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they have just brought up one of the men and put him in the ambulance that you see there in the center of the screen. now i talked to our chief meteorologist bill martin just a couple of minutes ago. he was telling me that the water temperature right now in the bay is about 59 degrees. there is a small craft advisory on the bay and there are some winds out on the bay. maybe that contributed to the three men falling into the water. all three did have wet suits so it is unlikely that they suffered any type of hypothermia from being in the water. three men go into the water, all three have been found safe and sound. now back to the arrest of a 77-year-old man accused of being a serial killer. the break in the case came when authorities raided the suspect's home for something
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completely unrelated. eric rasmussen joining us now and tells us what police found in that search. >> reporter: they brought joseph naso here to marin county right after they arrested him in southwest tahoe yesterday. we were just inside today to ask for a jailhouse interview. he has declined but it was that evidence in his house that revealed his connection to these unsolved killings. he spent the last three decades avoiding capture and prosecution for the killing of three women. they say one was dumped along fairfax 34 years ago. >> marin county detectives believe naso is responsible for the 1977 murder of roxene
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roggasch. >> reporter: roggasch was just 18 at the time. they also tie naso to the killings of 22-year-old carmen colon and. officials from six agencies were present at if news conference, but would not answer questions. they would not reveal how they arrested him. only that a official found gun, am in addition and other items that connected naso to the killings of the women. >> work from the waso sheriff's office uncovered and first revealed the links of the chain in evidents that eventually unlocked the gates. >> reporter: they will charge naso with four counts of murder which will make him eligible for the death penalty. he is expected to come before
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the court here tomorrow. and we continue our coverage of the cold case killings on our website. just log on to ktvu.com. you can watch that news conference that police held earlier today. a san francisco teenager dead. allegedly at the hands of several other teams. ktvu's david stevenson has new information tonight about the victim and the charges his killers are now facing. >> reporter: that's right 16- year-old andy ting attended this bay view high school up until his death on tuesday morning. as students mourned him today. new details about teenagers who were involved in his death emerged late this afternoon. >> he's a nice kid. he's a very nice kid. always with a smile, jokes around a lot. he has a lot of friends here. >> reporter: friends of andy zeng today mourn the high
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school student. >> it really hurts me to hear that. he's gone now. because i would see him like almost every day. >> reporter: police were called to this house on casana avenue to investigate a possible suicide. it quickly turned into a homicide case. leading to the arrest of four young men. >> we have two 15-year-olds, a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old. these are all teens, one of them is being charged with murder. that is not an ordinary case. we do not see juveniles murdered that young who have known each other. >> reporter: investigators won't say exactly how zeng was killed but they say all the suspects know each other but do not attend zeng's schools. police say the death is not gang related and one of the teens lives in the home where zeng dies. grief counselors today consoled his classmates. >> it's hard to believe that andy is gone. but now they want to know what happened. especially with getting bits and pieces. >> reporter: and late today we learned some new information
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about the charges at least one of the suspects would face. we just got off the phone with the district attorney's office. they inform us that of the 15- year-old will be charged with one count of murder, one count of attempted arson and one count of possession of an incendiary device. it's not clear what type of device. we want to update our breaking news story. these are live pictures coming to you from san francisco from news chopper 2. good news to report right now out of mccuvey cove. you can see as the third person who fell off of a kayak that three men had rented is being pulled to safety. we told you about one that was being pulled from the water very quickly just moments ago. we saw another one that was pulled from the water. the third victim sitting at a wheelchair being attended to by
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emergency responders there. a happy ending to this story. this rescue effort under way at mccovey cove in san francisco. two suspects arrested in the stabbing death of a young man appeared in court today. brandon thompson and nicholas vargas face charges of murder and the use of a deadly weapon. vargas father discovered the body of chris chastain. the two do not have an attorney so their case was continued until next week. it'll be back to the federal courthouse in san francisco for the jury deciding the case of former slugger barry bonds. another day passed without a verdict, rita. >> reporter: that's right heather, this is the first full day of deliberations here without the jury asking to see
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evidence or hear read back of testimony from the almost three week long case. barry bonds arrived about 9:00 this morning half an hour after jury's assembled to begin deliberating. from time to time we've seen some of the jurors emerge from their meeting room for breaks or lunch before they quit for the day about an hour and a half ago. other wise, there's been no clue about what they are doing or thinking. >> it's impossible to predict that. >> trials get a lot of publicity. the juries try to spend some time, so the world does not say, they rushed through. >> reporter: the longer the jury deliberates the more likely they're split on one or all of the four counts of charges against bonds. lying in front of a federal jury and obstruction. >> if they can just get one
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juror then a hung jury is really a victory for the defense in this case. >> reporter: now more cameras are showing up here as bills in growing anticipation of at least some indication from jurors about where they stand. maybe tomorrow. we'll all be back here for day four of the deliberations. reporting live in san francisco, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. jurors and the chauncy bailey trial heard today from a member of the your black muslim bakery. bey testified that he witnessed the shooting. yusuf bey iv is accuse of ordering bailey's death because of a negative story that he was writing about the bakery.
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he is also charged of shooting that car. and security is expected to be tight for game two of the giants and dodgers. the increased security is because of the attack against bryan stow. fans at at&t park also donated $55,000 to help pay for stow's medical expenses. governor brown urged lawmakers to get back to work on a new budget plan. the state still faces a $27 billion budget deficit. and the clock has run out on tax extensions. the governor today talked about budget frustrations while comparing it to the bipartisan success of the state's new energy law signed today. >> things are so dismal on trying to get republicans and democrats to work together. so there is a problem. but today we have something that is a real success story. >> reporter: coming up a little
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bit later at 5:30, ktvu's christien kafton will tell us more about the new bill the governor signed promoting renewable energy in the state. the white house is putting the pressure on congress to change the law to increase the limit on the national debt. white house press secretary jay carney warned of an economic disaster if republicans do not vote on a plan to raise the debt ceiling. >> raising the ceiling, the debt ceiling is so important because it involves the faith and credit of the united states government. as the most powerful economy in the world. >> reporter: the stage is set for a show down between congress and the president next month when the federal government is expected to exceed it's $14.25 trillion debt ceiling. republicans have threatened to block an increase unless it contains significant debt reducing measures. president obama plans to lay out his plan to reduce the nation's debt in a speech tomorrow at george washington
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university. the president is expected to call for a bipartisan deficit. including a plan to cut medicare and medicaid costs. the president is also scheduled to meet with congressional leaders for a briefing tomorrow morning prior to his speech. -- to call attention to what they call disproportionate spending on the military. protests lined the street. the effort to balance the budget has focused on cutting education, health services and other programs. >> like your mom, your brother, your sister, your children die, your best friend dies. what does it mean? and it's because of these values in the system that we spend our money elsewhere on killing other people. >> meantime there's disturbing evidence that those who serve our country are not being served in return. coming up in about 30 minutes,
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one on one with two high profile women who are now rallying civilians to give more support to the military and their families. the situation is still fluid tonight in japan over those nuclear reactors. the well known group that is calling japan's response willfully inadequate. and showers possible for your bay area wednesday. i'll tell you when those could get here and which bay area neighborhoods could be impacted.
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comments after nuclear officials raised the threat level on the nuclear plant to level seven. that's the same as the plant janobi. today officials called for calm saying the japanese people do not face an increased health threat. >> the amount of radio active particles released into the air is 1/10 of that released in trenoble. >> officials say radiation levels in the food have dropped. making it safe to eat. japan's prime minister urged the nation to turn it's focus from response to recovery. >> we cannot pass a declining japan on to our children. what we must do is an all out reconstruction effort that will
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not embarrass us in front of the victims and our children. >> meantime the u.s. is trying to learn from japan. >> it's unlikely. that's exactly what they said about japan. to the work. so we have to move beyond talk and get to the serious question of what do we do to do everything in our power to make it safe. >> reporter: the head of the nuclear regulatory commission says u.s. plants have three or four levels of protection. but some lawmakers say that might not be enough. >> the unthinkable did happen in japan. all occurring in sequence. >> reporter: the united nations world health organization said today that its public health assessment of the disaster in japan has not changed. despite japan declaring their crisis a level seven. the agency said at the moment there is very little public health risk outside the evacuation zone. the environment group green
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peace said the government's reaction to the nuclear crisis has be willfully inadequate. >> looks like they are putting the agenda for nuclear energy ahead of the people. >> green peace representatives said they called for a seven level rating three weeks ago. the group conducted their own test of the soil outside of the evacuation zone and found dangerous levels of radiation. officials said there was no reason to avoid the level seven rating, it just took that long to get official numbers. union longshoremen rallies to protest what they say is bad
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faith bargaining by employers. members of the ilwu local demonstrated outside the pacific maritime workers. the workers say pma refused to negotiate with them. >> this is not minnesota. people died for these jobs. >> reporter: ktvu contacted the pacific maritime association but we did not receive a response. and california among the handful of states seeing gas
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prices at record levels. it's $4.23 in san francisco. and $4.19 a gallon in san jose. well let's talk about our weather now. bill looking at the shots from i80 in emeryville. looks like it's a little windy there. the camera is shaking around. >> a west wind blowing on the bay. earlier i showed you the wind surfers out there. i have wind gusting at 23 miles per hour. they are actually reporting as this occurs. so you can see gusting at 22 at the alameda naval. as the winds begin to shift around we're going to see a southerly wind come through. that's going to mark a change for some sprinkles in your bay area forecast. it was not that warm today at all. temperatures mostly in the mid- 60s. a couple of upper 60s in some
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secluded warm spots. right now it's 61, 62 in concord. temperatures tomorrow much cooler. i think we're going to see lots of 50s. it looks like it's going to occur mainly in the morning hours and it'll be a quick flier. i have the computer model fired up. in just about 20 minutes i'm going to show that to you. for the meantime we're looking at clouds and cooler. temperatures overnight tonight with a chance of showers. 39 in santa rosa. when i come back we have the 24 hour radar model. so if you have outdoor plans
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tomorrow you might want to stay tune. and officials are call finding a destructive vineyard pest. today crews at the jason stevens winery began spraying their vines to try to wipe out the european grapevine moth. one of the moths showed up on a trap posing a threat to five area vineyards. the pest tunnels through the grapes allowing mold and mildew to set in. tonight agriculture officials are meeting in san martin with growers and homeowner to outline a plan to eradicate the moth. right now the marine center has its hands full caring for pups. the elephant seal pup season runs from february to may. many of those pups get separated from their mothers and end up stranded on the beach. volunteers are trying to teach the baby seals critical survival skills in their so called fish school. >> these animals in the wild they don't really learned how
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to eat at all after their weaned at four to six weeks. and then what happens is, they don't know what a fish is ultimately. so here at the marine mammal center we're actually enticing them. >> reporter: the marine center asks that anyone stay away from seals and instead asks that you call the marine center. we want you to take a look at this. watch as a huge jet clips a smaller one on the tarmac and it whips it around like a toy. next you'll hear what happened in the control tower right after this crash. plus it's all the range. the hair technique called the brazilian blow out. tonight what's being found in some of the products used in the process and why that's caused concern. new at 6:00, a bay area business just announced big changes. what this camera couldn't do
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a malfunction called an emergency warning siren to go off this morning near the chevron refinery in richmond. it whaled for about half an hour. they investigated the broken siren and had it deactivated. emergency dispatchers were inundated with phone calls from people who were worried there might have been a malfunction at the plant. and we have an amazing
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video of a plane that hit another. >> we understand they are evacuating the regional jet. >> reporter: that was audio from the air traffic control tower. watch again what happened as an air france clips that delta commuter train. it swings it around like it's a little toy. it was heading to paris with nearly 500 people on board. the commuter plane had just landed from boston and folks on board were terrified. >> there was this big bank from one side of the plane. just crushing noises, it sounded like smashing jaws or something. something breaking. >> reporter: both planes were evacuated. no one was hurt. but the ntsb is now investigating. just to give you a perspective of how big an 8380 is. its wingspan is as big as a football field. the government is reducing the project to reduce the number of medical errors being
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made at the nation's hospitals. today human services invited hospitals and insurance companies to join a three year program. the goal to reduce patient injr. reus by 40%. and to reduce the number of illnesses that patients develop while hospitalizes. >> sometimes it's just an improper doze of medication that leaves somebody dizzy or nauseous. but too often in cases like josey's the consequences are much more drastic. >> reporter: statistics show that nearly 5,000 people die because of medical errors. the million dollars effort called partnership for patients will be financed under the health care reform law. a popular hair treatment for women is coming under scrutiny. the brazilian blow out can
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governor setting the highest renewable power goals in the nation. ktvu's christien kafton talked with the government about the aggressive requirements and a solar project in milpitas. >> reporter: we're at the floor of the solar panel plants. the solar panels they build here will be part of the state's solar energy future. and today the state pledged money to help make that a reality. with his signature, governor brown committed the state to the most ambitious solar pledge in the country. >> today we have something that is a real success story. it's california leading the country. it's america potentially leading the world. >> reporter: today's bill
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signing took place inside the flextronics manufacturing plant. a plant that created 300 jobs in just the last month. >> it's not only the green aspect, it's an opportunity for everyone. >> reporter: robert chu on hand for today's signing pledged $1.1 billion in loans to support the california valley solar project. a move the feds says will create 350 construction jobs and about a dozen permanent jobs. >> this is just the start of our strategy to lead a clean energy invasion race and under president obama's leadership we're jumping in the clean energy race and we're pledging to win. >> reporter: the federal government will help stimulate the green economy and will also help the state meet its clean
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energy requirement by the end of the decade. we're at the flextronics fabrication plant, christien kafton. >> and today the federal loan guarantees $1.2 billion. it will generate 2,200 mega watts. that is enough energy to power 60,000 homes and avoid putting 430-tons of carbon dioxide in the air. and homes not vails took over a vacant three story buildings on ohaire. they said they were trying to
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bring attention to san francisco's housing crisis. the building is owned by kaiser permanente and they says the unfit. crawling out the back door of his apartment -- the fire started in the man's apartment on g street this morning. clifford perry says he was wrapped in a blanket in front of a space heater when he suddenly saw a huge fame and somehow made his way out through a back door. his pants were singed but he was not seriously hurt. gary is blind and using a walking dog to get around. nobody was hurt. and nato says they will continue to use air strikes to support rebel support. allied officials say they will continue to enforce the security council resolution because gadhafi continues to target libyan civilians.
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in bengazi today, the crowd called for the overthrow of gadhafi and the expulsion of his family. new details are out today on the budget deal in congress showing exactly where we'll see the $38 billion in spending cuts. those cuts include $500 million from the wic program that helps low income families buy foods. $300million for high speed rail. and 1 billion from programs that fight sexually transmitted diseases. the partisan jabs continued today. >> pausings they tried to jam through the budget would have cost us 700,000 jobs. >> democrats in washington are finally waking up to the fact that the only hope of avoiding the disaster we're seeing show up in europe is by forcing
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washington to live within their means. >> some democrats think the budget does not go far enough and plan to put down the plan. ken pritchett is live with why today's action was so very important, ken. >> reporter: right now you are looking at the sacramento river last week it overflowed its bank. that bank you see there off the distance. when it did the water went over what is called a wier. when the water reseeded it left some very big and rare fish trapped. >> we've got one. >> reporter: what they've got is a huge sturgon and this is a
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very dramatic rescue. matt carlson is one of the wranglers. >> they are powerful. extremely powerful fish. >> reporter: the latter is a federally protected species which making this find and rescue all the more unique. >> first time i've seen three green sturgons in one spot. this is really a rare occasion. >> reporter: and poachers after caviar or meet, this dead fish had a spear in its back. this one was captured with an object in its skull. >> almost like a file. it is. it's the end of a file. >> reporter: a file used as a spear tip. >> to illegally kill a fish like that and leave it to rot.
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that's unconciable. >> reporter: first they were planted with tracking devices, it is serious science and an experience. >> we try not to look too happy. we're just happy to save the fish and that's a good thing. >> reporter: the last time sturgon were trapped in this location was back in 2006 and it was a draw to fishermen as well. we learned today that the body of a california man swept out to sea by a tsunami surge last month washed up on the oregon coast. the body of dustin weber was found 300 miles north of north. someone walking on the beach discovered the body about a week and a half ago.
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stocks stumble today on wall street on concerns about japan, energy and the fact that alcoa missed expectations. the dow was down 117.5 points. the nasdaq was down 26.7 points. facebook is facing another lawsuit tonight about ownership. paul saglia is seeking 50% of ownership after asking for 24% ownership. he has a clause he says he signed with mark zuck ebergs. zucke rberg's attorney says that saglia is a man who once
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worked on another website with zuckerburg but it was not facebook. google officials were quizzed on the issue today and insisted the software has been certified. a federal judge in pennsylvania says a popular breast cancer fund raising bracelet is okay for public school students to wear. the judge ruled that the bracelets which read i heart boobies are not lewd or vulgar. a group of students filed suit with the head of the aclu when their school district banned the bracelets. they say the bracelets are a distraction. well there maybe a new way to determine whether overweight children are at risk for heart disease. the study finds that how large
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the child's wrist is, may be a sign of their risk for heart disease. the group says the products claims of teaching infants to read are false and deceptive because it doesn't teach babies to read. your baby can read says thousands of parents have had success with their products. this is a call for action to every american. michelle obama hits the road with jill biden. the cause they are taking up and why they says the worth fighting for. and tracking a chance of a few showers in your wednesday forecast. we'll show you the latest computer model impact on your wednesday. >> new at 6:00, a bay area business just announced big changes. what this camera couldn't do that caused the company to cut
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more than 500 jobs. and for the fourth time in six months, someone illegally dumped tons of trash in this local neighborhood. we asked the city what it's done to stop this. then, japan admitted its nuclear crisis is the second worse in history. we're talking to local experts to find out what this really means for the bay area and your health, tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.
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the military is investigating the deaths of two american troops killed in afghanistan by so called friendly fire by a u.s. drone. the marine and navy medic were apparently mistaken for insurgents. this is believed the first case of american troops killed by a missile drone. and carol han talked to the michelle obama and jill biden on the sacrifices military
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families are making. >> our husbands have made the military families the top of their priority list. >> reporter: they've announced they are hitting the road. >> yes, michelle and jill on a road trip. >> reporter: two cheer leaders giving support to american military families. because times have been tough. the army suicide rate has doubled. >> they almost didn't get paid because of the budget battle. how does your plan and your trip help them and is it enough? >> will it be enough? it should be enough. when 1% of the country is protecting the freedoms of 100% of us, the other 99% of us should be able to rally around. >> reporter: the first lady says business can rally by setting aside jobs for military personnel. jill biden a teacher says schools can help too. >> military families won't have to worry about records being transferred and accepted in other schools.
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>> this is a call to action to every american. >> reporter: the two women hit north carolina and texas tomorrow. ohio and colorado on thursday, it's a grueling schedule. but both women tell me they plan to have fun and its obvious that they enjoy each other's company. carol han. a new investigation at napa state hospital. what happened to an inmate right before he died in custody? julie haener is in our newsroom with a look at the stories we're looking at. >> is it really as bad as jernoble? what we learned tonight about how much the -- at this hour we are still
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waiting on a vote for a restriction on dogs without leash. the leash restriction plan would severely limit the off leash areas in popular dog walking spots including chrissie fields. the board of supervisors did approve a plan today to continue charging out of towners a fee to enter the city's botanical garden in golden state park. the $7 fee went into effect in august and will continue for at least another two years. well it's probably chilly if you plan to head to the botanical gardens today. it seemed that it was chilly throughout much of the bay area. let's check in with our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> it was chilly out there. temperature right now in oakland is just 57 degrees. that's chilly. let's take a look at down the
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peninsula or southern peninsula. 67degrees near minlow park. overnight we see clouds increase. here's the computer model as we go through time. you're going to see here that the clouds increase. now we're into wednesday morning. this is that slight chance of a sprinkle we mentioned. you see sprinkles out in concord. out in san rafael and san mateo. that's not a deal breaker for your morning commute. it's moist, it's springily but sprinklely but it's not the end of the world. santa rosa has the best chance for a wet commute. but you see the widely scattered nature. the main impact here will be some wet roadways, light rain sprinkles and cooler daytime highs. and a little bit of breeze. here we are at 90. that is whatever is working up as a front here. here you go at 10:00 a.m. on ward is begins to clear out rapidly. on wednesday, it's a quick moving event. scattered showers in santa rosa tomorrow morning. then your morning commute looks like a relatively wet one.
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58degrees at lunchtime. clearing by lunchtime and things start to shape up as we go through time. we are expecting just a few light sprinkles. no big deal. light showers in the morning. afternoon clearing but cool out there. highs tomorrow are going to be mostly in the low 60s. that's the main impact. cooler. and a few sprinkles with your weekend always in view. not a big deal at all. but certainly enough to slow that morning commute especially in the north bay. there's your weekend in view, looks good for saturday and sunday. >> sure does. thank you bill. the japanese version of play ball rang out today for the first time since the earthquake and tsunami hit one month ago. baseball is japan's national obsession but the crisis delayed the start of the season by about four weeks. the teams dedicated today's opener for the victims. many of the players also have visited emergency shelters in their hometown to show support for those who have will been
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california science center in los angeles. the kennedy space center in florida will receive the atlantis. and the discovery will make its permanent home at the smithsonian constitution northern virginia plant. also nasa officials announced that new york city will get the enterprise which is a prototype that was used for simulated flights in the 1970s. >> the shuttles retire is a bittersweet time for all of us. but at nasa we are also very excited about our future. people from across our nation and across the world will continue to learn from these amazing vehicles and the stories of their crews and their missionings. >> today's announcement comes on a historic day in space history. it was the 30th anniversary of nasa's first shuttle flight and the 50th anniversary of man's first journey into space. a total of 21 museums and visitor centers around the country put in bids for those
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good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. a break today in four murder cases from the 1970s. police have arrested this man, matthew naso. their bodies were found in marin and contra costa county. >> reporter: frank they got their big break when naso was arrested about a year ago on an unrelated probation violation a search of his house they say turned up clues to the killings. as soon as he got out of jail there, detectives brought him here wre
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