers had mixed reaction. >> if it helps prevent something, it

for "today," steve patterson, nbc news, los angeles. >> all right. yeah, it's beautiful out today. >> this is nice. >> i like it. some good enthusiasm. let's take a look outside what's going on in the rest of the country right now. we're going to look at some severe storms, making their way in through louisiana, also mississippi, even alabama. we'll see that weaken a little bit, but then have another system make its way in through tomorrow. sunday through sunday evening, another threat of that severe weather. looking at those showers spreading through the northeast. remember, it will be a series of >>> good morning. i'm first alert meteorologist krystal klei. the forecast today. very mild conditions. light winds. some isolated light showers possible in the afternoon and evening. otherwise, look at these temps. 70 in center city. low 70s possible. most in the upper 60s in the suburbs. mid to upper 60s in the lehigh valley. some isolated showers. we'll be in those mid to upper 60s in areas like trenton. p 070 in vorhees and areas like the shore and del

steve patterson, nbc news. >> it is 7:12, much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up there's a newspaper activity during recess at one bay area elementary school. instead of playing students have taken up knitting. >> and a gorgeous shot 21 degrees right there over lake tahoe. but we will be warming up even in lake tahoe. we'll have a look at your sunday day planner plus when you can expect for the workweek ahead. coming up right after the break. stay with us. looking over dubl >>> thanks for waking up early with us ttd. 7:14 the sun is coming up. it's going to be a great day today. >>> there's concern over california's lone wolf pack. wildlife experts say they haven't spotted the seven gray wolves in months. the wolf pack first discovered in 2015 was the first wolf family in california in nearly a century. they were last seen seen in the wilderness north of redding. experts say they may have gone to an area with more prey but that's unusual behavior for wolf packs which typically don't abandon their breeding grounds. >>> people of all age rsz stepping up ch

nbc's steve patterson has more. >> reporter: thursday's opening bell, the ringing sound of success for popular disappearing messages app, snapchat. after it went public on the stock exchange, shares soared. making instant millionaires out of investors, and billionaires out of its founders. but arguably the most surprising score -- >> it's crazy. >> reporter: -- was raked in right here at this high school. >> it's an amazing and transformational opportunity for the school. >> reporter: way back in 20212 during the early days of snapchat, private catholic silicon valley school st. francis high used an old venture fund to invest in snap. today after immediately selling off two-third of its sharing their $15,000 drop in the bucket is now a pot of gold worth $24 million. >> it's crazy. it's such a silicon valley thing to do. >> i think, you know, right now st. francis may be the coolest high school in the united states, though. >> reporter: and this guy, a dad, barry eggers, is the reason why. eggers a venture capitalist, was on the board of his kids' high school growth fund and made the su

steve patterson is in los angeles for us.ally tlieing his plane over a 737 filled with passengers and we're hearing ford's call to the air traffic control tower moments before the incident. >> i must have landed on the taxi. >> can i get your name ask pilot's license? >> harrison ford. >> take your time. no big deal. >> it's a big deal for me. >> this just happened in late february at john wayne airport in orange county, california. you can see in surveillance vud owe the yellow husky barely avoiding a flight prepare ingin take off with 116 people on board. ford came dangerously close to the passenger plane when he was cleared to land on a shortway. instead landing on a parallel taxi way where planes taxi before takeoff. the faa is currently investigating this lawsutest incident. >> steve patterson in los angeles, thank you. >>> a lot going on. >> babies crying. >> dylan? >> i'm okay over here. coming up, the thrilling conclusion of our week of spring steals. jill has managed to find bargains for $5 or less. she's going to re

steve kerr and he knows that. >>> nfl raiders have signed kick returner cordarrelle patterson.made first team all pro twice and once ran a kickback 109 yards. he's coming to a stadium near you we hope. >>> talk about domination sensation, the last time the stanford women missed the ncaa tournament, ronald reagan was in office. the cardinal making the tournament the 30th consecutive year. what ken? >> which term? >> i'm get to that. 1987, which would be what term? thank you, the second term. cardinal went 28-5 in the regular tournament and won the pac-12 tournament. in f waco, texa [ cheering and applause ] >> was that awesome or what? cal entered selection on the bubble. the bears are dancing, 9th seed. it was a real special day for lindsay gottlieb who got engaged earlier in the day. how about that? you go to the ncaa tournament and get engaged in the same day. if you want to compete in the bracket challenge on channel 5 go to tomorrow morning at 4-30. michel >>> late show with stephen colbert is next. our next newscast is tomorrow morning at 4:30. >> they'll have all the news