. >> reporter: this man right here, eric walker, made up a plan to rob. police say 23-year-old eric walker is one of the suspect the in the barbershop armed robbery -- one of the suspects in the barbershop armed robbery. the teenager worked here once a week, doing odd jobs. police say he later confessed. >> he admitted that he was involved in the planning of the robbery, part of that was the faineing of the robbery -- feigning of the robbery so that he would not look suspicious. >> reporter: holmes says walker stole his keys to his suv, his wallet and jewelry. this led to an amber alert. holmes asked the teen if he was involved. >> are you involved in this? he said, no. that guy robbed me like he robbed you. okay. where did he take you? he said he took me on lone tree. >> reporter: investigators said they went to the house on lone way and that's where they arrested walker. >> during the search we located a sawed-off shot gun that we believe was used in the robbery. >> reporter: all right. walker is facing carjacking, armed robbery, enhancements for using

23-year-old eric walker pull it off. >> one of the key areas that the juvenile was involved in was providing information to mr. walker about when the owner would have money, places he would store the money, secreted in the vehicle in the barber shop. >> i was hurt knowing that someone i really cared about could stab me in the back like he d. then i thought to myself, well, there has to be a reason for him doing it. was he put up to it? >> reporter: though hurt, holmes says he won't abandon the teenager. a boy who's had a rough life and little guidance. he says the young man wrote him a letter saying he's sorry. >> he's very remorseful for what he's done. and he's realized his mistakes. i want him to know that i love him, i care for him still. i forgive him for everything that he's done. and he needs to think about his life and think about his future. and now start making the right choices. >> reporter: now holmes isn't the only one feeling the sting. of course this incident set off a statewide amber alert. people up and down the state were looking for the teenager. now we understand the dist

his name is eric walker. u.n. and on monday afternoon with a sawed- off shotgun and demanded money from the owner a curious skin and soft as a void was in of this all along. >> in an hour, the american civil-rights record change in the sentence is a chapter of the naacp will be with the family of deshon marman to deliver nearly 40,000 signatures to the u.s. airways ticket counter at sfo demanding an apology for the discriminatory treatment they say deshon marman received after he refused to pull of his sagging a handful in heedless kicked off of the airplane, arrested and jailed. charges were dropped when the d.a. determine that there was no case. we're back with more of a couple of minutes. >> we are continuing to track a hot spot on 680 southbound 3 pleasanton fit air-traffic is backed up nearly to the 680 interchange. a normal drive time of 25 and is is up to 38 minutes. there are no good alternates. >> and breaking news, social security checks will not be delayed. the august checks are in the mail. that is all

eric walker is also charged. >>> the trouble crisis that governor brown is sounding off on. >> plus ave smashes in a police car sending -- a driver smashes into a police car sending the officer flying but it's what happened afterwards that's more unbelievable. stay with us. ,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,, >>> good morning, bay area. happy friday. if you are just getting up, very gloomy start to the day again. low clouds and fog and drizzle showing up out toward the coastline. the fog particularly thick at the beach. low clouds in the bay and the valleys. so here we are starting out gray again but by the afternoon a little improved as we'll see a little more sunshine inland. 70s and mid-80s in the warmest spots. many 60s inside the bay and 70s inside the santa clara valley and at the coast not much clearing, cool temperatures, 50s and 60s. slightly warmer for most folks as we'll see more sunshine but still you have this trough on the west coast helping to ramp up that marine layer bringing the low clouds and drizzle and low clouds extending all the way inland today. looks like by the afternoon suns

interview with the owner and see what he has to say about this herein the 23 year-old son name is eric walker he is the one and had a sawed-off shotgun used in or are >> time now 6 03 a.m. residents of the bay area are are asking a u.s. air ways to apologize for the arrest of this man buried the sampras's coach chapter of the naacp is going to deliver over 4000 signatures to the ticket counter of u.s. air ways. he was arrested and jailed on june 15th when he refused to palapa's sagging pants charges against the the 20 year-old were dropped later dropped. >> we will be watching for the opening bell on wall street the dow was up 827. there is week a economic news coming out this week s&p dropped even tell lawmakers have reached this agreement with the debt ceiling it is lowering its outlook on at the united states. we'll wait and see what the as and he does today the 12 member bipartisan committee wall have to come up with 1.2 trillion dollars worth of cuts by banks giving failure to approve the cuts well let the gop hookups to things like the poor. backup to grow larger in the next in years re

also arrested in the case 23- year-old eric walker this man. both suspects scheduled to be arraigned today. >>> oakland police are launching a new effort with community groups to try and curb prostitution. last night activists marched down the part of international boulevard known as the strip to try to call attention to the sex trade. they also posted a billboard warning johns to stay out. the police chief says prostitution is often linked to a lot of other crimes. >> what we have seen in our city is that some of those doing drug dealing are also doing -- there are pimps doing the -- the young prostitutes out there, too. we have to focus on both. and they are also doing the shootings in the city. so all these things are tied together. >> the police department had wanted to send the johns potentially embarrassing letters and put their mug shots on the department's website. but the city attorney is not sure if they can legally access the dmv database for that purpose. so we'll have to wait and see. >>> 6:12 on your friday. a major recall just is

-year-old eric walker. >>> trial in egypt of the ousted president. hosni mubarak appeared in a cairo courtroom laying in a hospital bed inside a cage. doctors say mubarak is suffering from heart problems. he is charged with corruption and ordering the telling of protestors during the uprising that forced him out of office this year. there are nine co-defendants in the case including his two sons. >>> here in the u.s., the battle over the debt ceiling is over for now after president obama signed a plan that no one seems to like. but the economic fallout continues as the stock markets all around the world are dropping in a big way. today japan's nikkei index fell about 2%. major european markets are down. dow futures are up slightly. yesterday was the 8th straight day the dow dropped over 200 points yesterday. >>> so far the u.s. is hanging on to the aaa credit rating but financial agent says say there can be a downgrade in the next year or so if the powers that be don't deal with the debt problem a bipartisan committee of 12 lawmakers will have until

they also arrested 23-year-old eric walker who investigators say was the gunman in the robbery. >>> a watery mess this morning cleaned up in an upscale marin county town after a water main burst. it led to massive shower of rocks and water, damaging nearby cars. but it could have been a lot worse. abc7's terry mcsweeney is live in belvedere in may bridge road. terry? >> it rained here last night. thousands of rocks at this size. they were knocked up in the air as a result of a broken fire hydrant pipe over where the men are working right now. it sent out 500 gallons of water per minute for 20 minutes. 10,000 gallons. but it wasn't the water doing the damage. it was the rocks that came down and had this happened just a few hours later, as you mentioned, it could have been far worse. the damaged vehicles are testimony to what happened out here this morning. mercedes, coded in rock and -- coated in rock and debris. bmw without a window. a neighbor said it sounded like a massive hailstorm. it was loud and sudden. not that bob heller was all that shaken by it. what did you hear last night?

both he and the gunman, 23-year-old eric walker, have been arrested. >> also new at 11:00, this is a jaycee 24 hours in thecc1: case.cc1: today, a report was released and never before seen video. we bring in cheryl hurd who joins us. i know some of this is difficult to listen to. >> reporter: it was indeed, raj. the district attorney along with the state senator releasing more shocking video and documents in the garrido case, saying they know the system is broken but c: it's imperative that it gets fixed. you hearcc1: he voice is nancy garrido, coaching a 5-year-old girl to do the splits in the back of the family van. prosecutors say this was taken in may of 1993. two years after jaycee dugard was kidnapped. cc1: >> reporter: state senator ted gaines. >> i think a great opportunity to take a look at a very bad situation and make good from it. >> reporter: the d.a.'s office releasing findings regarding the case, spelling out the top five mistakes law enforcement made. iscc1: that e mistake garrido was able to manipulate a flawed system. >> repeatedly when he was seeking to be released

antioch police just released this photo of the armed robbery suspect. 23-year-old eric walker is accused of robbing a barbershop on monday. investigators say they found a sawed-off shotgun in his apartment along with property stolen during the robbery. authorities issued an amber alert when they thought a 16- year-old boy was kidnapped during that armed robbery. hassan ford admitted he was not abducted. he was then arrested because of the evidence that he may have helped with that robbery. >>> tech gadgets are the goal in a bay area spree hitting palo alto schools. police are investigating a burglary at jordan middle school where five apple macbook were stolen. a laptop and bike were stolen from a classroom at palo alto high. six digital cameras have also been stolen at the high school. now police believe a summer camp participant might be responsible. >>> golden gate bikers, move on over. there is now one lane for bikes and one for walkers on the sidewalk of the east side of the bridge now. the goal is to keep bicyclists and the pedestrians from running into each other. bridge officials

police arrested the suspected robber, eric walker. investigators say they found a sawed-off shotgun and stolen property in his apartment. >>> schools on the peninsula have apparently been targets for thieves. in the past couple of weeks, four schools have been hit. mark sayre on what those thieves are after and i guess word of a possible break in the case. mark. >> reporter: well, allen, at this point police are not sure whether or not these crimes are related but they do say anytime that you are stealing from schools, well, you're stealing from students and taxpayers, and it is a serious offense. >>> reporter: 18-year-old alleged fredo gonzalez and 19- year-old castillo of east palo alto were arrested this morning by palo alto police. they won't say what led them to the pair. but they are suspected in at least one of four separate school burglaries over the past two weeks. on july 22, two lap stops were stolen from gunn high school. authorities found a classroom window open and screens hidden in nearby bushes. police have recovered b

robbery, carjacking, fire arm charges, that suspected robber you see there has also been charged, eric walker. >>> in san francisco a rescue 16 storeys up. two window washers dangled from their safety harnesses outside this high-rise condo complex in mission bay after the ropes on one side of the scaffolding gave way. rescuers shifted one window washer on to the roof, he was hospitalised with serious injuries, rescuers pulled the second worker through a window, he wasn't hurt as badly. cal o.s.h.a. is looking into with to what happened. >> now an update into one of the greatest mysteries of the 70s, d.b. cooper jumped out of a plane and was never seen again. 40 years later this is warming up. an oklahoma woman has come forward claiming to be cooper's niese. the san francisco connection to the only unsolved sky jacking in maryland. >> i was flying back from seattle to portland. >> reporter: he tells his story the first time. he was on the plane with d.b. cooper and found himself alone in the back of the plane while they circled seattle. >> i said gee, we were up here so long, if we were up her

also arrested in the case, 23- year-old eric walker. >>> time now 4:37. let's get a quick look at traffic and weather. these are just two of the doughnuts that our weatherman, mr. lawrence karnow, brought in, of the 700. >> you know what? they smell divine. >> i've eaten the other 698! they are great, especially on friday. [ laughter ] >>> we have low clouds and fog surging onshore to the valleys and drizzle at the coast. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. starting out very gray this morning. it's going to burn off but again these temperatures below average maybe a little warmer than yesterday. still looking at about 83 degrees, sunshine in livermore, 82 concord, 85 on the warm end in fairfield. inside the bay cooler and a lot longer for it to break up, about 68 degrees in oakland and about 78 degrees in san jose. and out at the coast, not a lot of sunshine there but temperatures in the 50s and 60s. things improve on sunday. tomorrow a push. but temperatures begin to warm up as high pressure builds in on sunday. warmer weather looks like monday, tuesday and

they also arrested 23-year-old eric walker who investigators say was the gunman in the robbery. >>> a watery mess this morning cleaned up in an upscale marin county town after a water main burst. it led to massive shower of rocks and water, damaging nearby cars. but it could have been a lot worse. abc7's terry mcsweeney is live in belvedere in may bridge road. terry? >> it rained here last night. thousands of rocks at this size. they were knocked up in the air as a result of a broken fire hydrant pipe over where the men are working right now. it sent out 500 gallons of water per minute for 20 minutes. 10,000 gallons. but it wasn't the water doing the damage. it was the rocks that came down and had this happened just a few hours later as you mentioned it could have been far worse. the damaged vehicles are testimony to what happened out here this morning. mercedes coded in rock and -- coated in rock and debris. bmw without a window. a neighbor said it sounded like a massive hailstorm. it was loud and sudden. not that bob heller was all that shaken by it. what did you hear last night? >>

he confessed he was an accomplice and police arrested the suspected suspect eric walker. >>> a strange scene in egypt as a trial began for the country's ousted president. hosni mubarak appeared in a cairo courtroom laid out on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars. doctors say mubarak is suffering from heart problems. he is charged with corruption and ordering the killing of protestors during the uprising that forced him out of others earlier this year -- office earlier this year. there are nine co-defendants in this case including his two opposite is. >>> activists in syria say there are new explosions today in a city. phone lines in the city are not working and they appear to be cut. it is estimated more than 100 people opposed to president assad have been killed since sunday. that uprising is in its fifth month. >>> the battle over the debt ceiling is over for now after president obama signed a plan that no one seems to like. but as jay dow reports, the economic fallout continues as stock markets around the world continue to drop. >>> reporter: president obama may have

they arrested the 23 year- old man, his name was eric walker also went to an antioch apartment and found that saw off shotgun that was used behind recovery in fake kidnapping. that is the very latest, reporting from antioch i am will tran with kron4 news. >> new steps have been taken to ease its ingestion on the golden gate bridge. but we are not talking about a car traffic. bicyclist and pedestrians have been talking of the problem and the problem has been getting worse. that is because the walkway that is normally open for a cyclist on weekends with shutdown in may because of construction. here is what is being done to help. >> it you can see the markers that have been painted on the side of the golden gate bridge, they have a symbol of an adult and child on one side a bicycle on the other and the dotted line divider in between to help control the chaos and confusion that has been happening out here between the bicyclist and pedestrians since as many as 16,000 people a day can crowd the walkway. the signs suggest that those on foot to stay on the side next to the railing since they are

alert faces criminal charges, and i police say that this 16 year-old along with the adults suspect eric walker barbershop and fakes and kidnapping investigator said that walker went into the store with a gun, stole money and it appeared to take the boy by force police say that the teenager later admitted to taking part in the crime. police are looking for a man that they say tried to kidnap a 10 year-old girl in gilroy. we have a set-- sketch of the suspect. the suspect's car is described as a white '90s honda to door with a black roof. a registered sex offender that is his photograph he is accused of trying to of duck a woman. napa police said that he pulled up next to the woman. she was pushing a stroller on highway 29 and they say he offered credit --offered her a ride, when she refused, he grabbed her, she got away and he was arrested a short time later at his home. a housing crunch means that some students will soon be living in a hotel instead of a dorm at san jose state university. rob fladeboe explains why and take a look the people tell chosen to house the extra students. >> when scho

man at the was arrested found at the thought of shotgun used in oriental kidnapping his name is eric walker is now behind bars and this morning. >> police believe that it was kind of a set up it was planned allied land? >> they did not go that far when they were giving a statement he could truly be a victim but they are still scratching their head is very rel. a person is kidnapped during a commercial barr rory's. he did not rule that out i as the investigator when alice said it was suspicious why he didn't get up phone call from has signed i as the investigator you find that suspicious there was no comment for 30 seconds i thought the conversation and went dead then he said no comment >> some dealers are shot on our fan book faceface a book fa if you wanna join messages go our facebook page and like us and join in with your comments. >> that chapter naacp will be showing eight of protest at s f 0 today this is due to the arrest of a passenger on the u.s. air ways flight that refused to pull up his sagging pants the charges were dropped by the san diego dndda >> that ailing 83 year-old boy

eric walker is accused of robbing a barber shop on monday. during that robbery at al's barber shop walker pretended to kidnap a 16-year-old boy who worked there. triggering a statewide amber alert. investigators say they now believe the teen was actually in on the crime and that the two suspects faked the kidnapping. the teen is being tried as a juvenile. >>> five fires all along train tracks forced a school to evacuate. it happen firefighters from all over the bay area rushing in to help. the fire started this afternoon all within a half mile of one another in east contra costa county. eric ere rasmussen is there as investigators look into whether a passing train is responsible. >> reporter: there's no official call yet. but firefighters say there might be no coincidence that these fires started right as a train was passing by. fire fighters suddenly had five separate fires going at the same time. >> flames, just orange, everything burning. black smoke everywhere. it was unbelievable. >> reporter: deputies evacuated students from nightson el

eric walker is accused of robbing a barber shop on monday. during that robbery at al's barber shop walker pretended to kidnap a 16-year-old boy who worked there. triggering a statewide amber alert. investigators say they now believe the teen was actually in on the crime and that the two suspects faked the kidnapping. the teen is being tried as a juvenile. >>> five fires all along train tracks forced a school to evacuate. it happen firefighters from all over the bay area rushing in to help. the fire started this afternoon all within a half mile of one another in east contra costa county. eric ere rasmussen is there as investigators look into whether a passing train is responsible. >> reporter: there's no official call yet. but firefighters say there might be no coincidence that these fires started right as a train was passing by. fire fighters suddenly had five separate fires going at the same time. >> flames, just orange, everything burning. black smoke everywhere. it was unbelievable. >> reporter: deputies evacuated students from nightson el

police also arrested the suspected robber eric walker. investigators found a sawed-off shotgun and stolen property in his apartment. >>> justice officials have charged dozens of u.s. citizens in connection with a worldwide child pornography sting. they were all members of one particular website. the assistant attorney general called, quote, a living horror. danielle nottingham on how the investigation started. >> reporter: a major international child porn ring is history after months of investigation. the justice department announced it's charged more than 70 people for allegedly being members of an online group called dream board. the website allowed members to trade images of sexual abuse over the internet. >> some of the children featured in these images and videos were just infants. and in many cases, the children being victimized were in obvious and intentional pain. >> reporter: officials say it's the largest prosecution ever of an online child pornography ring in the u.s. the operation started in 2009 and grew to target nearly 600

say the teenager, who set off a statewide amber alert, confessed to teaming up with 23-year-old eric walker to steal holm' car and valuables. >> when we recovered the vehicle, it was quite evident that they had looked in areas that would be unusual to look for things in that car where the owner was known to store valuables. >> he saw where i would put my money. he saw where i would hide things. >> reporter: while hurt, the boy betrayed his trust, holmes says he won't abandon him. the teenager has had a rough life and needs his help more than ever. >> i do love him still. i still care for him. everybody makes his takes. nobody's perfect. you know, there's no one perfect but jesus. >> reporter: now holmes says the teen average has written him a letter of apology. the barber says he accepts that apology and now will help the teenager as he faces the criminal charges and hopefully start making some better choices. reporting live, antioch, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> amazing tale of for giveness. >>> just in to the nbc bay area newsroom, we know the hotel where more than 100 san jose s

police also arrested 23-year- old eric laron walker as the other suspect in that case. >> tonight cities all across the bay area celebrated national night out. it encourages people to get to know their neighbors. reggie kumar tells us in concord more than a thousand people attended. >> reporter: there was a lot of eating, music, and even some dancing, but those in attendance won't soon forget concord police department's canine show. this police officer demonstrated how his dog ben is able to smell out drugs and take down suspects, they said the city has been holding they ooh vent for at least a decade. they need to know their neighbors to combat crime in their community. >> with everybody going to work and going to work and coming home from work you don't get to know who your neighbors are and who is supposed to be in your neighborhood so you're aware of those that when they do come in your neighborhood they may be casing it for robbing or breaking into a home. they are also having a good relationship is key to all this be us can it's a collaborative effort. >> this woman had her garage

after he confessed, police arrested the suspected gunman, 23-year-old eric larone walker.ighters say that a santa clara home is a total loss following a two-alarm fire. the house was fully engulfed when firefighters got there and this video was shot by a neighbor, it shows the fire coming through the roof. the family wasn't home, neighbors say they only recently moved in. a car was also destroyed. the cause of that fire is under investigation. >>> tonight is national night out. it's a way for people to take back their neighborhoods and heighten awareness of crime prevention efforts. as elizabeth cook shows us, that can mean drastically different thing in different neighborhoods. >> they are 31.5 miles away from each other. but in many ways, worlds apart. in dublin, neighbors are worried about break ins. >> there have been some that are local that we never used to have. >> a city that used to be known as the murder capital of the united states, their worries are more serious. >> i think -- uneasy about the shootings if you're going to drive by and going to be in the shootin

>> eric: scott walker. >> bob: yeah, walker baby. say, changing the contract with healthcare, from union to giving it to one of the great ripoff healthcare companies in america who are now ro viding much worse medical care and save a lot of money doing it. >> kimberly: what are you talking about, bob? >> bob: they took away from a good medical plan to a lousy medical plan. >> kimberly: you know that is wrong. >> bob: no. >> kimberly: it is. >> bob: listen, deductibles went up and the services that were covered went down. >> kimberly: can i blow you out of the water? >> bob: no, you can't. >> kimberly: do you understand they were paying more and getting less? if you look at the wea trust, part of the collective bargaining agreement and when it expired they were able to get the money back. and two, united healthcare. which is what we have here at fox. >> bob: i don't have it at fox. i wouldn't take it. united healthcare is a company that raises their rates indiscrim nantly, they don't care about people and rip off the system. that's wh

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eric? >> thanks a lot. >>> chinese tightrope walker is counting his blessings. >> on saturday, he tried to walk across a wireted to two air balloons, 328 feet above the ground no nets, no fear. look at that. enough wind to turn the stunt to a fight for his life. as you can see, he managed to grab the line at the last moment. he inched his way to the balloon basket. he said he'd pay attention to winds next time. how about insist on a net. we'll be impressed, still. i promise. >> glad you made it. >>> recapping the top stories, wall street already seeing big losses off 250 points on the first trading day since -- excuse me. 215 points down at this moment. since the u.s. saw its credit rating cut for the first time in history. >> a lot of fluctuations. >> after the u.s. stocks dropped 5% last week, the eyes of the world are focussed on the united states, as you said on the first trading day since the credit downgrade. [ bell ringing ] >> that is the opening bell on the san francisco floor of the new york stock exchange. about 25 minutes ago. plenty of nervous energy in anticipation of bumpy ride of a day. the u

. >> eric: in china, take a look at this guy. it's a tight rope walker. incredible pictures.the ground with no safety net when he fell. a strong gust of wind just take a look at this. he was able to pull himself back up. no safety net. just absolutely amazing. you wouldn't want to try that yourself. >> heather: scary stuff. >>> right now 45,000 union workers are on strike at verizon. they walked off the job demanding changes in their benefits from the phone company. is should millions of customers be worried about phone service? kim about beryl guilfoyle and judy miller. thanks for joining us. verizon, can you hear me now? [ laughter ] >> so what do we think about this. 35,000 workers on strike. how do we think this is going to affect people down the road? >> you say major? thanks for having at&t but verizon it worked really well and problems in new york. it's great service here. this is huge problem in terms of disruption. if they walk out it's going affect businesses, individuals and whole thing. >> i don't think there is going to be public sympathy, average salary is $65,0

eric. they're up next week. >> so what -- in, i guess, the last couple of months or so, governor walker came out and said wisconsin this collective bargaining renegotiation and it's actually producing jobs. does this bode well for you in the recall vote today? >> the fear and scare tactics that were used by the powerful labor unions said that we'd have all sorts of massive chaos, massive teacher layoffs would happen, that we'd have major cuts to classrooms and we'd have massi massive cuts to hard working wisconsin families and very little if none of the above has happened and the scare tactics goes on, though. this does foreshadow what's happening in 2012. >> in what way? >> because president obama has very much been on the ground in wisconsin. when we decided we were going to get wisconsin on the right track and cut spending, and deficit, balance the budget and be in the black for the first time in 14 years, obama said no way are you going to take on collective bargaining because it's the fuel for the democratic elections and the biggest thing is now the teachers will have the freedom to choose whether they want