a game against the north korean team. the shootout in honor of the birthday of infamous north korean leader kim jong-un. and when one celebrates this special day with a close friend, well, there's that song to be sung. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you. >> rodman believes he's doing important work. today, the state department reasserted it wants nothing to do with rodman's diplomacy. there's actually a long history of celebrities singing sometimes unwittingly. at a concert this summer, jennifer lopez was asked to sing happy birthday to the country's oppressive leader. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you >> after human rights watch complained, a spokesperson apologized saying had there been knowledge of human rightsish shufs any kind, jennifer would not have attended.

and gadhafi apparently really loved american pop music. the libyan dictator hired the likes of usher, mariah carey, 50 cent and beyonce. almost all of them ended up donating that concert money to charity. alas, the value of reading some news first. thank you for watching abc news. "world news now" is coming up with overnight breaking news. tune into "good morning america" tomorrow. good night. ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good for me around ♪ ♪ turn around

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strain of the flu is spreading tonight throughout the bay area. seven deaths so far, and local hospitals are taking this very seriously. one has even set up a tent in the parking lot to handle the over flow of patients. good evening. i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. abc7 news anchor ama dates is live at the regional medical center where doctors and nurses are preparing for a rub of sick patients. ama? >> dan, carolyn, this is not the first time the regional medical center has separated their suspected it flu patients, but it is the first time they set up a tent in the parking lo.s so much construction that they had no where else to put the patients coming in with flu-like symptoms. >> it hurt my ear. >> you hurt your ear? >> like this. it hurts a lot. >> 6-year-old brandon spent his evening in this flu tent at regional medical center in san jose. his parents decided to bring him to the hospital because he

also has a fever. >> the doctor sent me to this room here because i don't know the other kids are going into that room. >> elaine is the emergency department's medical director. the tent was set up this morning so doctors can efficiently treat patients who might have the flu. >> we have noticed a significant increase in the flu-like illness patients walking into the office. >> separating helps contain the spread of the illness. >> we are taking patients who should hopefully dis-- discharged and not critically ill and patients we can treat safely and quickly and get them back home and away from public where they are not sharing the germs with everybody. >> tonight more deaths across the bay area are blamed on the flu. in sonoma county one person has died and two in marin county. contra costa, alameda, san mateo report a death. the flu at the present time

will likely be up for -- the flu tent will be up for two weeks and then after that the staff will evaluate if it is still necessary. dr. nelson says you can go to the cdc's website and go with their guidelines. if you can go to the primary care physician and if not come to the er. ama dates,abc7 news,. >> thank you. we have the first ever reported death from bird flu. a canadian has died after turning home from beijing. he was infected with h5n1. it rarely passes person to person, but when it does 60% of those infected die. a cockroach infestation has lead to the closer of a foster farms chicken plant. there is no word when the plant will reopen. foster farms says no products have been affected. the company says it has been notified by the department of

agriculture of four similar incidents. customers say they are scared to eat the product. >> it is like why even bother? >> it grosses me out. i eat chicken. >> in a statement the company says, quote, foster farms maintains an on going pest control program. a single insurance department is not acceptable and we are looking for a zero tolerance policy. and the suspect of a attempted kidnapping charges include forcible acts on a child and his bond was set at $7.1. he admitted to taking the girl, but he said he was required to as part of a government conspiracy. she was found after an amber alert was issued. it happened again at a major biotech company on the peninsula.

fires. abc7 news reporter john alston is live. a similar fire there just months ago. >> in may. the fire trucks pulled out of here at 10:00, nearly seven hours after this happened. one worker suffloked critical burns to the -- suffered critical burns to the face and another had minor hand burns. this is not the first time the fire crews had to race. it was quickly a full blown hazmat occurrence. it was strong enough to blowout the window of a third floor lab. that was followed by wh a fire wh af the sprinkler system. a deputy fire chief says they were working with ether and other chemical. >> both received burns from the fire and explosion. one was critically burned. they were taken to a burn center and the other was -- had minor burns.

>> somebody pulled the fire alarm and the building was evacuated. a spokesperson refused to answer any questions. instead releasing a written statement which says we are working with the south san francisco fire department to address the situation with the safety of our employees being our first priority. but this is not the first injury. just last may an employee was hurt during a similar flash fire. cal-osha and the san mateo county district other district attorney's office is investigating the latest accident. >> we trust osha and the d.a. can complete their investigation and come up with recommendations for the company. >> they are trying to figure out what sparked the explosion. it is expected the lab and portions of the floor will remain closed tomorrow. live in south san francisco, john alston, abc news.

there is a legal claim against the city of san francisco. she died on july 6th after she was hit by two san francisco fire department trucks at the scene of the plane crash. the girl's parents claim the firefighters knowingly knowingle girl in harm's way after the crash. they say she was killed as a result of gross negligence. if the city rejects the claim the family can file a lawsuit. police are searching for a missing 28-year-old yahoo! programmer. friends say oakland resident luke ardwini has not been heard from since new year's eve. his friends think he celebrated the new year in san francisco. he is about 5 feet 10 and weighs about 150 to upwards of 1 70 and has a number of tattoo. he is originally from new york and may have returned to the area. a bicyclist was sent to the hospital after police say she crashed into a tow truck. it happened in san francisco south of market neighborhood just before 7:00.

the 40-year-old was riding the wrong way down a new bike lane and was not wearing a helmet when she slammed into a tow truck. she was taken to the hospital with a possible broken bone. police say the tow truck driver is cooperating and the cyclist may be cited for riding on the wrong side of the road. the 13-year-old girl declared brain dead has now breathing and feeding tubes her family wanted. the family's lawyer says jahi mcmath is doing better now that she is at a new facility. doctors inserted the gastric and tracheotomy tubes at the undisclosed facility where she was taken by ambulance on sunday. in a text, attorney christopher dolan told us thas doctors are optimistic her condition has stabilized and that her health is improving from when she was taken from children's hospital. there is a new pool monitor after students reported strange side effects caused by the water. berkeley says it has says it han

shifted from the school administration to the district. this change comes after a student suffered eye irritation, bleached hair and loss of body hair. the pool was shutdown in september because of high chlorine and ph levels. a new carbon dioxide tank has been is off it is official. ac transit workers have a in you contract. have a new contract. they approved a new labor agreement and the deal gives workers a 9.5% raise over the next three years. employees will make contributions toward health care costs. bart increased the order from the bambard -- bombard yea. it is valued at $640 million. bart's fleet of the future will include a total of 775 brand spanking new cars. the first 10 are scheduled to be delivered in early 2015. next, a local transgender

high school student the target of bullying is now facing charges. what happened that she says pushed her to the breaking point. >> and a miraculous as a boy hears his parents loud and clear for the very first time and the life changing procedure that made it possible. >> and tired of the same old staged engagement photos? this couple decided to do things a bit differently. and thousand these pictures have gone viral. >> i amandhya p sandhya patel. we will have wake up weather and a look at when the rain chance is entering the but add some sauce, pepperoni and cheese and fold up the crescent dough and presto, tuesday night just became

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who says she snapped and started a fight with her bully is now facing battery charges filed by the alleged bully. abc7 news reporter alan wang has the story from hercules. >> she is spit gum in her happened and -- in her hand and it was full of saliva and threw it in my face. >> jill says she should charge the student who bullied her with battery, but instead that student is pressing misdemeanor battery charges against her. >> that's why i am so confused why this is happening. >> gutierrez who is by logically a boy admits to starting the fight at hercules high school, but only after being bullied because she identifies as transgender. >> it comes to a point where you can't take it anymore. >> even her own adopted parents admit it was hard to accept her gender identity. >> you have to do what is right for your son or for your daughter.

you cannot re cannot rechange wy are. >> i can't understand why the district attorney's office would prosecute someone who has already been a victim of bullying. i think it is a further victimization of somebody who has been a target of homo phobia and trans phobia. >> i cannot discuss anything about any juvenile matter without a court order. >> now jules is calling for a petition for the d.a. to drop the case against her. in hercules, alan wang, abc news. has big the governor has s to eliminate the state's debt. it is out lieged in his budget proposal he will reveal tomorrow. he wants to pay down the long-term debt by $11 billion next year. that's according to "the sacramento bee" who had a copy of the budget. the governor wants to eliminate the debt by 2018. he is proposing $45 billion for schools which is an increase of $4 billion. they rely on capital gains tax and the voter approved tax

increase. >> de de depending on what happens this weekend there is a chance one more game could be played at candlestick park. a lot of fans have started to buy up the seats, literally. seats are being sold because the said yum will be torn down after the season. since they went on sale last month, 3,000 pairs have been purchased. they are not cheap. last month a pair cost about $650. meaning nearly $2 million has been raised so far. the money goes to san francisco's rec and parks department. there are still plenty of seats left, but the price has gone up. a pair is now $750. well, you have been showing us your pride as the niners make their big playoff run. here is a furry little guy ready to take on the carolina panthers. a hoodie no less. e-mail your photos photos to kgo-tv.com. you can also share them on facebook or twitter at abc7 news bay area. and now for a wonderful change for a little boy who used to live in silence.

5-year-old carson rueben suffered severe hearing loss and needed cochlear implants. the family's insurance would not cover the cost. abc news covered the insurer who finally agreed. here you can see the amazement of hearing sound for the first time. and now that carson can hear, it doesn't mean he is always necessarily listening. >> you are hearing and speaking better. >> yeah. >> do you think so? >> i could hear you, but these l kinds of animals. >> so in other words you can hear me, but you don't want to talk about what i want to talk about. you want to talk about what you want to talk about? >> yeah. >> i guess so. catch ech needs p to his hearing, but carson has no problem now keeping up with his classmates. >> that's nice to see. a san francisco couple is taking wedding photography to a comic new level. marion and her fiancee elliott speed didn't want to take the typical cheesy engagement

photos. instead they spoofed them. the pictures have become a huge hit on-line. they go against the typical gender roles and show clicheed shots of engagement rings and throwing leaves in a whole new light. >> all of the dirty coffee cups and the ring. it gives uh good laugh. let's check the forecast. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here. sandhya, you are talking about nearly 70s soon. >> can you believe that? records are possible, but not until next week. we will talk about another possibility of drizzle. we definitely have cloud cover right now, and also i am watching fog that has developed. napa right now visibility down to a quarter of a mile. you will have to be careful for the morning commute. the dense fog was with us this morning in patches. again. we will see the drizzle tomorrow, but not enough to really erase our rainfall deficit. look how staggering these numbers are. we need more than 14 inches of rain in santa rosa to get us

up to normal. over eight inches in san francisco. we need close to 7 inches in oakland. livermore and san jose needs 4 inches. that's what we need to get us to where we should be for this time of year. it is not happening immediately and not over the next seven days. we will certainly see the possibility of rain. you can see the low clouds gathering and we will see possibility of drizzle tomorrow morning. 51 in san francisco and 50 in oakland. by the way, you might encounter delays due to the low ceilings there. 54 san jose and 52 in half moon bay. watching lake tahoe camera, all right there is no snow right now. we didn't expect it, but there are a couple of opportunities and a chance of snow showers tomorrow. really light up there. there is a better opportunity foreseeing several inches of snow. petaluma mid40s and the view from the emeryville camera is good and looking toward the bay bridge.

patchy fog and drizzle in the morning and a lot of cloud cover. we are looking at a chance of rain and very light and now only in the north bay on saturday and it is going to be warmer next week. we could be talking about records here. this cold front will possibly bring you a little drizzle. it is a weak system that passes through. saturday's storm 1* hardly going to bring us much in terms of rainfall. here is a look at the computer animation. this is the latest, the cold front to the north. it falls apart and we get a few spotty areas ofways and thas roadways and that's it. lots of sunshine and the temperatures will respond. it will come up a few degrees. then saturday this s , now , now the latest computer models are really keeping it mainly for the north bay. that's going to be our best chance of seeing any rain. it is going to be light. if we see anything it will be a few hundredths to .15 of an inch of rain. watch out for slow going traffic. temperatures upper 30s to

the upper 40s. you will need to bundle up in the morning. plenty of sun and temperatures upper 50s to low 60s. a look at the accu-weather seven-day forecast featuring milder weather for friday and only to see the chance of rain on saturday. we will take anything right now we are so desperate. by tuesday and wednesday, 70s around the bay, and we may be talking about record high temperatures. in the meantime, take take we can get. >> let's talk warriors now. >> sports director larry beil is here with the highlights. >> so close. history within their grasp and the only question was whether warriors had enough in the tank. no team had gone 7-0.

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so close and yet so far. the warriors denied history tonight. they were going for the first road trip ever. an 8300 mile trek that ended in brooklyn. he is a huge nba steph curry knocking down the three and only two of 10 from downtown. how about the thunder from down under? it is not the dance show, carolyn. all nets in the second quarter. the buzzer put brooklyn up 7 at the half. i know she knows who they are. steph with a lefty and runner at 34. just under 7 minutes to play and steph and golden state is up one. i'm getting a lot of strange looks. he tie itself at 903. he ties it at 93. curry 7th turnover and kevin

garnett is 100 years old and still has extremely long arms the 102-98 and that is the final. the 10-game win streak is over. warriors are back on friday to take on boston. heading into sunday's nfc playoff game against carolina, we know the 9ers are loose because they are dunking on each other in interviews. the big man with a big personality. the gag here is to catch your teammate when he is not expecting it. it is l set. us on the set. like today dunking it into a garbage can in the middle of a colin kaepernick interview. >> they just play hard. they know what they are doing and they know how they want to play you. that's something we have to be ready for. >> thanks, kaep. >> it is extreme lima tour. extremely mature. raiders owner mark davis has confirmed dennis alan is coming back despite a 4-12 record.

they met for two and a half hours planning the next year. if things don't improve next season davis will clean house. frank thomas hit 521 homers, exactly the same as mccovey and ted williams and now he has a spot next to them in the hall of fame. he was voted in along with greg maddux and tom glavin. she best known for his years about with the white sox. he hit 39 for the green and gold in 2006. i was at his introductory news conference where he said he road his stationary bike for 60 minutes a day in his sauna to lose weight. that's what it takes to be a hall of famer. thomas was never implicated in the steroid scandal. barry bonds was right in the middle of it and that's why the giants homerun king will probably never get voted into the cooper's town. he lost ground down to 34% of the vote. you need 75% to get in. abc7 sports brought to you by

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once they got to the shore, the goose was wrapped in a blanket and warmed up. >> that is so sweet, the poor little thing, he didn't have a chance. >> the first thing i thought, this is just another goose story, but that was actually pretty cute. very cute. "world news now" bringing you breaking goose records for the past 22 years. coming up, a father/daughter moment that is stirring up controversy about parenting. and doctors are urging a new remedy to ease childbirth. the pros and cons of laughing gas. great sound effect there. you're watching "world news now." world news now weather brought to you by lime-away turbo power. news now brought to you by lime away turbo power.