captioned by closed captioning services, inc. in the bay area witness history watching endeavour fly over our region including the golden gate bridge in the past hour perched on top of a jumbo jet as it made that majestic loop over the bay in a symbolic farewell to nasa's space shuttle program. >> endeavour left sacramento early this morning it flew over the state capitol before it made its way down to the bay area. >> people braved crowds and

traffic to catch a few of the shuttle before it begins its next mission that is to inspire as part of a museum exhibit in southern california that will open october 30th. latest update from nasa, endeavour has just flown over the monterey bay aquarium. another science education location. earlier today it flew over the space and science center in oakland. the exploratorium in san francisco and the discovery museum in sausalito. and of course nasa ames research center in mountain view. >> it hitched a ride on top of a retrofited converted jumbo the pair left air force base, flew to sacramento and hundreds of thousands of people from northern california to southern california turned out to see this moment in history. it ispb!hci-it is going to be me saw -- low passes here.

reporters in the field could see the writing underneath the jumbo jet as it passed over. >> so exciting. john alston has been at nasa ames research center all morning he joins us live from there where the excitement and emotional day. >> reporter: people waited almost five hours to see this sight. nasa and/or the pilot pulled a fast one because the thousands here were all looking toward the aren't way and moffett field, all of a sudden the shuttle actually came behind himtg

-- i'm glad i was there. amazing. >> reporter: the fly by was a tribute to the men and women of the nasa ames research center which helped develop shuttle program. among the spectators former astronaut steve robinson of san jose who has flown four shuttle missions, one onboard endeavour. >> fact that so many get to see that space shuttle that have never seen it before makes me proud and happy to share the experience. >> reporter: the crowd started showing up before the sun came up in order to get as close as possible to the fly by. it is a treatment for  who cg his school day. >> this is the first time i've ever seen the space shuttle real life. >> i've been excited about the space shuttle since i was his age. it is nice to be able to come and see it for real. >> reporter: now the shuttle is on its way to los angeles where it will go to l.a.x. and

then will be housed at the california science center. there was restricted air space around here we are told there were no flight delays at sfo because of this. john alston, abc7 news. another advantage point that attracted a crowd the golden gate bridge of course that's where terry mcsweeney joins us live. what a morning for you! >> reporter: it really was. it was a great story to cover for every kind of reason standing here at vista point just over the golden gate bridge on the marin side. watching the space shuttle kind of come out of haze fly over alcatraz and come over and split the uprights, if you will, on the golden gate bridge. take a look at the pictures. people were saying wow. they were cheering. everybody, it was almost as if a sergeant said to his platoon, salute. as the shuttle came over

alcatraz they pulled up their cameras that was their salute and everybody started taking pictures with the ipads, phones, camera phones the whole thing. it was an emotional day for some people out here. i saw a woman sitting in a car wiping her cheeks. i up to her and said can you describe how you are feeling? she said ever since i was a girl i wanted to see endeavour i've been a huge fan of the space shuttle program all along. seeing this today, what you are looking at now, seeing that today, was enough to bring tears to her eyes with her was her daughter about the age she was when she got interested in the space shuttle program. really emotional moment. other people talking about patriotism. gentleman from new york city said he couldn't help but think of 9/11 as the plane got so close to something as famous as the golden gate bridge. a lot of reaction. a lot of emotion from the people out here. if you weren't out here half hour before the shuttle came through, then you weren't

going to get in to vista point, standing room only, cars double and triple parked, amazing. >> terry, thank you. people are e-mailing us great pictures of the fly over >> this one you can see appears to be over the bay alcatraz, over angel island all those lovely places, landmarks, brandon sent this one of endeavour over alcatraz. diane e-mailed one of the students at stewart hall for boys in pacific heights watching. what a lesson. >> i love the way that folks got these pictures to you usk"ct -- to us so quickly. we want to see your pictures e-mail to us at u-report. >> or share them with us at facebook.com/abc7news on and on twitter. another big story iphone frenzy. >> we have to leave the

endeavour for a moment much more later today. the iphone frenzy is underway. apple fans right now around the world are lining up to get the new iphone 5. amy hollyfield joins us live in san francisco at the apple store. people are still waiting to get their phone. >> reporter: good morning. there is still a line here. it is not a long one, but they are letting people in, just a couple at a time for crowd control purposes. still a line for apple fans, this never seems to get old. it has become a rite of passage for apple lovers standing in line for the next product. this morning's line went up stockton curled on to o'farrell. most waiting for hours in some cases, days, already have iphones. you already have an iphone? >> i do. >> reporter: why are you in line to get another one? >> i'm just excited. >> reporter: some see this line as a business opportunity. hugo gonzales ordered online

but still got in line wednesday to market his company to this captive audience with >> there's so many cameras wanted to take opportunity on that. >> reporter: charlie is working his spot in line a couple of ways. he's getting paid to be here by someone who hired him through a website where you can bid on small jobs. >> i'm being paid $1,500. i got here 10 a.m. monday morning. >> reporter: he once he figured out he was getting attention at the front of the line the company considered him a billboard and slapped a t-shirt on him. >> they found out i was doing that and now promotional tunes they brought signage. >> reporter: free samples like chocolate milk from nestle becoming common when apple launches a product. majority of the crowd is here because they can't wait for the new iphone. as they emerged from the store holding it up like a trophy

many seemed to quickly forget the hours they spent waiting on the sidewalk. >> yeah, it was worth it. i'll keep it for three years then upgrade to the next 6s or something. >> reporter: he will be back to do this again. they won't tell me how many they have left. if you want to come down and try to get one it is a roll of the dice. they expect a rush at lunch. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. this is the scene at the apple store in palo alto which opened to eager crowds 8 a.m.. many having camped out overnight. the store on university avenue is special to apple fans, minutes from the home of the late steve jobs. first in line was a palo alto drum teacher who first bought apple stock when it was $13. it is now trading at over $700 a share. driven up by enthusiasm over the iphone 5. >> he can buy as many phones as he wants >> other news of the day big

rig went out of control blocked rail tracks in santa rosa this morning. -- in santa clara this morning. it came to rest on the tracks at park avenue that interrupted service on the winchester to mountain view line. the delay lasted an hour and a half buses were used to take passengers to san fernando stations and convention center. no injuries reported. san francisco police investigating identify-involved shooting last night that sparked a riot by dozens of demonstrators. vandals spray painted the word killers" on the front doors of the police station more than a dozen riot police officers stood outside the station until midnight. protesters marched to the 16th and mission bart station making anti-police comments during the march. investigators say a plainclothes officer shot a suspect who pulled a gun after 8 p.m. at 14th street. the unidentified male was wounded and police say he is a suspected gang member.

still ahead, more protests overseas over an inflammatory anti-islam video. violent outcry in pakistan and how u.s. officials are trying to calm the tension. presidential campaign fundraising heads to the bay area. where mitt romney will be later today.

in pakistan today violent protests left 15 dead and more than 100 wounded across the

country. protesters clashed with police in several cities. even though today was a government declared holiday designed to allow peaceful demonstration. 12 people were killed and more than 82 wounded in karachi. a police officer and a driver for a television network were among those killed. >> in texas researchers launching new war against cancer. the m.d. anderson center is calling its moon shots program unprecedented effort to speed up conversion of scientific discovery into clinical advances the goal to reduce the number of deaths of several ram forms of cancer they were inspired by john kennedy's determination to go to the moon in the 60s. speaking of that and flying meteorologist lisa argen here. a few high clouds, nice and mild in the city, 63 san francisco, 70s by the delta and antioch 69 at the

coast warmer and cooler. i'll tell you which one and a look at a nice looking week ahead, featuring warmer weather next week. health update on anchor robin roberts. how she is doing one day after bone marrow

>> happening right now mitt romney is just releasing his 2011 tax returns. he paid 1.9 million dollars in taxes on 13.7 million dollars of income. that is a 14.1% rate. romney's campaign earlier estimated that romney will pay about 3.2 million in taxes. he is still refusing to release returns from earlier years as the obama campaign is demanding. romney will be raising more cash for his campaign in the bay area this afternoon. he's scheduled to appear at a $50,000 per person continuer in at a private home. has no public events scheduled. he swung through the bay area in july attending fundraisers.

president obama will be returning to the bay area as well for his sixth fundraising event in the past year. tickets for october 8th, concert and rally are already on sale they range from $100 to $7500. president obama's last bay area visit was in july. this morning "good morning america" anchor robin roberts says she feels energized. she was surrounded by family and friends. her older sister was the bone marrow donor. robin was diagnosed with mda, a rare blood disorder she completed eight days of chemotherapy prior to yesterday's transplant. the procedure only took five minutes. >> nobody can believe it. people have in their mind all kinds of images what is going to happen in a transplant it is still a powerful moment inside of that syringe are millions of stem cells that are now circulating around and

trying to find their home in robin and start growing which is what we are going to be looking for. >> robin e-mailed her doctor this morning that she wants to go home now. >> she is in this critical recovery stage we are all pulling for her. you can leave a message for her on our facebook page. >> now to lisa. >> oh my goodness, deliver on the weather. >> yeah, yeah. we have that shot of the endeavour if you missed it, it has to be the best shot with it flying so close to the golden gate bridge and the blue sky in the background. we had higher clouds, 1800 feet, as it headed over the golden gate bridge, boy, just great visibility and the clouds stayed kind of low off into the distance around the coast. no problems there. locally, there are high clouds around mount tam you can see that at 1800 feet making for a

very pretty sky and nice sunrise. the sunsetting earlier and earlier 7:07 that should be nice as well. live doppler 7 hd picking up the boundary layer we call it or the inversion. we will be looking for mostly sunny forecast throughout the day today, 76 antioch, 73 fairfield, cool numbers at our coast, san rafael 59, 65 santa rosa, what little cloud cover was out there the atmosphere is pretty warm compared to yesterday two to five degrees of warming on our way to a warmer day today. this should showed through saturday, then weak system will get close to us sunday influencing our weather for the second half of the weekend and monday as well. mostly sunny with mild to warm conditions, fall arrives tomorrow 7:49. numbers come down maybe two, four degrees or so for sunday. then we gou(m in the other

direction monday with a slight offshore wind event. upper 40s again for overnight low, cool for napa and santa rosa. down to 43 earlier, not as chilly as we were this morning. 52 san mateo, mid 50s san jose. a couple of areas low pressure to the north and west, a little piece of energy to the sierra nevada, going to create unstable atmosphere possibility of thunderstorms there for the latter part of the weekend. for the bay area, it is going to kick up winds bringing a few more areas of clouds for sunday the numbers should drop a couple degrees. the record was 90 in reno on this date, 91 is the forecast, very warm there, 95 in fresno. back home a nice afternoon sea breeze is going to kick up in the next couple of hours mid 60s in they, low 70s in oakland. 84 concord, 84 in gilroy, lots of sunshine from monterey,

high clouds tonight giants are hosting the padres, start out clear, 60, upper 50s throughout the evening hours and we have that cooler day sunday going to warm back up monday, pleasant the rest of the week maybe an offshore wind event next weekend. september is very nice, you know that. another treat for us coming up. perfect pet. >> lisa is going to introduce us to cleo. >> today we are talking about kids and concussions 50,000 at heats are diagnosed every year -- athletes are diagnosed every year. are you addicted to food? meet a doctor who says food can be like drugs or alcohol. she will give us

>> on katie, kids and concussions. then at 4:00, generators are a big help when the power goes out. michael finney looks into the best options plus a big safety warning. at 5, new says problems for blackberry users today as apple rolls out iphone 5. those stories and more later today at 4 and 5. time for friday's perfect pet. lisa argen is back with a new friend. >> yeah, hi. i have jamie holt with me from the spca. who do you have? >> this is cleo she is a leopard dog which is a hound

dog from louisiana. >> if you didn't know that he is just looks so mellow. >> yeah, she is great with dogs, a wonderful all around pet, great with children, doesn't need a lot of exercise, just a wonderful -- >> look at that face. give cleo a home she just dying for a little love, right. thank you jamie. you have an event next weekend? >> we do in -- going to be free adoptions. local rescue group there is. 12 to 4. >> thank you. for all of us here thanks for joining us today. >> who wants to be a >> who wants to be a millionaire is next. [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home

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