james patterson is the world's biggest—selling author. he is best—known for his thrillers, but he's also written science fiction, novels for young people, romance and nonfiction. to date, he's published over 140 books, which have sold more than 350 million copies around the world. and he's also the most—borrowed author at uk libraries. but that's not enough forjames patterson, he now wants an even bigger audience, by selling books to people he thinks have abandoned reading, and his solution is called bookshots. so, welcomejames patterson. thank you. what are bookshots? hopefully, they are a revolution in reading and the way we look at books. at the least they are going to be an evolution. they are under 150 pages, relatively inexpensive, and hopefully impossible to put down. it's like one of my regular books on alex cross, except at, like, 145 pages, very tight. with a bookshot, you can get on the train, you can go to work, you get on the train and go home, and you've read one. so you've accomplished something, which is kind of cool.

where it can go from there. >> patterson called on the mayor and the city council to move swiftly to address the gaping exposure in array of computer systems. >> i'd say we are vulnerable. i don't know if anybody is looking to hack or use the database in the manner but it is something we should put a lot of policies in to play, more training. stephen: patterson says the district first priority should be to entrust one entity or individual with authority over the district computer system. and making sure th everything possible is done to protect the systems from hackers. stephen tschida, abc7 news. maureen: next at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- the first lady's farewell speech from the white house today. her message for the youth of america. and bitter cold and the snow is coming for some neighborhoods. doug hill is back with when and where it will arrive. maureen: a lot of emotion today as first lady michelle obama made her final white house speech. >> so, i want to close today by simply saying thank you. thank you for everything you do for our kids and for our country. being your first lad

. >> patterson. >> patterson, is our you want to go on vacation. tell me when that happens. >> i heard you talk about how fun asbury can be. maybe you should bite your tongue their little bit. >> so this feels and sounds like you just drove to asbury and read a press release. you have to go through every part of the hotel, jump on the beds, i want to feel this hotel. >> all right, i think were good. go jump on the bad. >> okay were good, i'm not jumping on the bed. >> all the jumping got me hungry. i will have one of everything let's put it on jerry brooks tab night night, i earned this. >> leslie and mitch from pennsylvania were so excited to be new parents. all throughout their pregnancy their little girl was totally healthy, passing every exam with flying colors. on december 28 she came into the world and now she is fighting for her life per there was an unexpected issue during her c-section and that put her in critical condition right away. she was airlifted to the children's hospital of philadelphia and has been there ever since. every day is

well, that's good, but think about james patterson and some of the others. they sell by the gazillion, but it's a bit industrial, you know? they have teams of writers, patterson, overseas, and he presents them with sort of plot ideas and then they go and write it in the style of patterson and it all becomes a little industrialised. you getting close to that? never. scarpetta is not going to let me share that writing with anybody. i wish i could sometimes, but she only talks to me. and she doesn't always talk to me. if i thought i could hire a team of people and produce three or four of these every year that the readers would love, i would do it. i would make more money, probably, than i do now. but i can't do that. these come from someplace inside of me. i give them everything i've got while i'm doing it. i do care what the readers think. they spend their good money on these books and i wouldn't be here today if it wasn't them. does it take it out of you? yes, yes. because we've talked about the dark places and there is darkness in the books. you say this is

nbc's steve patterson, thank you very much. i want to turn to mark he headfield, who is head of the hebrew society, head of displaced people. i'll ask you what i've asked others here. the big picture, what you've seen unfold over the weekend. >> what we saw on friday was the most vile thing coming out of the white house in my 20 years working in the field, this executive order, which was so unamerican, by slamming the door in the face of refugees when they need it the most. but what i've seen over this weekend has been one of the best things i've ever seen. seeing americans in the streets chanting, "no hate, no fear, refugees are welcome here" made me proud to be an american, which is not what i was feeling on friday night. >> how does that matter? rachel maddow was saying earlier tonight that the protest movement, the activity, the people gathered this all these places will be the first counterpush and will create the sort of baseline for how many aspects of our country respond, government, civil society, the culture, if we ca

nbc's steve patterson has more. >> reporter: like any proud parents, anna and her husband nick are crazy about their 5-year-old girl nala. >> she's our fur baby. i call her human because she really is our family member, and we love her so very much. >> reporter: more and more americans feel the same. in fact, more than half of all households have a pet, we cannot live without them. they're just there in the morning. tucked in bed at night. they're a part of us. >> reporter: as americans we love our pets. in some cases consider them part of the family, but we live in an era unfortunately in which some marriages inevitably end in divorce. when that happens, what happens to our furry friends? turns out in the u.s., pets are generally considered property under the law. but that's starting to change. this month alaska became the first state to require divorce courts to consider the well-being of the animal, even allowing for joint custody. animal rights attorneys say it's a groundbreaking step. >> we hope that it's part of a growing trend of states recognizing abmalaysia are not like a couch,

that at patterson-uti, one of the leading drilling companies out there. they are on the front lines and see what kind of demand they see, could give us a good window where prices are headed. >> looking forward to. that how are we trading in the markets? 20,000 on pause now, dow struggling, was down triple digits, now 71 points, travellers, the biggest drags on the index right now. what's working? health care, realize, consumer staples all holding up here, and gold also hitting the highest level in a month. the main etf that tracks gold is higher as well by 1.5%. the royal gold stock up 2.9%. a lot of the miners gaining as well. dollar weakness here a big part of the move higher, michelle? >> yeah. talk more about the markets now, bringing in our cash and floors director, and bob, chief market strategist with boston private wealth. all right. i was sitting this earlier and heard a trader say, oh, geez, we got to get a feed of donald trump's twitter feed because he's impacting stocks so much. right? i mean, have you seen a president-elect have dramatic impa

. >>> i'm steve patterson in northern california where residents are in a race against time. a winter storm expected to bring monumental rain totals and flooding tearing throughout the west. along the sierra nevada people protective sandbags. >> already put a bunch out. >> the tahoe basin trekkie river into reno is expected to -- low-lying structures. in reno, residents working to move property to higher grounds while businesses push to seal off storm drains. >> the storm drains will perk water up. so what we're doing now is plugging those. >> hold that. >> further west, bay area resident brenda johnson understands why the work is so critical. >> make sure i'm safe and my house is safe and my property is safe. >> brenda is haunted by the last time a similar storm hit more than a decade ago. the 2005 storm sent water flooding into houses. it cost northern california $300 million in damages. >> it took maybe four minutes and it was already in our house. >> forecasters say this storm has the potential to wreak the same havoc, if not worse. >> reporter: so for the people that liv

steve patterson shows us what other dangers the rainsing bring. >> reporter: i'm steve patterson in northern california, where residents are in a race against time. a winter storm expected to bring monumental rain totals and flooding, now tearing its way throughout the west. along the sierra nevada, people scrambling to pack in protective sandbags. >> i've got 300 sandbags on property. already put a bunch out. >> reporter: the tahoe basin's trucky river into reno is expected to crest well above flood stage, potentially damaging homes. in reno, residents working to move property to higher groud, off storm drains. >> water raises in the river, storm drains will perk water up. what we're doing is actually plugging those. >> reporter: further west, bay area resident brenda johnson understands why the work is so critical. >> make sure i'm safe and my house is safe and my property is safe. >> reporter: brenda is haunted by the last time a similar storm hit more than a decade ago. the 2005 storm sent flood water rushing into roads and houses. the storms that year cost northern california $300 milli

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. >> reporter: for 25 years brian patterson has trained officers on how to use force. with the help of a high tech simulation, he tried to train me. >> good job! >> reporter: before we began, patterson explained the mix of rules, training, instinct, and fear that can pass through an officer's mind in the fraction of a second that he or she sometimes has to decide whether to pull the trigger. >> we realized how serious of a decision it is, but the officers also realize that if they are unable to make the decision, their life could be lost. >> reporter: he also asked the question you have asked us the most on facebook about police shootings. >> reporter: why don't officers try to shoot in the leg or hand or disable somebody? >> people who believe you can shoot someone in the foot or shoot them in the hand have seen way too much tv and way too many hollywood movies where they do that. in real life, it's almost impossible to do that, and we are not trained to do that. >> reporter: in the simulation, i found that to be true. nearly perfect on the range. >> the gun to our he

>> dramatic, steve patterson thank you. >>> this will be a big week for president-elect donald trump, and the people he has named to his cabinet, many of them preparing for tough questioning at their confirmation hearings this week. we get more on that from ron allen. >> reporter: starting tuesday, marathon confirmation hearings, a parade of noment knows, some with billions in wealth, democrats probing for explosive revelations. >> the american public must make sure there are no serious [000:09:58;00] overall. >> reporter: jeff sessions from alabama for attorney general, tough views on civil rights and immigration. on wednesday rex chillerson former exxon mobil chief up for secretary of state, once honored by vladimir putin for his corporate oil deals. election hacking likely on at gen ka. top trump aides still clarifying the boss' position. >> he's not denying that entities in russia were behind this particular hacking campaign. >> reporter: democrats charging mr. trump with ramming his cabinet picks through congress, as government ethics watchdogs express great concern about incompl

if you do have to go out that way, go ahead and take patterson pass road instead. there are other alternates but they are backed up, as well. that's the best one for you right now. north tracy boulevard to the altamont pass will take you over two hours so again plenty of extra time on your morning commute this way. it frees up through livermore on to the dublin interchange where you will expect some slow traffic there. here's the san mateo bridge from hayward to foster city, expect a normal commute of 15 minutes between 880 and 101. and if you are traveling through oakland, a little fyi here, eastbound 24 connector ramp to southbound 13 is closed after a pothole from yesterday. now, we named this pothole steve according to the chp [chuckling] so roberta is laughing -- steve is going to be out there until noon today so we'll keep you posted on that and if you are traveling into downtown san francisco expect 18 minutes between the maze and downtown. i'll send it to you. >> all right, roqui. thank you. >>> today in san francisco, several female politicians are working

thank you, colin patterson in hull. more than one thousand hardy new year revellers braved the cold to take pa rt revellers braved the cold to take part in the famous loony dook in south queensferry just part in the famous loony dook in south queensferryjust outside edinburgh. teletubbies joined superheroes, clowns, mermaids and a man ina superheroes, clowns, mermaids and a man in a bath to take a freezing cold dip in the firth of forth. the event, now in its thirtieth year, saw people from as far away as australia and the usa participate. and they really are hardy souls! ok, ican and they really are hardy souls! ok, i can guess the temperature of that water was pretty cold. let's see how things are going to be as we had through the rest of new year's day. sarah keith lucas has the weather for us. hi there. things have been turning colder to kick off 2017, particularly across the northern half of the country. there is a cold northerly flow of their coming in here. wintry showers across parts of scotla nd here. wintry sh

i've had the experience of working in charlotte, north carolina, patterson, new jersey, willington, delaware, and here. i love all four plays although they're all very, very different congregations. this is a very good congregation and it's made up of people who check their partisan politics at the door and i've always respected that. we're able to stay as a congregation and exist in i think a hospitable and welcoming congregation because we're able to do that and i have a great deal of respect for the people of the congress gays for being able to do that. >> reverend leon, thank you very much for your time. >> uh-huh, glad to be with you. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> the presidential inauguration of donald trump is friday. c-span will have live coverage of all the day's events and ceremonies. watch live on c-span and c-span.org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> our c-span bus travels to local schools, colle

patterson requested two findings. >> right. >> that's for one ways was that which law applies i don't see that the board is in a position to do that and the board won't have jurisdiction. >> i remember that one but obviously any ordinance by the city we're bound by that. >> yeah. >> it is reference to that revised ordinance. >> the initial court order on the writ makes the opposite findings they're not subject to that they were issued before the ordinance took effect. >> okay. >> the court in the most recent orders the permit are not the ones they've ordered a i'm going to move to not grant jurisdiction and to note that the appeal fees b be refund to the 5 appellants. >> vice president would you consider also adding it to the motion the 5 appeals need to be dismissed. >> yes. i think i am. >> okay. >> and the basis is the court order. >> yeah. >> okay so the motion then from the vice president to deny the jurisdiction dismiss them and have the boards refund the filing fees on the basis of court order on that commissioner lazarus is recused and commissioner wilson and commissioner fung

police have identified the driver as a ranbc's steve patterson has detas.th. the swollen truckee river in reno, like so many river is up and down the west coast, still rising. residents scrambling to prepare for the possibility of massive floods. >> i was concerned enough to go get sandbags. i will be sandbagging my home. >> reporter: further south, it's snow wreaking havoc on traffic along the sierra nevada. mammoth mountain pelted with 48 inches of fresh powder, forcing the squee resort to close chair lifts for the day. the storm now under way with flash flood warnings all over the region. the worst to come. storm coming in on tuesday. but not the rastil tn same intensity. the next days we're expecting the possibility of 5 to 10 inches at the highest elevations. so it's going to be a long time before those rivers come down. we still will get some additional flooding. that's the latest local forecast, here's a look at the big stories around your area. we'll continue with the cold conditions in the northern portion of the country. the warmup has begun from col

nbc's steve patterson has been following this wild weather in the west. he is in reno, nevada. what's the latest, steve? >> hey, richard, make no mistake about it. we are inside this storm now. the front edge has passed over us. the rain has been falling constantly now for hours. and the wind is starting to pick up. and the biggest danger is right beside me here in reno. this is the truckee river. it's been raging this morning. started off at about six feet. officials are predicting this river to crest at over 13 feet. that is in the flood danger zone. it's the reason white now why there's a huge sand bag operation happening around the city of reno. it's the reason why there's a state of emergency in this area and the reason why so many residents are getting their own sand bags, worried about what this possible flooding can do. it's the reason schools are canceled as well. this storm predicted to be the worst we have seen in the last ten years. ten years ago, 2005. $300 million in damage to northern california. it uprooted homes, took them on a river of flooding. that was all o

we will hear from the world's bigger selling authorjames patterson at 1:45 p.m.. in the meet the author. the turkish president says the attack on an istanbul nightclub in which 39 people died was designed to create chaos in the country. police in turkey are hunting for a gunman who opened fire in a packed nightclub in istanbul killing 39 people and injuring many more. 15 foreigners are among the dead and around 70 other people are being treated in hospital. the gunman entered the popular reina nightclub and started shooting at about 1.20am local time. some reports say he was dressed in a santa outfit. the attack happened in the ortakoy district during new year's eve celebrations. around 500 people were thought to be at the club at the time. counting down to 2017, 500 revellers came to the nightclub to celebrate the new year in istanbul. a little more than one hour later this cctv footage appears to show the lone gunmen approaching the nightclub. the sparks are thought to be berlitz ricocheting off cars. after shooting a security guard who survived a car bombing ju

. >> reporter: lloyd patterson says he can't afford to take another hit. >> it basically just hurts us and our family. >> reporter: protesters covered their businesses on broadway street in graffiti. >> it cost us about 1400 to replace it. >> reporter: now with demonstrators calling for a general strike tomorrow, he's worried he'll be hit again. >> we didn't even vote for trump but we're getting punished by him being in office. >> we've been preparing since election day. >> reporter: to prevent large-scale problems like those on election day, city spokesperson karen boyd says officials will activate the emergency operation center. and all police officers will be on duty to manage the expected crowd. >> the main thing that we've seen is a lot of garbage can fires and so pulling kagarbage cans in off the street. >> we're expecting 10 to to,000 in oakland alone. >> volunteers are working with police and businesses to keep their event peaceful. >> we really want to come together. >> reporter: patterson isn't taking any chances and will close up shop for the next two days. >> we lost the el

well, that's good, but think about james patterson and some of the others. they sell by the gazillion, but it's a bit industrial, you know? they have teams of writers, patterson, overseas, and he presents them with sort of plot ideas and then they go and write it in the style of patterson and it all becomes a little industrialised. you getting close to that? never. scarpetta is not going to let me share that writing with anybody. i wish i could sometimes, but she only talks to me. and she doesn't always talk to me. if i thought i could hire a team of people and produce three or four of these every year that the readers would love, i would do it. i would make more money, probably, than i do now. but i can't do that. these come from someplace inside of me. i give them everything i've got while i'm doing it. i do care what the readers think. they spend their good money on these books and i wouldn't be here today if it wasn't them. does it take it out of you? yes, yes. because we've talked about the dark places and there is darkness in the books. you say this is

nbc steve patterson is one of those. it was busy yesterday, it was busy today. what is it like there, at los angeles airport. >> reporter: i am going to start off with an apology. i can't hear you or myself better. there are hundreds of protesters here at the tom bradley international terminal at lax. they have been here for an hour now. the sound is unbelievable. it is a solid wall of sound that has not stopped since they have come here. i want to show you back hoar. actually, i want to show you down here. even the youngest members of this crowd are getting involved. you see people going all the way back. we can't show you because we're completely surrounded by protesters. but they have come out in force. they were here early. they started early and they have not stopped for a second. they're protesting of course that executive order. you'd like to think that after yesterday's announcement with that stay being granted that there be less people here, but they only increased the number of people here from last night. we have been speaking to a lot of the protests

steve patterson is on the scene, reporting at lax all day. do we know, are people still being detained there? >> thomas, yes, we do. we've talked to several attorneys who have been in contact with those families who have people here that are detained. i have to apologize to you. it is so loud, i can barely hear myself think. protesters have been here for several hours. this sound from this protest has not stopped. we are right inside of it right now. i'll show you around real quick. that's the front of the protest. we are right in front of the tom bradley international terminal. you'll barely be able to tell that because of how deep inside we are and how loud this is. we've talked to several protesters who are upset, not only at the fact that there are detainees that remain here, but the fact that this immigration issue that trump has raised with his executive order tramples on the rights of americans here in the united states. one of those people lily, why are you here today? >> my family immigrated here 40 years ago. most of my family is in

i'm scott patterson, executive director of the national governors association and a couple things to mention and then i will introduce a very distinguished panel to first name is the first angie loco. we are excited on the podium and the other thing i want to tell folks about because it's critical to know right after the election in december when those with and in a fairly multiyear. this is pretty significant partisanship. the national governors association went out and polled 1000 american voters and we used frank luntz of once global partners and actually frank is here for anyone who would like to talk immediately after this event. we found some really significantly interest in things in this poll. the first was in an era of distress of many politicians, americans trust their governor more than any other elected official. on most issues, americans trust states and governors to get a solution more than other levels. voters were more optimistic about their state featured in the country. nearly three out of four voters said that their state is doing a better job at delivering results

nbc's steve patterson my colleague is in napa, california. steve most of the year napa is a beautiful destination, where people try to enjoy some sun and some wine but right now it's a different story and there's great fears about the extent the floodwaters could spread. >> reporter: peter, it's an extraordinary unique situation for this region specifically. there are roads here that are shut down that have never been shut down before. right now you can see it, the sun is out, this is the first time since my crew has been traveling since about friday night that we've actually been able to see the sun, that there isn't precipitation falling somewhere in neither northern california or nevada. so you think about this, like a ten-round prize fight. we're in the middle of the really bad storm. this is kind of the calm in between those big punches. last night we got our first really big punch. it was a haymaker but not a knockout punch. 10 million people now in the threat of flash flooding, either a warning or a watch. tens of thousands of people w

. >> let's go back to steve patterson live from lax. anything you're hearing about the detainees there? >> reporter: no. unfortunately, the customs and border patrol, the agency that handles this has been extremely silent both to the attorneys that are here and to the people, family and friends who are waiting to hear any word about the people that they love or associate with that are being detained at the airport. we are expecting a series of rallies today, one in about an hour and then another a few hours from that. we were anticipating that these would be smaller rally, candlelight vigils that would be smaller and self-contained, but now based on the tenor on what we've been seeing here and based on the people that are showing up and based on the response from last night we expect the rally to be a whole lot larger, 300 people showed up last night at least to protest that executive order from president trump, but those people are showing up right now, but those number of attorneys, about 20 of them have been here, some since this mor

. >> but in new jersey, cities like newark, patterson, it would be great to have some of these robot cops as a second set of eyes because a lot of times when we're talking about crime, we need that surveillance, that camera there so we know how the scene actually unfolded. >> there's a camera on every street corner seemingly in every city the. question is what happens when a robot cop pulls over a driverless car? [laughter] then what happens? [laughter] >> well, i want to know what the robot cop did to sibile while he was following her. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> therapy animals come in all shapes and sizes, but what i didn't know is they actually come robotic. >> if it's soothing and it's comforting, let's do it. >> yes, you're my pussycat. >> okay. >> if you didn't want to watch donald trump's inauguration -- [laughter] >> by the way, just so we're clear, these are jerry's phones. >> check out this video. cops wearing body cams, and they were doing a good deed, and it did not go unnoticed. there was a woman inside a building, tons of smoke in there, and she couldn't get out. >> grab me and hel

. >> from the sierra right here at home, here's nbc's steve patterson. >> i'm steve patterson in northern calf, where residents are in a race against time. a winter storm expected to bring monumental rain totals and flooding tearing through the west. along the sierra nevada, people scrambling to pack in protective sandbags. >> got 300 sandbags on property. already put a bunch out. >> the tahoe based truckee river into reno is expected to crest well above flood stage, potentially damaging homes and low-lying structures. in reno, residents working to move property to higher ground while businesses push to seal off storm drains. >> water rages in the river, the storm drains will perk water up. so what we're doing is plugging those. >> further west, bay area resident brenda johnson understands why the work is so critical. >> make sure i'm safe and my house is safe and my property is safe. >> brenda is haunted by the last time a similar storm hit more than a decade ago. the 2005 storm sent floodwater rushing into roads and houses. the storms cost northern california that $300 million in damage

back to you. >> steve patterson in los angeles, thank you very much. we'll check back as events warrant. democratic attorneys general across the united states have been pushing back against the immigration order. new tonight, a joint statement, from 16 state attorneys general, calls the restrictions unconstitutional, un-american and unlawful saying religious liberty will always be a better principle of our country. that was organized and released by the new york attorney general eric snyderman. he joins us now by phone. again, as i said to many folks involved in this tonight, thank you for making time. i know it is busy. let me start, mr. attorney general, with what you are doing. your office has been working with those detained. what are you doing over the course of this weekend? >> well, we were immediately in touch with the lawyers who were seeking to represent the folks that were detained. offered assistance in matters as basic as trying to get them the identities of the people who were detained. we have -- i've been speaking to my colleagues aroun

. >> reporter: shattered glass still covers the sign boyd patterson showing his support for oakland. >> oakland is the one that's breaking the windows. >> protesters covered his business on broad street in graffiti. >> it cost us 1,400 to replace it. >> reporter: now with demonstrators calling for a general strike tomorrow he worries he'll be hit again. we didn't even vote for trump but we're getting punished for him being in office. >> we've been preparing since election day. >> reporter: to prevent those like on election day. all police officers will be on duty to manage the expected crowds. >> the main thing we've seen is a lot of garbage can fires and so pulling garbage cans in off the street. >> reporter: the largest crowds are execed on saturday for one of the many planned women's marches. >> we're expecting 10 to 20,000 in oakland alone. >> reporter: volunteers are working with police and local businesses to keep their event peaceful. >> we really want people to come to stand together. >> reporter: and back here live you're now looking at a peaceful protest that just began her

nbc's steve patterson is in san francisco, california. steve, what's the latest there? >> yeah, richard, well, we are well into this storm now. it's been raining here in san francisco for a few hours albeit lightly. the worst is yet to come. forecasters now saying this may be a once in a quarter century event bringing flooding that we haven't seen at least in a decade. the worst of it is going to hit parts of north california, specifically looking -- at areas where there's a large snow pack, where there's this warm system that's moved in and where the flood and runoff may affect those areas. specifically looking at a storm zone stretching from southern oregon all the way down to southern california, places like if you go up from there los angeles, san francisco, reno, portland, all facing sustained either snowfall or rainfall totals that will affect people on the roads. notd only that, but we're looking at rock slides, mudslides, things like flooding and washouts on the roads that could affect property damage. it could affect power outages. it could even be proven fatal

the time of our visit, wilson had just completed an anger management program that deputy warden tony patterson arranged for him to take in his cell. >> he needs to grow up. immaturity. you know. but he's working on it. >> i got kids, man. everybody going to change one day. >> for wilson, change is essential. most of his sentence for assaulting the officer will overlap with his original sentence. but just a day after we interviewed him, wilson's anger surfaced again. when he saw our crew on the exercise yard, he greeted them with an obscene gesture. >> one [ bleep ], y'all, two, retire. we don't need y'all around here no more. your time up. >> some days they like us. some days they don't want to see us. i think that's kind of a function of being in prison. you're mostly pissed off all the time anyway. if you can take it out on the film crew, why not. >> though wilson may enjoy his freedom again, it's too late for one other inmate whose anger has had disastrous consequences. >> my name is jesus garcia, i have been incarcerated for nearly 12 1/2 years. i'm incarcerated for first degree murder and

let's head to nbc's steve patterson. he is right in the middle of it in reno, nevada. tahoe not far away there, so skiers are happy at least. steve, what's happening? >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, alex. well, the rain has been coming down solid for the last few hours. it's expected to be 100% precipitation for quite some time. the result of that, you can probably see to my right, or maybe you can hear it better than you can see it. this is the truckee river. this thing has been raging! started off at about 6 feet this morning. it's expected to crest later on tonight at about 13 feet. that is well above flood stage. that's in the danger area of well above flood stage. so there has been widespread preparation for this storm, but they do expect this to cause some possible damage. that's the big fear for people who live here in the communities that surround the sierra nevada and onwards up this river. meanwhile, this storm predicted to be one of the biggest storm events the west side of the united states has seen in the last ten years, particularly when you're tal

around 5:00 this morning, a 27-year-old man from patterson was driving to work on niles canyon road in his gold chevy cruz when he fell asleep at the wheel. >> when he woke up half way through a turn and overcorrected and ended up in the creek. >> he was able to break through his already damaged windshield. >> when he swam to shore, he received cuts from rocks. >> someone called 911 and good samaritans stopped to help him until emergency crews arrived at the scene. he was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. this story could have been different. on saturday, jada jenkins crashed into the creek. her car was found, but jada is still missing. both cars ended up coming to rest in nearly the identical spot. but the conditions today had changed dramatically compared to saturday. >> on saturday, the water was -- i mean, eight to nine feet higher than what it is now. it is closer to the roadway. today, he was lucky that -- it would have been saturday, the same thing, it would have probably ended up different. >> reporter: the fremont fire department said jada's family is searching

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our correspondent megan patterson reports from sheffield magistrates' court. shay heeley, 18, appeared for a matter of minutes in the courtroom building behind me in sheffield. he stood in the dock wearing a grey t—shirt and greyjogging bottoms. he spoke only to confirm his name and age. he is charged with the murder of 16—year—old leonne weeks, who is also from dinnington. her body was found in an alleway in the village there on monday. police say she died after being stabbed several times. the courtroom, courtroom two at the magistrates in sheffield, was very busy. there was no extra space in the public gallery with both families attending this very short hearing. mr heeley was told that the matter will be referred to crown court. he will be held in custody and will appear at crown court here on 17th february. some pictures from washington, dc again. president trump and vice president pence have been attending a prayer service at the national cathedral. something presidents tend to do immediately after inauguration, and also several times during their

nbc's steve patterson has details. >> reporter: the west coast storm predicted to be the worst in a decade. massive rains on top of a mountain of snow all leading to this. the swollen truckee river in reno, like so many river is up and down the west coast, still rising. residents scrambling to prepare for the possibility of massive floods. >> i was concerned enough to go get sandbags. i will be sandbagging my home. >> reporter: further south, it's snow wreaking havoc on traffic along the sierra nevada. mammoth mountain pelted with 48 inches of fresh powder, forcing the squee resort to close chair lifts for the day. the storm now under way with flash flood warnings all over the region. the worst to come. >> so much to watch out there. nbc meteorologist bill karins has the latest, how bad is it going to get? >> it's not going to get a lot worse but it's not going to get better quickly either. we're getting done with the first big shot. the storm over the weekend. the river is going to remain in place slightly, then another storm coming in on tuesday. right now the heaviest rains are around s

our correspondent megan patterson reports from sheffield magistrates court. shay heeley appeared for a matter of minutes in the portland building behind me. he stood in the dock wearing a grey t—shirt and grey jogging bottoms. he spoke only to confirm his name and age. from dinnington. her body was found in an alleway in the village there on monday. police say she died after being stabbed several times. the courtroom, courtroom to it at the magistrates in sheffield was very busy. there was no extra space in the public gallery with both families attending this very short hearing. shay heeley was told that the matter will be moved to crown court and he will appear on the 17th of february. five people are now known to have died in the italian avalanche last week — it's thought around 20 people are still unaccounted for. nine people, including four children, have so far been pulled alive from the rubble of the rigopiano hotel in the abruzzo region. james reynolds reports. from the ruins of the rigopiano hotel, in the last moments of light, rescuers pulled a s

she'd been stabbed a number of times. 0ur correspondent megan patterson was at sheffield magistrates‘ court. well, shay heeley, who is 18 years old, appeared forjust a matter of minutes in the courtroom buildings behind me here in sheffield. shay heeley is from dinnington. he stood in the dock today wearing a grey t—shirt and greyjogging bottoms. he spoke only to confirm his name and age. he is charged as you say with the murder of 16—year—old leonnie weeks, who is from dinnington, and her was found in an alleyway in the village on monday. police say she died after being stabbed several times. the courtroom, court two, was very busy today. there was no extra space in the public gallery with both families attending this very short healing. shay heeley was told the matter would be passed to sheffield crown court. he was remade it in custody and he will appear at crown court here on the 17th of airdrie. rimando. now on bbc news, to mark the inauguration of america's 45th president, the bbc‘sjon kay has spent the week taking a road trip along america's route a5. what a week it has

edinburgh on sunday evening — as our a rts edinburgh on sunday evening — as our arts correspondent colin patterson reports. choose life, choose a job, choose a career. trainspotting was the defining film of the mid—90s cool britannia. the post was on student walls. it dealt with addiction, friendship and had to listen. 20 yea rs friendship and had to listen. 20 years later, the gangs back together. we met the director danny boyle where it all began. we implied that they run straight from here on to this road and then rent and then renting gets hit hit by a car. what have you been up to for 20 years? since trainspotting danny boyle has dominated the oscars with slum dog millionaire and transfer the 2012 opening 0lympic ceremony so why now a sequel to the film made his name? since he made the movie people co nsta ntly since he made the movie people constantly come at you and talk about the characters like they know them and that makes us think that we not had an obligation bert agt to perhaps turn to it again. trainspotting was about the cutting edge, here we are more than 20 years later, how do y

colin patterson was there. after more than 20 years, the trainspotting gang back together, on the orange carpet of the long—awaited sequel. how does this compare to the 1996 premiere? i don't remember the 1996 premiere! i really don't, i mean... yeah, for probably a very good reason! aside from all the fun stuff in the first movie, i think people found it relatable. even though it was maybe about subjects they weren't involved in, it was still relatable in some way. this is carrying such a cultural weight associated with it, that it feels like no event that i've been to before. choose life, choose a job, choose a career... trainspotting was the defining film of mid—‘90s cool britannia. the movie poster was on students' walls, the soundtrack in their cd players. it dealt with addiction, hedonism, and friendship. so what you're looking at is that? i think they've changed the wall, haven't they? earlier in the day the director, danny boyle, took us back to where it all began. we implied they were straight fr

colin patterson was there. after more than 20 years, the trainspotting gang back together, on the orange carpet of the long—awaited sequel. how does this compare to 1996 premiere? i don't remember the 1996 premiere! i really don't, i mean... yeah, for probably a very good reason! aside from all the fun stuff in the first movie, i think people found it relatable. even though it was maybe about subjects they weren't involved in, it was still relatable in some way. this is carrying such a cultural weight, associated with it, that it feels like no event that i've been to before. choose life, choose a job, choose a career... trainspotting was the defining film of mid—‘90s cool britannia. the movie poster was on students' walls, the soundtrack in their cd players. it dealt with addiction, hedonism, and friendship. so that — what you're looking at is that. so i think they've changed the wall, haven't they? well... earlier in the day the director, danny boyle, took us back to where it all began. we implied that