. >>> a man hunt for a former la police officer now intensifies across southern california. they found the vehicle on fire near big bear ski area. >> still there's no signs of the suspect. >> certainly he would be anywhere at this point and that's why we searching door to door. >> the nearby ski reports closed, are and crime scenes cross southern california, detectives say he is targeting law enforcement in the region, their families and citizen who is might try to help. >> he is to be considered armed and extremely dangerous. >> he knows what he's doing. he was also a member of the arm the forces. >> police say he's expected in the killings of an assistant basketball coach, monica kwan and responsible for the shooting of 3 police officers. >> a vehicle pulled up next to them and the driver of that vehicle fired ultimate walrounds from a rifle. >> even above the mountains, the search now extends to nevada, arizona, and mexico. >> police hope he'll just turn himself? >> this has gone far enough. nobody else needs to die. >> as the search continues, the second crime scene in r

it was a cowardly ambush as they were fired upon by christopher dorner the former la police officer was on a vendetta that ended yesterday with a shootout in a fire at a cabin in bit there. authorities are still working on identifying the body to confirm it is

las vegas police are making a desperate plea for help in finding an oakland man's killer. the shooting happened last week on the vegas strip. and left three people dead. kron 4's j-r stone is following the story and spoke with the victim's father this evening. >> reporter: police believe that he killed kenny cherry an aspiring rapper and people isinde were killed those .... keep in mind, that if you are helping him. he is wanted for murder. a short time later, gunshots could be found the range rover has been recovered but his whereabouts are not unknown. >> we believe that somebody knows where he is. we're urging you to give them a call. >> i ysabel with the father of kenny's and they said that they did not know the shooter. the funeral derangements should be thursday, friday of this week. the funeral derangements. arrangements. -- the new system will prompt internet service providers-- such as verizon or a-t-and- t.to notify customers whose internet address has been involved in piracy. a person will be given up to six opportunities to stop. internet providers *will take m

. >>> we are learning more information about the manhunt for a former la police officer that ended in a deadly shootout yesterday. ktvu's brian flores joins us live from the newsroom to explain the suspect's hiding spot was a lot closer to police than they realized. >> reporter: yeah. the police department held a press conference a few hours ago. no details were given on positively identifying dorner's body which is the reason why many officers and their families are still on guard. >> we still have some individuals in this department who are still in great fear. when your life and your family -- the live the your family are placed in jeopardy and threatened with death, that's quite something to deal with. >> reporter: the l.a. police department says it's back to normal operations after the gun battle and fire that may have killed accused gunman christopher dorner. but it may not be over yet for the police and sheriffs in the l.a. area. the body has yet to be identified despite reports that his body may have been inside a charred out cabin from tuesday. >> sounded like one shot fired

las vegas strip this morning and police now believe an altercation at a hotel prompted the attack. it all happened around 4:30. it ended at flamingo and las vegas boulevards across from the hotel. police say people in a black rang rover opened fire on the maserati, it burst into flames and hit a taxi. two people in the tax were killed and the driver of the maserati and others were hurt. police say the range rover drove 62 way with three suspects inside. >>> joe biden is there to rally proposal for the gun laws. this morning he was close to the shooting. >> we have to speak for all those voices. we have to speak for those 20 beautiful children who died 69 days ago, 12 miles from here. they can't speak for themselves. we have to speak -- >> biden was joined by other lawmakers, law enforcement officers and families of the victims, he said there is a moral price to pay for inaction and they should not be able to worry about the political ramifications of it. gun makers and lobbyists were not invited to this conference but they say they will have opportunitys to express their views. >>>

fine. >>> las vegas police looking for a woman involved in that crash that killed three people. she is pictured here with the suspected gunman ammar harris. she was in an suv with harris when she fired shots into a maserati. cherry crashed into a taxi that burst into flames killing the cab driver and a passenger. >>> the city is still fighting with the federal government with recovery of funds. the issue is over a happen million dollars of funding that fema says was improperly requested. most of the money went to fix the towns police station and the town hall. almost two feet of water poured into those buildings during the 2005 new years eve flood. >>> a plan to add fluoride to the drinking water is moving forward. the county is looking at water fluoridation as way to improve dental health especially among the county's low income neighborhoods. >>> the world's largest beer maker is accused of watering down some of its most popular products. anheusser bush is being sued for $5 million. some workers came forward with claims that the company adds water to its beers right before bot

police are on the scene in las vegas. a shooting was reported near the vegas strip. about 4:20 a.m. their time this happened. they're on the scene. we'll keep a close eye on it. we'll bring you the latest on that developing situation as we get more. bill: meantime, there is countdown to changes in the u.s. budget. the president warns that a meat cleaver will clear out key government services and national security but some key republicans calling this sounding of alarms more like chicken little. who is right here? byron york, chief political correspondent, washington examiner. how are you doing this morning. >> doing great, bill. bill: i will read you numbers. tell me if this is true or hyperbole, fact or just talk out of washington. 70,000 children tropped from head start. is that about to happen. >> look, we don't know exactly what is going to happen. i was talking to douglas holtz-eakin, a former head of the congressional budget office, talking for a piece i'm writing today. he said, look this will be the biggest thing since y2k in a few months we'll look back and say this is what

>>> president obama talks gop leaders while keeping an eye on gun control. >>> las vegas police search for a shooter. what you should never, ever do while on a ski lift. and who will win the oscars this weekend. "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for friday, february 22nd, 2013. >>> good morning. i'm mara schiavocampo. states of emergency were declared across the midwest as snow poured down thanks to a powerful and deadly winter storm that's now crawling east. the storm is expected to hit the upper midwest by this morning as it swirls north and east packing an icy wintry mix that's sure to make or treacherous travel and even more flight cancellations as we head into the weekend. nbc's jay gray has a look. >> reporter: this time-lapsed video shows kansas city being swallowed by the snow. whiteout conditions across the midwest. >> it's crazy, i wasn't expecting this. maybe around christmas but not now. >> reporter: the harsh winds and heavy snow certainly no gift for those forced to deal with brutal conditions. >> it's not for me. >> reporter: terrible fo

. >>> las vegas police have identified a suspect in thursday's shooting and car crash that left three people dead. they're looking now for this man, 26-year-old ammar harris. they have impounded his black range rover they say was used in that shooting. kenneth cherry was shot as he drove his masera tti on the veg strip. the cabby and his passenger were killed. >>> rapper mc hammer is taking to twitter to tell his side of the story following his arrest on thursday night. he is accused of obstruu obstru officer. he tweeted this, "it was comical to me until he pulled out his guns blew his whistle and yelled for help. make no mistake, he's dangerous." police have until next month to decide on any charges. >>> former temptations singer damon harris has died. that brings you back, doesn't it? the grammy award winner sold vocals. harris joined the group in the 1970s. he had been battling prostate cancer for over 14 years. he was 62 years old. mom? who's mom? i'm the giants mascot. the giants don't have a mascot! ohhh! eat up! new jammin jerk chicken soup has tasty pieces of chicken with rice

military police. >>> las vegas police have released a video of a man they say shot and killed an oakland rapper. >> you see these, we call that the counting game right here. see what i'm saying, like, ain't the only [ bleep ] who talks about like only -- >> murder suspect ammar harris seen here flashing a stack of $100 bills in a youtube video. police say harris has a violent past including charges for robbery, sexual assault and kidnapping. he is wanted in the shooting and crash that killed three people in las vegas a week ago including oakland rapper kenneth cherry. harris remains on the run. >>> san leandro police are looking for an 11-year-old foster child. myles oliverez was dropped off in madison elementary on monday and never made it back home to his foster parents. investigators suspect myles is with his birth mother, michelle oliverez. officers say oliverez has been trying to reunite with her son since their separation. >>> oakland mayor jean quan is upbeat about the city's future despite a recent uptick in crime. the issue was the main focus of her annual state of the city addr

. >> reporter: the search for domer has extended to nevada where he owns a home near las vegas. police say they hope he turns himself in. >>> meanwhile los angeles police now admit they mistook a 71-year-old woman delivering newspapers for dorner. detectives shot her twice in the back yesterday. her daughter was also cut by broken glass. the woman was in a pickup truck similar to dorners. but the pickup truck is neither the same color or model. we are learning more about the 18 page manifesto he posted online. he addressed it to america. coming up the random thoughts of an accused killer. the reason for his rampage. >>> we have a major new development in the case of that man who escaped from police custody in san jose. a source just told us that the escapee 32-year-old anthony sanchez was arrested last night. he slipped away on wednesday when an officer was arresting him for parole? violation. an arrest made over night. we will have more details coming up. >>> there is a heavy police activity at this hour in san jose. janine de la vega is live at the scene where officers are blo

. >> las vegas police say a 22 year-old miami bombing is no longer a person of it as an a shooting in crashed and killed three people on las vegas strip last week. here is video of the grass. police now say tineesha howard is no longer being sought in the case. she was missing and possibly endangered, but investigators say she was located. they did not elaborate any further. authorities are still looking for a amar carries the eggs, that was driving the as you be at buyers out that led to the debt of aspirant robert kinnerapper keny clutch of oakland. a taxi driver in stores for much as they were also killed in the crash. harris has not kept a low profile since the crash. new video both of you to judge the 26 year-old and a bathroom smirking and flashing a stack of bills. paris talks about a luxury lifestyle asked your is it that will help him out something. he continually fans out a big stack of money and drops them on the counter. police say the videos is one of several online displays of harris's rubato being examined. mom, i invited justin over for lunch. good. no, not good. he's

the authorities say he killed four people including officers in revenge for being fired from the la police department. he died during a standoff on tuesday. now, oakland, the police s.w.a.t. teams surrounded an apartment complex. the officers suspect that one shooting suspect is holed up here. two people have been detained at the complex. a third was questioned and then released. the police say the shooting happened near broadway and west mcauthor boulevard just before 12:30 this afternoon. a man was wounded in the shooting and was treated at the hospital. >>> a normally quiet san francisco neighborhood is on edge tonight after two men were attack inside their home. as rob roth explains the type of weapon used here is unsettling. >> reporter: 27th street last night -- >> we had multiple paramedic vehicles, we had eight cop cars. >> reporter: the police are not sure how three men got inside of this house but they attacked a 69-year-old owner with a hatchet. >> the first victim was asleep in his bed when he was suddenly attacked and awoke enby two or three suspect -- awokeen by two or three

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>>> and police in las vegas are searching for at least one gunman who was involved in a deadly shooting on the las vegas strip that ended in a car crash. edward lawrence has more on thursday's wild scene. >> reporter: cell phone video shows the las vegas strip moments after a shooting. a multi-car accident sent a fireball into the sky. police say what started as an argument as a casino hotel ended in bullets and flames leaving three people dead. >> what happened is not just tragic but underscores the level of violence that we see sometimes here in las vegas as well as across america. >> reporter: the trouble began at the valet area at one of the strip's casinos. police say words were exchanged. then two cars, an suv and a maserati fled north on las vegas boulevard. that's when somebody in the suv opened fire on the other car. >> the maserati driver having been shot sped through the intersection of flamingo and las vegas boulevard, colliding with a taxi cab and causing a six-car accident. >> reporter: the taxi exploded into a fireball. >> there was a loud boom and then i heard two other

south san francisco police say a clerk at this la quinta inn saw a man drop off the four women and call police saturday. the suspect jones and maria both 25 could face life in prison under the state's new human trafficking law since one of the victims is a minor. >>> police down in orange county identified a man behind a deadly shooting ram pain early this morning. an unemployed part-time student first shot and killed a 20-year-old woman at the home where he lived with his parents. they say in the next hour investigators say that syed carried out three carjackings, one in tus con, two in sant an. they say he killed two people and wounded two others in the process. >> ultimately the suspect drove to wan da and katella where he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> police say he also shot at vehicles on the freeway but no one was hurt as a result. >>> los angeles police chief says the review of the firing of former officer christopher dorner is underway. dorner died after a fire fight with law enforcement in a cabin in big bear. he had written a manifesto claiming he was subject toda

las vegas police tonight identify a suspect and vehicle that killed a victim from oakland. they found the suspected black range recover used in an apartment complex east of the las vegas strip. impounded as evidence. kenny "clutch" cherry died to a gunshot wound to the chest. it rammed a taxi which caused a fire and killed a taxi driver and passenger. the man's charges include kidnapping and pannering. >>> hundreds of guns taken off the streets thanks to gun buyback programs. one in palo alto, a bit different than the others. organized by two dads. nbc bay area kimberly carrie live with the story. >> reporter: earlier today, the parking lot packed with turning no guns for cash no questions asked in a matter of 2:40, the organizers were out of money and turning people away, having spent 52,000 in exchange for 355 firearms. the event was a joint effort between palo alto, east palo alto, and menlo park this is the second gun buyback event they've had recently. the last one

. >>> and police in las vegas are searching for at least one gunman who was involved in a deadly shooting on the las vegas strip that ended in a car crash. edward lawrence has more on thursday's wild scene. >> reporter: cell phone video shows the las vegas strip moments after a shooting. police say what started as an argument as a casino hotel ended in bullets and flames leaving three people dead. >> what happened is not just tragic but underscores the level of violence that we see sometimes here in las vegas as well as across america. >> reporter: the trouble began at the valet area at one of the strip's casinos. police say words were exchanged. then two cars, an suv and maserati fled north on las vegas boulevard. that's when somebody in the suv opened fire on the other car. >> the maserati driver having been shot sped through the intersection of flamingo and las vegas boulevard colliding with a taxi cab and causing a six-car accident. >> reporter: the taxi exploded into a fireball. >> there was a loud boom and then i heard two other booms. >> reporter: the driver and a passenger were ki

new at 5:00, las vegas police are identifying a 22-year-old miami woman as a person of interest in a crash that killed three people. investigators say she has several aliass and she was riding inside with the car when the driver opened fire. >> police have released photos of howard with the alleged begunman. >> frightening moments when a crane toppled over. the 75 foot crane was lowering metal when it fell over. thankfully kno lly no one was h. >> and we are continuing to follow breaking news out of santa cruz, live pictures from the nbc chopper, reports that two police officers have been shot and possibly a third person. this unfolding just after 4:00 this afternoon. we have a reporter on the scene and we will have a live report coming up soon after the break. >> still to come, apple owes users cash. how you can get your piece. >> water down brew? new charges against a popular beer company. plus. >> i don't know the right answer right now. but i'm going to do something. or nothing is really going to change. he is young and he is ready to make a change, how a bay area college graduat

this morning las vegas police are identifying a new person of interest in the deadly shooting and crash on the strip last week. 22-year-old tanisha howard seen here was in the black suv with the suspect amare harris when he fired shots at a maserati driven by rapper ken cherry. cherry and a passenger were killed. howard who with also a goes by the name of yanesis al off and on so has been arrested several times on charges including prostitution, possession of a stolen vehicle and grand larceny. as for amare harris the las vegas review journal is reporting there is a chance he could be out of the country. the journal looked at his schedule for the month of february on twitter. he planned to leave for paris the night of the shooting and then london. his account has been deleted. >> nearly,000 people gathering to witness history. we have a live look where the pope addressed the very large crowd for the last time a little over an hour ago. the pontiff will be stepping down tomorrow. he is the first pope -- we'll have more from vatican city coming up in a live report at 5:30. >> good morning

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>> that's a concern for people here the las vegas convention and visitors authority plus police. police reassured the sheriff of the area reassured that las vegas is safe. it's created somewhat of a tourist attraction. there are a lot of folks who have come out to see what's going on to look at this accident. they have heard about it on the news. and they want to see it for themselves. so a lot of pictures being taken here but police say that las vegas is safe and this is just an altercation between two people that got out of control. >> all right. edward lawrence in las vegas, thank you. >>> we'll have more on this crash's connection to oakland at 6:00. >>> chopper 5 is live over the new span of the bay bridge where a crane collapse has brought critical construction work to a halt. what you see going on now, workers are welding trying to clean up some of that mess from today. kpix 5's linda yee is on treasure island. she has a pretty good view of what happened. linda. >> reporter: yes, i did, allen. what they have done now is removed most of the wreckage but what that crane oper

. >>> meantime right now las vegas police are searching for a black range rover sport suv which fled the scene. police say the shooting started after an argument in the valet area in the aria resort hotel. authorities say at least one person in the range rover shot at people in the massoroti which then ran a red light and crashed into a taxi. that taxi then burst into flames killing the driver and the passenger inside. >>> temperatures are still a little bit mild out there this evening in the upper 40s in oakland and san francisco. 46degrees still in santa rosa. we're going to keep temperature as little warmer through the overnight hours. we do have cloud cover coming in from the north. you see it's basically blanketing all the north bay at this hour. this cloud cover going to continue to sag down to the south it's associated with a system to the north. it will impact us into tomorrow. we'll have more on that coming up in just a bit. we'll take a look at your weather headlines. a little warmer yet for the overnight hours. still chilly in some places. we'll see temperatures pretty mil

but now sex other police officers ask that they reopen their case as well. >>> las vegas police are looking for a woman in connection to that shooting and crash that killed three people including an oakland native. police are calling 22-year-old tanisha howard a person of interest in this case. she is pictured here with the suspected gunman ammar harris. she was in the suv with harris when she shot up a maserati. >>> this morning a congressional committee looks into senator dianne feinstein proposed assault weapon ban. it would ban 150 specific models that hold more than ten rounds. some analysts say the ban against high capacity magazines has a better chance of being approved than the ban on assault weapons. >>> coast guard has suspended the search for a sailboat. under questions that the distress call may have been a hoax. they have covered an area about the size of west virginia looking for the boat. but there have been no signs of the couple and two young children. >> we didn't find any debris in the area. while we were searching. we've also been unable to identify the vessel itself or

police later killing the suspect after a brief chase. >>> over in las vegas police naming a 22-year-old woman a person of interest in connection with last week's deadly shootout on the las vegas strip. but they say she's not considered a suspect. investigators believe tanicia howard was inside the shooter's car. >>> coastal carolina university, near myrtle beach, south carolina is on lockdown as police such for a suspect after a deadly shooting in a campus store. jon: new information concerning iran. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is urging the international community to threaten iran militarily, this if the islamic republic refuses to back down on its nuclear program. the u.s. and other world powers wrapped up nuclear talks with iran today. both sides only agreeing to meet again next month on a proposal to sharply reduce iran's stockpile of highly-enriched uranium in exchange for a modest curb in economic sanctions. conor powell live in jerusalem with more on this. was there any real progress made during these talks with iran? >> reporter: for the first time in more than eig

police have named a suspect in the shooting on the strip that killed an aspiring rapper from the bay area. investigators are now looking for 26-year-old amar harris. they found the black suv he was believed to have been driving during the shooting located this afternoon at an apartment east of the las vegas strip. kenneth cherry was killed by gunfire while driving his maserati early thursday morning. the maserati then hit a taxicab leading to the fiery wreck that killed the cab driver and passenger. >>> oakland police are looking for a group of teens who got off an a.c. transit bus and then opened fire on it. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec tells us despite the violence, riders say it won't keep them from taking the bus. >> it's a crazy story. >> reporter: it's not what you expect when you board a bus dodging bullets from behind.

. >>> today police in las vegas identifying a new person of interest in that deadly shooting and crash on the strip last week. police say 22-year-old tineesha lashun howard was in the car with the suspect ammar harris when he fired shots into a maserati driven by oakland rapper kenny cherry. that maserati crashed into a taxi which explodeded. cherry, the driver of the taxi and a passenger in the taxi were all killed. howard who also goes by the name of yenesis alfonzo was arrested several times on charges including prostitution, possession of a stolen vehicle and grand larceny. as for the suspect, the main suspect, ammar harris, the las vegas review journal reporting there is a chance he could be out of the country. the journal examined a year's worth of tweets from harris where he posted his schedule for the month of february. and that schedule shows he planned to leave for paris the night of the shooting, and he would be in london by the week's end. his twitter account has since been deleted. >>> a follow-up this morning. a bay area couple missing for a month in peru has reportedly b

the body of a canadian tourist of the missing for three weeks as an found at a water tank and las angeles. police a 21 year old and liselisa lam's body was found in the tank or roof of a downtown l.a. hotel. a maintenance worker found the body after looking into complaints of poor water pressure. investigators are looking into whether her death was a result of foul play or accidental. >> vice president joe biden is awarded the medal of valor to 18 police officers, firefighters and public safety officers today. it is the nation's highest honor for public safety officers and recognizes those who risk their own safety to save or protect others. what the hon reses in york city firefighter peter de montreuil. he was rescued a man from burning apartment and an entire floor of the building exploded. he was set on fire but has to get the man safely on the ladder before diving out of the building. to chp officers from fresno, officers on the hot water, and officer raphael riviera who tried to rescue an officer was shot and killed during the standoff in 2010. for the recipients died in the line of

she is the daughter of a former la police captain and he shot three police officers and killing one of them. he fired to two cops and grazing an officer's head. they are guarding more than 40 targets that the accused killer mention would in the manifesto. they join us fromfrom big bear, california. >> absolutely. those 40 people will be guarded for the simple fact that the police up here in san bernardino county cannot find him. they have searched for two days and this is day three of the biggest man hunt in the western united states. out today are 24 deputies of the sheriff's department who are not just patrolling but assisting in the swat team as they search the cabins in the eight square mile area where they believe he could be. this is how they are explaining why the search needs to continue and what they were saying just yesterday. >> there is it a possibility that he's out here and that's why we are out here searching. >> what about the possibility. >> it is possibly, too. but he could be here in the forest and we'll look as the sheriff said until we determine thrahe is not here.

. >> police in las vegas have identified a suspect in that deadly shooting and crash on the las vegas strip. that crash killed three people including an aspiring rapper from oakland. police say 26 year old ammar harris is believed to be behind the shooting. harris has a criminal record in las vegas that includes pandering. the crash happened thursday. killing three people including okland rapper kenneth cherry. cherry's father meantime, denied allegations that his son was armed with a gun. it was sad about my son he was also had a gun when this happened, that is a lie. there were no guns in my son's car he was a victim just like any other victims that was attempted to be carjacker who.or he was perhaps jealous of my son. >> the range rover in question was found near the scene of the shooting at an apartment complex. shortly after the shooting, cherry crashed his lamborghini into a taxicab. that burst into flames. one one >> pope benedict the sixteenth led his final sunday prayer as pontiff this morning. tens of thousands came to st. peter's square to hear the pope's sermon, and to pra

appreciate it. >>> in las vegas police continue their search for the driver and passengers of a black range rover who they say fired at a black maserati right on the strip. it happened yesterday and this shooting caused a multi car accident that ended in the death of three people. >>> president obama has ordered 40 additional troops to the african nation of nyjer to help french intel with their efforts in neighboring mali also in response to ongoing fighting there. drew peterson is going to be spending the next 38 years in prison. he was sentenced yesterday for the killing of his third wife kathleen savio. japan is getting closer to identifying the cause of problems to its dreamliner jets. officials say a bad paint job, inadequate taping, and a faulty part are just some of the factors that caused an oil leak. the jets were grounded last month. and now check this out. >>> it's a cheerleader named william kerry at the university of mississippi making this amazing shot during her school's senior night game against auburn. look at that. good stuff. important day for us. you ready? we wann

. >>> las vegas police are on the scene of a shooting and this is right on vegas strip. >> you're looking at an aerial view right now. there was some sort of shootout apparently outside of the bally's casino. cbs affiliate in las vegas report that three people are dead. at least three more are injured. it set off a five-car accident including a taxi. it burst into flames. the damage that it left behind there. two people inside that car died. las vegas boulevard is shut down now from caesar's palace to paris a long stretch on that las vegas boulevard. but we are keeping an eye on this. we'll give you information. three people are dead right in the middle of the strip in front of bally's there. so we'll get more information. we'll pass it along. >> 4-year-old girl is being praised for pulling her 2-year- old sister from the wreckage of a car crash that killed their mother. troopers believe 26-year-old jessica fell asleep at the wheel tuesday night veered off the highway and slammed head on to a tree in washington state. the girls huddled under a blanketed for hours until a passerby stopped

a motive still under investigation. >>> las vegas police are looking for a woman now in connection with that shooting and crash that killed three people including an oakland native. police are calling 22-year-old tanisha howard a person of interest in this case. she is pictured here with the suspected gunman ammar harris. she was in the suv with harris when she fired shots into a maserati. cherry crashed into a taxi which burst into flames killing the cab driver and his passenger. >>> time is 5:46. later this morning vice president joe biden will talk to attorneys general from around the country about obama's idea to reduce gun violence. he's been meeting with people around the nation to reduce gun violence. this morning he will be speaking at a meeting of associations of attorneys general. later today the vice president will meet with new york city mayor michael bloomberg happen he's an outspoken supporter of gun control. >>> happening right now house minority leader nancy pelosi along with representatives from the congressional black, hispanic, and asian pacific caucus. today the supr

three people are dead in las vegas, following a shooting and a multicar crash. misare searching for a luxury suv that raced away from the scene. >> reporter: these are the smashed-up remains after a deadly shooting on the las vegas strip. police say a suspect in a black range rover opened fire at a stoplight. the apparent target was this maserati. bullet holes are visible from the windshield. it crashed and ignited a fireball. >> the maserati traveled through what we believe was a red light, at a high rate of speed, striking serl vehicles. one of those vehicles was a local cab that also caught on fire as a result of the impact. >> reporter: guests in the nearby casinos heard the impact. >> there was a loud boom. and then i heard two other booms. and i looked out my window, up here in caesar's palace. i could see the fire ball, over here on the kosher. -- corner. >> reporter: the driver of the maserati was killed, along with the driver and the driver. taxicab. police are still searching for evidence. they believe the shooting may have followed an rememberer confr

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. >> reporter: this afternoon irvine and la palma police joined u.s. marshals in serving a search warrant on the la palma home where dorner's mother lives, and where he lived off and on. the search lasted several hours, and numerous items were removed from the home. police are not releasing details of what they seized from dorner's mother's home, but they will say their timing was deliberate. reporting from downtown los angeles, kim baldinado for nbc bay area news. >>> it starts off just with a simple search. a number of rooms which neighbors all looking for housing. but the home search for goods on craigslist are getting a little more than a roof over their head. giving the term "monthly pay" a whole new meaning. stephanie trong has the story new at 11:00. >> i'm not looking for a one-night stand. >> reporter: from classified to craigslist. >> this will be my 11th time. >> reporter: joe, a 52-year-old film director who wanted to leave his identity in the dark is seeking a special setup. think sugar daddy. >> it's all day an l.a. arrangement. you are b

authorities have not released a cause of death but are treating the case as a homicide. >>> las vegas police are looking for a woman in connection with a shooting and crash that killed three people including an oakland native. police are calling 22-year-old tamisha howard is person of interest in the case. she's seen here with the suspected gunman, au mare harris -- ammar harris. police say she was in the car with harris on the las vegas strip when the car accident happened. >>> an overnight police chase in san jose lands two teenagers in the hospital. it happened at the bird avenue exit on southbound 280. ktvu's brian flores joining us live from san jose to tell us how this chase ended so abruptly, brian. >> reporter: hi, dave. good morning. i just got off the phone with the santa clara county sheriff's department about a minute ago. we have new information on the chase. the teenagers involved, the driver was actually a 15-year- old female. she was actually a runaway out of stockton. the passenger was a 17-year-old boy. he was with the driver and the stolen car was from san jose. the

police named amar harris as a gunman in thursday u shooting. the 26-year-old's arrest history includes kidnapping, robbery and sexual assault. police also released this picture of a black range rover found east of the strip yesterday. harris opened fire from that suv as both he and kenny clench drove down the las vegas strip. after cherry was shot, his car crashed into a taxi that exploded, killing the driver and his passenger. police are urging anyone with information on harris' whereabouts to come forward. >>> new this morning, did you feel it? a small earthquake shook the south bay and east bay while many of us were sleeping. the 3.0 magnitude quake struck near fremont around 2:00 this morning. george was in san jose at the time and said had felt like a quick jolt and then it was over. we've got no reports of damages or injuries, just a few rattled nerves. >>> an electrical blast sent two men to the hospital with pretty serious burns. fire crews were called to the commercial warehouse near montague expressway around 9:00 yesterday morning. t

las vegas police say people inside a black range rover opened fire on rapper kenneth cherry while driving his maserati around 4:30 yesterday morning. the cab driver and passenger were killed in that cab and four others were injured. cherry's father spoke with "today in the bay" and our own bob redell is live in oakland with that part of the story for us. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. his father who lives in oakland tells us that his son, kenny cherry, rapper name kenny clutch, was the sweet of the man he ever met. yesterday kenneth cherry, sr., received the worst kind of news. a phone call from his son's girlfriend that his first born, his 27-year-old boy, had been murdered in las vegas after an argument that started with some people in the parking lot outside of a hotel. six months ago he appeared in this music video filmed on the vegas strip. he was driving that maserati down the strip when he was shot and killed early yesterday morning. >> i heard there was some kind of disagreement. the guys pulled to the side of him and let the window down. they just sta

the police are investigating the death of a woman it happened a little while ago at a downtown condo building. ktvu janine de la vega is right there and i know that witnesses are being questioned. janine. what do you know? >> reporter: that is right. police have roped off this block here at st. james street and san pedro because of this investigation. now this all centered around this building that you see here to the left. it's called the city heights condo complex. it's 15 stories high. we are being told that a woman fell from one of the balconies here. they started getting 911 calls around 3:00 a.m.. one person heard a loud thump. another called in reporting a person on the ground. police reported and found a body of a 21-year-old woman on the street. after talking to witnesses it appears she fell from the 11th story balcony. they are trying to piece together what happened. >> we have a few witnesses we looking at and speaking to so she wasn't alone. i'm leaning toward it being accidental. no signs of foul play. that is why we called the coroners office. >> reporter: again at this

police removed him after a dispute on new year's day. the tsa and las vegas police say he lacked proper identification to clear security check point. >> facebook's new app could prove controversial. we're learning about google's new glasses. >> good afternoon. sources tell bloomberg face book is working on an app meant to help people find friends nearby and could be available by the middle of the month. the app may help the company in the quest to generate profit it's likely to fuel the /7ák advocates forw#'1÷ not doig enough to keep user data confidential. fox con is encouraging employees to vote in independent nunin elections after apple joined the fair labor association.szc an audit identified 50 violations in factories. ora cell making another acquisition but the company is buying different from start ups it's picked up in the past. agreeing to buy acme pack writ for $1.7?úia billion today, it helps businesses send video, voice message skporjz data. -- and other data. >> following on renewed concern over europe's debt crisis you

. >> some believe march 1st is not a deadline. >>> police in las vegas are looking for a car involved in a shooting and firing crash that closed part of the ship. strip. a -- strip. police say it started with an argument at a casino then two vehicles, a land rover and maz aretti took off and someone in the suv opened fire on thor car. e -- on the car >> the driver, having been shot spread through the intersection of flamingo and las vegas boulevard colliding with a taxi cab. >> it's the taxi cab that exploded into a fire ball. its driver and passenger are dead, so is the driver of the maz aretti named as kenny cherry. the black land rover got away. >>> this morning there is a new executive in anne arundel county. she replaces john leopold who resigned after being convicted of misconduct in office. wjz and mike schuh are live with more on last night's vote. good morning. >> reporter: good morning . new leader is a baltimore native, a business leader with a fascinating story. >> in front of the county council 15 candidates including a state delegate, the acting county executive, a forme

las vegas police have identified a suspect in the fatal shooting on the las vegas strip. ammar harris still on the loose right now. an aspiring rapper, kenneth cherry, also known as kenny >>> europe's tallest active volcano, mount etna roared to life, erupting for the first time in a year. it spewed lava and gas lighting up italy's night sky. >>> a former member of the temptations is dead. otis damon harris joined the legendary group in the early '70s and changed his first name because the temptations already had an otis. he died. of prostate cancer. he was 62 years old. >>> a day before nascar's signature event, the daytona 500, a fiery crash at the daytona international speedway, the video is stunning. debris sent flying into the stands, including a flaming tire. 28 fans injured, two criticalically. should the big race go on tomorrow. i spoke with a senior investigative reporter for "sports illustrated." what a crash. crashes happen all the time in nascar. but this one was unusual. >> the drivers assume a lot of the risk but you don't think the fans do as well. you see

day five for the man hunt for a former lapd police officer. la authorities have under the stakes in their search offering a record $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest of christopher dorner. nbc's miguel alma gar ra has details. >>> law enforcement forces say this is chris tow foredorner dumping a gun belt, a helmet, an lapd uniform and ammunition the morning after his first two murders. the surveillance video captured across the street from a san diego police station. >> the helmet was sitting right up top and the magazine and belt was hidden under the boxes. >> >> reporter: the former cop and now fugitive accused of killing three and wounding two others was fired from the lapd after making false accusations about his training officer. now they say a week after the killing spree they'll reopen his case. >> people think maybe there is something to what he says. i want to put that to rest. i'll review what has already been reviewed at multiple levels. >> reporter: the search for dorner in the mountains is one of the largest i