survivors. among the dead at least seven children from an elementary school hit hard by the storm. 100 people, in fact 65 of them, children, being treatsed at several hospitals in the oklahoma city area. many of them suffered major injuries. five of the children brought from a local elementary school. the heaviest damage is in the community of moore on the southeastern edge of oklahoma city, not far from downtown. we have remarkable video just moments before it touched down. authorities say the impact from the tornado appears to be more severe than the one in 1999 what devastated the university, killing 36 people. the president... >> we're doing everything as

we can to get as much emergency personnel, state agencies and different charities out doing search and rescue efforts trying to make sure we've looked under every piece of debris and building and to find anyone that might be injured or lost from the storm. >> the president just called oklahoma governor to express his concerns. the white house directed fema to send emergency resources to help out with recovery effort autos now, state and local officials are holding a news conference to discuss the situation there. we want to let you listen in for just a moment to see these officials are saying. >> at this time we do not need mutual aid response. we do appreciate everything received so far but we have plenty of help on the scene.

i want to thank the red cross, everyone involved so far and citizens for being so understanding with us. and we're doing everything we can to help citizens in this community. thank you. >> i'm the chief of police here in moore. our thoughts and prayers were those individuals who have been affected by this storm and as far as police department is concerned we have a perimeter set up and we'd ask the if people nrt areas to vacate as quickly as possible, if possible there are safety issues and gas lines and power lines. things of that nature that we have to search and rescue

efforts will continue throughout night or as lng as they need be. so... there is another site for parents of children at plasent towers elementary. if you need to make contact there, you can do that. as well as st. andrews church. other students and schools who have been held over, parents need to go to moore high school and contact officials there. so again, we want to thank everybody for their help and other agencies involved. we couldn't do this alone. we do appreciate all of the help. thank you.

>> again, my prayers and thoughts and all of the representatives from here, especially from the city of moore go out to the families and actually, the children impacted by this. and i want to thank the various members of both cities, moore and oklahoma city on their quick response down here around 4:00 and as soon as i got here, i encountered regular citizens jumping in there and private contractors and medical personnel who have just jumped in and been great from the get go here. it just speaks well about the city.

and resources are at the disposal of the effort. i'm going to bring in the city manager. >> i'm the city manager for oklahoma city. comments on behalf of the city of oklahoma city, thoughts and prayers go out to those who have been injured and that lost loved ones. i want to high lie a lit bit about water. water treatment plant was spare frtd tornado but we did lose power to the facility. it could be several hours before that happens. we have generators coming in to power up the water treatment plan. however, i do want to highlight a couple things. water is sa. it's tok drink water going forward but use it

sparingly over the next day or so. and so, we should have the power back up but there will be areas of low pressure. and please use your water wisely over the next day or so. i want to introduce the oklahoma city police chief. thank you. >> obviously, area moore has been hit harder than oklahoma city. we're deal wang area just about three square miles, we're having to secure homes that receive smd damage if not total loss. i know what we're dealing with is less there. is a great deal of tragedy there. a long list of what moore is dealing with. i have to echo what everybody says, i pleesh yait efforts of the state. all agencies red cross and volunteers coming together to do what they do in situations like this, going through before, sadly in 1999.

we do appreciate it. and will work through this day by day. one of the important things the governor said is be patient. we're not going allow citizens back into those areas. officers and fire departments are working closely together to make sure we get areas searched. we'll receive text messages and phone calls from people trapped in homes and shelters inside of their house. we're still trying to search areas out as well as people that can't make contact. so that is going to take time. so you have to have patients getting back into the areas and homes for the next couple days making sure we do everything we can do to make sure everybody is in there that will be found. so... again, i want to thank everybody in the city and

state and turn it tofr the chief with the city fire department. >> you're listening to a variety of public officials in moore speaking out about what happened today. this devastating tornado. you heard an official he will not allow people back into their homes in the immediate aftermath because there is a lot of clean up and safety work. they want to protect homes and property so. they have a long struggle ahead. >> yes. they don't want to do anything to jeopardize reaching people that need the help. >> areas have collapsed and they're looking for survivors but this storm was massive. this tornado maybe as wide as two miles or an ef 4 on the scale its phenomenal. let's check in with spencer christian. >> there here is a line of

violent thunderstorms spaung today's massive tornado. people are not out of the woods or danger yes. at the moment closing in, you can see this quiet in that area there is still a tornado watch in effect. from much of the area and into central texas thunderstorms continue to rumble. classic development we had a cool, dry air mass and then, area where those two air masses collide you can get extreme instability. you may have heard that today's massive tornado was

ranked ef 4 that means winds were as long as 200 miles per hour making this the second most powerful category of tornado that you can have. dan? >> thank you very much. tornadoes of course very rare thankfully here in the bay area but this kind of natural disaster does serve as a reminder to prepare for what could happen here, which is earthquakes, fire storms. we have posted to develop a man for the family. and stay with us well have more coverage later on in this newscast. >> following breaking news in

vallejo, one person suffered critical burns in an apartment fire this afternoon. allen? >> there is a 60-plus year old man in the hospital that would likely be dead had it not been for heoics this afternoon. let's take a look. witnesses say the man's apartment was fully engulfed. he was disoriented and wandered back into the burning apartment, firefighters scampered up the ladder and ran into the fire and he says the man passed out on the floor and also on fire. the firefighter picked him up and tried to kaert man but he woke up and started grabbing things as the firefighter tried to drag him out. the frlt tells me he got him to the balcony handing him off to the battalion chief. who kraid yeld him like a baby, carrying him down the ladder.

he was on the ground, neighbors say he was pulling his oxygen mask off, clearly disoriented but that man is alive this afternoon, back live, they're mopping up here. >> firefighters just contained a fire that threatened homes in vacaville. the fire started near tim road and buena vista lane around 2:45. crews helped stop the fire, fire crews came out to stop a fast moving grass fire there. you can see just a large path of land black yend by the

flames. on the ground about 30 engines and 90 firefighters prevented flames fromming homes. >> we have our units right now staging in a church in case we need more resources. we've got a good line of the fire and getting it under control. >> still to come on abc 7 news at 6:00 a man's deadly fall from a building after the beta breakers race. >> governor brown changes hi tune eastern span of the bay bridge. >> new hope for dozens of victims into a mortgage skee. a follow sup sthaild. >> and tornado destruction in oklahoma. our spencer christian

a san francisco man died after falling from the roof of a building yesterday, at a beta breakers house party near golden gate park. abc 7 news has the story. >> beta breakers was over but the party was still going on. sue noticed some guys on the roof of a four-story building on the block where her daughter lives. >> i'm thinking this isn't safe. someone is going to fall.

within seconds of saying that, really, i saw him fall and i screamed. and -- it's horrible. >> the 28-year-old landed on the pavement, critically injured and later died at the hospital. henry hutchinson lives in the building next door. >> what i noticed is that there are 17 police, two fire engines and his friends have been seated and distraught. >> he says the party was not rowdy, though police say drinking was involved. he worked here in demand force in san francisco. his colleagues don't want to talk. >> this is a tragic event. you know? which is why we don't want and encourage people to this these events but it's a private building. >> and there is no police investigation.

in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> we're getting a rare look at tactics used by prison guards in crisis situation autos it's an overwhelming show of fours force called cell extraction teams. >> straight from prison. these teams are trained to handle dangerous criminals when threatening staff who refused to follow orders. if an inmate still won't cooperate, six guards perform a cell extraction. it's a very dangerous job. >> i've had co-workers that never left that gate, never came out arks live. soy can't say that i'm not scared but i'm not going show them that. >> tonight you'll hear from a former guard and see teams as

they take part in what they can be a live, or death struggle tonight at 11:00. >> real gee. >> thank you. >> let's go back to monitor what's happening. >> we've got changes coming our way. hot in spots, cooling down but first live doppler 7 giving you a look at current conditions here. sunny skies throughout the day we do have thin, high clouds pushing in ahead of the big change that's we're going to experience. let's give you a forecast animation. we'll start at 7:00 this evening. south and east, of oklahoma city you'll see the storm dissipate. another line of violent thunderstorms developing just south and east. these storms swril phone shall to spawn tornadoes.

we'll keep watching tomorrow, back to the bay area, warm day. high temperatures to 92 degrees. highs in clear lake and santa rosea, numerous upper 80s. now a live view looking westward from our camera and eastbound hills 62 degrees in san francisco. 70s across the bay in oakland. another view of the thin, high clouds from our south beach camera here in downtown is 78 degrees now in santa rosa. napa, 83. 82 livermore, so you can see many locations are still warm. looking at the golden gate bridge lots of blue skies. we'll see clouds returning

overnight. some high clouds and low clouds turning cooler and we'll have a cooler pattern developing throughout the remainder of the week. here comes a cold front going to be the big change agent. bringing us much cooler weather and some strong winds. we'll see a mix of high and low clouds into early morning hours. overnight tonight we won't feel much cooling. it will be pretty mild but tomorrow, notice how far -- high temperatures drop. only low to mid-70s tomorrow. low to mid-70s inland. upper 50s to 60s on the coast.

here is the accu-weather forecast. cooler pattern last throughout the week and into the weekend. saturday, we'll be the coolest day in this forecast period. maybe low to mid-60s on the bay. >> a big change. >> yes. >> thank you very much. >> just ahead big capitol improvement project going to change the look of sfo. >> creating thousands of jobs in the process. stay with us.

governor brown says is he no longer certain the eastern span of the bay bridge will be open labor day weekend. he dismissed concerns about the bridge's structureal integrity. the sacramento bee reported thousands of steel tendons were exposed to rainfall in 2006. caltrans says there is no significant corrosion but outside engineers told the sacramento bee testses were inadequate. >> one day when you're going to sfo you'll be able to print and book a ticket right there. mayor revealed san francisco international airport's 10-year master plan including

a 400 room hotel next to the international turm nal. and improvements underway at terminal three. the project is expected to generate 36,000 jobs over next decade on update on the deadly tornado in oklahoma. authorities just finished a news conference. we'll let you know what they had to say. >> two big announcements at yahoo. stay with us.

in oklahoma search and rescue efforts will continue throughout the night after a major tornado touched down in moore, oklahoma. about 1:00 pacific time. in addition to homes flattened by this twist dwler school

bore the brunt of the tornado destruction. children had been rescued but other students are now missing. abc news is reporting 51 people have been killed. the number expected to go up, of course. 65 patients are children. tonight oklahoma governor sthez. >> we've lost a tremendous amount of structures throughout this community and throughout the state. our health department working as quickly as we can to try to help families and to find their loved ones. >> this is jerry fiing. it just rake add krots landscape. the twister has been categorized as an ef 4, the

second most severe classification on the index. >> sky 7 is live over breaking news this, is a crash following a police chief. deputies were chasing the stolen car within oakland that crashed close to hill's college. they're searching those other two men. we'll have the latest for you here on abc 7 news and on twitter. >> the saga that rocked the contra costa county law enforcement community dime a close today. the former head of the drug enforcement task force was sentenced this afternoon for a range of crimes including stealing drugs and reselling them for thousands of dollars in cash.

>> this wasn't a bad cop this, was a good could be cop. >> the attorney insisted the former task force commander was not motivated by greed. >> there is no defense here. the problem is that he was making decisions not as a hardened criminal but based on impulse. >> wells made a plea asking for leniency in sentencing quote, my failure is that i put up a strong front but i was wreaking down. besides a medical condition he argued he acted under duress in chitting crimes claiming private investigator chris butler black mailed whim a claim there was a videotape of married welsh having sex with

a prostitute. >> said he had a tape of norm dwran n.a compromising bogs a young lady that that was useful and maybe his wife would see it they both pleaded guilty to charges they stole drugs and money from evidence lockers and people he arrested over a two year period. >> if you want to go out and steal and sell dope and rob people, don't be a police officer. >> the judge here says she considered the mental conditions when sentencing him. he'll serve at least 10 of the 14 years. chris butler serving eight years. >> the day started at yahoo with a big deal. a $1.1 billion deal to acquire tumblr and ended with a major product upgrade.

it's all about a youth movement. >> yahoo hoping 6-year-old tumble. r can show an old dog new trips. why the deal makes sense. yahoo provided the video. >> we're very strong in sports, news, finance and photos they're very strong in fashion and architecture, food, travel. a lot of the verticals we aren't. so when you first look at how the company was work together there is just a lot of terrific opportunities there. >> however, analyst rob enerly is worried remembering when then ceo tried to reinvigorate hp by acquiring compax. -. >> so he's slamming in a young company into an older firm. it's going to be a distraction well. swau compaq.

this is going to be the same problem here, yahoo doesn't have resources hp did. this is cheaper it's still risky. >> tumblr users are young and yahoo's image of that of a stojy old company. >> yahoo is old for me, we grew up hearing yahoo everywhere. i think google is taking over what yoo ya hoo is supposed to, you know, what used to be. >> tumlr users harbor distrust. >> just worried yahoo is going to try to put in advertisements and things like that. i don't want that. they can buy tumblr but i'm hoping it will stay the way sit right now it launched a major upgrade to flick service giving one terabyte of free storage. yahoo is using cash to acquire

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bay area homeowners paid a total of 250,000s ndz fees to a mortgage rescue scheme are hoping to get their man back tonight. >> yes. michael finney is back with an update. >> prosecutors hope to win restitution for the victims after filing real estate fraud charges while 22 victims filed a civil lawsuit.

these are happier times for ben and molly for several reasons. first, the couple is now current on their mortgage. second, the man they accused of stealing $10,000 from them was empty promises. facing 16 counts of grand theft real estate fraud and perjury. >> felt like someone was able to hear us to, do something about it this is video of william just moments before we entered a courtroom on april 22. our cameras were not allowed inside of the courtroom but a judge announced a warrant had been issued and he was taken into custody. he is president and founder of of lending. and he lived a lavish life

style. this was the scene of several play boy style parties over the years. this is a promotional video. those parties included naughty linger yeah party. he shut down after the department found he violated california ban on advanced fees. he filed for bankruptcy, the authority challenged him. and the court refused to relief him of the debts. jompb rich yartds says information obtained during a hearing that enabled the county to press charges. >> so once they gathered enough facts to know a case was there that made the job

easier. >> the wait was a long one for many of the alleged victims. it was very frustrating. i'm pretty much a nobody. so hoping someone would listen. >> the attorney for bill hogerty. >> he he is willing to pay from my understanding. though he may in the be liable for that. >> he maintains everything did he was legal. he says he has no control over promises his sales people might have made. >> what they complained about is outside of the four corners of the contract. we can do a real good job. we can probably get this for you. >> a former employee agreed to talk to 7 on your side. >> i fell like he stole from people and led me to believe

70% to 80% of the time my customers would receive a preree dux. >> prosecuters maintain the rate was close twror 3%. >> so i learned they took in files and accepted payment from people that never qualified for the programs. >> he accuses four employees of going on a witch hunt. the attorney told 7 on your side he just got the case and declined to comment. this attorney said his client denies making promises to any victims that were not true. attempts to reach a third suspect were unsuccessful.

the alleged victims look forward to when the skais over. >> people like me, and victims will get justice, so they can be done with this mess. >> thank you, michael. >> going back to talk about the weather conditions that spawned these tornadoes. >> thunderstorms are still occurringed. now, those storms tonight will dissipate. look at moisture, another line of storms developing south and east today. here in the bay area, mainly sunny skies, highs into low 70s inland. going to be cooler all week long. accu-weather forecast forecast saturday, highs up to 70

degrees we'll warm up on monday, memorial day. >> yes. >> thank you. >> well we

good evening, question for the warrior goings forward is how do they get better and add players ta that can take them beyond the second round of the playoffs? the owner could try to buy a second round pick. there is possibility of trade. >> you have to be prepared because history tells that. you never know what is coming around the corner f you're not prepared likely make a mistake. so if we don't, we'll be ready to do something if we do. >> tomorrow we find out if the bay area will host super bowl 50. 32 team owners will cast

ballots and as soon as we know, you'll know by following us on twitter. or for signing up for wreaking news alerts. raiders began organized team activities so who is starting as quarterback? >> someone has got to take the first step what. we do is who plays the best. so there can only be one job on the field. >> athletes don't understand how social media can crush you. he was drafted by by the chargers. if you did it won't be very

long. the green and gold win by six and a half games. he knows which way the wind is blowing. in the 5th when he connects he rakes a double down the line. that brings in right now. and giants at home against washington. >> thank you. >> join me tonight at 9:00. >> now, we're in a search and rescue mode looking for people that tonight have been in harm's way. >> so many trapped and the number of people killed expected to rise.

>> then, on abc 7 news at 11:00 men called in to deal with san quentin prison's most dangerous criminals. dan noyes obtained rare internal videos to show what happens in a crisis situation. >> and at 8:00 it's two hours with danning with the stars. >> that does it nor edition of abc 7 news. abc 7 news. >> see

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