Verse written on his forehead when he was found hanged in his prison cell. And what a drag. A bizarre scene in california. I dont know whats going on here. A car lodged in the back of a big rig barreling down the highway, the driver desperate for help. Giving the term truck stop a whole new meaning today, thursday april 20, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody, welcome to today on a thursday morning. Weave got willie in for matt again this morning. Ive been playing all my Barry Manilows greatest hits for you. Youve had the spotify on overdrive. Barry manilow on concert. Light rain not getting him out of the shades. A lot of fun coming up. We have a huge crowd out there. Lets get right to our top story. One of the biggest stars in cable news, amiddamaging Sexual Harassment allegations, fox news has cut ties with bill oreilly. Nbcs senior and investigative correspondent Cyn
The nbc bay area facebook and twitter pages. Sam 2shot good morning, and thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. I m sam brock. Kris 2shot and i m kris sanchez. And our other top story this morning. Kris live a crowd starting to gather at Golden Gate Park for an annual tradition, traced to the bay area 420. This is a live look from our nbc bay area s sky ranger. adlib thousands are expected to hang around for the unofficial pot holiday. Sam boxes nbc bay area s pete suratos is in the thick of it. Pete how many people do you think are there now . Live intro will. Selfexplanatory why thats there to help out with the cleanup process. I was going to show you guys some live video, the nbc sky ranger with a birds eye view of golden gate part. This 4 20 event is taking place. City of San Francisco teamed up with private sponsors to help cover the cost of adding resources, but the city is making it clear this is not a sanctioned event by the city of San Francisco. That smoking pot is st
Continue to be a powerhouse in cable news. The Oreilly Factor averaged nearly 4 Million Viewers in the 1st quarter of 2017 alone. So big shoes to fill. For sure. Absolutely. Thank you. Ucberkeley has canceled conservative political commentator ann coulters appearance next week concerned about safety after violent protests recently. But coulter says she will still speak. Kpix 5s Susie Steimle has the story coming up at 6 00. A commute alert to tell you about this evening. These are live pictures of the walnut creek bart station where service is stopped for three hours this afternoon. The station is closed but trains are running through. Buses are being offered between Pleasant Hill and lafayette. Cracking down on those who misuse disabled placards. Kpix 5s keit do reports. Reporter cops are about to get an earful. We followed along with undercover officers. It didnt take long at san jose state. Mike was caught using his dads permit to go to class. He will be charged with improper use a
I think i could use some backup backup. Reporter on sproul plaza across from the wall of prejudice, students freely expressed themselves daily. But Berkeley College republicans dont feel safe here. I have had flyers around campus posters with my face on it calling my a fascist. I have been punched and spit on, my personal information posted online. They said it would be worse if she came. What do you think the public reaction would be if we ignored the recommendations of our Law Enforcement professionals held an event against their guidance and students were hurt . the world would come down upon us and we would deserve it reporter its unclear where coulter will speak if she shows up next thursday. Students hope to keep it within berkeley. Back to you. So with the violence against the republican students on campus what is the university doing to keep them safe . Reporter well, the University Calls any violence thats been reported intolerable. They did tell me today that police have laun
,,,, sweet cinnamonsugar on the outside, crazy on the inside. Crave those crazy squares. Sweet cinnamonsugar on the outside, crazy on the inside. Crave those crazy squares. Live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. Uc berkeley canceled this provocateurs speech. But tonight hoping to prevent more riots like this, uc berkeley canceled this speech, but tonight there is defiance. Good evening. Im elizabeth cook. Im ken bastida. Kpix5s andria borba is at berkeley tonight. Reporter ann coulter said she will be coming to berkeley, just not to the university of california campus. The war over free speech yet again has returned to the home of the free speech movement. A month ago the Berkeley College republicans asked to host right wing pundit ann coulter on the cal campus april 27th. Today the university shut down the event citing security concerns worried about a scene similar to the riots surrounding milo yiannopoulos. This is the reality we have to deal with now. Whether we lik