good afternoon. >> i'm larry beil. there are major system-wide delays on bart now because of equipment failure inside of the transbay tube the problems began this morning and continued throughout the day. trains are still able to move through the tube. >> the trains had to run only one third of their normal speed in manual mode. we're live at the station in san francisco. jonathan? >> reporter: if you're hoping to start the weekend early no such luck if you're planning to get on a pleasanton train leaving the city. the problem on the tracks has forced riders to play a game of

musical chairs that adds 20 minutes onto the commute. i want to show you video from sky 7 hd. that is what is going on the reason that is a big deal is when trains run they go about 80 miles per hour the system shuts down, top speed in manual mode is seven miles per hour. you can see it creates problems here on the ground you can see see trains inching along. and somewhere along here is the root of the problem. a broken component known as a mucks box. mucks is short for multiplexor. i can guarantee you most don't care what it is or what it stands for they care they've been waiting for a train that might not have room. a spokesman told us they're 40 years old and you can't just go

out to buy a new one. >> the people to not make these anymore we have to scour the internet and come up with ideas on our own. and that is what we want to know. >> i have a job interview i'm nervous i won't get there in time. >> some riders say the announcements over the loud speaker have been confusing we couldn't find anyone at the information booth the delays could continue throughout the rest of the evening commute. bart says it's looking into buying a new system that that would cost hundreds of millions of dollars >> thank you for the latest on the situation you heard from spokesman alicia troech. can you give us the latest on an estimated time?

>> well, we put the fixing aside to focus on the commute. there are no delays coming out of the city. you can get on a train, you're just going to go throughout the transbay tube. there are reports of six-minute delays going into the city. the important thing is no delays into the east bay. >> there are two fans heading out to the coliseum, what advice to you have? what do you think? >> it's too soon to say. right now we have the same amount of trains we have. and longer trains for the a's game. now, we think things are going to be fine. >> thank you.

alicia is live at bart. >> today's problems in the tube are the latest nay series of recent troubles for bart. in october, two track workers died after a train hit them the tragedy happened during one of two strikes last year. a train derailed february 21st, and you can keech track of the progress the coverage continues now on the abc7 news app as well as on our facebook page. >> now, to the fallout from deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. today, abc7 news got a top executive to face our cameras. >> this response left an

attorney fuming. laura? >> hi, hairy of the anthony early wants to move forward. they say not so fast. not until they take personal responsibility >> we're committed to making investments for safety and california future. >> it's the first ceo appeared in public. after he spoke in a business conference, he talked with abc7 news. >> what i want to make sure is that we have the safest gas

system in the united states. we've invested two and a half billion dollars. >> in the indictment the u.s. attorney claims pg&e willfully failed to maintain and inspect the pipeline and hundreds of others in a way that would have prevented san bruno the result is a failure that went on over a period of decades. >> nobody is willing to stand up to take responsibility. >> this attorney says pg&e hasn't said, or done enough. and he believes it falls short. >> it's incredible to note it's the corporation. who is the corporation? who is this he'dless monster out there? no one stands up to say wait.

i'm responsible for safety. >> the attorney told us his focus will be on filing actions against individuals at pg&e. we talked with the mayor today about what he would like to see from anthon kwee early and pg&e going forward we'll have his comments tonight on abc7 news at 6:00. in san bruno, abc7 news. >> investigators looking into a fire at a house used by oakland childrens hospital that broke out around 2:00 this morning. firefighters say it started in the back of the house and worked inside. >> damage to the roof, and then, there are computer that's got

damaged. >> the staff will be relocated until that building can be repaired. >> a big, noisy immigration demonstration tied up traffic today in san francisco financial district. chanting "no more deportations" in spanish, several hundred marched to the corner of montgomery and sutter streets. they refused to leave. >> they're demanding the obama administration put a halt on deportations. >> we can halt depore dayings of parents or united states citizen children. we can declare temporary protective status. >> police arrested 23 proestors including several undocumented immigrants. some had just finished a 24-hour fast similar protests held across the country.

>> now, to the weather we've got a live picture from our camera at exploratorium. cloudy day and scattered showers throughout the day. it's drier now, than this morning. >> this morning, whenever you were, chances are it was raining. in the peninsula, there was a steady down pour. and in berkeley hills, rain caused power lines to snap. >> one of the trees on the wire broke the arm. a problem for the trees anywhere there is a wooded area into winter time. >> pg&e working to prepare the lines. >> that is good, good for everybody. >> officials say despite the

rain don't be fooled thchl room serving 1.3 million customers shows sierra reservoirs a little more than half full. the important thing to do is be ready this summer. and conserve throughout the winter. >> east bay mudd will reevaluate that this month as summer approaches. i missed out this morning. >> you lucked out this morning. >> kind of. yes. gave me an excuse, a threat of it. >> let's go to the roof. spencer christian with rif doppler 7 hd. >> oh, yes.

your inprep yid forecast is here. you can see light scattered showers around the bay area now. so here looks like activity is tense in spots. reports of light rain and showers in locations. so starting at 4:00 over next few hours we'll see areas of scattered showers and there begin to weaken by 9:00 tonight or so. so right now, clouds over the bay. temperatures mid to upper temperatures in the mid-50s.

we can see rain drops on the wednesday. first forecast scattered showers this evening and into late night hours. highs from 60s on the coast to about 70s inland. more about that later. see? murphy's law. shouldn't have cleaned that suit. >> a strong jobs report showing u.s. economy lost jobs lost in the 2008 financial crisis. >> the economy added 192,000 jobs in march. and the unemployment rate helped at 6.7%. >> today's data suggests more people looking for work and those employed are working more hours. economists say yes, it's positive to an excellent but shows job market has a hong way

to go to get back to a healthy labor market. >> jobs increasing in oakland. so is public safety. 47 recruits graduated into the oakland police department. they underwent training to qualify and will begin 16 weeks of field training. >> still ahead a race against time. where efforts are becoming more critical. >> also, bay area teams now involved in efforts to rescue a baby aboard a sail boat. >> there is a twist in the fort hood shooting. why the shooter's mental condition was not a factor. >> michael finney will answer your questions here live, later.

checking out friday trafshg, rain coming down. and cars moving slowly. a look at the skyway downtown in san francisco. it's heavy in both directio

a second bay area based international guard team is on the way to rescue a sick baby on a sail boat. this is taking place about 900 nautical miles off mexico.

a guard unit left moffett field this morning. the families aboard the sail boat officials say the family said their 1-year-old daughter was ill. the first group set out last night parachuting to the sail boat to stabilize the child. the plan now is to get to a hospital. >> the effort to find any sign of malaysia airlines flight 370 is reaching a critical stage. a search for the plane's black boxes the batteries could run out this weekend. >> the clock is ticking in the search for malaysia airlines flight 370.

batteries in black boxes only supposed to last 30 days. that is sunday >> the search area was adjusted to move the area north. >> two ships are dragging penning locators through deep waters. the black boxes give off pings that can be detected by the equipment on the ships. searchers are hoping they can get there in time. four weeks after the disappearance, not a single piece of wreckage has been found. >> day by day, australian transport continues to refine the area where the aircraft may have entered water. >> finding the where hessage stop after the recorders stopped giving off pings is possible but it will be difficult. as time is running out there is

still hope today. >> just together with the engineers >> the batteries can still give off a weak signal but to pick that up, the ships would almost have to be directly above it. samsung adding two safeguards in its latest smart phone. this is video the model sold through verizon and u.s. cellular will include an option to lock the phone is there is unauthorized attempt to reset it. officials have been demanding manufacturers create kill switches but the companies make billions replacing lost phones.

>> look at the gray skies. do you bet spencer has his umbrella? >> you mentioned a new suit? i'll have the rest of your stuff by weekend. >> we have a bit of intervals... >> you sound silent. did you drop your microphone? >> okay. >> can you hear me now? >> yes. we can hear you now. i'll hold it. >> sorry. >> it's all right. i'm very animated. light scattered showers up in the north bay. no reports of heavy down pours but it could be over a quarter nifrj oakland.

so a modest dose of rainfall hitting the bay area. cloudy skies above these are showers this evening. sunny, warmer this weekend. here is our passage of a cold front behind which are those showers. continue with high pressure we'll have scattered showers tapering off giving way to sunny skies tomorrow. clouds in the morning. breezy conditions along the coast. and overnight tonight low to mid-40s, then, tomorrow, upper

60s to near 70s in the south bay. seven owe in los gatos. and breezy tomorrow, upper 60s in the north bay valleys. on the east bay, highs of 65 in oakland. 67 fremont. inland east bay, upper 60s to about 70s in fairfield and livermore. here is the accu-weather forecast. check out this warm up from sunday through tuesday. we'll see highs climbing into low to mid-80s monday and tuesday. 70s on the coast and cooling wednesday cooling next thursday and partly cloudy skies next friday. no chances of rain but maybe we

can hope for it more. >> you need more hands up there. >> i do. all hands on deck. >> thank you. >> social media flirting controversy involving actor james franco. is it all part of a stunt? plus... happy birthday. >> a simple wish. how to help make a birthday brighter for a little

marvel looks like it's going to keep a winning streak going the film poised to do the same thing this weekend. >> yes. abc7 news gives us a look at the newest installment in the avengers super hero series. >> the latest battle involves a

soviet agent. up against a mystery man known as winter the star has a gift of everything he had. >> very involved and very demanding. sometimes it's stunts and emotion. it's all a challenge. >> ditto for the film black widow. >> oh. oh. >> it's the goal to have a bad-ass factor each time. >> which brings us to samuel l jackson back as nick fury.

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a fateful day for former supervisor ed juchlt he went to a judge to learn where he'd be sent back to jail or home. vick? >> he got a little of both. his attorney spoke for his client ed jew wanted no jail time. the judge did give some, but jew will be spending the rest of his live, year sentence, excuse me, at home wearing an ankle bracelet ed jew hoping the judge would give him community service and home detention instead of a year in jail. that is the plea deal the uj imposed a 60

sentence. work with older people who need help and younger people who need help. >> jew released from custody in february after serving almost five years on a bribery conviction. he was convicted of extorting $80,000 from quickly tapioca drink shops. this captured him accepting a bribe. jew also convicted for perjury. lying when he ran for office. that he lived in san francisco, when he actually resided in this home in burlingame. he was sentenced to a year as part of a plea deal. hamlynn asked the judge to be lenient. the judge said jew could pay his debt not by sitting in a jail

cell, but through community service. >> to take what should have been a 0 year sentence. so recused to one year. home monitoring is disturbing. >> jew fitted with an ankle bracelet prior to his court appearance today in anticipation that he would receive home detention. >> more news on the san francisco corruption bust. state senator yee now faces eight felony charges. additional charge added on lee and 28 others. lee's charges range from political corruption to illegal transactions with under cover agents. charges stemming from an investigation targeted chinatown

gang leader raymond shrimp boy chow. one of those associates could be keith jackson >> we're learning with the gunman that went on a deadly shooting spree in texas the senior officer says the specialist's mental state did not appear to be the main fanthor. abc news reporter was on the story. >> speaking out, the shooter's father's son says his son must not have been on in his right mind the specialist has been described as an outstanding soldier, husband, a father of three. >> there aren't any easy answers here. >> lopez being treated for. >> i motional disstories, last seen a month ago. >> under lying conditions are not a direct factor. we believe that it was more

likely an escalating argument. >> using a semi automatic pistol lopez killed three. among the dead sargeant first class danny ferguson. his fiancee telling a florida station he gave his life to save others. >> if he was not against that door, that shooter would have been able to get through. >> very terrible. for them to shoot my son. he was a good person. >> the fort hood family, they're incredible. endured not one, but two unimaginable shootings. loss of life, no malter the number is mer than we can bear. >> now there is some good here, three listed as critical have been upgraded to fair.

>> fellow journalists remembering an award winning associated press photographer killed while covering elections in afghanistan yesterday the 48-year-old anya nedringhouse died after an afghan policeman opened fire on her car the reporter she was with, kathy gannon, was wounded the gunman yelleled "god is great" before shooting at the two. afghans are choosing their first president this weekend. >> new concern about the middle east piece peace he urged leaders to avert a breakdown. >> there are limits to the apt of time and effort can spend if

parties themselves are unwilling to take steps in order to be able to move forward. so we an tend to evaluate they say they want to continue. both parties say they want to continue. neither party has said they're calling it off. kerry says the u.s. role is not open ended. >> a viritted crowd gathered today to pay tribute to doctor martin luther king junior legacy. the event was a protest by helps of san francisco naacp branch. participants highlighted the

city growing affordability gap. >> still to come on abc7 news at 4:00 an outrage is the focus. >> i'm taking your questions on twitter and facebook. you can contact me on twitter at m finney. >> i'm spencer christian. our camera shows areas of dark clouds over the bay. we have showers around. but a lovely weekend coming up. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up in just a moment.

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actor james franco apologized for reportedly flirting online. but there is speculation it may be a promotional stunt. franco appeared after he seemingly tried to pick up a scottish 17-year-old named lucy on instagram. he says he was embarrassed by the situation. . >> i guess i'm just a model of how social media is a tricky. it's a a people meet today i've learned because i'm new is that you don't know who is on the earth end. so i used bad judgment.

>> some have speculated it's a pr stunt for his new film. he plays a teacher with his eye on a young female student. >> so maybe acting there again today? >> maybe. >> some stars are upset over the latest cover of golf digest. that is the daughter of wayne frets ski. paul liena gretsky. she's engaged to pga star dustin johnson. she talks about six exercises. some say the cover do not pay respect to female golfers. golf digest saying she does have a compelling story to tell. >> have they done that before? >> yes. they have.

and they're trying to sell to men. >> all right. let's go on the roof start raining. scattered showers, generally light showers. nothing very heavy at the moment. here is a look at moment. showers down in the central gulf coast area. light showers in the west and up in the pacific northwest as well from seattle to port

partly cloudy skies tomorrow morning mainly sunny into afterno afternoon, highs near 70 inland. upper 60s around the bay. up to about 60 degrees on the coast. lovely day tomorrow. the beginning of a serious warming trend showing us and bring us high temperatures inland. >> still ahead from presidents to painter. the works by george w. bush going on display tomorrow. >> atm mystery. a man makes a withdrawal the money keeps pouring out. a crime or a mistake?

former president bush will unveil his oil paintings this weekend he picked up painting as a hobby. his works will be on display tomorrow, they're mostly of former ask kusht current world

leaders. bush junior says his favorite depicts his father. >> police in portland maine are considering criminal charges against a homeless man. he emptied an atm of the cash the machine just gave it to him. $37,000 worth. a woman walking by saw him shovelling the cash into a bag ask called police thinking something wasn't right. officers detained the man and concities fis skated the money which was not in his account. he was using his bank card to request more money. yes. they gave it to him? >> yes. >> a spokesperson blames a code error allowing the machine to dispens the cash. police say they've had run in with that homeless man, before. >> first question from david p.

francisco? >> it's a great question. he's done a story on this before. you can. it says between 2:00, 4:00, monday, wednesday, friday you can't park there. once it goes by you're allowed to park there legally. make sure you see the stripes of wetness that tells you they've been by. >> thank you. >> as a shopper jack lynn e mailed is there a law a consumer should get compensation when the store scans the price higher? >> no. no. won't it be nice? >> yes. >> no they don't have to. but they do have to charge price advertised. you go. no. no. wrong thing. if you're in the bay area we're lucky. we've checked this often and

seldom see disputes or problems. >> a viewer tweeted which is better. cell phone program that's charge rent? >> rentals seem to be expensive. sometimes you turn it in. is more call your provider, normally they'll give you a code to make calls there. will save you a fortune. >> yes. >> thank you. >> sure. >> good advice, thank you. >> a bracelet stolen from a home 30 years ago now back. this bracelet recovered in february. the photograph was posted on the

redwood city police department's page. three people kathed the department with information to identify the owner the owner says there is a lot of sentimental value. so far, so good. >> yes. >> up next a wish from a little boy new to the bay area. it's not a puppy or a toy. >> how the bay area is trying to save a little girl. >> and the black boxes from malaysia airlines about to fall silent. tonight how this search would be carried out, next on abc7 news at

here is tonight as hien up. join us back here for abc7 news at 11:00. watch abc now available to bay area dish customers who want to watch abc7 news online. just go to abc7 news.com and click to find out how to access it. >> how far will technology go? researchers looking into technology that can identify people in photos almost as precisely as humans can. it can identify people from the side. researchers say it recognizes

the correct face 93% of the time. a spokeswoman says it's not clear how or if they'll use it >> this is not an ordinary birthday request. he wants hand written birthday cards. >> yes. 100 of them. right? the reason, and how you can help make his witch come true. >> he uses a crayon to create a sunny day. but there is a cloud in the picture. his family is new to travis air force base. >> was it tough to make friends? >> tough. he will turn six. his mom asked what he wanted. >> i said have you thought about it? yes. i want 100 birthday cards i said 100?

i don't know how, but can i get you 100? he said no. let's get them from different people >> the reason will make your heart melt. >> he wants someone to swing with, someone to do monkey bars. maybe someone that likes to color. >> just born to love people. >> someone dropped off this birthday card earlier today. and she's hoping to get 99 more by his he birnl day party april 13th the message doesn't have to be much. >> happy birthday to devin. >> it's a smile opening a stack of cards that would be so powerful. >> and if you'd like to wish him happy birthday go to facebook.com to find out to send a card.

>> a lot of happiness. >> yes. yes. >> thanks for joining us the news begins right now. >> mission at sea. we're live at moffett field the international guard tracks the daring rescue of a baby. >> i'm januaried patel live on the roof of the kgotv tracking showers now. big pattern changes coming up for the weekend. details are straight ahead. a risky mission for everyone. >> breaking news in san francisco. police are at the scene of a very bizarre accident. sky 7 hd is over the scene right

now. police just cleared the area on octavia at market street. they saw one man this, is horrible, throw another man into traffic just before 4:00. we're told the man was hit but don't have word on the extent of the injuries the driver is cooperating. we're updating this story for you on twitter at abc7 news bay area. >> it's been a day of headaches for bart riders a problem with the train led to delays during a morning commute. jonathan bloom is live with the story. the problem is a they can cal one. bart said they're not sure when this is going to be solved good news is that trains are running normally and they're

leaving the city on workers combing a three-mile stretch of track looking for a little box causing a big problem, it's called a mucks box. there are lots of them, one is broken. workers have to figure out which one. as you can see, trains interest have to run to manual on the platform they were confused >> we have components that are 40