Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on a monday morning, its Martin Luther king day. Good morning, im Savannah Guthrie. And im carson daly. Alongside dylan dreyer and Natalie Morales. Matt and al have the morning off. Super bowl xlviii, the stage is set here in new york. And now that the polar vortex not come back. I know. Hopefully were in the clear from that. 49ers broncos, everybody happy with the matchup . No. Patriots lost, im not happy at all. Trying to make dylan cry. Congratulations, seattle. Rivalry. Yeah. More on this big game coming up, todays top story. And its a video thats surfaced from a terror group vowing to strike during the Winter Olympics in sochi. With 17 days to go now, is Russian Security ready . And why are u. S. Officials complaining about a lack of cooperation . Lets get right to nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel in moscow this morning. Good morn
The 32yearold Castro Valley man is being held here, it was the discovery of the exotic pet that surprised his neighbors and deputies. Residents of this quiet Castro Valley culdesac tell me the suspect lived in this rented two story home with his wife and 2yearold son with several dogs including a pit bull. Some suspected drug dealing but were shocked to learn he had an alligator named mr. Teeth guarding marijuana in the home. One neighbor spoke with us on the condition we would not identify her. It is outrageous. When i drove up, there were six police cars trying to deal with the alligator. Reporter Alameda County Sheriffs Department said they were doing a routine probation check when they found the 5 foot long wall gator in a bedroom next alligator in a bedroom next to 34 pounds of processed marijuana buds. He said it acted as a deterrent as soon as you get near the tank the alligator moves around and gets agitated. Neighbors identified this woman driving the white suv as his wife. Wh
Gang. But he was in a known gang neighborhood at the time of his murder. D. J. Was killed near oak grove football field where planned to coach youth football with his uncle. For my nephew to get baptized four weeks to the day that he died, thats somebody who knew that their time was up. D. J. Was gone but it is his story, the stories of others murdered. You dont ever want to experience that. The Message Police were about to send the public. Were doing great. That would soon collide. I dont know how stupid they think we are but were not that stupid. The reductions working hard to keep the communal safe. Restaurant the same time. It is certainly a concern. San jose was promoting the new gang suppression plan for the summer. Extra patrols. Saturated gang spots. The results, some impressive stats. Gangrelated crime down in every category from last year. Homicides dropped the most. More than 40 . Gang homicides are down from what they were last year. And the Mayors Gang Prevention Task forc
Court system, so please no retaliation. Reporter and tonight, police tell me that they have no suspects in this case. You have two women grieving the death of their young sons and as you heard, this mother is calling for no retaliation. If you have information, contact the Oakland Police deputy. Reporting live in oakland, im cheryl hurd nbc bay area news. New at 6 00, it is is it vandali vandalism, a random attack or a personal vendetta. Drawing swastikas on her picture but others say its much worse, a hate crime. Jodi hernandez is live with details for us. Reporter folks who live in this familyfriendly neighb neighborhood are shocked and angry. They were plastered up and down the streets here. The real disturbing part, the swastika has been scraped off but folks are outraged that somebody actually printed a symbol of hate on their councilwomans face. Its very hurtful, especially as a person of jewish heritage to see your face with a swastika on your forehead. Reporter thats the reacti
Aid and other associated cuts. Just gets more and more expensive. Reporter most of the cuts will come at the expense of nontenured professors, less faculty, and more students mean larger classes and it may be tougher for students to get the classes they need. Its not easy because you want to do the best for the students. You want to be loyal to some extent to the employees whove been here for millions of years. And its just not a good way to run things. Reporter i reached out to the administrators today who confirmed the budget cuts but would not comment about them on camera. They do say theres a meeting scheduled here on campus tomorrow morning where faculty members and other Staff Members will answer questions about the cuts. Reporting live in san jose state, scott budman, nbc bay area news. Okay. Thank you, scott. Always bet on big. The Graton Casino opened its doors this morning. Thousands were feeling lucky. Crowds rushed into the new gaming mecca in sonoma county. Within a couple