♪ we begin with developing news in an amber alert for a boy taken southeast of livermore. >> surveillance video will be released soon showing the get away car. >> cheryl and kristen, any moment now authorities will release surveillance video which captures the suspect's car at a gas station. then we'll get a better look what that corolla will look like but we can tell you it's a silver toyota corolla. the license plate 6 hbw 445.

it has tinted windows and three custom wheels. the fourth wheel a spare tire on the passenger side. if you see this call, you're asked to call 9-1-1. a statewide amber alert has been issued. signs are lit up across california. the suspect, 27-year-old josé rodriguez, a man with a prior conviction of involuntary manslaughter. the victim? his ex-girlfriend's four-year-old son. the boy's family says rodriguez came knocking on the window of their patterson home yesterday morning then hours later around 4 p.m. came barging into the home snatching the boy from his grandmother's arms. >> pushed me out and get me out. i didn't have my baby. he go. >> the suspect is not the boy's father. but he and the boy's mother had a relationship. they broke up five months ago. >> he just snapped.

he's not in highs right mind anymore. i'm worried because he doesn't have a car seat. josé doesn't have enough money. >> investigators since last night have been going around talking to friends and family members of the suspect. once they find those friends and family members, talking to more friends and family members to find out where he is, where he might be going, what his mind-set is. >> again, it's a silver toyota corolla that we're looking for, license plate number 6 hbw 445. we just got more information about that surveillance video at a gas station. it shows the suspect, not the car, but this is the license plate you should be looking for. it's a silver toyota corolla and we'll have more on that surveillance video which shows the suspect tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. that's the latest from the news room. >> jenelle, thanks a lot. we have developing news along

highway 101 in brisbane. a dump truck with a trailer hit the sierra point parkway overpass at about 8:30 this morning. the trailer came off and became lodged in between a road and the overpass. you can see from this picture from sky 7 hd the driver was sent to the hospital after complaining of neck pain. crews just cleared the lane but a big backup remains in both directions. caltrain will check the structural integrity of the overpass. >> two released for the investigation of several part-time bombs. the bomb squad detonated four of those explosions yesterday as a precaution. the enforcement team said an informant led them to the storage unit. the only suspect in custody is 40-year-old deborah cole. she is a known transient in the area. she had pipe bombs in her backpack. they don't know what she planned

do but say she is cooperating with the investigations. >> in san pablo an officer is on administrative leave after a traffic stop. he pulled over the vehicle with three people inside on san pablo dam road. one of the passengers jumped out of the car and ran. the officer chased him and ordered him to stop several times before firing his laser. after that the officer and suspect struggled. during the fight the man pointed a weapon at the officer and that's when the officer shot him. >> parents and teachers in the mount diablo school district are nervously waiting to find which three schools will be targeted for closure. they expect to reveal the list at its meeting house. a full house is expected. terry mcsweeney is live with the story. >> tonight at 5:30 at northgate high school in walnut creek, an advisory committee is going to be producing a list with the names of three schools on it, the schools it considers best to close in order to save the

district $1.5 million. those are the facts mixed in with the facts tonight will be also a lot of emotion. sequoia is in the top third academically of all middle schools in the state. it's a school of choice. parents choose to send their children here. >> drama, art. you don't get that anywhere else. >> we have really good test scores. everybody's nice. students are especially nice to other students. >> i understand that it's an older school, and they -- it's one of the ones that needs to be fixed, but then they really need to consider the academic side of it. >> there's a list of seven schools under consideration. in concord, lenbrook middle as well as four elementary, hallbrook, monta gardens, silver lake and wren. each has made its case to remain open but something has to give

as a school board member told abc 7 last week. >> we are a school district of close to 50,000 kids and now we're a district of 32,000 kids. at some point from an economic perspective you have to start looking at is it rational to leave this number of schools open. >> there will undoubtedly be great joy and true heartache when the final three schools are announced. for schools past and present it will be a lesson. >> i especially like the band. >> a lesson in economics. a lesson in economics also includes the $5 million the strict has cut over the past few years and the $12 million it still needs to cut. this year a final decision which schools to close will come at the school board meeting february 8th. >> thank you. there's new information this morning on the incredible recovery of shot tucson congresswoman gabrielle giffords. political website plitcan.com is

reporting giffords will be released from a tucson hospital on friday less than two weeks after she was shot in the head at point blank range. giffords was the first person shot when jared loughner opened fire during a town hall meeting at a tucson safeway. the shooting spree left six oprah winfrey dead. >> the menlo hotel is facing federal charges to fire an arsonist. now the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms say 44 old richard singer is hired for slitting an arson iist. singer is being held without bail. >> the white house this morning announced china will purchase $45 billion in u.s. exports, including 200 boeing airlines.

the total package is expected to support nearly a quarter million american jobs. this is a live picture. president ho holding a news conference with president obama next to him. ho is trying to stop critics of the trade imbalance with the u.s. and front and center on the state visit. john hendron has the latest. >> president obama greeted a leader this morning who is both ally and adversary. >> we have an enormous stake in the other's success. >> china and the united states should respect each other's interests. >> a washington post poll find most americans feel china is an economic threat to the u.s. and many wonder whether china is an allie or an enemy.

>> the reasons why we are rolling out the red carpet is because we think that we'll be able better to answer such a question as we move forward. >> nobody expects a concrete agreement from this three-day meeting. >> this is not a visit for major new agreements. it's a business to set a relationship right. >> there's a large u.s. debt to china, almost $900 billion worth. it's a little like taking someone out on their own dime, a point made on "saturday night live." >> my country does owe the united states a great deal of money. oh, wait. hold on a moment. i believe i had that backwards. >> who -- ho is the guest of honor at a white house state dinner. all the while tibetan protestors are trying to catch his eye. >> tonight's state dinner will

cap the official visit. the white house will release the menu and guest list shortly. we know it includes the first asian american woman to lead a major u.s. city. jane quan and ed lee is her guest. >> several investigators reveal their preliminary findings into what caused the deadliest coal mine explosion in the u.s. in decades. >> a blast caught on camera. the pipeline explosion that rocked a philadelphia neighborhood. >> later on safety in the skies. the bay area airport that is seeing a big jump in

in northeast philadelphia a 50 foot fireball lit up the sky last night, the result of a gasoline explosion. one person was killed, five others injured, including a firefighter. at least one home was completely destroyed and several others were seriously damaged. officials received reports of a gas and water main break in that neighborhood an hour before the explosion. the red cross is assisting more than a dozen residents displaced by the blast. >> federal investigators say a small methane gas ignition fuelled by excessive coal dust caused the deadly west virginia mine explosion. 29 people were killed in the blast at the massey energy company mine. investigators say massey

contributed to the blast by running heat pieces of equipment without water sprayers that helps control dust and douse the methane emissions. massey had the explosion on a massive burst of gas. a final report in two or three months. a federal criminal prosecution is also underway. >> a vote is expected this afternoon on the house republican effort to repeal america's healthcare law. house members are wrapping up debate on the bill right now. democrats are defending the law saying the new system is working while republicans are claiming it stifled job growth. >> it is time to end the uncertainty facing families and employers and workers. it's time to push obama-care aside so american job creators both large and small can move forward with the confidence they need to hire more workers. >> we've seen health insurance premiums jump dramatically over the last decade and we've seen more and more businesses shed coverage for their employees. the republicans wanna believe

there's certainty in that. the republicans want to believe that's a comfort to the american working family. that's not a comfort. >> the bill is expected to pass in the republican-dominated house but it's dead on arrival in the democratically controlled senate. republicans will keep up the pressure to push back the law by trying to deny funds needed tory out the law. >> joe lieberman say he will retire after serving 24 years after the senate. >> i will not be a candidate for re-election for a fifth term in 2012. that was not an easy decision because i love serving in the senate and i feel good about what i've accomplished. >> lieberman is expected to have a tough run awaiting him for re-election. the 68-year-old lost the last time. he ran for the democratic senate nomination for 2006 but won a new term running as an independent. it could pose a pickup opportunity for democrats in a state where president obama is

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♪ there is a growing threat to planes in this country and coming to people who aim lasers at the pilots which could temporarily blind them and cause a crash. federal aviation administration officials say incidents of lasers pointed at planes more than doubled last year from 1500 to nearly 3,000 incidents. here in the bay area san jose international had 80 laser incidents. los angeles and chicago reported the most. lax had 108. chicago's o'hare had 98. very scary. >> one thing that hadn't been a worry this morning though delays. right now the last couple of mornings for sfo. >> absolutely clear out there. pristine looking sky outside.

makes you realize how great you have it when the rest of the country is dealing with this. this is a live picture out of manhattan, kansas. the little apple. i'm guessing that's a parking lot around cane state university. my mom watches this every day. guess where she went to college. >> that's the other -- >> that's my school! >> take a look at dangerous icy roads. going out of control, down the hill before crashing. there you see it starts all over again with another car. there was a parade of cars coming down the hill that were playing pinball and bumper karl even though they didn't want to. thankfully no one was injured. what ice will do for you. >> here at home beautiful conditions. look at that! from sutro this -- excuse me,

mount tamalpais. not as windy up in the bay areas. some of those winds still howling through the valleys. a stout northerly wind about 10 to 15 mph. watch out for those breezes to make it down around the bay also. let's take a look at the temperatures. some of the tulie fog tried to sneak into the east bay. concord and antioch still in the mid to upper 40s in fairfield. everybody else the mid to upper 50s. even santa rosa at 60. around the monterey bay and inland, either 50 or 57 degrees. sunshine and temperatures today breezy at times also. highs today will be well above average. again contrasting with what the rest of the country's dealing with. mostly clear are calmer and cool tonight. winds keep the atmosphere turned over and warm like it was this morning in some areas. the next two weeks, in fact the next 15 days looking dry. down in the south bay misty. low to mid-60s abeing lo the peninsula. upper 50s to low 60s along the

coast. near 60 downtown in south san francisco. low toid ms the north bay valleys. cloverdale and ukiah, upper 50s at your beaches. eventually we make it into the valley. d-60s in the east bay the highway 4 corridor from brentwood to concord. 6060606060s inland. about 59 here in carmel. going to be cooler in tahoe. no record high, 42 degrees and a little breezy. mid to upper 70s for the warm spot in los angeles and palm springs. tonight some of the tulie fog could sneak into the east bay. i'm thinking it's going to stay out for the most part. low 40s there. accu-weather 7-day forecast, high pressure firmly planted over the eastern pacific. it will steer all the storms away from us. we'll have temperatures above average in the low to mid-60s and it looks like a lot of sunshine the next seven days. >> wow. i think we're ready for that. >> listen to this. you may soon have to pay taxes when you order from out of state online retailers.

assembly member nancy skinner just introduced legislation to include out of state online only retailers to collect the same tax california businesses have to collect. retailers say that's only fair because right now they're at a disadvantage competing for in-state shopping business. >> alzheimer's disease, researchers say a simple blood test reveal cognitive problems years before symptoms emerge. a study of nearly a thousand americans find people with low levels of a certain type of protein in their blood show cognitive declines over a nine-year period compared with people who had higher levels of protein. the study's in the june of the american medical association. >> a new study suggests a big breakfast may actually not be helpful in losing weight. they ate the same amount for dinner.

eating a large breakfast must also be balanced by eating substantially less than the rest of the day to stay trim. the study is in the

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>> today at 4:00, open sets sail with actor russell crowe. we now have that gas station surveillance video that shows a little boy, four-year-old -- that is the suspect i should say with the

little boy taken. the pair are the focus of a statewide amber alert. we're going to bring you the latest at 4:00. how an electronic greeting card caused a bank scare and an evacuation. we'll have those stories and more later today at 5:00. >> a lot of sunny days ahead. >> the weather pattern, you can see high pressure's dominating the eastern pacific. look how it pushes all the storms up to canada and alaska and takes that cold air and dumps it east of the rockies. that's why they're dealing with snow as far as south as kansas today. could go farther tomorrow like tennessee and northern georgia. sunshine and temperatures about 3 to 8 degrees warmer than average. >> mike, thanks very much. >> thanks for joining us on abc 7 news. >> "who wants to be a millionaire" is coming up next. >> have a great day!