we own 15% of vail.ss than 9.9 except for four or five like vail which are grandfathered. he said maybe i want to buy your stock. i said it's not for sale. anyway, opportunities. so opportunities, number one, health care. we're looking -- the government is spending a lot of money on health care. we're trying to be in front of that. when the government spent money on roads in the 1950s, the people benefited weren't just the guys that made the cement and the steel and bridges. they were the guys like mcdonald's and disney and holiday inns, they benefitted from the roads. we're investing in alumina, the sequence in the genome. >> what's the symbol. >> ilmn. >> energy. alumina has been an amazing stock in the last year, year 1/2. >> it's a $22 billion company. >> yes. energy. we think that the enormous amount of shale energy in our company is about to be exploited. i like concho petroleum. these big reserves that are aggravating acreage and exploiting it. it used to cost a million dollars a well. you pump it

for hours toyou get to vermont, why would you go to vail? of thesk the president okemo.o go to vermont when they could fly out to vail? what is the value proposition? >> difference between flying and driving. 4 hours from new york, 2.5 hours from hartford. three hours from boston. a lot easier to drive than it is to fly and cheaper, too. these are you proposition and the quality proposition -- these value proposition and the quality proposition is that it is closer and easier to get to. >> in a year like this when you don't have to makes no, what does that do to the profitability of a mountain like okemo. snow making, we don't need to have good conditions. we just invested and started a investedhis year, we over $1 million in technology and snowmaking. between snowmaking and the snow we have had, which has been good, we had a great snow storm this last week. skiing is great. >> you think i am expensive. >> we took the drive, we went to okemo for five years. my family was skiing. >> are people doing the drive like they used to? are people skiing 10 times a year in norther

we're in king vail on eastbound 80. that's got to be enough. when you talk to the state they are likely the department of water resources are going to say no, it's no. they are going to do their third snow survey, snowpack survey at 11:00. this is the third one for this winter season. taking place at echo summit heading into south lake tahoe. basically doing a measurement to see how deep that snowpack was. to give you perspective when they did this about a month adue we're out there, they only had about 12 to 18 inches there. that's about 29% of normal. yes, we had a lot of snow since, but they are not optimistic. the snow since is going to be enough to make a huge change as far as what is needed to provide for the reservoirs and the runoff and that sort of thing. if you don't realize this snowpack out here in the sierra, normally provides about a third of california's water supply in terms of runoff in the creeks and streams. water management not optimistic this is enough. we spoke to someone who lives here, does not share that pessimism. >> y

. >> fruit vail village, looked like a election hike. the current wage is $8, the goal is $1220.25.ew extra dollars would add some peace to his life. >> i wouldn't be out on the streets. >> so security. >> yeah. >> i work very hard every day, 40 plus hours a week, and i can still make it. >> i don't want a handout, i want enough money to provide for my little ones. >> the initiative calls for a minimum number of sick days. >> if the children are sick, they can take care of their children, and not worry about the rent. >> they tend to bump it up by 2016. higher pay would mean fewer jobs and higher prices, but this crowd says a higher wage is good for owl all of oakland. >>> organizers need 35,000 signatures by the end of may to make the november ballot. >>> a man was arrested today after he locked himself in a bar and refused to leave. he said, if they wanted him out, they would have to call the swat team. after four hours, the officers forced their way in, and they suspect he was drunk or on drugs at a time. >>> and they're looking for a killer for a stabbing, and they responded to

utah and santa fe and mount view and sunny vail we hear more protests what is called google buses that fits buses from any companies were they move folks around to a compasses outside of the city. those protesting make it clear those individuals are responsible for increasing property values and driving represents up i'm not sure that's accurate it's a good thing to have a city where your property values are going up where people want to be. you don't want to be among the top 10 dangerous cities in the united states we're not there. it's alarming to see a shooting by the nordstrom's and bloomingdale's we have to make that a safer area perhaps more police and a redesign of the plaza to make it not so frightening. it's not good for people who have to potentially dodge bullets. inch received a lot of e-mails and the commissioners probably so it too from people who live out in western san francisco commenting on the housing element that, you know, was discussed i'm not sure their exactly on target as far as what's in the housing element or not but i do think they're making significant poin

sunny vail, east palo alto. sarah toga, this is the view down there. look at the rose varies, big problems there. they needed rainfall you needed it in the south bay but did not receive it. this jug here completely full would be normal rainfall for the north bay from beginning of last year, beginning of 2013. this tiny guy is all the rain we have received until this past weekend. we will add to that and this water bottle here, matter one is the rain -- smaller one is the rain we got over the last weekend. if you add these two together we are nowhere close to normal. we want to be here instead we are here. that is better than where we were, but a long way to go. >>> good samaritans helped this guy who fell into the contra costa canal today. the contra costa times, said men threw him a stick to keep him from floating away. he was taken to hospital with minor injuries. >>> in san jose investigators are trying to figure out what caused the roof to cave in at a vacant building. it happened around 5:00 p.m. at an industrial avenue. it is in the process of be

sunny vail 68 degrees. partly sunny skies. your high 54. daily city 53.ain by tomorrow everyoning up toward yukaya. extended forecast, sog by thursday, a little bit o a break on friday, but not much. the rain moves in all weekend long, it will be raining on monday o morning. so things getter better when it comes back. ,, for over 60,000 california foster children, nights can feel long and lonely. i miss my sister. i miss my old school. i miss my room. i don't want special treatment. i just wanna feel normal. to help, sleep train is collecting pajamas for foster children, big and small. bring your gift to any sleep train, and help make a foster child's night a little cozier. not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child. [ male announcer ] this is the comfort of full-grain napa leather. this is a fully equipped crafted interior. this is dual-pane. this keeps you up to date with everything and everyone. this is nine years that give you 31 miles per gallon, highway, and leds come standard. this is the freedom to keep chasing all the

tonight chains are fired king vail and plaster county. it wasn't the rain but the wind that caused problems on the mont rae peninsula. the third round had to be suspended this morning. the winds were blowing 40 miles per hour. the gusts started to move the ball around before you could get a put off. the tournament standings for us a little bit later on in sports. and for the very latest in weather, you can down load our new app. you can also find updates onktvu .com, facebook and twitter. >>> a major decision to tell you about on same sex marriage. >>> and taking back their city from gangs. how residents in the south bay are working together to reduce crime. >>> and the girl scouts getting high-tech. the new feature you'll find on a box of thin mints this year. making less than $46,000 a year, or a family of four, earning up to $94,200, you may be eligible for premium assistance. the lower your annual income, the greater financial assistance you will receive. get answers, and get covered. find out if you're eligible and enroll today. at c

welcome to beautiful and very snowy vail, colorado.tim ryan and joined here by some of the greatest athletes in the history of ski racing. and they're all here for one reason,

born and raised in vail, colorado, skiing is in his blood. >> there is nothing more that makes me happyhan a blue sky day, a lot of powder and the wind in my face. >> reporter: you're a mountain kid? >> i'm definitely a mountain kid. >> reporter: the mountain is where he met shiffrin, it is where they both imagined one day they would ski in the olympics, but in high school, walsh's life took an unpredictable, terrible turn. >> i was diagnosed with sarcoma in may of 2009. it is a rare bone cancer. i had had it in my pelvis and my lungs and it changed everything. >> reporter: walsh went through years of treatment fighting the life-threatening disease. mikaela shiffrin supported her childhood friend through it all, even joining walsh for one of high school's rites of package. >> we made a pact that we would go to prom together because her school didn't have one. >> reporter: she was your prom date? >> yes. >> reporter: that is fantastic, i love it. when she made the olympic team, walsh vowed he would cheer her on. >> i want to go watch the olympics. >> reporter: but getting to sochi was di

right now chains are required on interstate 80 from king vail to the donor lake interchange. many people taking advantage of the big slopes. about a half a foot of fresh snow fell with more expected this weekend. >> we could get upwards over two feet by saturday. >> it is nice. it is good to have some snow. >> the february snow pack in california measures just about 12% of normal. state officials have said that it will take a big storm every other day through may top get us -- through may to get us back to where we should be. >>> a woman was hit and killed on interstate 80 in the sierra last night. a woman was a passenger in a car that slid off the road right near soda springs. she and the driver were standing outside of the car when a good samaritan was trying to pull the car on to the side of the roadway. that is when another driver lost control and hit the woman. >>> the latest flu deaths were reported yesterday. both were connected to the h1n1 strain as well. that marks the 37th death so far in the bay area and santa cruz county. santa clara county is reporting ten flu re

so snow totals, close to five inches of new snow around king vail and more around wednesday of next week. the bottom of the screen, wednesday for the north bay, next chance of showers. low 60s tomorrow in san jose. san francisco, upper 50s. clearing skies. a bit breezy outside. pretty nice day. sunny for sunday. that will carry over into monday. highs in the low 60s for most of the bay area. >> looks good, rob. thanks very much. >>> coming up, it will be all over the television soon. how you can get started in the olympic sports of curling, right here in the bay area. good is in every blue diamond a good that comes in 25 flavors. from whole natural to wasabi and soy sauce. and once good gets going, there's no stopping it. get your good going. blue diamond. snack nut of the u.s. ski team. >>> curling has been around for at least 500 years. but not a whole lot of people know much about the olympic sport. the san francisco bay area curling club always takes this opportunity during the winter games to try to change that. and today showed people how to play. >> kimberly tere live with more on

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sunny vail microclimate forecast, high 67 and dry, but wednesday weft, windy, a slight chance of a --, windy, a slight chance of a thunderstorm and a high of 63 degrees. the change, the big ridge of high pressure stays over us through tomorrow. then it moves out. as it does, low pressure begins to move in. these are two significant storms that will move right over top of the bay area, thus the rain and the wind and that slight chance of thunderstorms. the first one comes on wednesday. that's a washout, light rain in the morning becoming a steady soaking rain throughout the day. that's the first of two storms. after a little break on thursday the second storm homes aboard, another round -- hops aboard, another round of rain and wind. by the end of the week the entire rainfall total is 1 inch, an inch or 2 for the east bay, up to 3 inches in the north bay, san francisco, san mateo an inch or 2 and 1 to 1 1/2 inches in the south bay. round 1 on wednesday, round 2 friday, slight chance of a thunderstorm both times and the winds will gust to 30 to 40 miles per hour everywhere throughout th

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be-24 operated from bases in england and strike the heart of the third reich, there were no bases vail to the united states to do that against japan. when the b29 was finally deployed in regard time as bill points out, it was now possible to do, begin taking apart the japanese war machine, and so the b-29 was not just another plane. it was a sue perlative. yes, sir? >> did he have anything to do with the b17s, old b17s as drone aircraft to go in and basically fly over and crash over there? >> yeah, that was another drone program that he was involved in with the idea to pack a bomber full of explosives and crash it into an enemy installation, and in this case, they were going over the v1, and interestingly enough, the one an animal v3 sites in northern france, and an interesting aside to the story is in one of the missions, older brother of kennedy was the pilot and didn't get out. the pilots were to bail out, and that's how he died. >> yes, sir? >> they were quail hunting? i find that stuff interesting. >> yes, i did get into those, and, again, i stole a lot of stories from robert and

no delays past and continuing into sunny vail. here's your other east bay drive times, your more popular routes including the freeway, still moving at the speed limit. the temperatures warming up now it should be mostly dry for the week ahead. there's a chance of a couple sprinkles last tuesday night. just enough to send the stormy weather north of the bay area and we will see a lot of sunshine for today and really looking like towards the end of the week really some spring- like conditions 66 degrees in sacramento. 71 in fresno. fresh powder, about 58 degrees. just a passing high clouds and tomorrow, the clouds start to thicken up and late tomorrow night and wednesday morning, a chance of a couple light sprinkles or shower and then it will be gone temperatures expected to be in the 60s. 62 in oakland. 58 degrees in san francisco. as we look over the next couple days, not bad and then as we get into the latter part of the week, getting a breeze going >> you said it's spring like. >> very spring like. very nice. >> they have snow i

president obama even vailed a new initiative today. to give young black men an opportunity to reach their full potential. >> the chances of the average black or brown child in this country lagged behind by almost every measure, and is worse for boys and young men foundations businesses and other groups. spent some time with the group that has already had sock success. >> for 19-year-old turner after school boxing has helped relieve tension and agreg. >> i had a really bad anger issue, but i got rid of it. it creeps in sometimes. so i put oen the gloves i just start practicing punching at something, try to get it out. >> or becoming a man. >> boxing is a martial art. one of the great things in sports in general, is that it is a great opportunity to teach people discipline, team work, commitment, and even that positive anger. skills that help relewis violence in antisocial behavior. >> reveals that a large portion are a result of behavior. it appears to be working according to a study by the crime lab, want for dissipation reduced arrest

. >> these young skiers are part of a ski and snowboard club vail. minnesota. they essentially moved out here entirely for my career. they sold our dream home and gave up a lot to come out here. >> how are you? >> good. >> reporter: on this day, it was time for the next generation of u.s. skiers to meet up with the hometown olympic gold medalist. and they came prepared, questions in hand. >> do you think being an olympic champion was an impossible achievement when you were younger? >> lindsey vonn! >> i set my goals to make the olympics when i was 17, the 2002 olympics in salt lake >> what has been your most difficult setback? and how did you overcome it? >> this knee right here has been my most difficult setback. >> for me, it's helped to have goals. this time i'm fighting hard to get back to world champ. >> vonn also talked about the importance of teamwork, especially in skiing, which to some may seem more like an individual sport. >> when you're in the starting gate, it's all up to you. you have to have that self-confidence to beat on your own. bu

soldiers to save up overtime to take care of children or elderly parents making more day care ray vail and ending the system of transferring soldiers every two or three years. >> with parliament overseer wonders how the changes will be paid for. >> this will all cost money, and i have my doubts whether she will be able to finance the reforms within the existing budget. >> germany has one of the most modern and best equip armied. it is one of the loyest funded among western countries, receiving around one pointed 3% of gdp. for many soldiers the minister's biggest job may be to sell deployments to a german public. >> politicians didn't realize at all that they have to tell society what we are doing there, what is our mission, in our missions aboard. and it's not our task as an army to tell about the mission and the aim of the mission. >> the first trip abroad was the german troops in afghanistan, she may still get her way on a family friendly army, she is one of the most popular politicians seens that a possible successor. so there's a chance that more money is needed from what is after

this is a comparison of lake oral vail in 2011 and 2014. in 2011 the lake was filled with water. now look at it. very dry. just a little bit of water. you can see almost the entire bridge there which you couldn't see back in 2011. incredible. that bill provides $500 million in unspent bond money for water related infrastructure projects all over the state. it also sets aside millions of dollars for drinking water in rural communities that are at risk of running out of water. and just a reminder for you, you can get the weather forecast to go on your smart phone or tablet with the ktvu weather app. it has live radar for you and forecasts from our ktvu weather team. it's available for apple and android users. >>> new this morning the investigation continues into a deadly crash in the east bay city of pittsburg. that crash also causing power t alex savidge has been out there at the crash scene all morning long and more on what we have learned. alex. >> reporter: good morning to you. west tenth street is blocked in both directions here because of this early morning crash that left on

totals could be as high as 15 inches in kings vail.need it but as of lately, again, it seems to come in extremes here across the bay area. on my micro climate forecast for thursday, again, we'll have lingering showers throughout the morning hours but then by the afternoon, we'll get a few breaks of sunshine, temperatures in the low 60s. you need a jacket and umbrella to start. 63 san jose, belmont, 62, san francisco at 61. throughout the north bay, east bay and tri valley, you'll find here again, everyone looking at pretty much the same for those temperatures with the chance of showers in the morning hours and sunshine by the afternoon. we do want to under score the point again that with some of this weather moving in throughout tonight, there is a slight risk of severe weather that could produce isolated thunderstorms throughout the next 18 hours and if any thunderstorms do develop, we might have a little bit of hail, as well. we'll track it, of course, all the time at nbc bbayarea.com an through the next two days with the entire weat

into the afternoon, we're looking at a lot of mid 60s for the south bay. 65 for sunny vail.evergreen. low 60s along the delta this afternoon. low 60s as well through walnut creek. 61 degrees expected high for san leandro. 61 degrees here in downtown san francisco and low 60s expected for berkeley. taking a look at satellite and radar. we have high pressure building. you can see the system pushed out of the area making way for calm conditions before that next system approaches on tuesday. for those of you headed up to tahoe for the holiday weekend. looks like those snow showers have tapered off. increase in cloud cover on tuesday. so your extended forecast looks like. we passed the showers and on to sunshine for today, tomorrow, increasing cloud cover tuesday as we see some showers pushing into the north bay tuesday night clearing by wednesday and it looks like it's going to warm up, getting close to 70s by next weekend. >> well, we are talking politics now and joining us to talk about that is a political analyst, michael, and michael, we'll start with news out of washington

and to create a counter vailing force to the russian. putin wins, europe loses, and i believe, president obama loses again. gerri: mr. obama and the u.s. as a result. david, do you agree? >> the question is where does putin go beyond crimea. invasion or not. i think it's seamannics. the important thing is the russians are there. putin put the russians russians in crimea. the russian troops do. they spread? do they go to kiev to ukraine proper. when we talk about crimea it's a little knob yule of the peninsula of the southern coast of ukraine. as you see, it looks like part of the land mass is actually separated by water like the cape cod. it's the separate part. do they have gumption -- does putin have the gumption to go to kiev and keep them there. i wonder if the russian people are prepared for that. >> i don't think there's any doubt the russian people are prepared for that. for a long-term occupation of all of ukraine -- , by the way, russians and americans are alike in this. as we could not contemplate 13 years of conflict in afghan

they built an entire town in the mountains, it looks like vail, a new training system.elcoming. the people have been great. they did a nice job. there is only one thing, as we know, that could have made this olympics even better. know what that is? >> what would that be? tell us. >> more cowbell. >> let me ask you a question. if they offered you the chance to go back for the formula one race, would you go? >> that's a no-brainer. >> really? >> yes. right, brian? >> of course. yes! >> even though the entertainment is otherwise a "d"? >> i thought you were too harsh. xylophone and kazoo music? >> there was stuff better than that. that was the restaurant that was sort of funny. we had a good time. guys, thanks so much for everything you did for the show team. they said you were very polite. we appreciate that. all goes well, i'll be back on monday. >> are you leaving for the airport now? >> literally in about three hours. >> the only flight i ever missed in my life was in russia. >> good luck. >> still ahead -- >> i'm out. thanks for the optimism. >>> still ahead on the sh

jordan could have won everything whose portrait of real life shooting station in "fruit vail station" redford once shoo-in for pushing the limits of his talent maybe his soul as man marooned at sea when all is lost. >> good morning, theodore. >> my favorite performance was joaquin phoenix in "her" so raw and full of yearning he breaks your heart, or mine. he's too radio add i cannily worried for the academy. >> in 2012, john won for "the artist" he was fine. but any of these actors, any, would have won this award over him. it's arbitrary who goes up against who and whose obituary leads with academy award winner. you ask, what would you do to change it. beats me. it's the nature of awards in an award-driven culture. one thing i can do is make a lot of noise for the ones left out. >> osgood: out to bob schieffer in washington for look what's ahead on "face the nation." good morning, bob. >> schieffer: good morning. senator john mccain has talked to the opposition leader in ukraine who has just released from jail. we'll ask him what she told him. >> we'll be watching. next week here on "

. >> if you wanted to do ski resorts, you could go out west, go to vail.nding's on the rise. they are getting good price increases and have a seasonal task they have been working. >> under armour. >> if i go skiing, it would be a hospital reit, something near the slope. >> quick break. back with final trades. [ park sounds, sound of spray paint ] ♪ we asked people a question, how much money do you think you'll need when you retire? $500,000. maybe half-million. say a million dollars. [ dan ] then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. ♪ i was trying to like pull it a little further. you know, i was trying to stretch it a little bit more. [ woman ] got me to 70 years old. i'm going to have to rethink this thing. [ man ] i looked around at everybody else and i was like, "are you kidding me?" [ dan ] it's just human nature to focus on the here and now. so it's hard to imagine how much we'll need for a retirement that could last 30 years or more. so maybe we need to approach things differently, if we want to be ready for a

that's a vailed criticism of the way rensi is handling this.d out later today exactly how the day will unfold and whether or not this plan can be excuted if it is indeed his plan. no one actually has spoken to rensi this morning. there spt any solid reporting out on what is he going to do. a lot of this is from analysts looking at the situation essentially saying that he has gone too far now to pull back. that he is going to make his move. as we know from italian politics, heavy is the head who wears the crown. relate to rensi? >> he didn't actually lay out his plan to rensi. what he did is afterwards he went to the cameras. at this point he said he has a w economic plan a couple points, payroll tax cut, and ways to strengthen the legal system. one final note on this, the markets don't seem to be that concerned about the political uncertainty here in italy. there hasn't been a huge reaction. now, perhaps the markets are mispricing, misplacing the rift and we'll know more today at 3:00 when the democratic party here gets together for a meeting.

and erik schatzker and vail, colorado. scarlet fu is here holding down the fort early. >> getting to the newsfeed. the top business stories from around the world. starting with home depot planning to add 80,000 temporary workers. rising home prices the past few years have anchorage owners to bend on property. the senate will likely vote today on the debt limit measure passed by the house speaker john boehner. he joined the democrats in voting to suspend the debt ceiling for 13 months. ends three years of republicans using the threat of default to when concession from president obama. snow and ice storm hitting the south and will then head to the northeast. just two weeks after the storm or life atlanta, stranding drivers overnight. washington and new york look it up to four inches of snow. 2600 airline flights have been canceled. janet yellen got mostly positive reviews for her debut trip to capitol hill yesterday. one member of congress that it is the first time she really understood what the fed chair was saying. she wil

jim melanie traveled to sochi from vail, colorado. >> it's fears of security and possible terrorism.ant us to go. >> reporter: in this mountain village built just for the game, the streets are empty and travel agents say this olympics could see the lowest number of american spectators in decades. robert tuchman runs a new york-based travel firm. he said the list of reasons why americans are staying away is a long one. >> how far it is, expensive it is, the lack of hotel accommodations, the difficulties in getting visas, all the political issues going on in that city and you realize why a lot of people aren't traveling. >> reporter: organizers say 80% of the events have sold out but most of the russians have not turned out. spectators have not turned out to what should be the biggest event on earth it's usually a lot of stuff going on, the concerts, the e p olympic event. >>> bill murray gives us a rare interview. he talks about "snl" and opens up about his late friend john belushi. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." try our delicious new fresh mex bowls with chipotle or margarita ch

lift the vail for us.ebrities come to the hill to identify, less famous folks, do lawmakers skip out on the hearings? >> the answer is yes. they come and go many, many times. whether it is celebrity or a mere mortal. seth rogan is not so special when it comes to the experience he had. i have been in more hearings than i can count. when a witness is talking to a few you lawmakers. one example is a stark example, but it tells the story. there was a joint economic committee, senator was there for the hearing. just one. just to focus on the hearing of where seth rogan testified, he was the second panelist. before he spoke, there was a panel on this issue. the director of the nih and the national institute of aging. it appears for that part for the first panel, it was better attended and mark kirk who has you mentioned seth rogan tweeted and he was there for the first panel of medical experts. that's just one example of how things work. just keeping senator kirk as an example. he said in a follow-up tweet, you

his son did not vail his disgust for his father.the woody allen tribute did they put the part where a woman publicly confirmed he molested her at age 7. the couple separated after 12 years when mia discovered he was having an affair with their other adopted daughter who is now his wife. allen has consistently denied claims and was never charged. the allegations have tainted his image for two decades. now dylan breaking her silence and admonishing some of hollywood's most celebrated by name for, in her words, turning a blind eye by continuing to work with allen. quote, others are still scared, vulnerable and struggling for the courage to tell the truth. the message hollywood sends matters for them. she goes on to write, woody allen is a living testament to the way our society fails the survivors of sexual assault and abuse. allen's lawyer responding, quote, it is tragic that after 20 years a story engineered by a vengeful lover resurfaces after it was fully vetted and rejected by independent authorities. those independent authorities

. >> new details are coming there right now about a deadly shooting in oakland's fruit of vail neighborhoodoter walked up to them last night just before 10:00 p.m. opened fire then took off. one man died of his injuries. one of the women as listed in critical condition. >> there's no video this morning of a brawl on a bus in wisconsin. the driver changes words with a teenager, whose faces blurred on this picture. the driver had problems with the boy on previous rides. the teens is down, then gets up and punches the driver. the driver gets out to sea, with the but still moving and beats up the team.en. he told police that he feared for his life. the passengers a problem fear for their lives too. eventually, the bus hit three parked cars is a driver and a teenager were fighting. the teenager was arrested, then released his mother. he has a cord they coming up. >> coming up on the kron4 new is will have the tech report with gabe slate. >> here's a live look out of charlotte, north carolina where the snow is coming down from the latest winter storm. right now, nearly 500,000 customers are witho

the arrests happened at a fruit vail warehouse right here on 36th avenue and east 9th.uspects were arrested for outstanding warrants for car thefts and for drugs. others faced weapons and stolen property charges. investigators seized suspected stolen items that have included an engine belonging to a u-haul pickup truck, a generator and several stolen cars and car parts. the police hope this raid will lead to more searches and also to the leaders of that suspected crime ring. >>> 10 minutes before 8:00. and the rain has -- which we need has unfortunately also brought a lot of traffic problems. sal has been very busy this morning keeping an eye on all this for us. sal. >>reporter: that's right, tori and dave, incredible amount of uptick in the amount of incidents, at least five times as many just from doing this for a long time. i kind of knew this was going to happen. this is 80 westbound in richmond, not a complete -- now at a complete standstill as they're getting ready to get this truck out of the way there. you can see our live crew is this. it straddled the center d

chains are required from king vail to donner and on highway 50 from twin bridges to myers effort reporter kevin oliver on the drive up the mountain. >> winter came back with a vengeance, with snow blowing sideways in the parts of the sierra, for most of the day the ski resorts stayed just above the freezing mark allowing donner ski ranch to crank up two of its lifts for the first time this year. >> we'd love to see more people. i'm sure they'll be heading up. the conditions are getting better and better as far as the skiing goes. >> it seems like all season there wasn't going to be any snow at all, so certainly it's refreshing to see there's finally something going on up here. >> the snow coming down is a wet snow but you can see it's coming down really good and it's just adding to the base of snow that's accumulating over the last few days. >> the conditions are a little rough today for a new bee just because you have to like forge your own trail, but it's good. . >> the drive up was relatively clear but chains were required at the top of the pass. the melting snow left chain control spo

. >> with her sights set on next year's world championship in her hometown of vail, colorado, vonn isay and do what i'm supposed to do, that's going to be huge in the long run. >> the physical side is one thing but wife all know emotionally that is a tough young lady. if anybody can make it back, she can. >> she always says don't bet against her. >> she's made tons of progress already. >> up next, billy and johnny go fishing in the black sea. ♪ [ man ] patrick deneen is going to take home another medal. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ man ] that's it, patrick! [ woman ] you got it! whoo-hoo! [ male announcer ] td ameritrade. helping you reach your long-term goals one small step at a time. >>> we're back on a thursd >>> we're back now on a thursday morning from sochi. normally at this time of the year, fishing probably the furthest thing from people's minds. but the temperatures here are unusually warm, and some people are heading to the black sea behind me to see what they can find. "access hollywood's" billy bush was among them. good morning. >> can you believe how warm it is? it's gorgeous fishing weather.

born and raised in vail, colorado, skiing is in his blood. >> there is nothing more that makes me happy where they both imagined one day they would ski in the olympics. but in high school, walsh's life took an unpredictable, term turn. >> i was diagnosed with ewing's sarcoma on may 28th, 2009, it is a rare bone cancer and i had it in my pelvis and my lungs. and it changed everything. >> reporter: walsh went through years of debilitating treatments, fighting the life threatening disease. and mikaela shiffrin supported her childhood friend through it all, even joining walsh for one of high school's rites of passage. >> we made a pact that she would come to prom with me because her school didn't have one. >> reporter: she was your prom date? >> yes. >> reporter: fantastic. i love it. when shiffrin made the olympic team, walsh vowed he would go to cheer her on. >> i sat in the hospital and watched past winter olympics. i want to watch the olympics. >> reporter: getting to sochi was difficult and expensive. so he turned to the make-a-wish foundation. the group that has granted sick children'

today olympic correspondent lindsey vonn, herself a gold medalist, is with us from vail, colorado, lindseylking about bode miller and the disappointment in the downhill. you said he's got more chances to win medals and you predicted, i think that he would, good call. what did you think of his performance in the super-g? >> i thought he did really well. the conditions were really tough. it was warm weather again like it's been the last couple of races. and, you know, soft snow and he had obviously a lot of pressure. you know, he wanted to do well talking about wanting to do well for his brother. and he just executed very well. and i'm extremely proud of him. he's just a great competitor. and someone that i've always admired. >> yeah. you've known him for a long time. you mentioned his brother. and i'm sure you've now seen that interview he gave after the race where he really got so emotional. is that a side of him that you had ever seen before? >> not really. you don't really see those moments of bode opening up very often. he's pretty reserved and especially with his interviews. he's -- he

that sounds to be more like a vailed threat to the white house. >> fewer choices, higher costs, you can'tre you going to be talking about on "fox news sunday"? >> we are going to be talking about obamacare and the gop flip on immigration reform. last week it looked like they were all in on immigration reform in the house. now they are saying probably not this year. we'll talk to two senate leaders, roe blunt of missouri, and ben cardin of maryland. and then we'll talk about terror threats at the olympics and the worsening situation in syria. you can see we'll talk to michael mcclellan just back from sochi and the democratic member adam schiff. >> thank you, chris. >>> coming up, a race car explodes with a driver still inside. this morning, that lucky driver is living to tell the tale. >>> and then finding love with a swipe of a finger, could the digital dating game really help you find lasting love? the heads of two popular dating websites here to tell you how to do it, coming up. ♪ emily's just starting out... and on a budget. like a ramen noodle- every-night budget. she thought allstate

from vail, colorado, just like me.ey, always good to see you. thanks very much for joining us again this morning. >> oh, hey, matt, i also have a really cool hat for you. it's pretty cool. and what you do is push it in on the back so it doesn't stick up, you know, like yours did. >> i'm learning. i promise you, i'm taking lessons and i'll have one for you monday, i promise you. >> okay. sounds good. get it done. >> have a good weekend. you got it, lindsey. >>> coming up next, yevgeny plyushchenko joins us live to talk about his stunning decision to withdraw from this games and retire. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> well, welcome back to sochi. thursday was a tough one on the ice for yevgeny plyushchenko. he suddenly skated over to the judges and announced he was withdrawing from the event. and a short time later, he retired from the sport. he is a legend. and he's with us now. yevgeny, good morning. >> hi, good morning, everyone. hello, america. >> what a whirlwind week for you. you started in the team competit

her mother and mother's boyfriend are in vail.d to the apartment and sadly found her body. that's a tough one. >> yeah, northbound 880 through oakland, a slower drive here developing. it is over on the shoulder, but enough distraction to cause slowing. south 680 jammed by three lanes being blocked. and we're looking toward the south bay where the northbound routs are slow, for sure, but the stevens creek off ramp is closed because of a big rig that pulled down some power lines. >> thank you, we'll be back with another local news update for you in half an hour or so. have a great wednesday morning opinion . ♪ >>> 8:30 now on a wednesday morning, the 5th of february, 2014. a pretty shot from indoors. >> exactly. >> we have so many beautiful shots of the snow this morning. feeling like a broken record. i'm sure you are, al. >> a big problem with this, it's relentless, and so many communities have blown through their snow removal budgets. they're actually running out of salt and chemicals to put on the roads. >> it is crazy. and winte