construction towards the back made mostly of wood with some concrete on the facade. >> you can see the facade has given way. so the incident commander did a good job in assessing vulnerability of the structure, and establish what we call a collapse zone to make sure there is no one in front of the building. and parts of the facade did give way. >> the port says the building was being emptied out for use for the america's cup event next summer and there are kompb flikting reports whether there was construction work going on. there is an adjacent project where he can see a steel frame going up, it's unclear whether there could have been plumbing going on. there are no injuries at this

time. traffic was stopped and it's hard to tell from our vantage point but it appears it is still the case. >> thank you very much. heather mentioned winds may be a factor. >> right. spencer christian is tracking wind speeds. spencer? >> now we have wendz measured at 17 miles per hour, along the embarcadero in the area of the fire. they're lighter earlier but have become more brisk. that is not an unusual thing for twoindz pick up a little bit. and at sfo there are gusts to 21 miles per hour as you can see here on the big maps. and the winds are lighter here in san francisco. there is 7 is degrees now in this part of san francisco. there is humidity at 46%. so it's not very dry.

it's not very hot. the winds could become brisker later into the afternoon. they could pick up a bit. so winds could continue to be a factor in containing this fire, but temperatures should not be and humidity should not be. so let's hope that winds don't get much stronger than they are now. >> and there is one thing we appeared to notice it appeared the winds were blowing flames out towards the bay and not back towards the city. and there is huge plumes of black smoke. >> that is correct. >> winds have been out of the west and there is of course smoke blowing out towards the bay, towards east. winds from the west and there is we don't expect a shift in winds, not a dramatic shift in winds and they'll continue to be out of the west and northwesterly and southwesterly but in.

>> i westerly wind blowing east. so again, blowing smoke and flames away from populated areas and you can see that clearly right now. winds again at the moment about 17 miles per hour and there and could get above 20 miles per hour. we don't expect a sudden increase in winds or powerful gusts so there is winds that may be challenging we don't expect a serious problem. and we should emphasize this is a live picture now. >> yes z it's improving. there is a look from witnesses on the sidewalk. this cell phone sent in to abc

7 reports f you'd like to send us video please go to kgotv.com. >> there is a statement from the america's cup. we do not anticipate this will have impact on plans for the site and we look forward to moving ahead with future construction of the village at pier 27 and 29. we'll continue to monitor this fire here at abc 7 news and bring you latest developments. >> and turning to other news of the day. in san jose, opening statements began in a trial of a man charged with beating a priest he says molested him. and we're live with more on the trial of william lynch. >> right. opening statements in this case have been explosive with the prosecutor admitting that will lynch was molested by by the man he's accused of beating and the defense saying the skais not just about that one confrontation but decades

ofing aony and you can see will lij walked into court surrounded by supporters and a prosecutor made a stunning admission. and said evidence will prove the father molested lynch and his brother when they were children and he'd probably lie bit on the stand. in one sense this took the wind out of the sails of the defense strategy. and it gave will lynch recognizing the horrific abuse he has suffered. >> this as an abuse victim it's incredible for a prosecutor to admit the person that she's trying to up hold the law for is a liar and a rapist and a molestor. that sets a precedent here. until this time, it's been said he's accused or alleged.

>> so the d.a.said, however tharkt molestation did not give lynch the right to act out vigilante justice as she's called it. she showed the jury a blown up picture of a bloody and bruised father and says who beat thup old man? and answered the defendant beat thup old man. that is what this trial is all about. what happened between lynch and father lindner in may, 2010. the defense contends that single episode has a history dating back to 1975 and only two people know what happened when lynch sought out father lindner at the retirement facility. the defense says one of those people will take the stand and tell the truth, and the other, he says will lie as prosecutor called the victim a liar in this case.

coming up at 6:00 we'll hear powerful testimony that jurors heard and hear from the family of will lynch. >> and a 17-year-old from san rafael pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and stealing a celebrity chef's car. his lawyer wanted the theft charge tried in juvenile court. wade arrested in april in an investigation of ai drive by shooting. police say wade tried to shoot a woman and her boyfriend. she'd rejected wade's advances. wade's attorney says the client's family is behind him. >> he has support of his parents, they love him, he has a younger half brother who loves him. >> wade is accused of stealing a yellow lamborghini that belongs to guy fieri. that car was lifted after run reapelled through the roof of

a dwreerlship, he faces a 30 year prison sentence if convicted. >> a specialized firearms team is now on the scene of the massive fire that caused last week's transbay turmoil in oakland thchl team called in when they need help investigating large fires. the experts spent the day inspecting the site and taking pictures and tomorrow will be going through rubble, trying to determine what spark that had fire in a senior housing facility. >> there will be different burn patterns and the way the fire burns, establishing a flame pattern on the ground whether the concrete or wood barriers up there. they'll be able to start once they get there. >> investigators expect to be on the scene several days. damage estimated at $25 million. and that doesn't include the cost of buses and ferries to get commuters across the bay. when bart service was knocked

out due to track damage. >> family of a baerkly man killed by an intreeder -- intruder is setting a stage for a lawsuit against the city. the widow and children file aid wrongful death claim for severe emotional distress. this is the first step towards filing a lawsuit. he was killed shortly after he'd called 911 to report an intrude gler his berkeley hills home. the family claims sucar was told help is on the way but the dispatcher never intended to send help and told an officer not to respond. the city of berkeley did not respond to our calls for a comment. >> following up an ona story yesterday we know the name and a brief history of a man found floating near the jack london aquatic center. police say the 27-year-old from susanville was found yesterday morning with weights wrapped around him thorkts report he had a history of mental problems and believe he committed suicide.

his car found in a lot at the center, police believe he'd been living out of his car for several week autos still ahead on abc 7 news a last minute decision during the sandusky trial raises eye brows and puts a quick end totem. >> i'm also a woman who fell in love with a married man. >> rielle hunter out with a tell all book about john edwards and reveals details exclusively to abc's 2020. >> and a south bay car company becoming wall street's new darling. live from bloomberg west with the story.

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>> there is confusion over the hedge of former egyptian president mubarak. there are reports he nearly died yesterday but is now on life support after suffering a stroke this, is a live look in cairo, egypt. you can see thousands of gathered now and one lawyer suggests the military floated a rumor he was dead to tighten its grip claiming he is in stable condition. >> a small crowd outside of the cairo hospital now holding former egyptian president mubarak. after state media declared him clinically dead the interior ministry told abc news he's under observation and believed to be in critical condition. reports of his ill health swirled in egypt for years but declined dramatically in the last few weeks after being sentenced to life in prison for failing to stop killing of

850 protestors in last year's revolution. and emotional supporters think the 84-year-old was unfairly punished and should be left alone. >> we're still loving mubarak. he's still our hero. he's just like, like a star in egypt's sky. >> the transfer to this hospital came as tens of thousands demonstrated tuesday night in tahrir square, furious the ruling council changed the constitution, keeping a firm grip on power, celebrating the projected win of the muslim brotherhood in the weekend's historic elections. his rival, mubarak prime minister declared victory. official results are expected on thursday, and there are dualing claims are raising the project of more violence. >> there two big product

ajounsments at microsoft this week but can the software giant compete with the ipad and iphone? and hi, emily. >> good afternoon, it's been a big week for microsoft unveiling a tab blet, now, the new version of the mobile phone operating system. it will have the same core software as windows 8 meaning users can have a unified exkbreerns on the phone, pc and microsoft revealed surface tab blet and means developers can create one app for both platt forms helping build out microsoft's lagging app eco system. and there is an droid commanding 59% of the market following with 23%. and this time, microsoft is including one allowing the

phone to make mobile payment was a digital wallet that can store coupons and there is yahoo and facebook in talks to settle their ongoing patents fight. to give the companies time to talk it out. yahoo claiming the social network infringed on its patents. facebook counter sued in april akugs yahoo of infringing on 10 of its patents. and meantime, rim, the struggling black berry maker is cutting jobs. and is trying to trim $1 billion in expenses. the ceo is working to renew faith in the company after a stock decline of 60% in 12 months and rim plans to release a new line up of phones based on the black berry 10 operating system this year.

and elsewhere, federal reserve said it will expand operation twist program to stimulate the economy but that wasn't enough for investor who's sent stocks qlor after the fed cut estimates for growth and said progress in the job market slowed. your bloomberg silicon valley index ending slightly higher and tesa shares closing up more than 5% after goldman sachs increased a price target on tesla motors in anticipation of the release of the model f sedan fry fri and said the model x, suv planned for 2013 and tesla's next generation model could push production to more than 90,000 vehicles by 2017. and this will be the first vehicle to be designed and built in-house. i'm emily chang with bloomberg

west, larry, back to you. >> switching gears here, the original from another planet this, is a picture of a crateor on mercury what. do you think that is? summer intern noticed something familiar about the photo. so did paul. he wrote micky mouse is everywhere. happiest place on mercury. and there is you can join the conversation on facebook.com. >> and now an original mousekateer. >> i thought they were from out of this world. >> they were. >> and there. >> there is a loev view from our sutro camera. there is this a sunny, hot day

in the bay area. mild here and there is live doppler 7 hd. there are no clouds and there are sunny skies that will be rushing up to the coast. these are the high temperatures so far. there is some higher readings before the day is over. and there is 95 degrees in morgan hill. there is a hot day in our inland locations. 7 athe high so far in san francisco. there is 71 here in san francisco. low to mid-90s holding on. so there is summer arriving about 10 minutes ago with a blast of heat. clear, early tonight. clouds developing overnight. there is temperatures cooling down sharply tomorrow, remaining cool into next week.

first week of summer is not going to feel summer like. there is a what is going to push in this cooler pattern. low temperatures tonight clouds return together coast. there is maybe a little bit of drizzle. lows into mid-50s tonight, breezy over the delta. weather pattern about to change. and there is how low clouds and fog hold on tomorrow near the coast and around the bay. there is nor sunshine inland and high temperatures tomorrow will be more than 20 degrees cooler than today's highs in many locations. projected highs 76 in clover dale. 72 in santa rosa tomorrow. 73 in livermore, temperatures into mid-70s tomorrow, lots of

low clouds and fog along the coast. there is inland low 70s, here is the accu-weather forecast. there is this cooler pattern, high temperatures not climbing inland until about tuesday or wednesday of next week. so welcome to summer. >> and maybe not. >> right. right. >> thank you. >> okay. >> still ahead a man's dog is reminded to register to vote. but that is not the weirdest part of the story. we'll have the details coming up. >> there is another big money-maker in town. surprising young actress making the most money in hollywood now. >> and there are new efforts to get to you rethink that drink and skipc

and there is a virginia man got surprising mail. a voter registration form adrosed -- addressed to his dog that passed away two years ago. he was shocked to see his dog, mo's name on it. >> he opened it up and looked and i just laughed. i thought... i thought it was a joke first. and turns out, it's real. >> what amazed him is that he

would have been 19 years old, thus eligible to vote if he's human, turns out it came from a private nonprofit group trying to register voters. and this organization says it purchasing mailing lists from vendors, maybe he was online buying stuff. the boofrd elections say they receive similar complaints from others. >> all right. it's a big day for twit light movie fans. there is one of the stars on a high powered list. >> the moment has come. release of the newest trailer for "breaking dawn 2". >> this is the battle as bella now both a vampire and mother must keep her daughter save.

at one point bella tells the girl i'll never let anyone hurt you. it hits theaters november 16th. kristin stewart is hollywood's highest-paid actress according to a new forbes report saying she made $34.5 million in the last year, second place, cameron diaz, followed by sandra bullock. now, to ashton kutcher whose production company is suing california dmv showing they backed out of a deal just weeks into the agreement of a reality show taping their employees. for more news and a twilight trailer go to otrc.com. >> still ahead on abc 7 news, breaking news we covered at the top of the fire, next we'll have impact on traffic

along the embark dareo crews toin battle the blaze. >> revelations from rielle hunter about her relationship with john edwards. the exclusive interview is just ahead. >> tee fence rests in the sex abuse trial of jerry sandusky. why the former assistant coax decided not to take the stand.

lots of flames and smoke on the embarcadero. firefighters battled a major fire at pier 29. >> you can see aftermath now, sky 7 is live above the embarcadero. traffic shut down while crews battled the blaze. so while everybody was stopping their cars you can imagine the back up lasting for, well, i'm not seeing a lot of cars on the embarcadero now but take my -- well, do you know what? it's shut down until that spot. i'm guessing it's at the broadway intersection. right there. so there is a mess and everything is backed up. >> that is right. >> the building is under construction. and give us more about that traffic mess. abc 7 news has been checking it out and joins us live. >> there are kafr cars going

to come through and there is shut down in both directions, bicyclists and pedestrians affected as well. and f-line is blocked between ferry building and fisherman's wharf. no service between those and they're encouraging people to use cable cars. this is crescendoing into traffic chaos. northbound embarcadero, traffic, we're told being diverted on to broadway. everyone off water front so the interior streets, of course are getting clogged and there is are people lined up taking pictures while the port told us that that building has been vacated.

>> there is no loss and we'll be putting up the final steel here in just the couple weeks. and so there should be no impact from this. >> so... over all fwrks news for tourism, i guess but bad news for commuters in the short term down here along the embare dareo. >> and before you go, there is one vehicle. is there a word as to when the embarcadero will be opened up again? sky 7 just showed us a shot of traffic seemingly lined up forever. >> that is a good way to bank on it. the road is blocked and doesn't look like this is going to clear up soon.

>> and this is unless you're on a petty cab. >> moving on torj news of the day, defense rested today in the sex abuse trial of jerry sandusky. >> the case will go to the injury tomorrow. we have more. >> td jury in the trial of jerry sandusky will get the keys tomorrow. the defense and prosecution rested today after sandusky did not take the stand in his own defense. >> i can't comment. there is a gag order. >> counsel for one ald victim questioned whether it's the right move. >> only person who could have said this didn't happen in this particular case, under these circumstances was mr. sandusky.

he chose not to do it. and while a defendant has the right to remain silent, the question, the pregnant question in this case is whether that right is going win him an acquittal. >> was it good strategy for sandusky? it was if you consider performance in past interviews like this one with "new york times", answers only raised more questions. >> if i say no, i'm not attracted to boy that's is not the truth. i'm attracted to young people. boys, girls. >> and jerry sandusky is accused of molesting 10 boys and there are 51 charges to consider. one analyst expects the jury to reach a decision after one day of deliberation. >> last day features more character witnesses and more attempts by lawyers to discredit mike mccareery who

insists he saw san you dusky molesting a young boy in a locker room shower. >> a committee voted to find attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress for failing to provide documents linked to the fast and furious gun running operation. today, 23, 17 votes and the president invoked his executive privilege in order to keep the justice department from having to turn those documents in question over to lawmakers smchl believe the president has abused his power. >> if he did not approve what in the world is he asserting executive privilege for? this is either part of it or not. >> this is accusing him of a cover up that he was prohibited by law. >> the house will vote on whether holder will be held in

contempt. and fast and furious came under fire after a sting operation where brian perry died in a shootout. >> we have new revelations from. ielle hunter about her relationship with john edwards, there is a new book including details about how the affair began, how they're raising their daughter, and whether they have a few tour together. abc news has the exclusive story. >> new intimate details emerging about the six-year affair responsible for the public ruin of john edwards political career. edwards miss stress coming out with this explosive tell all, what happened, john edwards, our daughter and me. hunter sat down with 2020 anchor for an interview airing on friday. >> aassumptions are dark. rielle hunter as in manhunter, destroyer of marriage, destroyer of john edwards.

how do you want yourself defined?. >> first and formost, i'm a mom, rielle hunter is a mom and a woman who fell in wlof a married man. i'm in the the first woman who has done that. i'm not going to be the last. >> "people" magazine obtained these pictures and excerpts from the revealing new memoir, including how hunter says elizabeth edwards reacted to the affair, elizabeth requested tapes of the campaign, locking herself in a room to watch. one tape saw johnny walking into a room and his reaction to seeing me. she apparently told him he never once looked at her the way he looked at me. so she took that bit and put it on her computer as a screen saver in order to watch it over and over again. as far as hunter and edwards and their future? hunter has this to say i'm still in love with john. that didn't go away, shockingly enough. marriage?

i have no idea i'm not a big fan of the institution, but never say never n the end hunter says she has no regrets about following her heart because she has her daughter, quinn, who she calls the love of her life. >> and the exclusive interview airs on friday night at 9:00 here on abc 7. >> coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00 san francisco's newest energy efficient building and why it's bound to make other structures green with envy. >> i'm spencer christian, you can see we still have sunny skies in this first day of summer, things br to change, i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up in just a moment.

oorks san francisco showed off it's newest energy efficient building. the building sits at golden gate avenue and polk street, the new home of the san francisco public utilities commission. aside from the solar power, the 13-story structure harnesses wind energy, reuses all waste water even from bathrooms. >> we have a title basin created here in the building and out siftd building that will allow water to go through a tidal system of closed to

clean the water. >> and this r.there are lights controlled by a smart grid. the building will force p.u.c. employees to go green on the way to work. because there are only four parking spots for 900 employees. so they're going to love that. >> yes no. choice. >> and there is summer arriving soon and there is now in summer, finally. we're waiting for it. tomorrow it's going to be summer like on the east coast. hot and humid in new york. there is a hot interior western us urks 94 salt lake city. 11 p in phoenix. state wide in california we'll see 94 in fresno. there are temperatures into

low to mid-70s tomorrow, 72 in cupertino. 60s in san mateo. mid-50s on the coast. downtown san francisco, san francisco, a high of only 60 tomorrow. and there is low 70s in cal stoga. 63 in oakland tomorrow, highs into low 70s and near monterey bay, 60s near the bay. low 70s inland tlchl is a cool down of more than 20 degrees. >> thank you. >> okay. >> and it's return of katie couric. >> finding out what inspire herd to launch an afternoon talk show you'll see here on abc 7. >> and first, it's grilling season. do you know how to make sure meat you eat isn't cut above? i'm michael finney.

next how to determine if your beef or chicken was raised without antibiotics. >> there is a group of people who think att park is more significant landmark than the golden gate bridge. >> what? >> okay. >>

we're so excitedded about a show launching here on abc 7. >> katie couric is hard at work on her new show. i had a chance to talk to her just hours ago. >> katie have you done so much in your career, everybody knows your success in mornings and evening news and prime time z specials. olympics. you've done it all what. made you want to do daytime tv? we're happy to have you. what was the decision. >> i think it's just an extraordinary opportunity for me to create something from scratch to say we've got an afternoon show and an hour, we can tackle issues and talk to fascinating people, interview news makers and celebrities. we can try to make sense of a

crazy world we're living in. and the opportunity to do that when frankly there is a bit of a vacuum in the afternoons for sort of meaningful conversations this is just seeming to hard to resist. i was excited about the prospect of doing the show. >> and the new show starts airing september 10th here on abc 7 right before our newscast at 3:00 p.m. >> you can follow on twitter, too. >> yes. >> and listen to this, a florida woman in trouble for groping an airport security agent there. is video of the whole thing. she claims the tsa agent started it by groping her during a pat down in response, the video shows you price putting town bags and turning to a tsa supervisor and grabbed her. price claims she was trying to show how mu mill yaiting it was. she's is a former tsa agent and she knew some of the

staff. >> there was a customer complaint of an inappropriate search. she did not touch the supervisor as intrusively as she was touched. >> the tsa says initial screening pat down was conducted appropriately. >> moving on to consumer news. there is some important information on so called super bug autos they're getting bigger all the time. super bugs are bacteria resistent to one, or more antibiotics but there are ways you can minimize the risk. you probably assume most antibiotics are prescribed to people. not so. there is estimated 80% are given to animals to grow faster and prevent disease this, is contributing to rise of antibiotic resistant super

bugs according to consumer reports's gene halloran. >> may be difficult to help you find an antibiotic to help you bet well. it may be impossible. >> when consumer reports last tested chicken two, thirds had harmful bacteria. and mer than half of the bugs were resistant to antibiotics. you can find meat raised without antibiotics. at whole foods that is the only type for sale n other stores it can be harder to figure out what you're getting. >> there are labels that are misleading and not approved by the government. >> and the government approved has nothing to do with antibiotics. more helpful labels are one ones like no antibiotics, ever. and better are labels that also say usda processed

verified. >> this means the government is making sure they're doing what they claim. >> org nanic is another sure bet. looking for these labels is the best way to ensure that meat you're buying has no antibotics. consumer reports says without antibiotics doesn't necessarily cost more than regular meat. shoppers found the meat very reasonable prices at several stores. you can read the complete investigation at abc 7 news.com. >> and facebook is out with a list of the most social landmarks in ta major cities. the list comes from check ins on places app. a san francisco location is on the list and it's not the golden gate bridge. and this is a ballpark.

they sold out 119 straight games. >> i believe pablo sand yes value was checking in numerous times. still to come at 4:00 new musical using an old art form to chronicle a disturbing case to help spawn the civil rights move oomt and plans that just went up in smoke in this building in the embarcadero, coming up at 5:00. >> and there is a look on what is head on world news. >> hello, larry and cheryl. and everybody in the bay area should know tonight you're living on the pole compared troft of us, we're going to show you what's happening with the sweltering heat wave. kids still in cool. -- school no, air conditioning. and there is also a new study creating a fire storm tonight suggesting drinking while

you're pregnant? everybody arguing this tonight after abc 7 news at 5:00.

an akraimed musical based on a tragic chapter of american history. it's the creation of some distinguished tony award winners. don sanchez talked with them about the controversial show. nine african american teenagers in 1931 hoping for better times, hitching a ride, looking for work but falsely accused of raping two whil white girls. the case became notorious, they were found guilty. >> they're thought of as part of the beginning of the civil rights movement because they began to raise an awareness and a conversation about race in america. >> and the director won five

tonies. david thompson wrote the book for chic chic. this is not exactly material for a happy musical. they came up with the mintrel show. >> and you begin to realize it's a situation which you can tell stories at any point. >> this helped us. like real true appropriation of art. so taking an old art form and flipping it. >> so african americans played all of the parts. it was meant to shine off broadway. it's thought provoking. >> there are a lot of issues will be brought up.

>> giving the voice a new look. >> in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00, you can keep track on twitter and talk about it on facebook.com/abc 7 news. >> pier 29 up in flames. the massive response to the embarcadero ask a possible set back for the america's cup. there is team coverage, live. >> a state wide effort against sugar filled beverages. >> summer arrive was a blast of heat but tlb sharp changes for tomorrow. accu-weather forecast is coming up.

>> a mainler fire breaks out in san francisco. flames cut through the roof sending smoke into the air, and placing construction for the race in jep die this is a live look from sky 7 hd. there is a traffic back up along the embarcadero. good evening, everyone. >> pier 29 along exbark dareo that. is where this old dinner house used to be located. >> they're calling this fire contained and this means they do not expect to it spread but there are still hot spots inside. firefighters had their hands full and punched through the roof and forced s