hundreds of students and workers are protesting outside the reges meeting now in san francisco. >> the board is considering raising student fees and changing retirement benefits. there's been pushing and shoving and some arrests. terry mcsweeney is there. we have reports people were pepper sprayed. >> a number of people were pepper sprayed out here as the day went on. abc 7 with a ringside seat for all of that as you're about to see as police and protestors collided. the trouble began when

protestors started surging towards e u.c. police line. a few protestors grabbed the barricade and took off wh them. police pushed back, used it on people not moving fast enough and broke out the pepper spray to disperse the crowd. a sort time later a second surge of protestors and more pepper spray. in the front of the first confrontation with u.c. berkeley graduate. you can see him being hit by a officer using her baton. moments late he was sprayedt close range. >> i told them i was a non-violent activist. the officer started hitting me more and an officer came over and took a pepper spray canister and just sprayed us all. >> i understand there's real passionate emotion. all we can hope for is everybody behaves and contain themselv. >> police thought the protestors did not contain themselves and several were rested.

all this to protest a proposal athat would raise student fees 8% for families that make $25,000 a year. students came from campuses and berkeley, santa barbarand los angeles to prote. >> like high, 400 a class. like so many getting in the same class. so hard. all this. >> it's a proposal not even on today's agenda. region gents will take it up tomorrow. regents changed the agenda after the protest. that's not true. in front of the where the u.c. board of regents is meeting. people milling around but they're going to bhere all day. >> all right. sorry. we seem to hav lost terry mcsweenes live shot there. moving on to sorry unless you of the day, we should know later today san francisco's nancy

pelo will remain the top democrat in the house of representatives. democrats critical of pelosi failed in their efforts to postpone a vote who should be the next minory leader. the sweep of power in the election two weeks ago. >> we've come off the largest devastating loss othe democratic party in almost a century. and to be able to put speaker pelosi as minority leader, it's unacceptable to move our party forwarded in a modern direction. >> she was a lightning rod for republicans during the campaign and pelosi said she was not the reason democrats lost control of the house. >> there word this morning that oakla mayor ron dellums is considing leaving office before his term ends january 3rd. this morning the san francisco chronicle says dell lums and his wife have been talki with city officials about the possibility of an early departure. delllumps is under increasing pressure from t irs to quickly

pay a $252,000 tax debt. the paper says the mayor has been considering taking on paid speaking engagements and signing on with the washington lobbying firm. he can't do eitr while he's still mayor. if he would resign, jean qwan would automatically replace him. within the last hour mayor dellums posted the stay of city address on his website. early this week dellums announced he wouldn't be appearing in pers to deliver the speech. you can find a link and the mayor's final report on the city by visiting our website abc7news.com. just look under "see it on tv." >> housekeepe who worked for former gubernatorial candidate meg whitma wants the money she says she's ode. she asked fr the money with the labor standards and employment in s jose. just before she went in, she had celebrity lawyer gloria allred held a news conference. theresa garcia there. she joins us. >> good morning. you know, this morning's

closed-door conference is just wrapping up and this is an attet to settle a claim for unpaid wages by meg whitman's former houkeeper and certainly this issue surfaced and rocked whitmas campaign during the race for governor right before the november election. all came out before those few months. it is an issue that is far from settled. nikki diaz arrived at the san jose division of employment office this morning with her los angeles attorney gloria allred. representatives including her husband were there as well to respond to the labor issue. the scheded conference was to discuss a september 29th claim alleng that meg whitman failed to pay her former housekeep nine years to all the hours she worked. when nikki was hired, whitman agreed to pay $23 an hour for 15 hours a week but when she worked more hours whitman refused to pay any extra. she's asking for a total payment

of eight to $10,000 including reimbursement for mileage >> we say to meg whitman that it is never too late to do the right thing. you spent $143 million of your own money on your campaign. hopefully you have enough mon left to pay your housekeeperhe wages that you owe to her. >> during whitman's campaign for governor, the claim of unpaid housekeeping wages was just one issue that stirred up controversy. another was the house keepers undocumented status in the u.s. and whether whitman really knew about it before she let her go. nikki says her claim represents a broader message, that all housekeepers have a legal ride to be paid for all hours worked regardless of their status of citizenship. stay tuned. more during abc 7's 5 and 6 p.m. newscast. theresa garcia, abc 7 news. thank you. african american faith leaders

announced $430,000 grant at oakland's allen temple baptist church this morning. the money will be used to prevent the kind of violence that happen right outside the church yesterday. a 46-year-old man was shot and killed after leaving a class for people on probation or parole to get their high school equivalency diploma. >> we know it's not always an easy or pretty pictur but we hold out hope. and this tragedy has only inspired us to work harder. >> police are still looking for the shooter who they say just in a white chrysler 300 driven by a woman. >> newark police released video they hope wi help somedy identify the three suspects that robbed a chuck e. cheese restaurant overs the weekend. one robber pointing a gun over the head of a young employee. the robbers rounded up sever

small children and parents. the suspects ultimately forced the store employees and customers, 40 in all, into a storeroom while they emptied the cash register. the robbers were gone by the time police arrived. >> the airport patdowns that could be considered an invasion of privacy are under the microscope on capitol hill. senators are grillinl chief of administraon. jenelle with t latest. >> no changes are expected but the complaints are still pouring in. we hear the first formal complaint of sexual assault has been fil against a tsa screener at the dayton, ohio, airport. the head of the tsa admits it's difficult finding that balance between security and privacy. >> i wouldn't want my wife to be touched in the wa these folks are being touched. i wouldn't want to be touched that way. >> even senat george lemieux from flida finds the advanc patdowns a little too intimate. is it going to change? the head of the tsaays no.

>> do i understand the sensitivity of people, yes. if you're asking am i going to change the policies, no, because i think that is what being informed by the latest intelligence, the latest efforts by terrorists to kill our people in the air, no, i'm not going to change this policy. >> he specifally mention the underwear bomber in today's senate hearings. last christm the man tied to al-queda tried to blow up a northwest airlines flight bound to detroit. during covert tests they found it could happen again. the recommendation by intelligence to prevent it, more thorough patdowns. now screers have the authority to touch areas around your breas and private parts. you can choose this option if you get called for a secondary screening. the other option, the full body scan which some call x-rate the growing outrage is even sparking a pop culture movement. a california man designed this t-shirt and a berkley man posted had this song on youtube.com

joking about the tighr security. ♪ >> the tsa says it's always looking at evolving techniques and technologies but for now this is the best way to keep passengers safe. >> my job as administrator just to find that balance. i recognize the invasiveness of it. i also recogze the stakes are high and we must prevail. >> the tsa says companies are working on a new full body scanning machine which will show passengers just as stick figures instead of showing every bulge and every curve. as for the thorough patdown, the policy has been adjusted for children under the age of 12. they are now exempt. >> jenelle, thanka lot. >> stil ahead, bay area researchers with an experimental treatment with people with high blood pressure. makers of poss i spend three hours on mhomework -- or at least that's what mom thinks. with high speed ternet from at&t,

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>> we've breaking news in richmond where police are searching for a murder suspect. sky 7 hd it live over this crime scene at south 31st street and cuttg boulevard. you can see invesgators out there. that's where a man was shot and killed aroun 10:15 this morning. we're trying to get more information for you on this breaking news story now. we'll bring it to you as soon as we can. >> the food and drug administraon is threatens to seize those popular alcoholic

energy drinks. issued warning letters to full manufacturers of therinks saying caffeine added to their beverages is an unsafe food additive. college students have been hospitalized after dinking them including the popular for loco. the commissioner said evidence has show consumptioof those drinks has led to alcohol poisoning and car accidents and assault. the combination can lead to a stat of wide awake drunk. >> a mountain view based company developing an experimental treatment that can lower high blood pressure for some pele without taking a pill. the treatment being test uses radio waves for that nerve near the kidney a tube is pushed into the blood vessel io the groin. it tested about 100 people. it found the top number in the blood pressure rding dropped an average of 33 points. >> the results were presented

today at the americaheart association conference. >> meteorologist mike nicco ahead with the forecast. >> i wonder if those people had kids. drop the blood pressure a little bit. >> you think? (laughter) >> just kidding. beautiful outside. you may have steam under the collar if you have outdoor plans. the wet an windy weather. >> the extreme response from one man after watching bristol palin on "dancing with the stars." >> andhe sacramento man gets an unwelcomed side order to his burger king meal. the offensive message left on his re

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first the engagement, now the royal planning begins in the much anticipated wedding between prince william and kate middleton. the couple sits with advisers today to talk about all the wedding details. the dress and who's going to pay. the second in line to the throne and his fiancee will marry next spring or summer. no exact date yet. the venues, westminster abby or st. charles cathedral. they married in 1981. those are considered the front runners. >> one sexy canadian. actor ryan reynolds this year's sexiest man alive. many comedies including the

proposal with sandra bullock. the green lantern next year. he said it will give his family something else to tease him about. reynolds is married to actress scar lot johansson pretty hot himself. he can hear himself saying sexiest man, take out the garbage! >> and you can take out the garbage. >> and our own sexy man here. >> all his other chores. >> you wanna come watch me. >> that dsn't sound right. >> no. >> go ahead, mike, move on. >> let's take a look what's going on outside in the northeast whe we had a strong thunderstorm move through. 120 reports of wind damage. uprooted trees, power lines down. quite a wind-driven sysm they had there >> here at home things still pretty quiet. love this shot from mount tamalpais all the way back to

sunset beach. how calm and tranqui here. los gatos, the monter and inland low to mid-60s. hour highlight, sunny today, cooling continues. rain, that will arrive on friday during the evening hours and then it becomes a wav of showers and chilly weather through th weekend. for today we are cooler than yesterday but still a little above avere. 4 degrees cool in san jose all the way to about 8 degrees cooler this afternoon than yesterday. down in the south bay we'll have temperatures right around 70 to 71 deges. slightly cooler on the peninsula. mid upper 60s for you. out along the coast, temperatures upper 50s to near 60. 64 downtown south san francisco with mid to upr 60s through the north bay valle. your beaches will be near 60. mid topper 60s along the east bay shore and upper 60s to lo 70s in the east bay valleys. head to the monterey bay, upper 60s to near 70 here and low to mid-70s inland.

for tonight cool, 38 napa, most of us in the 40s. san franciscoround 50. a little more cloud cover around the coasine and also the bay shoreline tomorrow morning. high pressure watches to the south this cold front moves more to the pacic northwest. this is opening the door for the next system that's gathering all this cold air up over siberia and alaska. that's what's going to roll towards us friday. friday morning wake up to cloudy conditions, a little drizzle possible along the coast. the rain starts to move in friday evening. hangs around through saturday and then it tapers a little as the low starts to come down. we'll get a batch of heavier weatr saturday evening through sunday morning. sunday we may get a little break and another push of rain will come in on monday. you see all that snow in the sierra, that it great news for those folks. accu-weather 7-day forecast, temperatures drove 4 to 7 degrees tomorrow and friday. kind of the raw with those breezes, the rain and tempatures low to mid-s.

still rather cool next week, low to mid-50s on tuesday. >> thanks, mike. >> all right in wisconsin, listen to this. a man shot at his television with a shotgun after bristol palin made i to the final round of "dancing with the stars." court documents say the man was apparently fed up with politic and said bristol wasn't even a good dancer. a s.w.a.t. team surrounded the man's house and officers eventually talked him out of it after an all-nightstandoff. the suspect's wife said her husband had been drinking. he suffers reckless endangerme charges. she's been near the botto of the scores but votes from viewers got her to the finals. >> burger king investigating an incident that left a sacramento man embarrassed ter a late night trip to burger king. he spent ne dollars with his meal, nothing was wrong with his order but it was on the receipt what left him stunned. he says he was humiliated. >> i got the receipt and it says -- i show the guy, looks

at me and kind of laughs. it was like -- >> he didn't say sorry, didn't say this will never happen again. >> the was no sorry. >> wow. a shift manager at burger king says the message is unacceptable and will talk to the store employees. perez meantime says he prably won't go back to that restaura again. >> oh, my goodness. up next, preparations already underway for next week's big thanksgivi dinnerr

>> today on oprah at 4:00, do you believe in miracles. he believes flocking to mystic ways. at 5:00, thou shall not facebook.com? the reason behind this reques from a pastor to certain members of his congregation a simple blood test that could detect a likelihood of heart failure. >> finally as we report to you every year, glide memorial church serves thousands of thanksgiving meals to those in need. >> while the church is always in need of food donations, it also needs utensils to help people eat those meals. >> that's why these young people from sheraton elementary in san francisco got involved. over 3,000 sets of plastic spoons, forks knives and napkins to make it complete.

>> getting set early is definitely key. >> a final check of the weather. >> must have some proud grandparents. (laughter) >> let's take a look outside, show you what's going on. beaminbehind the cameras. looking at the port of oaand from south beach. notice how clear the air is relatively. still hazeut no pollution. you want to find the firewood this weekend if you can. it's going to b cold and wet. >> thanks very much. >> and that's gonna do it for now. thanks for joining us on abc 7 news. >> "who wants to be a millionaire" is coming um next. >> bye-bye. save $523! 16 minutes could save you %! come on... isn't time an auto insurer gave it to you straight? that why you should talk to state farm. but not yet. first, talk to any one of the 40 million driver who already have state farm. 40 milli. yeah, that's more than gei and progressive combined. by a lot. 40 million drivers. moreavings. and discounts up to 40%.

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