>> this is a spectacular event for me. >> winsor and her wife were married three years, partners for more than 40. spire passed away, winsor was hit with a $360,000 federal estate tax bill. money she would not have had to pay if she'd been married to a man it makes you realize the federal government was treating us as strangers. >> the defense of marriage act defines marriage as a union between a man and woman so gays and lesbians who are legally wed in their states can't get the benefits afforded to heterosexuals. a majority of the nine justices seemed skeptical of the law. justice kennedy raised questions. >> really... diminishing what the state has said is marriage. >> supporters argue it allows the federal government to stay

out of state experiment was marriage. the obama administration provided no legal defense for the defense of marriage act. and lower courts have ruled it unconstitutional. to try to force the administration's hand, house republicans filed suit but the high court says that might not have been lawful. >> it's not unusual. it's unprecedented. >> i tell you, being inside of the court hearing and seeing the arguments has been fascinating. the justices usually issue their rulings on major cases like this and prop 8 at the end of the session. we might get a ruling by the end of june, early july. live in washington, d.c., outside of the u.s. supreme court, carolyn tileler, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> and we've posted audio recordings on our web site under see it on tv. >> and we're tweeting updates

at c tileler, abc 7. >> it's been a gray, cloudy day and rain is on the way. >> yes. spencer christian is here with an accuweather update. >> okay. sheer look at live doppler 7 hd. you can see there is no rainfall in the bay area now. we have pockets of moisture here and there. and areas of light sprinkles and hefty mist. now, areas of sprinkles and mist now. and let's close in on the san jose area. just east of san jose moving towards mount hamilton area. an area of moisture there. no doubt, sprinkles hitting the ground. reports of 1/100ths of measurable rain at sonoma county airport this afternoon. most area is dry now but cloudy, as you can see. from our cram looking over the bay this, is from our east bay camera looking over the bay. west. we've got clouds in the sky. 57 degrees in san francisco. 64 in oakland, san jose.

66. now, another live view from a top mount tam. you can see it's misty and gray up there. these are the forecast features, we'll see partly to mostly cloudy skies during evening hours becoming mostly cloudy by tonight with areas of light mist and sprinkles. spotty showers in the morning and afternoon, partly sunny skies. mild in spots. we may have scattered showers. high temperatures reaching 70 in the sunniest inland locations tomorrow. a truck hit a woman and young granddaughter this afternoon, this morning, rather. the vehicle struck about 7:30 this morning. the brand mother has mib minor injuries but the truck crushed the 7-year-old girl's foot. police say it's possible the girl will lose the foot. the truck driver stayed at the skpeen has not been charged.

the victims fwhr a crosswalk when hit. >> a man was arrested yesterday for a super bowl ticket hoax that cost a hayward woman $5900. sharon osgood shared her story in jachblt she mailed money to a man advertising tickets on craig's list. she got a package with taunts inside saying "go, ravens". ticket master ceo gave her tickets and now, fam is facing charges. >> officials looking into the possibility that this massive four-alarm fire this morning may have been caused by a quote, malicious act. >> the fire reported just before 1:00 a.m. it spread to three apartment buildings on near third. 20 residents ran into the streets as crews battled flames. two firefighters suffered minor injuries. >> wow. you know what? it's so big that it was like going -- i can see like bell

ringing over to my window. you know? and it was just, wow, hue mungus. >> the red cross is housing displaced residents for three days, damage estimated in the millions of dollars. >> city of san mateo sent a letter to the owner of this house to say he did not meet the deadline to clean it up. mark cyber has been going ash around and around over his 10-year remodel prog jekt. the city red tagged the house. we went back friday to see the house. while it's less cluttered it's not enough to satisfy the city. the city will hire independent contractors to finish the job and bill cliber for the work. >> business is booming in san jose. electronics company snapping up space to expand plants as manufacturing makes a come back there. >> that is right. david louie shows us latest examples. >> this is san jose.

manufacturing is growing. contract manufacturer moved into a new building. >> it's shrink in the valley. >> there are 126 employees but plans to hire about 75 more by the end of the year, customers want to manufacture here not overseas. >> to find projects that can be made here in silicon valley. the valley convenience, quality, flexibility brings you closer to their engineering base. those account of the projects we work on. >> it's not alone. samsung sealed a deal for a new head quarters building in san jose. samsung also considering austin, texas. a semi conductor company is bidding for former svtc manufacturing complex dormant several years. >> san jose has become a hot spot. we have manufacturing space, r & d space, and office space.

>> so manufacturing sector is once again hiring. the city says it is going to create a certain momentum. in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. >> that is a golden gate bridge attendant guiding drivers. most zipped through. some trying to back up. we saw a man getting out of the car to look for an attendant there. workers were there to help wave drivers through. we have a live look at the toll plaza now. more fog than any back ups, traffic moving through the toll plaza now. bridge authorities less worried about regular commuters and are gearing up for the weekend. when weekend drivers cross the bridge in large numbers.

>> work on the way in the new transa bay tower, officials broke ground on the 63 building. it will be the tallest on the west coast. the building stands over a thousand feet and go right next to the trance bay terminal under construction on fremont and mission streets. developers handed over a $192 million check for the land. >> still ahead, a smart tool in honda's newest minivan. >> i'm wayne freedman. do i look five pounds heavier? there is a reason. giants showed off a men menu today. stay tuned, we'll shoit shoe it to you. >> next at 4:30, controversy surrounding new director of san francisco deyoung museum. you'll hear from her. >> taking a look at the san francisco skyway. heavy traffic right now in

both directions. cars on the left there trying to head east across the bay bridge. traffic on the right hitting south. abc 7

happening now in downtown chicago we're taking a look at thousands of people rallying against closure of 54 public schools. the plan is affecting around 30,000 students and parents this, is part of the school district's efforts to close a budget deficit. >> honda has a great idea for

parents with messy children and dogs. the 2014 odyssey will feature a built in vacuum, reaching anywhere to pick up spilled food in tight spots and will come with several attachments and a replaceable bag, running eight minutes. minivan sales are down more than 60% from the year 2000. >> microsoft will soon find out if black berry's turn around plan is working. >> good afternoon, microsoft is in talks to sell off its iptv business to ericson. this move would allow microsoft motorcycles to focus on delivering tv through the x box. we're just hours from learning

if black berry is falling further behind the pack. the phone maker set to report 4th quarter earnings before the bells tomorrow. the new phone first coming out in europe in january and u.s. last week, analysts estimate sales have been tepid at best. metro pcs, t-mobile deal may not be a done deal. the two shareholders are at odds. pressure is on iss to act as a tie breaker. iss expected to deliver a report this week as another advisory firm. a drop in pending home sales combined with easing concern over europe's debt problems leading to a mixed close today. your bloomberg silicon valley index lower on shares of apple

and google. google picked winners of the google glass contest. they will get a chance to purchase the glasses for $1500 and will have to travel to nork, l.a. or here in san francisco to get the device. the glasses aren't expected to hit the mass market until late this year. in san francisco, i'm emily chang with bloomberg west. back to you. >> thank you, emily. next friday is the san francisco giants home opener. >> that is very exsighting. >> we're live at the ballpark to let us know what is new on the menu there. >> how did i get so lucky? if you look at some shirts you might have had on you might still have mustard on it from all cheering but might want to

wash it. today, giants unveiled a new smorgasbord. the wait for a crack of the bat. today an invitation to raid their refrigerateors. they've gone international. >> if you want hot dogs, giants have them. >> there already champagne this, one will sell $140. and do you like clam chowder? >> so when playing mets you drink red stuff. >> yes. >> if playing red sox we drink the -- . >> white. >> learning fast. >> if you want to top it off with ice cream sunday yairks we learned in 2010 and 2012

with giants, anything is possible. >> this is not getting old. >> we didn't show you the sushy. nor able to show you the new social media center that will be up there in center field. it sounds like the press box but it's press box for tweegt fans will be in center field but not finished yet. so... this is a virtual social media center at this point. live outside at and t park, wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> as long as they don't get rid of garlic fry autos how many ballparks offer champagne? >> it's remarkable. >> it's special. >> changes in weather,

spencer? >> yes. i wish i can say champagne is falling from the sky it's something else. light spotty sprinkles around the bay area right now. most area is dry you can see here we have moisture pushing into the area and some of this is light sprinkles just barely hitting the ground. spotty showers throughout thursday, we'll have a brief warm up friday, mid 70s inlandland on friday, then, scattered showers likely this weekend including sunday, easter sunday. some clouds produce spod spothy spring yelz. mostly cloudy skies and spotty showers tonight and throughout the day, tomorrow, starting at 7:00 this evening, at which point will be mostly cloudy skies. during overnight hours, spots

of spring yelz here and there. maybe on the peninsula pushin pushing -- push together east bay and higher terrain east. mainly dry conditions most of the bay area, we can see showers developing again, spotty showers to parts of the north bay. this low pressure system expected to bring us a chance of showers over the weekend and that includes of course easter sunday. looks like friday will be dry and mild. tonight spotty showers. and then, tomorrow, lots of clouds around, high temperatures up around 70 degrees in san jose. 69 in santa clara. upper 60s on the peninsula.

highs around 62 degrees, 62 downtown. north bay, afternoon spring yelz or showers and highs into mid to upper 60s about 66 in oakland, inland east bay, milder. upper 60s to around 70s, here is the accu-weather forecast. so chance of showers, a brief warm up friday. highs mid-70s inland. there is a chance of showers both days over the weekend. maybe flashes of lightning and thunder then, we'll see partly cloudy skies going into next week. this is an unsettled period. not unusual. great to get more rain out of this if we're going to get rain. why not bring it on? this is rain. >> we're building up to april showers. >> yes. >> thank you. >> up next, sea world comes to the rescue of this wayward sea lion pup. they found him lounging around. >> watch out for this toddler.

how this 2-year-old picks the lock of his sister's bedroom then takes toys.

a die hydrated sea lion is recovering after he was found parked in between brunch goers said in la jolla.

a crew said the pup was malnourished. they will nurse it back to health. >> ashley judd says she won'ting running for u.s. senate. she made at announcement this afternoon. she was considering a run in kentucky against mitch mcconnell. the judd did grow up in kentucky. >> disneyland date and justin timberlake is proving he is back. here is tony cabrerra. >> it's been a week since justin timberlake released his come back album. now, anticipation for part ii is higher than ever. after a week's worth of sales he sold nearly a million copies. it's timberlake's first album in almost seven years and sales are also up for older

albums including those from n sync. dorothy hamil withdrew from the competition due to a sivet on her back. >> just breaks my heart not to be around but it's not fair to everyone. and so... getting better. it's something going take time. and will be a priority. >> actress olivia wild is a busy woman starring in films but she took a break yesterday with jason sedakis. they didn't remove the sword in the stone but wild had a good time and tweeted how could today possibly compare? for more celebrity pictures throughout the day like on the red carpet on facebook. >> still ahead at 4:00 new details about a gun nan a tucson shooting that injured

gabby gifford autos is the military doing enough to stop sexual assaults? leon panetta sits down address concern. >> and a massive landslide threatens many homes. why some residents had to be evacuated by boat. >> i'm michael finney. how accurate are the calorie counts on restaurant menus? we team up with consumer reports to put those nutrition claims to the test.

jack gee speier preparing to reintroduce a bill to protect women in the military. >> the measure raises concerns for leon panetta. he's here now with the story. >> leon panetta says the military will not tolerate sexual assaults and jackie speier says the measures taken bit former secretary of defense don't do enough n january, last year, secretary of defense panetta promise aid crack down. >> sexual assaults has no place in this department. >> the department of defense estimates there are 19,000 sexual assaults a year. the latest statistics show only 3300 reported and court

marshaled charges preferred in less than 500. >> it's almost like college campuses. you know? they start to abuse women as part of a perfect ses. -- process of hazing. if you will. sometimes. >> former secretary of defense says the mill stare increasing prosecutions providing units allowing members to transfer out of units. but congress woman speier says is that is not enough. >> my bill would take it out of the chain of command so a victim reports to it a separate office. >> speier would take away ability to overrule a jury veered does that need to change? >> well, i think what has to happen here is that you know what i don't want to do, is just pull the whole issue out of the military, because military has got to deal with this. >> panetta says he respects speier's leadership on this

issue and appreciate as tension brought to it but not ready to sign off responsibility. >> i'm a little concerned about pulling the legal side of it just because i believe the military shouldn't bail out of it. >> coming up, panetta share what's he thinks will help stop sexual assaults on women in the military, it's something the military has done that made a lot of news but not in this context. that is the story we're working on at 6:00. >> tensions continue to rise on the korean peninsula. north korea cut the military hot line to the south asserting war could break out at any moment. that hot line is essential and cutting the hot line comes in response to us us and south

korean military drills and sanctions by the un for north korean nuclear testing. >> deadly magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook taiwan today. you can see school children running out of classrooms in this video that. is not what the red cross recommends. officials say epicenter of the quake is about 150 miles south of the alcohol city of taipei near the center of a 199 quake that killed more than 2300 people. a 72-year-old woman die today when a temple wall collapsed on her. this woman is one of those hurt. amazingly officials say no buildings have collapsed. some are damaged. american red cross says remember drop, cover, hold on. drop to the ground away from windows and glass. if you can, get under heavy furniture, cover your head and neck with your arms, hold on

until the shaking stops. before the earthquake you need to prepare yourself and family. the red cross says choose two emergency locations to meet loved ones. one near your home, and another outside of your neighborhood in case your area is off limits. you should choose an emergency contact. that needs to be someone outside of the bay area. local phone lines probably will be jammed after a big earthquake. might be easier to call out of state. these are just a couple red cross's tips. we have more information on preparing for an earthquake or other has yards at abc 7 news.com. >> nearly two dozen homes have been evacuated after a landslide in northern washington state that damaged one home on whidbey island. the slide took out a road, cutting off 16 homes, 10 people had to be evacuated by boat.

there is no other way to reach them. another 17 homes are being threatened by the slide. it continues to move. many of the homes are summer cabins or weekend getaways that were empty. still not clear what caused this slide no. reports of serious injuries. >> we're following breaking news now in san francisco. we have lividdo from the glenn park bart station. we don't have any details yet on that person's condition. it does appear serious. this is causing system wide delays. bart tells us trains are not stopping at glenn park while investigations are underway. >> documents about the 2011 tucson shooting rampage shed new light on the gunman. six people were killed and 18 others injured including former congress woman gabby

giffords. the shooter's parents say they had to tick a shotgun away from their son after he was kicked out of community college. he made a statement about abortion so disturbing place were called into the classroom. on the day of the shooting he was pulled over by a traffic violation. he cried and said i've just had a rough time. he is serving life in prison. >> attorneys for colorado shooting suspect james holmes say they're client will plead guilty to enable holmes to escape the death penalty. he was in court last week to have a not guilty plea entered on behalf of him by the judge. >> still ahead at 4:00 bus driver's close call. what he did to save people onloordz after this happened to him.

>> and a 2-year-old caught on video. the way he's breaking into locked doors. >> it's wet, dark, dreary. you'll see how this looks and some of the weather hitting other parts of the bay area. >> there is still sunshine in walnut creek, traffic moving well on 680 here. traffic heavier, but moving

a chinese bus driver saved the day after nearly being impale bid this lampe post. the post slampd through his windshield. he collected himself steering the bus to the side of the road. the driver used a guardrail to help stop. no one else on board was hurt. >> incredible. well, when a 2-year-old boy wants something, he will likely figure out how to get it. take a look at kyle months yes, he was caught picking the lock to his sister's bedroom and stealing her toys this, shows the toddler to his sister's room. he uses finger nail clippers

to pick the lock. >> he is seen walk out with his sister's unicorn pet pillow. the parents set up the video. she gave her little brother propz. monthser's call him the bed time bandit. nail clipper autos how did he figure that out some. >> i don't know. >> let's check on the forecast now. >> help figuring out misty conditions here, we do not have wide spread precipitation at moment. scattered showers over parts of the santa cruz mountains. that is it for now. tomorrow, quiet weather picture most of the nation we'll see shower activity up into the northeast and perhaps on the west coast as well. parts of california tomorrow

will see widely spotty showers. mid-70s in fresno. here in the bay area, clouds overnight. maybe spotty showers. by afternoon, partly sunny skies, north bay there is a good chance of afternoon showers. high temperatures up to about 70 in mildest locations. this unsettled pattern with us now. a bit of a break but we can have showers over the weekend as well. so be prepared fr a possibility of wet weather. >> thank you. >> up next these people won a small portion of a power ball jackpot oor localry dishes really localry?

now to a story about good karma at the office. a group of office workers is

celebrating after winning $1 million in a lottery. 12 people pitched in $20 each but one woman said she was watch lg her money and couldn't afford to pitch in. then, the ork workers did the extraordinary. sharing their winnings. >> we felt bad. and so... laurie, since we're an incredible loving team and we do extraordinary work in this community, we all agreed to chip in money to give to jen so she'd be part of our pool. >> so nice. split 12 ways winnings equal about $83,000 each. they say they've put took money for her. >> very nice. >> yes. >> consumer reports partnered with 7 on your side for a report on calories in chain restaurant dish autos how accurate are those listings on menus? >> new regulations require

chains with more than 20 locations to list counts on their menus are stalled. many restaurants are giving out information. consumer reports wanted to see if restaurant goers are getting a good kountd. -- count. this tv commercial for olive guardian touts lower calorie dishes. and many restaurants list nutritional information on web sites. consumer reports wanted to know how accurate it is. >> 12 menu offerings comparing their nutritional claims with reality. >> this includes restaurants like i hop, mcdonalds. consumer reports bought food from pasta to french fries. back in the labs testers ground the food to analyze it for calories and fat.

most were correct but not all of the offerings tested for olive garden and out back steak house measured up. outback grilled chicken on the barbie claimed seven grams of fat but contained as much as 13 grams and olive garden's las sanna had 32 grams. >> we're glad to see most of the information is correct. if you're ordering grilled chicken you might not be getting a lower calorie meal. >> when you're checking a menu watch out for words like batter, creamy, crispy or stopped. those signal fattening. we contacted olive garden

about the discrepancy. and said at olive garden we take care to provide information that is accurate using a rigorous process. there was an error with our nutritional test being with grilled chicken last october. we've retested this dish and information was not updated everywhere, one page of our site still contained old nutritional data. we've corrected this, too. because of the vairibility, nutrition analysis methodologies and hand crafted nature of restaurant food preparation, reality is that nutrition analysis is not an exact science. and outback steak house says

nutritional information has been recognized by a independent lab torey. our food is made from scratch dale yeechl the variation may be due to a larger container of sauce used for take away. >> so it is worth using this calorie count. >> that made me hungry. >> this controversy surrounding the board president and new director of san francisco deyoung museums. >> coming up, the weight question they can ask you before you board a plane that has nothing to do with your luggage. what is behind a pitch to get to you ditch water bottles?

here is a loork at prime time line up. and you can watch one hour of nashville at 10:00 and then, join us tonight at 11:00. >> the deyoung and legion of honor have a new director. it's collin bailey. but today announcement were overshadowed by allegation of allegations of ongoing problem by the leadership. leanne joins with us more on all of this. >> bailey who works is new york is not here for the announcement. as you said, it has been deedee willsy in the news lately. it took a year and a world wide search in the end, collin bailey expert of european art was selected to head the fine

arts muse seems. the board president says there will be change autos director has ability to remove anyone he wishes to remove. i'm sure he won't do that right away. i think he will make whatever changes he feels will strengthen this museum. >> in san francisco it's hard not to mention willsy and the deyoung in the same sentence. she waged a campaign to rebuild the must yeem using private money. >> keep strong confidence in this museum and in our institutions in general. >> but following the death of john buchanan, san francisco socialite has come under fire over par departure of staff members and some say, overstepping bounds.

all of which she denies. >> i mean and i i thought i was the problem remove myself. but we're enjoying success. i just say how ignore yanlt. i mean, where is the problem? if i thought there was a problem i would address it. and if i thought i was the problem i would remove myself but we're enjoying success. >> a newspaper recorded she pushed to have her son's photography collection shown but today she told us the previous director organize that had exhibit. >> i'm told he has one of the finest collections of photography in the united states. it's not the finest. >> she doesn't deny there is a campaign against her this, sticker mailed from an anonymous person. >> we received it to reporters. it said anonymous. you don't have guts to put

your name on something, i don't take it seriously. but that is very cute. >> reality is that both sue meems -- museums are very successful and incredibly popular. fine art museums ranks fourth in rg north america. as for the sticker deedee told me she's glad it says deedee young, and not deedee old. >> thank you. >> and thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00 i'm carolyn johnson. the news at 5:00 begins right now. >> thank you. broken bay bridge bolt raising new safety concern autos and score one for justice, how police caught a person accused of duping a woman out of her dream tickets to the super bowl. >> i'm sandhya patel. live doppler 7 hd has been

tracking some spotty sprinkles and mist but will be tracking showers this holiday weekend. i'll have details. >> good evening, i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm ama daets. >> justices being asked to strike down the law that denies same-sex couples from being eligible for the same benefits received by married heterosexual people. abc 7 news was in court today for this debate. carolyn? >> hi, cheryl. well, doma defines marriage as between a man and woman but there are thousands of legally married same-sex couples and tonight their champion took her fight here to the u.s. supreme court.

>> what is going through your mind today? >> i felt very serious. very serious. >> the 83-year-old is the face behind the lawsuit. the challenge to the 1996 defense of marriage act heard by the court today. that law exempts thousands of same-sex couples who are legally married from receiving benefits married couples enjoy. in this case she was forced to pay 300,000s ndz estate taxes when her wife died. that was not have happened if her spouse were a man. >> it wasn't easy. >> today the high court debated whether it's fair. is it constitutional? majority seemed skeptical. >> saying no.

two kinds of marriage. full marriage then sort of skim milk marriage. >> a right to be concerned at what the definition of marriage is. >> the obama administration has chosen not to defend doma so house republicans have stepped in with their lawyer. >> it makes sense to have a uniformed rule for the federal government. >> outside of the skourt vast majority came to support the repeel of doma but some supporters say the political fight should be stay state by state. >> let the american people grapple with this issue. if they want to redefine marriage, they can. but let's not have it imposed by the court. >> she says she thought their

questioning was gentle. boy have to say more lively than that. we can expect a ruling as early as end of june. live in washington, d.c. outside of the u.s. supreme court abc 7 news. >> thank you. you can follow carolyn tyler on twitter. we've posted auto from the hearing at abc 7 news.com. >> support for same-sex marriage continues to grow in washington. six lawmakers who opposed it are now supporters of same-sex marriage. outside of the capitol house speaker nancy fell yosy welcomed them for the long battle of marriage equality wi say i support gay marriage. i don't believe in discrimination of any kind. and now, it's a badge of honor for a lot of