>> this crowd started showing up before the sun came up in order to get as close as possible. it's a treat for this 10-year-old linus who came by before starting school. >> this is the first time i've seen knit real life. >> i've been excited about this since i was his age. it's nice to be able to see it for real. >> there was restricted air space around moffett field, officials say there were no delays because of the final shuttle flight. >> and from smiles there was some disappointment. among those at moffett field, many caught off guard by a last minute change in flight pattern, those showing up early to set up for a shot were out of position. and instead of going over the air strip, it came out from behind hangar one. >> this is cool.

and we were faked out because it came that way but still an awesome experience. >> a representative from nasa ames could not explain only saying it was the pilot's decision. >> there were disappointed facing in oakland abc 7's nick smith has more on that. >> happening now, a spot recommended by nasa was anything but. 500 people packed the deck in hopes of getting a glimpse of endeavor. and that didn't happen. to break between trees provided the only opportunity to catch a peek. and most were not focused in this direction. the look on this little guy's face says it all. it should have been the perfect back drop for young faces to witness history in the making. and there is today's scene

steeler was a mini astronaut hoping to make a career in science, organizers point ought there was more happening today than the sightings. there were lectures and there is a discussion about the direction of space exploration. >> and now, take a look at photos here, viewers took great pictures of the flyover. there is this one of endeavor passing through sutro tower. >> this is another at uc berkeley. >> and that is hangar one at month of yet -- moffett field. >> and take a look at this one from 8th grader. >> i sigha he mailing us this picture in north beach area. >> you can get a sense of the size of this thing, it's great

stuff. we'd love to see your photos and video as well. >> and apple fans got hands on the coveted iphone 5 today. some people could not wait to get the new smart phone, for others it was a chance to make money. >> this has become a rite of passage, standing in line. the line in downtown went all the way up stockton curling around on to farrell. and there is most waiting already have iphone autos you have an iphone. >> yes. doi. >> why are you in line? >> because i'm just excited. >> and some see it as a business opportunity. pedro order aid phone but got in line, wednesday to market his company to this captive awed yeens there are many cameras and there is where i

wanted to take an opportunity on that. >> there is charlie getting paid to be here someone hired him. and you can bid on small jobs. >> there is where i'm being paid $1500. >> once figuring out he was getting attention, the company considered him a bill board and slapped a tee shirt on him. >> they found out i was doing this and they're like promotional opportunity. they brought me signage and fed me burritos. >> free samples are becoming common occurrences when apple launches a product. and there is a majority of the crowd here because they can't wait for the new iphone. as they emerged, many seemed to forget hours waiting on the sidewalk. >> this is worth it, i'll keep it three years and then

upgrade. >> in japan, police looking for burglar who's stole 200 new iphones from three outlet as cross the country. thousands lined up to be among the first to receive the coveted gadgets. but first were thieves who made off with 191 iphones or and there is a handful that protests outside of the paris flag ship store today and given huge profits apple make autos police are now saying the victim in the officer-involved shooting was a gang member on parole and he was carrying a loaded automatic pistol. the gun is a tech 9 machine pistol. police say loaded with 25 rounds of ammunition. the suspect was shot at 14th after police say he pulled a weapon on an officer. the officer shot and wounded him.

>> the suspect in custody ais a 22-year-old male on prior parole. and this means he was arrested and convicted. >> the shooting sparked an angry protest at the police station. vandals spray painted words "killers" on the front door. and sheriff investigators looking into a shooting. the victim shot last night and was air lifted with a life threatening injury. investigators are not releasing denail tails about possible suspects or motive. >> a warning is out to san francisco residents about the west nile virus. health officials say they found a bird infected with the virus near san francisco city college. work are cleaning out storm drains to prevent infected mosquitoes from hatching there.

>> there are three men facing live in prison after customs agents found methamphetamine in furniture imported from hong kong. officials were tipped off and send it on to receivers. the men arrested after taking the delivery with 71 kilos of mental in the furniture. >> there is a chicken pox scare, officials say a third person has come down with chicken pox. it's highly contagious. and symptoms include fever and a rash that develops into blisters. >> mitt rom know is making his way to the bay area for a fund-raiser and will appear

noont a private home in hillsborough. his campaign caused a stir when releasing his 2011 tax returns. and abc 7 news will show whaus is in them. >> ann romney's plane made an emergency landing in denver. a spokeswoman uploaded this photo. the plane had to land because of an electric fire and there is no one hurt. >> president obama will be returning to the bay area and tickets from october 8th concert and rally are on sale before $100 to $7500. >> a man jumped into the tiger exhibit is hospitalized in critical condition. the 25-year-old got into the enclosure yumping off a mono

rail train. workers had to use a fire zwisher to get the tiger to back off. >> we're only hours from a fwlorus weekend. >> there is summer winding down, now, there are readings of 84 in santa rosa. 86 in concord and antioch. 80s in fremont. summer warmth on the last day of summer, there is a look at the forecast there is clear skies and mild conditions but there is fog developing at the coast after midnight into early morning. conditions mainly sunny skies. will be cooler in spots and temperatures from had 4 to 58. first day of fall arrives tomorrow morning so first first day of fall, sunny skies into afternoon. warm with highs at mid 60s to

90s inland. and there is the accu-weather forecast a little bit later. >> still ahead, a drop in california's unemployment rate. how many new jobs have been added state wide. >> there is a problem forcing general moat dwrorz recall hundreds of thousands of car autos taking a look at the commute through san francisco this, is the skyway. there is a friday get away. no one is going anywhere, fast. very slow in both directions. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues right after this.

california employers added 12 howe new workers to the job force last month. and the state unemployment rate improved to 10.6% and there is national unemployment rate in august was 8.1%. >> general motors recalling nearly 470,000 car that's have a transmission problem affecting 2007 to 2010 chevy malibus, pontiac g 6s and saturn auras. and gm says cables can break off and it makes it appear the car is in park. gm says it knows of four crashes but no injury autos a former athlete has a plan to pay a hospital bill.

and there is now a check on the forecast. >> this is a great day and sunny skies around. here is a view from our camera. there is beautiful blue sky was whispy clouds panning just out over the bay there is just stunning. and fall begins tomorrow, here is a look at our live dopplerler 7 hd. there are no low clouds and fog at the coast. forecast preview, clear tonight, fog late, fall arriving at 7:49 in the morning and there are warm days this weekend so will feel more summer like. there is mild and clear, low

to mid 50s and cooler into north bay valleys there are lows into mid up toer 40s, there is a stream of high clouds throughout the bay area there is some counterclockwise flow to our north and that is bringing more high clouds over the area and we're going to have sunny skies and mild to warm conditions throughout the weekend. cooler sunday but still, a lovely, mild day. there are sunny skies, warm, from 83 in san jose to 85 in campbell up to 87 in los gatos. there is 75 the high in san mateo. there is mid-60s on the coast. there is downtown san

francisco there is 68 tomorrow, highs into mid-80s for the most part. and there is 86 in calistoga. there are 74 in oakland. 77 san leandro. inland east bay will be feeling summer like. there are highs 91 in fairfield. and there is highs into mid-70s, there is 90 degrees in morgan hill. weekend going to be lovely and warm. cooler sunday than saturday. still warm and temperatures bouncing back up into upper 80s inland and there is mild

to warm conditions with no significant drops in temperatures and there is a perfect way to welcome fall. >> yes. >> and just ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 why you might want to wish everyone a happy hobbit day today. >> thank you. >> and there is a state where people are being

>> iphone 5 debutted today this, is on the same day as technical issues for it's competitor, black berry. and we're live with that and more. >> chances are... it wasn't very much fun at research in motion in ontario. not only did apple release its iphone 5 but there is a huge black berry outage in europe and middle east and in africa. and there is also hearing 6% of all black berry users might have been affected. it lasted up to three hours before it was fixed and the ceo apologized and promised to do an investigation to figure out what caused this problem. there is u.s. regulator as

proved per chas of emi for almost $2 billion, however, it's forcing universal to sell off a number of units including ordering music and small labels strongly protested this deal saying koit squeeze out competition. there is news corps may consider making james murdock head of u.s. operations, currently the deputy chief operating officer, google shutting down its chinese music service and in a blog says the impact of the service was not as high as expected and had been losing users in china after pulling its search engine out in 2010. this could lift chinese system

bido. and meg whitman hoping to revive hewlett-packard by intro dugsing products aimed at corporate clients. and the computer making hoping for a turn around and has been for four quarters continuing to struggle to compete with other companies in the cloud computing business. and there is a late day as financial shares slid. and your bloomberg silicon valley index up just slightly. and there are shares of apple pushing it higher, former nfl receiver is turning to cloud funding to raise money for heart treatment. doctors told him he was too old. he's hoping to raise cash to try tochl permanental stem

cell treatment in the bahamas and his insurance will not pay for. he's raised $17,000 of his $35,000 goal, and on the web site go fund me.com. there you go. it's a good story to round out friday. in new york. >> back to you. >> thank you very much and have a great weekend. >> happy hobbit day. 75 years ago, the classic book "the hobbit" was released. and created again raigs of fans. the book tells a story of bilbo bag yins in middle earth setting out on a fantastic journey. a film will be out in december from director peter jackson who did "lord of the rings "trilgology. >> big weekend for hollywood. stars get ready for emmys. >> there is emmy awards just

two day as way. and otrc got a sneak peek into nokia theater, and check out the green room. there are presenters hanging out and more importantly is a show itself hosted by jimmy kimmel. >> and jimmy is going to be unpredictable. and is going to be edgey and give us a fresh point of view. >> and there are stars that will be headed to the after party. >> we always go the whole car. we spend the time together. it's like a fun party for the whole cast. >> and before this begins they'll be glamming it up to get a perfect look. >> i try to get in a facial

that week. make sure your nails are did. hair did, walk out of the door. >> you can see how carey and the rest of the stars look when they hit the red carpet. there is live action sunday right here on abc. >> and there is where you can see who is wearing what when bringing you red carpet arrivals then, jimmy kimmel hosting from 5:00 to 8:00 followed by an encore presentation from 8:00 to 11:00. >> and this turned out to be a picture perfect day for the final fly by in the bay area. this is image of the shuttle racing towards sutro tower and

there is just a spectacular sight. >> i was driving and looking and there is a when i was driving and looking in the sky. dinot see. no. it's in antioch. no, it's in sunnyvale. >> it's spectacular. >> another surprise from mitt romney's campaign deciding to release the 2011 tax returns and how much romney pays. >> and later how lowering your blood pressure may be as simple as getting a good night's sleep.

mitt romney arrives in the bay area for a fund-raiser. his campaign surprised everybody releasing the latest tax returns. and abc 7 news takes a look at what is in those returns and why the campaign may have released them now. >> and for months mitt romney faced criticism for refusal to release more tax returns and this week, under fire for comments about the 47%.

today seems a good time to reis lees his 2011 taxes showing last year they paid $2 million in taxes. mostly on investment income that. makes their federal rate 14.1%. in january, releasing his 2010 return. and romney said repeatedly that is it, two years of tax returns. >> there is all information and then some. >> there is a summarry released but not the return autos every year i paid at least 13%. >> the rom knees say they paid a rate of about 20%. and there is lowest rate at 13.66%. average american pays about 35%. and how does romney manage to pay a lower rate?

investments are the prime yiry income source, he can take advantage of the perfectly legal lower rate on capitol gains. and saying he's healthy, keeps himself in great shape. there is a similar summarry that said he, too, is in excellent health. >> he put his own job security over your retirement security. and republican vice presidential candidate was booed during an event in new orleans there are member that's seemed unhappy with his new view on health care reform saying the president's health care law should be repealed. >> the president looking -- using recent statements by mitt romney to energize his supporters.

and seized on comments and republican candidate saying he can change washington from the inside. >> we said change takes more than one term or no president and certainly tlaikz more than one party. and this can't happen if you're right past the nation. >> about 12,000 people came to the rally and its the 13th trip this year. >> democratic congress woman maxine waters will not be charged with ethics violations. and there are members saying they have no evidence of wrong doing. and she nougt allegations when trying to steer a bailout to a bank where her husband is a investor. her grandson was found guilty of ethics violations. >> there are city workers in

concord have a three day skbeekd not liking it, workers off for a furlough day, the first of many and the workers are angry and pushing back. >> monthly furlough rays have been a fact of life several years, this is the first friday closure of the new fiscal year and this morning some staged a prot dwroft say enough is enough. and there is city workers in orange tee shirts showed up at the concord corporation yard demanding to go to work. these are mostly public works employees who agreed that 13 furlough days per year when the budget was in dire straits in 2009.

and the city is doing bet skbrer time for furloughs to end. >> there is when trying to let citizens know the money is there. and let's reestablish services throughout the state. >> economy is bad. we don't have money we'd like to have. and we invoke furlough chz is a temporary fix. >> this city council told us it has been proved, the city has a low reserve and teamsters say continuation of the furloughs and absence of an investigation is illegal. and the talks are ongoing. >> thank you. >> coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00 a move assuring suspended giants outfielder melky

cabrerra does not capture one of the highest honors. >> a beautiful day as we wind down summer into fall. what will the weekend bring? the accu-weather forecast is coming up. >> taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, you can see it's jammed up for drivers and lanes of traffic you can see waiting are folks trying to pay a toll. getting on the bay bridge, it's heavy traffic there as well. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues right after this.

suspended sheriff -- giants outfielder melky has been suspended from the national league batting title at his own request. and he tested positive for excessive levels of testosterone. major league baseball agreed to change the rules, he entered play with a lead leading 346 batting average. so an interesting move. >> seems like the right thing to do. but what is the real motivation here? >> okay. >> there is reason is that he knows he's not going to be back with giants. had he received at ward, would it have been tainted and nobody wants to see a guy out on steroids suspension receive an award. he's trying to step back and take him owe self out of the

mix. this is image rehabilitation. it's that and the right thing to do. >> it's going to hangover him. >> and he did come out early on in this mess and say, okay. i did it. >> yeah. yes. >> and this is a complicated story z we'll see where he ends up next season. >> there is a check of the forecast now. >> and this is a time lapse view this afternoon there is just a beautiful day. raft day of summer and high clouds moving over the bay area. there are blue skies and so warm coast to inland. lovely day there is a live view and there is large areas of blue out there. in teen high clouds and moving over. and there is sun right off the

waters of the bay and going to be beautiful tomorrow, statewide, sunny skies and warm to hot conditions. there is 104 down in palm springs. highs 87 in los angeles. there is high temperatures into mid-60s on the coast and low 90s into warmest inland locations there is tomorrow evening, at at and t park giants taking on san diego padres. clear skies and game time 6:05 p.m. temperatures into low 60s at that hour. and there are lovely evening for baseball ask a great

weekend to wind down summer and the season. >> there is is a clinching game. >> i'm forecasting a clinch this weekend. >> we'll take it. >> take a look at this, people are watching them, they were watching a catter pillar. web producers found this individual yof gorillas who were fascinated by insects. and no catterpillars were harmed in the filming. >> people were looking up trying to see endeavor today. >> interesting. >> yes. >> and yes. and that is cute. >> we have a new segment here on abc 7 news at 4:00 the show "what's trending" and there is one of the most influential people in technology last year and there is today's top

videos. >> it's trending with the biggest and most-watched videos. there is the series bad lap reading in which comedians dub dialogue for familiar videos. this time, target is "the hunger games". >> we'll find you a new one. >> i have fik. >> you choke on water. >> scooby do. >> there is a smash hit single from one direction. and this sends the boys into the wilderness.

♪ [ music ] . >> can't help but dance to that video. there are three million views after just one day. the guys are on fire z amazing footage of a colt being rescued from drowning by a pig. >> that will do. that will do it for today's you tube countdown. see you next time, bay area. >> there is an larming drop in life expectancy for one group of women in the united states and generators are a big help when power goes out. taking a look at best options and a big safety warning. >> there is service problems

experienced as apple rolls out the iphone 5. and an app showing tourists the lay of the land.

there is new evidence showing life spans are

shrinking for american who's don't graduate from high school. the university study found the life expectancy of white women who did not finish high school dropped five years to 73 and a half years, and white women with a college degree live nearly 84 years. and those with a college degree live to be about 80. and new research shows you should be getting a good night's sleep if you're battling high blood pressure. an american heart association study finds poor sleep quality can counter high blood pressure medication. researchers studied sleeping patterns of 234 people and women are more likely than men to have poor sleep quality. >> researchers in texas say they're launching a new war

against cancer. and this is an unprecedented effort to speed up discoveries the goal to reduce the centers saying. >> on consumer news, generators are a easy way to keep lights on and taking a look at choices and one you need to use with caution. >> there are more people like this are convinced it's worth buying a power generator. >> you're going to get one. and which one? consumer reports tested 14 generators ranging from $700 to more than $3,000. consumer reports tests by

hooking them up to small appliances and lights. there are run times depepds on the type you use. >> when looking at propane they went through a tank in about four to six hours. >> so with aware you'll need a transfer switch to savely hook up the generator. it can run up to $900. there is stationary generators are more convenient. >> you want to power your house a large generator would be better. >> there is consumer reports saying that 58-37 is a best buy, costing $1800 and for res,

recommending a portable model. and this will keep basic necessities going, if you use a portable generator there is an important caution. 100 people per year die from carbon monoxide die from the portable generators so never run one inside of a garage or shed. and run it as far as possible from the house. and away from windows or doors. >> and just ahead a pilot project paying rez don'ts commute. >> and there is the outcome of the presidential race one cookie at a time. >> there is astounding iphone

lines and tonight there is a snag. if you bought stock with that first iphone five years ago what would it be worth tonight? also, many americans duped. tonight where that money ended up. and persons of the week on a friday night. super heroes around neighborhoods wearing the same thing. right after abc

what if you can get paid to change your commute time to off peak hours? abc 7 news explains. there is a administration manager at stanford and a little tag on her windshield is scanned by equipment on the

polls at university entrances and exists like fast track f changing her commute time she earn points. >> this is one of 2000 faculty or staff participating in the test. electrical engineering and computer science professor had an idea when realizing some of the same principles of dealing with congestion on computer koz ab plied to traffic. >> in this online world you can inincrease the capacity of the system. >> so instead, he and the steam set out to change behaviors and get people to commute off peak and rather

than using a stick, he offers to carrot of modest reward. >> and saying there is less time on the road and earned about $85. and there is maybe spending time reading the newspaper. yes. >> and it will be soon expanding and put it on a cell phone app. this could be coming to your town. >> there is a department of motor vehicles is telling people not to smile on their driver's license pictures and

this turns out koit tlof its new facial recognition software. and what is a happy person to do? channel their inner mona lisa. >> it's a small smile is fine. we're asking a neutral look. >> most are okay with this new rule and that is one person put it you usually are not smiling when a police officer pulls you over. >> and there is a tasty twist in the presidential and there they keep track of sales and the president has an edge. this is a pra decision starting 20 years ago. and there is this poll that picks a winner, every time. >> thanks for joining us. and there is a quick reminder, you can down load it for free and receive news headlines the

moment you wake up. >> thank you. the final fly overof the space shuttle thrilled most who stepped out to see it z there were some viewing problems. >> there is a perfect weather today, will the beautiful weather carry into the first weekend of fall? find out, coming up. >> and san francisco police show off loaded weapon a parole was carrying when he ran from police. >> and there is a majestic sight to behold. the space shuttle flies over the golden gate bridge and what a shot. nearly two hoursz later landing for the final time and good evening, everybody, i'm larry beil. >> and i'm cheryl jennings.

there is where we're live from the nasa ames research center and there is a response to the farewell flight. >> this was a salute to those who helped, actually design the shuttle and for those who also helped train the pilot and this is going going to be bit control center and that isn't happen. there is one of the lowest supply overs of the leg of the trek to southern california but it's flight path caught most by surprise. >> we were faked out. it came this way. >> and for thousands th