. >> the philadelphia police department has now suspended officer james yeager and plans to fire him. nbc 10's brandon hudson joins us live at police headquarters with the details. >> reporter: jim and jacqueline, the mother who shot that video said she never thought it would be on the news or catch the attention of philadelphia police. but she's glad it did. screams echo on this kensington street as philadelphia police officer james yeager body slams a handcuffed man during an arrest. >> we see that all the time in our community. >> reporter: this time, ariel rivera caught it on camera. the video has led the police commissioner to suspend yeager with the intent to fire him. >> so how do you explain to your child that the police are here to protect us but people are being murdered by the police, people are being brutally beat down by police? >> reporter: last week police arrested the 22-year-old on drug charges. officers say he resisted. rivera's video shows where it escalated. police say yeager put his night stick on his chest and slammed his head against the pool. >> this is somethi

. >>> vitter yo shows officer james yeager making a violent arrest.t racked up hundreds of thus sands of views online. it caught the eye of police internal affairs as well. oh our dave kinchen has been following this developing story all day life outside philadelphia police headquarters. dave? >> reporter: dawn, tonight we've learned that officer turn himself in to internal affairs investigators. >> internal affairs investigation indicated that he was, um, well in our terms guilty of excessive force and, um --ing. >> philadelphia police officer james yeager a four year veteran is on his way to leaving the force. the move follows this video scene on social media hundreds of thousands of times. police say it shows officer yeager in full uniform body slamming a 21-year-old man to the ground after he was handcuffed as he resisted arrest on the 200 block of east he will cart in kensington. sources say the man was being arrested for drugs. investigators say the video also shows yeager picking up the suspect and swinging him into the side of a pool. while po

the officer has been identified as james yeager. later the police department said the video didn't paint the full picture. tonight they say we look forward to seeing the full video and support officer yeager. some say the officer deserves to be fired. >> it seemed like a senseless beating. the guy was homeless and they beat him up for no apparent reason. >> they could have handed it in a better way. >> there are a lot more than need to be fired asap. they need to learn to respect people to get respect from people. not because they are police we have to respect them. you have to earn and learn respect. >> yeager has been suspended by commissioner richard ross for 30 days with intent to dismiss. it remains to be seen if he will be sentenced. >> we have had thunder and lightning in thetry state area. cecily tynan live at the big board. >> central pennsylvania has been rocked with severe weather for the last few here hours. the line is working east. harrisburg reporting wind damage, flash flooding. if you look at the lightning strikes y

yeager is a four-year veteran of the force. >>> president trump meantime is in new jersey tonight for first extended vacation since taking office. the president is spending the next 17 days at his golf club in bedminister. the white house said this will be a working vacation. meanwhile, attorney general jeff sessions vowed today to prosecute anyone who leaks classified government information. >>> cbs3 summerfest is down the shore this week along the beautiful beaches of seven mile island, jessica dean and vittoria woodill are live in stone harbor. they've already shown us so much fun, i should wish i could be there but there's more to talk about tonight. >> we wish that too, natasha that would be a lot of fun. one of the great things about being down the shore is that you can kind of wonder around the different towns and go into the wonderful little stores that are unique to that shore point >> you've been a witness to think every time we do a summerfest we find something. that's right now story. and it's because there are so many mom and pop owned places that you want to support and

walt through. >> reporter: police commissioner has suspended officer yeager for 30 days but intends to dismiss him completely after that. fop plans on fighting the department on that and it does have a high success rate in doing so. outside police headquarters, alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> ten people are recovering this morning after they were hurt on a plane that landed at philadelphia international airport. the american airlines flight from atens, greece encountered severe turbulence right before landing right around 4:00 in the afternoon. passengers say drinks were thrown around the cabin, three passengers and seven crew members were taken to the hospital to be checked out. >>> well, search continues today for a man who killed two people and left a third in the hospital. take a look, delaware county district attorney's office say this man is the shooter in delaware county. violence happened friday night at fourth and walnut streets, a 20 year-old man and a 16 year-old were both killed, a 15 year-old is hospitalized now in critical condition. a man was just movin

yeager is a four-year veteran of the force. >>> president trump meantime is in new jersey tonight foris first extended vacation since taking office. the president is spending the next 17 days at his golf club in bedminister. the white house said this will be a working vacation. meanwhile, attorney general jeff sessions vowed today to prosecute anyone who leaks classified government information. >>> cbs3 summerfest is down the shore this week along the beautiful beaches of seven mile island, jessica dean and vittoria woodill are live in stone harbor. they've already shown us so much fun, i should wish i could be there but there's more to talk about tonight. >> we wish that too, natasha that would be a lot of fun. one of the great things about being down the shore is that you can kind of wonder around the different towns and go into the wonderful little stores that are unique to that shore point >> you've been a witness to think every time we do a summerfest we find something. that's right now story. and it's because there are so many mom and pop owned places that you want to support an

officer james yeager picking up the suspect and slamming him to the ground. the suspect hit his head on around inground pool the entire time the suspect was handcuffed. dann cuellar has more. >> reporter: the incident provoked all sorts of public outcry after cell phone video surfaced. it's shows officers trying to cuff a man during a narcotics arrest. a second video shows this seconds later. an officer appearing to slam the handcuffed suspect into the pavement. the officer later picked up the man swinging him around causing him to strike his head against the side of an aboveground walt whitman bridge pool. the 21-year-old a homeless man was taken to temple hospital in critical condition. >> he almost killed the boy. the boy was not moving he was not handcuffed. they were beating him with a baton, there were three of them, it was horrible. >> reporter: the officer facing termination is 26-year-old james yeager of the 24th district. the police union defended the officer saying the three minute video clip didn't paint the full statement. in a statement, the fop

, all the way through. >> the police commissioner has suspended officer yeager for 30 days but intend to dismiss him from the department completely after that. fop plans to fight the department on that and it does have a high success rate from doing so. outside police headquarters, alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> ten people are recovering this morning after they were hurt on a plane that landed at philadelphia international airport. the american airlines flight from atens, greece encounter turbulence right before landing around 4:00 in the afternoon. passengers say drinks were thrown around the cabin, three passengers and seven crew members were taken to the hospital to be check out. >>> the search continues today for a man who killed two people and left a third in the hospital, take a look at this, the delaware county district attorney's office says this man is the shooter, violence happened friday night at fourth and walnut street in colwyn, a 20 year-old and 16 year-old were both killed, a 15 year-old is hospitalized in critical condition and a man who was moving, in

yeager has suspended for 30 days with intent to dismiss. it remains unclear if he faces criminal charges from the da's office. dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> the fbi is look looking for a woman suspected of robbing a philadelphia bank. we received surveillance images of the robber whose face was mostly covered. they robbed the bank on west lee high avenue around 2:40 p.m. 5'1" to 5'3". with dark brown eyes, wearing a navy blue print dress and black and white sneakers. >>> attorney general jeff sessions has vowed to stop the leaks. he said the culture of leaking must stop. the last draw came when a full transcript of president trump's phone calls with leaders of mexico and australia were published in the washington post. >>> president trump is now at his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, where's on a 17dy -- 17 day vacation, being called a working vacation. the white house is having a new heating and cooling system installed in the white house. it's been 30 careers since it was replaced. >>> happening today, the 34th annual musi

, all the way through. >> reporter: again, police commissioner has suspended officer yeager for 30 days but intend to dismiss him from the department completely after. that fop plans to fight the department on that and it does have a high success rate in doing so. outside police headquarters alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> in other news this morning 10 people are recovering today after a flight to philadelphia , from greece ran into severe turbulence. american airlines flight 759 from greece landed safely at philadelphia international airport saturday afternoon. passengers say flight attendants had just served drinks when that turbulence started and that threw beverages every where. three passengers and seven crew members went to the hospital for evaluation. >> ice cream shop in springfield wants your help finding a group of young thieves, surveillance video, in this creamery on baltimore pike there shows four boys walking up to the store counter, one reaching in the tip jar, the others check that jar one more time before running away, the store says this all happened aro

it shows officer james yeager make a violent arrest. >>> thanks for joining us this friday night i'm chris o'conne o'connell. >> i'm dawn timmeney. >>> the video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times online and caught attention of police internal affairs. our dave kinchen has been following this developing story all day and is live outside philadelphia police headquarters. dave. >> reporter: chris and dawn, good he know ooh. police tell us the officer turned himself in to internal affairs after they've investigated over the last several weeks. tonight, four year veteran philadelphia police officer james yeager is set to be booted from the force. >> after this video went viral. police say it shows 26-year-old officer yeager in full uniform body slamming a 21-year-old man to the ground after he was handcuffed as he resisted arrest on the 200 block of east he will cart in cep sipping ton. sources say the man was being arrested for drug. >> internal affairs investigation indicated that he was, um, guilty of excessive force and -- >> investigators say the video also shows yeager

yesterday the police department suspended officer james yeager with the intent to fire him. she said the video would never go viral. last month officers tried to arrest the man in the video on drug charges. police say he resisted. one cellphone clip shows the initial struggle as one officer forces the man's head to the ground. but it was rivera's video that shows where it escalated. >> how do you explain to your child that the police are here to protect us but people are being murdered by the police, people are being brutally beat down. >> police told us officer yeager will not face charges at this time. >>> from a high school football star to a murder suspect, nbc 10 was the only tv station in the south jersey courtroom when 20-year-old tyler dralle faced a judge. not long ago, dralle was a football star at uni regional high school, but prosecutors say he and a 127-year-old sh7-year- killed a 345-year-old at her blueberry farm. nbc 10 obtained a copy of the 911 car scordo's father made after they found his daughter wounded. >> you said you were sleeping and you were woken u

. >> reporter: the officer has been identified by police 26-year-old scrapes yeager. the union defended the officer saying the 3 minute video clip didn't paint the picture. >>> some residents say the officer deserved to be fired. >> the way i saw it, it seems like it was a senseless beating, you know, the guy was homeless and all of a sudden they came in and beat him him up for no apparent reason. >> they could have handled him in a better way. >> i think it was the best way they could do, they need to get fired, asap. they need to respect people you got to learn and earn respect. yeager has been suspended by police commissioner, for 30 days with intent to dismiss. it is unclear if he will face criminal charges from the d-a's office. dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> the search continues for the person or people who threw rocks into vehicle along kelly drive. two drivers called police that their cars were hid hit by rocks by midvale avenue by 8:00 p.m. the driver made it safely to the side of the road. >>> a philadelphia neighborhood came together to call to th

the fop president said we look forward to seeing the entire video and support officer yeager. some say the officer deserves to be fired. >> it seems like a senseless beating. the guy was homeless and all of a sudden they have came and beat him up for no apparent reason. >> they could have handled it in a better way instead of hitting him. >> that was the best thing they could do, they need to get fired, like asap. >> they need to learn how to respect people to get respect from people. not because they police we have to respect them. you have to learn and earn respect. >> reporter: yeager has been placed on administrative leave with intent to dismiss. it is not clear if he will face charges from the d.a.'s office. >> jeff sessions vowed to seal the leaks coming from the white house for staffers leaking sensitive government information to the press. he said the culture of leaking must stop. the last draw came when a full transcript of president trump's phone call with leaders of mexico and australia were published in the washington post. sessions said he may review guidelines fo

nobody was in danger but him at that point. >> reporter: and what we know about officer yeager is thate has been with the philadelphia police department for about four years but as you mentioned natasha, as of yesterday the commissioner has put him on a 30 day suspension with the intent to dismiss him after that 30 day period. reporting live outside philadelphia police headquarters alycia nieves cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> alycia thank you so much. >>> also tonight we are following developing stories. american airlines confirms passengers on board flight 759 from athens greece to philadelphia did experience some severe turbulence shortly before safely landing in the city. three passengers and seven crew members were transported to a local hospital for evaluation. >>> and peco is saying that the number of people without power now in the philadelphia region is less than 500. that's after severe storms cut off power to more than 10,000 customers at one point. as "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan tells us, one neighborhood in doylestown is without power indefinitely. >> a crack and all

in that video, posted on facebook, officer james yeager can be seen slamming a 21-year-old suspect to the ground as he is handcuffed and another clip the man is picked up and body slammed. it happened last month in kensington the video got hundreds of thousands of views. police commissioner richard ross says it appears the suspect put drugs in his mouth and was resisting but did not appear to endanger the officers. >>> when you watch that video the other officers don't appear at all to be threatened by this individual, and so i don't know what happened but i know it's hard for our investigation to dismiss the objects of what we saw. >> makes me angry, because nobody deserves that. nobody deserves any treatment like that. >> police say yeager a four-year veteran of the force has been suspended for 30 days with intent to dismiss. no criminal charges have been filed. >>> to your fox 29 weather authority now. as we take a live look down at the shore. this is cape may. nice night no doubt. lots of people heading to the beach. will we see rain this weekend? we are hoping not. >> yeah. get o

police say that yeager through that suspect around, forcing the man to strike his head against the side of a pool. well, yeager, four year veteran of the force, now suspended for 30 days, with intent to dismiss. >> police in delaware county hope you can help them track down the person who ran down landscaper took off. happened on jackson drive brookhaven. investigators say the landscaper was standing outside this truck when he saw a man steel a leaf below err from the back of the truck. police say the landscaper tried to stop the suspect, by stepping in front of the get-away car, this silver dodge after inning err, captured on surveillance video , see right there. the landscaper now in stable condition. >>> police are investigating what caused a deadly crash in quakertown bucks county. authorities say a driver died after slamming into a pool supply company on route 309. the impact there sparked a big fire that damaged the building and apartment on upper floor. all of the resident, thankfully, were able to get out safely. >>> and in other news this morning, president trump is in bed mini

there it s in it you see officer james yeager making violent arrest and july 10 incident shows yeagerm picking up the man and smashing his head into the side of a pool. >> we can't you know resort to that type of behavior just because you know we're confronted with resistance. it's just not within the te tenence of what we do and not within our training and it's not within our policy. >> police say the 21-year-old map was resisting arrest for narcotics by swinging arms and kicking. >> and police an the lookout for a group of armed men that pulled off a heist philadelphia international airport. it was after 4 a.m. four armed suspects invaded avis car rental lot at the airport and drove off with five cars and investigators say the suspects approached the loan car lot attendant at the booth at the front gate showed him a gun and punched him 2349 face. they stole cars and one was left behind and another recoverid in center city hours later. this could be work of gang out of the 24 and dickinson area in south philadelphia. >> to trenton a grand injury indicted 19 people in heroin and cocai

james yeager has been suspended for 30 days with intent to dismiss. to philadelphia police. an internal investigation was launched when this video surfaced last month and then went viral. the video shows officers taking a man into custody in kensington back on july 10th. well, police say officer yeager is then seen slamming the suspect to the pavement. that clip later shows the handcuffed suspect collapsing to the ground. officer yeager has been on the force for four years. >> a fight involving three men in delaware ended with one man stabbed and all three facing charges. wilmington police say it started with a disagreement at a bus stop along the 2700 block of market street. but when one of the trio started to get physical, the victim pulled a knife and cut him and that victim then fled into a store trying to keep the other two outside one of whom had a bat. when police showed up none of the three cooperated. all were arrested and charged with assault. no one was seriously injured. >>> a former nurse in bucks county has pled guilty to secretly record

officials say 26 year old james yeager slammed a handcuffed suspect to the grounds in kensington back on july 10th. police also say yeager through that suspect around, forcing that man to strike his head against the side after pool. yeager, four year veteran, of the force, is suspended for 30 days with intent to dismiss. >> meantime, police in delaware county hope you can help them track down the person who ran down landscaper and then took off. this happened on jackson drive , in brookhaven. investigators say, the landscaper was standing outside of his truck when he saw a man stealing a leaf blower from the back of the truck. police say the landscaper then tried to stop the suspect by stepping in front of the get-away car, this silver dodge after inning err, it was captured on surveillance video there. the landscaper is now in stable condition. >>> police are trying to figure out what caused deadly crash in quakertown bucks county. authorities say a driver died after slamming into a pool supply company on route 309. the impact sparked a huge fire there, that damaged the building and

police say officer yeager then slammed the suspect to the pavement.sing to the ground. officer yeager has been on the force four years. >>> one wrong turn sent a car straight into a pool store in bucks county. the impact killed the driver and sparked a two alarm fire creating a dangerous situation because of the swimming pool chemicals stored inside. "action news" reporter gray hall with that story from springfield township. >> the car went in the building and the gas tank ignited i guess and just wiped everything right out. >> reporter: david woods has owned pool pro for about 18 years. a car lost control and slammed into his store. in a matter of hours the building was a total loss. the impact caused a two alarm fire and his business was destroyed. >> i really want to thank the responders who came out. a hundred people and the red cross and all these people jump out of bed at 2 o'clock in the morning and came here to help a stranger its amazing. >> reporter: the driver of the car did not survive and it's not clear what caused the person to lose cont

. —— yeager. the east african nation has now won 12 of the 15 editions of the world championships.drick ‘s, unbeaten this year, capped a fantastic season with gold. at 2a, he has a long career ahead of him. —— kendricks. botswana's isaac makwala says he is "devastated" to have missed out on the 400 meters final. athletics commentator will downing explained to me how the controversy unfolded. 0fficials stopped him from entering the stadium this evening. he was entered in the 400 metres, and was withdrawn by the iaaf. he was stopped and brought into the office. there are some athletes, many on social media, tonight, that are sad about the fact that he has not been able to compete. you could have been able to compete. you could have been a good candidate for a medalfor botswa na. a good candidate for a medalfor botswana. we've also had the athletics chief from botswana said they had been left completely in the dark. the iaaf medical delegate has said that hast to a 48 hour incubation period, and because he was diagnosed with norovirus yesterday, they were never going to clear him. thi

yesterday the police department suspended officer james yeager with the intent to fire him. ariel ariel rivera shot the video. last month officers tried to arrest the man in the video on drug charges, police say he r resi resisted. one cellphone clip shows the initial struggle as an officer forceses m the man's head to th ground, but it was rivera's video that shows where it escalated. >> how do you explain to your child that the police are here to protect us, but people are being murdered by the police, people are being brutally beat down by the police. >> police told us officer yeager will not face charges at this time.le high school football star to a murder suspect. 20-year-old tyler dralle faced a judge. not long ago, he was a football star in high school, but prosecutors say he and a 17-year-old shot and killed 45-year-old deanna scordo back on june 25th. nbc 10 obtained a copy of the 911 call scordo's father made after he found his daughter wounded. >> you said you were sleeping and you were woken up to gunshots? >> yeah, my daughter is lying on the floor. >> and she'

yesterday the police department suspended officer james yeager with the intent to fire him. ariel rivera shot the video that never thought would go viral or catch the attention of police. last month officers tried to arrest the man in the video on drug charges. police say he resisted. one cellphone clip shows the initial struggle as one officer forces the plan's head to the ground. but it was rivera's video that shows where it escalated. >> how do you explain to your child that the police are here to protect us but people are being murdered by the police. people are being brutally beat down by the police. >> police told us officer yeager will not face charges at this time. >>> from a high school football star to a murder suspect, nbc 10 was the only television station in the south jersey courtroom when 20-year-old tyler dralle faced a judge. not long ago, dralle was a football star at uni regional high school, but prosecutors say he and a 17-year-old shot and killed 45-year-old deanna scordo at blueberry farm back on june 25th. nbc 10 obtained a copy of the 911 car scordo's

yeager 1700. and curry about 10 million. how about that? jeage shot 58 in the opening round.has history with curry. in 2009 curry hit 75-foot shot against jaeger's school. >> i'm looking intord to asking about the shot he made. >> if he remembers that and i yelled at him. >> he is going to get revenge tomorrow i think. he plays in the same group as curry. >> what did you think he is going to shoot tomorrow? >> i think steph curry will just sit there and count his money. >> that's about right. [ laughter ] >> he might be counting his jokes tomorrow. >> well, that's true. >> it's a different animal. >> low 80s? >> if he shoots in the 70s i'll be impressed. it will be a different animal. >> thank you. >>> coming up in our next half- hour, president trump launches a new crackdown on legal immigration. a plan to favor english- speaking applicants is striking nerves. the tense exchange in the white house briefing room. >> the u.s. flexes its military muscle. and now new concerns that north korea's missile tests could threaten passenger planes. the close call with a jet. >> and woul

he received an oscar nomination for his role as chuck yeager in the right stuff. he appeared in films and on stage. he was raised in california and had strong roots here in the bay area. in 1975 he was playwright in residence at the magic theater in san francisco. a produced 24 of his plays including mount tam. sam shepard died at home in kentucky last thursday of complications from als. he was 73 years old. >>> still to come, a bay area surgeon under investigation. next, the opioid he is accused of illegally prescribing. >>> good news a report about a train. it was stolen in the east bay. how social media helped reunite it with its owners.

. >> have a great >> and again, the police commissioner has suspended officer yeager for 30 days butd to dismiss him from the department. the fop plans to fight the department on that and they have a high success rate in doing so. reporting live outside the philadelphia police headquarters, alycia nieves, cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> alycia thank you so much. >>> also tonight at least 10 people are hurt after extreme turbulence rocked an americans airlines flight. flight 5759 from athens greece landed safely this afternoon in philadelphia. passengers say drinks were just served when the turbulence started and beverages were thrown about the cabin. three passengers and seven crew members were transported to a local hospital for evaluation. >>> also an ice cream shop in springfield wants your help finding a group of young thieves. surveillance video in crave creamery on baltimore pike shows four boys walking up to the counter. one reaches into the tip jar, the others check the jar before running away. the store say it happened wednesday around 8 o'clock last night. if you have any inform

. >> officers james yeager has been suspended for 30 days with intent to dismiss. he turned himself in to the internal affairs your knit. he was a member of the you knit for four years. his suspension stems from this arrest last month. this cell phone footage shows him in full uniform grabbing a man after he was already hand curved and forcibly slamming him to the ground. that man was taken to the hospital in cryptal condition. live in breaking news center nbc 10 news. >>> seven arsons in one month. someone is targeting a high rise apartment building in center city. nbc 10 was on the scene last night on jfk boulevard. the arsons started in mid-july. there's now a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the arsonist. >>> a gaping hole at a bucks county business. after a car crashed into it and burst into flames killing the driver. it took more than 100 firefighters to put out the flames after that car crossed multiple lanes on route 309 and crashed into the business called the pool pro. witnesses heard an explosion, someone who lives in the apartment

for his play "buried child" and four years later was nominated for an oscar for his role as chuck yeager in "the right stuff." his family says he died at home in kent of complications related to a.l.s. or lou gehrig's disease. sam shepard was 73 years old. >>> for nearly 14 years, cubs fans blamed steve bartman for killing their world series dreams with that infamous moment in the 2003 playoffs when he tipped a foul ball from the stands before it could be caught. now that the cubs have broken their 108-year world series drought, all appears to be forgiven. and to prove it, the cubs gave bartman, who received death threats and became reclusive after the incident, his very own world series ring. bartman says he doesn't consider himself worthy of the honor but is, quote, sincerely grateful. >>> as expected, the olympics are coming back to america. los angeles has reached a deal to host the 2028 summer games under an unusual agreement which also paves the way for paris to host in 2024. los angeles has hosted the games twice before, in 1932 and 1984. >>> when we come back, paying tribute. the

here his is playing test pilot chuck yeager in the right stuff, in 1983, a role which earned him an academy. he appeared in dozens of films, starring opposite dolly parton in steel magnolias. ifeel sorry for them, you know? i mean, especially jackson, losing shelby like that. and here, in blackthorn, a fictional account of the final adventure of wild west outlaw butch cassidy. but he was also a director, writer, and dramatist. well, i'm a very gentle person, myself... this a production of his play, fool for love, staged at the national theatre in london. he wrote 44 plays, winning the pulitzer prize in 1979. sam shepard was born in fort sheridan, illinois, in 1943. his father was an alcoholic, and he had a nomadic childhood, before moving to new york when he was 19. it was there he started writing plays, essays, novels, short stories, and memoirs. he has been described as one of america's most significant voices, who wrote of what he saw with fearless, tireless honesty. sam shepard, playwright and actor, who has died at the age of 73. and one of french cinema's biggest stars, jeanne moreau,

he really is playing chuck yeager in the right stuff.on films, starring opposite dolly parton in steel magnolias. films, starring opposite dolly parton in steel magnoliaslj films, starring opposite dolly parton in steel magnolias. i feel sorry for him, you know? you know, especially jackson. —— steel magnolias. and here, in blackhawk, a fictional account of the final adventure of butch cassidy. but he was also a writer, director, and dramatist. this was a production of his play, fool for love. he wrote 44 plays, winning the pulitzer prize in 1979. sam shepard was born in for cheriton, illinois, in 1943. his father was an alcoholic, and he had a nomadic childhood, before moving to new york when he was 19. there, he started writing plays, essays, norval is, and memoirs. he has been described as one of the most significant voices in america, who wrote of what he saw with dealers, tireless honesty. —— novels. jim allman, there, on sam shepard. the playwright and actor has died at the age of 73. —— tim allman. hello, good morning and welcome

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. >> he received an oscar nomination for his role as chuck yeager in the movie the right stuff. sam sheppard was raised in california and had roots in the bay area. starting in 1975, he was playwright in residence in san francisco. they produced 24 of his plays including barry child. >> he established a culture. he established the muscle of what it was to make new theater and he ignited what is now one of the most robust play ecosystems in the country. >> he wrote with a 50 plays in all including short stories and a novel. many works were installed -- inspired by his personal history. he often appeared in westerns. >> he appreciated the mysteries of inhabiting a character. he loved actors. i think is acting work said that his love of writing for other actors and he was a very humble and heartfelt and complicated guy. >> a family spokesperson said he died at his home in kentucky last thursday of complications from als. he was 73 years old. >>> dreams of owning a home are driving people outside the bay area. coming up, where we found homes for $500,000 40,000 miles from san franci

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fans watching as steph curry teed off just before 9:00 this morning from the 10th along with stefen yeager and sam ryder. the drive looked good from the tee box but ended up veering left. he ducked his next shot right into the top of the berm. you can tell he wasn't pleased with himself. he ended up chipping the next shot to the backside of the green, and then from there, a beautiful trip, chip on to the green itself. he ended up putting for bogey. spoke briefly with the nba superstar before he teed off. >> feeling all right, man, we'll see how it goes. >> you nervous? >> doing all right so far. get the first old jitters out of the way and he'll be all right. >> he's doing okay. >> pretty good. >> better basketball player. >> yeah. he is, yeah. >> hope it gets better for him. i'd like to see him in the finals. >> reporter: just checked the leaderboard right now, steph curry is towards the bottom, not everyone has teed off for the day. he's 3 over par, eight strokes behind the leader. bob riddell, nbc bay area news. >> i like how everyone's whispering. even the little kids were doing okay.

. >> reporter: county supervisor ken yeager sits on the lgbt advisory board. >> why wouldn't you wantsomeone who is qualified to protect your neighborhood if there is particular crime, and why should you care if that person is straight or gay? >> reporter: officer james gonzalez is featured in one of the videos. >> that visualization of what my family looks like is going to be a big deal for people who are considering bringing their family into this police family. >> reporter: officer gonzalez and the chief will be out this weekend at pride if he festivit san jose in this patrol car looking for men and women who might want to wear the uniform. nbc bay area news. >>> san jose is hoping those ads will encourage more people in the lgbt community to also report crime. officer gonzalez is hoping it will encourage others on the force now to come out if they're ready. >>> a woman blindsided by her attacker. it's part of a troubling trend in the bay area. blindsiding and attacking a a shocking crime -- a man blindsiding and attacking a woman in san francisco. ==marcus//2 shot== the suspect is

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james yeager officer of the 24th district we're told a four-year veteran of the force is suspend for 30 days with the intent to dismiss after this case involving a viral video let's go to that video right now. this move comes after the video showing a 21-year-old suspect slammed into the ground as he's handcuffed and another clip the man is picked up and he's body slammed into the rim of an above ground pool. philadelphia police internal afairs was investigating the july 10th incident at ellicott and ellis streets in kensington. suspect was charg charged with narcotics violation. commissioner ross says it appears the suspect put drugs in his mouth but was resisting he did not appear to endanger the officers. ross calls a clear case of excessive use of force. >> when you watch that video. the officers don't appear to be threatened by this individual, and so i don't know what happened. but i know it's hard for our investigation to dismiss the optics of what we saw. >> makes me angry because nobody deserves that. nobody deserves any treatment like that. >> reporter: investigators say no

looked him up and discovered not only was he greatest aviator 0 of his aim but with apologies to chuck yeager, almost certainly the greatest aviator who ever lived. he did things that were so amides nothing one would have believed them except he did them in front of a and a half million people. in a country of 75 million people, 20 million people were estimated to have seen lincoln beechy fly health made more in one day than most americans made in a year. he performed these amazing feats in front of literally half a million people. for example in the great -- first great chicago air fare of 1911 he wanted to brick the altitude record which was 11,200 feet. and this is over lake michigan, chicago, a half a million people and there are pictures. nothing i'm about to tell you about him is made up. then only way he can do it is to use all his fuel on the way up. so thing me good phone man comes down, there's 25,000 people in the crowd, and another 400,000 plus along the lakefront, beechy takes off, goes up until he is a dot in the sky, and remember remembering these airplanes had no cabins no fus

county supervisor ken yeager says that while the trump administration seems committed to turning backanta clara county -- community, santa clara county is moving forward. >>> a record setting enrollment class is expected to attend city college of san francisco this fall. enrollment is already up 17% since it was announced that tuition would now be free. the free city program will cost close to $6 million and it is being paid with an increase in a real estate transfer tax. to qualify students must live in the city and must have lived in california for more than a year. residents still have time to sign up for the fall semester and classes start in two weeks. >>> in marin county novato high school is confident it will field enough players for the upcoming varsity football season. practice officially begins tomorrow. this is video of some of the underclassmen there. we caught up with some of the varsity players who were tossing the football around in the school parking lot. novato high first petitioned last week to cancel the season because of a lack of players. about half dozen showed u