closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc good morning i'm eric thomas in for kristen sze. and i'm cheryl jennings. divers begin another search for sierra lamar today. she disappeared more than a month ago. >> reporter: the search is going on as yesterday we learned that the investigators have new leads in the search for 15-year-old sierra lamar. this we are told, today's search of these waterways was planned before yesterday's announcement about those new leads. you can see the boat similar to the ones in the water now. there are divers at anumber of area waterways. take a look at what is going on in the water here. you are going to see boats,

you may be seeing divers, they are looking yet again we are one mile maybe not even that far from where sierra lamar lives the home she left march 16th, never did make it to that bus stop. divers have searched these waterways before. this time they are back doing a more thorough job with special scanning equipment. a spokesman for the sheriff's office says that yesterday's leads are encouraging, but much moree$.v needs to be done. >> although they are not specifying which items lead to these new leads it has lead to additional leads for them to follow up on. >> reporter: investigators aren't saying where exactly these new leads came from. they do say they are from some evidence obtained during the search. they are not saying it was the phone that was found or her purse that was found in the two days following her disappearance or perhaps from that box labeled handcuffs

with used condoms inside that was found a couple weeks later. wherever they came from, investigators say they have a lot of work do today and they are doing it. what you are seeing here going on in the waterways here in coyote creek parkway she's searches were planned ahead of time. resuming the search of the waterways here her home and following those new leads. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. this morning police issued a warning for parents and students in concord after a report of an attempted kidnapping. a 7th grade girl was walking to eldorado middle school yesterday when a man asked her to get into a became colored van. >> she said no and walked away. he continued to ask her to get in the van stating he would give her a ride to school. she repeatedly told him no. >> that audio is from the message out by the district's

superintendent warning parents about the incident. the girl managed to get to a safe place the man described heavy set, 30s black mustache and goatee. we hear for the first time from one of the survivors of the deadly boat accident that appeared the weekend. brian chong a member of the crew will spend years looking back on this weekend asking questions that may never have answers. we ask for our privacy for our families during this extremely difficult time of loss and profound sadness our thoughts and prayers are with those who were lost and their families this is shoot phage of the crash shot by 7 hd yesterday. chong was one of three rescued. one person is confirmed . four more crewmembers are missing -- is confirmed dead. four more crewmembers are missing. safety tethers were optional:

the missing are all presumed to have downed. this morning president obama is pushing for a new federal funding to fight oil price manipulation now asking congress for 52 s to regulate the speculators who make bets on oil prices. his plan would increase over site of markets and raise penalties for price manipulators increase key require s to reduce market volatility. the president says the money would -- would also pay for more federal employees who could monitor activity in the energy market. >> the president: i call on congress to pass a package of measures to crackdown on illegal activity and hold accountable those who -- >> republicans are denouncing the president's plan as gas price theater. meant to keep people from realizing the president has no real solution for rising gas prices. the secret service scandal is growing. a senior republican in the

senate says at least 20 foreign women were involved if the incident in colombia, where 11 agents and a number of military members are now accused of soliciting sex from prostitutes. abc news has new details on the investigation. 11 secret service personnel reportedly went to a nightclub last wednesday looking for sex. a bouncer said the agents were bragging they worked for president obama. sources tell abc news a fight then broke out between agents and the prostitutes of the nightclub. the secret service personnel at the center of the investigation have lost their security clearances and the pentagon is investigating as many as 20 u.s. service members who may also be involved. this scandal the federal agency that spent more than $8 ,000 of taxpayers' money -- more than $800,000 of taxpayers money for a las vegas conference. >> reporter: $823,000, your

money for what is amounting to a big party in las vegas. republican and democratic lawmakers are on the same side in their outrage and they want payback literally. >> $44 for breakfast? i'm a big man i can spend $44 for breakfast. somebody had to say that, are you kidding me? >> reporter: they are combing through the bill from a 2010 conference in las vegas. a prawn from california made this promise: >> this slush fund is no longer going to be used for personal uses. >> reporter: the new leadership at the gsa has demanded fire executive robert peck pay back some of the money already spent almost $2,000 for a party he threw in his room during the conference. here's his defense. >> the beer and wine were purchased separately upon returning to d.c., i wrote a check for that cost. only within the past few weeks did i learn from the gsa

inspector general that the food was apparently invoiced as $19 60. >> reporter: peck says he will pay it back the total tab $823,000, a clown suit, bicycles, and a mind-reader. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: this investigation has opened a can of worlds, revealing an expensive abuse of the agency's rule. >> according to witnesses that we've interviewed, i was a running joke in region 9, that in order to get food you had to give out awards. many of these awards were silly awards, one of our witnesses characterized them as i guess fake wards and jack ass awards and things of that nature. >> reporter: trips to the napa valley, south pacific and las vegas to plan for the conference. the inspector general says every time they've turned over

a stone they've found 50 more with all kinds of things crawling out. if you haven't filed your tax returns yet, time is running out. this year we had two extra days, midnight is the deadline this is what the rush has looked like in previous years as last minute filers lined up at the post office to drop off returns. thanks to technology now many are e-filing so only a few post offices will be open late tonight. late drop-off and curbside service only offered at the main post offices in oakland and san jose and the evans avenue location in san francisco until 10 p.m.. the sfo post office on westfield road will be open until midnight. >> the final trip of the shuttle discovery brings tears and cheers from those who witnessed its ride into witnessed its ride into hiif you have copd like i do,

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bit too soon and didn't get the hang of. he has fish-eating class this afternoon where several loving volunteers will try to take the place of his mother and teach him. >> it is just like when your child goes from nursing or a to their first solid food, mostly it going out instead of down. and it is the same process. you see the same lightbulbs go off in the ice. >> reporter: -- finish the eyes. >> reporter: it is the number of other seals like him that have startled workers they have about twice as many right now than they did during pup season last year. and they aren't sure why. >> last year there were many, many severe storms early in the pupping season while animals were still weaning that might have washed many of those animals out to sea where they probably drowned or died. there weren't as many as before needing help, because they were gone.

that's one theory. we really don't know. >> reporter: the 70 elephant seal pups are raising concerns they will take a toll on the center's resourcer that herring comes from the east coast and costs a dollar a pound the center usually goes through 40,000 pounds a year but will need more this year they also need medicine and volunteers. the elephant seal pups can be demanding. >> my family knows on tuesdays, i do not cook dinner and i go home, have a glass of wine and pretty much take a bath and go to bed. [ laughing ] >> reporter: there won't be a lot of time for rest when they get these guys -- they are concerned about their resources they are wondering if you have any time or extra money talk give, if you do, they would appreciate it. amy hollyfield, abc7 news.

today is going to be the cloudiest and the coolest day of the forecast, santa rosa the only official reporting station to hit 80 that is going to change in the seven day forecast. retiring in style. we'll take you on the space shuttle discovery's final flight. and the new information about this photo showing the sister of the future queen of england and a gun.

space shuttle discovery has made its final flight it landed for the last time a few hours ago near the museum in virginia it will now call home. >> discovery flew on the -- flew on the back of a boeing 747. a look at this big day in nasa history. >> reporter: space shuttle discovery rode toward retirement on a wheelchair with wings, jumbo jet carrying the old cruiser past kennedy space center one last time with >> it is kind of sad but we have to move on these shuttles are pretty old. >> reporter: when the program ended last summer, after 30 years discovery had flown 39 times, 13 missions to the international space station. no shuttle was busier or more

deserving this trip into the sunset. >> kind of like a sad dog to me. now i look and i'm like, you know, there's a lot of pride there >> reporter: after discovery touches down this time, it will sit in a hangar at washington dulles airport, part of the smithsonian. 20,000 heat seal tiles still scorched from all those reentries. >> that's the one thing, the most versatile spacecraft that has ever flown, by far. >> reporter: steven is one of the 250 two passengers discovery carried not theuld to know americans will have to hitch rides and russian spacecraft.

that was emotional to watch as it was heading for its final destination. >> imagine if you were with nasa and saw it liftoff and come back so many times it really, really was. >> it looks cloudy out there >> it is in some parts other parts in the 60s tale of two cities not behind us in downtown san francisco nor on mount tamalpais as we look down on the cloud deck that is starting to lift high clouds from a system passing to our north that will filter some sunshine. let's look at one more spot, you can see the clouds as we look from vollmer peak towards month diablo thinning over the east bay hills already in the east bay valleys.

mid to upper 50s north bay valleys, oakland and san francisco along the coast where the clouds are prevalent everybody else in the low to mid 60s, 68 in los gatos. santa cruz 57. the rest of the monterey bay and inland in the low to mid 60s with sunshine. the clouds will continue retreating back to the coast it will be a little breezy today especially here bodies of water. warming trend today a reprieve, tomorrow it begins again and it gets stout during the weekend first 80° high for a lot of areas friday to sunday only santa cruz has seen 80° on the 22nd of february. almost two months ago. as far as highs today compared

to average, we are -- oakland 63, napa five degrees cooler with san francisco and redwood city 65 today, six degrees cooler than average. 70 antioch. everybody else in the 60s you can see clouds clinging to the coast and over san francisco with upper 50s. clouds may return to the monterey bay northwest wind will turn your temperature down during the afternoon to 58, mid 60s for everybody else in salinas. traveling around the state, central valleys warm mid to upper 70s same with l.a. and san diego, 93 palm springs, 60 over tahoe. heading to the game tonight 7:15 first pitch cool breeze 58 dropping to 54°. 50 tonight in san francisco, san mateo and antioch everybody else in the 40s we won't have the cloud cover this morning so the

cloud cover came in behind this cold front turned the winds onshore that's why we saw the cloud cover this morning and still dealing with it now. next system will pass north just high clouds today and tomorrow partly cloudy as that system passes to our north tomorrow, high pressure dragged in behind it, there you go, temperatures jump two to six degrees tomorrow, thursday -- before you know it, it is about 5 to 15° warmer by the weekend than it is now. there you go, string of 80s possible inland friday to sunday. >> thanks for keeping the math in the way i can do it two to four, two to four. >> i want to keep it on one hand. >> thanks mike. >> thanks guys. the gun that flashed at the paparazzi in that controversial photo with pippa middleton in paris, was a toy. this picture created quite the buzz all over the world that is prince william's

sister-in-law sitting next to a mystery man. now the photographer says he knew the gun was a fake and he's been telling people he never felt scared. there is no criminal investigation underway because nobody filed a complain with the french police. before the university of alabama football team tries for another bcs trophy next year they need to replace this year's trophy. the $30,000 waterford crystal trophy fell off its display table over the weekend and shattered after a crimson tide scrimmage saturday when a player's father tripped on the rug underneath the table. alabama's athletic department says it will order a replacement immediately. >> who is going to pay for that? >> next the newly announced headliner for this year's music festival in san francisco. >> we'll be right back.

today at 4:00 the electric twropb nick gadget consumer reports calls a last resort for smokers who have tried everything to quit. potential pitfalls of the e-cigarette. >> upset about a truck promoting a strip club. later today at 4:00 and 5. organizers have announced a line-up for this years music and art festival.

>> it will take place in golden gate park from august 10thth through the 12th. >> among the -- headliners metallica, stevie wonder, neil young, foo fighters, norah jones and beck. you have plenty of time to get your tickets. >> thanks for joining us. >> wants to be a millionaire is next.