i'm not a perfect man. will not be a perfect president. a major policy change. president obama promises to work to regain the trust of the american people after the fumbled roll out of the new health care program. good afternoon, everybody, i'm larry beil. >> i'm carolyn johnson. president offered a fix for american who's had their coverage cancelled because of the affordable care act. >> careen travers from

washington, d.c. >> reporter: millions of americans received cancellation policies. >> to those americans i hear you loud and clear. i said i would do everything to fix this problem. >> reporter: today, the president offer aid temporary fix. >> insurers can extend current plans otherwise cancelled into 2014. >> reporter: administration is putting saying the health care slau no longer the reason. >> insurance companies may say we want to charge charge more than last year, or we're not going cover prescription drugs now. >> reporter: insurers say this could be a gigantic, complicated mess. cancelled plans have to be repriseed and filed for approval. the process usually takes months. insurance agency lobbyist warned changing rules could destabilize the market and result in higher premiums for

consumers. republicans have been targeting obamacare since the day it was signed into law. >> there is no way to fix this. >> reporter: but now, the president is facing a resfrolt his own party. >> our failure to roll out aca smoothly has put a burden on democrats. >> reporter: some senate democrats want to be on the record with a vote not just for a one-year fix, but a permanent one. abc news, washington. the president's fix may not help more than 1 million californians getting cancellation notices. state insurance commissioner dave jones says a provision will allow providers to cancel poll says december 31st. jones sent a letter to covered california asking the exchange to get rid of the pro vision, he wants insurers to allow policy extensions >> big job cuts announced by

defense contactor lockheed martin. >> the company employs 7,000 people in sunnyvale. that is where david louie is this afternoon. david? >> lockheed martin is the largest employer. and 200 layoffs falls in line with the goal of laying off 3.4% of the global work force of 116,000 people. now, lockheed martin space missiles operation is based here in sunnyvale on matilda avenue. much of the work is classified defense projects. but 200 layoffs cut across the board, engineers and clerical workers. the layoffs will be gradual ask completed by the end of the year. four buildings will be shut down, lockheed martin tells me they've been making these four older structures expendable. but staff is briefed

ahead of time. >> we never like to hear about layoffs of any size. at this point we're going to sna touch with lockheed martin making sure our resources are available to them to the extent possible. >> sunnyvale says it's gone through boom and bust cycles before. a familiar pattern here in silicon valley. government spending grows or contracts. the town center is an example of the expansion. sunnyvale added 750 new businesses, creating 4,000 new jobs. so with the layoffs sunnyvale will be still left with 80,000 jobs. lockheed martin is doing deeper cuts, closing facilities in pennsylvania and ohio. here is an interesting factoid. lockheed sales this year will be down 5%, that is the first drop in a decade. we're live in sunnyvale, david louie, abc7 news. >> thank you.

>> investigators have just released a sketch, hang with us just a moment. we have a sketch to show you of a rapist this, is from that case of de college. >> the victim told police she's not friends with the attacker but believes he goes by the name john yeechl the victim may have been targeted because of her identification as pan sexual, a term used to describe someone attracted to people of all genders and sexual orientations. >> we'll try to have the sketch at 5:00. >> officials are looking into a disturbing incident in a school caught here on cell phone video. officials say three sophomore girls got into a fight yesterday with a transgender teen who identifies as female. school

officials say the transgender student started the physical fight but only after she was verbally harassed about her gender identity the transgender student complained about being bullied just two days ago. administrators are hoping talking about this will lead to greater tollerance on campus.. >> i hope bullying will be addressed more carefully and closely in our districts and states and hopefully, the nation. >> all four students face disciplinary action for this fight. >> friends and family of luke sasha fleeshman are planning a march. a suspect is being charged as an adult. sasha faces skin graft surgeries

the family reopened its donation page to help with expenses. we have a link on this for you on our web site. you'll find it under see it on tv. >> oakland police looking for whoever opened fire on a car near bancroft and seminary avenues this afternoon. >> there is more information about that run away muni train from wednesday morning. muni says passengerses were never in danger but that is not necessarily so. we have new details. when a muni kt line train took off yesterday morning if passengers had done nothing the train would have come to a stop at the next station.

control mode they have to press a button to stop the train. >> without an operator, it's ideal to have an operator in the cab when operating these trains in automatic control. >> susan moore was engrossed in her cell phone. >> i don't want to say totally frantic but was like raised voice. like there is no driver on the train. >> morris says passengers reacted, pulling the emergency brake and trying to communicate with muni. cell phones wouldn't work in the tunnel. muni says there is a way for central control to communicate with passengers over a loud speaker. they don't know why that didn't happen. >> we didn't know what's happening and what to expect

>> muni will investigate what went wrong. press didn't confirm it, but santa clara county investigators say a recent outbreak of stomach illness was likely caused by noro virus. 60 students reported flu-like symptoms. noro virus is spread through food, contaminated surfaces or direct contact. officials sanitized the complex. >> it's going to cost 2ses today park at lark spur ferry terminal next year if the new fee is approved tomorrow. anyone using the terminal between 8:00 a.m and 3:00 p.m would have to pay weekends and holidays would still remain free the district projecting a $142 million deficit over the next five years looking for ways to raise cash the fee expected to bring in $400,000 per year for the district. >> a little bit foggy and hazy

out there today. >> yes, getting cooler. >> yes. >> so much it's rain go,,ing to feel like snof it started today. here is a look at clouds reaching all across the bay area. we have lingering fog this morning. clouds into afternoon. sun didn't have a chance to warm up. so the result is that temperatures today were quite a bit lower. here is a look at temperature change. 11 degrees cooler now than at this hour yes. ed -- yesterday here is a look at some cloudy skies from our sutro camera over san francisco. it's 56 degrees now here in the city. oakland, 58. 63 redwood city. and another live view you can see lots of cloud cover there. temperatures in other locations now 63 santa rosa. low to mid 60s in

livermore, another live view here at abc7 looking over the bay towards bay bridge, cloudy, partly cloudy and cool, cool overnight in spots. chilly in the north bay valleys. low temperatures dropping into upper 30s, tomorrow afternoon, mainly sunny, breezy. highs into mid-50s and mild inland with highs into upper 60s there are more changes still to come i'll show you those a little bit later. >> thank you. >> still ahead on abc7 news at 4:00 a sudden collapse causing several homes to be evacuated. what residents say about the growing sink hole. >> plus, governor brown's warning to uc officials and why it's something the new president may not want to hear. >> crab fishermen getting ready for the start of a new season. >> and taking a look at traffic right now this, is the san mateo bridge. it's very heavy for drivers trying to make their way toward hayward. there you can

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take a look at this incredible video out of florida. a half dozen homes have been evacuated after a sink hole happened 20 miles north of st. petersburg. officials say the ground is so unstable, two

homes will have to be demolished. >> someone trying to take a huge sledge hammer and knock against walls. and against metal. it's a cracking and banging sound. >> thankfully here, nobody was hurt. experts say that hole is still growing. >> on capitol hill, confirmation hearings began for janet yellen. >> saying the economy regained ground but she says it still needs support because unemployment remains too high she admits the feds massive bond buys to stimulate the economy will be coming to an end. >> there are costs and risks associated with the program. we're monitoring those carefully. you noted potential risks to financial stability. those are risks that we can take very seriously. >> yellen taught economics at uc

berkeley and is expected to win confirmation. >> university of california regents met in san francisco. and approved a budget for the next school year but not before getting a stern warning from governor brown. the regents asking for $120,000 more. the governor was quick to offer a reality check. >> you're only going to get the amount i put in the budget. if i put in less, legislation will give you less. >> they hope to increase the budget if not they may have to freeze salaries and hold back enrollment increase. >> abc7 news education reporter sat down with the uc president janet napolitano after the meeting and what napolitano had to say about her pledge to freeze tuition. >> bat kid will be taking over

san francisco tomorrow. >> yes. the 5-year-old miles is fighting leukemia tomorrow make a wish found foundation is helping make miles wish come true. he wants to be a super hero and san francisco will be his gotham city. >> reporter: this is quite a story. we have just learned a young woman who had been tied up on cable tracks has been rescued by the caped crusader. get this, bit bat kid. >> begins tomorrow morning with a mock damsel in distress rescue z bat kid will help arrest the riddler. the rescue of giants mascot and then, at k a special presentation at city hall.

>> he's going to be tuckered out. that is a lot of rescues there for him. we'll have it for you and will be live tweeting bat kid adventures every step along the way. you can follow us on twitter to experience it in realtime. that is going to be fun. >> it will be cool. we want to know how is the weather going to be for the rescue tomorrow? >> maybe they can rescue spencer. >> very been rescued. it's going to be favorable weather, so go for it, bat kid. we've had, auz know, clouds lingering throughout the day. morning fog that didn't start to move until mid day. we've been warming up. it's november this, is how it looks right now. clouds covering much of the bay area. sunset time four clt 59 p.m

. sunny, breezy tomorrow. sunnier than today. but not a lot warmer. a cooler pattern to the weekend. so november-like pattern is settling in and it feels like fall out there here is our radar composite image showing cooler air mass descending from the north going to add to the cooling trend that is underway. notice on our forecast animation, we'll have mainly clear skies tomorrow, then, clouds moving in tomorrow night and into saturday. but limited moisture with clouds coming our way. so we're not likely to see rainfall out this, rain more of a possibility than a probability. now, continuing through saturday, sunday, into next week. by wednesday, a slight chance of rain in the north bay. we're not likely to get much out that have if anything at all. overnight tonight will be chilly by early morning with low temperatures

dropping into upper 30s in parts of the north bay z we'll see cool conditions over the remainder of the bay area. high temperatures, mid-60s. 64 san jose. 66 loss gat yoechlts peninsula, low or low to mid-60s 63 redwood city. on the coast, breezy, cool. 56 in pacifica. 59 half moon bay. downtown a high of 61 tomorrow. up in the north bay, we'll see mid to upper 50s on the coast. east bay, low to mid-60s. the inland east bay, mid-60s 66 walnut creek and livermore. 67 in antioch. here is the accu-weather forecast. this pattern won't get much milder.

highs around the period. there is a slight chance of showers, light rain wednesday, and once gerngs very, very slight. >> we've got cooling and clouchltdz now, waiting for the rain. >> pleasantly cool. >> pleasantly cool. >> yes >> mild. >> yes. >> that is right. >> we'll move on. >> up next, tunnel trouble. what a truck driver did that caused this to happen. >> oh, my. >> and a big mess that followed. >> and sparring partners, how this wild encounter occurred between a man and elk. >> that looks like a bad idea. >> yes. >> the white house comments on affordable care act preempted today's episode of "live with kelly and michael" so you can watch the show or set your dvr

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the roof of the tunnel, you can see sending debris everywhere. reports say the driver activated the tipping mechanism when leaning down to pick up glasses. >> these idiot vdz to acknowledge they not only stop their own truck but they disadvantage the whole city. >> that is rather frank. surveillance video captured the container rising as it approached and it got worse once the truck was inside of there. the incident backed up traffic for hours. >> sounds classier when you say these idiots. >> the san francisco zoo celebrating two litters. this endangered species was originally believed to be exstikt. the they will make a

public debut next weekend. >> trying to decide if they're cute. >> let's leave it at that. >> prince harry is gearing up for a trek across antarctica. >> he is joining the walking with the wounded charity trek. he praised the coverage of the service men and women. >> all of the men and women behind me achieved so much just to get here, let alone walk through the south pole. i think if you -- it's just a wonderful display of courage and means so much to everybody else. >> harry and trekkers will leave for cape town sunday then travel on to ant yashgica. >> a mother goes to great lengths to find her son who is missing. officials are sending messages to the outside world.

>> local crab fishermen dropping pots for the start of the season. when you can expect crab on the table. and later, we'll introduce you to a bay area student not letting her

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we begin with relief efforts in the philippines. >> u.s. relief workers are on the ground to help victims get access to food, water medicine and shelter. the president says uss george washington is aiding recovery efforts and more help is on the way. >> abc news reporter takes a look at the devastated island. >> i spent the afternoon with our marines on an osprey. 700,000 people have been displaced throughout the islands of central philippines we made seven stops, refuelling in the air from a kc 130 to save time. time aconcern here, there are many strand in theed remote islands, six days since it

typhoon hit. at the site and sound of our plane, people swarmed towards the landing zone while local police tried to control the crowd. the weather today is perfect for surveillance. our pilot spotted new village with no trees. that is a sign of devastation. there is a soccer field just big enough for our osprey to land he makes note to go back tomorrow with aid boxes. aid pouring in from around the world but the challenge here is logistics. getting these goods to the right people at the right time. judy cho, abc news in the philippines. along with food and water, communications are a huge problem right now. this small town has been cutoff from outside world since the typhoon hit. local officials set up a series to fly hand written

messages to the outside world. this mom now finally able to get home to see her 8-year-old son. >> i can't sleep, i can't eat i don't know what to do. i'm eager to know what's happening with him. >> after a long journey they were reunited alive and healthy. if you'd like to donate we have a list of ways you can help out under see it on tv. >> boston mob boss james whitey bulger will spend the rest of his flief -- his sentencing ends a sordid chapter featuring fbi and government corruption helping him continue a reign of terror

for decades then flee the country just before an indictment. he was captured in jant monica in 2011. in a new york courtroom a canadian actress has been convicted of stalking and harassing alec baldwin. a judge sentenced her to six months in jail. at the trial alled win testified the actress turned his life into a nightmare after they met once for dinner. he says she besieged him with unwanted calls and e mails and showed up at his home. >> tsa top man is urging lawmakers not to cut a program that a government report calls a big waste of money. he appeared before a house subcommittee. his appearance one day after a government accountability office report claims the agency so called spot program has wasted a billion dollars since 2007. he says cutting the program, which teaches agents how to spot the behavior is not the answer. >> i am just saying if we did

that, if congress did that, what can envision is there are fewer passengers going through screening, increased pat downs and longer lines. and more frustrations by the traveling public. >> the spot program places 3,000 behavior detection officers in 176 u.s. airports. the report found it cannot be proven effective and profiling is probably no better than chance. >> if you love fresh cracked crab you're going to be happy to learn it's almost time for the first crab of the svenlt >> fishermen started putting out their spots pots today this, year there is no fighting over price. >> oh, yeah. many years. amy hollyfield has the story now. >> pots going out which means yummy goodness will be soon coming in. >> they're allowed to start pulling crabs at midnight. so, if the weather cooperates, we should be unloading crab off

boats tomorrow. >> we're usually talking about an argue gument over the price of crab at this time of the year. and a potential strike. but this year, everyone has agreed on a price of $three per pound. >> we went in there one day, and settled. now, we're good to go. we're going on time. it's nice to go on time. everybody will have crab for thanksgiving. that feel goods. >> the chef across the bayway is watching carefully we asked his reaction to the fact boats goring out on time. >> stunned. >> reporter: he thinks new limits help get the price settled quicker than usual. >> i think a big part is the pot limit. they did away with that. it sort of disswayed big boats from coming down. >> hopefully it will keep fresh crab coming in longer. >> reporter: the chef plans to

buy from the first boat, getting it to customers as quickly as he can but wants a plate for himself. >> for me, a simple steamed crab and you know, served chilled. a little bit of mayonnaise and anchor steam. >> reporter: nice. >> ask sour dough bred. >> reporter: how much will you pay? a buyer says probably $5.50 $6.50 a pound. >> he had me at anchor steam. coming up, ready for christmas carols? a slam dunk rendition of "jingle bells" next. >> how did this man end up butting heads with an elk? >> looking at western sky, sunset just 22 minutes away. a cooler weekend just days away. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up in just a

moment. >> oncoming traffic going to the lower deck of the bay bridge. not moving particularly fast. it's no better for those folks on the righthand side of the on the righthand side of the screen. back with more of my hed and wrapped around to the front. i was on my way to a music conference and the pain from shingles just made it impossible to even want to move. i couldn't play my bassoon because of the pressure that i felt throughout my whole head. eventually i noticed that i had these little blisters up on my forehead and they started spreading. the blistering and the rash was moving down towards my eye. the doctors at the emergency room recommended that i have it checked out by an eye doctor. there was concern about my eyesight. i eventually learned that if i had chickenpox i was susceptible to getting shingles as an adult. i couldn't do the things i loved because of the pain.

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christmas day games. take a look. >> that's it. >> it only took 137 takes. no. they did a similar thing last year. but lebron james, steve nash and derek rose and james harden. you'll be able to catch all of the nba action here on abc7, jingle bells, and our sister network espn christmas day, including warriors taking on clippers. >> it's fun. >> yes. it is. >> well, a north carolina photographer showing off mazing shots of an elk. but the real story is how he managed to get them. >> yes. start with photos these photos of the elk up close and personal on the side of the road perhaps better pictures came from another camera. >> yes. here is how he got the

shots going head to head. or head to antler was the elk. seems playful and nuzzling. you can see the animal does become increasingly and understanding bli angry >> he came up peacefully enough. he was grazing along side of the road i was hoping he'd sniff and move away. but he didn't. he was lowering his arms down, coming at me. fairly aggressive i'm thinking don't show fear. >> yes. don't show fear. he's three inch as way. york considered himself lucky claiming he's happy the olk quote, took me for a buck and not a cow. he says he treasures photos and jokes he was well equipped because of his hard head. that is rather unusual -- >> seems like a bad idea.

>> you better grow antlers and quickly. here is a look at live doppler seven. clouds making it look like the season it s mid-november. nation ylly tomorrow, across 48 contiguous states, mainly dry conditions western two thirds of the country. sxeeft southeast, clouds and showers into the gulf coast. now, across state of california we'll have dry and sunny conditions. 56 in los angeles and cool 60 in monterey. clear skies in the morn, very chilly by mid afternoon tomorrow, mainly sunny skies, breezy, cool on the coast. highs reaching into 50s but low to mid-60s around the bay and some mid, even mid to upper 60s into our milder, relatively milder inland locations. looks like 70s

and 80s just a day or two ago are gone. >> cool >> comfortably cool. >> thank you >> okay. >> still ahead at 4:00 sandy hook promise the new campaign launched to get parents together to fight gun violence. >> dispute outside of the operating room causing one man's life saving transplant to be cancelled. >> just ahead, the skies are they ge it's great having at&t u-verse high speed internet. walter likes to download fix-it videos... and watch "boardwalk empire." it helps sam with his math... [ beeping ] ...and online gaming. and suze loves her smartphone for "social" studies... like video-chatting with sara. hi, ms. kelly. hi, sara. [ male announcer ] call at&t now to get the fastest internet for the price -- just $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee.

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parents touched by the sandy hook massacre launched parent together a national grass roots campaign to educate parents to prevent gun violence in their communities the effort emphasizes mental wellness, connection to the community and gun safety the message being driven with celebrities and parents pledging to do more to protect children. >> it's a promise and commitment

to say that it doesn't matter what your politics are, religion is, financial situation s it's saying our differences don't matter if we put our children first. >> nicole's 6-year-old dylan was one of the 26 kids and adults killed on december 14th last year in newtown, connecticut. she says parent together plans to follow other grass root campaigns to change attitudes and prevent tragedies. a man is outraged because his life saving kid knee transplant is cancelled because of a nurse's strike the hospital informed him nurses are going on strike that day is he on a dialysis machine on a kid knee wait list seven sefrn years. he had to raise funds because insurance wouldn't cover. flights and hotels now have to

be cancelled. >> i was infuriated and upset this, planning into this and then, all of a sudden, my date is cancelled. >> the nurses union says it doesn't schedule surgeries and blamed it on the hop hospital the hospital says the surgeon cannot reschedule until january. >> president obama is signing a bill his closer to home than many may realize. president put a signature on the school access to emergency epinephren act. it allows students to have the medicine on hand for students with severe allergies. >> thanksgiving day is two weeks away. today, the consumer products safety commission has a warning about fire danger. >> michael finney is here now with more on this. >> you hate to talk about bad stuff going into holidays. when it happens disasters can happen.

the threat of a fire in the kitchen is three times hire on thanksgiving day. cpsc showing how holiday cooking can turn into a disaster. here is what happens when you try to deep fry a frozen turkey. and never leave pans unattended. >> today, we to to be careful. don't get distracted by football game, taking walks and chatting f you're cooking stay in the house. stay in the kitchen. pay attention. >> the fires break out because cooks leave the kitchen with burners on. about 4300 fires reported every thanksgiving. causing 15 deaths on average. >> good news for airline passengers planning to travel this holiday season. number of complaints filed against airlines is down so far this

year. there have been 10,000 complaints lodged against airlines during first nine months of the year, down 14%. flight problems and delays are biggest complaints. airlines with the best records are southwest, followed by alaska, delta, jet blue and air tran. the airlines with the most complaints are frontier and united. frontier is in the process of revamping policies and complaints against united are down 30%. now, do we have a used drop, a drop in prices at used cars the average price dipped to lowest levels in four years. heed mundz.com says average price just over $15,600. that is because there is a large inventory. more people are trading in used cars and buying new ones. prices could dip

further as leases expire and cars become available on used car market. this is great news for the economy. this shows things are coming back. the reason used cars have been expensive is that there haven't been enough of them. so they're buying new cars it's great news. good news. >> thank you. >> sure. >> up next overcoming adversity. a student not letting her disability stop her from dancing. >> coming up at 5:00 families in vietnam and families here at home. tonight, photographers show us images of war. plus... >> my moment was that you know okay so this is how i'm going to die. and at least it will be quick. >> reporter: every traveller's worst nightmare becomes reality on board a flight on southwest airlines

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here is tonight's line up. >> we want to introduce to a young woman who has taken the term overcoming adversity to a new level. >> she's enrolled in a ballet program. and she's talented and ten nashis. and she has a disability. >> reporter: there are elements of classical ballet and modern dance. strength and balance are required as demonstrated by dickenson. born wout a left arm. >> it's kind of a battle between trying to be normal, and trying to be different. and that is kind of, i think beauty of dance. >> what about the spacing in that?

when it comes to being lony in the middle? >> reporter: her teachers focus on her talent. >> her mother must be special. this child has grown up with out feeling limitations. >> reporter: lony was born in china, adopted by an american mother at 13 months old at eight she developed scoliosis. when your spine begins to curve sideways. >> my mom put me in ballet classes she thought it would help with alignment. i started performing in nut cracker and stuff. and i started to like it. >> so much so that lony left her home in massachusetts to study with marina hodgkins in the alonzo king lines ballet offered in san rafael. lony practices in the morning and returns to san rafael to do academic work in afternoons. >> i don't want to be like a

half of my co-workers i want to be easy. i want them to challenge me. not hold back. >> she knows more about it than we do. it's hard to guide her, she's our teacher. wow, you know that is extraordinary you're able to figure that out there or how to balance that. or how to create that line. >> how difficult to not have the use of one arm? if you can show me? >> it's difficult to do pirouette turns. >> reporter: but she did it flawlessly. >> beautiful. >> reporter: she says her goal is to become a professional dancer some day. >> what a talent. >> amazing. >> she is. >> thanks for joining us at 4:00. i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm larry beil. abc7 news at

5:00 begins right now. a potential hate crime in progress. why the school considers this a teachable moment. >> financial fight. the governor hands university of california and its new president whashg he calls a reality sandwich. families there and here tonight a look from photographers on the battle front. >> i'm sandhya patel. live on the roof of the kgotv broadcast center. i'm tracking a rain chance find out if it will affect your weekend plans coming up. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm cheryl jennings. >> we have learned there is a glitch in the bart board agreement. the bart board is ready to vote it down. abc news learned it's a mistake in the clause. bart two largest union as proved a

contract after workers went out on strike twice. now, sources tell abc7 news this page somehow made it into final draft, and was signed as you can see by all of the negotiators. everybody signed off on it but bart officials claim they rejected the provision and the union verbally agreed to take it out. at issue, family medical leave stating bart will give full pay for six weeks. old language says employees need to use sick time and vacation time first. when bart management discovering this mistake the union said the clause could not be withdrawn. they're expected to vote tomorrow to kedeal with this crisis. if they can't agree bart workers could go on strike again, possibly over the holidays we'll be live with the latest on

this on abc7 news at 6:00. >> from that big story to other other top story tonight, watch this. that scene happening a bay area high school caught on cell phone video. a transgender student in the middle of the fight. it happened in hercules high school. administrators are hoping that talking about it will lead to heighten add wareness and greater tolerance on campus. laura? >> reporter: it may appear to be mutual combat on the tape officials here say that that fight was a direct result of bullying. police and school district officials here are investigating as a possible hate crime. according to officials this fight came after some female students harassed a transgender student. about her