here's steve patterson. >> reporter: a historical homecoming. >> hello!. >> reporter: at the very heart of the american dream. >> there used to be a hallway. >> reporter: this small southern california house, home to just two families over the last century. >> my brother and i both lived in that room. >> reporter: for a long time, it belonged to the dongs. but before that, the thompsons, their greatthompso grandchildren visiting for the first time. >> it was quite emotional to be in the house. >> reporter: great grandfather gus thompson was born into slavery, enduring the jim crow south for decades before moving west, buying this property with his wife emma, a pioneer at a time when the state's black population was less than 1%. in 1939, the thompsons rented the house to the dongs, one they eventually bought, an act that defied a legacy of exclusionary housing practices, forging a timeless bond between a black and chinese american family. >> the thompsons gave my parents the ability to make the american dream, a house, and a safe place to live. >> reporte

steve patterson has the details. >> reporter: downtown los angeles, besieged by a storm of sirens.a small army of squad cars tailed this hijacked l.a. metro bus for an hour. the driver, police say, steering the bus at gunpoint. >> this operator continued to operate the bus in as safe a manner as he could. >> reporter: police say the bus came under assault shortly before 1:00 a.m. the hijacker, identified as lamonte campbell, shot one passenger, sending others running from the bus. >> the operator initiated emergency protocols on the bus. >> reporter: police say the driver remembered a piece of life-saving training, pressing a panic button to display a distress message on the message board, 911, call police, emergency, spurring the police into action. deploying spike strips, funneling the bus into a trap. the s.w.a.t. team surrounding the bus. >> this is lapd! you're surrounded! come out with your hands up! >> reporter: storming in, pulling the driver to safety, arresting the suspect, alive and unhurt. >> he surrendered immediately, and there was no use of force at the end of the pu

steve patterson looks back at his life and legacy. >> i shall pray for you. >> reporter: for over 70stage and screen with a voice that commanded attention. >> don't you try and go through life worried if somebody like you or not! >> reporter: james earl jones was born in rural mississippi in 1931. as a child, he developed a debilitating stutter. >> you never get over it, really. i simply learn how to work around it. >> reporter: his breakthrough tony-winning performance came as jack johnson in "the great white hope", which was later turned into a movie. >> i am your father. >> reporter: but it was a two and a half hour voiceover session with george lucas that changed his life. the role propelled him, or at least his voice, to worldwide fame as darth vader in "star wars." for the next 40 years, he excelled on stage, winning a second tony award. >> james earl jones. >> reporter: and, on the big screen, a navy admiral in "the hunt for red october." >> and i was never here. >> reporter: in "the lion king". >> you are more than you what have become. >> reporter: and the voice of all baseb

here is steve patterson. >> reporter: tonight, san francisco 49ers team practice under way, as rookie star ricky pearsall reportedly already back on his feet after being shot in the chest over the weekend. the team's radio analyst saying he spoke to pearsall in the weight room on monday. >> by the grace of god, ricky pearsall is here with the team and doing really well. >> reporter: police say the 23-year-old was the victim of an attempted robbery saturday afternoon, shot in broad daylight while walking alone in the city's bustling union square. >> i heard the -- >> reporter: sergeant joelle harrell said she rushed to the and i said to him, "listen, look at me. sound of gunfire, finding pearsall bleeding on the ground. >> i see him look down, and he looks at me, and he goes, "am i going to die?" and i'm just like, no. i take off my hat, because i wanted to make eye contact with him, i wanted him to hear me. and i said to him, "listen, look at me. i know you don't know me, but i want you to trust me. it's not your time." >> reporter: police say multiple shots were fired in the struggle

here's steve patterson with the video. >> reporter: downtown los angeles besieged by a storm of sirens as a small army of squad cars tailed this hijacked l.a. metro bus for an hour. the driver, police say, steering the bus at gunpoint. >> this operator continued to operate the bus in a safe manner as he could. >> reporter: police say the bus came under assault before 1:00 a.m. a hijacker identified as lamont campbell shot one passenger sending others running from the bus. >> the operator initiated emergency protocols on the bus. >> reporter: police say the driver remembered a piece of lifesaving training pressing a panic, 911, call police, emergency. it spurred the lapd into action deploying spike strips funneling the bus into a trap. a s.w.a.t. team surrounding the bus. >> this is lapd. you're surrounded. come out with your hands up. >> reporter: storming in, pulling the driver to safety arresting the suspect alive and unhurt. >> he surrendered immediately, and there was no use of force at the end of the pursuit. >> reporter: police say one passenger was shot multiple times. the victi

steve patterson, nbc news, los angeles. >> what a life. what an actor. >>> in 60 seconds, our exclusive one-on-one with nfl star tyreek hill. what he says about being pulled over, detained and handcuffed by police as he was on his way to the dolphins' home opener. stay with us. opener. stay with us. started. it's... the side hug. tween milestones like this may start at age 9. hpv vaccination—a type of cancer prevention against certain hpv-related cancers, can start then too. for most, hpv clears on its own. but for others, it can cause certain cancers later in life. you're welcome! now, as the “dad cab”, it's my cue to help protect them. embrace this phase. help protect them in the next. ask their doctor today about hpv vaccination. dupixent can help people with asthma breathe better in as little as 2 weeks. so this is better. even this. dupixent is an add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma that's not for sudden breathing problems. dupixent can cause allergic reactions that can be severe. tell your doctor right aw

here is steve patterson. >> reporter: in a celebration of hollywood that can sometimes feel like it's-- >> and the emmy goes to -- >> reporter: last night was filled with new age firsts. >> "shogun." >> reporter: sure, "shogun's" show-stopping success was somewhat expected. but for a partially translated japanese period piece, this was a samurai style conquest. >> arigato gozaimasu! >> reporter: raking in a record 18 emmys in its first season including best drama and a sweep of the top acting awards. >> hiroyuki sanada! >> reporter: crowning the first japanese actor to win an emmy, and just moments later -- >> and the emmy goes to anna sawai! >> reporter: anna sawai became the first asian actress to ever win best female lead in a drama. >> to all the women who expect nothing and continue to be an example for everyone. >> reporter: fx's "the bear" sizzled again in the comedy category with several wins, but it was actress liza colon-zayas' emotional win that stole the show. >> i just want to feed my kids. >> reporter: colon-zayas making history as the first latina awarded outstanding su

steve patterson, is where the line fire is burning. steve, good to see you. part of the challenge in containing this line fire is that mountainous terrain, crews are having to use helicopters to drop water and the unrelenting heat scorching southern california, talk to us about firefighters' plans, it doesn't make it easier to fight these fires. >> reporter: one of the things is it's taken care of itself, it's a whole lot cooler than it was yesterday, the unrelenting heat is finally ending, this is probably going to be the last day where we approach 100 degrees, already at something like 93, 94, and it still feels like paradise compared to yesterday. meanwhile the wind is starting to pick up as well, blown some of the air that was behind me, sort of trapped in a dome over us pushing out. that will stoke the flames however in last one gasp before firefighters can get more handle on it with the cooling temperatures, but the terrain is going to be difficult until this fire is put out, part of the solution is what i've been seeing over my left shoulder, helicopte

plus, our good friend steve patterson hits the streets

. >> steve patterson is with us in california, where the line fire is burning, steve, there have been no reported deaths luckily from this fire, i know cal fire said thousands of structures are under threat right now and people are evacuating. how are things going out there? are people taking it pretty seriously? >> reporter: they are. 35,000 homes in fact under threat from this fire burning really on multiple fronts, there's great concern, great worry, evacuation orders under way, we got a fresh bunch of evacuation orders, how erratic this fire is even though firefighters are doing all they can, besides the thousands of firefighters, sorry, the thousands of homes that are under threat we've heard no homes have burned, nobody has died as you mentioned, three firefighters injured battling the fire that's because of how treacherous this terrain is, you might be able to see the fire burning off in the distance behind me it's covered in smoke. this fire has laid down over the stretch of canyons where there are homes but firefighters able to contain it there. it's not been driven by wind a

nbc's steve patterson joins us in highland, california. steve, how are conditions right now?t efforts stand? >> reporter: a state of emergency here in southern california where there's something of good news/bad news on this fire. the good news is that this is not one of those typical late season wind-driven fires. the winds have been relatively calm on this fire, which is good because it means it's essentially contained in the mountain range that you might see behind me, and good because firefighters can actually make progress. it's not moving in a bunch of different directions, which means firefighters have about 3% containment on this fire, it is small, but it's not nothing. the bad news, however, is that this fire blew up so quickly that it essentially created its own weather pattern. there are pyrocumulus or pyro do you mean low nimbus clouds that are spawned essentially right on top of the fire and from those clouds the national weather service has already recorded thousands of lightning strikes which could absolutely change the direction or create a new front to this f

here's steve patterson. >> reporter: san francisco 49ers' team practice under way, as rookie star rickyrsall reportedly already back on his feet after being shot in the chest over the weekend. the team's radio analyst saying he spoke to pearsall in the weight room on monday. >> by the grace of god, ricky pearsall is here with the team and doing really well. >> reporter: police say the 23 yoerld was the victim of an attempted robbery saturday afternoon, shot in broad daylight while walking along in union city square. sergeant joelle harrall found pearsall bleeding on the ground. >> i see him look down, and he looks at me. he goes, and i going to die? and i was, like, no. i take off my hat, because i wanted to make eye contact with him. i wanted him to hear me. and i said to him, listen, look at me. i know you don't know me. but i want you to trust me. it's not your time. >> reporter: police say multiple shots were fired in the struggle between pearsall and the 17-year-old suspect, who was shot by his own gun. the niners drafted pearsall as a first-round pick. he was set for his big debut

joining us now, steve patterson, and msnbc meteorologist bill karins. eve, i know you're close to one of the fires. what are you seeing there? >> we're about 70 miles northeast of the los angeles area. it's less about what i see and more about what i feel because this is not one of those wind-driven fires. it's not going to cut through a bunch of vegetation and possibly homes and then die, which in some respects is good news because firefighters know where it is. it's not moving all of a sudden. the bad news is it's sitting on top of us, which makes the air quality terrible. i can feel it in my eyes, many my nose. clearing my throat every few minutes. for me, and a lot of people including communities that are dozens of miles away, chaff air quality warnings, it's gross. for these firefighters it is very dangerous. firefighters, though, making progress overnight. it was cooler, humidity a little bit better. they've got about 3% containment on the fire. it is still incredibly hot. it's going to get over 100 degrees again today. those guys are in very very

my colleague steve patterson is a look back at his extraordinary life and legacy. >> reporter: for overraced stage and screen with a voice that commanded attention. >> don't you try and go through life worried if someone liked you are not. >> reporter: james earl jones born in mississippi in 1931. he developed a debilitating stutter. >> you never get over it really. you learn to work around it. >> reporter: is breakthrough performance came as boxing champ jack johnson in the great white hope which was turned into a movie. >> i am your father. >> reporter: it was a voiceover session with george lucas that changed his life. the role propelled him and his voice to worldwide fame as darth vader in star wars. the next 40 years, he excelled on stage, winning a second tony award. on the big screen, the admiral >> reporter: in the lion king. >> you are more than what you have become. >> reporter: and the voice in field of dreams. >> people will come. people will most definitely come. >> reporter: on screen and in life, james earl jones was a king. >> it wasn't to be a hollywood star or be part

steve patterson has been tracking this story for us.t are we learning about this entire situation and the passenger who was killed. >> reporter: shortly before a 1:00 a.m. last night, overnight, the heart of downtown los angeles, this bus is essentially taken over by an armed suspect, arguing with passengers, arguing with the driver, pulls out a gun and starts shooting one of the victims multiple times, police say, this leads to people scattering off the bus, the bus is hijacked. leads to the slow-speed chase you're seeing now. but police are crediting the driver who keep in mind if you're watching video and the bus is moving that means the driver is being held at gun point but had the sense of mind to hit the panic button. you might see call 9111, emergency, displayed on the bus, that's because of the sense of mind of the driver who does this while being held at gunpoint. this leads to police trailing the bus, it leads to spike strips being deployed. swath teams surrounding the bus. without further injury. police performed cpr on the p

nbc news correspondent steve patterson has more on the life and legacy of the actor james earl jones.ou. >> reporter: for every 70 he graced stage and screen with a voice that commanded attention. james earl jones was born in rural mississippi in 1931. as a child he developed a debilitating stutter. >> you never get over it really. you simply learn how to work around it. >> reporter: his breakthrough tony winning performance came as boxing champ jack johnson in the great white hope, which was later turned into a movie. >> i am your father. >> reporter: but it was a 2 1/2 voice-over session as george lucas that changed his life. the role propelled him or at least his voice to worldwide fame as darth vader in "star wars." for the next 40 years he excelled on stage winning a second tony award. >> james earl jones. >> reporter: in on the big screen, a navy admiral in the hunt for red october. >> i was never here. >> reporter: in the "lion king." >> you are more than what you have become. >> reporter: and the voice of all baseball fans in "field of dreams." >> people will come, ray. people

steve patterson is covering this for us.stand there has been lightning strikes and that has got to make firefighters' jobs even harder. >> the amazing thing about the lightning strikes is they are formed by a weather system that is created essentially by the fire itself. this fire exploding over the weekend, quadrupling in size. so quickly and so fast and so powerfulfully that it forms these pyro cumulus clouds over the fire itself. those clouds create lightning. the lightning strikes the ground and you might get a spark, which creates a new front to the fire. so very dangerous for firefighters. all of this, though, stoked up by the heat. the heat wave here has been particularly miserable. it is 10:00 in the morning here and it is 95 degrees already. we're going to get up to 107. this is lighter than what it has been normally and last flight the temperatures actually dropped significantly. humidity went up a little bit to allow firefighters to get a little bit of a hand on this. 3% containment and it is small but at least it

my colleague steve patterson has a look back on his extraordinary life and legacy. >> reporter: for over voice that commanded attention. >> don't you try to go through life worried if somebody likes you are not. >> reporter: he was born in 1931 in rural mississippi and as a child developed a debilitating stutter. the breakthrough tony winning performance came as jack johnson in the great white hope later turned into a movie. but it was a two in a half hour voiceover session with george lucas that changed his life. the role propelled him or at least his voice to worldwide fame as darth vader in star wars and for the next 40 years he excelled on stage winning a second tony award. and on the big screen a navy admiral in the hunt for red october. and in the lion king and the voice of all baseball fans in the field of dreams. >> people will come, ray, people will most definitely come. on screen and in life, james earl jones was a king. >> what it means to be good storytelling and the goal was about that. he found his voice and we got a lot. >> a truly extraordinary career and a beautiful life

goc on this effort is mayor steve patterson from athens, ohio. mayor patterson has been a member of the ohio state advisory committee since 2022 and recently traveled to ukraine on the two-year anniversary of russia's invasion. met with leaders in the sister city. please welcome to the stage, mayor of athens ohio, steve patterson >> thank you, steve. really happy to have you here. just mentioned the trip to ukraine that you had. really wanted to know what was your key take away from that experience. >> oh boy. before i get started, i have to know that we didn't talk to each other about color coordinating. but we did. it was probably one of the most impactful things that i've done in my life. i'm 64 years old. i have been mayor since 2016, full-time mayor, so this is what i do. i run the city of athens and the moment i learned about this program, which is through -- over in ukraine, i was intrigued and i learned more about it and as i got engaged, we went through basically a six- month process of having a -- sign between mayor of austria and mysel

patterson, my late cousin. he passed away about 6 weeks ago. probably but he was a longtime camera operator for steveollywood. so it was nice that the israelis honor and yeah, that's lovely. thanks for joining us. everybody will see joining us. everybody will see you this week. ♪♪ irresistibly smooth milk chocolate. from the lindt master chocolatier. ♪♪ lindor. ♪♪ made to melt you. ♪♪ and now, discover a new non-dairy lindor. made with oat milk. made to melt you. in the aftermath of a blockbuster presidential debate. both parties scramble to find their footing in a remade landscape with just 7 sunday's to go until election day. what's the state of the race? it's no surprise that the discussion of immigration has yet again turne