gramm >> this just in, we are tracking a traffic trouble spot during this commute in north richmond. the eastbound lanes of of richmond parkway are blocked at gertrude. two trucks collided, a tanker truck and a regular big rig got together and gas is leaking from the tanker truck.

there's no word on when a lanes will reopen. they are closed right now. we have crews on the scene from gathering information. a complete report coming up later. >>pam: it is the the second day of the democratic national convention. some might highlight is expected to beat bill clinton did >>catherine: people expected a speech by michelle bauman to be good. by the time she was finished most of it was better than good a parade of officials told voters that mitt romney does not get it. >> if a young teacher could read as to the mountaintop and it brought americans can be who they are and stand at all derivative love, surely we can

get everyone in this country a fair chance at the great american dream. >>catherine: the keynote speaker offered a more direct argument against romney. >> i do not think governor romney met any harm. i think he is a good guy, he just has no idea how good he has had it. >>catherine: tonight's most anticipated speaker is the oakland. he will argue that promised land to get the economy back on track is the one to stick with.

>> the venue for the president's acceptance each other dead at from a huge football stadium to an indoor arena. i happen because of bad brother. cosher call or >>catherine: the president intervened to change things back to the labor. >>pam: of large land by michael who will be joining us throughout the election. let's start first with bill clinton.

much hype leading up to his feet. >> i a.m worried that there is almost too much hype on oakland. >> he is great at taking complex ideas and reducing them to a very simple language were ordinary people can understand. democrats are hoping he can work his magic to draw the contrast between mitt romney and obama. >>pam: who is he really there to target? >> bill clinton brought back the middle-class and working-class people to the democratic party. they are hoping that he will be able to communicate with them again. cahow >> is there any chance that he will overshadow the president's

speech on thursday? for >>pam: there were two issues in the 2008 platform, but not in this one, what an embarrassing moment for the party. right > this is something where i had hoped it would simply call it a proofing your, something that was slipped in the typesetting and it would be collected and move on. instead it was worth by defending it early on and then,

they had to backtrack. these are the kind of no-brainer things the should never see happening at a national convention. >> could this carry on into the election? >> unfortunately by having a floor plan, you heard people bleed during the vote on cutting jerusalem back in, you have bad optics. it is the kind of thing republicans will be running for the next 60 or so are dates. >> most people have given michelle bauman a great response. what did you think of her speech. >> i thought i had potential to be a great speech. the narrative was very subtle and times of the way she was talking about sacrifice and leadership. i think she connected really well with people on the issue

of how she and a rock contrast to mitt romney. she did laid down a narrative that the narrative -- that the rest of the convention has felt. that is the narrative groundwork-delayed. it was wonderfully done. >> and of romney's speech from much of the gop convention really targeted women specifically. his numbers with women have dropped 46%.

>> we always knew that the numbers would tighten up. it is a big drop kwon from double digits to single-digit. the democrats have decided that the issue for women will be the war on women. will be by choice and equal pay. i think it is more about the economy and many other issues will then follow. i think putting the issue of choice over and over again, the issue of equal pay, those are great issues but in the and, the winning goal will go on the economy. >>pam: comment of we will preview the president's speech for tomorrow night. also, if you would like to connect with michael online it could follow him on twitter. you can also we'd his

political web site. you can watch uninterrupted coverage of the democratic national convention on our 24-7 news channel, comcast 193. >>jaqueline: is body forecast this afternoon. as look at storm tracker 4, a few showers through the north bay and offshore. healdsburg seeing a little bit of light rain. we have seen this off and on through the north bay, especially through the central valley. fear of white on the screen, those are all lightning strikes two dozen lightning strikes in the past 30 minutes in the central valley. we have a pretty severe sell living through that area if as we look ahead to tomorrow the chance of thunderstorms will stay with us especially

into the morning and late morning and early afternoons. into friday and saturday, calm weather returning with all the morning and sunshine in the afternoon with temperatures in the '70s and '80s. one more day of saudi thunderstorm activity cranked to the remnants of tropical cyclone john. this is the tail end of it right here. as we get into tomorrow morning, i think this will be a good time for us to see thunderstorms' fire of the especially in the north bay and delta. as we move into the afternoon new-line as the cloud cover clearing. temperatures tomorrow in the '70s in the 60s for the most part. the inland valleys will see more 80 degree readings. of these temperatures will

likely shoot up very quickly. they will stay cool through noon until the cloud cover clears. along the coastline temperatures will be quite cool here is a look a year extended forecast. , whether to the weekend. we will be right back. you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will.

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some things will. >> this just in to the kron4 newsroom, an update to the story we first told you about earlier in the broadcast. a hot spot in the east bay north richness. you can see right there, the eastbound lanes of richmond parkway are pilafs fat gertrude we now know that those lands are expected to be blocked for another two hours. there are no injuries. we have a tanker and a regular big rig is colliding.

gas is leaking from the tanker truck. from its own gas tank. two hours for the eastbound lanes of a rich and partly at gertrude expected to be blocked we have crews on the wave. speeds are very slow in that area as the lane still blocked. we will bring you an update as soon as we get one. we will take a short break and be right back. [ male announcer ] sizzler's classic tri-tip

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>>pam: the chp officer that was shot on tuesday on highway 680 remains in critical condition this evening. the officer is still at john muir medical center. dan kerman is joining us live from walnut creek with details on what we now know about this shooting. >>dan: we know the identity of the suspect but we do not know his motive. here is a video to show you who the suspect is. the suspect was shot and killed by the other police officers. his name is christopher lasik. he was the one driving the jeep wrangler and a second officer, not the one who was shot, pulled over. we are finding out that he

pulled over because he could not read the license plate. the officer who was shot was the first to approach the vehicle. >> officer youngster approach to the jeep of the driver's side and made contact. looking at the-camera video, it shows that the officer and a lacy had a short conversation. then, without any warning, lacey pulled out a gun and shot the officer in the head. his partner was approaching from the rear heard the gunshots and saw his partner goes danforth, he drew his own service weapon and shot at the deep strikingly secretly. at this point, as far as a motive, where he shot the officer, that is something we're still working on. >> inside the key dates out a semi-automatic handgun, gun clips and other ammunition as well as a knife.

that alone the state does not give them an idea of why he would open fire on a chp officer. they are bringing into the suspect's parents from morgan hoping they can shed light to give officers some sort of a clue as to why the suspect would do this. >>pam: we are also learning more about officer in youngstown, a seven year veteran. charles crawford has the details. >> the 37 year-old has been with the california highway patrol for seven years to regret away from the academy in 2005. he served in the u.s. army reserves from 1994-2002. during his time with chp you were almost exclusively with the highway patrol office in a more pinel. cox

>> he is always there to support all of us as a team member. he is always the first to volunteer of the barbecue. >> he lives in this home in cordelier not far from fairfield. he is married and has four children. neighbors describe a dedicated family man. >> he is always playing with his kids in the front yard frees you can tell that he is a good dad. >> right now his family is hurting. >>pam: kron4 will have the latest of a chp officer shooting including breaking news coverage on twitter in facebook. >> friends and family of missing teenager sierra lamar will honor her with a candlelight vigil tonight in morgan health. the 15 year-old cheerleader vanished on her way to school back in march march however as fladeboe reports, those who have been searching for her are not about to give up.

>> the search for sierra lamar or any evidence in the case continues at coyote reservoir in the hills east of gilroy. weaving into a thicket over their heads sometimes, this team is one of five in the field combed the shoreline and adjoining creeks. as grim as their task may be, there's no quitting. >> it is something the do because you would want someone to do for you. >> you cannot give up hope. jaycee lee dugard was gone how many years? >> after her search the congresswoman met with her parents keep been praised for all of these boots on the ground. crack

>> it is really inspiring. >> there can be aware no closure. >> a friend of mine said her neighbor was passing through 6 s.d. and that was encouraging to know that is all over the united states. >> twice a week for almost six months the search effort is finding new places to look. this search has become more refined but teams poking into hidden culverts and ravines. they are looking into even more remote terrain. he has been a part of every search except to. >> it is satisfying for me. i will keep on going until they tell me that is it. >> rob fladeboe, kron4 news. >>pam: even the sierra lamar

has not been found, investigators are convinced that she was kidnapped and murdered by this man, antolin garcia torres. he is awaiting trial in santa clara. dna evidence was found in his car which investigators say it link him to sierra lamar. >>jaqueline: here is a live look outside from the mt. tam cam. a lot of cloud cover, a lot of upper level clouds this afternoon as well as fog closer to a close friend. if we have been seeing this body thundershowers. satellite shows cloud cover streaming and with. as we look at radar we can see plenty of shower activity around the bay area especially near the north bay. plenty of showers near the coastlines. healdsburg has seen rain and the central valley's will really be hit hard. up to the north near san francisco, lightning strikes are indicated by the white.

there have been about two dozen strikes. the red flag adorning in the north bay, delta and central valley because of the thunderstorms. they are expected to last into tomorrow. as we look ahead we will have a chance of thunderstorms to tomorrow. >> this is into the kron4 news and, an update on the story we have been telling you about, lanes closed on richmond parkway, both eastbound lanes have been closed. you can see that big rig, that white truck, that truck rear ended another a large truck, a gas truck of some sort. the gas truck did not suffered any damage and was able to drive off. you can see extensive fraud in the damage to this light trucks crews are still cleaning of

the scene that there is no gas leak to worry about or injuries both lanes of eastbound richmond parkway at pittsburgh avenue all flows is are expected to remain closed for another two hours. as we take a look at this map, we conceded speeds in the area right now are virtually stopped cars are not able to get through. he conceded read on your screen. it will be another two hours before the eastbound lanes are expected to reopen. we will continue to follow this story. >>gabe: the new microsoft nokia of libyan 920 smart phone brings something new to the smart phone market. a smart phone with built-in wireless charging technology. he can charge if the regular way with a cable to the wall or if you do not want to do with the hassle, you can get a wireless charging excessive

that lets you simply set the phone down on top of a plea ended charges instantly. it is just that simple. it works by contact. they will also be offered this charging pillow or this speaker that you can connect to bite blue tooth to play music or videos from your fund and it would charge at the same time as it just sits on top. nokia is making deals with airports and cafes to feature the wireless charging stations. if >> the 920 has a giant fully 84.5 in. screen with nfc technology built underneath for

making mobile payments. fox is expected to be the next big thing. the iphone file will likely feature that as well. it comes in yellow, red, gray, light and black. >>pam: afghanistan has an arresting hundreds and hundreds of its own soldiers. others have been at discharge. so far this year, more than 40 nato troops have been killed by afghan security forces or insurgence in uniform. there's even a name on this, green on the blue attacks. fifth forces in afghanistan have now suspended trading of local police. there are new images sharing the terrible damage from mudslides in china. this is in the southwestern region of the country. heavy rain and flooding have caused huge mudslides. buildings, cars and homes. many roads are still

impassable. at least 10 people kied and 14 missing. more news coming up after the break. this oft

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this >>pam: makes results on wall street today, the dow closed up 12 points to remain above 1300. excuse me, 13,000. the nasdaq lost 6 points and the s&p fell 1.5 points. part of the reason for the mixed results, fedex slowed slowing results in a package delivery however there was more productivity than originally thought. >> disney is a big winner. >> as an investment adviser, this is it at 52 week high.

disney is a marvel, the avengers, the studio sekhmet that saw profits up sixfold. a lot of people make investing too difficult. this is a stock you want >> a new kit is rushing there lamesa, it does have an amazing camera. that will be the big selling point. it has a bigger screen with an 8 mega pixel camera. it has great resolution. they're getting 250 million a quarter from microsoft to be exclusive. apple is clearly coming out with their announcement very slowly.

everyone is talking about this reality show on tlc. >> it is probably one of the sickest television shows. >> at tlc is taking it an edge of her. she is a seven year-old girl and makes roughly 2000-$4,000 in the opposite. >> she is a train wreck. >> another loser, the middle class and the disappearance of jobs. >> we know that a lot of

people lost jobs but jobs have been replaced with high-wage jobs. >> of all the jobs since the recovery, 50 percent have gone to flipping burgers, doing work that quite honestly people think are underneath them. it is difficult to watch from a distance. globalization has sent work overseas. there is the disappearance of the middle class. >> it is a tough economy right now. >> temperatures this afternoon running mostly in the '70s. the warming is halted by cloud cover rolling in. we did see some 80 degree readings in our inland valleys.

in the south bay temperatures in the '70s. temperatures really fell off quickly as the cloud cover roles and. satellite and radar does show thunderstorms. you can see the green that has been rolling through the area >> as we head into tomorrow, we will continue to seize body thundershowers. in the north bay, especially offshore, as we have some of the rain continuing although it is not too bad at this time. it's a white the ec appears to have a high price serious a

chance of scattered thunderstorms will stick with us into tomorrow. future task is not doing a great job of showing exactly where the rain will be. it does show the cloud cover. by tomorrow i did and we will cease body thundershowers and improving conditions into the afternoon with a decrease in car cover story in the north bay into tomorrow afternoon. temperatures in the '70s in the south bay. the inland valleys writing mainly in the '80s. mainly in the 60s for the east bay shores in cool along the coastline. tomorrow tenders will be in the '70s in the north bay. for how some >> a chance of thundershowers continues into tomorrow. we will have calm and normal conditions by the end of the weekend.

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>> here is a live look outside from our roof camera this afternoon. we are seeing quite a bit of cloud things to tropical cyclone don. thunderstorms will continue into tomorrow. i will tell you what to expect coming up.

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>> police he was killed by the officer's partner. the father of four is still on a life-support. tonight, we're learning more about both men and a half of that led each of them to the deadly encounter on interstate 680. >>pam: dan kerman has the latest into yesterday's investigation. >> this is the man police say open fire on a chp officer without warning on tuesday morning along southbound 680. investigators still cannot say why he did it.

>> we do not have a motive as far as why he sought the office of. >> authorities did reveal more details about a shooting. >> from officer radio that he was falling over the deed because of an obstructive license plate, if the officer instructed to pull in behind his patrol car on the shoulder of the highway. >> he made contact with the suspect. looking at the-camera video it shows that officer in youngstown and lacey had a short conversation. then, without warning he pulled out a gun and shot the officer in the head. >> it was then that the second officer shot and killed and lacy. police say a search out a

glock 7 i can then, additional ammunition in and a knife. they say that amount is not enough to explain the shooting. >>pam: denied will bring more about the shooting suspect serious he has an extensive history here in the bay area. >> he said that he work for this company back in 2010 fift on his wings in profile he said that he was a senior software engineer and created a health-care app for patients to navigate health care costs.

>> this is one of many jobs he worked at in the past several years. most only lasted a few months. here is video of another software company in san francisco. he had worked at the company for about 11 months back in 20072007 as a software engineer >> he also says that he worked at ebay. he received a degree from san francisco state and has a master's. aside is jumping around and various companies we have been able to track down that he lived in a loss displaces offs including the east bay as falsely the theory if and gamow disease the officer is a seven year veteran. quality is married and the

father of four children. before chp he was a member of the army reserve. if members of law enforcement and community continue to show this the 40th >> , at the martinez field office for the officer has work for the past five years, if he's alive carrying the bouquets of flowers fury if >> this is the least i could do. >> sometimes they are under great public scrutiny for what they do. >> at john muir medical center, members of a law enforcement community, friends and family of the officer continued to stream into offer their support. once full force and said officers are also leaning on each other as they face the

grim reminder of the dangers of their job. a on your >> we go to our jobs every day thinking we will go home to our families and that is the desire unfortunately that did not happen in this case. we do our best to take care of each other and support each other here e.f. for quezon >>pam: kron4 news love the latest including breaking news coverage on twitter and face the fear if >>grant: right now, crews are searching for a bay area college student. phage 20 year-old who goes off to college who was last seen in the tebow area on sunday afternoon. officials say he was on a tubing trip with friends. france last saw him on a beach. a popular party's but in the area. we have a picture of him, 20

years old, 6 ft. 1 in., 100th of the town with dark brown hair. fifth family said it is not like him to be out of touch with friends and family. >>pam: at&t is releasing a statement denying that it's cell phone towers are interfering with radios used by the oakland police department. at&t tested 16 different sites federal police they were causing their readiness to fail it concluded that at&t was operating in a few fee regulations. the source of the interference is now still under investigation kef there is no organized lovely serious >> here is a live look from the favorite full of flaws the theory if

>> a few thunderstorms for the bay area. as we look inland, some pretty heavy rain east of livermore. heavy rain and thunderstorms over the central valley. in the north bay, a lot of activity. if the lightning strikes are the light on your screen curious fate looks like about three dozen strikes in the past 30 minutes here e.f. we do have a red flag warning into tomorrows. the north bay is highlighted in red. this will continue until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. the thing, the diablo range in the central valley. more on the thunderstorm's ahead. we will be back after this break. as

before >>pam: it is the second day of the democratic national convention. bill clinton will headline tonight's events. we have more on the convention. >> the president arrived in charlotte this afternoon for the democratic national convention, ready to pick up on

the campaign trail already clearly forged by his wife. >> are you fired up? for you ready to go? >> the first lady met with delegates today after last night's prime-time speech. it was closely watched. twitter reported more than 28,000 tweets a minute when she spoke, nearly double the response to republican candidate mitt romney last week in vermont, is it is clear to break sphere's stopping at this hardware stores. his lifeless the key of the head and a high of year reassure them i a.m so glad that people are finally speaking up and saying, this is the guy. >> called wine was campaigning in iowa and put his spin on the democratic convention. >> we will hear from president clinton in charlotte here 1/5 1 my guess is look at a great

rendition of how of the things were in the 1990's felt lawyer must about how things have been in the last four years fifth. fife that democrats hope he will get the crowd fired up for the president thursday speech and for a rate that polls show is tied up going into charlotte. >>pam: the kron4's little analyst is joining us once again gifts for what is it that clinton needs to say or can say >> the democrats have given him the task of answering the question, are we better off? >> he is " talk about the fact that the president inherited a bad economy and the fact that

he kept us from crashing through. >> this is a tough exclamation to make and he is the best communicator to do the job. >> everyone keeps saying to the obama administration cannot keep looking back. how does confidence that? the >> house republicans are running a bill clinton campaign against george bush and barack obama and ran a built-in campaign against all. third when clinton ran the second time the economy was to started to get better. he ended up winning overwhelmingly. that is the campaign their voices less serious republicans are the city is not a good president, for leaders of. >> this is one to be tough for him off dealing with policy

issues, especially looking forward. let's go back to the platform, the thing that jewish voters will be turned off by the fact, the issue about jerusalem being left out of the platform and the issue about christians being upset that god was not mentioned in the platform until was added later. whatever the democrats? >> there will be a lot of references to god when people speeds in mind. the fact of the matter is, the drama on the platform today it was unnecessary. >> i have said before and i was sitting in a, this election is not about how to this, it is about how good you make your

message. >> the california delegation has a high profile at this convention. nancy pelosi spoke earlier today it. " most of the candidates do not pay much attention to california because it is a guarantee to a state. >> this is about how we position in the cells of the future. it is their turn in the stock convince cash >> nancy pilosi is great. >> i think that at fifth and harlow harry f. unless there is some big wave at the end, they will fall short. >>pam: if you like to connect with our political analyst, go

on to his twitter page. you can also read his political web site and, we have a reminder, you can watch uninstructed commercial free coverage of the democrats this desk convention on comcast channel 193. >> temperatures were really up and down this afternoon. spotty thunderstorms will be through the bay area. high temperatures, 70's and the north bay, 70's and 80's for the inland valley. 68 in redwood city, 63 in richmond. right now, temperatures are recovering a live in places like nafta. temperatures dropped into the '50s as thunderstorms rolled through. lower temperatures and santa rosa. 66 in fremont right now, 67 in san jose. here's a look at the satellite and radar picture, showers have been rolling through a pattern it we have seen a lot of lightning strikes in the

central valley, courtesy of the for a fall of saigon john q. have it is the link for autographs north worked. storm tracker 4 shows a shower activity along the coastal and approaching the mountains there in the central valley we are seeing pretty intense thunderstorms. the white marks on your screen indicate lightning strikes. >> in the south bay, call mark conditions. as we look ahead to tomorrow, the threat of thunderstorms stay with us. a 30 percent chance of seeing scattered thunderstorms mainly in the north bay, the delta in the inland valley. starting saturday, calmer weather returns. tomorrow, temperatures running

mainly in the '70s in the south bay. it is likely that these temperatures will warm up very quickly. upper 50s and low 60s for the coastline, 70's through the market. there is a red flag warning in effect. remember, you can get the latest temperatures and forecast any time. it is quick, convenient and always on. >>grant: a powerful earthquake rocked costa rica and much of central america. the earth quake was centered 90 mi. west of the capital of san jose's.

the damage was pretty extensive. hear, he conceded bridge collapsed into the river. the shaking also cause this landslide. call >> at least one person has died who had a heart attack during the chaos. well

>>catherine: a very disturbing scene showing in maryland police officer pistol whipping this man. he hit him with his gun. the flash was the gun firing. the 19 year old was being hit. this contradicts the story the officer told claiming that teenager insulted him and reached for is a weapon. that clearly is not happening. police say the team and a friend appeared to be about to rob a store. the video is a part of an ongoing investigation into police brutality. >> a strange scene in texas at a television station, a woman broke in, you can see her there lying on the floor of the news from refusing to leave. she had also pulled a fire alarm at the next door restaurant before arriving. no one knew why she did this. police eventually had to carry her out. the blaring fire alarm forced the station to move its 10:00 p. m. newscast to another location students in one colorado

school district are not allowed to work eat manning jersey with no. 18, the reason, school officials claim it is considered a gain in number. this is year-old had begged his mother for one of the jurors easily to be told he had to take off. his family is among those arguing that for third graders it is taking things too far. the school insists that it has to follow a consistent policy. stay with us, mornings after the break. but roc

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> we are continuing to seek thunderstorm activity around the bay area. we are also seeing it just east of livermore, we will talk about the threat of thunderstorms as we move into tomorrow. thanks

>> contra costa county sheriff's department, investigators still do not know the motive as to why the driver

will open fire on its hit the officer without warning. >> the officer had already been pulled over to the shoulder of the road to deal with a dead deer, there was a second officer who pulled over the geed due to an obscure license plate. young's approach to the vehicle first and was ultimately shot. >> the chp officer has been with the highway patrol for seven years and graduate from the academy in 2005. prior to that he served in the u.s. army reserves from 1994-2002. he currently lives in cordelia with his life -- with his wife and four children. >> continuing our coverage for

the second day in a row, members of the law-enforcement community have been showing up at john deere medical center to support the officer's family and each other during this difficult time. others brought bouquets of flowers to the field office where officer and her >> continuing our coverage, we're learning more about the shooting suspect and his background including here in san francisco, he worked for a couple of companies including this one. he also worked at ebay. he worked for these companies for a few months. he was a software as japan and. on his linkedin profile he said he had a degree from san francisco state university. he once lived in the east bay and assaults a little.

>> howard jordan announced the arrest of a suspect wanted in connection with the attempted murder of a california highway patrol officer back into line -- back in july. >> our big weather story tonight, the thunder storms through the bay area, run as a struggle cycled john. this is the tail and a bit but it has been pushing wish to to the north. here is a look at storm tracker 4 raider. we are continuing to see showers along the north bay coastline and through the central valley which are bringing as lightning strikes. a red flag warning is in place through tomorrow morning as the

threat of thunderstorms continue into tomorrow morning. there is not a lot of rain out there. >> in morgan hill, nearly six months after she was missing, the search for morgan hill teenagers sierra lamar continues. serge teams fanned out into the countryside on wednesday focusing on the north shore line of coyote reservoir near gilroy.

>> it is a remarkable thing that six months out, people are still coming twice a week. >> and morgan hill, friends lamar are gathering data for a candlelight vigil at city hall. the 15 year-old disappeared nearly six months ago. she was last seen leaving her house to go to the bus stop for school. the suspect has been arrested. they have dna evidence that nobody. the vigil will have a special message and organizers hope to keep our story in the public discussion until she has been found. >> and tech news, the smart phone wars are heating up. microsoft and nokia took the stage in new york to show off the first windows 8 smart phone this flagship phone is the

device that microsoft hopes can take on the iphone. to lure people away, it has some new features never seen before in smart phone is like wireless charging. you can charge of the regular way by plugging it into the wall or you can get one of the wireless charging accessories like the charging plea that allows you to simply set the phone on the plague and it charges instantly. it is just that simple and works by contact. it comes in yellow, red, red, white and black. no release date was announced although it should come out soon. >>stanley: to the average person, these are a few guys having a conversation around a city garbage can. i a.m not your average person because what i see are three guys drinking in public and hiding the liquor in the city garbage can.

in fact, if you look around some parts of san francisco, you can pretty much the people drinking every day or passed out from drinking too much every day. >> i drank its full pack a day >> tonight at 8:00 p.m., let's take a look at all of the drinking going around and how in extreme cases, you can end up in force to rehab, would you like it or not. that is a the next edition of people behaving badly. >> this is into the kron4 news and, we have been falling politics all day. pamela harris just wrapped up her remarks at the democratic national convention. here is a snippet of what she had to say. >> it is a truce between and america were opportunities opened everyone, where everyone plays by the same set of rules or, a philosophy that sells the plainfield to help the

wealthiest you. the american dream belongs to all of us. if we can work together and stand together and vote together on november 6th novemb president barack obama, that is a dream that we will put within reach of all of our people. >> the featured speaker tonight, former president bill clinton will be taking the stage in a couple of minutes. if you would like to watch all of the speeches, uninterrupted and commercial free, you can do so on our 24-7 news channel, that is comcast channel 193. we will have a complete wrapup for you on kron4 news at 8:00 p. m.. for right now, a short break and we will be right back. baba

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mike sosa and his club are starting to get hot. lew wolff has done nothing to drive people away. the angels have a 3-1 lead in the third. mccarthy took a line drive in the head. mccarthy never lost consciousness. this is hard to even look at. he was taken to the hospital where he will stay overnight. he will not travel with the team to seattle. the angels went on to win seven-one. tory hunter delivering the goods up the middle. the oakland a's are now one game up for the second wild-card spot. they played 17 of 20 games coming up on the road. it is going to be a rough go for the oakland athletics.

nonetheless, a great season. the boston red sox are going nowhere fast. their manager bobby valentine is in the hot seat. >> you do get the impression that maybe you have checked out have you checked out? >> what an embarrassing thing to say. if i was there i would punchy in the mouth. does that sound like i checked out?

>>gary: one of the better tennis careers in the past 10 years is over. ron at reverses martine. there were rain delays last night. ron at was the last american to win a grand slam. it is rather fitting that his

last match of the u.s. open, he once spent 13 weeks as the number-one player in the world. >> i have appreciated your support along the way. i certainly have not made it easy for you at times. i really do appreciate it and i love you as a all my heart. >> serena williams also advancing. >> no matter how attractive someone is, for 40 years!

>>pam: he will do something. >>gary: where you eating? >>jackie: i 8 cupcake, if he must know. >>gary: harbaugh became a father again. >> jack jr. reported to duty yesterday, 8 lbs. 8 oz. he came 10 days early which is to be expected, the good ones come in early. i think it bodes well for the 49ers. it is a sign of good luck to come.

>>gary: we're looking ahead to a big week of some in the bay area. one promoter is here to make the sale.

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it will compete for 10,000 and a 50 m race. on saturday a well-known rowdy will race. some of the best female swimmers as well. hair the olympic champ does coming out of retirement for a big race. what is your thing with swimmers? >> i a.m connected. it is a sport i a.m in love with. i a.m looking for a way to give back. it allows me to stay connected.

rao is a character. >> he is still a great summer.

after the first lady's speech, why some say she should be gunning for political office. what she just told me. i'm brooke anderson at the dnc. "the insider" is on. >> the speaker who brought down the house was first lady michelle obama. >> she brought them to their feet. >> would you ever consider a role in political office? >> the headline "she's a hit." versus "bill to the rescue." inside the star power of clinton's speech tonight. >> the big dog will be unleashed tonight. they have had a stormy relationship. >> did the democrats really scale back the celebrity presence? >> our interview with the "csi" actor working with the obama campaign. >> there's nobody that i can imagine sitting at 1600

pennsylvania avenue who would do a better job. plus, the men with a stomach for politics. why new york magazine is now targeting these politicians. new jessica simpson slimming down, inside her weight watchers workout. >> jessica is mostly walking. she's not running, because she says her chest is too big. >> her first interview on her weight loss struggle after baby. the first official shots of snooki's baby boy in "star watch." plus, why is this famous singer shaving her head. and -- >> this is a national obsession. >> how honey boo boo became america's favorite reality tv star. >> i think the charisma of honey boo boo can't be denied. now, from new york, "the insider" is on. >> i mean, we just can't get enough of honey boo boo. welcome to "the insider" from new york city. i'm kevin frazier. we'll have more from here in a moment. but first, let's check in with brooke anderson in charlotte, north carolina, at the dnc. where last night michelle boim