. >>> why do with the hassles of driving when your car can do it all for you it is now official california policy. in the have more on how the google teamed up with the governor to look into the future. >>> of today we are looking at science fiction becoming tomorrow's reality. in a self driving car to accelerate california's leadership in the vehicles. google has already launched 300,000 mi. of the technology. and new law allows the of and it allows them to sign legislation in front of an audience of googled employees. the co-founder was asked when the public might get their hands on this vehicle? he said we have some pretty ambitious targets you can see them being stressed and answer this question. >>> but he did say five years are less and he believes it will save lives. 90% of fatal accidents are caused by human error. >>> i expect that self driving cars are going to be safer. with its cameras in scanning laser it also opens up the possibility of blind driving cutting down on congestion as self driving cars automatically align themselves and allowing people to do something else while t

no longer science fiction, and now the official california policy. ann noterangelo has more on how global team up with the governments to look into the future. >> the day is coming when you are a passenger in at the car and the driver says " look, no hands " and you are not scared. >> today we are looking at science-fiction becoming tomorrow's reality. the self driving car. >> governor jerry brown arrived at the googled mountains you headquartered in a self driving a car to accelerate his partnership with google. google has gone 3,000 mi. of the technology in the new law allows them on public roads as long as there is a licensed and insured driver behind the wheel and it directs the dmv to adopt regulations for the vehicles. the governor signed legislation around an audience of school employees. the global co-founder was asked when the public might get their hands on this vehicle. >> i do not want to overpromise, we have ambitious targets for the team, they're looking at me answering this question. >> he did say five years or less and he believes it

. >> foreign-policy officials say with the mistake is making a campaign issue. >> it would have been wise to avoid that. >> in an interview, the president responded, saying it romney has a tendency to shoot first and think later. >> for more, you can stay tuned for nbc nightly news with brian williams beginning at 6:30. questions linger a day after an eighth grader brought a handgun to school and brandished it, creating a scare for students and staff there. second incident since the beginning of the school year just two weeks ago. let's go live to police headquarters for the latest on the investigation. coverage begins in essex with more on school security. >> in metal detectors could start showing up as early as the end of this week. some are on order and the police could start using them on campus in the next day or so. >> it's just like going to the court system. it might be costly but it would be a good thing to do. >> the use of metal detectors has become a hot topic. >> it should have been effect from the beginning. a lot of what is going on would be diverted if there was a str

policy. >>> and there's breaking news at home. at least three dozen major wildfires are burning in nine states. two fires broke out in southern california sending residents running. one is threatening 200 homes in riverside county. another fire that torched a handful of homes is putting 80 others in danger. and a break in the weather is helping firefighters with fires in washington state. the smoke so bad, it's affecting air quality as far away as colorado. >>> well, time now for weather across the nation. showers in the rockies from utah down to new mexico. thunderstorms move in tonight from omaha to kansas city and st. louis. heavy rain around miami and ft. lauderdale and west palm beach. it's a chilly morning around the great lakes, the northeast and the carolinas. >> 60s from chicago to new york. upper 80s from miami to new orleans. 70s in the central plains, 101 in phoenix. >>> and hollywood's hottest stars turned out for the emmy awards last night. and an evening filled with favorites and quite a few upsets. >> that's right,

otherwise legally tied to each other. >>> officials in southern california are trying to figure out what's causing a rotten egg smell. they say residents living across a 10,000-square-mile radius started complaining about the odor yesterday. some officials think the foul smell may be coming from the salton sea. authorities think the recent storms may have churned the water and unleashed bacteria from the sea floor. >>> preventing suicide. coming up next a new strategy is under way. >> i had the chance to speak with the united states surgeon general. after the break, details on the effort to reduce the number of people killing themselves and to identify those at risk. >> donald j burns. >> kathleen burns. >> as we head to the break now, another live picture out of new york city. today america remembers the 2,977 people killed on this day in 2001. we are also honoring the troops who served our nation following those attacks. >> president obama will address the nation in about 15 minutes. we will bring it to you live. this is a live look at the pentagon where he and the first lady are

. >> he was officially nominated last night with the help of the california delegation. >> california cast 609 votes for president. >> the president took the stage after bill clinton's speech last night and the former president used his message to rid duly republicans. they he trod to make this last week in tampa. >> we left him a total mess. >> he hadn't cleaned it up fast enough. fire him and put us back in. >> one very big disappointment at the convention is the fact that president obama has had to move his big speech from outdoors at bank of america stadium to inside the convention hall tonight. thousands of people who wanted to see him are not going to be getting in. he is expected to hold a conference call with them later today. >> reporting live, from washington d.c., alison burns. tkvu, channel 2 news. >>> california is long considered a deeply blue state favoring democrat states. and the political a.m. lists put president obama at the chances of winning california at 99%. >> it is considered a sure thing for the president's. and besides the 55 electoral votes, there are the m