closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc the u.s. coast guard is showing off its new 700 million dollar cutters in alameda today as the commandant says the condition of his fleet is nearing a critical point. good morning i'm cheryl jennings. and i'm kristen sze. the admiral wants new ships, as soon as possible. >> reporter: the coast guard commandant shows alameda county for a specific reason for this address you can see it behind us it looms big as day one of three new coast guard cutters docked here at alameda county this morning. the commandant has 40 ships in

his command. he says most were built during the vietnam war and are falling apart. he said this morning it is critical to have modern and capable equipment. >> directly behind me you can see the future. the national security cutter, the first of our new major cutters. she has shown us what the future holds. her speed endurance, and state-of-the-art detection capabilities stops drug smugglers in the eastern pacific. >> reporter: this amid defense spending cuts. that does include cuts to the coast guard budget. the commandants hopes to eliminate redundancies with his agency but keep money coming because he has many to replace. mark has been able to listen to the address and the commandant made himself available for the media

afterwards. mark matthews will bring more detailed reports on abc7 news at 4:00, 5 and 6:00. i'm katie marzullo, abc7 news. cleanup is set to get way at the union city church that discovered the worst kind of vandalism, desecration of religious symbols at a place worship on a revered day. >> reporter: look behind me they've replaced the cross this morning. the parishioners built a new one. they've gradually getting started on this cleanup. this crime has impacted more than the church community. look at what we saw this morning, a man walking up not a member of the church stopped by with flowers he wanted the church to know that it has the support of the community. the graffiti included a few pentagrams and vandals painted

the statues of the holy family. because of that and the fact it happened ash wednesday, police are classifying this as a hate crime. parishioners have been very emotional. they say they appreciate the community is reaching out but recognize they still have a ways to go in the healing process. >> you know it happens. a lot of people out here are questioning why. it gives us hope that maybe a good thing like our priest said yesterday, hopefully a good thing will happen out of this. bring the community probably closer together. >> reporter: a graffiti cleanup crew showed up early this morning, then left said they needed to get the building manager out here first. they still have a ways to go. they are just now starting because the priest decided yesterday to leave it up for a day he wanted to show people what hate looks like. he used this as a teachable

moment. he told his parishioners you have to love your neighbor even when you don't want to. today they will scrub it off. some church members told us they are ready to see it gone. as far as the investigation goes, police tell me a few tips are coming in. they say some evidence appeared to be left behind by the vandals so they will be analyzing that. at this point, they don't have any suspects. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. it was a violent night early morning in oakland foucupç incidents left three wounded one in grave condition. police say a man on a bike shot another man riding a bike near the intersection of how long and market streets 8 15 -- of lowell and market seats 8 15. a victim in -- grave condition found at 5:00 in oakland in a car that crashed. it is not clear whether the

man was shot at the location or somewhere else and managed to drive away. last night on international boulevard somebody in a crowd of people at a taco stand fired at a passing car. nobody was hit. in east oakland another man shot on davis street he is in critical condition. a sunnyvale family of four reported missing after an early morning fire was out of the country on vacation. firefighters say this house was engulfed in flames when they arrived 1:00 this morning. crews were concerned that the family did not escape because their cars were still in the driveway. investigators tracked down the family, they in china on vacation. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. fugitive watch. bay area based non-profit aimed at helping solve crimes is celebrating its 20th anniversary today. them two decades, attempted

murder suspect. on the right, an age enhanced sketch. on the left is his 1995 photo the year authorities say he shot a man in the face during a robbery. he goes by the alias scott trey and john bradshaw. sonoma county pan in jail after a deputy discovered -- man in jail after a deputy discovered dozens of homemade bombs in his car. the deputy pulled him over for traffic violations. he was arrested for driving with a suspended license. then the deputy searched his car and found 49 homemade bombs, each bigger than a firecracker. deputies found more bombs, fuses, gunpowder and weapons in a search of his home. he's being held on $50,000 bail. president obama is apologizing to afghans today for the burning of copies of the qur'an as two u.s.

soldiers were killed during a violent protest. afghan police have killed five protesters during a third day of rioting throughout the country. the two u.s. soldiers killed were part of a nato force in eastern afghanistan. killed by a man dressed in an afghan army uniform. this erupted monday when afghan workers saw u.s. soldiers dumping religious books in a garbage pile. president obama said the error was inadvertent i assure you we will take appropriate steps to avoid any recurrence and hold those responsible accountable. several marines killed during a training mission in arizona. the helicopters were conducting routine training exercises last night when they collided in midair, killing all onboard. six of the marines was from camp pendleton, one from arizona. the cause of the crash is being investigated.

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there may be prescription medication for help those overweight for the first time in years.

terry mcsweeney is here with the amazing story. >> reporter: considering that 75 milillion adults in the u.s. are obese it is not hype to call this new pill amazing. it is not approved yet and there are significant health risks. for those who haven't seen any anti-obesity medication hit the market in over a decade it is potentially a miracle drug. it is a prescription diet pill which can do amazing things like help 20-year-old frazier lose 165 pounds in one year. >> i went from 390 to 225, it changed my life. >> reporter: after being rejected two years ago the drug cleared a major hurdle toward afd -- fda approval. if approved it would be the most potent medicine we would have on the market to treat obesity. currently available drugs are not very effective. >> reporter: there's a downside.

including increased heart rate, kidney stones, memory loss and birth defects especially cleft palate. >> one of the big things is restrictions to keep it from pregnant women because of the birth defects to limit to people who are truly obese. >> reporter: it produce add average of 10% loss of body weight in the first two years of use. there are currently few options for the almost 1/3 of adults and 17% of children in the u.s. who are obese. >> we go from weight watchers to bariatric surgery. >> reporter: the pill has its doubters. >> i think diet drugs fall squarely in the category of it is too good to be true. >> reporter: just like this drug was re-- submitted after first being -- a final decision is expected by mid april. president obama is in florida in morning where he's

set to talk about the nation's rising gas prices. he landed in miami over an hour ago he's speaking at the university of miami where some students are training as energy efficiency experts. the president is expected to take credit for policies that have increased oil and gas production. but he says the federal government can do little to halt the current rise in gas prices. new poll shows president obama is regaining his political footing in california. 51% of registered voters say they are likely to reelect him, compared with 45% in november. for the first time since june majority of voters, 54% say they approve of the job mr. obama is doing. the president also fares well in california against any republican match-up, leading each candidate by at least 20 points. republican candidates are concentrating on michigan today. the gop held its 20th debate in arizona last night where

santorum was targeted because of his new front-runner status. arizona and michigan vote tuesday. 10 states cast ballots on super tuesday, march 6th. mike is ahead with the forecast. another warm one, couple record highs yesterday, more possible today. by the weekend, 10, maybe 18° cooler and a small chance of rain back half of the forecast. plus, he's the nfl coach of the year why is jim harbaugh moving chairs? his unusual off-season job. also, what the pope is not giving up for lent.

instant nba star jeremy lin is no longer sleeping on his brother's couch. with his newfound success he has signed a deal to rent this luxury condo high above the "w" hotel downtown. the furnished unit offers incredible views normally listed at $13,000 a month. the developer's family says lin got a better deal. >> 49er head coach harbaugh keeping busy during the

off-season last night he managed his brother-in-law's college basketball team the indian hoosiers. during timeout he brought chairs for the players to sit. he felt he should be contributing in some way rather than sitting on the bench. he spock to the team before and after the game which in-- he spoke to the team before and after the game, which indiana won. makes we want to go out and enjoy the weather just got to watch out for the pollen nice day to jog. in you hike the higher you go the faster the winds you can see them dancing around mount tamalpais this morning as we look down towards ocean beach this morning. one more picture, beautiful picture young museum, let's zoom out and show you how gorgeous the sunlight is as we come up on 11:19 this morning. heading to the coast winds aren't too bad, waves aren't too bad unless you are heading

to l.a. rough surf down there not for us. wayne to show you the areas circled -- i want to show you the areas that circled, all set record highs yesterday. today is going to look like that. 58 half moon bay everybody else in the 60s until you get to napa and livermore 70 not far behind you have concord 69. upper 50s santa cruz and monterey, 66 in gilroy, watsonville and salinas. today sunshine, record highs, probably the last day it will be clear, calm and much cooler tonight and the winds will shift this weekend bringing us much cooler weather probably breezy starting saturday afternoon into sunday and monday. check out how much warmer than average we are today from san jose 10, san francisco 11 redwood city 12 livermore 16 everybody double digits warmer than everyone, -- than average. sun will set at 5:57.

santa rosa, concord, livermore, san jose, palo alto all those areas could threaten record highs. low 70s along the coast into san francisco monterey bay total sunshine low to mid 70s. inland mid to upper 70s gilroy 78°. warm through central valley low 70s sacramento and chico. tahoe 49, nice for february, warm i should say 80 l.a., 84 palm springs. 50 san francisco, 40 santa rosa and fairfield extremes, everybody else falls in line throughout the 40s. we talked about winds they've been gusting around 55 miles per hour all day on mount diablo, 3800 feet. north bay mountains 25, santa cruz mountains 25 winds continue until 6:00 then they will start to calm. overnight high pressure moved into our north brought in offshore or land breeze the

reason why it is so warm today overnight that high moves winds slow down that's why it is cooler this low takes over that brings in the cool ocean breezes tomorrow. four to six degrees cooler tomorrow, saturday, monday a good 12 to 18 degrees drop next week cooler slight chance of showers wednesday. for the first time san jose state may not give admission preference this year to santa clara county students because of budget cuts. officials are expected to decide tomorrow whether they need to turn away 1400 qualified south bay applicants who want to attend. the campus has received more applications than it can accommodate. officials have started the process of sending out 21,000 acceptance notices. and they are holding back 3,000. new study found students

who use ipads in class score better on literacy tests than students who do not. the study gave ipads to half of its 16 kindergarten classes students with the devices scored better on every measure of literacy especially hearing and recording sounds. one professor warns the results should be viewed with caution and novelty of the latest teaching tool is likely to wear off. >> the pope is doing something new the season of le t via twitter. he will tweet once day a -- for the 40 days of lent. he will be tweeting in english and several other languages. here's today's tweet: the lent season offers us an opportunity to reflect upon the very heart of christian life. charity. coming up, a list of events around the bay.

today at 3:00, gaming fitness using high-tech games to get in shape. then, a busy day at apple shareholders waiting for word on what the company is going to do with huge profits. >> animal rights activists deliver petitions and a plea for governor to give shill ter -- shelter pets more reprieve. if you are not on the red carpet for the sunday oscars we have the next big thing. >> don sanchez has what's hot.

>> reporter: "mamma mia!" a hit hear the hit abba songs again it is back for a limited run you can be a dancing queen in the or people theater. like they used to say saturday, saturday, the monster jam returns with 16 trucks racing with action. ballet enchanting with a new ballet set to the music of patsy kline. [ inaudible ] the glamour of hollywood brought home at the academy of friends gala to benefit hiv and aids agencies sunday enjoy the night on the big screen. >> if it is to be a dance fight i will -- >> or at home "puss in boots" comes out on blu ray and dvd.

don sanchez, abc7 news. oscar sunday is this sunday go to oscar.com to find oscar history, fashion photo gallery and fascinating oscar facts. >> red carpet arrivals begin 1:30 the show begins at 5:00 oprah will be on jimmy kimmel live after. >> more than we can stan. >> thanks for joining us. great idea. so we'll switch to u-verse tv and internet...

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