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captioned by closed captioning services, inc. >> breaking news out of the east bay. a bomb threat forced evacuation of the hayward hall of justice. the sheriff's office has just given the all-clear. dozens outside the courthouse all those people are being allowed back inside after the deputies declared the scene safe. good morning i'm kristen sze. and i'm cheryl jennings. even more hidden camera footage of mitt romney has surfaced online this morning. this time the republican presidential nominee says peace in the mideast is not possible.
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>> israeli prime minister netanyahu and palestinian president abbas have both declined to comment. this video comes from the website mother jones. shot the same florida fundraiser in which romney also said nearly half of all americans see themselves as victims who want government help. karen travers has more on how in could affect the presidential race. >> reporter: mitt romney's rough september may have gotten worse. video clips posted by mother jones rocking the presidential race and have the romney campaign scrambling in the clips, romney seen describing wealthy donors at a may fundraiser that nearly half americans who are solidly for
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president obama >> reporter: romney said as an election strategy he can't worry about those voters. >> reporter: last night he held a late night press conference but didn't offer an apology. >> it is not elegantly stated. >> reporter: the obama campaign said it was shocking that romney believes half of americans view themselves as victims. the video gets to the heart of one of romney's core weaknesses voters don't believe he's empathetic. al% of americans say romney would -- 58% of americans say romney would favor the wealthy over the middle class.
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>> every time there's been an opportunity for him to move to undecided he either made a mistake or a decision that hasn't helped him. >> reporter: the video controversy comes as the campaign was trying to hit the reset button. now they have to reset the reset the next big chance may not come until the first presidential debate on october 3rd. hundreds of passengers traveling from san francisco to australia are on their way after frustrating delays that that spanned two days. >> with two flights bound for australia. those passengers just took off.
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loft night they slept in the airport, 200 other passengers . passengers were booked on to monday night's flight was pushed back until tuesday morning at 9:00. >> i wanted to meet with a friend in australia, now it is not possible. i will fly 10 hours late. >> reporter: united airlines tells abc7 news there were two different mechanical problems. >> i was pretty upset. very frustrated. traveling is not fun to start
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with. then delays and whatever and people are difficult to deal with. the people here were nice, but last night on the phone not very nice. >> reporter: she lives in san francisco she went home to ride out delays. the airline did give out hotel and food vouchers. some passengers said it wasn't enough. they said it was a hassle to get their checked luggage back and they had to pay to take a shuttle to the hotel. flight took off shortly after 9:00 this morning. united airlines tells me that was to accommodate passengers who did retrieve their checked bags to give them time to recheck those bags. katie marzullo, abc7 news. occupy san francisco demonstrators remain at justin herman plaza right now with police watching to make sure they don't bring tents back to the location. the most focusing on the economy marked its one year anniversary yesterday. amy hollyfield has been there all morning. peaceful so far, but determined to stay?
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>> reporter: they say they are staying. take look behind me, there aren't that many of them, but enough to have police watching them and vendors out here on edge. it was looking like a clash with police and protesters was in the making. occupy activists pitched tents and spent the night in justin herman plaza, which is illegal. they say they were enjoying the energy that came if the movement's first anniversary celebration, yesterday. and wanted to channel it to an occupation of the >> mission is to keep the occupy movement going strong for the fall. we have a huge resurgence today all over the country from zuccotti park to here. people are here to bring the camp back up. >> reporter: camping here is illegal. police told them they had to move by 6 a.m. or they would take their tents down for them. instead of packing, they sat. some of them sang. ♪ ♪ ♪
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>> reporter: jut police put riot gear on right at 6:00, the tents came down. >> members of the occupy group wanted to cooperate and we appreciate them cooperating. >> reporter: it is not just police who want them out of here. vendors who are licensed to sell their goods here are furious to see the protesters are back. steven phillips says sales of his photographs were down 2/3 when they occupied last year. >> when it is noisey, people run through. they want to get in and out as quickly as possible. we certainly can't sell anything in those circumstances. >> reporter: a handful of protesters remained with a team of officers assigned to watch them. they say, they aren't going away. >> we would like to keep the park like a nationwide reoccupies. >> reporter: they are allowed to be here now the question
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will they stay past 10:00 tonight when the park closes and will they pitch tents, which is illegal? standby, we'll be watching for you. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. a short time ago governor brown signed legislation that authorizes changes to california's workers compensation system. the governor signed the bill during a ceremony an hour ago in san diego. supporters state measure will increase benefits to permanently disabled workers by $860 million dollars a year. it will give employers a break on insurance coasts which have been expected to rise by -- costs which have been expected to rise by 18% in january. opponents, say the bill is flawed and could reduce benefits for people who are unable to return to work. redwood city police looking to the public to identify a burglary suspect. video of a man 16 to 21, 5'7, medium build black hair and
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brown eyes taken by a camera at a home on august 30th. the suspect entered through a sliding glass door and stole electronic equipment and jewelry police say anybody providing information may be eligible for a cash reward. alameda county firefighter if the hospital with a serious leg injury after getting hurt fighting a restaurant fire this morning in san leandro the fire at the tequila grill on east 14th street broke out around 2 a.m., one firefighter was working with a power saw on the roof when he suffered a serious cut on his leg. officials say his wound is not life-threatening. the fire was out in 45 minutes. still ahead, britain's prince william and kate may have something to celebrate this week. we'll tell you about the latest court ruling over topless photos taken of her. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
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african aviation workers, four afghans were killed and 11 wounded. officials say use the 22-year-old woman was likely a ploy to throw off suspicion. typically, women in afghanistan are not allowed to drive. a french court has ordered the publisher of a gas sip magazine to hanover all pictures of the duchess -- gossip magazine to hand overall pictures of the duchess of cambridge. the pictures were taken while the couple was on holiday in the south of france. the lawyers call those photos a breach of their personal intimacy. >> damage has been done what the royal couple could hope for is future damage will be limited if not eliminated, by in decision. >> magazine will face a $12,000 fine each time it defies the ruling and has been ordered to hand over the the pictures by noon tomorrow.
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it is too late to block publication in other countries, ireland and italy magazines have already published them. if you think you been ripped off by payday advance loan companies, attorney general using viral video to get the word out. ♪ ♪ hey you just scammed me and that is crazy, here's a number so pay me, maybe ♪ ♪ >> city attorney appears in this parody of the song. it reminds consumers of the october 1st, deadline to file claims in the judgment against moneymart and lentil mart. >> definitely gets your attention. -- >> mike nicco are you dancing too? >> you can't see it. let's take a look outside good news for you. the sun is coming out early today that means flight
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arrival delays are over at sfo even with the sunshine temperatures are 5 to 11° cooler this afternoon. i'll tell you when warmth comes back. plus, is your child's car seat installed correctly? new study suggests the answer is no. the multi-million dollar art project on the bay bridge. [ male announcer ] if you're ready to get more from your tv service, now's a great time to get at&t u-verse tv.
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we are learning a lot of parents are making big mistaking using car seats. research finds that one in five parents don't read the instruction manuals. the biggest mistakes parents make, using wrong slots or not tightening them enough. 90% were confident that kids were buckled in sail. auto accidents are the number one killer of children between 1 and 12. endeavour now scheduled to fly over the bay area friday morning after stormy weather near the gulf of mexico pushed back the journey from florida
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to los angeles. the endeavour is set to be permanently displayed at california science center in los angeles. it will be bolted to the top of a modified jumbo jet when it leaves kennedy space center it will stop in houston and edwards air force base in southern california. friday morning it will fly over move fit field in mountain -- in moffett field in mountain view. >> i love to see that. >> we should be able to, right mike? >> going to be close in the south bay, a better chance than up near san francisco, probably going to be cloudy friday morning, hopefully that will change they are coming in 9:00 -- >> right now it looks okay. >> right now, exactly. right now it is sunny outside. san francisco friday morning, who knows, san jose, excuse me, friday morning going to be a tough one. you may want to if go to the south bay to make sure.
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vollmer peak towards the west all the clouds racing back to the coast even then pockets of sun develops this afternoon. live doppler 7 hd nothing in the way of rain, it is dry. you can see how quickly the clouds are dissipating still in the sonoma valley, a few clouds around and around the monterey bay clouds -- sun developing a little out of coast unlike yesterday. temperatures with the sunshine one to six degrees cooler than we were 24 hours ago most of us in the 50s, 60 mountain view, 60s and 70s inland antioch 72. near 60 monterey bay, 65 in gilroy right now. we'll have sunshine today, cooler than average, pretty much everyday this seven day forecast. autumn will arrive saturday 7:49, sunday, monday could be some of the coolest days in the forecast.
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11° cooler than average in redwood city. south bay low to mid 70s cupertino, san jose 73. peninsula 60s farther south loss al goes and mountain view, 70. upper 50s coast. low 60s -- downtown mid 60s south san francisco and sausalito. upper 50s to near 60 at your beaches, 60s east bay shore, union city, fremont deeper inland castro valley low to mid 70s. east bay valleys mid 70s. up to mid 80s. 80 morgan hill, gilroy. 77 hollister. low to upper 60s around sun around the monterey bay. 85 l.a., 77 san diego. cooler weather moved into the central valley this morning will stay there mid to upper 80s. did you dress properly for the
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game last night? dress the same way tonight 57 dropping to 53 between 7:15 and 10:00 at at&t4 park. 50s with cloudy conditions upper 40s around santa rosa and napa. area of low pressure as long as it keeps this sea breeze coming the temperatures will be pushed below arm. we'll see a little warming trend thursday through saturday astronomical fall begins. sunday and monday are going to be cooler, temperatures below average everyday, possibly saturday. right now, a new update from robin roberts. she wrote in her blog, she has her final chemo today. a rest day tomorrow and thursday she will have her transplant. this is a picture from last week when she threw a party for her gma family before checking into the hospital. she writes: the start of last week went well, chemo caught up to me by
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the weekend. my body is so weak, but not my mind, you give me the courage to keep going. >> we all wish her well. a plan to light up the bay bridge is what an artist is calling bay lights is being released now. the plan calls for crews to attach 25,000 l.e.d. lights to the suspension cables of the western span. the new york artist says it will be no blinking or discernible image but will vary in brightness creating patterns that never repeat think it as music you can see the eight million dollar display will be turned on in march and stay up for two years. it will not be visible to dryers on the span. no distractions. >> -- drivers on the span. no distractions. what does this do? the new high-tech device shoots popcorn trait into your mouth. -- straight into your mouth.
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>> ultimate in laziness. we'll be back. hi. if you followed the amanda knox case like millions, you won't want to miss today's show her ex-boyfriend found himself caught in the middle of the high profile murder mystery joins me to tell his side of the story. what happened that fateful night in italy?
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and crackdown on financial aid fraud at the college level those stories and more later today at 4 and 5. finally, the popcorn that comes to you. the company has invented what it calls the popnator. when you say the word pop the machine pinpoints your location and shoots a piece into your mouth. >> pop! yeah basically it is able to calculate using the small differences in the arrival time of soundwaves and reflections, where a sound originated from. >> pop sleigh >> the popnator is still a prototype so not available for sale yet. >> what!
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