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>> alan: tonight, mission in could i row, relatives of this google executive tell
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>> alan: egypt's strongest and most influential opposition group, the muslim brotherhood, says it will sit down for talks with the new vice-president to resolve the crisis now going into its 11th day. hundreds of protesters are still in the tahir square demanding the regs resignation of president hosni mubarak. john austin is here with more on the disappearance of this man. >> reporter: it has been nine days since anyoned a heard of him, googles head of marketing. his bay area cousin said the
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family in egypt is getting threatening calls that he is being taught a lesson. >> disappeared on the 27th of january report record she i can -- >> reporter: she is talking about the google executive who disappeared taking part in a protest. >> this is my cousin. i know him since i can remember. >> reporter: she says she has seen the video that supposedly shows her cousin being hauled away by men in plain clothes. it's been shown on the al jazz sierra web site and she says it's definitely him. he hasn't been heard from since january 27th, the day of the protest. >> this was the last time he called his aunt, our bigger aunt. he told her, don't worry, i'll
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be fine, but maybe i'm going to be a for a while. >> that same day he posted on twitter, saying he was worried the government was planning a war crime against the people and we are all ready to die. >> she said he was not targeted because he works for google but rather because the set up a web site critical of the government after the police beat to death a 28-year-old activist. he said her family in egypt is getting ominous late-night calls. >> is he still alive? >> we don't know. his family gets phone calls in the middle night. we talk -- we taught him already a lesson. >> it's the pressure in egypt that drew hundreds of antimubarak protestors to san francisco. >> we want to let the rest of the world know that the people have specific riermtz and specific requests and they're
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tired of 30 years of corruption. >> reporter: gonim is 30 years old. he is now the symbolic spokesperson for the opposition. he describes him as someone who loves challenging the status quo. a conviction that may have notten him in serious trouble. >> alan: it is sunday morning in iran, and the trial of three uc burkly grads accused of spying in iran was scheduled to begin a half hour ago. sarah shourd was released on bail in september and returned to the united states. she received orders to return to iran to stan trial along with her fiancee, shaken bauer, and fellow hiker josh. she could be tried in absent ya. >> this is a trial which was postponed earlier, and i expect, even if miss shourd does not turn up in court, that will not
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be a continuance of the dispriel the case will be examined. >> the three were arrested on crossing the border into iran. back home, police got in a shootout in oakland. all lanes of king king -- martin luther king boulevard were shut done after a man fired two shots at a squad car. of more officers surround the area, the suspect was arrested 15 minutes later. investigators say they recovered a hand gun that was tossed in a backyard. >> thousands of giants fans were drawn to at&t park to see their hometown heroes today. the turnout was so big some people left before they were table get in. those with a little patience had an experience they won't forget. lisa amin gulezian has more on today's giants fanfest. >> lisa: at this year's fanfest,
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thousands waited for hours to get into at&t park because it reached capacity fast. and then this happened. [shouting] >> lisa: fans rushed the second street gate and tried force their way in. many admit they felt shut out. >> after driving down here from sacramento, waiting in line to pay for my parking, after waiting for the traffic, waiting in line to get here, painting my body orange and black, this is how i get repaid. >> fan appreciation day, should have planned a lot more. >> fanfest organizers say they got overwhelmed. they expected to fill the stadium. the didn't think it would happen an hour after the gates opened. >> we held people at the gated and now we're metering people to come in to make sure that everyone's experience remains safe. >> for those who got in, the fanfest experience was perfect. >> historic event. >> i love the giants. i leave it, believe it, breed
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it. >> tim lincecum, buster posey, i want to meet them all. >> reporter: for a precious four hours fans could get face-to-face with their favorite plays like tim lincecum. >> there's people on the streets, if you're not in the stadium, we apologize. we're going to do our best to talk loud so you can hear us. >> today is a very special day. fanfest day, and i think that's why we trying to do. >> lisa: giants' rep told me every fan who waited outside was eventually allowed in. as a assault fanfest did go a little long by about 30 minutes. lisa amin gulezian, abc-7 news news. >> alan: highway 1 had to be shut down today after a car drove off a cliff. the accident happened before 3:00 this afternoon. bat mile north of's the state beach. the car plunged down the cliff.
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a person was ejected from the car, laning 250 feet below. the person was airlifted to a hospital. still alive. beyond that the victim's consistence unknown tonight. crews are in the process of towing out the car back up to the road. residents held a peace match march today through old town. >> in south san francisco. >> alan: the south city police chief choind joined two hundred match marchers. last week the city council approved spending $400,000 to hire four new officers and launched plans to improve conditions in old town. >> the city was rocked by these killings. and we mourn along with the families and this neighborhood. we are embarking on what i believe is going to be a
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long-term effort to create a safer neighborhood, and improve the quality of life. >> alan: organizers of today's day of healing event are also pushing for a community center, and mentoring programs for young people. up next, facebook may be on the verge of moving out of palo alto. and former president reagan is honored on the eve of his 100 birthday. the birthday company that goes inside your brain to find out what makes you want to buy. frances dinglasan numerous record high temperatures broken today. here's a live shot from sutro looking down in san francisco. we had one record that was over 100 years old. i will have those tee tails
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>> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >> alan: tomorrow would have been president ronald reagan's 100th birthday to honor the 40th president, the governor jerry brown declared february 6th ronald reagan centennial day. dick cheney was one of the guest speakers at the reagan ranch in santa barbara. >> reagan himself was acouple of ted -- accustomed to political battles. he expected it. >> alan: the conservative young americans foundation is sponsoring the evefnlt it was founded to promote conservative ideas on college campuses and bought reagan's ranch in 1988.
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>> facebook may be moving thumb the peninsula. they have scheduled a news conference on tuesday. they may be preparing to move into the pauling -- sprawling campus, the bayfront site has been vacant since oracle bought sun last. >> bank of america is going to pay money to challenge a federal lawsuit. the first financial settlement by a large bank involving overdraft practices. there are lawsuits against 30 other lending institutions including wells fargo, city citigroup, and chase. new regulation prevent banks from charging overdraft fees for debit card transactions. >> tomorrow a 30-second commercial during super bowl
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xlv will cost $35 million. see how a company in berkeley is helping. >> we're a nation of consumers, come barded by an army of ads, all desperately trying to convince us to buy, buy, buy. something madmen's fictional ad man don draper makes look easy. >> what you call love was invented by guys like me. >> in the 50s, advertisers thought they could get idea people's heads by using subliminal ad. now they're trying feet inside your head by getting inside your head. >> the brian enjoys the faces. >> inside a lab at a company called neurofocus, test subjects are have thing eye moms and
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brain waves monitored. >> access to a huge part of the iceberg that lies underneath conscious thought. >> she is a pioneer in what's called neuromarketing, research based on brand waves, measuring attention, emotion, and memory. whether you know it or not. brain waves show you prefer items with around edges to sharp corners. mannequins and photos with missing heads are turnoffs. >> i feel like i'm from the future. >> i agreed have my own brain waves measured watching an old super bowl ad for mountain dew. enthe i would have told you the ad was cool and entertaining, my brain waves said something else. the ad didn't stick with me or engage me on an emotional level, with one surprising exception. >> a mountain biker.
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>> that showed up. >> the guys crunching on the bike. your brain connected to that. >> reporter: critics call that mind-reading and worry con assumed will be taken advantage of. he says it will mean less guesswork what people really want, whether they know it or not. >> alan: well, the peninsula humane society is looking for people who love chihuahuas, because there's a lot of them to be adopted. the dogs became popular when celebrities are seen with them, in taco bell commercials. they make up almost three-quarters of the population of the peninsula humane society. the humane society is hoping to reach more people who will adopt these dogs with its mobile shelter program. >> on to frances dinglasan, in for leigh glaser. what an incredible day it was. >> frances: gorgeous, sunshine,
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record-high temperatures, lots of people out throughout san francisco and the bay area. here's a live shot. probably starting to die down. this is from the roof camera. there's a lot of traffic everywhere this evening, with folks enjoying the nice weather. i'm going to give you agent -- a little trivia courtesy of mike shumann. the record all-time snowfall was today in 1887, 3.7 inches. keep that in mind as we look at high temperatures today where we broke numerous record, at least 13 in santa rosa, 80. beat the record of 71 set in 2001. and check out napa. 79. that record was from 1906. that's over 100 years ago. so, you get the idea. it was really warm throughout the bay area. in fact, take a look at temperatures right now. still mild for 11:00 this evening in the 60s. 69 in santa rose sample we're
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going to see mild temperatures overnight. here's the 24-hour change and tells the story how different it's going to be tomorrow morning as well, and the big change from yesterday. 26 degrees warmer in napa compared to yesterday at this time. 22 degrees warmer in los gatos. so we're going to have a clear and breezy night into tomorrow morning. more record highs expected but it will be dry all week. the next chance of rain may be on sunday. the wind advisory in effect until 10:00 tomorrow morning. north winds 25-30, and dusts up to 45, and that's in the higher elevation. we have an area of high pressure, and this clockwise flow will give us the downsloping winds and unstable air. and the breezy conditions, so milder temperatures tomorrow morning. won't see as much cooling inch san francisco, 55. 52 in oakland.
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50s, and a lot of upper 40s. look for another warm day in south bay. mid-73, 75, san jose, probably break another record. low 70s along the peninsula. 70s in downtown san francisco and might hit 80 again in santa rosa. that will be a record. more upper 70s in the east bay. upper 70s in the interior valleys as well. 77 in danville. 76 in pleasanton, and if you want to head to the beach, go ahead. it's t-shirts and shorts weather in santa cruz. here's your accuweather seven-day forecast. another warm, sunny day. record highs again expected. the sea breeze returns on monday so see cooling mid-week but looks dry throughs. >> alan: we deserve this. >> frances: yes. >> alan: on to shu. a pretty big basketball game. >> mike: a lot of big basketball
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games. the warrior hosting the bulls. chicago, one of the best defenses in the nba. we have it next in sports. i, am the turkey, bacon and cheddar. ruler of the grilled sandwiches. boy king of delicious meats. i am the deli trio. lord of genoa salami, ham and roasted turkey on grilled artisan bread. my grilled artisan bread is adorned with
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turkey, bacon and sundried tomato spread. tomatoes dried by the sun. do you hear me? the sun! [women's voice] sir? are you making your sandwiches talk? no. so our grilled sandwiches actually speak? yep.
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>> mike: the warriors hosting the bulls. former warrior great, nate thurmon in the house. warriors led by one at the half. chicago dominated the start of the third quarter. carlos boozer, a man. the warriors would not go away. ellis, to david lee. watch this reverse jam. oh, yeah. end of the third. off the inbounds, wright to ellis. warriors up one. then in the fourth. seth curry, two of his 23. warriors up nine. then with 30 seconds left. el ellis with the dagger. warriors win.
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what a thriller. cal hosting arizona and it took three overtimes for the winner. the bears trailed by as many as anyone in the half. but gutierrez led them back. under 1:00 to play. bears up three. cal up five. 20 seconds left. jones to the rack. circus shot and one, three-point play. we're headed to overtime. in o.t., 45 second left. cal down two. the tough shot goes. we head to double-overtime. a minute to play in o.t. number two. 33 for campbell. five second left. the pullup three. ties it. on to trim -- triple overtime and it was too much mo mo. he explode thoaz -- explodes to
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the rack. >> down on the farm, stafford -- stanford hosting arizona state. stanford led by four the break. second half, sun devils rally. arizona state within five. but stanford holds on. improves to 5-6 in pac-10 with an 83-75 victory. >> west coast conference leading st. mary's hoisting low ol' -- low ol' lemaire mont. 73-66 st. marys. they hold on for the 79-70 victory. >> santa clara a and usf, and the night belongs to the don. they win 68-62. we have seven new members of the pro football hall of fame.
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>> mike: in professional sports it's rare when an throw athletes his entire contrary with one team. it's been five years since superjoe thornton left boston. couture wavingwaving through traffic. now in the third. still 1-0. bruins looking to equalize. but with a few second left. the empty netter and the sharks win their third straight. 2-0 the final. the pro football hall of fame has seven new members and as alan coins coins coin co-contind
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me, i'm not in it. deion is a first ballot inductee. he was named the defensive player of the year in 1994. considered the best over to play his position. a triple threat at cornerback, wide receiver and kick returner. joining deion, marshall faulk, a league mvp in 2000. played for the colts. bears super bowl mvp richard dent, shannon sharpe, nfl films founder ed sabol. les richards played with the rams, and chris handburger. tim brown was denied for the second straight year. this is what the steelers and packers are playing for. this is from super bowl xvi because you're a woorl world champion for life. and for my pick, i'm choosing the packers to take the almost bard can -- lombardi trophy baco
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where it began. >> i'm a big bart starr fan so i'm going with the packers. >> mike: a bart starr fan. >> frances: i'm going with the steelers and i say that with absolutely no authority. >> alan: when you slip that ring on, it gives you an incredible sense of modesty. >> mike: once your a world champ, you're that for life and i was lucky enough to sit on the bench when the 49ers won. >> alan: with shu and
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