but tom?e'd always had an awful temper, they said. >> i always was afraid he was going to hurt her, always, always. >> why? what -- what about him? >> his temper. you -- you can't go from zero to 100 and think clearly. >> i think that he was just in a fit of rage. and, he shot her. >> reporter: armed with that new information the detective went back to talk to tom and zeroed in on those scratches. officers had given him something clean to wear so they could collect his bloody clothing. >> you have scratches on your, on your body. >> okay, you see this? this is a shaved chest, so when i'm sitting there. do you know how bad that hurts and itches. i do this all freaking day, this is actually her blood it comes off. see -- oh my gosh, it's coming off, it's her freaking blood. >> that's actually a scratch okay, that's a scratch. >> reporter: still, the detective pressed him. he had motive and opportunity, she said. >> when you went upstairs you were arguing with her. and you know you were arguing w

so she had a full plate. >> reporter: so did tom, for that matter. >> i like tom. he was pretty good guy, very >> reporter: jeff rodriguez was tom's boss at the weld county jail. they were corrections officers. >> he was a good employee. he had a son that was sick, so he did miss more work than what most fellow officers liked. >> reporter: stressful, draining thing, caring for a sick child. so maybe their new years eve party was a way to hope for better times and take a break, too. ashley's adopted dad, joel, was at the party. >> there was dancing goin' on and people were havin' a good time. >> reporter: and ashley seemed to be having a fine time, said andrea. she and tom seemed to be getting along fine? >> they seemed to be getting along fine. >> reporter: that's when ashley and andrea went off into the kitchen had a little party of their own. what were you drinking? >> jungle juice and jell-o shots. jell-o shots. but what's jungle juice? >> just juice of whatever kind i -- and then vodka and everclear, whatever kind of hard alcohol. >> reporter: everclear? >> yea

tom: come on. catherine mann adamant that the consolidation we are seeing in financial markets is bad for competition, where vonnie was going with the question. gdp, byve low nominal definition, companies can consolidate. wind you know too much is too much? >> corporate cal consolidation will post u.s. gdp. i do not see that is winky root cause. i see more fundamental macro economic problems having to do with productivity. i don't think that relates to the relatively small number of deals. tom: jeff degraff and carl weinberg with us. we will continue this conversation. coming up on bloomberg markets, an important conversation. alan schwartz on bloomberg markets later today. ♪ tom: now for your surveillance -- the hangover continues. washington in a fog this morning, two days after the ncete house correspondent dinner. really, the president was quite elegant going after everyone -- any and all. more -- and larry will tom: people hated it or loved it. i will not opine on that this morning. i did run

tom: i had.n't catch one of the big guys but i caught in the most clear lake i'd ever seen in my life. it was during a horse festival. i went downstream, by the time i got back, there were two families on the other side of the stream. they were fascinated by my equipment. so i left it for them. they left me a horse to ride back to camp. and it was a wild stallion. i got on the thing and it went to the river and to the camp and everything. i finally got it under control. i came flying into camp on this horse. my knees were up to here, followed by about 15 kids. charlie: did you for a moment think about politics? tom: no, i really didn't. people have asked me. both republicans and democrats. in part because i sought from the inside how hard it is. but i want to be who i am, i want to be a political journalist. i want to try and find a place where i could explain what is going on and why it is important. charlie: warren buffett has it -- said that he would give up one year of his life if he knew wha

tom: go ahead.ing to around and talk about one of the most important consumers, the ceos. what are they going to start spending their cash? bruce: we think that is warranted. we don't think profits are growing. the dollar matters for the u.s.. i think there is some opportunity if the economy picks up in the middle of the year to get better. what's interesting is to try to get the mix of spending versus hiring. we felt that hiring is going to hold up. the mix is that the corporate sector stays very weak. tom: have we lost our love affair with the auto? most kids in the urban space or not wanting cars and -- cars. philip: i think the answer is yes. we are seeing much less of it. deals,u look at the line they are moving into the city. they are looking to make the most of their lives rather than spending time stuck in traffic jams. we are still selling cars. the numbers are running at record levels. the hail economy is going down a little bit. it's nothing like when we were young. the kids look at me an

tom? good. it is a wonderful time across all of america, particularly kentucky. this saturday marks the 142nd running of the kentucky derby, the longest running sport event in the united states dating back to 1875. with us this morning are the geniuses from last year. did you guys pick the triple crown? >> i don't think so. tom: ok. i did you not pick it either. peter is with us. peter and lee, who really had a lot of fun with this. 37-year drop, what does the dustry do after the magic of of american fare snow >> it's pretty tough. after 37 years of not having the triple crown, and now -- tom: am i going to wait until 2052? >> well, i don't think it's going happen this year. tom: ok. >> i think it's a wide-open field. there's a big favorite. he's underseeded. he won five races as a 2-year-old, two times as a 3-year-old. and he's rode by a horse named uncle moe. he ran in the 2011 derby and finished out of the money, but he's been a great sire. but for the distance, we don't know. he's the

, tom.rything. everything we've got. >> what evidence at his place do you have against me? >> that's all be can worked on. trust me. >> okay, good. >> because there's stuff. >> you won't find anything against me. >> there will be -- there will be a car load of stuff going go to the crime lab. >> well, good. because you won't find one thing against me. >> reporter: when you left at the end of the first interview what did you think? did you think this is our guy? >> i thought clearly he was a suspect. he clearly had done some things that were very troubling. >> reporter: sure. but did that mean he was the killer? what will tom jaraczeski say if we ask him? >>> coming up -- >> they started accusing me of killing bryan. i was scared to death. i was worried that they were going to charge me that night. >> an arrest? hang on. could there be another person of interest in this case? >> we looked at him very seriously. >> when "dateline" continues. incredible bladder protection from always discreet t

tom: thank you so much.ielsenlsen -- erik with us from unicredit. switzerland out with better news, which is deflation, but less deflation. there's a number of ways that the swiss do inflation. this is the all in cpi year-over-year back to the beginning of the american financial crisis. here's the great battle for stability. here's the shock and all of downright deflation. as you predicted, the vectors improving. -- hasr it escaped europe escaped the fear of deflation? erik: i think they have. i never worried that much about it. i think we understood quite well what he did and where it came from. debt is filled by households, the risk of men deflation -- bad deflation is not aiming one. your chart was very illustrative. does oil folding to the new europe calculus? newdoes oil folding to the europe calculus? the oil price is always like a one-year effect. in has increased the income and basically put a longer term prospect of growth and inflation coming back. now we get the latest oil price increases, a faste

lacqua, tom keene in new york. you have got it within european banking and their struggles but a lot going on across the commodity space as well. i am stunned by the gloom among the pundits in the last few days. i honestly can say i have never seen it. each of them has an interesting shade and color. we will have some optimistic push -- optimism to push against the gloom. francine: when you talk about gloom, i know in davos, any ceos were optimistic and there is a re-shift. let's get straight to the bloomberg first word news with vonnie quinn. consumer prices in china keep rising although they are still below the government's target price. it is the third straight monthly increase. food prices with a big reason. investors want to know exactly what the and come and president does incoming president of the philippines will do. he was elected with 39% of the vote and campaigned on a platform of fighting crime. he has sustained investor confidence on an economy that grew an average of 6% a year in the last decade. nort

tom: i had.catch one of the big guys but i caught in the most clear lake i'd ever seen in my life. cought a big- we fish and i had him for dinner. the hilarious thing happened, we were in a horse festival and i went downstream and by the time i went back, two families have camped on the side of the stream and there were wild stallions and i had all this fancy five fishing equipment. -- flyfishing equipment. they were fascinated by. they pulled out a horse for me to ride back to camp. and it was a wild stallion. i got on the thing and it went to the river in quebec the end everything. to the river and to the camp and everything. i finally got it under control. camp on this into horse. my knees were up to here, followsed by about 15 kids. charlie: did you for a moment think about politics? tom: nokia really didn't. people have asked -- no, i really didn't. people have asked me. i know how hard it is. but i want to be who i am, i want to be a political journalist. i wanted to try and find a place ri

tom: good morning, everyone. francine in london, i am tom keene in new york.changed in the last three hours. it was mighty good when i walked of the door. it is not good now. futures -1.13. i am watching most closely the german curve. the news is it has not moved. , ever greater,nd negative yields, lower yields. it is something worth watching. also worth watching is our bloomberg first word news with vonnie quinn. vonnie: the republican nominee this fall is almost certain to be donald trump. the republican national committee is calling him the presumptive nominee after his victory in the indiana primary. ted cruz has dropped out of the race. it clears the way for trump to get the delegates he needs to win the nomination outright. that would prevent a contested convention. won 53% of the vote in indiana, but clinton has an almost insurmountable lead in delegates and superdelegates. sanders is hoping to persuade the superdelegates to flip their notes -- to flip their votes for him. there is an 87% drop in refugees in greece from march. nato is upgrading its ties

tom? tom: a quick data check.urrencies, commodities, before we get to james sweeney of credit suisse. h schoen to the market -- a churn to the market. ore, the commodity challenge in asia. francine? francine: i think we are seeing parity on brent and wti. currently it is at 49. you can see goal down. it was gaining earlier on. are waiting markets to hear what janet yellen has to say. it is 6:15 u.k. time -- it is at 6:15 u.k. time. james sweeney is with us from credit suisse, who did quite good work on inflation and disinflation a year ago, 14 months ago. we recalibrate before an american three-day weekend with mr. sweeney of credit suisse. let's do the u.s. economy in a bit, and we will go to japan and the g-7 meetings. what is the risk of global recession. am i worried? that weou have to know are in a slump. we have been in a slump for around six quarters. we have had flat growth in global trade and global industrial production. that slump relates to chinese growing investment, and sector shock there that has cr

tom? tom: thank you so much.rough this quickly, but let's do it carefully because there is a lot of nuance in the markets. the two-europe is higher today. -- the two-yield is higher today. oil is a major story with a lift. $50 a barrel, 49.11 on west texas intermediate. the good news in the market of 14.11. vix that is a stunning statistic. there is the two-year, elevated in gold, weaker. francine: this is my board. in terms of what i am seeing with european stocks, gaining 1%, i wanted to show you some of the emerging-market currencies so you can see the south korean won against the u.s. dollar, and then that government bond yield after we had the accord with eu it is now a little bit backup. tom: the korean won showing some real weakness over the week -- over the recent weeks and months . some of the dysfunction between europe and major currency dynamics and what we see in aem. let me go to the bloomberg economic data. this is housing median home sales adjusted for inflation. 321,000 is the price of new home sa

tom: why?ting monetary decisions, economic decisions, and because we are not used to pricing that, the options market is demanding. tom: the money question is -- how can we price risk? with low nominal and real rates, how can we begin to make our calculations? callum: we cannot, huge uncertainty. volatility. in g7 exchange rates, some which should be safe havens but have rallied or collapsed on a daily basis. francine: if you are saying politics is influence monetary policy, what is the endgame? a common thread to the politics around the world, and that is the antiestablishment vote. how does monetary policy prepare for that? callum: a huge challenge, take turkey as an example, or south africa or brazil, you have declining productivity across the emerging markets, you have growth slowdown. you have china slowing down although it has seen some degree of stabilization recently. you have this degree of political uncertainty in countries. -- combine that and you have the u.s. is the best place of t

tom: there you go. francine: tom . tom: our guest host, we are thrilled he is with us. i know francine wants to jump in. what the imf is doing in greece -- the commodity roll over, which goes into your overarching theory of secular global stagnation, certainly a weak america. what does commodities signal? >> you have talked about the commodities having gone down a couple minutes ago. two things. if you can do a chart with the global economic growth, and you do that with the dollar exchange rate, you would find all that you want to know about commodities. if you can forecast a dollar, global growth, you are done in terms of staying where commodities are. the problem is that the dollar has been appreciating massively since we 14. you had oil prices come down, commodities coming down. the dollar weaken/ . if the fed increases interest rates anytime soon which i doubt,, and if the rates go up, once again the dollar goes up and the commodities get hit. this has been a huge deal -- we thank the team at hsbc. i'm sorry, that's a classic rollover. stronger u.s. dollar, weaker a

tom keene is in new york.on european stock markets. let's get to first word now with vonnie quinn. vonnie: oil refineries in france -- supplies cannot get to sites. to strikeers began more than a week ago because of labor reforms pushed by francois honan. 's president is sending a congratulatory president -- a congratulatory message to the philippine president. hoping that the two sides can work together to put relations on a healthy track. in the last three years, the number of afghans displaced by war has more than doubled. one point 2 million, according to amnesty international. policies says that meant to improve those conditions by those fleeing war has been blocked by policy. former attorney general eric snowden -- the biggest business lobby in the u.s. is launching a campaign to keep republicans in charge of the senate, according to "the wall street journal." being led by republicans who support donald trump and by those who oppose him. global news 24 hours a day, powered by our 2400 journalists in more

tom: good morning. tom keene in new york. francine lacqua in london.ine is looking at the brexit debate. let's look at first word news. nejra: bernie sanders is not making it easy for hillary clinton. he won the democratic primary in west virginia. and he vows to keep battling for the nomination. appears weders: it have what a big, big victory in west virginia. and with your help, we're going to win oregon next week. a big still, clinton has lead in delegates pitch he is closing in on the number she needs for the nomination. meanwhile, presumptive republican nominee donald trump won in both west virginia and nebraska. he faced voters for the first time since rival ted cruz dropped out. hundreds of protesters battled police during a demonstration against labor reform. french president franois hollande used a special power to push the measures through the lower house of parliament without a vote. the measures would extend working hours and make playoffs easier. hollande says the reforms will lower unemployment. norway will increase the amount spends this

tom: tom keene in new york. good morning. at the dance over the imf'seece workout, in the ability to project their plan upon the german people. beg, begeen several for a restructuring exactly as the imf proposes. what is taking so long? aat do you need to a get proper debt workout for the people of greece? mr. dijsselbloem: first of all, you have to realize at the end of 2012 we already, the major debt operation, reducing the debt burden by 40%. now we are looking ahead. what more needs to be done? we can take different measures, some in the short-term, some of the end of the program. we are designing and discussing those now. hopefully next tuesday, and the next euro group meeting, we will get that deal that i think greece needs. tom: can you structure that deal and the interest rate delayed out to 2030, 2040, given the negative interest rate environment of europe? mr. dijsselbloem: as you know the largest part of the greek debt is in the hands of the european emergency funds. esm. already they are providing a very low inter

but -- >> she needed tom. >> we knew that tom could do it. i mean, if anybody could do it, the two of them could turn this around. >> reporter: oh, and they did. tom did the fixing and sabina had the ideas. they invited the whole town to their quirky events, their dress-up parties. >> hello, welcome to haley's motel. please join me for a tour. >> reporter: this is her with jacamo, her ever-present parrot. sabina was the star of her own promotional videos for the hotel. >> well, i hope you like our rooms so far, but with all our activities we offer you you won't spend too much time in there. >> reporter: neighbor barbara hines. >> sabina never saw something that had a broken wing that she didn't try to fix. >> reporter: sabina was a rescuer. people, cats, dogs, turtles. when suzi fox took over the anna maria turtle watch -- nesting turtles are a very big deal here -- she asked for help. >> tom and sabina were, i think, my fourth volunteers. and there's nine sections on this island one mile long. and they said they'd take as many as i needed to

tom: give me a number. >> 25. tom: you are kidding, shocking.we will continue the conversation on the american economy with the great optimist, mark zandy. optimism and some are tending to where he is. ♪ francine: this is surveillance so let's get straight to the bloomberg business flash. roles biggest the sovereign wealth funds is undergoing an overhaul. will put $100 billion of investment and local companies plus it is abandoning their holdings names synonymous with high-profile deals. all this is according to people familiar with the matter. other countries have an looking to diversify their assets. oncepresident joe biden compared it to a third world country and now new york will find out if laguardia airport can get a facelift while staying in operation and without cost overruns. a group led by a swedish a canadiann firm and airport operator will borrow $2.5 billion in the bond market. they promise to renovate laguardia within 60 years and on budget. i have never been to laguardia but i came in through jfk this saturday and two hours throug

tom?et to our check very quickly before we speak with ambassador haass. -- let's get to our data check or quickly before we speak with ambassador haass. the idea here, the vix churning. the curve flattening. gold is weaker this morning, at 1243, down nine dollars. francine, your data check. francine: the markets are trying -- the euro down, dollar up. that means european stocks are getting a boost by the exporters. investors are really weighing what a june -- a possible june fed increase means, and brent crude declining for a fifth day as canadian oil producers apparently are getting ready to restart operations. tom: the images are extraordinary of the president's trip to vietnam, to move from the north down to the south, in ho chi minh city. richard haass has studied this, as some of us of a certain vintage have for years. i go back to the history of your institution. am i right that the marshall plan basically came out of a lot of study in the 1930's and 1940's of cfr? richard: there wer

tom: thank you.the data check. i want to get to the brazil terminal shot. dow futures of 80. oil elevated. we quickly look at equities, bonds, currencies, commodities -- the vix curve flattening. trading,lian real not 3.45. we have seen the brazilian real strength than over the last few days. -- strengthen over the last few days. francine: banks were the biggest losers, now they are gaining. still under significant pressure because of disappointing earnings. the pound, it is the last forecast on interest rates we get from mark carney before the referendum on june 23. dollar, 1to the .4454. tom: inflation rising. year over year. almost greece-like. this spread is enormous. high inflation and weak weak gdp. that is the economic backdrop to the political drama. francine: this is what i picked out. i changed my bloomberg. i want to show you something interesting, which for me was unexpected. it is no real linkage to the trial president rousseff will face, but looking at the 10 richest people in brazil in

tom: absolutely.ou see the economy growing less in the initial estimate, which gets back to the carney announcement yesterday of a lower forecast from britain. you wonder where the dynamic is, where a economies will pick up in 2016. i have not seen it yet other than the one german item this morning. belowne: a touch estimates. the real question, how much does it have to do with a weaker euro, and how much does it have to do with real growth spurred by economic reform? let's get to the first word news. nejra: you have the numbers from the euro zone as a whole. germany's economy grew at the fastest rate in two years . gdp rose7/10 tense of a percent beating estimates. thoughfset record unemployment in germany which has boosted consumer spending. a report says the european union's naval operation to stop people smugglers in the mediterranean isn't working. lawmakers in the house of lords says disrupting the migrant business is falling short. succeeding in rescuing refugees on the high seas. in syria, the

tom: there it is. what we do, folks, if some go back-and-forth between the control room trying to give you the most up-to-date stuff off the bloomberg. this is the euro-dollar. i am making this up as i go. this is a really elegant chart, the green moving average bounces off the yellow moving average. we have a nice trend. this is not two standard deviations, it is three. the pros talk about is convexity or acceleration. this is the brutal that trichet used to talk about. we are now beginning to see off the australian news brutal moved linked together worldwide. francine: following from that, the brutal moves kinder translate into pound now. i have an elegant chart for you. there you go. pound versus dollar. this is when david cameron comes to bloomberg headquarters in london. january, 2013, and calls for referendum. it bounces a bit. but now is today. we have reversed all of the decline since we saw the beginning of the year. so, people are feeling a little bit better about brexit of is t -- or is this

tom: much more.ne you can hear is decidedly not lost in translation, from a president was had a few tragedies to talk about in the recent months. we're looking at the headlines. from the president of the republic of france, no an area favored nor ruled out on this egyptair flight. francine: hollande saying he has activated the crisis -- he called it a kind of crisis next, i guess which is where he talks to his government and also the main authorities about how to handle it next. let's move it on and focus on corporate use. -- news. in frankfurt, the cosi 00, coo, moore under pressure, share price losing in recent months. matt miller is in frankfurt. we heard quite significant things. first of all, he is committed to a global markets unit. matt: he is saying is committed to this business, which is one that many of his competitors on the continental have reduced -- continent have reduced. of course he is going to be firing a lot of people and bonuses were canceled for 2015, but he said -- and i think h

tom: um-- garvin: tom, you should know, has always been the active type. running and golf were given but tom was even an expert barefoot water skier. but in 2007, almost overnight, a medical condition took much of his eyesight and almost all of his hope. tom: and it was a really struggle. initially i had given my wife a date that i was gonna commit suicide about 2 months after this happened. garvin: with the help of doctors and others, tom says, he made steps toward an emotional recovery, but it wasn't until dynamo showed up that he put real distance between himself and depression. tom: there was always something missing and, after about a year, that something wasn't missing anymore. you know, there was just a piece of my soul that was filled in now. garvin: it was san rafael-based guide dogs for the blind who gave dynamo to tom and taught the two how to work together. so grateful is he for what they did, tom now wants to help them. tom and dynamo recently completed a half-marathon together and used their training as a way to raise money for the group. the

tom: the president with those comments. what i find remarkable is how all of these leaders seem to be speaking to their homes, but it is not a g-7 meeting but it is people talking to america, to canada, etc. francine: especially japan where you see shinzo abe trying to get out of the increase. let's get straight to the bloomberg first word news. nejra: starting with the g-7, angola merkel does not have much support when it comes to austerity. the debate over stimulus versus belt-tightening has shifted. canada's new prime minister had shifted his country's focus to infrastructure spending and cash. david cameron joins markel as a champion of fiscal restraint. just a few minutes from now, president obama holds a news conference at the summit. in france, strikes at oil refineries may spread today. workers at six of eight refineries have walked out. the strike is protesting the president's proposed labor reforms that makes it easier to fire employees. the european union is escalating a spat with turkey. its say turkey must toug

tom: first word news. the democratic primary in oregon and hillary claimed victory in kentucky. although hours after the polls closed, it was too close to call. it's didn't do anything to change the dynamic of the race. bernie sanders is not giving up. me be asnders: let clear as i can be. i agree with you. the next big test for the democrats are the primaries in california, new jersey and four other states on june 7. a group of super forecasters has jumped into the brexit debate. they say there is only a 24% chance that the u.k. will choose to leave the european union. that suggests there is less thantainty over the result opinion polls are signaling. david cameron's centerpiece -- a project to change the way cousins are run. the conservative party caused by the referendum in the european union. global business news 24 hours a day, powered by our 2400 journalists in more than 150 bureaus around the world. tom? lows is doing a home depot chase. michael mckee highlighting staples. he was dead on and they co

chairman tom wheeler. later, film maker spike lee, who was the commencement speaker for johns hopkins niversity. this week the -- communicators goes to the intx show in boston, sponsored by the internet and television expo. we interviewed f.c.c. chairman tom wheeler. peter: as a regulator and consumer, what's your view of the cable industry today? >> you know, i was listening to pat and he was talking about roots 40 years ago and i was thinking, golly, 40 years ago i my orking at ncta, and so relationship with the cable industry goes back a long, long time. and it was always a great privilege, i thought, to be associated with this industry at that particular point in history. and you know, michael powell was kind enough after i became chairman to ask me to come and meet with the ncta board. d i sat down and i said, you know, folks, everything that i relationship he etween government and industry were -- was a philosophy that was developed while i was at ncta. because that was a period in time when the cabl

tom: no. john: five nos. bye-bye. >> leon panetta 2016 lecture series, the challenges facing a new president. this lecture discusses partisanship and executive action. gentlemen, please welcome mrs. sylvia m. panetta. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. welcome once again to the sunset cultural center in beautiful carmel for the leon panetta lecture series. we are now more than halfway through this

john: tom. tom: in the coming weeks and months, we're going to see a much more relentst against senior leaders of isil which is very positive and it shows what we can do when you have people gathering intelligence and attacking some very deeply unpleasant people and securing innocent lives. clarence: i predict that after $20 when the harriet tubman bill becomes released, which i approve, digital dollars like apple money will begin to make paper money obsolete. john: i predict the federal reserve will raise interest rates when it meets in june. bye-bye. >>> coming up on our program a roundup of top tech stories. colorful events. our top picks and new developments about the five protesters that went on a hunger strike against what they say are injustices of the san francisco police department. this afternoon the frisco five were all hospitalized due to deteriorating health. this caps a week where hundreds marched on city hall. the hunger strikers led the march. they claimed chief awe

john: tom rogan. tom: i disagree with eleanor and pat. good examplesare in the u.k., heathrow and which private security firms can do a better job. go to airports across the country and you see t.s.a. officers, some working very sitting around and i would say it represents the failure of government, that a company,ecurity because it is attune to the need airport atat that that time rather than to a bureaucrat in washington, it's government. government doesn't work as well as the private sector in a lot of places and the critical issue and local lawb.i. enforcement, joint terrorism task force, have control over securityl operational in terms of counterterrorism so it's two together and look at the lines we're seeing. is ridiculous. clarence: funny you mention that because last time i was in planes, ihanging missed my plane because of a long security line and there was never an explanation as to why we were in the same terminal. tom: have you been to dulles recently? clarence: yes. tom: dulles is a disaster. the united states rightly has a

be on. >> tom is not alone. there are more than 2,000 pairs put together by guide dogs for the blind. tom in one of his speeches says four great gifts in his life, wedding to his wife, birth of his two kids and that dog. >> and filling that spot. >> when he had thoughts of suicide, it was because he didn't want to be a burden to his family. the freedom and independence dynamo gave him lifted that off him. >> never underestimate a loving, loyal dog. dynamo is that for sure. >> great story. thank you, byron. >>> san jose to london. here we come. british airways is launching the new route, sjc to heathrow. the inaugural flight leaves a couple hours from now. it kicks off a daily non-stop flight each way aboard that 787. they haven't had a direct flight to europe since 2001 from sjc. >> it was a little london-esque, overcast. >> i'll clear the weather path for it. you guys just get the tickets. >> we're in. >> we do have large weather changes coming our way over the next 72 hours. that does include the possibility o

i'm tom shillue. let's check in with tv's andy levy at the "red eye" deck and see what stories we will pea discussing. >> combing up on the big show, donald trump secure the gop nomination after last night's primary win. i guess indiana was the last cruzade. and they want all incoming freshmen to be justice warriors. it is the story fox news was born to cover. and friday "friday night lights" star drops by to talk about his new tv show. i can't wait for tom to find out what nwa stand for. back to you, tom. >> not without antribution, right? >> it is a new show called drunk tank, it is joanne nosuchunsky. if you have seen him you know he needs a grip. fox news contributor. she spent two weeks doing shows in scraw pan and she really stood out. and he looks like he is good at sifting brandy or coning old ladies out of their inheritance. and then there was one. yes, andrew wk of the party party is now the only candidate still challenging donald trump. on tuesday night ted cruz ended his presidential bid w

is well worn it is part of a journey tom thought he would never be on. >> tom and dynamo are not a unique story. they have over 2,000 pairs working together in the united states. garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> amazing. if you know someone doing something nice for others gaven would like to hear your story. head to our website and search bay area proud. if you are a dog person you know they are amazing. >> someone doing something nice for all of us telling us the forecast, keeping us dry if you want to be dry. >> it's a delicate balance. we want a nice forecast for mom's day but we can use the rain and the radar has plenty of rain on over my shoulder which typically this time of year it is pretty unusual to talk about almost a quarter inch of rain for parts of the bay area in may. let's take a look at rainfall to date numbers and carry it over from a good winter and spring. most of bay area benefitting from rain we just saw 83% to 103% of average. here is the interesting part of the story. we are out of the wettest time of the year from april, may, june and july. you see averages for

tom: we already have. what is really unusual about zika, you have a situation where a single mosquito bite could result in a terrible malformation. that has never happened before. it is new, it is different and it is scary. we've said since january 15 that pregnant women should not travel to places where zika is spreading. do what you can to protect herself. live in a place where zika is pretty, there's effective ways to avoid pregnancy. has not yetess passed a resolution on zika. how are we doing on preparing ourselves for what is to come during the summer? tom: we have to get this over the finish line in congress. i'm encouraged that both people -- that people on both sides of the aisle understand it is an emergency. congress did the right thing with ebola. i'm hopeful they will do the right thing with zika. the sooner the better. the window of opportunity is closing. the resources to protect american women, protect people from zika and that can only be done with a long-term commitment that starts soon.

tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: tom, thank you. now breaking news from the west coast, where there are terrifying moments for a hiker stranded on the side of a cliff. firefighters were called into the scene at a popular part. it took over an hour for them to put her on a harness and bring her to safety. no word on how she got there. leon: we could always call this breaking news -- we saw the sun today. though, we are not quite out of the woods just yet area let's check in with meteorologist steve rudin. steve: mainly clear skies right now, but not lasting very long. tomorrow morning, futurecast shows mainly clear skies at 9:00. thunderstorms off to the west. this is part of a cold front that is likely to bring stronger storms during the afternoon. justiming will work out perfect for the nationals game tomorrow. about five minutes after 1:00, middle 70's. keep a watchful eye to the sky for the showers and thunderstorms. we are talking about the chances for snowflakes for parts of the area. more about that on sunday coming up. leon:

tom is still in the lead in this game. good job, tom. there is still a ways to go.with tweet number 6. rand paul has weird poodle hair and is weak on isis. fact or fiction. isn't it weird? weird poodle hair. so we have run out of questions. that means molly, i'm sorry you have been eliminated from the tie breaker. but tom and katie. you have 4 apiece. here is the time breaker question. tom shillue could win this, katie you could steal his thunder and steal his dreams forever. >> the system is rigged. kennedy: we don't know that yet. what year did donald trump first start tweeting. >> that's not a fact or fiction question. >> 2006. >> 2009. kennedy: tom shillue, you are the winner, donald trump started tweeting in march 2009. i think it started in 2011. >> i think i remember when he came on. kennedy: tom shillue, the game is clearly not rigged. congratulations. and well done moml -- molly and katie. jonathan kite is going to join me. first up, austin petersen is here running for the libertarian presidential nomination. he will tell me why voters should support him. a

how's it feel, tom? >> kind of mild and muggy. getting a little breeze here in northwest washington and the birds are chirping, and we've got sort of a pastel blue sky and we've got flying insects as well. and -- they're out now as we've got the heat and humidity returning. pollen count sup as well. you probably have noticed that as we have the tree pollen, mostly oak and pine, back in the high range. dry the last couple of days and also the mold spores building. great day for a bike ride. not much wind. mild and muggy through the rest of the morning. low 80s by noontime. warm and rather humid. sunny and hot during the afternoon. up around 90 degrees by mid-afternoon with a light wind. i'm back way look at our rain chances here for the restf >>> tom, we'll check in with you then. thank you, and as tom mentioned, a lot of folks headed out. in fact, 38 million americans expected to travel this holiday weekend. a lot of people on the roads, in the air. there is good news for those of you who still have to head out of town. we can tel

i know that tom was making the point. similarities to this crash with that, again, if it is a crash, with that of the egyptair flight over the sinai peninsula which crashed killing many, many onboard. over 200, and that was on october 31st of this last year. talk about the similarities there and if you think there are some parallels. >> when you look at it, alex, both airplanes were in the cruise phase of flight. that is the lowest workload for flight crew members. it's basically monitoring systems. the airplane is being operated on autopilot. so there isn't really a lot going on with the airplane from a dynamic standpoint if you will. they were both in radar coverage. there had been normal communications. and then of course both airplanes suddenly disappeared or dropped off radar, and all two-way radio communications were abruptly lost with both aircraft. now, when you look at metrojet and you see the wreckage pattern, the tail had been separated and was well removed from the main wreckage, it will be interesting to see

anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> we're back in a moment with tom brokaw and tom hanks receiving one of the world's highest honors. >>> a proud moment today for those of us who work at nbc and "nightly news," as our friend and colleague tom brokaw was awarded one of the highest honors in the world. france's legion of honor, alongside another guy named tom, you might have heard of. nbc's richard engel was there for the occasion in paris. >> reporter: a moment today to honor the legacy of american sacrifice. recognizing decades of work by three men from different walks of life. >> i accept on behalf of the greatest generation. they'll never get enough recognition, in my judgment. >> reporter: the three worked tirelessly to bring the national world war ii museum in new orleans to life. >> the american spirit made a difference. our innovation, our ingenuity, and the fact that we were fighting for our democracy, a fight to the finish. >> reporter: in "saving private ryan," tom hanks brought humanity to his portrayal of captain john miller. the film is required viewing for french infan

tom? >> glad the boy is okay. marci, thank you. >>> now to breaking news in houston. the deadly shooting rampage, forcing a neighborhood on lockdown for hours. eight people shot, at least two killed, two officers among the wounded. here's phillip mena. >> reporter: this morning, the crackle of gunfire interrupting a quiet morning. >> one more down at -- two people down. >> reporter: 10:15 a.m. officers arrive to find two men armed with guns. one an ar-15 rifle. police say at least one suspect opened fire in the streets. blowing out car windows, igniting a gas station. >> do we believe this is just one or do we think we have two shooters? >> reporter: residents told to stay in their homes as a gun battle raged outside. >> get in your house! >> reporter: video shot from inside a nearby church. where congregants huddled together for safety. the first officer on the scene shot several times. s.w.a.t. teams and a police chopper move in. gunmen firing on that chopper, even hitting homes. >> fema