good afternoon, i'm larry beil. >> gay rights groups say it's a move that changed the face of sports. nba player jason collins revealing he is gay. collins came out in an editorial for the upcoming edition of "sports illustrated". >> he is the first active major league athlete in the u.s. to come out as gay. he says the first person he told was his aunt, a superior

court judge. >> he wanted importantly, and we want this, not his sexual orientation that defines him as a man. it's things jason has done, and continues to do. >> collins is getting a lot of support. the president called him today saying he's impressed with his courage. >> here at white house we view that as another example of the progress that has been made and evolution taking place in this country. >> collin saz 34-year-old veteran center but is a free agent and says he wants to continue to play. >> there has been a lot of reaction on twitter, michelle obama tweeting so proud of you jason collins this is a huge step forward. we've got your back. >> lakers super star kobe bryant wrote proud of jason collins don't suffocate who you are because of the ignorance of other autos and jason kidd tweeted jason's

sexuality doesn't change the fact he's a great friend and a great teammate. >> we fwauk how he's a free agent. how does this impact that, do you think, for jason? >> there are are the of ramifications for this, let me tell but the connection in our sports department. he was an intern, he and his brother were interns with us back when they were attending stanford. they both, they were great with us, both went off to have solid nba careers. they're twins jared yesterday did not know until recently his brother was gay. >> this is a huge first step. >> right. but only the first step. because next part of this, as mentioned is that he finished his contract with the wizards. he's played for six different teams.

so if you look at numbers he averaged about nine minutes per game. putting sexual preference aside many say he's very near the end of his years as a productive nba player, now with this out front does he get an offer to join in a new team? does this help? hurt? and will he be accepted in the locker room? that is the next test it will be interesting to see and to see if this motivates other athletes to come forward. >> we've heard there may be four players calming about coming out jointly. so one guy doesn't have to face it all. we're heading into this direction there is no doubt bit. people are becoming more educated and that everybody needs to be accepted. >> absolutely. >> abc's george stephanopoulos

will have an interview with collins on good morning america. >> so we're following developing news now just moments ago police released a surveillance photo of a truck that could be connected to an attempted kidnapping on friday. police say a man tried to grab a 2-year-old girl from her front yard, made it just 50 feet before the mother screamed the girl was not injured. >> in cal va care -- calaversa county, the search continues for the man suspected of stabbing to death 8-year-old laila fowler in her home. >> this is falling in a small town of valley brings. that is where abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live for us. >> unless you're a resident this is as far as you can go on rippin road where little

laila fowler lived. investigators all pitching in to try to find the person responsible for laila's death. yellow police tape is still up at the home where 8-year-old laila fowler was murdered saturday afternoon. police continue to block all roads lead together girl's home. and those who live inside of the primt ter are understandably nervous. this neighbor did not want to us show her face. >> bits been nerve wracking. we're staying in and keechin keeching -- keeping watch. >> no. no. >> mary thomas lives just yards from the house. this is the photo thomas took of investigators searching her yard over the weekend. >> they searched this area. you know? they were like 15 adrift and sechg probes. sometimes they'd get on the ground to handle it. >> at the school jenny lind

elementary school, counselors were in to help cope with her sudden death. >> we have a greater level of law enforcement present. that will continue throughout the week swre. counseling for parents, staff and students. >> and this began as the. -- the foulers live about a half mile from there. again, while investigators continue to try to collect evidence here. that police presence at the school, we're told to make students and parents and staff feel safer. about 90 students did not show up for classes today. >> crews just recovered the body of michael roberts

reported missing this morning. coast guard thought he might have fallen off his boat. they found his boat floating adrift this morning. the boat was empty. engine was off but keys were in the ig zmigs a cell phone and identification belonging to roberts were discovered on board. >> we know the men who died while abaloen hunting over the weekend. rescuers found one victim, a 66-year-old near shell beach on saturday one day before his 30th wedding anniversary. sky 7 shows us where he died. investigators point out water there can be dangerous, one former co-worker described him as an avid swimmer and diver. >> he dived at this spot, i'm guessing 50-100 times. >> the sheriff provided this

video of yesterday's search for 50-year-old henry choi. another man from san francisco also died yesterday. off of the sonoma county coast. >> officials warning people to be care afl long the coast. temperatures goring to get warmer later this week. >> yes. downtown oakland people enjoying warm temperatures this afternoon outside of city hall. and it's really beautiful out. >> enjoyable weather, warm. getting hot and dry we do worry about increased fire risk. clear skies, sunny all day long. looking live from emyeariville, not a cloud to be seen. 75 in mountain view. a live view of the golden gate bridge now. clear skies at the golden gate as well.

temperatures at this hour warmer. 90 invermore, let's fly into the skyline of downtown oakland. this is a forecast. clear and mild. we'll see patchy fog developing near the coast during overnight hours. tomorrow morning mainly sunny skies. except for patchy fog. temperatures from 49 or 50 into coolest locations to 64. then by mid afternoon, another sunny day day. highs from 64, 65 to upper 80s inland. warm nonetheless and then, some serious heat is coming our way. >> for the first time we're hearing the voice of boston bombing suspect jahar tsarnaev. >> we can make it. no. give me a hit that a girl. now, get out he's teasing his

niece in this video. for the investigation law enforcement officials now believe he or his older brother received outside explosives training possibly in russia. the president discussed security in a phone call with vladimir putin. in other developments "wall street journal" reports female dna has been found on at least one of the bombs. >> a fund-raiser for aaron hern raised more than $4,000 yesterday. hundreds of people, many whom know the family took part in the run and walk on sunday. walking and ran and raised $4200, circling the track in martinez. the 11-year-old was injured while waiting to see his mother cross the finish line in boston. >> u.s. customs officials confiscated giants tee shirts

and hats and now making good use of the loot. the gear seized during the world series home games sold on the street outside of the ballpark. now, $6400 worth of the tee shirts, hats and bean yeez are being donated to world vision international. they will head overseas to people who need clothing. >> still ahead steps taken to make space tourism a reality. >> being called fountain of youth for eyes. a treatment could banish dark circles in just minutes. >> plus plus, michael finney taking your questions and will answer them live here, you can contact michael on facebook.com/michael finney abc 7 and on twitter. >> and taking a look at traffic right now, very heavy on san francisco skyway for those cars on the lefthand side of the screen making their way east across the bay bridge. it's pretty heavy as well for drivers heading south towards peninsula and beyond. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues

bart rolling out a plan that wail lou to it ban passengers who dmot behave. >> the process started when legislatures passed a law giving bart that power. >> wire wantedding to send a message if you're going to be unruly or violent there are owe going to be consequence autos officials have had witness people threatening their employees or try to sell drugs to their passengers.

starting next week they'll have the power to ban people from the trains and station. >> in the only is this for someone going pick a fight with a passenger but it's also those that are urinatting on our system, graffiti. everything going to make the environment safer. >> if someone commits a violent criminal act, they can be banned right away. the new law requires more tolerance for lesser offense autos repeat offenders coming onto the system and commit certain offenses more than three times in a 90 day period goring to be issued a prohibition order. >> others applaud the idea. >> you're going to work trying to dot right thing. you don't need nastiness and noise. >> i don't think it's fair. there are people that actually, you know, i believe they, they learn aid lesson.

>> there is an appeals process set up on passengers that do rely on bart to get around. >> it's in place in act and -- sacramento and fresno and officials there say it's working. it will go into effect on bart next week. >> facebook's ipo minted a lot of new millionaires but the highest paid employee might surprise you. >> first, a billionaire is talking about his blunder. >> good afternoon, billionaire and chairman of iep interactive saying his decision to buy the magazine news week was quote, a mistake given news is no longer weekly by instant. diller merged news week with the daily with beef in 2010. nokia looking to revive the brand by going cheap counting on a hand set selling for just $20, giving it an edge.

the phone has been available for a few weeks in india and indonesia and will be available in europe. and cheryl sandberg is the company's highest paid executive, receiving $26 million in compensation last year less than the $40 million received a year before. by comparison, ceo mark zuckerberg's total comp swaigsz less than $2 million, much of his wealth comes from owning more than 425 million shares of facebook. stocks closed up today, the s and p reaching a record high. the bloomberg silicon valley index also up led by apple and hewlett-packard. well, market regulateors set to discuss the impact of social media on the markets after a twitter hack sent stocks plunging. a tweet reported explosions at the white house and the president had been injured. this tweet sent the s & p down

and cause aid loves market value within seconds. >> british billionaire richard branson is one step closer to being able to launch tourists into space and they will do a test flight over the majae desert. >> the flight didn't involve a trip to space but 500 tourists paid $200,000 or put down deposits for a chance to experience several minutes of weightlessness. virgin gal lastic fulls to reach full space flight bit end of the year. >> raise your hand if you want to go to space. >> not me. >> maybe we can spend people we know there? >> i've got a list.

>> yes. >> great day for space travel, huh? >> sunny skies around the bay area. here is live doppler 7 hd. sunny skies, no clouds around. we may see coastal fog during overnight hours. record warmth taking a look at forecast features, windy conditions tomorrow night and red flag warning in affect tomorrow afternoon and overnight into wednesday for the bay area hills. here is our satellite image. it's a dry cold front. it will bring us cooler air, stronger gusty winds adding to that risk of fire, talking about the wind advisory it's in effect for north bay mountains and hills in the bay area from afternoon to wednesday, morning. winds above the north gusting

into some spots to 50-60 miles per hour and with low humidity that raises the risk of fire. meaning vegetation is very, very dry. taking a look at trends for the week ahead in livermore, high temperatures well up to 90s wednesday. a mere 906789 thursday, friday, saturday, we'll see mid-90s in livermore. then, temperatures dropping sunday and monday. clear skies, again, chance of patchy fog. maybe even fog not just on the coach but near the coast. low temperatures mainly into low 50s, low to mid-50s around

the bay area, tomorrow, highs into mid-80s in the south bay. upper 70s to low 80s on the peninsula downtown a high of 76 tomorrow, 69 in the sunset district. east bay highs of 81 in oakland. upper 80s inland east bay. here is the accu-weather forecast. heat again with immediate 90s inland. so not only good space travel weather but good beach weather as well. >> yes. >> you're not on the list by the way. >> thank you. thank you. >> you stay on earth. >> i'm staying here. >> yes. >> thank you. >> opening statements in the wrongful death lawsuit against michael jackson's concert

the michael jackson wrongful death trial has begun. his family is suing tour promoter aeg live for hiring dr. conrad murray who

administered the dose that killed jackson. the trial will dig into jackson's private life and medical history. celebrity wilts could include prince, diana ross, and director spike lee and jackson's ex-wife, lisa marie presley. >> alisa milano talks about life as a working mom. >> here is raishel smith. >> jane fonda's skmand footprints at the famous chinese theater placed next to her father's, henry fonda. >> he used to say to me jane don't let this town walk all over you. well, now, the town can walk all over both of us, forever.

>> and last night performing for the tv academy after a panel discussion in celebrity mothers got together to help baby to baby a charity supporting families in lead. actress alisa milano told us she knows how hard it is. >> it's hard being a working mom but just do the best job you can at both. >> she next stars in a show premiering this june. >> still head on abc 7 news at 4:00 something he couldn't control. a young man kicked off a jet blue flight for something said about the boston bombing autos what am i doing on the floor? it's called pole wars. how it's played coming up. >> and

educators joined law enforcement agencies today in a summit on reducing school violence. >> abc 7 news was at the event. >> larry.

bay area members could not get gun control legislation through the republican-controlled house but jackie speier has not abandoned the issue. the summit packed the house, sheriff greg muntz among them. part of what they did is talk how to prevent shooting autos it's related to bullying in many respects and to being isolated and put down. >> it's often the case students know there is a problem before someone starts shooting. catherine numan is the author of rampage, social roots of school shooting autos in the shooth school shootings with there were always advanced warning. >> they'd hear things like you'll see who lives or dies

on monday or i'm going to be running from the cops so you don't see me fr a while. >> students didn't report them for fear being labeled a snitch. >> we thought awareness was important. >> but the principal does was organize a massive field trip taking all 900 students and teachers to seat movie "bully". prot duser made this video of the millbrae field trip. after, the school started the program that being a member of the school is far better. since then, detentions have been cut in half. >> we've had kits kidz talking and working with other kids. >> today's summit open to reporters but closed to the public because of space limitations. every chair in the center was

taken. >> thank you. >> we've seen signs at the airport saying don't joke about bombs but trying not to sate word bomb grounded a man when suffers from tourett's syndrome. they planned for three years to take part in a battle reenact many in puerto rico. he struggled to control his verbal ticks and found it hard after watching boston bombings. >> i probably said bomb. bomb. bomb. about 100 times in that area and in tsa. >> people are nervous and worried. they know there have been terrorist attacks. at the end of the day. the pilot has a decision on who gets on that airplane, who doesn't. >> after further review jet blue call that had situation innocuos and offered him a round trip ticket for a few

tour trip. >> one woman whose story prompted a commercial naming min dang a champion of change wex shared her story in january. she told us about how her parents sold her for sex and threatened her life. she's now an advocate to end human trafficking and sexual slavery. >> indications the nba's sacramento koingz staying in the state capitol. nba relocation committee recommended today that the request to move the team to seattle be denied. >> sacramento mayor helped put together a counter offer to keep the team in sacramento. the board votes on this move may 13th. >> owner of a san francisco restaurant is launching a fund to help a little league team.

the restaurant and a electrical law firmt pitching in the first $5,000. this began when he saw a storier this month about someone stealing kmimt from little leaguers. and their season was in jeopardy. >> ever heard of a sport called bowl ball? a few students visually impaired as well are testing it out. >> players take the court. >> one team member throws the ball. in goal ball, players are

usually blind but for this class deciding to combine students with those who are not. >> it's opening up the eyes of individuals to say wow f i were visually impaired or blind how could the world be for me? >> so this is a ski goggle blacked out. >> once goggle goes on, world goes black. >> everybody is equal. >> alex plays soccer for cal. >> you are going back to very young days of you using your hands everything part of your five senses to see where you're lines of made by placing tape over some twine some from using lines fully and tapping the floor and

having your teammates tap, you're tibl play the game. >> it's challenging. >> i'm feeling around. i can't see a thing. i'm weight for the bau. i feel it coming. that is harder than i thought. >> yet, gaining popularity. students told it's a big. >> the second largest international sporting event. >> studidge is on the team. the first nim her life she played a sport. >> i never imagined to be on a team until i came to cal. and joined. >> she made great blocks. >> that is remarkable. >> they use a ball you can

hear. >> still head on abc 7 news at 4:00 camel feeding. a trip to the zoo gets dangerous. what happened to this little girl. it had her parents skreeling. next. >> this killer whale adventure. the couple that weren't afraid to get up close and personal with this dangerous marine life. >> in today's 7 on your side is just ahead. you can contact me now on facebook.com/michael finney abc 7 and over on twitter. i'll answer your questions here live a little later. >> looking at sunny skies but wrinkle coming our way tomorrow. which i'll tell you all about in just a moment. >> sunny in walnut creek.

smooth sailing in ther direction as well, back towards alamo and danville heading south. stay with us.

a family has a remarkable story to sell with a video to prove it after an adventure. >> check out this video in you

tube. they're hand feeding a camel. the camel wants more but have run out of food. >> there he goes. anybodieling on the toddler a little bit. she was giggling but the mouth wrapped around her head it wasn't that fun. her father stepped on the gas and everyone was okay. >> wow. >> yes. >> let's try for mcdonald autos another tale of going face-to-face with wild live comes from another couple. >> this is amazing video. capturing these images of killer whales following their boat. >> this couple went to mexico to celebrate their 20th'd weding anniversary and one of their favorite hob yeez underwater

photography. >> it's mazing to see them, they're six to eight inches off the boat. every time coming up for air they'd spray you. >> i feel they were giving less excitement and making a big deal they were having fun. >> the whale follow that had boat for about an hour. my, my. >> yes. when a site. 20 of them. >> let's check on the forecast. >> land lover spencer christian. >> yes. things tamer here. sunny skies coast to inland as you know. it's warm day in the bay area, tomorrow, nationwide will be warm as well. showers off the atlantic coast. 71 in miles per hour. snow along the bored yfr of wyoming ask colorado. hot in the southwest. highs 100 in phoenix.

state wide here tomorrow nice and warm. highs into mid 80s in chico. 81 in yosemite. 92 fresno. here in the bay area after patchy fog here and there along the coast we'll see sunny skies from coast to inland again. warm tomorrow, not quite as warm as today. 60s on the coast. san jose looking at temperatures trend. high temperatures peeking out at 70 degrees for thursday, then, temperatures dropping off to about 80 over the weekend. and into 70s on monday, temperatures warming up to their highest point on thursday and friday of this week. then, tape heering off. >> coming up next no more bags under the eyes. treatment that could get rid

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foo orbit. >> google launches an apple series billed as a personal assistant. but maybe too much for those who guard pry vass where he. >> some local coast guard members trading in their cutters for a

orks at 8:00 two hours of dancing with the stars followed by castle, then join us for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> we want to show you the cage here, it's something nasa calling it's smart box used to protect a smart phone. it's the size of a coffee cup. >> nasa shared for thus video which shows scientists researching which phone could work best.

>> the cell phone revolutionized how we communicate now ushering in a new era for satellites. a team from australia, canada, france, spain and the us spent sent a small satellite into orbit. >> there they're cheap, they're light, super powerful. they have senseors, memory. so these reasons make them ideal. >> one system might have cost $1 million. data are still being analyzed. ham radio operateors were able to monitor the date yachl a major concern is whether they can withstand space

temperatures. >> i think we're pushing the limit. but interesting on seeing if this would work. >> it did. >> they can take these pieces and because of the use they have novel ideas about things that may not occur to an older engineer steeped in traditional ways of doing engineering. who would have thought idle conversation would have turned into a successful collaboration and project. >> work is underway for the launch of another smart phone controlled satellite f you're wondering why an an droid phone not an iphone, the engineers say the android phone was easier to program. >> thank you. >> well a rodeo competitor is

calling a u.s. marine a hero because he protected her from a charging bull in florida. >> take a look at this home video. the 19-year-old shielded a woman from a stampeding bull that knocked dezer yeah off her feet saturday. he jumped in as he zeroed in on her again. >> i want to say thank you to john for doing what he did, saving hi life. he is an excellent guy. >> got me in the head, temple that. should have killed me. it's an act of god it doont they'd never met until he risked his life to save hers. >> the beils would save you. >> i'm not considered you would -- confident would you save me. >> thoings. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right. >> thank you.

tragedy hits home for san francisco law enforcement. what an off duty sheriff deputy doing today that claimed his life. >> boston bombings force a big security change for upcoming beta breakers run. >> fire danger on the rise. i'm live from the roof of the broadcast center with details on the red flag warning and a wind advisory coming up. >> the search to find a missing sheriff's deputy ended tragically. his body was found in the marina. >> the missing deputy was 56-year-old michael roberts. the coast guard discovered his i dismt on a boat found in the vallejo marinea. abc 7 news joins us live with more. allen? 50 this is dock d of the marinea. the body of the

sheriff deputy was found down here around 3:00. the dive team out here earlier looking for him but the body autos waz spot bid the dock. the 26 foot boat found around 6:45 this morning. it's unclear when he came out here or where he was headed. >> it's difficult to deal w we're hoping it was a mishap or something. and our worst fears came through. >> appeared he was wearing a inflatable personal floatation device but it wasn't inflaitd for whatever reason. >> michael roberts was a 56-year-old father who lived in hercules joining the sheriff's department in