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KNTV Today November 19, 2013

Happened. I just want everye to know the truth. And free falling. Lieve it or not, this musician emerges unst. Atharines unscathed after a rrifying stage dive from three stories the ai that story and more today tuesday, nember 19th, 2013. Announcer frombc news, this is today with matt lauer and sannah guthrie, live from stio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a esday moing. Im savannah guthrie. Im mt lauer along side Natalie Morales d al roker. Wow. We were with mor rob ford of toronto a couple of hours after the cityouncil there stripped him of his staffmost of his budget a most of his power. If you think hes backing down hes gearing up r a long fight. He told you hes t going anywhere. O, he is waiting andunning for reelectn. He is vowing to sticaround. Thats the top story this mornin for two weeks now, mayor ford has been under fire after his admied use of crack cocae. During that chaotic meetin heaven almost knocked over a city cncil woman. We travelledo toronto last night to talk to the mayor a his brother, councilman doug ford. You said as wwere sitting down, you said what happened in City Council Chambers was unprecedented. It never happenebefore. What went on in there . Thebasically took away 383,000 people whooted for me, their rights. You have brought disgrace to this office, and y know thats true. Ive embarrassed nojust myself, my family, my frnds, myupporters, the whole city. I ta full responsibilityor that. Weve all made mistake matt. Im not perfect. Maybe you ar maybe other people are. Ive made mistak. I admitt to my mistakes. When the questis began to circulate around you, mr. Mayor, and peopletarted to ask you about the use of crack cocaine you played a game semantics. They aed were you a crack addict according tyou and you said no. Im not. And they said, do you use crack cocain no. I dont use crack cocain no. Ve i tried crack cocaine, yes. Thats a game of semantics and the best euse i heard you give for using that crack cocaine was, i was ia drunken stupor. And is that supped to make anybody feel bter . Not at all. Show me the video even accding why ds the video matter . I could barely ev remember it. I was very, very inebriated. I want to make sure we understand. Youre not in an Alcohol Treatment Program . No, i have a weight issue. Have been training every day all can speak is actions speak louder than rds. Come bk and give me five o six months. If they nt see a difference ill leave. Its mple. Show me any mayor in north america right thisecond thats done what he done. He has saved the taxpayers 1 billion. Councili would expect you to sit herand defend your brother. I think its lal and i think its wonderful. Have you er been worried about him . Yeah. His weight issues. Now, wait wn he goes on a binge if you want to call it binge drinking and i hear about it, ye, its concerning. Do i know on a personal side has rob been 100honest . No. He hasn your brher brings up something interesting. He says you go out on a weekend and you maybe go oa little binge oncin awhile. Not every weekend. No, i said evy once in a while. Ls retract that. Stem. Iaid your brother sayyou go out every weekend. You may go on a binge every once in a while. Absolutely. Ets say you go on a binge and your phone rings in your office a something terrible has happened in the city of toronto. Rrorist attack, some other disaster. Are you equied . And capable enough and stable enough to handle it . Im fortute that hasnt happened. Very few isolated incidents that its happened. Youre absolutely right. Im fortunate that hasnt happened. That could happewith anybody at any time. Say you were out drinking and you were drunk andomething happened to yo family. The lives of Million People aren resting on my decision. Say your daughterets killed in a car accident and youre pltered at 3 00 a. M. Ithe morng. Are u going to be able t handle that . The i take personal responsibity for my family and you have taxpayers of the city relying on you. Take personal responsibity for them too. Do you still want this job . Absolutel october , let the people decide. What if ty say we want anher guy like rob forwhen it comes to the fiscal respsibility, but we wana guy whos going to elete the office and not bring the baggage rob ford brought. Theyre not going tfind other rob ford. Tts for sure. But this y literally i mean, he is nvinced that what he has done the Positive Side r the city far outweighs the embarrassment herought to the office and himself. Yeah. They talk about hirecord and what hes done for the cy. It seems they still fail to grasp thlapse in judgment and the largerffect of that. Othe way to the airport did you lk to any folks . Bsolutely. From the person that drove me to the customs agenwho checked my passport and said whyre you he . I said im dng an interview. They said not the mayor, pase. Theyonestly said he should go away. So to me whei saw it it was almost a unanimous decisn that the time has come. Well move on to a big story here. The cleanup in theidwest from werful tornadoes. At least 59 have been nfirmed so far. One of the largestovember oureaks in years. The death toll now up to eight people. Most victims iillinois. Th morning some 186,000 homes are still without power inhe hardest hit states. Lets get to dylan dreyer in washington, illiis for us once again. Good morning tyou. Reporter good mornin savann. The tornado that devastated waington, illinois, hawinds up to 190 miles per ur. Aneven though it destred pretty mh everything behind me the spirit and tenacity of people all acrosthe midwest is still iact. I liv here for at least five to ten years. Reporter for scott gundy rebuilding starts th digging out his belongings. You he to watch the nails im a biker. Thats my caondale in there. No way. It was on that side of the wall. Reporter walki through the wreckage of his house he recountshe minute the twister hit. Right here. Is is where i saw it. Like 1 00 and itas coming. Reporter winds at arly 190 miles per hour. An ef4. One oft least 59 suspected tornadoes that raved the midwest this weekend. Im going into my house. Windows are already bustin boom, boom, boom. Oh, my god. This thing is hugend its comingast. Reporter dozens of storms causing shr destruction. Nobody has anything left. Its all gone. It just all gone. Reporter icities from indian i was in ock, which i think i still am. Reporter to illinois. Iot the biggest thing sorry which was my family. So well take care of the rest. Repter the focus now turns rebuilding. Our mission now is to recover and we will recover. Rorter when we firstet scott g you recolleundy on odayd abt the towns high school footba team. Monday its ayers and coaches were out in e Community Lending a hand. Day the panthers return to practice for this weekends state playoff ga. This is the hse my kids grew up. Reporter gdy plans on turning what is noa field of rubble back into home. Do you rebuild here . Oh, yeah. I love this town. Reporter nd i asked scott, w do you begin . And in hisay he said i dont know. How do you knowhat to do in this situation . But he said hes going to call his insurae company and figure it out from there. Its the sentiment of a lot of people here in wasngton. Tt and savannah. A story bng repeated in so ny communities and families acss the midwest. Thank you. Moving on,eorge zimmerman back in the news and headed back to court toda he spe the night in a florida jail after bng involved in an alleged altercation with his girlfriend. Nbcs Kerry Sanders has moren that. Good morningo you. Reporte good morning, matt. George zimmerman is back in the me jail where he was placed after was arrested in the shootingeath of 17yearold Trayvon Martin. This morning, he faces new charges including one count of aggravated assault with weapon against his girlfriend. Deputies exited the home where George Zimmerman has been living with a softsided gucase. Inde, what is believedo be zimmermans shotgun and semiautomatic ar15. Search warrant for the weapons wasigned by a judge afr zimmerman was arrested monday. Thisll followed a call to 911 by his girlfriend samantha scheibe. Are you serious . 911, do y need police, fire, or medical . I need police rig now. Reporter in her five minute call to 911 she says she ask zimmerman to leave her home. He has his freaking gun breaking a of my stuff right now. Repter in the call she continues talking, not only to the 911 opator. You broke my glass table and u broke my sunglasses and you put yourun in my face and yo told me get the [ bleep ] out. This is not your house. No. Get out of here. Reporter the operator aske oy. Ere is his weapon at he just put idown. Reporter aone point in the call, s, cheibe says, henows how to dthe this. He knows how to playhis game. I need you to calm down, okay reporr since zimmerman was acquitted on crges of Second Degree murder months ago he has been pulled over in tes for speeding, cited in frida for a Traffic Violation antwo months ago police respoed to a fight between zierman and his wife shelly. No charges were filed. The two are now divorcing. Monday following his girlfries call to 911, zimmman who barricaded the doorhile she was outside with deputies called 911 mself. Okay. The police is already there. Y are you calling . What hpened . Just want everyone to know the truth. Reporter in his sen minute call zimmerman says she broke thglass table and while he has a weapon he never pointed it at anyone i never pulled a firearm. I never dilayed it. When i was packing iim sure she saw it. I mean, we keep it next to t d. Reporter late nday scheibe returned to the house with deputies to retrieve personal items. Depues say George Zimmerman did surrender peacefully, but only after they forcedheir way thugh the barricaded door. Because hes in jail this morning, he is unavailable for comment. His previous attorneys tell nbc news they no longer reprent him. George zimrman will be arraned in court on those chges later this afteron, matt. Kerry sanders in sanford, flida on the story fors this morning. Thank you. Meantime, nataliis followg breaking new newsverseas. Thats rit. A deadly attack lebanon. At least 28 people we killed aftetwo explosions near the Iranian Embassy ineirut today. More thaa hundred others were injured. It caused damage tthe mission and neby buildings. Lebanese mia is reporting the explosions came from suicide, car and motorcycle bbings. Experts y it may be related to the civil war in neighring syria. Irans ambassador in lebanon was uninjured in the blast. New video emergeof the airplane crash irussia sunday that killed all people on board. The airport video shows the boeing 7 was vertical when i went down. Ke a look. You can e it coming down in the middlef your screen there. When it hits the ground it explodes into the giant re ball. The plane s making a second attempt to ld when it went do. Ntsb officials are sifting through the wrecge and trying to piece together what went wrong. In the plippines, hundreds of typon survivors marched through the streets to say thanks to the world. Thmarchers sang and held signs. More than 5,000 peop have either been confirmed de or are ssing after the storm. An estimated 360,000 are displaced. A Mar International reli effort is derway to help the survivors. Inceton University Officials are movingorward with a plato provide students a meningit vaccine not approved yet in e united states. Theres been seven ces of meningitis at princetosince march all caused by version of the bacteria known as ro group b. The only vaccinehat targets that type is available and used in europe and australia. On monday the university announced the cdc and fda are prepared to approve use the vaccine in this case, buonly to specific groups of higher risk students. A controversial ending last night to the game between the new England Patriots and the calina panthers. On the fal play of the game tom brady thw into the end zone and the pass was intercted by Robert Lester but a flagas thrown signaling pass interference ll and another chce for new england. However after a brief conference the referee rulethere was no foul. Game over. Panthers win it 20. A lot of people not happy with that ending. And an american rapper stunned a london audience suay whene jumped into the crowd from three stories u you can see him climbing up that ladder to get to the lighting rig above the stage. His band keepslaying down below d when he reached the top he yelled, have you got my back . And en he jumped into the owd. He a two people in the cwd were taken to the hoital. A woman suffered a broken arm. Another man hurt h back. Wattski walked ay with only nicks and bruise he apologized for the jump calling it spid and irresponsible. You think . Thats a good start. One of e dumbest things i have ever en. He could have killed somebody. Somody hurt their back the ground. Trible. Mr. Roker, whats happening weatherse . Right now we have good news for our iends who are are currently in the midwest. As you loolive, this is kokomo, indiana ere two ef2 tornadoes touched down. The sun is rising as peopllook at what they have toontend with as theyinally start to clear deis and try to reshape their lives afr this. Stunning, stunning video right now. I wanto thank the Weather Channel and myal mike seidel for that. Lets show you another big ather story today. Our top weather story. Big storm system coming into the Pacific Northwes it will be bringing a lot of rain. It will also be bringing mountain snows and icing conditions as far south as parts of southern texas, northern texas i should say. Were looking at big snows deloping through the ctral and northern rockies. Denver may see upwards of 3 to 6 inches of snow ithe next 72 hours. A lot of rain along the west coas all the way down to San Francisco. But heavier snow, six to nine inches. Denv may be looking at that as well well get to your lol forecast coming up in the nex30 seconds. I t bonuses even working parttime. Where i rk, over 400 people are promoted every day. Healthcare starting under 40 a moh. I got education benefits. I work at walmart. Im a pharmacist. I got education benefits. Saleassociate. I manage produce i work in gistics. Theres re to walmart thanou think. Vo opportunity. Thats the real wmart. Good mning to u. Well, we have quite a b of rain on the radar. Mostly concentrated over marin coun pushing into the east bay. Througho the next few hours count on sck conditions mostly in theast ba that will spread to the south into san fraisco and the south bay awe headhroughout the send half of the day. Keep that inmind. Overall looking pretty good s francisc54 degrees with drizzle. Vice president e cheney y su al, thank you smuch. Former vice esident dick cheney and his wife are weighing in on a mmering family feud betweetheir two daughters. Andrea mitchell is in washington with that ory. Good morning to you. Reporter good moing, savannah. For decades the cheney sisters we inseparable at home and on the mpaign trail but nowheir rents have had to intervene in a veryublic feud over samesex marriage between their two daughters. One gay, one straight. The close knit chey family also presented a united fron until now. Dick and lynn cheney issuing a statement abt their daughters public feuover gay marriage saying this is an issue we have dealt with pritely for many years d we are pained to see it become puic. One thing should be clear, liz has always believed in the traditionadefinition of marriage. This just weeks afr the former Vice President tolsavannah it was a private matter. Is this causing tension in the family . If it did, i wouldnt talk about it. That a family matter. Reporter f decades the sisters wereampaign partners. The cheney family seemed to fully embre mary cheney, her wi heather and their children. I know that theeople of wyoming do not reporter but then liz jumped to a contentious wyoming senate primary. 20 years ago ph and i were married in wyoming. Today we are raising our kids here on thsame wyoming values i gr up with. Reporr campaigning on mily values but not ntioning her sister or her family. I do believe in the traditiol definition of marriage. Reporter so when she spoke out sunday. I lovmary very much and her family very much. This is just an issue on which we disagree. Reporter mary ote sunday, z, this isnt just aissue on which we disagree. Youreust wrong and on the wrong side of history. Adding, either you think a families should be treated equally or you dont. Lizs position is to treat any family as second class citizens. Mary cheney sa it will be impossib for the sisters to reconcile until liz changes her position. Now an unwcome issue in lizs senate campaign. Clearly the rents didnt want to go public. When they d it was to chide mary for takina private issue to facebook, potentially hting liz in her campaign for th senate. Back to you. Andrea mitchell, thank you. The folks at Oxford Dictiona Just Announced their internatnal word of the year tamron is in the onge room to talk about it. Gd morning, guys. We are close to the end of the ar so the lists comeut and oxford is out th its word of the year. It is selfie. A photraph that one has tan of oneself. Onoday. Com a lot of viers said which they loved the most. Beyonce made the lt twice. Hillary and chsea clinton, bo obama and the first lady. And the selfie of the year, the one featuring the popeof course. This was actlly the reuters photograph othat moment when e first selfie featuring the pope was listed. Pretty cool list. I ha a quick quiz for you. Whats delfie . Thats a drunken sele. Whats a welfie . A rich person . Yeah, it is. Aorkout selfie and la but not list, a lfie . Come on . Thats a hair selfie. How is that different thaa Selfie Selfie . Oh, okay. Maybe you zoom inn the ha. Ill have to ink about that. Ths the list guys. Okay. Make it your vote. We also dont know about the helfie yeah. There you go. New word. Bfie. You started something. Coming up well take a turn. We shod you the frantic scene on monda police breaking a ndow and firing shots at a family minivan. Well, coming up, part of the video yohavent seen and the officer at opened fire explains his actions. And an eyewitness to history. Rare interview with woman who to the only photo showing both jfks car and tt grassy knoll at t time of the assassination. Well talk to her. Coming u on ey break the walls oh oh oh you get your coffee here. You get your haicut here. You find that certain thing you were looking for here, but acally you get so much more. 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