live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> san francisco police are asking the public for help in identifying the attacker seen on this video brutally beating a homeless man with a metal rod. >> good morning, i am eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze. we have new information of what may have happened before the unfrom vehicle attack. >> kristen, i spoke with a witness who called sunday thinking this started with a fight across the street outside of a strip club and the homeless man was simply in the wrong

place at the wrong time. >> the video shows a homeless man sitting against a wall on san francisco's street and another man walks toward him and he is carrying what appears to be a metal rod or pop and for no reason whacks the homeless man across the head. this happened in san francisco's tenderloin neighborhood on wednesday night a little before 9:30. >> i was in shock. >> justin is also seen in the video on the right-hand side of the scene smoking, just feet away as the suspect walks by. he did not recognize the attacker. he said he might have been involved in a fight that happened on the same block earlier in the night. >> that came across the street and these happens here often. >> he thinks the suspect may have mistook the homeless man, robert, for someone else. >> i am back out here after everything is said and done and out of nowhere comes this guy around the corner and i did not

think much, lighting a smoke and before i looked up robert was hit on the head by a pipe, the victim was blowing profusely and lost a lot of blood. three received approximately 50 stitches. >> vicious attack is hard to watch. police hope people take a good luck to help identify the suspect. friends say robert sits on a crate outside the gangway bar nearly every day and is described as friendly, religious and lied to drink but stayed out of trouble. the attack left them baffled. >> upset. very upset. worried. and concerned about robert. >> the victim is being treat at san francisco general hospital and and in critical condition. >> the suspect, if caught, could be charged with attempted murder because it was so violent. thank you. uc berkeley police are investigating a sexual assault on campus from last month when a

female was taked in her dom by a co-worker by a company where she worked. >> less than two hours from now the san francisco police chief is expected to hand doubt 9 latest round of discipline against a group of officers accused sending racist text memorials to each other. the chief suhr told abc that three officers will be suspended with a recommendation to the police commission they be fired. another officer has resigned and the ts were released during the bail hearing for a former officer who was convicted on corruption charges who began serving his sentence today. >> a scandalous chapter could come to an end for one man involved former county supervisor george shirakawa is sentenced for illegal campaign mailers. matt keller is at the courthouse with that report. >> the judge called a recess after a lengthy discussion about george mason shirakawa's

sentencing after the former county supervisor expressed remorse in court for the crime and also apologized to the court and the voters and to the santa clara county community. this morning we had video of george shirakawa entering the courtroom. he had nothing to say. in the address to the court he got emotional at times and said he regretted his commends and accepted responsibility if creating a flyer in 2010 after being charged with launching a mailer to benefit a former city council member. the prosecutor wants shirakawa to spend a year in jail if he does not answer who helped him with this. the judge said shirakawa should get time served because his previous conviction he believes was a mistake by his previous attorney after serving seven months of one year. the judge is expected to give the sentence in the courtroom after the short recess.

he could get community service or he could get jail time if the d.a. gets his way. thanks, matt. a federal judge in san francisco has ordered the state to provide a transexual inmate with a history making and controversial surgery saying denying gender reassignment we surgery violates the woman's constitutional rights saying it denies bake medical needs. she was born jeffrey and corrections officials have not said if they will appeal. the surgery could cost nearly $100,000. another fundraiser is hell held this week to raise money for a fallen san jose police officer, the 38-year-old officer michael johnson was killed in the line of duty on march 24. 89000 people, many from other police touchdowns across california and the country, attended yesterday's memorial service for johnson at the sap you have. the earthquakes will have a donation bin at the easter egg

hunt after the match on sunday. on april 18, to weeks from now a friend is organizing a fundraiser at cross fit in san jose and the san jose police officers association is accepting donations. we have details posted on our website as abc7news.com. a philadelphia woman will make her first court appearance today charged with trying to join the islamic state group. the prosecutors say that the woman attempted to travel overseas and communicated with an isis firefighter in syria who wanted her to martyr herself for the terrorist organization. >> the president of iran is promising his country will stick to its end of the deal to curb its nuclear program. speaking this morning the president said that eastern piers do not seek to deceive anyone. this comes a day after iran and six world powers including the united states announced a preliminary agreement after years of negotiating and iran has agreed to restricts and inspections that prevent it from building a income weapon in return for the lifting of enough

economic sanctions. >> stanford is trying to make it easier for middle class families to attend the university and is expanding financial aid eligibility to families with incomes up to $125,000 a year. the limit was $100,000 before. also the university will pay for the whole ride -- tuition room and board -- for families making $65,000 or less and's it was $60,000. this is made possible by stanford's huge undocument -- endowment $212 billion. >> the possibility easter rain. >> it is warm. >> i will show you a couple of things. first, it is one of last times we will see the sunrise because of clouds. look how busy the speeder is over the exploritorium. three look how calm the ferry ride was this morning. we have clouds. coming in tomorrow. we have a chance of showers

rolling in for easter. if you do the easter egg hunt we hope there is a dry place to put them because our best chance of showers is a window from 8:00 in the morning to, say noon, or 6:49 sunrise services could also be a little bit wet especially in the north bay and along the coast. hopefully, the easter bunny will come in the afternoon and bring eggs because it will be dryer. look at the temperatures 50s and 60 cooler than today and another chance of rain in the seven-day forecast. christian and eric? >> thank you, mike, next, coming down in flames, fire rip through one of the biggest appliance makers. >> a dramatic rescue of a man stranded at sea for more

a raging fire halted production at the biggest appliance makers in the nation at the general electric france louisville kentucky collapsed this morning. the six-alarm fire broke out at the appliance park forcing residents to shelter in place because of thick black smoke. a couple of hundred people work here but custody a company holiday and very few people were actually inside. the production shifts for later today and for tomorrow have been canceled. >> also in kentucky 100 water rescues were made today as storms understanded many roads.

this semi was stuck in a median. a resident showed the rising waters and you can see the smoke from the go park behind the home. nearly every intersection with an underpass near the university of louisville campus flooded. >> we will talk about a miracle, a man missing for two months, in the atlantic ocean, is finally reunite the with his family. here is the story. >> an incredittible story of survival. the coast guard hosts the map out and the helicopter and back to sift. he said god answered his prayers. >> lost at sea for 66 days in a stroke of luck a cargo ship spotted him yesterday. this is the dramatic rescue of the 37-year-old being pulled to safety by the coast guard and jordan was found 200 mile off the coast of north carolina. >> whole time i was there waving

my arms and they eventually saw me on the front of the boat. >> he set out on a routine fishing trip january 123rd and -- 23rd and reported missing but no one could find him. the seven was called off. he describes when the boat capsized. >> what happened was, i woke up in the middle of the night and i was flying through the air and somersaulting and all the g.p.s. devices were rolling around in the water. >> he survived by then collect ing water and fish with his hands. >> here father was guilty because he introduced his son to boating. >> i thought he was dead. >> i was utterry grateful and thankful to those would rescued me and thankful to god that my parents were not worried anymore. >> hugs and kisses on them

emotional reunion. >> my baby came home. >> jordan's ship is called "the angel," and he was taken to the hospital and now is recovering from dehydration and a broken collar bone. >> incredible stuff. >> still ahead a possible come back for a popular sitcom with bay area ties. >> need for speed get as movie chain in trouble as the new "fast and furious," film hits theaters. >> new virtual baby sitting, some

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sunnyvale and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> woman known for being a pioneer in football officiating broken down another bayer the nfl hired her as the first full time female official sarah thompson has been on the radar seven years and works pre-season games. >> a popular sitcom set in.com could come back there are rumors that netflix could bring back "full house," featuring john stamos is set in the 70s and 80s, and stamos is set to make guest appearances and netflix is not commenting but the fierce would run 13 episodes. >> a movie theater chain in asia

is apologizing for a media campaign ahead of "furious seven," the latest installment cambodia legend cinemas asked drivers to post pictures of speedometers with a capping "i am the faster." the complains flooded in as you might imagine and the campaign was pulled two hours later but the cinema said they never meant to encourage people to drive recklessly. >> file this is "don't try this as home," a pro wrestlers decided to use this to pull out his son's tooth and hit the gas and there is the tooth, popped right out and his son explained "it came out." >> this sounds like a three stooges. >> i was kidding.

>> but it could be a good ad for a camaro. >> well...this is action between the giants and the as. boys of summer. >> good morning everyone the braeses are going to keep the coast the coolest at 14 miles per hour and the rest of us less than ten miles per hour and variable with high pressure. look at the satellite. you do not see much cloud cover but the upper right you do not see the snow either, in the sierra. it is a hazy day, as we hook from the east bay hills across emeryville and the bay bridge and into san francisco and we will use this to talk about being the last day of total sunshine and warmer than average temperatures with clouds and cooler weather starting tomorrow and the sea breeze returns and a couple of systems sunday and a

heavier chance of showers on tuesday. this is how it looks on the peninsula at sfo this morning a lot of cloud cover if you head to newark, that guardia j.f.k. they are all having delays right now. tree pollen is high. we are hoping at least if we get the rain on sunday that it is enough to warn it out. if not tuesday's will for a day or two and bring you some relief. companily low-to-mid 70s inland east bay and also in the south bay low 70s through the north bay and mid-to-upper 60s around the bay shore and 60 at half moon bay and 66 headed to santa cruz. if you are going to the game temperatures are in the mid-50 under a nearly full noon which, tomorrow morning, at 4:127 we have a total eclipse so maybe get out there and watch it. the temperatures when you get up: 37 in napa, upper 30s in the san ramon valley and everyone else is in the low-to-mid 40s until san francisco at 50 degrees.

now, here is a look at cold front to the north. that will bypass it and it is the low we are more enthralled with the high pressure will keep us dry the next few days and this low is what will slide south along the coast and bring us our first chance of seeing a change tomorrow with the sea breeze coming in and the temperature drops about six to eight togethers away from the coast. and then the clouds, things are thicker&scattered showers in the north bay down to about half moon bay and then there is the 8:00 to noon and then wet in the afternoon and pretty quiet. look at this lining up along the coast for monday morning during the commute some showers and heavy drizzle and hurricane at my seven-day forecast, tuesday showers, thunder small hail, it is possible. we could get up to .1" with the sunday rain and open tuesday, we

could get half an inch to possibly 1" in the higher elevations so it will be a good soaker. if it materializes that is another reason to turn the sprinklers off so that will help out and bring about a foot snow in the sierra. >> trend now, more parents are using face time to keep an eye on their children. 40-year-old mom said she uses the technology to help babysit her toddler twice a week out-of-state relatives watch over her son while she cleans the house or tries to get other work done and while many moms are calling this is clever solution others say it is beyond absurd. fletcher does not see it that way. >> it helps me get those little chunks of time that i need. it usually lasts 20 to 30 minutes and sometimes you go as long as an hour. >> do not leave the house. face time is not a babysitter. >> psychologists said using face

time to help monitor your child is harmless if you are 10' away but her son is always withinher line of sight. >> guess who we brother? mike nicco will

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