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>> reporter: throughout the night. new york city remained on o lock down. checkpoints on bridges and tunnels in and out of manhattan. >> there is police everywhere. there are blockades everywhere. >> across the city traffic gridlocked. >> this is about the worst i have seen it. this is a nightmare. >> in the subways, police everywhere. police on high alert that working off little information, some of it at best secondhand. it's been a frantic 72 hours hours as they tracked it down. it started on wednesday in pakistan where the c.i.a. first developed the information. three men including one and maybe more american citizens had traveled to the u.s. in late august or early september from pakistan through dubai with an attack to new york or washington with a vehicle bomb on september 10th are 11th or 12th. they called it credible and the information very specific but

unconfirmed. >> late wednesday night the intelligence was relayed to washington and c.i.a. headquarters. early thursday another the white house the president and vice president received the first of several briefings on the vehicle bomb threat. around 7:00 p.m. as the president arrived to address congress, f.b.i. and c.i.a. were in high gear. >> you use all the resources we have. people are working 24/7 on this issue. >> reporter: they are reporting this morning that officials know the name of one of three men but do not have anybody in custody. president obama and rudy guliani are using their addresses to send a unified message. they should honor the heroes while remaining vigilant of would be terrorists. we'll take a look where the attacks begin and reflecting on the attacks in washington, new york and pennsylvania claimed more than 3,000 american

lives. for those that lost loved ones the pain is still immeasurable. wayne freedman has the story. >> reporter: if you need to know about the never ending pain from september 11th, as a mother. >> what did you lose? >> a part of my life. my heart, my soul, it all went. she was by big sister. sometimes i think about that. >> reporter: and then ask another brother? >> she is a hero in our own family but she would have been a hero in our family whether or not she was a victim of 9/11. >> one of 3,000 names we'll hear on sunday but so much more than that to her mother, she had no not looked at these photos in years. >> too painful. >> at times like this a mother remembers her little girl who grew up to be high school

valedictorian. she was a president of the small computing company when she went to the world trade center north tower. it was a rare visit. >> it was coincidence. she was there only 15 minutes before the plane struck. >> she was on the 106th floor. >> when the call came both brothers called my mother. >> the hardest thing in my life. >> i'm pretty sure she would have jumped. >> she keeps her remnants of her things in the house and garage. >> some of the things we discarded. >> tangible stuff from a life and loved one lost. >> it's no different from me the 7th or every single one. life is loss without her and pain and never changes, night,

day, doesn't matter because, you know, it's not the right order of things. you shouldn't lose your children. wayne freedman reporting. you are looking at a picture of coit tower in honor of those killed in 9/11 attacks. it will be red, white and blue all weekend long. 9/11 forever changed the world because the bay area is safer and stronger than it was. there are dozens of events taking place around the bay area that will allow people to come together to share their memories and to honor the victims of september 11th. karina rusk gives us a preview. >> 9/11 events start early in oakland, a pre-dawn silent vigil will take place newly unveiled monument. in san francisco, at 6:59 sunday morning, every fire station will mark the time of the south tower

collapse with the ring is go of chimes there will also be a special remembrance of the 49er home opener against the seahawks. >> it's an american flag but a national anthem which we're really excited about. >> thousands will gather at giant stadium. a pastor is helping to organize a faith based ceremony that will honor the victims and heroes of september 11th. >> we also are hoping as we unite together there will be strength and saying, hey, there is something more in store and there is hope. >> special recognition will be paid to first responders and those who have and still are serving in the military. air force lieutenant colonel kim campbell is a fighter pilot who was called to duty after the terrorist attacks. he is also chuck reed's daughter. he will attending two 9/11 events. >> my daughter and son-in-law

were the first to go into iraq and have been deployed multiple times and my daughter has over hundred combatted missions. it's very personal to me. >> it's at a pointed every american will pause and remember and reflect. >> we're planning to put the flag out on the back patio and to remember the people that gave their life that day. >> we're going to have live coverage of the 9/11 anniversary throughout the weekend from reports from wayne freedman in new york and lilian kim in pennsylvania where flight 93 went down. a three hour edition starts tomorrow morning at 5:00 followed by the morning news from 8:00 until 10:00. in other news, an all night police standoff ended about 4:30 this morning as police captured a robbery suspect. officers carried the suspect out of the office depot after

finding him in a ceiling panel above the store office. they were called to the taken scene about 10:00 last night. the suspect was inside but all the employees had been accounted for. s.w.a.t. team and police dog were sent into the store but it was reportedly tear gas that got the man out. >> a red flag warning is in effect for parts of the bay area this morning because of lightning strikes. thunderstorms like this one seen in alameda sky last night have been moving into the area. lightning sparked several fires last night around mount diablo. we have pictures of those, 60 acre blaze on the west side of the mountain in the walnut creek area. no homes or buildings threat but neighbors down the hill were concerned. >> it was just like a wall of flames. a little bit down the hill going to the side and it looked like it was going back the other way. a little bit. we were like, we had the car in

the driveway just in case. >> we were expecting lightning strikes but they made ground contact and we had several fires. >> they were completely contained last night. firefighters are still on standby in the diablo range. it's been cancelled for the east bay but still in effect for the north bay and in the monterey area. it was one year ago yesterday that underground gas pipeline explosion exploded? san bruno. deadliest pipeline accident in more than a decade killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. survivors gathered to commemorate the first anniversary. lyanne melendez reports. >> reporter: in the solemn ceremony the city remembered the 8 people who died a year ago. [ bell ringing ] >> he lost his girlfriend.

he was severely burned by the fiery explosion. >> everywhere you go around this town, paranoia --. [ bell ringing ] >> alan braun and his wife narrowly escaped. they spent months in the hospital. >> we are going forward but it's good to see everybody come together and do what we did. >> his sister-in-law is in a wheelchair. one year ago this neighborhood was devastated after a pg&e gas pipeline exploded. killing eight and injuring others. people tried to replace their grief with gratitude. >> this evening is our time to

remember and celebrate the humanity of our community. >> many tried to find comfort by talking to others those most familiar to them. >> i told him that as the long process. it certainly not over today. that we're all going to be there for them, whatever they need. >> and congresswoman jackie speier says the work continues to try to bring closure to the victims of this explosion. lyanne melendez, "abc 7 news." and pg&e continues to testing bay area gas transmission pipelines. they have scheduled a test in palo alto alma street to middlefield. service wouldn't be disrupted. residents might smell a gas odor when those lines are vented. >> they want know why a massive power outage in southern california was so massive.

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federal and state investigators are now trying to determine just how a blackout was able to spread to six million utility customers across the southwest and how one man could cause so much damage. it begin in a yuma, arizona substation. an employee removed a voltage regulatory somehow creating the largest power, regulator. >> it shouldn't have such a big impact. >> the nuclear plant is expected to be back on line this morning. many people are doing things

they couldn't do when the power was out like buying gas and going to the grocery store. >> the woman accused of killing michelle le is due back in court after making her first appearance yesterday. giselle esteban was dressed in an orange jump cell suit. she is charged with the murder of le. she appeared with no attorney the court may need to appoint one for her. >> lisa argen joins us now taking a look at the forecast. >> sunny city. looking at mild temperatures. here is a look from our roof cam. our numbers in the 50s, mid-60s, east bay, thunderstorms not too far away and talk about the rest of the weekend. >> and tens of thousands of people evacuated some of the worst flooding in pennsylvania as some return prepare to return home and for one person, that is

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welcome back, looking out live from the roof cam on abc studios, you can see the ferry building and old glory in the

breeze, bay bridge and we've got some gray behind you. we can see the waves. more from lisa argen in about 45 seconds from now. >> first, thousands of people in pennsylvania are waiting for the go ahead to return home after heavy flooding across the state. take a look at amazing video. a small house floating along the river and crashing into a bridge. that is the roof of the house you. you see above the water line. you see it smashed and the roof, part of it goes away and whatever is left and the rest of the roof goes floating on down the river. bad scene in the northeast. what a period they've had. earthquake and then the flooding wow. >> back home we're looking at subtle changes but most of the bay area is looking fairly typical in terms of low clouds and fog but the temperatures are much warmer. take a look. it looks like the same old,

golden gate bridge, mist, drizzle and fog. half a mile to three-quarter mile visibility along our coast. here is a look from mount tam. this marine layer at about thousand feet with that stable air in place, we're looking at a nice afternoon today. if you are staying here or traveling south or east, you'll notice the changes. and camera showing sunshine. very mild temperatures, would you believe 77 out by antioch. that is because the southwesterly wind. 67 with sun and livermore and fog is banked up along the shoreline and as a result the cooler temperatures. you go further south, san luis obispo this morning, reporting rain. so numbers anywhere from below average or below where we were yesterday, one degree to 12 degrees above where we were. a warmer air mass with moisture. that will allow for

thunderstorms, possibility mainly south around monterey, san benito right through the weekend. in the north bay, possibility of dry lightning until 11:00 above 1500 feet. offshore wind are still blowing at this hour and more of the onshore push tomorrow bringing cooler temperatures to start the week. >> here is a look at what we can expect throughout the morning hours. gusty winds and north bay mountains and also as you are heading out to the sierra nevada foothills have a risk of severe weather. what we are adding is more moisture so the risk of dry lightning decreases and wet thunderstorms will be with us, possibility from monterey on south. here at reason why. at we look at satellite composite. counterclockwise rotation an area of low pressure that will stay here and right through monday. here is a live doppler 7-hd. look at all the activity.

rain coming down from santa maria and a little light rain through san luis obispo and east i ward bakesersfield and orange county, san diego county. we are looking at pretty rough weather in spots at times but then as we lay the cloud deck over it this is where we're looking at stable air and those are points northward. the cloud cover burns back and see some of this activity rotate to the north mainly to the north and east into the higher elevations of the sierra nevada. you can expect the rest of the day. spine sierra, southern sierra, northern sierra, kern county, southern california, risk of showers and thunderstorms. we saw forward into sunday, not much has changed. back home, still kind of sticky in fresno. hot weather at 97. nice afternoon and few clouds, 80 in santa clara and on the

peninsula look for the fog and afternoon sun, late morning sun with 78 in redwood city. in fact brightening up all around the city, 66 this afternoon. 80 in novato. 77 in vallejo. near east bay, 68 in berkeley. nice day as you head towards union city, 79 in fremont and more 90s will prevail, 92 in livermore. 87 in walnut creek. mid-level clouds and light rain, low clouds in terms of fog along the coast and then some decent temperatures, warm temperatures, 80s down around monterey. the coast will be in the mid-60s. as we look ahead, we'll notice the cooler weather will stay with us tomorrow into next week. a little unusual but definitely be careful if you are out there in the north bay and all around in the bay area with the high fire danger. it was a pitching duel between the giants and dodgers

at at&t. tim lincecum against clayton kershaw and a former giant played a decisive role in this one. tim lincecum pitched well enough to win again. he was beaten by dodgers clayton kershaw with giants bats unable to help. how about one run. pablo sandoval, hitting into the hole. justin racing around the third. the throw is cut off. 1-0 giants. gordon makes an over the shoulder catch. kershaw went 8 innings and the giants defense outstanding. line drive, justin, and christian makes the grab. awesome. timmy pitched eight strong frames. juan rivera gets it up the middle. tied at one. garcia on the mound and

keppinger is coming home. valez beats the throw. dodgers win it. d'backs are victoria's and giants are 8 1/2 back with 18 to play. giants reliever says he was using a knife to separate burger patties and cut his hand. it was deep. he had nerve damage. good news it was not his pitching hand. but he may have pitched his last game as giant. >> they turned them into m&m characters. most consistent power threat launch is his 24th off of lewis. they are up 2-0. on the hill in the fifth, with amp r.b.i. double to make it 3-2 texas and they would pour it on. 4 more in the sinltdz, 35 more in the eighth. and rangers explode 13-4.

>> andrew luck heisman tour heads to duke, cardinals fared by three touchdowns. facing blue devil squad that lost their opener to little richmond. this game should be no contest but he says he takes nothing for granted. >> we try to worry a little more about how we are going to approach a game as opposed how our opponent will play better. i was watching the defense. they are a good defense but it wasn't indicative how strong of a unity they have back there. >> ka equal will visit colorado, one of the new rivals in the pac-12. bears one their opener over fresno state. zach may hard in threw for 266 and two touchdowns. the will be charging for him his first road game. >> it will be louder and bolder.

you get used to the huddle and communication and all the things growing pains that young goes go through when they get into a different vivpt. >> san jose will be at ucla. that is a wrap on morning sports. i'm larry beil. >> next, details on the man just arrested in connection with a june incident during a gaelic football game that left a player comatose.

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involved in a possible al-qaeda attack have american traveling documents. that is the word from washington who believe the goal is to detonate a car bomb either in new york or the nation's capitol. they can't corroborate the threat but it comes from a reliable c.i.a. informant. even though osama bin laden is dead and central organization is unraveling it's clear thevofh al-qaeda organization remains a threat. cheryl jennings looks what officials are calling al-qaeda 2 onto 0. >> days after the deadliest terror attack on american soil they have new public enemy number one. osama bin laden and his al-qaeda organization. >> i wanted justice. there is an old poster out west that says wanted, dead or alive. >> it took almost on decade but the pursuit paid off. in may navy seals killed bin

laden when they stormed his compound. al-qaeda was dealt a serious blow. it was probably a bigger blow than we thought it would be because he was more engaged in the running of the organization we thought he might be. >> a trove of information recovered revealed an organization already on the ropes and in disarray. drone strikes have killed more than a thousand militants in recent years including just last month the second in command. bin laden's successor, ayman al-zawahri is in hiding what many intelligence analysts believe is a less cohesive organization. >> we have eliminated or captured scores of senior leaders. we've driven them more to be worried about their own safety than to attack us. >> military and intelligence

leaders feel so confident about the fight against al-qaeda the defense secretary leon panetta said recently what the killing or capture of 10-20 key leaders, the collapse of al-qaeda could be within reach. >> if we can go after them, i think we really can strategically defeat al-qaeda. >> but others warn even if al-qaeda central is dismantled there is a growing threat from al-qaeda 2.0. dangerous spinoff groups like al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula a based in yemen and others based in somalia. >> it's a hydra with a lot of different heads. my theory has been in many ways as a younger generation come up we may find there they are more dangerous because they don't lock into the strategies we have grown accustomed to. >> recruiting more westerners for jihad and settling with

smaller scale attacks with chemical or biological weapons. >> the attacks will be smaller but still create a great psychological damage to the population of this country and other countries. >> ten years into the fight against al-qaeda, do intelligence officials believe the west is winning the war? >> we haven't gotten everything right. we've gotten a lot of things right and we certainly have al-qaeda on the back foot. >> there are still plenty of terrorists out there and we continue to have plenty to do in that regard. i think we've made important progress but the story is not over. >> and likely won't be over anytime soon. there is going to be many bay area events to mark the tenth anniversary of september 11th attacks. redwood city fire department is honoring the 343 new york city

fighters who were killed ten years ago by hosting a stair climb. firefighters and police officers will carry the name of a fallen hero and climb the equivalent of 110 floors at the oracle office building. >> and in danville people were be gathered for a fair. fire state of information as well as car seat checks and earthquake kits. that is from 9:00 to 2:00 today. >> we'll have coverage of the 9/11 anniversary throughout the weekend. we'll check back in with wayne freedman in new york city, lilian can kim is in pennsylvania where san francisco bound flight 93 crashed. a three hour edition tomorrow morning, starts at 5:00 followed by the abc7 morning news from 8:00 until 10:00. in local news, an all night police standoff in emeryville ended about 4:30 this morning as

police captured a robbery suspect. they carried the suspect out on howard street after finding him in a ceiling panel above a steer office. they were called last night. the young suspect was inside but all the employees had been accounted for. a s.w.a.t. team and police dog were eventually sent into the store but was reportedly tear gas that got the suspect out. >> san francisco police have arrested a man they think put a football star player into a coma last june. he came here from ireland to play football. during june he collapsed on the field and fell into a coma. on thursday, police arrested a galic football felony on assault charges. >> he have this blocked governor as plan for tax reform. there was a tax loop hope hole that benefited large koorps.

brown wanted to use the proceeds for tax breaks to encourage small businesses to buy equipment and expand. republicans didn't like it because they say brown tried to could it on the last day of legislative session and they want a special session to help the struggling economy. but at least three bills are awaiting his signature. one prohibits customers from using self-checkout. >> alcohol and third bill would move all initiatives and referendums to november's general election ballots and postpone a june vote on california's rainy dare fund that was part of last year's budget compromise. >> about 90 people suddenly laid off from the bankruptcy solyndra showed up at job fair in newark yesterday. president obama visited that company last year calling it american ingenuity. they bruapt ai abruptly declared

bankruptcy and former employees is dres desperate to get back to work. >> my husband is very sick. we have no benefits. he takes a lot of medication. >> alameda county investment force sponsored the event. workers received unemployment and stress counseling was available. there is another job fair september 21 also at alona college in newark. there are companies hiring in the bay area and mean of them will be at the next job journal hire event. that is september 20th at the south san francisco center. employers look for engineers and other tech professionals. find out more at abc7news.com. lisa, what is the forecast for our area on this weekend? >> you notice the sunshine out there. we have an area low pressure well to the south of us.

mixing out the marine layer in the city but here, you are looking at about thousand feet, maybe even a little deeper. fog on the coast. wide ranging summer-like temperatures. we'll explain next. >> personal artifacts of amelia earhardt to the mystery of how she vanished in mid-flight.

>> it's not that unusual but it is beautiful looking out to the golden gate bridge. you can't on an see it. there are two towers masked in fog, moisture on the lens exactly what is going on out there at the golden gate bridge but you look at some of the other shots this morning, what is the layer, about thousand feet or so? and there will be sun elsewhere a little later in the day. >> flood levels in new york and pennsylvania are finally

receding but more than 70,000 people are still out of their homes. here is more on the aftermath of hurricane lee. >> reporter: the extent of the flooding is more devastating from above as the governor of new york witnessed firsthand. >> there will be thousands of homes that will have sustained damage with all is said and done. hundreds of businesses. the damage is significant. in wigs the in pennsylvania the river crested at 42 feet. one foot higher than the city's flood walls. what they estimate to be 45 trillion gallons of rain dumped on the u.s. by tropical storm lee. utilize to fill yankee stadium 58,000 times. as the water recedes, their anxiety is rising. >> i need to go home and clean my house up. >> she was evacuated wednesday night and is staying a long with

18 other residents at red cross shelter with their grandson. >> going home is out of the question for thousands who may not be able to leave shelters for another 48 hours from new york to maryland, roads and soaking businesses lie vacant. >> the basement is filled, pretty full. it only receded about three steps. >> even though the river started to recede, flooding is likely to persist for several more days. that is really amazing pictures back there. i think you just don't hear a whole lot, it could have been far worse as casualties. there was planning and a plan in place. >> definitely good planning. and we're always planning out here because we have the threat of dry lightning in the north bay but the red flag warning has been cancelled elsewhere. more moisture in the southern part of the state. low clouds and fog.

santa cruz cloudy conditions, sun is on the way here but threat of thunderstorms in parts of monterey, sunny skies in san jose. as we head further north, mount tam showing the marine layer the stable atmosphere keeping a lid on things for now. this is sutro and as we head further north, we are talking low clouds and fog flowing into the bay. with that the numbers have been held down close to the coast. fog is with us. look at the temperatures in east bay, our east bay valleys, out towards fairfield, in the 60s and 70s this morning. so we're talking a wide spread this morning, today will be the warmer day out of the weekend and threat of thunderstorms for the next couple of hours. the dry lightning in the north bay perhaps but this morning, you are noticing the warmer air out there. 6-80 degrees warmer this morning

from concord and fremont and antioch. san francisco, maybe a degree cooler over the last 24 hours. so the red flag warning until 11:00 this morning. about 1500 feet. hills of north bay. thunderstorms are possible from monterey points south looking at a very active pattern this morning. we'll show you that in just a moment. this system will continue the threat throughout the weekend but cooler air is on the way tomorrow as the stronger onshore push heads our way. dry lightning the wet thunderstorms throughout the sierra nevada and into the north bay right through 11:00. gusty offshore winds, still the possibility and down by monterey we are looking at still very inclement weather. take a look at the area of low pressure. you can see rotation. subtropical moisture is flowing north and with that lift provided by the low we're talking big thunderstorms from los angeles, orange county, notice around santa ana the reds

bakesersfield all the way up to san luis obispo, some light rain. further south you go, better chance of showers and thunderstorms but with the clouds on this radar you notice this is keeping the atmosphere pretty stable up by the central and bay area. the thunderstorms could sneak up around monterey and southern sierra. even the northern sierra. so right through the day today. look how we have the moisture here. if you are traveling into the mountains. you be careful. kern county, southern california and right through sunday. still the possibility of a few thunderstorms. 91 in vegas and 71 in los angeles and heat will continue in san joaquin valley, quite pleasant at campbell, 83. 78 in redwood city. 58 in pa assist can ka with fog and low clouds, partly cloudy downtown, 66, south city coming in at 67. 78 in petaluma, 82 in santa rosa near east bay, upper 60s for

richmond and berkeley, then around 70 in on oakland, mid-70s through union city as you head out over the hills we have 90s here. it will quite arm around pittsburg, 86 in dublin and down by the monterey bay, you have the low clouds, subtropical moisture, maybe a thunderstorm today with 69 in salinas. everyone cools off tomorrow but still a chance of thunderstorms and dry lightning in the north bay through 11:00. then we get back to our usual weather pattern with 60s at the coast and 70s around the bay. low to mid-80s inland. >> i know the official start of autumn is 21st but september, october and november, that is fall. certainly seems the temperatures would concur with my opinion. >> i would have to agree. >> thanks a lot. >> it's been nearly 75 years since amelia earhardt disappeared on a flight around the world. this morning we have a new look

at her through personal items being auctioned off this weekend. here is don sanchez. a pair of goggle west side a cracked lens. in 1921, she wore them when she was learning to fly. she crashed. the goggles were kept by the woman that taught her to fly and wrote a book about her. here are unpublished photos that her mother found in the storage locker. >> we came across these. >> opened them up, there were them and she remembered them being a child. >> personal belongings to be auctioned off this weekend at auction gallery in oakland. >> they have rekindled about the mystique of amelia earhardt, a woman that became an icon. >> in the 1920s and 1930s she was pushing the limits. she broke a lot of equality barriers. >> a pilot is a pilot. i hope that such can be carried

out in other fields. >> around the world attempt in 1937 she disappeared. what happened has added to the mystique. >> i didn't know in europe she was popular as she is here but certainly there have been stories all over even england. >> a thousand people can show up in person but a lot more can participate online. >> they can see our cal kat logs. >> what is probably the most valuable? >> i think this one, this last one went for $144,000. >> it's about discovery. having treasures in your home and not knowing about them. tonight is the night at the opera that has been ten years in the making. next, debut performance in san francisco tells the life story of a man who died in the 9/11 attacks.

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lives at the world trade center but he did not survive. it's tonight and don sanchez has the story. >> a fire drill that would eventually save lives. he took it seriously. he was head of security for a brokerage firm at two world trade centers. his story is heart of a soldier. >> goodbye everybody. >> you may follow instructions.... >> they created the work with friends and widow. >> he is one of the most incredible men in the whole world. >> he lived in new york and they want to share him with us on the opera house stage. >> his whole life was an arc of sense of honor and dignity and

idealism. he was english. he watched soldiers go off to d-day. he became an american citizen and a decorated war hero in vietnam. ♪ ♪ >> he was assigned to men so they wouldn't be frightened. >> he was security chief at the world trade center, for years he warned it could be a terrorist attack target. on 9/11 susan was walking her dog. melody moore, as the first plane hit he called her. >> he said, stop crying. i've got get everyone out. if something happens to me, i want you to know you made my life. >> he led people out of building singing as they went downstairs. he looked for more people. the building collapsed.

his body has never been found. for opera creators this story had to be the personal one. >> with as much humility and reality as we could. >> he was a passionate and complex man and hero. he may not have liked the center of attention but he was modest. his life was an extraordinary story and now an opera. >> i'm no longer mourning or grieving for my husband because treating grieving for america. >> she will be at the opera house for the world premiere. >> it was really about performance of their life experience and also the opera asks one important question, how do you remember the fallen? >> it's about no nobility and purpose and it's a tribute.

heart of a soldier opens this evening for seven performances at the san francisco opera. >> we'll carry special coverage on 9/11 ceremonies. wayne freedman is reporting mr. from ground zero and lilian kim is in pennsylvania when flight 93 went down. coverage begins with a special edition of "good morning america" at 5:00 a.m.. >> up next, is there such a thing as having too much good fortune, there is one lucky lottery winner.

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take a look at winning numbers last night's mega millions drawing. mega number was 45. nobody got them all. so the jackpot is going to grow to $52 million for tuesday's drawing.

nobody said life is fair. the son of a millionaire wins the lottery. brian mccarthy's father runs the mariott hotels. on a whim he bought lottery particulars, quick picks. he forgot about them until he checked the numbers after the drawing. what do you know? he won $107 million. he is giving $50,000 to charity. so tired of the same story. he still got $106 million. >> we got a million dollar forecast. >> fog is going back and thunderstorms. monterey and san benito county locally has the threat. but oxnard, southern california big thunderstorm activity. 78 in palo alto. so still a threat in north bay until 11:00 about 1500 feet and then stable and steady and

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