good afternoon, everybody, i'm larry beil. >> i'm carolyn johnson. beginning in oklahoma there is sheer devastation following a tornado that touched down with 200 miles per hour winds. it's slammed the oklahoma city suburb of moore. neighborhoods have been flattened and buildings are on fire right now. >> a school took a hit and was destroyed. children inside of the school are being pulled out from

under the rubble. reports indicate 30 students have been rescued and they're alive. dozen of other kids may still be trapped. one witness says some students were take dwron a church so officials are not sure how many kids may be missing right now. that destruction spread out across 12-mile area. >> it's located on the southeastern edge of oklahoma city. the city reported most damage when it hit around 1:00 our time. now, take a look. we have incredible video of the twister making an approach and touching down in oklahoma. you can see it is swirling. the twister believed to be a mile wide. >> this is video of the

twisters that touched down yesterday two. people died when tornadoes hit the community of shawny. at least 39 others were injured and 28 twisters caused devastation in the state of oklahoma, arkansas and kansas. residents at home watching news saw one broadcast take a turn last night. watch this. >> leaving this up it is time for to us get to shelter right now. now, ryan. everybody down below, let's go. >> that is what happened. and you can here the storm outside. all employees there are okay. we will continue to bring more on this breaking story during this newscast and of course, on twitter. we want to show you live pictures now of the scene. you can see many of the, well,

this chopper shot is moving. it did look homes were flattened in that area. >> we'll sfee we can get a more stable shot here. you can see the debris. talking about winds of 166-200 miles per hour. i'm looking at a quote from betsy randolph with okay okay owe -- oklahoma patrol quoted as saying there are people trapped and you're would going to see devastation for days still to come. just finding everybody is part of the rescue commission. there are more slets tlets so it's coming. >> we do have a statement from oklahoma governor todd lamb who says it is devastating and more. he says this is horrific, and we just don't know what

numbers are. he goes on to say schools have been hit, hospitals hit and businesses flattened and neighborhoods, wiped away. we don't have numbers in yet but he says it's going to be horrific that. is from the lieutenant governor. >> you can see splinters of wood everywhere. when talking about a tornado people are saying it might have been two miles wade. >> this are estimated the tornado was probably two miles wide, almost unheard of that threat will remain in that area into evening hours. you can see on this looping live doppler here is a long line of storms that can produce tornadoes from in ill

skpil into texas. so they still have potential to produce more tornadoes. sheer look at oklahoma city and moore area. things have quieted down there. now, but of course as you know, massive devastation is left behind. here is this some video taken of the tornado. take a look at that funnel cloud. looks skinny and harmless there. i was listening to storm chasers following it. they were saying they'd never seen anything like this one before. this is a look at the tornado watch going into evening hours. from parts of illinois this area under a tornado watch into late evening hours. and this is a look at classic

ingredients producing this line of storms this, is what you get when tornadoes develop. cool, dry air mass now swinging down from the northwest. and these collide, you can get instability in the atmosphere. and with the clash of the air masses you get rotation. once that starts, these storms produce a momentum of their own owe, becoming stronger and stronger. >> thank you. back to the bay area now. sky 7 takes us to the scene of breaking news in vacaville. that is where a brush fire is threatening homes this afternoon.

you can see an out building near a hoax. we've seen rvs in that area that are partially burned. that is firefighters called for help from solano county. and joining us now is daniel berlin with cal fire. can you tell us what the situation is? >> 15 acres now 100% contained. so this fire is one of several we've had. >> what is the extent of the damage? are there other homes that were burned?. >> there are several homes threatened by this fire, we're able to get in there and put a stop to the fire, it does appear one outbuilding was engulfed.

>> what is your level of concern going forward? we had a winter rainy season that wasn't that plentiful. you've got a lot of dry trees and brush that can go up. we get warm weather. >> conditions are dry for this early in the year. this winter we saw very little snowfall. we've seen a significant increase in our activity. we have seen almost twice as many fires this year today than we normally would. moving into holiday weekend, memorial day weekend, we've got a lot of people outdoors and we're trying to urge people to understand how dangerous the conditions are, how important they be safe outside. >> good advice. especially with people barbecuing. daniel, thank you very much for your time. >> and an issue that is facing

communities across the bay area firefighters battled a grass fire that is now contained breaking out just before 2:00 this afternoon between ivy and donald drive. these lines threatened between 30, 40 homes but crews were all over this one. and all this fire burned between 8 to 10 acres of dry brush. >> east palo alto police chief declared a crime emergency today following a recent spike in violence, one person died, eight others shot during past two weeks. declaring an emergency allows the chief to declare days off allowing police to double the number of officers and the sheriff will lead an effort to

target gang member autos the latest violent crime took the life of a 16-year-old boy in front of his own home. he had just driven into his family driveway, one person opened fire on him, and three friends. the victim's family says he was not a gang member and the shooter mift mite have mistaken him for someone else. >> he'd never been in trouble before. >> two teens suffered minor injuries. police goring to check to see if he or his companions have gang ties. he was a junior at woodside high school and played on the football team there. >> a 5-year-old girl is dead after fallinging from an suv that crash thtd morning. police say speeding may have been to blame. five other people in the vehicle were injure bud not seriously.

the 5-year-old girl was not in the child safety seat. california law requires children under age and under height of four feet nine to be strapped into a safety seat. >> students at silver creek high school are grieving after a class mate died on the way to school. a truck hit the 16-year-old while he rode his bicycle. this is just blocks from campus. >> the driver is currently cooperating with investigators reporting what occurred here, today. >> sky 7 captured video investigators searching the scene for clues. police point out the victim was not wearing a bicycle helmet. the high school brought in grief counselors today. >> this was sentencing day for a formler -- former police officer who turned to crime. >> he's been found guilty of a

number of crimes. >> including selling drugs that were stolen from the task force. >> shown here norman welsh pleaded with a judge to go light on his sentence. a sobbing welsh said, these crimes were not for greed or arrogance but a call for help. in court his attorney claims the former drug task force commander was suffering from depression and ptsd. >> there is no defense here. he knew right from wrong. problem is that he was making decisions not as a hardened criminal but based on impulse. >> he will likely serve at least 10 of that. >> a big court victory for

12,000 health care workers set to strike this morning. today a judge ruled only 100 workers doing critical tasks could not strike. the university was seeking to exempt hundreds more. officials say the strike will cost $20 million. hundreds of surgeries and sessions and therapy treatments have been postponed. the striking workers include x ray technicians, radiation therapists and pharmacists. thousands may join picket lines. >> big changes coming to san francisco international airport including a hotel next to the international terminal part of a 10 year airport master plan revealed today by ed lee. the plan includes a makeover for terminal one, improvements underway to the concourse and check points at terminal three. then, a 400 room luxury hotel.

>> 400 rooms. the system has been designed to have a stop in front of the international terminal. >> those improvements expected to generate 36,000 jobs over the next decade. >> still ahead a the santa cruz man rides into record books. what makes this wave different from others? >> and sniffing out land mines. >> michael finney is taking your questions on twitter and facebook will answer them here live a little later. you can contact michael on facebook and on twitter. >> checking traffic now on the skyway. you can see it's gridlock in both directions. traffic is a slow crawl and not much better for those folks heading towards 101 south.

>> in oklahoma city you can see crews picking through the debris. the hunt for survivors is on. stay with us

we're continuing with live coverage of the scene in oklahoma. the town of moore where a devastating tornado has hit. you can see emergency workers there sifting through rubble.

and trying to find people under there. some buildings have been damaged. a number of kids taken out of the school. so good news there. but still, it's going to take days to figure out where everybody is and id both survivors and victim autos yes. a devastating situation there. schools intrn hit, hospitals have been hit, businesses, flattened he says it's going to be significant and horrific. and this is just south of oklahoma city. >> and calling it horrific is not an exaggeration this is almost exactly the same location hit by tornado may 3, 1999. i was there, the day that have tornado strike and looking at the damage and i've been in many storm ravaged areas and have never seen anything like that from tornadoes. this appears to be worse.

so-to-call it horrific is not exaggerating. >> we're talking with b.a mile, perhaps two miles wide. >> almost unheard of. i've been to areas where tornadoes have hit, that is one back in 1999 estimated to be about a mile wide but two miles is almost unheard of. so what ever you hear today it's probably not hyperbole. it's accurate. >> what is frightening is what is looming because you're talking about conditions that are ripe for more potential twister autos it's true. the storm watches and warnings are remaining in affect for a long, long area across several states. as mentioned the clash of the cold, dry air mass from north and warm air from the south you're going to have instability triggering violent

thunderstorms until conditions change. >> wow. >> yes. it's stunning and our reporting continues on twitter on this, we want to shift owe our weather. >> changes coming our way. and major changes after the heat goitsing to cool down tomorrow. and here is a look at live doppler 7. sunny skies now. thin clouds and low ones develop together northwest. we've got sunny skies and here is a look at high temperatures so far today. these are not even final highs yet. up to 91 so far. and 89 in morgan hill. highs 79 near san francisco. this is a very, very warm day. looking down to the bay, current weather, had that is what it s readings 67 in san francisco.

86 mountain view. 87 san jose. 85 degrees in santa rosa. still 91 in fairfield. 90 in livermore. east bay hills camera you can see thin, high clouds returning overnight aichl mix of low clouds and thin, high clouds, temperatures dropping about 20 degrees in spots. and this pattern remains with us for the rest of the week. there is a a mix of clouds, high, low. front sweeps through. we'll see sunny skies and very windy conditions and much, much cooler than today. overnight tonight, will be

mild then, tomorrow, breezy, high temperatures just above 70 degrees in spots. 71 in san jose. 60s on the peninsula. san francisco, only 58 in sunset district. highs into mid-70s 70 in castro valley. inland east bay with locations breaking 90 degrees tomorrow will have highs into mid to low 70s tomorrow, cooler throughout the skbeekd by saturday. highs around 70. maybe. low to mid-50s on the coast. starting to warm up monday which, by the way is memorial

day. >> thank you. >> up next, you can own a piece of star wars history. item going up for auction, tomorrow. >> then the potential health risk inside of a woman's hand bag.

a santa cruz surf jer now a world record holder. >> for riding the biggest wave ever by paddling in. >> he caught this 61 foot wave last december a shallow ildand that is part of the channel islands. >> yes. he said he was scared but started paddling there is no turning back. ended up being the biggest waive anyone caught. eight to 10 feet is a big wave. 61 feet is like trying to ride down the face of a condo. >> you can get smothered he did it. >> he did. >> well, here is this, you can dress like a jedi knight if you like. >> yes.

the pants are up for auction in los angeles. >> if you're curious about the size and all, 29 inch waist, and they stril a bleached levis tag on them. the current bid sup to $22,000. >> i might have had a 29 inch waist in high school or grade school. george lucas getting a lifetime achievement award that named san him the recipient of the bay area treasure award recognizing artists who redefine the field of visual arts. he will be present wtd honor in october. >> continuing to follow a breaking news in oklahoma. a sight in the city of moore has a massive tornado touching down there flattening neighborhoods and togs cars into the air. >> pollution, we're learning more today about the tragic fall that took the live of a

san francisco man after the beta breakers race. >> mystery surrounding the winning ticket in the biggest power ball

and that breaking news is our continuing dhumpblg half

hour, growing devastation from a huge tornado near oklahoma city. it's now a desperate search and rescue mission for residents in the suburb of moore. you can see many, many workers there just trying to pull people from the debris. a major tornado with winds as much as 200 miles per hour touching down. >> we understand it ripped two miles and leveled hundreds of homes. an elementary school took a direct hit. and 60 people have been sent to the hospital. survivors describe the moments the twitter hit. >> just it was just -- the roof came o i felt something. it's raining on me and all that. >> and abc news just confirmed

10 deaths thoichblt a number that continues to grow. the lieutenant governor says he expects many more casualties based on how much destruction there has been. this sefshz as a reminder for prepare for what could happen here. abc 7 news.com under see it on tv. >> the beta breakers foot race went fairly smooth bylee this year, but after the race a tragedy took the life of a san francisco man that fell from the roof of a building. abc 7 news joins us live from outside of the building. >> police calling this a tragic accident saying people were drinking and partying on the roof of the building behind me. the victim took a fatal fall.

beta breakers officially ended but at 3:30 the party was still going on. that is when sue notice aid group of people on the roof of a neighboring building. >> i kept thinking this isn't safe. someone going to fall. within seconds i saw him fall. i saw the whole thing and i screamed. and it's horrible. >> the 28-year-old landed on the pavement. he was critically injured and later died at the hospital. henry hutchinson lives in the building next door. >> what i noticed was there were 17 police, two fire engines and his friends had been seated and they were distraught. >> hutchinson every year this block has a party and he does hot think the one on the roof was out of hand. >> from my understanding there were only six to eight people. so how rowdy can that be? >> he worked in san francisco at ai company called demand

force rmt colleagues were not talking today. and police say that roof top parties are not illegal. they do discourage them because they worry about something like this happening on this four-story building. >> afternoon commute for people on the east coast proved to be just as problematic. 120 bus shuttles operated from connecticut into manhattan. proved to be a slower ride for commuters and doubling and perhaps tripling in cases. last friday a train derailment damaged tracks and there is also no direct service between new york and boston. >> you've no doubt heard of

bomb-sniffing dogs but how about bomb sniffing bees? insikts being conditioned to search for the scent of tnt this, is useful in croatia where hidden explosives from the balkins war are still buried today. united air lines resumed flights using dream liner jets this morning. the first carrying passengers for the first time since january. that is when they were grounded. the airline is flying between it's domestic hubs for now. united has six 787s in the fleet. the only u.s. carrier to fly the new plane. >> so far no winner has come forward to claim the highest power ball jackpot. >> one ticket worth $600 million snold a grocery snore

a small florida stwi a population of just 13,000. >> marcy gonzales with more now. >> the buzz is building in the small florida town. residents of the suburb waiting to learn who among them is a winner of the biggest single ticket lottery jackpot in u.s. history. >> when numbers were announced ska za night, just one ticket out of millions held all six winning numbers. the key to the $590 million prize was purchased at this public supermarket. >> i'm like wow. it's shocking. the whole country this, little publix would be the winner its unclear if it's one person or a group but it leaves plenty to go around. if the ticket holder takes a

lump sum therk take home nearly $278 million. now, somewhere, someone is holding tightly to that precious $2 piece of paper that is now worth a fort yooun. >> i would sign the back of the ticket and put that in an energy and d.d.envelope and duct tape to it my chest. >> and the winner cannot remain anonymous and has 60 days to come to the tallahassee office to claim the lump sum payment z more fim winnings are taken in installment autos and a ticket sold in san jose is worth $2.3 million, someone matched five numbers but no power ball. that was sold at 7-11 the casheer says the winner came

in on we won zippo. >> right. oh well. >> as you predicted. >> yes. exactly. >> coming up next a ferris wheel ride now in the record books. >> a treasure hunt that changed life for one couple. >> i'm still taking your questions on twitter and facebook. you can contact me and i'll be answering your questions here, live in just a moment. >> from mount tam things are going change tomorrow. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up .. >> things moving nicely there. traffic is going north but moving.

you're watching a world record in the making. a man rose a fer yil wheel for two days, eight minutes and 25 seconds. that is 384 times up and around. and he play video games, watched movies. he's the park's operations manager and said he thought

chicago shutd be the home of the title of longest faris wheel ride in the world. a deep sea dive led to a moment that will forever change a woman's live. >> joseph decided to propose to his girlfriend on vacation and suba dive sog he tied the troing his bathing suit using dental floss, what could go wrong there. >> there, you can see he's on his knees and slipping the ring on her finger. the couple shared their story today with abc's "good morning america". >> he showed the treasure chest i thought that is cool ai. treasure chest z kept swimming and joey went down to it and i saw him trip over a flipper getting on his knees and he saw the ring and i saw marry. >> and she said yes.

no word yet on what is in store. >> hard to talk. >> yes. >> let's check on the forecast. >> how do we know whether it's yes or no? that is hard to tell. here is a lk at doppler 7 with thunderstorms, oklahoma city calming down but devastation left behind in this line of violent storms, a tornado watch remains in affect into texas. nationally tomorrow, we'll have most of the nation with calm weather, there will be another lion of thunderstorms in the same area capable of

producing more tornadoes. back here in california, calm, mild day. will be showery and cool. in central valley, mild to warm. down south, 102 in palm springs, tomorrow, we'll see a sharp drop off in temperatures. high as above 90 degrees, tomorrow, highs inland only into 70s, 60s around the bai. upper 50s to 60s on the coast and windy and cooler pattern remains with us for the rest of the week. so don't expect any warm up until perhaps next monday,, which by wait is memorial day. >> thank you. >> okay. >> ahead at 4:00 new research suggests womens' purses carry more bacteria than toilets. what is the dirtiest item inside of the hand bags? >> and a delicate operation

for firefighters. >> i'm michael finney. can you use a credit card to

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bear got up a tree yesterday. firefighters had to use a ladder truck to reach the bear. rescuers able to put a harness around the bear and lower it to the ground for five hours to get it out of the tree they managed to do it. >> in healthy living news a new study finds 20% of hand bags are covered with more bacteria than the average toilet. the company discovered one in five hand bags is full of germs. bottles of hand cream appear tobt dirtiest items. children who suffer from adhd could face obesity later on in life. they tracked through this long

stretch and a high percentage of them were twice as likely to occur before age 21. coming up at 5:00 treating adhd with out medication. abc 7 news looks at a device that could make change autos a 6th grade student representing the state of california in national geography bee. the 12-year-old from san carlos is one of 10 finalists competing in the final round this wednesday in washington. he's a student in hillsborough featured in a you tube video and will be competing for scholarships. we wish him the best of luck. >> good luck to him, for sure. >> michael finney here now answering questions you've sent to him jeanette asked i

co-signed for a student loan and want to pay it off with a visa card i was told i cannot use i credit card to pay off the loan. is that right? it s sally may wail lou to you use a card to make a monthly payment but no more than that. only one monthly payment. why would they do that? because they're scare pemd will take on an ugly debt at 18% rather than the 6.7 your grand daughter probably paying now. >> joe e mailed i have a rental condo and down stairs neighbor installed a surveillance camera on my car port. homeowner association manager okayed it and say they have a right to do so. >> unless it's pointed into your window or at your front doort answer is yes. they're probably allowed to do it. what can you do to make that go away? probably not much other than set up your own camera and pointing it at your neighbor.

other thing go to homeowners association meeting and say, if he wants to protect his frort that is fine but it ought to be pointing at his front door, not my front door. >> kevin t i noticed my cell phone carrier sends me a text every month. is this a marketing ploy? or just trying to be nice? >> they're sweet hearts. yes. no. look. they were doing it before they had to and now they have to tell if you're nearing a limit before you hit your limit. they have to contact you. and after going over they are v.to go you did go over. they have to tell you before, and after. that is by law. >> if you have kids you're getting a lot of those. >> yes. a lot. >> oh, brother. >> what are you guys doing on the snon no idea thank you. >> sure. >> up next abc 7 news catches up with some people from san francisco who travel to the

anything today. >> the issue that prompted them to protest. >> coming up at 5:00 opening on schedule, governor brown gives his priority during a stop in the bay area and a tiny device bringing hope and alternative for family was an adhd child in the home

at 8:00 it's two hours with dancing with the stars and join us for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> protestor from san francisco risk add rest in washington, d.c. today. >> they want bankers jailed over what happened with the foreclosure price krisis. >> the protest was pretty

large today, 400 or 500 people. one here in san francisco, smaller, both with the same message that banks shouldn't be too big to fail and bankers should not be too big to jail. this resident was protesting outside of the attorney general's office in washington, d.c. today. 500 or so demonstrators marched to the justice department angry over what holder said over two months ago. >> if you do prosecute and bring a criminal charge it will have a it will have an impact on the economy he says is he concerned about it and thinks congris should be as well but today, the statement got boiled down to the the phrase too big to jail. in the nation's capital saying

bankers ought to be jailed. >> they created this. the crash of the homeowners. >> in 2011 we met with richardson in her home. and she was behind in her payments but the mort company did not foreclose. in the end she still has the house n san francisco this afternoon, ross rose took a vocal part in the protest. >> our justice sis tame tim saying corporations are too big to fail. >> he, too, escaped foreclosure, his lender agreed to drop his interest rates from 7.% down to 2% over 40 years. today, wells fargo saying the bank helped eight million homeowners get new low-rate loans.

coming up at 6:00 we'll hear from ross rhodes thooz say and why he was out, protesting today. >> mark, we'll see you at 6:00. thanks for joining us thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> thank you. >> school children the focus of a life and death rescue operation as a massive tornado turns oklahoma upside down. >> we'll show you damage and take you live on a charred scene that came close to home a look at those devastating tornadoes in oklahoma. >> we are following breaking news from oklahoma tonight. neighborhoods have been flattened after a mile wide

tornado tore through the oklahoma city suburb of moore. >> 200 miles per hour winds tore house as part and just blew them away. this happen at 1:00 pacific time. >> abc news learned and confirmed 10 people have been killed dozens of others admitted to hospitals. >> many are happening near a school that took a hit from the tornado. dozens of students have been pulled out alive. but officials say there are others trapped under the rubble. >> this is just cars beat up. my mom was flipping out. about her car. >> emergency responders have

schedule a news conference to update the public on whether there are efforts. good evening, i'm cheryl jennings. >> other breaking news fires in the east bay and north bay. >> crews are busy fighting fire autos where flames score burn aid group of vehicles and one structure burned to the ground coming within feet of several homes. >> wem, dozens of firefighters moved in quickly to stop a grass fire in orinda that raced through 10 acres near ivy drive. nick? >> good afternoon. if you take a look you can see this brush behind me. this is the kind of fuel firefighters fear. they say today, weather was in