>> a tightly-knit family, his sister, mother, father have lived here for the past 17 years. >> the only sad thing is we won't be able to see him. >> yesterday at 6:00 a.m., they heard a jet had crashed in his squadron. after that, hours of no information. >> they said it was your son. >> the marine fighter pie lot was one of six jets coming back to the states from the persian gulf when it crashed in england. he ejected u but did not survive. initial reports say one of his final moves was to avoid crashing into homes on the way down. >> see, that's the kind of work that he was.

>> he graduated in 2004 and graduated as an faa pilot in 2005. >> i said i wish i looked like you, todd. he said dad, you ain't bad. >> for this home, no more questions. it's the second night knowing taj is gone. but for a family, when does the father's waiting end? >> taj was playing tennis for the university of san francisco for several years until 2004. a teammate remembers him as a happy,out going person. to honor him, a moment of silence before tonight's women's soccer and volleyball matches both start at 7:00 p.m. >> napa police have identified

the man they say try today lure teenage girls into his vehicle. officers say e d uardo admitted to asking at least 15 girls between the ages of 12 and 17 if they wanted a ride as they walked from school last month. they say he would sometimes circle back and asked they're name after he refused em this. police put out the community alerlt and that led him to the vehicle in question. the d.a. is investigating the incident. the charges could be filed. >> a uc berkley graduate will be in court tomorrow to face moll else station charges. the 378-year-old groebed girls at the strawberry canyon pool in august. inves gaf xxs say there could be more victims. >> san jose police are searching for a burglar who opened fire when the homeowner came home. the shooting has left the neighborhood on edge tonight. david louis joins us now with the latest.

david? >> here's an example of burglarers picking the wrong house to particularize today. they surprised one of the home owners, he happened to be a thai kick boxing effort. he paid an unscheduled visit to his home at 11:30 this morning. sky 7 hd was overhead in the cambria nay wor hood of san jose. inside, two burglarers and a get fail way driver outside who has been ransacking their house and taking valuables. the other two were not home at the time. it's a big guy, as i said, high boxing champions and tried to chase the burglaries down. they hit him three times in this ed but didn't phase him at all. a gun was fired and shot the resident in the shoulder. the bull et passed right through albert's shoulder. it's not a life-threatening wound and al bert just returned from the hopt.

>> the bullet went right through his shoulder? >> that's correct, yes. >> what happened to him. >> i haven't gone through the details with him. i guess make sure he's okay. >> the burglarers have been keeping an eye on the house. they stole a small safe but failed to take a larger one which toppled over in the hallway still secured. natalie has lived here since 1986 and has never experienced a break-in much less a shooting. the three burglarers are still at large. one of them left behind what could be some valuable evidence for police. bloodstains from cuts when they broke the class to get in the

house at the kitchen sink. you can be sure san jose ples are checking their dna 2350i8s to see if they can get a match. >>. >> wild stoir. vrjts zempb students were sent to the hopt today after taking xanax. a drug used to treat angerer vialty orders. an investigation is underway to determine how the students got ahold of that prescription m medicine in the first place and why they addressed it. >> it's now spread to four bay area counties. officials say the number of suspected cases of that back tier yad illness stands at 110. most of the cases are in san mateo county. that out break is still spreading. >> right now, the majority of cases that we're seeing are primary cases of people who ate

at the restaurant that seem ill. we do expected that we'll begin to see secondary cases. >> some of those secondary cases involve people who never ate at the restaurant. they simply interacted cloes lid with people who got sick after eating there. health department officiouses are strezing the pornsz of hand washing to stop any proten shl spread. >> police arrested an oak land woman whose carjacking crime supreme ultimately included three cars and then crashed into another car in san fran tra sis cole. she then took off and forested her way into a lex. she was quickly arrested by a plain clothed officer. >> an important test of the bare area's newest rail service. the smart train will link moroma and morine counties. op hand today, joining us live

alongside the trang just norlt of m m. >> good avenue noop. what we saw is an unusual sight for now. what were they doing today? they were going at high speed and they were testing brakes. and if you're on highway 101, you probably saw it. >> it was hardly a normal commute north of movado today. harpd to miss those bright lights off of the sky moving north and south. and moving fast. the smart strain has begun a long series of test runs. the real tran sit remains the better part of the way for angerer service. >> the top speed of this train

on this stretch of track will be 79 miles an hour. eventually. today, they're hitting 2350 for the first time. and hitting the fwraks at 2350 23r ooirs time. >> it probably went about 300. >> this looks like a bode pipe. >> this is the fwirsz of even. each will need to be tested and federally certified. >> we're going to start testing what we call the positive train system. and that requires us to run trains own d suspect at operating fees. >> so if you travlt torte north bay, get used to in side. so far, so good. >> we kbt get enough of it. >> south bay drive eres, if you are going anywhere near levi's

stadium, oh wharks a mess it's going to be. expected heavier traffic than normal. let's take a live look right now at highway 101. crawling around near interstate 880 in san jose. in places, trying to get to l oh, vis stadium. officials tweeted take a deep brets during the commute tonight. spens of thousands of fans are expecteding to enjoy the floaters. bhank blank the annual tech conference brought thaw sands if he dins on sunday with an orlando kal. >> coming up, a suspected history of violence. could three acruised murder in the third degreerers have been stopped in their tracks.

several years. >> goolg does something that's been done before. >> the sure sign of fall. let's look at what it comes to buying a leaf blower.

all the bay area, this is abc 7 news. >> former secretary of state hillary clinton is still answering questions about her private e-mails related to the terrorist attack in libya. she's testifying in front of a house committee. this hearing has been going on for more than nine hours now, it started at 7:00 this morning. the attack killed ambassador chris stevens along with three other americans. so far, it does not appear the

hearings have produced any new information on the attack. . >> rhyyan's petition coming two weeks after mccarthy pulled out of the race because of a look of support. >> tonight, three drifters accused of murdering a teacher in morine county are suspected in two additional attacks. the 23-year-old, 24-year-old and 18-year-old are in custody of mori, ne county. abc 7 news reporter vick lee joins us with more. >> police and sheriff

investigators told us when the three were arrested, that they would look at their history to see if they completed other crimes. this appears to be two of them. yeah, it has gotten a bit more intense with the crowds. >> bill and marie moved six years ago. they're seeing more trans yents. deborah was one of the few who would go on camera. >> they also have no fear.

at least two of three young drifters who are now charged with murder in the third degreering this canadian back parker. >> a regular says he was beaten as he was smoking a cigarette outside the bar. a doorman came at him with a taser. both recognized the two from their mug shots. they're in custody in morine county charged with two murders. >> wall street today is cheering google and its parent company, alphabet. the company's board of directors is authorized to spend $5.1

billion in stock buy backs from investors for the first time and it's starting this year. a new search will search for specific topics. new functions are available for years who use u.s. english settings. facebook hasn't said when these improvements will go out globalingly. >> a bill aimed at allowing corporations to share information about cyber attacks without the fer of being sued received by part sand support today. the got to share information that might help prevent high-profile cyber attacks. big companies have come up against it saying it fade ds foo frent. >> a big change for next year's engine joy of california.

>> fr the first time in the race's hes ri, san jose will nots place host to the event. lots of bikes will return to lake tahoe saying it covers hum dreads of seenic piles in the race. an ex year's race will be big with about 200 riders. it will also feature a four-day, four stakes wind's race for the first time. they starts mayth. we'll have the full days on our web site, abc 7 news dot com. >> we have per spekt cycling con dugszs right there, i think. >> yeah, it is absolutely beautiful out here. larry and cheryl, behind me, ifr'm seeing some high clouds stopping through at the milky sky. it's starting to cool down out here. let me show you the faster temple schurs came down over yesterday and as we take a look at what's going on, a few clouds topping through the bay area.

in the sierra nevada we are seeing isolated snee showers mixing in with rain believe it or not. and we'll keep it's lated in that arrested ya. for now, watching nose high clouds up bovr, a little bit of hazedown below, 450e 70s for oakland. 75 in. morgantown, you're at 77 degrees. highs to far, mid 60s thele 50s. a beautiful view from san jose where it reached 77 today. low to mid 800s for concord and livermore. >> that's from our camera as we head towardings friday. cloud yerp and cooler this week end. and there is a chance of rain tuesday into woends. taking a look at a pow ereful hurricane in the's certain pa civic. . just off of the soulgs ooegs coast. maximum-sustained woo woods.

squl land fall is expected tomorrow between purta purtaa vallarta. and then lastly, we'll head into texas where they will see some trent amounts of rain there, as well. for us, that cold front coming through is what brought if cooling and high clouds. high prsh bimds back in briefly for your friday. femptures could be about the same or a little higher for your friday. and we will see some high clouds again, filtering the sun. take a look at what's going to happen for the weekend end. clouds on the increase, but then as we head to wards sunday, it's trending chier for sunday, that system that's supposed to bring us the sliegt chance of somehows, not looking promising. we're watching olaf. still in the pacific t. hurl capable olaf moving ate wail from ha wee but has provmtsed high sumpt warnings and adds vise ris. thelg get some dangerous surf.

for us, we're looks at moiszture with a cold front. and as we head to wards the middle of week week. we may actually see opt rain. next chance will be tupz night into kwoempbtz. that's when we're watching for the po ten shl for somewet weather here. we each deep you posted on that. first thing in the morning, upper 40s to upper 50s. a few high clouds, pamping of fog when you get going. you miegts need that sweat ere or a coat. afternoon highs, 6 e 86 in livermeasure. 82 in santa rosa. 73 in sab francisco. so we're looking at a mix of high clouds and sun for your friday. we're going to kyle it down for you. saturday, dropping it down to the low 8230 for the warmest spots as the clouds increase. sunday is a little bit cooler. you'll notice tempbltures only

in the upper 7 cogs obama monday, late tuesday night going into wednesday and then as we head towards thursday, dwetsing closer to halloween now, i'm wondering what about a trick or treat weather. let's get some rain in there abds letsd you know. >> all right. history on wheelings. look at this. the specific significance for a vehicle made of iron, brass and wood. >> and they cot married today,but they did not get their marriage receivetism cat.

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a big recall by mazda. because of ignition switches that could overheat and catch

fire. the recall covers 323, the mx 3, ms. speaker x 6 and a model dating back to the late '80s. >> a priceless piece of san francisco history is back in the city today. number one with the first fire engine to be bilgt in california 16 0e years ago. it's named after david broderick. after spending the laster few yearings in nevada to return to itsds original owners. now, in is prime, it was a novel invention. a little engine that pumped a stream of water 26 feet high, but the engine had to be pulled up by dozens oaf people. >> it's a lot ofwork. it goes up really high. if you were really short, it wouldn't work. >> the engine served san

francisco during the gold rush era and it was nicknamed the fire eater. >> i like. that's a very good name. >> listen to this, some people don't like the sound they make, but leaf blowers have become a false statementment. >> >> the size of the yard and the amount of leaves fall in it are the most important factors. consumer reports have tested and raided more than 60 leaf blowers. when it comes to leaf blou eres, gast lean pouperred are the most popular. consumerrds says for bigger, larnler jobs, gas is the way to go. >> if you want to move them in a hurry and move them in some distance, than a roll around is the answer. >> but those can cost you hundreds of dollars. they're very dif can you recall

the to maneuver. >> consumer reports says this $1140 is a great choice for the money. also, consider an electric blower. they stand to be quieter at a distance, a police for your neighbor. >> and a couple of them are just as pow rful as a gats lean hand-helgd unit. >> con stopper reports. it's very ease you will to use. if you've got more ground toe kwover than a court will aloyal, consumer reports says the battery powered blowers have been documented, too. >> you will need to recharge the battery after about 30 or 40 minutes. the battery does add some light. however, this 56 volt ego was one of the lighter battery powers tested. it's a best-buy at 180 dlarsz.

>> if you need more power, consider a backpack style. they are much heavier and typically cost more. >> yeah, that's right. and it's good exercise, too. >> michael, thank you. >> well, it was party time for bargain hunters in the east bay this morning. >> the wig neighborhood held

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♪ let us share what we see ♪ just you and i ♪ ♪ grow old with me ♪ let us share what we see ♪ and oh the best it could be ♪ just you and i ♪ i'm alma dates in the abc 7 news room. coming up new at 6:00, the campaign to save lives. >> it's important that you stay out, stay alive. >> tonight, the threat of heavy rains this winter and the mistake one hope they don't repeat. an irs scammed victim pays a

lesson. plus, the device stopping tremors in their tracks. it's breakthrough technology making lives better for victims of a debilitating disease. >> see you in 30 minutes, alma. >> thank you. it looked like a black friday in the east bay shopping center this morning. >> yeah, abc 7 news with an opening from new york to rack store. take a look at how many people were waiting to go inside. nordstrom gave away a thou sand dollar shopping spree. >> i came at 8:00 this moshing, and i said i should have been the lucky winner of the thousand dollars, but i did win a 00 dled. >> well, the stores also means jobs for east bay workers. about 60 people were hired for that opening. good news all the way around. >> that's going to do it fr us. "world news tonight" is coming up next.

tonight, hillary clinton and the fireworks. tough questions on her e-mails, on benghazi and the moment members of congress start fighting right in front of her. as we ask tonight, how much has the american taxpayer spent on the 17-month investigation? also tonight, we're now learning about american special forces in a daring and deadly raid on isis. the hostages isis was planning to kill, and the operation that led to that deadly firefight. the stunning new report. secret service officers found sleeping on the job. one right at the white house. major new developments in the case of the driver whose car reportedly broke down. he called for help. a short time later, shot dead by police. and the outrage tonight. look right there. the baby left at day care. workers apparently locked the door and left.

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