we begin with another brazen child molestation case in a busy store and a good samaritans that help catch the suspects. >> this is the second time that a chi has been accosted at a store. cecilia vega joins us with the rest of the story. >> this is the walmart where it happened o friday around 7:00 in the evening. this 8-year-old little girl was shopping with her family. somehow her brother became separated from her mother and the also girl went to look for them and that is what happened. this is the man that snuck on them when the girl got distracted. he has been arsted for a lewd act on a child, aggvated assault and false imprisonmen they said it happened very

quickly. the little girl was let go and check out the hat and coat to disguise himself. the girl point out the susct to the mom and the mothe screamed and that is when he tried to run. police say two shoppers didn't know each other, they acted with quickly. one works down street at recycling center. >> we had a good samaritan that chased the suspect down for help from the mother. pushed the suspect to the ground and with the assistance of another good samaran that came up, they were able to ke the suspect on the ground until the police department came and took him into the custody. >> i'm not afraid. you have to do the right thing. if something happened to my nieces and nephews i would want somebody to step forward.

>> what happenedhere on friday at this walmart comes less th two weeks after a girl that became separated from a grandmother was assaulted by a registered sex offender. san leandro they don't think its copycat cre or the two cases are related in any way but they are warni parents to be vigilant during the holiday season saying that predators know that children are out shopping and they have to keep a close eye on kids because it's very easily to get separated in a large store like this one. 13-year-old girl from vacavie and 18-month-old brother remain in critical condition after they were stabbed repeatedly yesterday morning. a 14-year-o suspect is independent arrest. police say he broke into their home while the mother was away

and xually assaulted the girl and stabbed her more than 30 times with a kitchen knife. police say the toddler woke up and the boy stabbed him more than ten times. the girl managedto escape with her little brother. the subject is aan acquaint wins the victim's older brother but a motive is unknown. >> a 12-year-old girl that was kidnapped in roanoke, virginia will be escorted back home by police. the alleged kidnapper is expected to be extradited back to virginia the next fe days, will face kidnping charges an murdering her ther. they were discovered panhandling last friday outside a safeway store in san francisco. >> the nurses union is callg for more security at napa state hospital afterwo more attacks. latest happened in a secluded area the campus.

one person is hospitalized in serious condition with four skull fractus. last wednesday a custodian was also beaten unconious. a nurse tells abc news that the same patient is responsib for both attacks. a person was booked into jai for felony battery. it comes less tha two months after the murder of a psychiatric technician by another patient. >> it's dangerous. we are losing ctrol. we have lost control. napa state hospital says security measures were stepped off an a technician was strangled in october. >> developing news, federal judge in virginia has rejected a key position of the obama administration's health care law as unconstitutional. they ruled the federal government does not have the authoritto force people to buy insurance. the new law has a mandatory insurance reirement with a penalty for those refuse. the judge is the first to strike

down the law. it's been upheld twice before. several other lawsuits have been dismissed and others of pending. the u.s. supreme court will have likely ruled on the court by 2014. the senate is expected to vote on a sweetened version of the tax bill between theresident and congressional repuicans. senators are expecd to pass the tax deal even for the wealthy. it extends unemployment benefits. in the house, democrats want to change the bill to make the estate texas bill less generous to wealthy heirs. >> it's a $115 billion. >> we're not interested in changing this deal. we're interesd in passing this through. >> the wte house fully expt

the deal will be passed by the end of this week. >> three military veterans are suing the federal governmento be reinstated after they were discharged under lawsuit from gays serving in uniform. the officers want the ban on openly gay troops unconstitutional. they want to pressure u.s. lawmakers the don't ask, don't tell law before a new congress is sworn in. >> a vote by san francco tomorrow cou put san francisco to chae a toll for drivers that drive in the peninsula. it would cost $3 eachay. two can play the game. terry mcsweeney is live in san francisco to tell us what the

border battle is all about. >> they say if you have a $3 toll in mind, we have a $6 toll in mind. meaning if everybody says what they might do, commuters wod be payg $9 per vehicle to move between san mate and san francisco counties. >> where some peopl see vehicles, some members of the board of supervisors the opportunity, three dollars per car coming in or leaving the city adds up to $80 million per year. not everyone sees it as opportunity. >> this amounts o $150 a year for san mateo county resides going into san francisco. >> it would be automatic plate recognitn technology set up on 280, 101 and skyline boulevard.

they say the idea inteely unpopular with elected officials in san mateo county who have written a letter to the san francisco board of supervisors to protest. if that not to get enough their attention, san mateo will propose a toll of their own, $6 each way. >> i hate to do this but they left us no choice if the they approve this legislation. it's silly, but the arrogance of san francisco needs to be controlled and we're going to move forward. >> i really don like it, man. it's a headache. the only freeway, shortcut to costco. >> what impact would it have on the way you drive? >> i wouldn't go if i had to. >> if supervisors get aund to

approving the tolls it would go into effect in 2015. the state legislature an the governor would have to go along. we called a supervisor to get his reaction to this because he is the one that wrote the legislatn and he was unavailable r comment. terry mcsweeney, "abc 7 news." just ahead, president obam sign as a new law setting new standards for school lunches. >>

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more news for you now. president ama went to a washington,.c. elementary school to sign an important new school lunch bill into law. it provides billions more dollars for lunches and to make sure the meals are healthier. >> it's worth noting that the bill passed with bipartisan suppt. >> with the new congress waing in the wings, you may not he the president say that are for quite a while. but democrats and republicans were behind this bill that would provide free meals for needy public school students. >> right now across the country, too many kid don't have access to school meals. the food that is being offered is not as healthy as it should be. >> not only does the $4.5 billion provide more school

lunches, it gives more authority to regulate the food served. it was a priority for first lady michelle obama. >> my husband worked very hard that this bill was a priority in this sessi. i am grateful to you. >> bause i would have been sleeping on the couch. [ laughter ] >> it reimburse local school districts at a higher rate at time when superintendents sa they can't afford to pay for the meals. lawsuit will pay for 20 million after hool meals in all 50 states where school districts can only afford after school snacks until now. >> we sometime have differences but can agree in the united states of america no child should go to school hungry. >> with a third of american children overweight obese, they say its weapon of childhd

obesity. new study finds kids like to eat cerealslow in sugar when given a choice. they divide 90 school aged children into two groups. both groups were allowed to add sugar and fres fruit to the breakfast. kids in the low sugar group added more fruit than the others but the kids that ate shuig ri cereals ate twice as much sugar. mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. >> it looks pretty cloudy. >> we look at sfo and we have flight arrival delays so check out flig tracker. it will give us more rainver the weekend. i'll tell you how much. and, one big mess. wild weather that forced an n.f.l. game to be moved and the chaos it caused for travelers in several midwest states.

>> and bicyclists crying foul at u.c.erkeley.

in the midwest, authorities in indiana are searching for an

unknown number of drivers that have been trapped in their cars in dangerous cold temperatures. at least six weather related deaths have been reported folling a storm. with the windchill, some areas were expectedo be well below zero. it closed major highways and cancelled more than 1600 flights in chicago over the weekend. >> take a look at this. in minneapolis, heavy snow caused the inflat amp roof of vikings ho to collapse. the roof was sagging before it ripped open. nobody was hurt. the vikings game against the giants was moved from yesterday to night and going to be played detroit. officials hope to have the roof fixed in a week. >> we are so lucky here. even if the skies are overcast. >> i know. we don't even use the words

windchill out here. >> not in this weather pattern. a lot of people putting up decorations -- i was congratulating them in thei 22 inches in thr snow. all the exerci they were going to get. it is the bright spot there, you get a little exercise. multilers of clouds from mount tamalpais this mning. the high clouds are going to get thicker and bring us the rain. here is a look from emeryville and see how hazy but more in the form of humity than pollution. live doppler, northernalf of the state, put into motion over the last hour, you see the rain moving say southwest to northeast. the whole line evtually will sag into the bay area but til it does, cloudy conditions today.

pretty comfortable temperatures as we're still in the low to mid-50s in most areas. it's goi to be the same way around monterey bay. mostly cloudy and mild afternoons we'll eventually jump into the 50s. the weekend looks pretty wetnd cooler than today. we'll have highs in the south bay and low to mid-50s. few slivers of sunshe and mainly cloudy. upper 50s along the coast downtown and south sa francisco. up through the north bay, upper 50s to low 60s for you. over on to the eas bay shore, richmond around 59 deges. everyby else in lotto to mid-50s. where we're going to see the most amount of sunshine is whe we'll find the warmest weather, monterey bay, mid to upper 50s and inland we'll ha 50s in your valleys. rain shield developing tonight but it could cause some prlems especially if you were the fst one out on the roads in the

morning. it's runni parallel with the jetseam most bu most of the energy is staying to the north of us. this will bring the wet weather tomorrow. but with another low heading to the north, we'll get some of the leftovers. it will move across the bay for our morning commute and another batch will come from the front from noon through the evening rush. you n see a few left over showers wednday night but fog developing by wednesday morng. then we'll see sunshine wednesday afternoon and some dry weather. any rain that will fall will be south of us on wednesday and thursd. temperatures will be back up to the mid-50s. and rain will take over for friday through sunday. so today could be the driest day of the week. >> san se city council is going to take up the issue of

medical marijuana dispensaries and also consider whether to ban them. after law enforcement agencies raided two disnsaries last thursday. they shut one down in s jose and another in morgan hill. they say the owner is suspected of selling marijuana illegally. he is also suspect of money laundering. his attorney says the raids were misguided under guidelines. >> a new crackdown o the campus of u.c. berkel has bike riders crying foul. they have been cracking down on moving viations for bicyclists there are similar fines that can quickly get into hundreds of dollars. the police say they didn't know the bike fines were so high until students begin complaing. now they'll look for a less expensive code to cite those

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