>> and i'm kristein sze. thanks for joining us. sky 7 is live over the scene at 35th avenue near pennyman avenue. that's a few blocks west of interstate 580, and you can see police officers still investigating more than two hours after it happened. >> abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is there live for us with the late on this tragedy. laura? >> reporter: hi, dan. i'm standing at 35th avenue and pennim penniman. the bus is behind me and they are getting ready to tow it out of this area. let's show you some more images from sky 7 hd this. happened a little bit before 2:00 this afternoon, and we understand from oakland police the lead agency that this little boy was struck and killed in the middle. roadway. we've also heard from neighbors that the boy might have been chasing a ball out into the street, again, just 2 years old. apparently the bus driver stopped as soon as he could but it was too late for this little toddler. let's hear now from some of the

neighbors. >> i was heartbroken because i was speaking with my sister. it is a busy street and it is a busy street. >> i'm a parent myself and coming on scene it's sad and heartbreaking and many officers, men and women, that responded very quickly and professionally and were making the choices to assist in whatever capacity they can in this incident. it's a tragic and heartbreaking incident and we all take it to heart. >> reporter: another live at the scene. this is the line 54 ac transit bus. it was head eastbound on 35th avenue right before penniman when this accident occurred. again, as you can imagine, a very tragic scene out here. this is a live look at the bus. you can see they brought in a large tow truck, and they are hooking the bus up to the tow truck, and obviously i guess planning to remove it from the area so they can reopen this roadway.

as for the driver, we understand that he is understandably distraught. we're told he's been with ac transit for five years and has practiced in a situation like this. he will be examined for the use of drugs or alcohol, but at this point no reason to suspect that that's what was involved. hive in oakland, laura anthony, aches 7 news. >> thanks very much. huge delays on ace train this afternoon after a train struck a person in san jose near virginia street just south. diridon station. it's caused hour long delays on train 4 in the eastbound direction. no word on the condition of the person struck by the train. safety investigators are searching for the wreckage of a u2 spy plane that crashed in sutter county killing one pilot and injuring the other. it happened about 9:00 a.m. in sutter buttes about 60 miles north of sacramento. the plane had just taken off

from beale air force base. military officials say a student pilot and instructor assigned to the first reconnaissance squadron were on a routine training mission. >> the last incident like to that occurred was roughly 20 years ago. i would match the safety and maintenance records of a u2 with any other aircraft that the united states air norse flies. we will continue to fly u2 missions around the world and around the clock. >> the colonel did not disclose which of the two pilots died. the military is the withholding their names until family are notified. >> san leandro police say a man involved in a bizarre kidnapping attempt back in july is back in custody and waiting for extra digs. the suspect attempted to abduct a 23-year-old woman in broad daylight and investigators say he drove from southern california just to commit the crime before disc his car and getting on a plane to another state. the suspect closely resembles the man in this sketch. investigators are not naming him because more witnesses need to be interviewed.

he did not know his victim and has no known ties to the bay area. >> what started the break in the case was that business owner in east oakland. they called us to report the abandoned vehicle which looked identical to what he had seen on news the night before. >> police say the suspect is from orange county and has a violent criminal history. he's charged with felony kidnapping, carjacking and assault with a deadly weapon. >> two drifters accused of killing a woman in golden gate park and a man in marin county appeared in court today. a preliminary hearing for lila alligood and morrison lampley will decide if they will go to charges to face the trials. more live from the marin county superior court building with more tonight. wayne? >> reporter: as you know, preliminary hearings are interesting because all the little details that come out, details with interviews from suspects or maybe interviews with the wncheses, some of the most interesting details this time came from a witness who was on the trail at about the time the murders occurred.

he said that he saw the suspects that in his opinion they looked like typical meth heads, quote, with eyes glazed over like he had never seen. >> yes. it's a map of where the scene was. >> reporter: in real life preliminary hearings are less about drama than the slow piling on of f-. it's been almost one year now since 67-year-old steve carter died from kun shot wounds on this trail near fairfax and 23-year-old audray carey from canada died in san francisco. today the two remaining defendants appeared in superior court. first up they heard marin county sheriff detective who described how an early interview the defendant alligood tried to protect her boyfriend morrison haze lampley by saying a third drifter sean angold had pulled the trigger. angold has since made a plea deal to testify against the other two. the detective also told of a jailed cellmate who said alligood told her the old man needed to die and lampley was the shooter, end quote, and he

described how one of the bullets pierced steve carter's wallet, put a hole in a credit card and shredded the case inside. later alligood describes the bills as being wet when the suspects went to buy gas. as for the killing of audrey carey they discussed the shooting of her in grisly detail and just before dying she thanks the three for being her friends. wayne freedman, abc 7 nuts. san jose police are urging anyone who knows about a man being shot to death to get in touch with him immediately. someone called 911 and said a man was down on the sidewalk along lone bluff way just before 1:00 this morning. officers found the victim had been shot once. he died at the scene near the golf course. detectives have not said what led to this shooting. this is san jose's 36th homicide of the year and its first in nearly four weeks. san jose family plans to

rebuild after this fire destroyed their home and threatened several others. many neighbors captured video and photos of last night's fire on their smartphones. the fire forced evacuations along leed court near south white road. it appears the fire was sparked by chicken being cooked on a patio. it's believed the flames were being fed by are toured pg&e gas pipes. >> we've since learned the pg&e gas pipes were in tact and it was multiple cylinders letting off gas and that was the gas fire that we had. >> still kind of a mystery of how to feel. >> flames also spread to a utility pole. pg&e shut off power for several hours. no one was hurt. a brutal day on capitol hill for wells fargo ceo john stumpf. senators, especially elizabeth warren from massachusetts, unloaded on him over his

oversight. bank's 2 million bogus customer accounts. more live from the newsroom with details. lyanne. >> reporter: a lot of people are post willing and tweeting about the comments made by senator elizabeth warren. first she said it was gutless leadership referring to the ceo of wells fargo and other top executives. then she said stumpf should resign. >> i am deeply sorry. >> reporter: following those words wells fargo ceo john stumpf faced a barrage of accusations including fraud. >> how does falsely signing a customer up for an account they don't want, how does that not meet that dev in addition. >> i can tell you this. it's absolutely wrong. we found this out and got rid of those people. >> reporter: stumpf was interrupted several times as he tried to explain how wells fargo opened millions of accounts without the customer's possession. 5,300 employees have since been

fired. >> i accept full responsibility for all unethical sales practices in our rethal banking business. >> reporter: but his mea culpa wasn't enough for senator elizabeth warren. >> have you returned one nickel. millions of dollars that you were paid while this scam was going on? >> the board will take care that have. >> reporter: have you returned one nickel. money you earned while this scam was going senator. >> and the board will do -- >> i will take that as a no then. >> reporter: he also acknowledged that no senior executives have been fired. joelle len is a management of management and ethics, sh. >>. stumpf announced the banking giant will include an internal review to include 2009 and 2010 and they are also working on

rebuilding its sales structure and rebuilding the public trust may take longer. stumpf will also appear before the house financial committee in september as it starts its own investigation. in the newsroom, lyanne melendez, nbc 7 news. thank you very much. just ahead at 5:00 parks shake-up at the u.s. geological survey. it's good-bye to its bay area home for the last six years. >> and. national anthem protest takes another

you know, for 67 years the u.s. geological survey has conduktsd all earthquake and flood monitoring from its menlo park campus until now. perabc 7 news reporter leslie

brinkley reports that rising rents have prompted them to move in with nasa. >> reporter: for everyone rent costs on the peninsula are out of this world and it's no different for the u.s. geological survey. they are now paying the federal government $7 million to $9 million a year in fair market rent in menlo park, costs that are projected to double. >> we can stay in our existing facility and more of our funds go to paying rent here, the opportunity cost goes up, or we can co-locate with nasa, carnegie-mellon and other partners down at moffatt field and the money we would have paid for rent goes to science. >> reporter: moving 3,500 employees out of this sprawling campus of eight-plus structures will be a herculean task. offices will start moving out in 2017. laboratories will take years to relocate. some of the cost savings will be invested in next generation instrumentation to continue developing an exearly warning system and a monitor climate and

sea level changes. projects and people will not be cut, and collaborating with nasa scientists means covering everything from satellites to the center of the earth. >> in the end we'll have the ability to do science from the orbit to theor. >> when you can put scientists and space scientists and geologists and water chemistry people which is what i do all together i think they get a lot of great science done. >> still, researchers are sentimental about leaving behind the campus that's been home since 1954. in menlo park, i'm leslie bringly, aches 7 news. >> first his national a them protest touched off a national debate and now 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick claims he's getting death threats. kaepernick initially chose to sit and has since knelt while the "star spangled banner" is played before games. he says he's standing up against racial oppression and police brutality. kaepernick has not alerted the 49er security team about the

threats. some have come through social media. >> theies from so giants pledged this afternoon that they will make sure they don't tweet potentially offensve messages again. you're looking at what the giants tweeted after madison bumgarner struck out opponent for the third time ands to the klan and in no way was it meant to cause an offense. >> people are using a robot, yes, a robot to invest their savings. >> more hon whether this is a good idea. >> they make our cars and sweep our floors now and run the cameras here.

>> about can they make you money? would you trust your financial future to a machine? well, new digital platforms can manage your portfolio and charge less than a human financial adviser, so "consumer reports" decided to examine whether it's time to make the switch to a robo adviser. >> when alison began investing she opened an account with a robo adviser, a new breed of online financial advisers that uses computer algorithms to recommend investments for you for a fraction. cost of a human advisers. >> it didn't feel old or stodgy or conservative. it felt really like on the cutting edge of the future of investing. cohen is not alone. robo advise verse become big business. >> robo advisers manage an estimated $53 billion and that mum is expected to grow to between $5 trillion and 7 trillion in the next five years.

>> reporter: some players including wealthfront and betterment and asset management charles schwab is also getting into the game and experts at "consumer reports" say going robo requires a fair amount of faith in the technology, especially in a rocky market. >> there's no real track record. robo services haven't been around that long and haven't been tested in a true bear market. >> reporter: plus, robos don't account for the human elemench vigz, a robo advisers can not help you prioritize several financial goals. should should you pay down debt or save more nor can it help you navigate tricky financial situations like divorce or saving for college or handling the finances of an aging parent. still for someone like alison cohen, a robo advisers could be the way to go, particularly as a way to jump into the helicopter market. now deciding between a costly or human advisers and a cheaper computer version depends on a variety of factors, your

financial circumstances, tolerance for risk and i want to hear your consumer questions. i'll be in fremont friday, not a robot but me. bring your questions and ask questions any time on social media. just use the #askfinney. >> hi there, everybody. did you feel the difference? high clouds with a stronger breeze has helped to bring that change. now we are tracking with live doppler seven. rain in southern california all in association with a former hurricane. it's now tropical depression payne. take a look at what's coming in the sierra thursday afternoon and evening. we're talking about some snow in the sierra mixing in with some showers and thunder, so if you're traveling tahoe, gusty and hazy and as i mentioned we're talking about

the potential for snow showers there. friday is dry. that same system is bringing about some changes already for us which is in the form of cooler weather. compared to 24 hours ago you're running 15 degrees cooler. a live look from our south beach camera showing you why and you see the marine layer that's re-established itself. 61 inner in san francisco to 68 in oakland and 57 in half moon bay and 80 degrees in san jose. today's highs primarily in the 80s and our warmest inland value and upper 60s to low 60s. at bit hazy. 83 in santa rosa and 86 fairfield and livermore. hour-by-hour evening plane, a cooler evening at 6:00. upper 50s to upper 70s. sun sets and we'll have the fog and some clouds around as we head towards midnight hanging on to the breeze. from our east bay hills cameras, this is your natural air conditioning. winds will increase the next two days, and that will help to cool us off some more with cooler than normal conditions in the

afternoons. autumn heat returns this upcoming weekend. tomorrow morning when you get going you will need to bundle up. the kids will actually need to go into a sweater or a jacket because it's going to start out cool. upper 40s to the upper 50s, cooler than today. we'll have the nothing and the high clouds around and hang on to that extra layer, the winds will be gusting wednesday afternoon and evening over at the coastline over 30 and 35 miles per hour. this continues thursday morning and friday as well so at times it's going to feel raw even though it won't be terribly cold. fire danger will be running high because of the gusty winds right around south of monterrey including the sbranes fires and red flag warning 3:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. a mild afternoon for your wednesday and nowhere near where you should be. mid to upper 70s, nice and mild and sunny and cool and windy near the cost. fast forward to the weekend. much warmer on saturday. first weekend of fall and mid-90s for the hot spots. on sunday you're close to the

triple-digit mark and even at the beaches it's going to be in the 70s. accurater forecast will feature really windy and cooler weather for wednesday and autumn arrives a 7:21 thursday and the temperatures will slip a few more degrees bay and inland. use our abc 7 news app to track all the temperature changes because we're on a roller coaster ride and as we head into friday it warms up a little bit but we crank the heat for the weekend. mid to upper 90s, inland to upper 60s at the 70s at the beaches and warm to hot on monday and even on tuesday it's a gradual cooling trend. >> thanks. some. biggest names in science bring the heat on donald trump when it comes to donald trump. that's next. then at 5:30 on "world news" with david muir. >> breaking news. the fbi now tracking down and questioning someone else. the father of four, his suv breaks down and shot dead by police. tonight hear the officer's defense and the spy plane of a

deadly crash over america. a lot to get to after abc 7 nuts. >> we'll see you then. new at 6:00. imagine getting in trouble for not paying a traffic ticket that you never received. see how this caused big problems for a north bay woman and 7 on your side's

stephen hawking and prominent scientists from the world and bay area are sending donald trump a message. human caused climate change is real. 375 members of the national academy of sciences released an open letter today calling on world letters to accept their findings. trump says he's not a believer. one scientist helped to organize the effort and says it would be an epic failure to remain silent when scientist understanding is dismissed as a hoax or a conspiracy. the median sale price for bay area homes fell in august to

$675,000. it's the second consecutive month of price declines across the nine counties. since the median hit an all-time high of 710,000 in june. on a year-over-year basis however, the median was 5.2% from august of 2015. analysts with core logic real estate services who compile the numbers say seasonal and affordability constraints likely caused this price drop. the high cost of living in the bay area is the reason why a former facebook employee with a six-figure salary moved out. the about the journal says he quit facebook and headed to arizona. he and his four-member family could no longer afford here and he wrote about it in a blog saying tech giants should consider moving out of expensive cities to retain workers and he writes facebook pays well in absolute terms, but if you're a single income family you have to live pretty frugoli as the rent checks eat into your monthly

disposable income. two dozen volunteers pitched in to dress up a disabled south bay woman's home. volunteers from wells fargo painted the interior. the home was selected by habitat for humanity to receive improvements. volunteers fixed a leaky roof and installed a new porch and replaced a bathtub that the homeowner had a hard time accessing. great work. >> beating. poker face. when we come back the device scientists have come up with to tell how someone is really feeding.

and now we're introducingew free pancakes for kids. who's crazy idea was this? well, we're pretty sure we know who. for a limited time, kids get our new pancakes in any of these flavors, free. coming up tonight at 6:00, a prime piece of san francisco real estate is now the focus of a legal investigation. the information the city attorney is seeking on a seeking building. >> special delivery will check out the first ever autonomous delivery robot in action today in the bay area. why its developer says this is a great idea. also -- >> i think there has to be a

better way than involving the child. >> a cafeteria worker takes a stand against a lunch policy she says was lunch shaming. all of that and a lot more coming up ahead on abc 7 "news at 6:00." imagine if a device could read your mood or emotions without the help of emojis. >> this is research institute from the massachusetts institute of technology, the computer science and artificial intelligence lab has developed eq radio. >> it sends off signals that bounce off your body and back to the device to read subtle changes in your heartbeat and breathing patterns. the information is used to read your mood with 87% accuracy. >> researchers say eq radio could be used for everything from entertainment to consumer behavior and even health care. you know what, in the '70s we had mood rings. that's worked, too. >> this is just a high-tech version of that, right? "world news tonight" with david

muir is coming up next. >> i'm krinzy. >> and i'm dan ashley. >> we'll see tonight, breaking news. new surveillance of the bombing suspect pulling a suitcase, carrying a backpack. authorities say, about to place the bombs in new york city and new jersey. and tonight here, we have now learned, the fbi is questioning someone else. his wife. was he acting alone? and what his own father said about his son before. also developing, the outrage tonight. the father of four, his suv breaks down, then shot dead by police. tonight, for the first time, the officer's defense. the deadly plane crash. the spy plane crashing down over america. flash point. the syrian refugees coming to the u.s. our year-long investigation. and tonight, donald trump's son comparing refugees to poisonous skittles, asking, would you take the chance? we go straight to amman to ask, wh