♪ a lot of us are like recoveringrom an illness. you get a little stronger each day, take a few more steps each day. >> president obama sits down with an ohio family and trying to reassu americans the country is moving in the right direction. president obama's not only charged with reviving the economy but his own image. a poll out today shows the public is increasingly frustred. only 41% approve of the president's handling of the economy. 56% disapprove and 61% believe the economy has gotten worse under his watch.

those are the worst numbers mr. obama has seen since taking office. abc's emily schmidt reports. >> president obama went from fund-raising to a backyard gathering today hoping to convince ohio families their bottom line is better thanks to his economic policies. >> the economy s shrinking about 6%. the economy's now growing. so we've made progress, but let's face it, the progress hasn't been fast enough. >> the predent says he's never been more confident theountry is the moving in the right direction. echoing the theme from a manufacturing ant in wisconsin to a family-owned bakery in seattle. where he said midterm elections are not the time to change course. >> small business owners beside me and around the country don' have time for political gains. >> a new associate press poll gives the president the lowest ever grade for handling the economy. 41% approve of his work, 56%

disapprove. jobless rates hover at 9.5%. foreclosures went up 6% last month compared to the sameime last year. >> 93,000 homes were foreclosed on in the month of july, and, obviously, that's very, very troubling. >> even with mortge rates at an all-time low, under 4.5%, many don't qualify for refinancing. >> fixing the system is one of the mo consequential and one of the most complicated economic policy problems we faces a nation. >> abc news, washington. >> breaking news right now in marin county. the sheriff's office along with several other state and federal law enforcement agencies are destroying several pot growing farms out in marin county. this is video now. this is live pictures sky 7 hd. authorities say the sites with the pot are in several locations near the foothills. we'll continue to monitor the situation and bring you updates

on abc7ns.com. >> the medical foundation is telling 3,000 patients they need to get revaccinated for some serious illnesses. cli click clinic officials say some adults and children in sonoma county, some in lake and marin county. it includes hepatitis a and b, meningitis, polio a several others. >> we're very apologetic. we know it's an inconvenience for folks. but better toe safe and sorry. we recognize there may an issue with the temperature of the vaccination. >> the original shots did not hurt anyone. they just may not fully protect you. there is a number you can call to make an appointment to get revaccined. it's on our website abc7news.com under "see it on tv." in san francisco -- >> city health officials say students not vaccinated for the

whopping cough could be proi hibted going to school for three weeks if thers an outbreak. last year classrooms where 40% of students were not vaccinated. the school district will send out letters to parents encouraging them to get children immunid. whopping cough starts out like a common cold. it's highly contagious, a highly contagious respiratory tract infection. >> a san francisco nightclub where a man was fatally shot last month intends to defy today's conviction deadline. a man was killed on pier 50. it was the second deadly shooting there in two years. the port of san francisco said it would terminate because the lease is effective today because of violence, noise and contract violations. attorneys for jelly sa it plans to fight that eviction in court. >> in oakland a group of residents are holding a fund-raiser tonight for the family of a recent murder victim.

45-year-old jean kang was shot and killed last month. he was in theay area interest viing for a job at google. the robbers got away with just $17. two people have been arrested in the case. the fund-raiser takes place tonight from 6:00 to 8 p.m. at the oakland asian cultural center >> the parents of a man killed in las february's small plane crash in east palo alto have filed a lawsuit claiming the pilot s negligent for taking off in heavy fog. three men, including the pilot, were killed in the crash. all worked for tessler motors. the plan struck power linings and a tower before slamming into an east palo alto neighborhood. the pilot knew of the chevy fog at the airport and surrounding area and was not cleared to take ooh by air traffic controllers. >> appears cifornia republicans have deni democrats a chance to get more power in the state legislature. republican blakesly won are the central valley state senate seat in yesterday's special electi receiving more than 49% of the

vote. he defeated john layered of santa cruz. it was within one vote of claiming the two-thirds majority needed to pass budgeplans and tax increases without republican support. blakesly fills the vacationsy held by former republican state senator able maldanato. >> still ahead, thousands of north bay high school students now have an unusual requirt to fulfill in order graduate. >> plus a new facebook.com feature that could soon have you tracking your friends' every move in realtimeme

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we're lening today just how widespread the illnesses are from contaminated eggs linked to salmonella poisoning. 300 people wound up in the hospital in california and minnesota. santa clara county has the highest number of reported illnesses in the entire state. the federal government says the eggs came from an iowa egg producers. millions are being recalled. thera garcia joins us with more. theresa. >> well, safeway and other stores selling the salmonella-tainted eggs are supposed to have pulle them from the shelves by now. we tried several times to get comments from safeway but none yet. it's up to consumers now to check and see if their eggs fall under this do not eat list. >> now i have to check the eggs. >> yeah.

>> and throw 'em out. i just bought eggs last week here. >> many shoppers are still just finding out about the 228 million egg recall that falls under 13 different brands nationwide. the salmonella outbreak has sickened more than 250 people in this state. santa clara county and several other california public health agencies were the first to ale the centers for disease control in the early summer the outbreak was directly linked to eggs. >> this is shoe leather especially deem jolly. you need a lot of people really good at collaborating with each other, really good at sharing information and are tenacious and follow up on everlast detail. >> deputy health officer cody says they have helped break only the case and make a connecon between multiple sick persons and what they ate. since may salmonella cases connected to eggs have caused 38 people to get sick in santa clara county, thre so ill they were hospitalize 26 tested positive for

salmonellan san francisco, 21 in contra costa coun and nine in san mateo county. the centers for disease prevention a control tracked down the contamination source to wright county egg in iowa. the distributor recalled their eggs packaged under three brands last friday. the most common in california california are saway and ralph brands. the recalled eggs have plant numbers printed on the package that begin with the letter p. if it follows with sell by dates between may 16th to august 13th, discard them or return the eggs to the store. now, the health department says do not eat raw eggs, cook them thoroughly which kills any possible salmonella. most people don't think of raw eggs as being in anything but cookie dough and caes salad dressing. >> for a list of symptoms associated with salmonella and a complete list of all the brands

in this recall, go to abc7ne.com and click on "see it on tv." >> president obama says he has no regrets over comments he made about the right of muslims to build an islamic center and mosque near the former site of the world trade center. >> the answer is no regrets. >> the president had drawn fire from many republicans and even some democrats who say the islamic center should not be near the site of e september 11th terrost attacks. last week president obama jumped into the debate when he said muslims had the same rights to practice their religion as everyo else in the u.s. the next day he told reporter he wasn't endorsing the specifics of the mosque plan. >> social net worng giant facebook.com is expecte to unveil a new location service for its website at palo alto headquarters today. the service will allow users to show friends exact where they are in rea time using the gps a you to find your friends.

it would also help marketers easily target custors where they visit, sho or eat. it could generate as much as $4 billion a yea in advertising. facebook.com has more than 500 million members. >> if you're a driver who stil talks on your cellphone without using a hands free device, you may talk face-to-face with the chp today. the control and law enforcement agencies are teaming up for another zero tolerance campaign to catch violators of the hands free cellone law. law enforcement ticked 900 drivers during a similar campaign. if you have a dog and drive with the it in your catch, watch out. nearly 60%f dog enters are been distract by pets. they can land in thr owner's lap and make them crash. the prevention of cruelty to animals suggest drivers restrain their pets but only 17% ever use

restraints. dogs suld never ride in the fronts passenger seat because air bags could hurt them. it does that with chdren, of course. >> mike nicco ahead with the forecast. >> how abo the sunshine. a little quier today. we'll show it to you as we look from emeville up towards richmond. yeah, more sunshine. but that doesn't necessarily mean cooler weather as we have a cold air mass for the weekend coming in. how much colder i think it's going to be than today. >> mike, thas. san francisco's new tool to get rid of dangerous chemicals around children's playgrounds. >> also a popular national radio talk show host is about to sign off. why . laura says she is not going away quietly. next time on...

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♪ san francisco shows off an environmtally friendly new machine that kills weed without pesticides. it's called thgreen steam machine and one of the only devices of its kind in the country. it works on using steam to burst the cell walls in plants which effectively kills them. the parks departnt says the steamer will allow them to elimine the use of pesticis in children's playgrounds and reduce it in parks and other public areas. >> we had a small demo at a children's playground at civil center about three weeks ago. and near the end of the demo,

there was a famil pushing their child in the swings maybe about 20 away from where we were treating. we could never do that with pane pesticides. >> they plan to buy as ma as eight machines. >> can we rent one? all of us. >> not green but seeing blue this morning which i unusual. >> that is a new color to the spectrum. let's take a look outside and share it with you. here's a look at sutro whic we haven't been able to use in a long time because of the clouds. well, they dispersed quicker than yesterday as we thought they would. that's why we see the beautiful blue of the bay. sfo where we have flight arrival did he lays. about 45 minutes. but theyre slowly getting back to schedule there. so check out the flht tracker, abc7news.com. and, hey, there goes somebody. i wonder where they're going. don't need to go anywhere t get sunshine. 24 houremperature change,

everyone warmer because of the earlier sunine. the only people behind santa rosa about 1 degree cooler than yesterday, antioch 4. fremont 5, san jose 6 degrees warmer. san francisco and redwd city. you can see why. look at the sunshine there, except santa rosa at 58. 60 degree temperatures until antioch. watsonvie low to mid-60s. 72 over gilroy. more sunshine today but still cooler than average. a cool air mas in the middle allowing the marine layer to go out quicker. shy of what we should be this time of year. mainly cloudy tonight but dry like this morning. damp mornings lead to cooler afternoons this weekend. drizzle will return then. here's a look at the low that's moving away from us. we get a little break today and tomorrow beforehis next low moves in over the weekend and drops our temperatures well

below average. for today mid to upper 70s in the south bay, san jose at 75. cupertino. santa cruz mountains, saratoga possibly 80 degrees. nice sunny day on the peninsula. low to mid0s san mateo southward. here's 60 along the coast with patchy sunshine developing downtown, sth san francisco and sausalito mid-60s. low to mid-70s north bay valleys, 77 sonoma. along the east bay shore, mid to upper 60s. low to mid-80s in the east bay valleys until you get to brentwd, about 87. 70 santa cruz but the breeze will keep monterey about 63. aroundhe state, no more threat of thunderstorms in the desert. 84 sacramento and a sunny 78 over tahoe. today a nice day to be out at the coliseum. 12:35 first pitch with it being

sunny, where the sunscreen. about 65 by the time the game end an we wrap up the series with the toronto blue jays. tonight cloud cover once again, low 50s in the north bay. mid to upper 50s for the rest of us. warming for tomorr, about 2 degrees warmer at the coast, 4 degrees for the rest of us but lose it with that low coming in friday. you can see the drizzle in the morning. the drizzle and mis will be more pronounced saturday and sunday morning and drop our temperatures about another 4 degrees. once the weekend's over, gets what happens. the mist and drizzle go away and the warmer, sunny weather comes back >> good timing, mike. thanks. >> thanks, mike. this morning mazda is announcing a very big recall. the auto maker is recalling 300,000 late models sedans because of a potential steering problem. mazda says the vehicle could have a sudden loss of power steering making it difficultto control a car. from april 2007 to november 2008. the owners have beenold to

bring vehicles to a local dealer for repairs. >> high school students in novato have a new graduation requirement. the school board voted to require all high scol students to complete at least ten hours of community service each ye in order to get their diplomas. the plan has its critics, including the principal of novato high. they argue it's only meaningful when it's voluntary. >> dr. laura is leaving her radio show at the end of the year. the decisionollows growing criticism after she used the "n" word repeatedly on her show last week. the comment came after a call from a black woman on an interracl marriage. she was complaining about her husband's friends and relativele making racial commen. >> black guys use it all the time. turn on hbo and listen to a black comic. all you hear is (bleep), (bleep). when black people say it, it's affectionate. >> i was trying to make a point

to help her about what i felt. because -- about her hypersensitivity. and i made it poorly. and so i upset some people. i owe fepded some people, i hurt some people. >> well, several sponsors pulled their ads from her show but she says the decision to leav radio was hers alone and doesn't hav any plans to leave the public spotlight. she says she wants to regain her first amendment righto say what she wants. >> albuquerque say her mother told her she slapped her 13-month-old flight from dallas because the child kicked her. the atentant removedhe child after she saw the mother slap her and passengers complained. the child's father who had been arguing with the mother later took t baby until she fell asleep. no charges were filed and the familyas allowed to continue on the trip. the flight attendant did the right thing to calm everye down but it called a debate when

we have an update on the breaking news in marin county. the sheriff's office and law enforcement agencies are destroying several marijuana growing operations in west marin county. you're looking at helicopters lifting the pot. this is a live video. you can see a plant being lifted away there. authories say the sites are

sevel locations near the foothills. and in this picre you can see the work continues. we'll continue to have updates on abc7ns.com. >> later today on abc 7 at 5:00, monitoring sex owe fendsers. the alarming number taking off gps devices without permission. and how you can find out who they are. "7 on your side" reports on a bay area city effort to impose a moratorium on so-cled smart meters. those stories at 5:00. >> no moratorium on the sunshine. seeing it,mike. >> enjoy it.