couple of hours ago. he conceded the traffic along the embarcadero stretches all the way back almost to harrison street. a couple of miles of back up traffic. show you for the traffic on the embarcadero, it has been shut down between intersection of broadway all the way down to chestnut off because of the fire. if you can see that the emergency crews have been coming through, furtagain, overe camera pans, it goes all the way up to broadway. take a look at this.

it is not much help once you get over to broadway, you have to face this fact of traffic. again, motorists are very frustrated about the situation is. clearly, it is going to be like this for quite some time. >>grant: major commute disruptions. the fire right here along the pier 29 at the embarcadero, right now the embarcadero is shut down between chestnut and lombard street. southbound drivers are being diverted onto the street. southbound drivers are being made to turn on to the streets. if you are heading northbound on the embarcadero, you have to turn right here on to broadway. the traffic, as he's off alive, live on the embarcadero and on to broadway. xi muni is being impacted. the f line runs along there.

the alternates, the 30, the express or the powell street cable cars are in rough your usual reasons to take the applied. >>j.r: a big chunk of that is on the ground. firefighters are still busy at work. burkhardt cough cough. in this video, you can see the flames shooting into the air. pier 29 is one of the peers being used for the america's

cup. christopher buckley this area affected is used for storage. they do not think any major problems will arise because of this fire. qr he cooks the backside of this fear was not affected. >> i took a walk around the entire perimeter. it is basically three quarters of this building. the good news here is that knowledge is hurt.

workers inside weldon before this happened. we really did not know at this point that had anything to do with the fire. >>catherine: still with kron4 for continuing coverage of the year 29 fire. we have pictures and video on www.kron4.com. the weather was greatly in favor of the firefighters on the embarcadero. it was cooler although it was hot and other places in the wind was not too bad. >>jaqueline: if this had been tomorrow afternoon it would have been a much different story. the winds are expected to pick up. significant changes in the forecast. as catherine mentioned, it is hot away from a clothesline with temperatures in the '90s. we also saw a few nineties in the south bay.

72 in san francisco, 72 also in oakland. away from the coastline, 92 and concord. if there are some big changes coming to the forecast tomorrow. much cooler temperatures. here is a look at future cast, 50 along the coastline. 60s for the most part. as we step into the afternoon, temperatures will not warm nearly as much as they did today. as we stepped to the leader after 10 hours, mostly '60s and '70s. >>catherine: 16,000 americans are no data and sexually molested by catholic priests. one has said he neatly to respond.

>> lynch faces two felony counts for allegedly assaulting his father in 2010. his parents, john and peggy say is time to set the record straight. it >> the entire family is affected by this.

>> the father should be tried, he is the one and sodomized the voice. >> he alleges that the father molested he and his brother on a camping trip but he is never prosecuted because he reported the abuse after the statute of limitations expired. >> prosecutors state lynch had no right to take the law into his own hands.

>>catherine: the sex abuse trial of jury sandusky is over for the day. >> in the end, jerry sandusky kept silent. the defense in his child sex abuse trial rested without calling the assistant football coach to the stand. the defense never refuted any of the charges had on. >> the only person that could have come forward and said this did not happen, in this particular case under these circumstances was mr. sandusky said he chose not to do it. >> i did not go around seeking out every young person for sexual needs,

there were many i have hardly any contact with. >> for nearly one week alleged victims to the stand describing sexual encounters with sandusky. his former colleagues describe the incident he says he witnessed in a locker room that he reported to that head coach joe paterno. the defense called a number of character witnesses. sandusky has pleaded not guilty to 51 charges related to abuse. >> closing arguments will happen thursday morning. jurors will be sequestered as a deliberate. >>catherine: to attacks on women and less than two weeks near santa clara university. the first was a few blocks

from campus, the other was one block away from the university dorms. today, the hunt is on for the attackers. >> here is where the most recent attack occurred. a very residential neighborhood. the people who live here say the entire blog is almost entirely populated assistant. as you can see, this is very close. the female of income was walking thoth just before 3:00 a.m. when she was approached by two hispanic men in their mid-20s. one was described as tall and slender. the other was described as short it chevy. she said they started killing profanities', grabbed her by her arms, but she was able to get away and call cleary crash course crash this is a very and the

potential locations. she was approached by an unknown male and dragged into the alley and sexually assaulted. the suspect then took off running. this attack happened very close to the university. you can see in the distance where those trees are, just beyond that is where the campus begins. police are not saying if either of the two victims are students. they do not believe that any of these attacks are related. >>catherine: we're looking live at the scene of the embarcadero, firefighters have this pretty much contained. look what it's doing to traffic. todd of the embarcadero is still closed between broadway and chestnut. you are looking at the southbound traffic of the northbound. it has been a problem in both areas. this out of whatever did not mean streak. it has been a huge mess. part of the fasad affair. 29 hit the ground, that

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>>catherine: you're looking at a scene from a huge fire on thursday. a senior housing complex of a construction caught fire early thursday morning in west oakland. the construction site that was right next to the tracks, the flames and he

damaged a malformed feet of real. forced bart to shut down tracks for most of the day. dan kerman is live on the scene of the fire and has an update on the investigation. >>dan: the investigation is finally underway inside of the construction site. nearly two dozen of atf agents arrived here yesterday afternoon. they got into the site today and now they're charged with trying to determine how the fire started and we're. >> 30 agents with the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives into the scene of last thursday's construction site in west oakland in and began serving the site. >> it is basically taking measurements of the landscape and aerial photos. >> on thursday heavy

equipment will arrive to remove the scaffolding and dry wall. they're trying to herman how and where the fire started. that will take at least 50 of the week.

>> the heavy equipment should be arriving tomorrow. >> would also like to speak to any witnesses and we have seen the incident or videotaped the incident. >>catherine: police are looking for information on a roche raised beating the best road rage beating. >> heads of the service was videotaping it. that will ultimately lead to catching these guys. cost cause some >> that is how it and the theory is this is how it

began a year off with the music of drake in the background, someone starts recorded what is about to the melee on the freeway. the chp says it was june 12th on the northbound side of the freeway at seventh street. the video was first posted on youtube but has since been deleted and is now available on a site called life league. the california highway patrol does not there to people involved just yet. they are looking for the victim, the man in the red shirt. >> at some point we leave the room of self-defense and this turns into assault and battery. >> no one got out of the vehicle to stop the fight for help the victim. we counted at least five cakes, four of them to the victim's head before the suspect takeoff and people watching tried to get a

license plate number. >> as the suspect's drive away the victims is not living. a man recorded it all finally put his vehicle in part, gets out and walks over to the victim. he eventually sits a man of and at that point video abruptly ends. >>jaqueline: temperatures are very hot this afternoon away from the coastline. closer to the close when it is definitely warmer. hosts crew the overnight hours, fog back and forth at increase our seabury's wins. into tomorrow, much cooler temperatures. two coaches dropping as much as 20 degrees tomorrow afternoon. we'll also see breezy

conditions in portions of the bay area with wind gusts up to 40 mi. an hour. chris here is a live look outside from satellite and radar. clear skies over the bay area but the storm is to the north. this will continue to push on shore to the north of us. we're also going to see cooler temperatures tomorrow afternoon. temperatures in the inland valleys were near the triple digits. tomorrow, mainly near the mid-70s. months temperatures in the 60s for the east bay stores.

also dropping significantly in the north bay. a 15-20 degree drop in portions of the north bay cooler weather tomorrow and friday. it continues into the weekend as we get really strong seabury's winds into a forecast. as we head into next week we will see a reversal of the winds and temperatures will warm up as a result. >>catherine: we're looking live over pier 29 where firefighters have pretty much contained in for alarm fire burning at pier 29. a lot of damage done to the fasad. aside from a few things park in there, it was vacant.

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>>catherine: and the family of a man killed filed a wrongful death claim against the city today. he was killed in february. daniel the which is considered mentally ill and is charged with the that killing. he called a berkeley police before the attack and reported that a man was trespassing on his property. officers did not respond. police later said they were stretched thin because of an occupy protests. the claim filed against the city is likely precursor to the lawsuit. the city has 45 days to respond. we will be right back. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol

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>>catherine: at 5:30 p.m., we are back at the embarcadero where firefighters are still on the scene of a big fire. the big story right now is clear the traffic in the eerie experience starbucks

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>>catherine: a developing story tonight, a for alarm fire at san francisco's pier 29 at the embarcadero. the fire is out of the situation is affecting the evening commute. this was the scene at the building's facade fell away. terisa estacio is joining us now along the embarcadero. this is still a huge traffic problems. >>terisa: it is getting ugly out here. people are holding their horns, screaming and slipping each other off. people are getting very short temper of geary we're

here at the corner of embarcadero and broadway. the traffic goes all the way down. as you can see if you have to be in this area you will be stuck for some time. >> we're kind to have a holiday hall and.

this was not aware at color would be going. >> it is pretty dead serious >>terisa: this is a live picture at broadway and a bartender. and this is where they have stopped traffic with the fire down away. the department of traffic has been down here trying to divert people. cost a very frustrating situation. >>catherine: people yelling and screaming is not going to help anything.

>>catherine: mum's the word in moving the of the bay to san jose. he was sounding upset about the environmental hurdles. we told kron4 that he remains optimistic and is waiting on the process to play out. >> the process has been established by a face of. i am respecting and and so are the giants and everyone else. it's our goal is to stay in

the bay area of weekend. it is frustrating. >>catherine: san jose's mayor chuck green was not pulling any punches. he says the giants would love to see the oakland a's leave town. in the news around the bay, and tap police are hunting for a man wanted for attempted murder. they found one of the two victims bleeding on a roof. the man told police that he and his brother had been kidnapped by this man.

the victims as he managed to escape by jumping from a moving car but not before being slashed and shot at. the kidnapped brother was later let go. police are >> and attempted murder in the north bay. prosecutors say that a 17 year-old used to the sports car belonging to guy theory to try and impress a girl. call

>>catherine: beautiful weather along the bay area. here's a look at your highs from today.

79 in here right now, 72 in san francisco, 92 and concord. tomorrow, a storm passing to the north. widespread fog and cold drizzle. whatever this will be dropping 10-20 degrees into the afternoon. >>catherine: authorities say a gunman was captured after a standoff in france. the man took four people hostage, you're looking at the scene. it happened when they demanded money from a teller. the swat team eventually got him out. the man says he was not after money saying he had taken people hostage for religious reasons. it's police say he does have

a history of mental illness. one person killed and one injured after a powerful typhoons look across japan. one building collapsed. a 60 year-old girl is missing after a falling into a river. this storm has canceled flights it trains and a blog cell phone service for thousands. china's first woman in space is getting used to being there. this is video of her working out which is in court and for people in space. she is going to be steadying physiology and health issues in space. china said a first man into space in 2005. this part of the mission is part of a long-term plan that has the man and woman in space for research and exploration. causerie there has been named to the happiest place on earth. the economic foundation has come up with a list that looked at things like life expectancy, and general well-being of one of 51

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>>grant: or close ceo mary alice it is making a big purchase in paradise. he has agreed to buy in 98 percent of the island of lanai which is to the last of mallee. fasad it is hawaii's smallest publicly extensible inhabited island. 3000 people live there. he has said to be a decision by the island for years. >>catherine: it is time to

look at stocks. the dow was down 13 points. the nasdaq barely move. the snb was down to. fat imagine being able to supply lignite. >> it is a good time to prove one and a realistic answer fallen apart. why not buy a part of paradise that hasn't really been developed, maybe he has plans to develop it. >>catherine: only 3000 people live on the islands. five tests >> wall street did not really do anything today.

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>> hbo is owned by time warner. this will be a billion dollar property white true blooded and sex in the city. >> a good cast. >>jaqueline: it is hot out there to make a big changes in store. you concluded tail end of the clouds. the cooler marine alex will filter through. some are morning cups in the 50th.

notice the hornets is staying away from the bay area. and as we build into the 3:00 hour and the 4:00 hour, 60s for most of the east bay. let's take a look in the neighborhood by neighborhood. xi fifth a significant cool down, especially for the note bay.

the cooler weather continues to round out the work week. temperatures should be in the '80s and inland valleys this time of year. 70's for the weekend and through early next week. stay with us, we will be back after the break.

>>gabe: id's theft of kids under 10 is on the rise.

>>catherine: make sure your for the july plans include watching off kron4. it all begins at 9:00 p.m.. we will be right back.

hope's face >>catherine: of the massive fire at pier 29 in sentences the. your love the of the scene of the for alarm fire.

the real story, the lingering traffic in the area, it is a mess. more when we come back.

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>>catherine: if your mom fire at san francisco waterfront. dear 29 is undergoing renovations to the america's cup yacht races. kron4 has dramatic features as the fasad collapses. the fire he had its impact on trafficked guija now, we're looking at the traffic, the aftermath of that is the fire at pier 29.

>> part of the embarcadero has been closed. half terisa estacio is live near the pier 29. curtis >> at the intersection you can see for yourself, it is ugly out here. hah you can see brake lights for as far as defense. i was speaking with a colleague, lisa verizon we have not seen this accident. she been in here for hours.

the traffic goes all the way down estrogen on the embarcadero near the entrance to the bay bridge. people are becoming more and more short temper, yelling at each other, rehearsing in the house feel. it has been chaos because of this fire in san francisco. the department of transportation has stopped traffic, you cannot put down the embarcadero. the traffic is being diverted here to make sure that the crews can safely deal with the fire. >> right now the embarcadero is shut down in both directions between chesnutt

and lombard. southbound drivers are being forced to turn on to these streets. south on drivers have to turn on to the street. >>catherine: its about two hours to get the fire under kindle. the fire did do a lot of damage. j.r stone has more off. >>j.r: the fire crews are getting closer to clearing the scene. i want to show you what it looks like right now. stay in the distance he concedes the of the hoses on the ground.

hoses were every which way earlier. this is still active. asked in this video, you can see some of the flames of what looked like earlier. fifth we talked about this being on the pier 29. that is one of the pier is being used for the america's cup. if we're told this is an area for operations, storage and back office. xi half

>>catherine: port officials say the america's cup is going to go on as planned. they say the damage could of a lot worse. they will be examining the building for. they are concerned about the fact shed area. >> the america's cup of that will be happening in 2013. there should be no impact from this other than an unsightly fasad.

>>catherine: in san jose man is on trial for beating the priest he says written three decades ago. he is charged with felony assault on a priest. a woman says she was at the church campus where the priest did prey on children. >> i have no idea that someone with sodomize children or anyone else. >> i believe the wrong man is on trial. >> he has not admitted any wrongdoing in the street prostitution -- prosecution because the

statute of limitations had expired. it's never too woman attacked near the santa clara university campus in less than two weeks. may 31st was the first attack. a woman was assaulted by a man as she walked. on june 12th to a man grabbed a woman and she was able to get with. both of the attacks happened around 3:00 a.m. just blocks from the university. >> bad things can happen anywhere. >> the school actually sends out e-mail's to warn you when things like this happen.

week's fire at a construction site that destroyed what would have been a four story housing complex. fire damaged about for a hundred feet of bart tracks. a forced bart to shut down trans base service. >> investigators did get in

today to do some survey work. the actual integrity will begins marketing. >> it is like reconstructing an accident. we are starting from square one. all we will examine it and compared to the voters determining how and where the fire began will take at least to the end of the week. >> it is a very methodical search through the rubble.

>> an addition to 30 agents with atf, there will also be a dog, and excel or detection of that will be on scene. it's an >>jaqueline: in a 93 the north bay. cooler closer to the coastline. temperatures are still warming yesterday. 75 degrees in san francisco. right now, temperatures are

cooling. big changes come tomorrow. a storm will be passing as to the north increasing the sea breeze winds bring us fog and drizzle. into the afternoon, temperatures will " significantly. 20 degrees or maybe even more. it could be down as much as 25 degrees tomorrow afternoon. it will also be fairly breezy. when gusts nearing 40 mi. an hour. cool and foggy weather will last through the week. >>catherine: a developing story, this scene on pier 29, a for alarm fire ride down a part of the fasad. if forced a traffic nightmare. stay with us, more news after the break.

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>>grant: of the art world has lost a legend. leland was known for its depiction of winter sporting events from super bowl to the world series. he also captured a motion with its really bright colors. he was the official painter of five olympic games.

no word on the cause of death. he died in new york at the age of 91. >>catherine: the defense in the jerry sandusky trial has rested its case. closing arguments will get underway tomorrow morning. the defense wrapped up today without calling sandusky. the attorney for one of the alleged victims said he did not expect sandusky to testify. >> the only person i could have come forward to say this did not have been, in this case, under these circumstances was mr. sandusky if he chose not to. >> said as he was charged with sexually abusing 10 boys over 15 years. prosecutors did drop one of the 52 counts this week

>>catherine: empty bottles and broken paddles, it is believed to be debris from the tsunami in japan. some of the items have japanese writing. a lot of debris has been washing up in recent weeks including a big chunk of a dog. fallout from the government's fast and furious program has landed the attorney general in contempt.

the program was run in arizona and was different from the usual practice of intercepting weapons. instead federal agents tried these weapons sales to track down high-level deals. " mamet our purpose of never been sued her hold the attorney general, our purpose has been to hold the information we need to complete work.

the justice department says they have already handed over thousands of pages will not turn over any information that could jeopardize future criminal cases. some committee members are more curious than ever about what is in those documents. >> why would the president claimed executive privilege unless there was something. gordon that should not be made know to this committee and call it public? >> some democrats are accusing republicans of playing political games. >> of the committee on oversight and government reforms is a coal route out how homes husks to reform how government works. it should not be a political witch hunt. it's sheer cox caught

>>jaqueline: here is video from earlier today in redwood city. people are walking their dogs in the park. sunshine in hot temperatures not only in redwood city, but through a number of areas carry if we have big changes in store as we move into the next couple of days.

into the morning, temperatures in the '50s. as we head into the afternoon that is we're going to see mostly. march temperatures will be in the '70s. the inland valleys near 100 degrees this afternoon. 99 in pleasanton, some are just 75. 76 and walnut creek. the east bay stores in the '60s.

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>>catherine: a fire at your 29 destroyed a lot of the building causing it traffic nightmare a real what our team of of orders will continue to bring in a belated fans of the american dream is not a reality for the of the citizens in the area. stay with us.

announcer: this is the bay area musician. the kron4 news starts in now with a developing story. >> in san francisco, the crews are on the scene of what was a midafternoon fire. if you look off into the distance on the embarcadero, the road is still close in front of pier 29. pier 29 is what we're talking about because that is what caught fire early this evidence. if you are looking at some of the damage in the distance. in the last 15 minutes or so the crews have stopped spring this down with water. that is good news, they are making some headway. no one thought was injured.

i spoke with the chief earlier who said this fire is not suspicious in origin but they are not sure at this point how it started. we do know that workers earlier in the daytime hours were welding. at this point we do not know what led to the fire kohen >> that i have had a full and had house trashed in june and is intersection was that down, preventing people from going down a bardera as they tried to deal with the buyer. people have had the ball went up broadway through the broadway tunnel to get to their destinations go around the fire area. it is a bumper-to-bumper traffic. there is a sea of cars out here. as the traffic goes down along the embarcadero, it is still quite a mess with people so frustrated.

we have heard people yelling at each other, shrugging their shoulders dealing with mass confusion out here. thoughtful people have also been yelling and extremely short tempers. as though with some tourists who are utterly confused because they are not sure what to do as far as how to get to their destination. officials have no word on when they're going to be reopening the embarcadero. this is something that people are going to have to deal with it for the time being furious >>grant: here is a map of the area we're talking about. this is feared 29 along the for the bureau. right now the embarcadero is shut down fans lombard street series southbound drivers are being told to turn onto the street. northbound traffic is worse. theresa show you pictures of a fund traffic being forced to turn on to broadway. as for muni, the f line is being impacted. alternate routes are the 30, 8 x in the palace the

cable cars. >> in san francisco, for officials say they're optimistic that this fire will have minimal impact they were worried about that portion of the building but they say there is no damage done setback fortune. at his offices in the parking lot will be built coliseum as the festivities. they also say that the construction of a new cruise ship terminal will not be impacted by this fire. and >>catherine: to stay with kron4 for continuing coverage of the fire. we will be following developments throughout the evening. we have photos and videos of the fire on our website. the >>jaqueline: test vehicle mounted a series her highs

nearly hit a triple digits. even closer to a coastal and it was 75 in san francisco and 81 in oakland. we will see a major cool down tomorrow thanks to the storm to the north. seabury's winds will continue green as widespread fog and drizzle. it cool down a 10-20 degrees into tomorrow afternoon temperatures back into the '70s in the south bay, 76 in los gatos. 73 in san jose. we saw upper 90s in many inland valleys this afternoon, dropping to draw back into the '70s. that is a 24 degree drop. 74 in livermore and 60s for the east bay shores. upper 50s along the coastline and a significant drop in the north with temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70's. from here is equipped with

your extended forecast. a cooling trend continues into the weekend with widespread fog in temperatures will average. >> questions and answers with the oakland a's owner revealed little about their move to debate. they focus instead on his frustration with the environmental hurdles facing developers regarding the possible move to san jose. as far as he knows the giants plan to follow the process set forth by major- league baseball which has taken more than three years. will says he remains optimistic that the deal will get done. >> in santa clara, two women were attacked in less than two weeks. both incidents happen within blocks of santa clara university. the most recent attack happened on june 12th. a woman was grabbed by two men. she was able to get away.

>> id theft of kids under 10 is on the rise. hawking id theft for children under five result grew 105% that is the highest growth rate of any age group. for more information to into kron4 at 8:00 p.m., i will keep the tree met in my tech report.

right now drivers on is the market are forced to turn right at 10th and sixth streets. supporters of the shutdown are hoping to increase the traffic and speed up public transit and cabs, opponents say it would actually hurt business because the stores would be more difficult to get to. >>catherine: make sure the year for the july plans include watching kron4. our annual celebration, july 4th live, you will have the best seat in the into for watching the fireworks call with are the only station bringing you fireworks life.

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>>catherine: is a lot of a became new american assistance. >> bangladesh, the dominican republic. countries, from all over the world to officially become u.s. citizens. >> i will support and defend the constitution in the laws. >> the east of the oath of allegiance. i have a great honor to speak about my family's integration from greece at the turn of century. >> my grandparents were just like you, they dreamed of becoming proud citizens of this great place called america. >> the path to citizenship meant studying what america is all about. >> i feel very connected to

franklin, jefferson, washington, i love that part of the story. the history of the united states and now, i am a part of that. >> it makes me feel free now. >> three generations of one family were able to celebrate the citizenship of a woman who witnessed five wars in vietnam. >> our grandmother is 86 years old. here is our great granddaughter. she's two months old. she is finally coming a u.s. citizen today. >>catherine: if college football is one step closer to a playoff system. at 19 she is already a racing veteran and a rising star.

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>>gary: above vanguard bidding for a college playoff. when the ccs commissioner said they have come to a consensus on a model 14 seeded player of that will be presented to the university president's next week for approval. all of this is fine. a lot of people say you never know really who is the national tradition team because they do not necessarily play on the field and carried ccs makes its selection. the bottom line is they are meeting with university presidents.

thoughtful knucks status >>gary: it will be in 14 playoff. that is what is being proposed. fourth >>gary: it was just a matter of time before the 49ers signed a date jenkins. he is in number-one draft choice with a four year contract. the way these deals are set up now, everything is pretty much slotted. no one holds out much anymore saying i have to have this and that. when you are selected 30th overall, you pretty much know what you're going to get, so they put it on the dotted line today. the no. 1 pick of the 49ers out of illinois, a j jenkins. when last seen, lebron james was rooting on his teammates from the sidelines, the victim of cramps. a very scary moment. it was severe cramping.

the word is that lebron james is fine today. defensively, he had to set out to finish. swiss thoughtful >> i'm still little sore because of the muscles being at an intense level. my approach will not change and will not be difficult. i have a job to do. my job is not done. >>gary: all of the daughters about this young fellow will be in the living of the his the nickname as the king. one of college basketball's better programs appears to be severely battered. jim calhoun retire at the end of the year. conn one a couple of national titles under calhoun but it cannot today that there were one of 10

basketball teams banned from this year's n.c.a.a. tournament because of four academic progress scores. in other words the guys are not going to class. the only real wall around basketball school, ark. pine bluff, cal state, bakersfield, texas and then in corpus christi. who knows about any of these schools, but connecticut really got drilled. if they put down a school like that, you can very rarely see the heavyweight programs get hit. jim calhoun at age 70 has to decide if he wants to stick for at around. >> venus williams is unseeded for the first time since her debut in 1997. she has dropped to 55th in the rankings. you have to be fair, been is answering are so accomplished and other fields. they do not play as much. they have all the money they need. they are sisters that are

seeded sixth. >>gary: remember the birdman from sunday's u.s. of an interview? he explained what happened after the police arrived. >> the police arrested me and took me into the station. when i got there, it was really cool, everyone was making bird noises because they had been watching it on the incident. there were no charges

pressed. >> i wish to apologize to mr. simpson. i'm trying to get across the message to stop deforestation. >>gary: this guy better stay away from the nascar event this weekend. when we return, one of the great female teams in this board. if jessica barley is here.

kahane >>gary: does the governor ali will be reaching saturday night at the davidian. she has been competing since she was 7 years old.

into a dozen tents you want to rookie of the year awards given herself for titles in four seasons. she is back at the grand old age of 19. do these old drivers look out for you a little bit? >> i have met a lot of amazing people freezing. they are all most older than me. i do not think i have ever any issues because of my aunt. they have always taken me seriously because i have proven that i can drive. >>gary: the old joke is when our kids or seven years of age will reduce mickeys for the they could ride a bike. what made you know that this is what you wanted to do at such a young age? samite did not know right away. when i turned 12, my last year ago carted, my dad asked if i wanted to keep going. i'll tell much. there was absolutely nothing

else i would rather spend my time doing. cox we pushed forward with that in and it has been really fruitful. >>gary: your father was a reason as well? >> yes. the >>gary: do you have a life away from the track? >> absolutely. i do a lot besides raising. we go boating, hiking is no ski, we have a ton of friends that i have been really supportive of even with moving to north carolina coming back, when i came back i definitely felt like ahead amazing people behind me. >>gary: guys are not scared of you yet. >> i do not think the boys are scared of me. >>gary: we will see you

again on saturdays. this young lady is going to be a big star.

alec baldwin today. his confrontation with a female reporter in new york. plus, new outrage over john edwards' mistress, cashing in on her tell-all? i'm brooke anderson. >> and i'm kevin frazier. "the insider" is on. >> this book for notoriety, that's her m.o. >> new fallout over rielle hunter's new sex revelation of the man she calls "johnny." >> where we just found them back together with their love child. >> she's still romping around with john edwards. alec baldwin's confrontation today. running over a tv reporter with his bike. what he and this cameraman are saying about their new york fight. >> he was lunging at him.