just search the app store for abc san francisco to download it. >> next at 5 a.m. the 49ers will be calling candlestick park home for a few more years. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in marin county where a lot of people want just one thing for christmas and that is a good solid cleanup of two raw sewage spills because if they don't get one by tomorrow, they might get another one. the story in a live report. >> all part of this as well, absolutely. >> and a new take on an old idea. new at 5:00, "7 on your side" with a twist on gift cards,

next, from the abc news vault. ballots and the decision that finally sent george w.ush to the white house. next, from the abc news vault. >>> it is hard to imagine, but back on this day ten years ago, the 2000 presidential election was finally decided. >> that was when the supreme court ruled in favor of then-governor george w. bush, making him president of the united states. we go back in the abc news vault, from december 13th, 2000. >> so, the country prepares to begin again. mr. gore will tell the country in person tonight that the election is over. governor bush will speak afterwards, as the soon-to-be 43rd president-elect. by the narrowest margin in the electoral college since 1876. and in the supreme court, by one vote. we're going to begin our coverage with abc's terry moran. terry? >> reporter: peter, tonight, al gore's aides describe him as calm, at peace with himself and his decision. confident in his belief that he fought the good fight in this election. and very focused on his task tonight, to do his part to unite the country, after this tumultuous electi

>>reporter: locally the games are also played in cupertino and los altos. this is abc news. >>> elaborate holiday decoration are back this year at well known house in the north bay. this home is on adobe stone court in san rafael and decorated like this for the past 40 years. the owner the original homeowner charles passed away last year but the family friends are carrying on the terrific tradition. display include animated figure a you can see. doll. toys. holiday themes of every description and lot and lot of lights. it's open every day from 5 until 10:00 p.m. through new year's day. again in san rafael. nice. >> all right. what's the christmas forecast going to be like? let's get to lisa who is tracking that for us. >>reporter: hi dan. we are looking at a pretty nice night with partly cloudy skies. temperatures are cooling off so 39 in napa. 46 in fremont with mid 40's in los gatos and redwood city. highlights then agent bit of fog returning tonight. not only around the bay area but into the sacramento valley and the san joaquin valley so if you have some travel pla

the help of over 500 volunteers. elsewhere people in need were fed and clothed. abc's thomas roman reports on the christmas day distribution. ♪ >> tenderloin residents and homeless are being treated to soothing music at saint anthony's hall in san francisco. everyone received a hand-made scarf. >> we had scarves coming from australia, japan. we gathered over 70,000. >> they put out a web appeal last summer asking for handmade scarves for their seniors. they only asked for 2500. >> i think it's a way, a time when a lot of people are struggling, create something with their own hands and give to someone else in need. it's just this beautiful giving that people are doing. >> you got enough hands? >> firefighters from station 5 in the western edition are bringing dozens of toys donated by residents and businesses to the hamilton family residence center on hayes street. the children were just as surprised as their parents with the sudden bounty. he was especially pleased as were his parents. >> he's happy. he's having a good christmas. that's the important thing. >> i didn

more on their side of the story coming up in half an hour. terry mcsweeney, abc news. >> thanks so much, terry. we'll talk to you soon. two state lawmakers say budget cuts maybe to blame for security problems at napa state hospital. the facility has been on lockdown after a staffer was murdered by a patient in october. there have been two other serious attacks on workers. a firsthand look at the conditions inside yesterday. >> this facility's been absorbing budget cuts. they're understaffed. it's an outdated, outmoded facility. they don't have the security technology they need to have. basically we're seeing this system fracture because of the pressure being put on the state budget. >> that director of california's department of mental health which oversees napa state hospital announced his retirement yesterday. dr. steven mayburg will step down at the end of this month. >> the federal judge who put a hold on california's lethal injections wants to tour the state's new death chamber at san quentin. jeremy fogel halted executions in 2006 over concerns staff member

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sleep well, on the wings of lunesta. >>> here are some stories to watch today on abc news. s to take a test vote today on a tax cut bill, brokered by the republicans and the white house. changes in the bill are expected in the house before congress adjourns. >>> republican national committee chairman michael steele announces he will run again for his position today. he is dropping out and a new gop chair will be elected next months. >>> and fedex predicts today will be its busiest day of the year. the shipper anticipates it will handle 16 million packages today worldwide. that's up from the busiest day last year. i think you only have three days, four days to get it in the mail. >> if you want to make it before christmas. you better get to work. >>> families around the world, including us at the "world news" family, decorating for the holiday. and that, of course, means christmas trees. >> there was one christmas tree in london. it doesn't seem that christmasy to us. here's the bbc's david sillito. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: across the world, it is lighting up time. bu

this is the abc 7 morning news. thank you for joining us. he golden gate bridge early this monday morning. you see the fog has already arrived here. not all that dense but it could cause problems for drivers coming in, especially with the wet roads, the wet bridge deck you're seeing there. will it be dry today? christine hanson's gonna tell you. will that dry condition continue? no. she'll have more on that coming up. 5:41. developing news now out of rome. this morning police and bomb squad experts are examining a mail bomb found outside the greek embassy in rome. the discovery followed package bombs that exploded friday it the chilean and swiss embassies injuring the two people that opened them. anarchists groups claim responsibility. there have been several reports of suspicious packages in recent days of that turned out to be false alarms. eight americans have been killed in a tour bus crash in egypt and a couple from san francisco survived the wreck. a officials there say four tour buses were traveling together when the middle bus crashed

the list. in fremont, abc 7 news. >> and thank you. there is a tragic twist to the murder of a san francisco teenager yesterday, turns out he drifted away from an antiviolence program he'd been involved in most of his life. the 18-year-old was found shot yesterday afternoon in the 1400 block of visitation avenue near britain street. he had been a participant in the area's real options for city kids program, better known as rock. since the first grade. >> and involved in after school programs and marshal arts program to saturday programs and summer programs able to get out of the element, just be himself. challenge himself with people who are supportive. >> donaldson's younger brother is still in the program. so far there is no word on a motive in this killing. >> the former bart police officer sentenced to prison for killing an unarmed passenger is not getting out on bail. johannes mehserle is serving a two-year sentence in the shooting death of oscar grant. mehserle told the court he thought he'd drawn his taser. laura anthony joins us

intended clubs have attempted to restrict access and have had applications filed against them by the abc due to age discrimination. i think that is what the counselor is referring to. had this been a type 48 application, it would have been a moot point. i appreciate the intent of our station. i would say this. if the commission elected to have this commission, that would certainly be significant mitigation in the extremely unlikely event that abc attempts to file an accusation if they understood the spirit was that when food is being consumed we recognize this is a mixed crowd and when food is no longer being consumed it is an expectation that people are 21 and older. briefly, in conclusion, what i would say is if the commission goes with this condition it would be extraordinarily difficult for abc to file a successful application given that we would have a more restrictive local restriction. in the alternative, there would be no basis by any governmental organization saying why you are restricting age. president newlin: thank you for that. i was surprised abc would file an action agains

. >> reporter: he created diplomas now, a program aimed at tackling what he calls the abcs, attendancegns for future dropouts. >> you guys are really doing great. >> reporter: students falling behind on any of the abcs are flagged weekly early intervention meetings. because there is rarely just one program there is a program to support students in class and in their neighborhoods. even teachers receive extra training. in another program, near-peers as they're called like jason are tutors and mentors mostly 20 somethings not far from school themselves. they shadow the same students from class to class. already, it's made a difference. at chicago talent, average daily attendance at 90%, eight points above chicago public schools. and so far, 92% of ninth graders are on track to graduate. 28 points above the district average. >> he'll listen and help, help me get through it so i can come to school the next day. >> reporter: it was as if he was saying you are his safe place. >> i mean, that hits me right here because that's the biggest part of our job is relationship building. so, finding s

it is 4:43. 4:44 on the abc 7 morning news. look at some of the presip we're getting out there. this is the bay bridge and the cars zipping right along on the slippery bridge deck. courtesy of frances dinglasan. keep those speeds down this morning. >> yep. >> because a skid is a terrible thing to waste. so be careful. >> more news now. police in southern california say they're pleased with the outcome of a dangerous plan to incinerate a house packed with explosives. explosives experts set fire to this home by remote control. the flames destroyed a huge stockpile of weapons and explosived discovered inside the house. authorities decided to burn the home because it was just too dangerous to remove the explosives. neighbors say they're glad everything went off without a hitch. >> i think we can all breathe a sigh of relief. it's getting back to life as it was before this event. >> this is the largest cache of explosives ever discovered in the home of the u.s. the man who rented the house faces bomb making and bank robbery charges.

the traffic link. kristen? >> megan, thanks a lot. it's 6:19. abc'sanchez has it all in today's what's hot. >> the passion and intrigue of the tango. for other tangos and musical class similar starring cheryl berk of dancing with the stars fame. marines memorial theater. put some fun in your holiday life. try skating. the setting of union square continuing into the new year. ♪ >> oakland ballet presents a new production of the holiday classic the nutcracker reimagined in a fresh new way. a bay area premier in the paramount theater. >> although my last boyfriend had given me a piece of coal and he told me he would marry me when it turned into a diamond from all the pressure. >> now she headlines the kosher comedy show in the new asian restaurant. jewish comedy onchristmas in a chinese restaurant. eight shows. >>> they are legended. the bay area's own tower of power, their 42nd year and as solid as ever. neighborhoods around i bay show off christmas decorations but hard to top deacon dave in livermore. 23,000 lights plus figures and sets a memorable exp

the extraordinary story of our abc reporter and the boy whose life he changed forever. he came to the u.s. from a war zone. what happened next was shocking. how a fairy tale turned into a nightmare. all on tape. a special edition of "nightline" starts right now. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," december 1st, 2010. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. and tonight, we bring you a special edition of "nightline," the extraordinary story of a reporter and the iraqi boy he tried to help. and how it all went terribly wrong. the story begins in baghdad in 2006, two weeks before saddam hussein was hanged, with sectarian violence raging in the runup to the u.s. troop surge. life took an unexpected turn. here's his account of when dan met dan. >> reporter: it all starts with a chance meeting at a school in baghdad in the middle of a gun fight. >> shots. a lot of shots. >> reporter: you're how old? >> me? 18. >> reporter: what's your name? dan. shooting again. >> yeah. we'r

this study is published in the journal of science. >> it is 4:57. next on abcews at 5:00, the smart meter opponents that claim the devices are hazardous to your health. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in fremont where a convicted sex offender is expected in court today, not for what he did years ago but for what he did yesterday on the floor of a dollar store in union city in broad daylight. the story coming up in a live report. >> and earning green versus growing green. the final decision comes down in a turf war between mmmm. you don't love me anymore do you billy? what? i didn't buy this cereal to sweet talk your taste buds it's for my heart health. so i can't have any? if you can deprive me of what can help lower my cholesterol... and live with yourself. right. mmm, i worry about your mother. cry herself to sleep every night over my arteries, but have yourself a bowl. good speech dad. [ whimper ] [ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and its whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. bee happy. bee healthy. =ñ=with the kfc festive feast.Ññ give y

on the day of the report, abc's john donvan, on the fallen more than nine years in. >> reporter: it seems we need reminders -- the "rest of us," that yes, there is a war. and when it intrudes, as it did on wednesday, this is los angeles, middle of everyone's day, that can still get, it did get, the proper amount of attention and appreciation for a sacrifice that the rest of us, truthfully, only rarely let into our thoughts. at the start, of course, we all shared the wound. and when he made this vow -- >> and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. >> reporter: we were nearly all behind it. only 23 days later, the vow kept. the first strikes in afghanistan, operation enduring freedom. they were there, and we -- the "rest of us," -- we were the homefront. was it a different time? in obvious ways, sure. the guy who would invent facebook later, "time's" man of the year, wasn't even in college yet. the guy who would be president later was a total unknown teaching in chicago. 3,357 days. time enough for kids in middle school in 2001 to be in combat now. time enough

the movie rental service new deal with disney covers delivery for abc network and for the first time and all this as netflix makes an aggressive effort to lower its dependence on the dying business of mail order dvd's. netflix by the way doing more than recharging its business. also one of the companies recharge batteries literally. it has two electric car charging stations at the headquarters. the bay area companies like that along with microdevices and other companies that already have charges facilities or considering getting those. also here this morning we've got the markets as i mentioned mere just a little bit higher. and that is business at the new york stock exchange. i'm jane king. >> jane, thank you so much. have a great thursday. we'll see you tomorrow. >> more news for you right now. roseville a 17-year-old boy has turned himself in for a restaurant prank that went terribly wrong. david was working at a drive-through window when the teen ordered a hot spinach dish and then threw it back at him. it left him with second degree burns and possible permanent scars. it was appa

. >> it's 4:45. facebook.com users will begin noticing something different today. >> coming up on the abcmorning news, the new information your friends will see now on your profile page. >> high stakes in the fight against higher taxes. >>> all right. welcome back. it is almost 4:48 on this monday. i want to draw your attention to the great lakes and the east coast with the deep breeze. look at atlanta, high of 39. that's insane. d.c. and pretty close to new york and boston. 20 chicago, 29 st. louis and that's also where we see most of our activity and this lake-effect snow. we have rain here around l.a. and salt lake but no delays. if any develop, you know where to turn to, yeah, our flight tracker at abc7news.com. you can turn to eric for the news, also. here he is. >> thank you, mike. it's 4:48 now. facebook.com is resigning the profile pages of its 500 million plus subscribers to make it more a reflection what it calls users' real lives. facebook.com says that the changes are meant to make to make it easier to tell their stories of their lives. it includes a new bio section that inclu

it is 6:14 on the abc 7 morning news. ve high definition from our rooftop cameras through the embarcadero there. it is wet. the bay bridge behind it is wet as well and frances has been telling us about spinouts this morning. you want to be careful as you're driving in this morning. watch for those high winds as the bridge as well. a new survey finds the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline has jumped almost 4 cents in the last two weeks. the latest survey pegs the pump price as $2.91 nationwide. denver had the lowest average priced among cities surveyed at $2.61 a gallon. long island, new york, was highest at $3.21. i bet we could beat that here in california. the average price was $3.14 a gallon. >> you may be able to get flavor-infused alcoholic drinks in your favorite bar and restaurant. clearing up a post-prohibition legal code. they say they cannot infuse alcohol with different flavors. leno's bill would allow bars and restaurants to flavor small amounts of liquor with fruits, vegetables and spices. >> in aus

but in order to increase the contract for abc, it says it is $50. ould have to come back to the board to ask, can you increase contractor abc, to $70,000. supervisor elsbernd: i understand procedurally what you have to do, but what i am not understanding -- what happens if you are reducing program a to those dollar that you are now saving? does that go into the contingency fund? >> no, we reduced the contract for the other contractor and remove the dollars. supervisor elsbernd: so if you are moving those dollars, other than the procedural point of not having to come back to the board of supervisors, why do you need a contingency pop? it seems this is purely about procedure. if it is just about procedure, there has to be a way we can fix the procedure so we do not have to appropriate 12% of the money you are not using. i am not hearing you tell me that you're spending that money. i am here you tell me that you just need the money available to procedurally avoid having to come back to us. that money is not being drawn down. >> i think the confusion is,

the tweets started at about 10:00 p.m.. abc twitter about his broken down amtrak -- stephen tschida took to twitter about his broken down amtrak train. as midnight came and went, he grew more desperate. the reporter, who is been a journalist longer than meters to end it, suddenly became the story. >> when you are alone in the dark, it is late at night, you do not want to call people and say it is 1:00 a.m. and i am freezing cold. i think i will tweet about what is happening around me. >> another twist. -- another twist. -- another tweet. >> stephen tschida joins us live from, where else, on a train. >> i am on the train heading back to d.c. a bit exhausted, but banks will that this train is moving smoothly. -- but thankful that this train is moving smoothly. >> did you your tweets would blow up the way they have? >> absolutely not. i thought i would use this tool. as a journalist, you feel compelled to share information. essentially, in the early morning hours, my blackberry was going crazy. it has blown up. it is kind of an om

and we will profile the local organization that played a big role in the abc news special. >>> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar, and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >> good morning. i want to look outside as we are dark and we are quiet and breezy but nearly as windy as yesterday. it's cold. let's show you the time-lapse from down town baltimore yesterday. sunny skies giving way to clouds. a few passing flurries to the north. wind gusting over 40 miles per hour and temperatures were stuck in the 20s all day long. and, most locations. 28 officially with the high temperature at bwi-marshall, 18 towards altuna. richmond and norfolk southeast virginia, they are actually in par with us this morning at 20 and they are 21 norfolk. roanoke 19. and some of these places have a few shots of snow. and i mention that because this is going to be a unique pattern where there may be more snow to the south than we get here over the course of the next week. wind chills down into the single digits in some spots and as we watch a quiet pattern, we are dry. the satellite shows clear

the abc board suspended the u street club liquor license when five employees were arrested after a man died outside the dc-9 club in october. witnesses say the workers chased that man and attacked him after he threw bricks through the club windows. charges against the men were eventually dropped and the suspension of the club's liquor license ends today. >> the man convicted of killing a popar hip-hop produce ner prince george's county will spend the rest of his life in prison. alexis was sentenced to 140 years in prison yesterday. he was convicted in october of killing raymond brown in 2006 outside his mitchellville home. police say brown was murdered when he chased down a man trying to steal the wheels off his car. alexis will not beligibleor parole until 2080, when he will be 94 years old. >>> the only survivor of a medical helicopter crash in maryland has filed a $50 million lawsuit against the faa. jordan wells was originally injured in a car crash in 2008. she was being flown by medevac to a hospital when a chopper crashed due to foggy weather. she lost her leg. four others on bo

>> have you seen the gentleman before? i have. he's abc own arts and entertainment reporter don sanchez and he got into the act a short time ago in front of macy's. this marks the 30th year local celebrities are ringing bells to encourage people to toss coin and bills into the salvation army kettle. the bell-ringing tradition started in san francisco in the 1890s before going global. i don't remember who used to drop 20-dollar gold pieces in there back then. >> all that small change does add up though. it really doesn't. >> don had a little rhythm there, too. >> looked like it was dry for a moment where he was standing. >> these the trend. drier as the day unfolds and even through the weekend. tahoe, no new snow but looks kind of neat now with some of those clouds hanging around. we're looking from the heavenly cam here. and kind of warm. i'll have that forecast for you here in a minute. let's bring you back home and show you what's going on here. rather foggy in some spots as we look at emeryville this morning. live doppler 7 hd picking u

some council members want more time to look into the issue. here's abc's allen wong. >> he did this for us, the nation. we have the responsibility to return the favor to him. he is a hero. he needs our support. >> the proposed resolution would honor private bradley manning for leaking sensitive information and causing an international embarrassment for the u.s. >> i'm urging you not to vote for this resolution to call this trader, bradley manning a hero. if he has done what he's accused of doing, he has endangered his fellow troops is manning is in a military jail facing a 52-year prison sentence for posting documents posted online by wikileaks founding julianna assange. the majority are not top secret but one of the most crucial leeks is this u.s. helicopter killing in afghanistan. it exposes a government coverup and sheds light on war crimes and corruption. >> the state department would like us to believe he's unleashed danger to our troops but they haven't pointed to a single person harmed by these releases. >> a retired army general paul mun rue who

it's 4:42 on the abc 7 morning news. live look at the early morning picture of san francisco, the downtown area. you see the lights on the buildings. what you may not see is the rain that is out there in spots. it started off as scattered sprinkles and is picking up in intensity. mike's going to tell us more where we're going to see that rain coming up in a couple minutes. >> more news. drivers waiting for licenses to arrive in the mail will have to wait a little longer. it's currently taking up to six weeks to get a new license issued as opposed to the usual 2 to 3 weeks. state officials unveiled the dramatically redesigned license with hidden photos and raised lettering to help foil counterfeiters. if you're driving with an expired license and are stopped by police, the dmv advises the officers can check to see if you paid for a new one. >> a first for a long standing holiday display. thieves hit alameda christmas tree lane repeatedly over the weekend. >> this is small compared to the ones they took because the other on

sleep well, on the wings of lunesta. >>> and here some are stories to watch today abc news. assange finds out today if he'll be granted bail after his arrest on sex assault charges. meanwhile in washington, lawmakers will discuss the sensitive information exposed by his website. >>> a soyuz spacecraft blasted off this morning from kazakhstan, taking astronauts from russia, the u.s. and italy to the international space station. >>> after 25 years larry king signs off for the last time tonight. the talk show premiered on cnn back in 1985. >>> finally, some people will go to any length to lose weight. there are surgeries, fad diets and the traditional way, sweating off the pounds. >> now you can drop the pounds by dropping the temperatures. it's called thermal dieting. andrea canning put it to the test. >> reporter: why would anyone want to walk outside in the bitter cold like this? >> we're doing it in the name of weight loss. >> oh, really good. >> reporter: we're trying thermal dieting. a new understanding of how cool temperatures can melt pounds. we are below freezing now,

>> have you seen the gentleman before? i have. he's abc own arts and entertainment reporter don sanchez and he got into the act a short time ago in fron of macy's. this mks the 30th year local celebrities ar ringing bells to encourage people to toss coin and bills into the salvation army kettle. the bell-ringing tradition started in san fransco in the 1890s before going global. i don't remember who used to drop 20-dollar gold pieces in there back then. >> all that small change does add up though. it really doesn't. >> don ha a little rhythm there, too. >> looked like it was dry for a moment where he was standing. >> these the trend. drier as the day unfolds and even through the weeke. tahoe, no new snow but looks kind of neat now with some of those clouds hangi around. we're looking from the heavenly cam here. and kind of warm. i'll hav that forecast for you here in a minute. let's bring you back home and show you what's going on here. rather foggy in some spots as we look at emeryville this morning. live doppler 7 hd picking up radar retu

the series "afghanistan: can we win?" all this week on abc> when we come back, check out the latest from hollywood in "the skinny." >>> folks are having a very special december down under. you may remember, oprah started her final season in september. the big news, everyone is going to australia! everyone's landed in australia. all 300 folks. there she goes. they landed there yesterday, of course. a huge scene at the sydney airport. they had reporters there, photographers. oprah said she'd arrive later in the week, of course traveling by private jet. this is her big trip, it will be featured in an episode coming up later in her season. the government there is spending 4 million bucks on this trip. they say the tourism advertising dollars it will bring in just from the exposure on "the oprah show" in the 145 countries she airs in will more than make up for that money. they are about to begin this once in a lifetime trip in australia. they're having a wonderful eight-day trip with the one and only oprah. lucky. >> i know one person who's not je

the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. brad wheelis, abc were dismissed under the don't ask, don't tell policy will be at the white house today. they are guests of the president, who today will sign an official repeal of that policy. it was put into place back in 1993 to ban gays and lesbians from serving openly. the pentagon must now issue some new rules, including how and when gays who were dismissed can be allowed back into the u.s. military. >>> well, it now appears the federal government has enough money to stay in business until march. that's because the house followed the senate's lead last night, passing a bill to keep funding every government agency into the spring. it was necessary because congress failed to pass a single one of a dozen spending bills required to fund day-to-day government operations. >>> southern nevada's in a state of emergency now after flooded creeks closed some roads in the las vegas area this morning. it's all from that vicious storm that has dumped heavy rain on the west since friday. higher elevations are

if it hasn't passed by then it will include the tax bill. abc news washington. >>> looks like we can lemons or cherries by the end of next year, developer david told us plans at the temporary casino going up will be 2,000 slots a limited venue bar at the parking garage next o the mall. they hope to start work on the parking garage next year. the actual -- is expected to open late in 2012. a license to operate a site west of maryland still hasn't been handed out yet and in february we will fine out who is the builder of slots in baltimore city. >>> as you can recall the slots for nearly a decade before the first levers were pulled. plenty of other states legalized casino -- so he wondered how those have work out for them. well in south dakota casino bill dropped the revenue thanks mostly to the down economy. but early winter storms have kept gamblers home and many believe a new state-wide smoking ban, that's a part. >>> we have only had three weeks in november and a few weeks in december and we are getting worse numbers than we had a couple of we

bee healthy. >> 4:43 on the abc 7 morning unless you. a live look at san francisco international airport this friday morning. you can see the tarmac there is wet. if you look carefully through the lights you can see there is rain falling. this is just the start, folks. we have a series of storms coming through. as mike said this may be the weakest of them all. a lot of preparations underway. >> state regulators are ordering pg&e to turn down the gas pressure in two major pipelineless in the east bay. the blast killed eight people and destroyed 37 homes. some of the pipe segments that failed were only welded from the outside rather than from both the inside and outside. the state public utilities commission wants pg&e to cut gas pressure by 20% in transmission lines that run from oakland to fremont and from fremont to milpitas until those lines are inspected. >> a production company in san francisco's mission district now wants to host community events at the old national guard armory it took over four years ago. the ceo of kink.com says i

for the latest go to abc7news.com and click on the traffic link under abc 7 extras. sa. >> megan, thanks for all the updates. >> listen. people across the country continue to praise the high school runner from here in san francisco after she made a memorable finish at the state cross country championship meet. the 16-year-old attends university high school. as the runners describe it, reynolds hilt the wall just before reaching the finish line last saturday in fresno and started walking. she collapsed just before crawling across the finish like. reynolds has been inspired all season long by her coach jim tracy who is battling lou gehrigs diseases. they shared their story with abc's "good morning america." >> once i hit the finish line and i fell, really the only thing besides confusion that i could think about was just finishing and finishing for jim and for my team ultimately. >> you can see the rest of that interview on "good morning america." it starts at 7:00 right here on abc 7. the university red devils won the state title thanks in part to reynolds finishing th

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the toys. yunji de nies, abc news, san francisco. >> funny, happy meal's been around since 1979. it's made mcdonald's one of the biggest toy distributors in the world. >> as you might have imagined watching that story, experts are weighing in saying it's likely mcdonald's will win this case. but of course that's after multiple rounds of legal wrangling. >> we'll see how it winds up. >>> other news this morning, the government is going after billions of dollars of damages from bp and other companies involved in the gulf oil spill. a new lawsuit claims the companies disregarded safety regulations in drilling the well that eventually blew out and caused that massive catastrophe. no exact dollar amount has been set because the government says the full extent of the damage is still unknown. bp said it will reply in court. >>> a fast-moving storm is bringing more snow and freezing rain from cincinnati down to the southeast. a treacherous layer of ice covered roads in tennessee, causing many drivers to lose control of their cars and trucks. a school bus in memphis slid into a ditch. luck

the situation here is very unpredictable. abcews, seoul. >> facebook.com ceo mark zuckerberg is in china this morning touring the top search engine there. the meeting between zuckerberg who has study manned erin and its ceo in beijing after posting gloomy photos of zuckerberg online. the world's largest internet market is china. they won't say what the tech mobiles discussed. the meeting does not pore tell facebook.com's entry into china which has actually blocked facebook.com since 2009. breaking news. a live look at terminal a at new washing liberty international airport in new jersey. one of the busiest airports in the country where officials have shut everything down. while they investigate a bomb threat. you can see a lot of police vehicles there. we know the bomb squad has been called but officials are not saying much else yet. we'll continue to bring you more as we get it. again, terminal a at newark international airport completely shut down while officials investigate a bomb threat. if there's any impact on sfo traffic i

the district's abc ard suspended the liquor license when five employees were arresteded after a manied outside that club. the workers chased that man and attacked him after he threw bricks through the window. charges were evtually dropped and the suspension of the club's liquor license ends today >> police need your help in finding a man who shot a woman in prince george's county. jerry williams jr. is accused of attempted murder after a woman surd a gunshot wound on monday in the 7900 bck of oxen hill road. police believe this was the result of a domestic dispute. anyone with information about williams's whereabouts is asked to call prince george's commute. >>> police. >>> the fire started just fore 8:00 last night in the 500 block of garrett a. morgan boulevard in capital heights. when they arrived they found fire spreading up e outside of a three-story hotownhouse. no one was injured and the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> and a fire tore through one townhouse and spread to two others in largo, maryland. the two-alarm fire started 7:00 last night. and we had ment

there is a fascinating article on the abc website. hey say making reservations, checking out with a credit card, even one woman went so far as to say when her daughter applied to schools they actually put "no relation" on all the applications because there's that immediate association. last name, maybe it's connected. >> just like a scarlet letter for the rest of your life, that's incredible. what a family saga that is. >>> coming up, anything but smooth sailing lately on cruise ships. >> what cruise lines are doing when passengngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngn

here we come, frank. >> reporter: part of the original announce team for abc's "monday night footballt's good to be back, i've missed you. >> i didn't know you cared. >> reporter: it was a tv revolution, football in prime time. and the men of "monday night" were treated like rock stars. with his texas charm, meredith was the perfect foil to howard cosell, often more entertaining than the game. >> it's texas cornpone, "dandy" don meredith. >> i've never said anything ugly about you, howard. >> reporter: he once said, "i don't know how badly i'd feel if i wasn't remembered at all." well, he is remembered. legions today are singing his trademark song. ♪ the party's over ♪ they say that all good things must end ♪ ♪ call it a night the party's over ♪ ♪ and tomorrow and next year starts the same old thing again ♪ >> reporter: john berman, abc news, new york. >> the irresistible don meredith. >>> great to begin the week with you. we'll see you tomorrow nab >>> tonight money raised for victims of the san bruno pipeline fire y it's not getting to those who need a help lg hand. >> the governor'