5:01 on this thursday morning. he i'm eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze. police are asking for with it -- asking for witnesses to a savage beating in a park the father may have watched the whole thing. terry mcsweeney is live at the boy's school. >> reporter: one of the big questions is why was the father there? another question is, the boy went here to the school and the father drove him to roosevelt in downtown san jose. why did he drive him that far to a known gang hangout? the boy who died 14-year-old boy a student here at burnell

intermediate school. driven to roosevelt park by his parents, according to police he was attacked by a group of people, possibly a gang. beat him savagely, head injuries, he was taken to the hospital, this happened friday evening about 7:00, he died on monday police only releasing the information now to give the family time to deal with their loss and investigators time to put things together. police say there's no doubt about it, roosevelt park is a known gang hangout. >> from what we know about the investigation coupled with the information that we know about the park we believe this is gang-motivated homicide. >> reporter: police are saying there were lots of people at the park last friday. when police arrived they scattered. they would like someone to come forward no suspected identified this is san jose's

13th homicide of 2012 and the fifth gang-related killing. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. :03. developing news san francisco, more than 60 people treated with antibiotics because they had contact with a young lab research worked with a bacteria that caused meningitis and other illnesses, he died over the weekend. katie marzullo is live in the newsroom. he died from the disease he was investigating? >> reporter: exactly. so sad, but the chief of infectious disease at the hospital looking forward says it will be five more days before they can totally be sure that no one else contracted the potentially deadly bacteria. incubation period typically three to five days in rare cases as long as 10 days. the 25-year-old researcher died of an overwhelming bloodstream infection saturday. assumed he came into contact with the bacteria last week while working with it in the va hospital's infectious

disease lab in san francisco. his first symptom appeared friday night hours after he left the lab. the man lived on treasure island with his girlfriend and roommates the chief of the hospital says the workers who treated him at the hospital and his fellow lab workers, 70 total have all received preventive care. >> everyone in the laboratory was called immediately to find out if they had symptoms. and they were all given antibiotic pre . a single dose of antibiotics 100% protective against -- against developing the infection. >> reporter: the bacteria is spread through saliva, sharing food, toothbrushes, kissing or coughing in close proximity, three feet. the germ can kill quickly in this case the worker died 18 hours after he started showing his first symptoms. symptoms include nausea, chills and rash. the public health department is still looking for anyone

who thinks they may have come into contact with this researcher. those people are going to want to get these antibiotics. katie marzullo, abc7 news. we are learning more about the california dairy cow that died of mad cow disease. investigators have finally tracked down two of the infected animals' offspring one was stillborn. the other fond in another state where it was -- the other found in another state where it was euthanized and had brain cells tested, investigators say the test results are negative. the san diego county medical examiner is expected to reveal more information today about the sudden death of former nfl great junior seau. he died yesterday at his oceanside home it appears the 43-year-old shot himself to death. he played 20 seasons in the nfl. elected to the pro bowl 12 times. his death follows suicides of

four players within in the last year all displayed signs of head trauma. >> we think in some instances head trauma could be related to depression. and depression at times can be a cause of suicide. >> it makes we want to spend the day reaching out to my teammates and making sure they are okay. >> no word if seau had a history of head injuries or that attributed to his decision to end his life. dozens of fans have been leaving flowers at his restaurant near where he played for the san diego chargers. this morning we learn the final words and thoughts of osama bin laden. the center at west point academy is about to release documents seized in half year's raid in -- in last year's raid in pakistan. he was dismissed as out of touch as he urged attacks on u.s. targets. we'll have a link to them on

abc7news.com. under see it on tv. this morning very emotional testimony is expected in the corruption trial of former democratic presidential candidate john edwards. a former aide will testify about how his wife elizabeth reacted after she found out he was still having an affair with a campaign worker. yesterday the aide testified that elizabeth edwards tore off her shirt and bra in front of her husband and his staffers in a fit of anger. edwards' daughter cate left the courtroom in tears. edwards faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted. u.s. state department official says a blind chinese activist at the center of a standoff now wants to leave china with his family along with hillary clinton, secretary of state, the situation certainly adding significant as the secretary

opened talks this morning on foreign policy and chick issues with china. she is in china -- and economic issues in china. she is in china. chen spent six days in the embassy after escaping from house arrest in a rural town where his activism upset local officials. yesterday he left the embassy to get treatment at a hospital only after u.s. officials said the chinese government agreed to resettle him in another province. >> of course, as part of our dialogue, the united states raises the importance of human rights and fundamental freedoms. because we believe that all governments do have to answer to citizens' aspirations for dignity and the rule of law. and that no nation can or should deny those rights. >> now chen says he fears for his family's safety, unless they leave china. china has gone as far as asking the u.s. for an official apology over the incident. 5:08.

there's rain lurking. the question is when are we gonna see it? >> depends on where you are, right mike? the north bay will get it first. absolutely storm coming from the north so they will get it first. good news for morning commute, quiet now. this is slowly sinking down to the south, 20 mile progress over the last hour or so. still hanging out in mendocino county. the rain will be probably after the morning commute, it is warmer this morning everywhere except in redwood city. temperatures in the upper 40s around santa rosa, napa, los gatos, low to mid 50s for everybody else. in the afternoon steadier rain across the north bay, low to mid 60s. scattered showers down to the south into the east mid 60s around the bay upper 50s along the coast, breezy, a small

craft advisory for the bay water and coastal waters. upper 60s to low 70s in the east bay valleys and the santa clara valley. once this passes tonight, it will be breezy, sunny, warming trend starts tomorrow and temperatures around 10 to 15 degrees warmer by monday good morning. quiet on bay area freeways. roadwork heading through novato, northbound 101 cars heading in this direction from novato boulevard towards atherton avenue until 6:00. southbound good towards 580 and golden gate bridge. contra costa county commute nice quiet start southbound 680 heading towards highway 24. if you are heading towards east shore freeway soon you can expect a good ride, westbound delay-free from the carquinez bridge to the bay bridge toll where there are no delays. the only place we are seeing some slowing right now is westbound 205 as you head out

of tracy and we had a traffic spotter just report heavy about 12 minutes ago that was reported by -- moving at 34 miles an hour as you head near 11th street. then it is not too bad now on the altamont pass another traffic spotter he or she is moving at over 40 miles an hour. you can get traffic information when you need it by having a free waze app available. you can download it by going to abc7news.com/waze. it is 5:11. next, the new fee that could have one airline's passengers cutting back on the carry-on luggage. also the crackdown coming for payday lenners in one county. state law i can -- makers gives a thumbs down to save a restaurant delicacy

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. . good morning. chrysler in demand four factories will work all summer instead of closing, two other plans will close for chrysler just had its best quarter since 1998. trouble in europe, 17 countries face record unemployment, highest since they adopted the euro

unemployment 10.9%. new survey finds the average ceo of an american corporation earned 11 million dollars last year, 231 times more than the average worker. from 1978 to 2011, ceo pay went up 725%, workers pay rose 5.7%. >> spirit airlines raising fees again, now $100 for a carry-on that doesn't fit under your seat. that can cost more than the ticket. that's america's money i'm rob nelson. santa clara county's board of supervisors have passed a law that will ban payday loan lenders or check cashing centers from opening in unincorporated parts of the county. worried they target low income residents with predatory lending practices. some loans can charge interest rates as high as 460%. the new law goes into effect june 21st.

san jose city council will consider a similar ban may 15th. state leaders denying an appeal by several california chefs to reconsider an upcoming ban on the delicacy known as foie gras the ban take as effect in july. the ban was inspired by i-team reporting showing the dubs used to create the delicacy are force-fed through tubes up to three times a day to fatten up their livers. second time this year an anti-gay women's group going after jc penney the organization is upset with the department store chain over an ad depicting a smiling lesbian couple and their daughter. the one million mom's website urges members to visit their local jc penney store manager and politely explain the ads the wrong message in february the -- one million

moms has an estimated 44,000 members. this morning a2ñ2yb versiof the scream has honor of being the most expensive painting ever auctioned off. unidentified telephone bidder paid 120 million dollars for a pastel version painted in 1895. five bidders competed for "the scream." experts expected 80 million dollars it was sold by the heir to a norwegian shipping fortune -- it shattered the previous record of 106 million paid for a picasso nude in 2010. as you know, he painted four versions this is the only one left in private hands soui valuable. >> macaulay culkin was not the inspiration despite what you may think at home. >> he does a great imitation. >> he does. not everybody is going to

get rain, not at the same time. 5:18, cloudy, a few breaks in the cloud cover, mainly cloudy, and mild compared to yesterday. storm up to the north still pounding washington, oregon, northwest corner of the tate where it going to day for the better part of the next couple of hours. if you are leaving the house soon the morning commute is going to be dre. -- to be dry. partly cloudy around the monterey bay low to mid 60s salinas and watsonville. we'll have steady rain possible in the north bay along the coast with showers for the rest of us. sunny and breezy tomorrow, dry, still cooler than average, warming trend will come in this weekend breezes will hang around also temperatures compared to average, cooler by four degrees livermore 69, same oakland 64.

san jose 68, redwood city eight degrees cooler, 65, napa only 64° you are supposed to be 74 on may 3rd. sunrise 6:11. sunset 8:03. 3:00 the rain shield, you see scattered showers starting to develop across the rest of the bay area. low to mid 60s north bay upper 50s to low 60s along the coast into san francisco mid to upper 60s bay shore into the south bay upper 60s to near every in the -- to near 70 in the east bayvow)3ñ valleys. there's a chance of showers during the game, but at worst it postpones it for a bit it will not be a washout. 55 warming up to 58. tonight cloudy, patchy fog possible in the north bay valleys mid to upper 40s rest of us upper 40s to low 50s. warm front that usually means

steadier rain will move into the north bay, cold front behind it you can see ahead of that cold front we have the steadier rain moving into the north bay around noon during the afternoon hours it starts to taper into showers as the cold front moves into the bay. as it starts to exit the south bay, we still have showers around 9:00. tomorrow morning, they are gone. tomorrow afternoon a lot of sunshine as we head into your weekend. it will be breezy tomorrow. 10th to quarter inch possible in the north bay. the rest of us if you get caught under a shower, 10th of an inch for now. warmest weather monday, 10 to 15° warmer than today. have a great day. we start off with a live shot of the golden gate bridge. i saw crew activity but it doesn't seem to be causing trouble traffic flowing both directions in and out of marin, bay bridge toll delay-free wind advisory cancelled for the bay bridge and san mateo

bridge. if you want to take mass transit this morning, no delays. with the waze traffic app, i showed you earlier the slowing on westbound 205 out of tracy, it seems like traffic now starting to pick-up westbound 580 through the altamont pass. basco road still looking good. westbound 4 out of antioch also moving along nicely. you can keep up-to-date with traffic, while you are on the road download our free traffic app, abc7news.com/waze. 5:21. next, the role that has one online ad featuring ashton kutcher yanked from the internet. a board full of zeroes. the pitcher who has a lot of nothing to brag about this morning.

the a's beat the red sox in boston, 4-2. the giants fell 3-2 to miami in 10 intpheupblgss last night. they will try to avoid getting swept today. the los angeles angels' jared weaver joined an elite fraternity by pitching the second no hitter in less than two weeks he needed one out --

the crowd included weaver's family, many fans who started following him when he started at long beach state university. >> i'm at a loss for words. it hasn't kicked in yet. thank you guys for all your support this is awesome. i couldn't have done it without the defense. guys were picking me up, left and right. >> weaver's no-hitter comes after the player of the white sox tossed a perfect game in chicago april 21st. and marks the 231st no hitter in baseball dating back to 1900. emotional time. online ad featuring ashton kutcher has been pulled after viewers call it racist. the ad features kutcher in brown make-up looking for love it was taken off after angry e-mails began coming in. other ads with kutcher portraying, stoner, tattooed

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5:29. thanks for joining us i'm eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze. owners of an east oakland restaurant are waking to an unwanted surprise a car crashed into their building this morning. the car slammed into the front of simpson's soul food after midnight. the driver was not injured. no word on how much damage was

caused. you can see that at least part of the building caved in. police have not said what they believe led to the crash. they have not determined how badly it damaged the structural integrity. many of the protesters arrested in oakland are set to make their first court appearances. police say officers arrested 39 during the mostly peaceful protests. city leaders say only a small group provoked confrontations and vandalism. most arrests were for obstruction or failing to disperse. five face more serious charges, including felony battery and vandalism. wells fargo is helping to cover the costs of monday's vandalism spree from the mission district. the bank is giving $25,000 to help business owners cleanup and make repairs. dozens dressed in black broke windows, threw paint and slashed tires along valencia street more than 30 businesses were hit, including a police station.

a prayer vigil will be held tonight to remember the people killed at the oikos university in oakland. it starts at 8:00 in pleasant hill. love a child mission is sponsoring the vigil as part of the third annual national day of prayer. organizers say the theme prior to last month's shooting was praying for safety and pretext of the country's schools. they say the theme will remain the same with added prayers for families and friends of the victims killed when a former stew went on a shooting rampage april 2nd. developing news, police in san jose are asking for your help in finding information in the savage beating death of an 8th grader at a public park. investigators think the child's father may have seen the whole thing. terry mcsweeney is live at the boy's school in san jose. >> reporter: this is nell intermediate -- this is --

police need someone to step forward to he did with the case. look at the boy who died monday this is the 14-year-old an 8th grader at the school, lots of questions. the school is in south san jose the park where he was beaten downtown san jose why did he go to that known gang territory? why did his parents drive him there? according to police his father was nearby maybe watching as a group of young people approached and beat him savagely, give being him head injuries that he died from -- giving him head injuries that he died from monday >> from what we know about the information and what we know about the park we believe this is a gang motivated homicide. >> reporter: there were lots of people at the roosevelt park last friday 7 p.m., no one is talking to police. police would like to see that change if you saw something, you know something, please give them a call. no suspects have been

identified in this killing. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. san francisco's long troubled 6th street may get a police substation. a committee has just approved a plan the substation could open as early as this summer around the same time twitter's headquarters will move to the area. the city will spend $775,000 to renovate a storefront, rent could cost more than $297,000, if police stay in the facility for the entire nine year lease. the board will vote tuesday. in a few hours caltrain board will begin discussing plans for adding more trains. caltrain is expected to have a balanced budget for the next fiscal year and seeing record ridership levels. the agency is recommending adding six more trains to its daily schedule to address overcrowding. cal trains faces a shortfall in future budgets, unless a new stable funding source is

found the agency could be facing new service restrictions as soon as 2013. cal-state system ready to reconsider new policy on how much university presidents can make. next week trustees will meet and likely a the recently approved policy that lets them pay new presidents 10% more than outgoing presidents. new salaries would have to remain the same until at leave 24 teen. critics say the policy -- 2014. critics say it is a slap in the face to students. negotiations for a new contract stalled, california faculty association says members will walk out if the chancellor imposes a contract. the walk-out would be a rolling strike. today former president bill clinton, governor brown and former secretary of state condoleeza rice will headline annual outlook conference in

san jose this is the 40th year of bringing silicon's valley's brightest leaders to discuss business, economy and politics. they will join a panel of speakers who will share their views on the future. the conference starts 12:50. breaking news in pet dozens of officers from multiple agencies are converging on a safe way parking lot on south mcdowell boulevard. homeland security officers were conning some kind of information and shots were fired. witnesses say at least one officer was injured and airlifted from the scene. people are being asked to stay away from the area of south mcdowell and mcneil drive. amy hollyfield is on her way to the scene as we speak. we'll have an update from her as soon as possible. needless to say this is traffic impact as well in that area. frances will be telling us more about that. right now the weather forecast.

good morning. good news, live doppler, dry right now if you are heading out the commute won't be hampered by wet weather. unless you head way north in the mendocino county and northwest corner of the state you can see the system rotating around counterclockwise flow of that low going to push showers towards us in the morning hours in the north bay you can see sprinkles even drizzle at 8:00 i think the commute is going to be dry for all of us upper 40s to low 50s. noon you have a better chance of seeing organized wet weather across the north bay, temperatures in the mid 50s to 60 towards concord and livermore, increasing clouds and by 4:00 in the afternoon still looking at rain shield across the north bay in the form of light rain green moving south in the form of scattered showers mid 50s in the north bay san francisco along the coast low to mid 60s for rest of us, 7:00 all of us have a chance of scattered showers and temperatures in the mid to upper 50s.

unfortunately, because there's scattered showers pollen will be high until you get rain in your neighborhood this afternoon. breezy conditions sunny, warming trend that kicks in tomorrow, you will feel it saturday through monday. here's frances with a new accident. yeah, i just wanted to add to kristen's breaking news if you are heading through petaluma north 101 east washington off and on-ramp blocked because of breaking news where there is police safety at that safeway parking lot off 101 on -- an individual that exit and on-ramp and consider something else if you are -- avoid that exit and on-ramp and consider something else. we can show you how jammed it is four miles an hour northbound 17 heading towards the summit this is all due to construction blocking a lane until 6:00 this morning.

it picks up -- oh you noticeed just real-time it got slower, seven miles an hour now. thanks to this traffic spotter who submitted a picture 11 minutes ago you can see wait looks like on the road. you only have that one lane open. you can see why traffic is moving at four, seven miles an hour this is our hot spot for the morning. in fact, traffic was reported at a standstill about 16 minutes ago. so, just try to give yourself extra time, but also know that the roadwork will be cleared at 6:00. should be better by then. also, northbound 880 through oakland, there was an earlier stall. they are trying to clear it, they are running traffic breaks right now traffic is light enough that it is moving along close to 16 miles an hour. here's 101 san rafael, southbound good, northbound through petaluma, avoid east washington we have amy hollyfield heading to the scene. >> jeer going to continue to follow the petaluma incident. we are now just confirming,

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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. more on our breaking news. two officers hurt in some sort of homeland security incident. dozens of officers are converging on a safeway parking lot on south mcdowell boulevard. police will only say that homeland security officers were conning some kind of operation and -- were conducting some kind of operation and shots were fired. at least one officer was injured, probably two, one was airlifted from the scene. people are being told to stay away from the area of south mcdowell and mcneil drive, traffic problems are started this. amy hollyfield is on her way

to the san . she will have an update as soon as -- to the scene. she will have an update. traffic is checking the traffic situation there. a stockton parolee will be arraigned for trying to take a gun from an officer. it is what happened next that has everybody talking. you can see three officers beat the suspect nearly a dozen times with batons after chasing him down after trying to detain him. take a look at how the incident started this is cell phone video captured by a store owner of the original attempted arrest it shows the suspect reaching behind the officer's back near his holster. witnesses say it was clear he was trying to grab for the officer's gun. an internal investigation is underway. this morning investigators say their latest search for victims of the so-called speed freak killers has come up short. investigators have been focusing on a home once oned by accused killer herzog in a

rural area east of stockton. authorities believe herzog and shermantine killed a dozen people in the 80s and 90s. in february, investigators found the bodies of two of those victims in a well on property that was once owned by shermantine's family. the latest unemployment numbers have just come out. >> protection against mad cow in the u.s. is about to get weaker. bloomberg business report coming up. untapped voting bloc that has democratic leaders paying close attention to the bay area. passenger whips out his smartphone to catch a near disaster in the air. why he's now trouble with the feds. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

welcome back. doppler active to the north of us sliding to us. if you live north 80 or traveling that way during the afternoon expect scattered showers even steadier rain at times 54 eureka, mid to upper 60s check co-and sacramento, big -- chico and sacramento,

big sur. just about 5:48. this morning the head of the democratic party is in seattle after rallying support for president obama in san francisco. party chair debbie wasserman schultz spoke to three dozen in the bay area yesterday who showed up for the launch of aapi for obama she says asian american pacific islanders support is critical in the upcoming november election and hoping for a big turnout. >> they are registered to vote 3-1 as democrats. turning out the api community that is already registered and increasing registration is going to help make the difference particularly in swing states where those communities are larger. >> however, abc7 news political analyst says it is not likely the aapi vote will be critical in the presidential race but says matter in congressional races with democrats having a shot at five or six seats in the state.

if you look at the full moon this saturday and thinks it looks bigger, you will be right that's when we'll see the largest, brightest full moon of the year. it will be 17,000 miles closer than usual. it could cause higher than normal tides. high tides 3:30 in the morning and 4:30 in the afternoon at the golden gate bridge. >> we'll be able to see the moon this weekend? >> absolutely. once we get through today, a lot of sunshine, a lot of clear sky at night and warming trend on the way. first this morning mostly cloudy, a lot of mid and upper level clouds, low clouds are lacking now as the system is not very moisture-laden not here you can see from our roof cam looking over treasure island, mostly cloudy, let's look where that rain is, we zoomed in on live doppler, starting to head towards ukiah,

the southern extent of the radar returns. moving slowly southeast. upper 40s north bay valleys, redwood city and los gatos everybody else in the low to mid 50s, 53 oakland the warm spot. watsonville -- i should say -- what is going to happen today? temperatures warm up a little ahead of that system, fremont five degrees warmer 66, san francisco 60, concord 66, best chance of steady rain north bay santa rosa seven degrees cooler than yesterday. as far as our temperatures compared to average from four degrees cooler average in lever more to 10 in napa, i think we have the chance of steady rain along the coast definitely north bay valleys, low to mid 60s north bay upper 50s near 60 along the coast in san francisco this is morning

to early afternoon. then as we head towards 3:00, which we are seeing here into the afternoon, scattered showers are possible around the bay mid 60s there, south bay and east bay valleys mid 60s to near 70 partly sunny monterey bay, dry today mid 60s inland upper 60s to low 70's. giants game a threat of a shower or two. the game will not be rained out. it will be cool, 55° at 12:45, first pitch, warming up to 58°. not much warming there. temperatures tonight mid to upper 40s in the north bay valleys except cloverdale 41 everybody else upper 40s to 50 mostly cloudy. warm front usually means steadier rain moving through the north bay cold front behind it usually means scattered showers not as steady. heading from now into noon steadier rain moving into the north bay by 5:00, scattered showers breaking out around the bay they will move into the south bay during the evening rush, by midnight,

1:00, gone we wake up in the morning to mostly cloudy, increasing sun and breezy for friday with temperatures a lot like today, rainfall amounts 10th, quarter inch possible north bay up to a 10th of an inch for rest of us. temperatures warm saturday, sunday, monday. 80 around the bay monday, mid 60s at the coast. breaking news in petaluma we are following now. i want to show you where and how it is impacting traffic. north 101 east washington on and off-ramps blocked because of police activity at the safeway parking lot south mcdowell boulevard and mcneil this is right here this is the off-ramp and on-ramps that are blocked this is 101, southbound seems to be unaffected for most commuters heading south through petaluma.hz0q keep this in mind if you are heading northbound you may want to consider old redwood

highway as an alternate. amy hollyfield is heading to the scene. there's officers down. we are hearing two officers have been injured. that has been confirmed. i also wanted to mention and show you the santa cruz mountains with the waze traffic app, that's where we are seeing some very heavy traffic, seven miles an hour, past summit towards loss guy foes, 13 mile as -- los gatos, 13 miles an hour this is because of construction a traffic spotter submitted this great picture. you are traveling northbound in the southbound lanes only one lane open that's why traffic is so backed up. this is scheduled until 6:00 this morning. i'm hoping it will clear quickly after that elsewhere, normal commute, just getting crowded now westbound 80 towards the bay bridge at the toll for the most part still delay free. we are just getting word that petaluma fire has confirmed that three have been

injured, three have been shot and injured there. we know at least two are officers. we are going to continue to follow this breaking news story for you. amy hollyfield is headed to the scene. labor department has just released weekly snapshot of our job market the number of new applicants dropped by 27,000 last week the biggest weekly drop since a year ago. >> u.s. rules on mad cow may be about to change. here's jane king. good morning. u.s. s against mad cow disease may be about to get weaker department of agriculture new criteria for identifying a country's risk status creating what some ranchers say would be a loophole allowing the import of cattle at higher risk of disease there has never been a confirmed human mad cow disease fatality from u.s. beef. new study says franking can hurt the nation's water supply. -- the chemically fluid from

franking. it shoots fluid into the ground to push out natural gas. drillers say there is no documents case of the fluids reaching drinking water. spirit airlines charging as much as $100 for carry-on you can knock the fee down to $50 by paying at check-in, instead of at the gate. the oakland-based california right to know campaign says it5ó collected 970,000 signatures to qualify for a labeling initiative for the november ballot. modified ingredients have been on store shelves since 1994 they are found in 80% of the processed foods we buy. >> it needs to be clearly stated genetically engineeredded engineered on the front or pack. for produce not sold in a package, it needs to be clearly indicated at the store,

somewhere. >> one of the largest biocrop companies says labeling modified ingredients will mislead consumers into thinking products are not safe when they are. airline passenger is now in trouble for capturing video of a bird strike on a delta flight. stop a second, check this out. look carefully you see the birds fly bay. then they get sucked into one of the plane's engines this happened during takeoff from jfk. the passenger is now in trouble because passengers were supposed to have all electronic devices turned off at the time. grant says he took the video because he thought the flight was doomed. >> i did it on an ipad. to text my wife i'm on 1063 out of jfk this flight is in trouble. i thought it was going to roll over and crash. >> flight made a safe

emergency landing and grant has received a warning letter from the faa. we continue to follow breaking news in the north bay, at least three have been injured in some sort of homeland security incident. at least two are officers. we'll have a live report from the scene in petaluma and our first pictures coming up. mysterious death of a bay area lab researcher from a disease he was working with on-the-job. we are live with the precautions authorities are taking to stop it from spreading. honoring the doolittle raiders tributes planned for some of the brave men who helped america win the war in the south pacific.