. >> we met him at the kern valley state prison armed with pepper spray and baton. he's the lone officer responsible for supervising the inmate staff. >> i have six, seven inmates here. i have four or five cops outside that door. the door is locked. there's one dude with the key. you have to trust them to a certain extent. they have no reason to assault me unless they are pissed off and i disrespect them. >> the number two cook is carter hill. >> tell me what your sentence is. >> murder. >> what's your sentence? >> 50 to life. >> there's a dynamic in prison, when you are interviewing somebody, if there's a corrections officer or inmate together, they will watch their ps and qs. they will tell you what you want to hear. when we met him, we got truth. >> like '82, right. later on, it came to cos. now, i look at them and we got gang members. in green suits. >> hill was willing to make an exception for officer epperson. >> this man here, he treats me like a human being. it's a rare occurrence around here. this man, he all right. >> you're all right. >> i got to live here

a tough fight in the central valley in kern county this morning. >>> the negotiation with the europeanunion will need to begin under a new prime minister. >> shocking words this morning, an international shake-up hours ago. that was british prime minister david cameron telling the world he is resigning from his post as the people of great britain vote to reshape their future and leave the european union. >> scott mcgrew joins us. the markets opened in the last three minutes. what is happening? >> it's not as bad as we thought. dow industrials losing more than 300 points. live to the big board. now almost 500 points. we are beginning to accelerate. we saw maybe not the panic selling off the top. right now the s&p s&p is down less than 3%. we are okay there. the president just released a statement a moment ago. he is in the bay area right now saying, "the people of the united kingdom have spoken. we respect their decision. the special relationship between the united states and the united kingdom is enduring." you mentioned the british prime minister will resign in the wake of this histor

you see the inland valley slow recovery, could be problems tomorrow. >>> now the kern county, firefighters are making progress on the wildfire northeast of bakersfield. it started last thursday. tonight it is 40% contained. at least two people were killed and 200 structures destroyed. the death toll could rise as they search through houses that have burned to the ground. >>> the hot dry weather has fire crews reminding property owners to create defensible space. so far they have inspected 20,000 homes in the area. they are looking to see if homeowners are maintaining their vegetation. 2000 properties are underorders to fix the problems. firefighters want to find average that -- everything that fireworks are forbidden. toxic alien found in the --al gee was found in the water. toxic algae causes rashes, eye irritation and stoppic sickness. this is the second summer in a row it has been closed. >>> airbnb goes to federal court to block rules. the home sharing service said the new ordinance requires users post a registration number with the listing and to verify if the number is correct. airb&

. >> it will stay hot especially over the central valley where they are battling the kern fire.e to watch out for that as well as heat building into the bay area. it is nice and cool this morning. mostly clear skies in the south bay. it's 57 and 52 with low clouds in parts of the north bay. highs there reaching 90. also 90s for the tri-valley while south bay at 87. 72 in san francisco. let's head over to mike now tracking crashes in fremont and near the bay bridge. >> globally lots happening. locally there are a couple of traffic issues. we are looking at south bay. a couple of crashes. those are minor. the one in fremont had a big backup. southbound 600 coming out of sunol. that should recover but this has not yet recovered. the backup now off university slowing and really jamming up approaching the berkeley curve. cutting off 580, 24 and 980. this is expected to be there maybe another half hour we are looking at off the berkeley curve slowing up traffic on the approach for westbound 80. back to you. >> 531. breaking news we are following is developing right now out of the cent

you would do the same with your it's inbred in us, it's genetic you see something that's >> no one wants to change. >> two other kern valleyates everyone's broken up into think all these people hate, out to the exercise yard to see part of their daily routine. we look forward to it, for sure. sunlight, it's a big deal. it's an exercise routine, and, therefore, the race have to follow as long as they show respect. everything in prison is about an inmate bridging the racial a white guy as a crip. so evidently i get my respect. >> because of who i run with, have to prove myself, you know? always, no matter what. so i can't change my life now, i chose that road, so i have to be a part of that. i don't try to be black, i'm me, i'm dylan. hope is like that will kill me before one of them kills me. >> what? feel like >> the life and death consequences of leaving a prison gang. >> am i going to get killed by killed [ driver panting ] if you're sick of paying more than your fair share... [ scream] get snapshot from progressive, and see just how much your good driving could save you. as long as you love me, it's alright bend me shap

. >>> also going on right now, a fast-moving wildfire is destroying homes in the central valley in kernm nbc news this is today's take with al roker, willie geist and tamron hall all from studio a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome, it is a friday morning and a special day, steven tyler is wrapping up the set on june 24, 2016. inside studio 1 a i'm here with dylan and al. walk this way, that groundbreaking collaboration between aerosmith and run dmc. >> how does he still get that voice up there? >> after all those years of doing it? how does it not pop out of your chest? >> and he's got the look and the fingernails and the hair. >> and he smells great. >> he smells fresh. >> steven tyler. >> i don't know if it's a fresh soap or whatever. >> it was quite delightful. >> do you have his picture? >> he was rubbing dylan's tummy. >> that's for good luck. >> oh, you got that in there. if you watched at 8:30 this happened, but i need to like hide my excitement more. >> there was that fine moment but no, he does smell good. >> speaking of exciting moment, al roker we have our ghost bu busters the

the erskine fire what is happening? >> it is in kern county, which is in the south end of the san joaquin valley just north of los angelesve about the fires, eight large fires burning right now in the southern half of the state. conditions are changing throughout the state. rapidly dryings the vegetation throughout california. our fire activity is increasing throughout the state. last week, we had 300 new fires. several fires are escaping that. we anticipate fires to continue for the days to come. it is parching already parched fuel. we are getting into peak fire season conditionright now. amy: how do these fires compared to the last 30 years? >> we are seeing several things. the most damaging fires -- about half of the state's largest fires have occurred in the last decade. we are seeing a significant change. fire seasons may add and flow from year-to-year, but the trend is larger, more damaging fires and more acres burned. amy: can you talk about the connection of the five-year drought that has been going on. >> the connection of the drought is profound. it has left the living fuels very dry. even some of the rainfall

the southern sierra really fanning the flames for the fire in kern county but for the bay area our wind shift allowing for warming trend in the inland valleyg the fog at bay tonight, tomorrow, by sunday it does return. 62 in san francisco right now. mid 60's in oakland. 68 mountain view. 69 in san jose. 73 still in morgan hill but look at the coast. half moon pay 54 degrees. from our east bay hills camera this is where temperatures are going to really get warm but in fact they are going to be at the warmest by the end of the weekend into early next week. 69 santa rosa a napa 64 novato 73 in fairfield. 77 in concord and 76 in livermore.so notice the golden gate bridge nice and clear. beaches nice and sunny. we start out with a little bit of patchy fog on suf=jy but i still thil think we get a good warming over the weekend with a heat alert early into next weekt for monday and tuesday then looking atf triple digit temperatures inland. so we will be looking at the clear skies tonight overnight low in the 50's so comfortable 55 oakland. 54 san mateo o. 53 in morgan hill and by tomorrow when you wake up no fog. sunny skies in the afternoon. 67

>> it was in the middle of central california we heard the sounds of the muslim call to prayer emanating from a cell at kern valleymates jose garza and rehan ali bhutto explain to our crew how their religious practices aren't hindered by prison bars. >> at 5:00 we come up and do prayers. we begin our day like that. >> talk to me guys, why this cell is so different from the other cells you've been in. >> it's based on cleanness. we have to be clean. we keep ourselves clean and organized. islam is islam. in here or the street, it's the same. >> but bhutto and garza have more in common than religion. >> my sentence is life without a possibility of patrol. >> i'm charged with murder, first degree, so as far as details, life without possibility -- same thing. >> i'm here for heat of passion. i caught my wife with somebody and -- >> and? >> killed her. know, i'm not proud of it, i've regretted every single minute of it. >> so what was the charge? what was the conviction? it's not heat of passion. >> it is heat of passion. >> he told us he took responsibility for his actions. but during the course of the interview, it se

the way, are both expected to survive. >>> breaking news on that fire burning in central valley near bakersfield. we reported towards the top of the newscast, according to a tweet from the kernent, two people have been found dead. the fast-moving wildfire exploded overnight. it has now burned at least 80 homes and 1,500 more are still threatened. mandatory evacuations and road closures are in effect. that fire has now burned more than 19,000 acres. >>> san francisco police track down a u-haul used to steal five motorcycles from a petaluma sports shop. this happened sunday night on petaluma boulevard north. police say the burglars loaded those motorcycles into the u- haul and drove it all the way to san francisco. officers tried to follow the truck, but they lost it and then they later found it abandoned right near candlestick park. >>> now to a happy story in the north bay of a man who is shipping out a garage full of baseball gear to children in the caribbean. >> the remarkable thing that all this equipment, is all donations he collected himself. >> reporter: it's gonna be like christmas in june. this petaluma garage is chock full. hundreds of balls, bats, gloves, uniforms.

kern valley state prison. for inmate marcus armstrong, that means it's laundry day. >> a lot of guys don't trust the laundry.ndry ourselves. some do it in the sink. me, i do it in the shower so i can really get it clean. soap it up, rinse it out, wring it out. get a little workout in the meantime. good as new after two hours. just like mamma taught me. >> it's also the best night for television. >> monday night, primetime tv come on and i watch the primetime shows. my favorite shows right now are "24," "smallville," "grey's anatomy," "desperate housewives." you know what i'm saying? i love you bree. >> armstrong's weekly routine will continue indefinitely. he's serving 25 years to life for first-degree murder. >> sometimes i can see the victim in my case when i'm walking, you know what i'm saying? it's like demons that never go away. i have dreams about it, you know? >> the victim was a friend who learned that armstrong was involved in drug dealing and credit card fraud. >> she was an ex-girlfriend of mine, but we still lived together at the time. so at the time i guess you could say she was a roommate, you

the mountains of los angeles, ventura, santa barbara and kern counties. this morning apparently calls to tell you about yours. some attempts at general mills nature valleygranola bars for listeria contamination from sunflower seeds. so far no reports of illnesses at mr traveling report. ikea with dressers and chairs that can tip over and are being blamed for the deaths of three toddlers. customers told the anchor i.t. announcing a lot of dressers were not anchored. they offer the full refund. as well as free and great kids and remind consumers if you are going to keep a company great. if not, get rid of it. maria: did u.s. markets poised brain as i have relief after days of the british accent aftermath. a 200 points on the dow jones industrial average expect to know better than 1%. nike to report earnings later today. sports apparel makers could be stopped short by hurdles in its path. we will stay with you. back in a moment. ♪ this man creates software, used by this bank, to protect this customer, who lives here and flies to hong kong, to visit this company that makes smart phones, used by this vice president, this little kid, oops, and this obstetrici