first, rita lindall, rita and i are both in the same cohort as the music program at uc berkley and we've been saying for 4 years, we need to play music. so we finally made it happen. so, rita lindall, and then masuro koga. mas and i have been playing together for a very long time, so much so that we wore the same shirt without having to talk to each other about it. mas is in high demand both as a teacher and as a session side man, having played with everybody from anthony brown's asian american orchestra to wane wallace's newest cd. who haven't you played with lately? yeah, he's played with everybody. you can find mas on a lot of different cd's from the local jazz community. this song we're going to do is an air called the brown-haired girl. when i was recording, when i was fortunate to be able to record bridge across the blue, i was telling them i got this air, i got it off the chieftan's album, i'm going to do it on the electric base. he looked at me and said, you're nuts. people are going to go crazy but if you can do it, i'll help you. he gave me this book of airs and went, figure it

but none of them, rita braver now tells us, holds a candle to that force of nature we call cleopatra. >> reporter: she has been celebrated in film. she's been immortalized in

rita williams coming ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the san francisco giantess until today -- are still until today. they came out against the arizona diamondbacks. orlando hit a two-run double and drove in three as the giants won its 8-1. they now lead, arizona by one game. >>> the oakland a's continued their games on the road. the last today to the mariners 7-4. a three-run home run in the night inning made the final score. >>> one of the debate is fueled with -- filled with first-class universities, idaho the best the best lines up with the by. >> temperatures were lower than yesterday. was it that way? chief meteorologist bill martin will have the answers for you. >> keep in mind, you can watch the seven and all of our newscasts on your computer and mobile device. we are streaming live for you at ktvu.com. >> after standing for a quarter of a century, the el coraso has fallen. it was in the corner in san jose. this is what remains in its. the others were shocked because he was not notified that it would be painting over. however, no one is taking the blame. >>> chief meteorologist bill ma

rita williams is there now and tells why crews had to go door to door before turning the power on. >> reporter: what is so amazing is what little took to cause this power outage. if you look behind me at this cypress tree it was just a 12- foot branch off the tree that snapped about 10:00 last night. it's now being chipped up behind me. but when it fell on power lines it left 232 homes and business in east palo alto in the dark. >>> this weird strange rare circumstance where it hit just right. sent a voltage surge throughout this area. >> we just had a pop sign. everything that we had like computer and the fridge and the tv. >> reporter: some folks said lightbulbs popped when almost three times the voltage went through the lines. atm and food stamp machines were not working. >> we had to tell the customer to go to the bank and get the cash. >> reporter: the owners say it is store was only open about half an hour this morning before power was restored just after 10:00 a.m. still, it cost him. >> looking at maybe 100 to $200. maybe in half an hour. >> most of the customers came back but

four-- dennis, katrina, rita and will ma-- were category 5 hurricanes. out of ten hurricane fatalities are a result of the surge in the wake of the storm. the first recorded hurricane in the new world was detected by christopher columbus on the island hispaniola in 1502. shakespeare the classic the temperature pest is thought to be inspired by the temperature pest of 1609 which drove a ship filled with colonists bound for the new colony of jamestown on to the rocks of bermuda. massachusetts pilgrims believed the colonial hurricane of 1635 marked the onset of the apocalypse. the strongest u.s. storm on record was hurricane will ma in 2005. the deadliest came ashore in galveston texas on september 8, 1900. and the costlyiest, hurricane katrina. of course, when most of us think of the worst of the worst, we probably think of katrina. which came ashore in new orleans six years ago this weekend. ben tracy takes us back. >> reporter: the images still shock. the frantic pleas for help. a super dome that could not live up to its name and a government that lost t

ktvu's rita williams has more. >> reporter: oakland school officials just finished meeting here a fewutes ago with police and security officers for the school district. >> reporter: a little more than an hour ago officers scurried upstairs here to hear the news. >> oakland's school police chief pete sarna submitted his requirement papers effective today, wednesday, august, 17. >> requirement not resignation? >> not a resignation. he is officially retired from law enforcement. >> reporter: this is after allegations that pete sarna launched racial slurs as a african american sergeant last month. officials say the department had not completed that internal investigation. >> that closes the book on this investigation. >> however i just obtained a copy of pete sarna's letter of requirement in which he seems to admit the allegations and apologize for them. quote i offer no explanations. there simply is no excuse for the hurtful words i used and no explanation for behavior. pete sarna is married to an african american woman before he became chief here he was sited for drunk driving after a c

reporting live in san jose, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> lish officer applauded him at that event and issued a warning to parents. he says drowning is the number one cause of death for children age 1-4-a last year 13 children died. he urged parents never to leave children alone by a swimming pool. >> have an adult in the area that is not on the roan, not reading, not barbecuing, somebody to watch the children at all times. >> make sure your children learn to swim and never leave a pool cover partially retracted. >>> microscopest died in a crash this morning. the man was merging going about 75 miles per hour. hovered into a median and was thrown from the bike. he was pronounced dead that scene. it shut down the on ramp and a north bound lane of i-8sy. smoke was coming from the bike before the crash. >>> highlight across the nation's mid-section is taking its toll on people, animals and roads. in texas crews are laying asphalt on roads cried up and cracked from the heat. dallas had three straight days of record temperatures. 6,000 household spent the night without power. offic

reporting live, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> to our other stop stor-- top story. wall street. fear and uncertainty took over today's trading. this is a time lapse of the stork market sewing the market in free fall. the dow plummeted more than 600 points. and standard and poor's cut itseratey of fannie mae and freddy mac. this was the worst one day point loss for the dow jones industrial average since december of 2008. every stock in the standard and poor's fell today. analyst plame the down grades ask the high debt burdens in the united states and europe. the dow jones industrials closed down 634 points to 10,809. the nasdaq is down 174.72 at 2,357.69. for a look at the fall out from the free fall we go to our consumer editor tom vacar. >> reporter: this is wall street. here in the real world with millions of people depending on their investments, it seems champagne dreams are giving way to beer wages. >> it's down too much. doesn't make sense to be down this month. it's a panic. >> reporter: much of today's crisis was due to cash hungry institutions. >> that mean

rita williams has been our lead reporter on this case. >> reporter: barry bonds' attorneys made theirest pitch in court to throw out his felony conviction for government obstruction. it's a long shot. the instructions instruction -- they argued that the instructions the judge gave jurors were not clear or fair. and they argued that the explanation that bonds gave was indeed rambling but not obstruction. prosecutors disagreed saying bonds was purposely evasive. at the end the judge said she would issue a ruling later. >> it's unlikely she would throw it out and second guess the jury. the defense has some tough good arguments, i think that's one of the reasons the judge wants to think about it and write it up. >> how was the game last night? >> it was nice. >> reporter: bonds answered questions about the winning giants game he attended last night. but not about what happened or didn't happen in court. >> going back to day one, he's always had confidence in the system. felt that the system would do justice. and nothing has changed. >> reporter: if the judge upholds his conviction then ba

rita williams has been our lead reporter on this case. >> reporter: barry bonds' attorneys made theirest pitch in court to throw out his felony conviction for government obstruction. it's a long shot. the instructions instruction -- they argued that the instructions the judge gave jurors were not clear or fair. and they argued that the explanation that bonds gave was indeed rambling but not obstruction. prosecutors disagreed saying bonds was purposely evasive. at the end the judge said she would issue a ruling later. >> it's unlikely she would throw it out and second guess the jury. the defense has some tough good arguments, i think that's one of the reasons the judge wants to think about it and write it up. >> how was the game last night? >> it was nice. >> reporter: bonds answered questions about the winning giants game he attended last night. but not about what happened or didn't happen in court. >> going back to day one, he's always had confidence in the system. felt that the system would do justice. and nothing has changed. >> reporter: if the judge upholds his conviction then ba

wonderful for a spirited crowds are want to thank rica for spending almost -- >> i also want to thank rita for spending almost three months on this. >> if there are no other discussions and regional parks are want to interject one thing. -- parts are just want to interject one thing. but i want to thank coleman advocates and their confidence -- constant participation. i want to give them a huge thank you for participating and for speaking with us and supporting us as well, but i want to thank them and the staff for sharing the information. good i want to offer congratulations for the budget, which not a lot of people want to dive into. thank you all for working on them. >> if there is no further comments, and roll call please? [calling votes] >> seven ayes. >> congratulations. thank you. most budget staff members go after this, but we are going to come back, because we want to be here early. we have done the next 3 items. we have also done public speakers. gooitem k is appointment by boad members. item l we have already taken up. the next item we have taken up and moved it. i need a motion

rita williams, ktvu news, channel 2 news. >>> new at 10:00 more trouble for pg and e over the safety of its pipelines. a federal report released today show the company failed to provide key documents on the pipeline that exploded last september. the missing documentation includes logbooks, inspection records, purchase orders for pipes and x-ray reports. investigators found that the utility used bad or nonexistent data to prove the safety of the line stretching to san francisco. >>> oakland police today announced the arrest of second suspect in connection with a drive-by shooting that killed 3- year-old carlos. the shooting happened last monday at 64th and international. the suspect is identified as 22- year-old willie toren. police say he was the driver ott car. toren was arrested by las vegas police friday night and is awaiting extradition now to california. oakland police credit witnesses coming forward with helping solve this crime. >> most of the information we received are from citizens who are just as distraught and sick to their stomach. >> police arrested the suspected gunman

rita williams, ktvu news, channel 2 news. >>> new at 10:00 more trouble for pg and e over the safety of its pipelines. a federal report released today show the company failed to provide key documents on the pipeline that exploded last september. the missing documentation includes logbooks, inspection records, purchase orders for pipes and x-ray reports. investigators found that the utility used bad or nonexistent data to prove the safety of the line stretching to san francisco. >>> oakland police today announced the arrest of second suspect in connection with a drive-by shooting that killed 3- year-old carlos. the shooting happened last monday at 64th and international. the suspect is identified as 22- year-old willie toren. police say he was the driver ott car. toren was arrested by las vegas police friday night and is awaiting extradition now to california. oakland police credit witnesses coming forward with helping solve this crime. >> most of the information we received are from citizens who are just as distraught and sick to their stomach. >> police arrested the suspected gunman

reporting live, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >> a stunning development tonight in a cold case that is 30 years old. today police announced an arrest in the murder of a 14- year-old girl. investigators say advances in dna technology led them to arrest a former teammate in the stabbing debt at tina faelz. schoolmates found her body in april of 1984. fbi analysis linked evidence from the scene to a 43-year-old man. he was 16 years old at the time of the killing. for the victim's family there is still unanswered questions. >> without somebody feeling like they got to do the right thing. >> investigators say they will release the suspect's name when he israpherred to adult court. >>> stocks took a beating today on wall street. >> traders were more concerned the economy may slip into a second recession. investors were buying down graded u.s. treasuries as a safe haven. the the dow jones industrials closed down 634 points to 10,809. the nasdaq is down 174.72 at 2,357.69. before the closing bell, president obama made his first public statement about the down grade of american debt. >>

reporting live in san francisco, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> pinol police tell ktvu a third man has been arrested in connection with yesterday's attempted robbery of an armoured car. police say williams fuller was arrested last night. he's accused of driving the get away car for two brothers who police say tried to rob that armoured car. 25-year-old pierre daniel was killed yesterday in the shoot out. freddy daniel is in critical condition tonight. pinol police resource officer bryan justin tacas was also shot along with a security guard. >> he was a great guy. he was a comptroller in afghanistan. >> both tacas and the security guard are recovering tonight. >>> today san francisco police released a sketch resembling the attacker in a vicious beating inside a bathroom at candle stick park. the man they are looking for is a samoan or pacific islander in his 20s. about 6'tall, weighing 220 pounds with a goatee and ponytail. the beating was part of the violence that happened during the 49ers game. >>> a bill will focus on punishment and getting witnesss to step guard. it also wo

. >>> been made (to rebellion and libya appears to be on the brink of victory raid rita williams has been talking to a bay area expert and she is in the newsroom of the latest. >> reporter: the country family headed to oust its leader and today we are seeing the results. >> although it's going to back atop its was over he is the opportunity to reduce further bloodshed a woman pushing power to the people of libya. >> reporter: it has taken six months for rebel troops today consider -- to take control of the capital city. gadhafi is nowhere to be found. >> we are not scared of any capture or any rap for any powers. we are going to speak in strong. >> reporter: with that kind of defiance, he is not expected to surrender. >> is probably foolish to expect a velvet revolution nicknamed abu smoothly from u2 to modesty. >> i think libya will be more difficult than egypt. >> reporter: bed at the center for studies at uc berkeley says ads for what comes next, he predicts chaos, a difficult transition, and like some of the other kind is, libya has resources. estimated $150 billion in frozen ass

the road goes uphill only way to the much celebrated pride of the republic lake rita it was formed of niles chewed of nine hundred fifty meters above sea level following a rock slide is described as a remarkable natural creation and the most attractive sites on the black sea shore of the caucuses. are always good for the lake or its own as a result of an ancient earthquake. and that's how it was filmed. in stances about one hundred thirteen meters it's just not enough you know if the lake has been joule the entire caucasus as well as at highs here is a question of civil kafka it's cuz he has nature reserves are constantly expanding another national park is being laid out in the car dorri olds it will be adjacent to the recent park a relic of plants and nature reserves will gradually cover almost one third of the republic's territory. stallion's country house still stands on one of the scenic banks of lake reads a soviet leaders were fond of vacationing here they often invited leaders of foreign communist parties to visit them to form a state country house stands probably tool age old

reporting live, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> u.s. soldiers will be spending less time deployed to iraq and afghanistan and other war zones. the army announced they will cut the leapt from one year to -- length from one year to nine months. it will not apply to those in high demand like aviation. soldiers have been on a constant cycle of deployment with short stints at home. >>> thousands of aviation workers would be back on the job. >> is there an objection? hearing no objection, so ordered. >> reporter: congress is in recess but the senate used a procedure not to require them to be present to pass the vote. they use today it to temporarily extend funding for the faa. it effected more than 200 airport projects nationwide that included a new air traffic controller at the airport. >>> americans pulled out their plastic more in june than in any other month over the last four years. the federal reserve today announced consumers in june borrowed about $15.5 billion. the increase was by five billion. june marked the third month since septe

but jail documents reveal steve carlson was booked into the santa rita jail on murder charge sunday. this photo posted on the megan's law list of sex offenders. carlson the former classmate of tina fails killed in 1984 while walking home from foothill high school. at the time there were whispers on campus, carlson was responsible. he was questioned by police back then but it took modern technology to break the case. recent dna evidence linked the case to the santa cruz transient now 43 years old. >>> cost of california's high speed rail is a lot higher than originally estimated. here are the new estimates. first phase of the rail will cost nearly $14 billion. that's $6.8 billion more than the original estimate. construction is scheduled to start by september of next year. so, september 2012. supporters say the route between san francisco and anaheim will create thousand of jobs, and be cheaper in the long run. the entire cost of the project is currently estimated at $43 billion. but that is expected to rise as well. >>> the obama administration is looking to make the air we breathe c

and also hurricane rita has claimed its first lives in six data severe winds and beyond to the coast of north carolina and virginia new yorkers racing itself towards the head will be the one of the storm a generation with thousands ordered to leave their homes on the city's public transport and some place shut down. and there are particular cars the airplanes and started on it's new to elect a president who faces the tough task of rebuilding the country's economy former vice president i think down to unclog i want to climb in terms of the pump abodes into my bones to leave this country. as the headlines natasha is here to tell us all about the latest on action from the world of sport. hello welcome you're watching this for sunday and on our chief thanks for joining us to headline. football's highest paid player some well at all schools in his debut for us inside the off the bench asking the the law called travel to list all . the tells them a nation of formula one continues with yet another pole position for the germans the rightful style the leave the field at sunday's belgian grand

also hurricane rita has claimed its first lives in six that is to be a when this part of the coast of north carolina and virginia new york is bracing itself for what's good will be the worst storm a generation of the thousands ordered to leave their homes on the city's public transport and some place shut down. and the republic of korea ends and started on a new day and that's a president who faces the tough task of rebuilding the country's economy from the vice president of xander aren't gonna want to find me in terms of the pumpkin buds leading to rubbles to his country. as the headlines natasha is here to tell us all about the latest action from the world of sport. hello welcome you're watching this force eight on our season so join the headlines the bulls highest paid player some well that's all schools in his debut for us inside on she off the bench in the the law called trouble so let's talk. about sonia tells them a nation on the one concern is with us now the pole position for the germans the radical stalin leave the field at sunday's belgian grand prix. clean sweep canyon fem

rita braver visits the soaring sydney australia opera house.tha teichner admires the works of a world famous jeweler and much more besides. first let's go to jeff glor in the news room for sunday morning headlines. >> good morning, everyone. it is august 7, 2011. it was the bloodiest day for the u.s. after nearly a decade of fighting in afghanistan. 30 americans were killed saturday when their helicopter was shot down pushing the number of u.s. military casualties in the war to more than 1600. correspondent has more. >> reporter: nato says it's begun an operation to recover the remains of the chinook helicopter that came down southwest of kabul. the u.s. military confirms that of the 30 americans on board, 22 were navy seals when the same unit that killed osama bin laden, although none of those killed took part in that raid. the other eight were u.s. army and air force personnel. seven afghan soldiers and a civilian translator were also killed. the taliban is taking credit, claiming its fighters shot the chinook down with a rocket- propelled gr

one elsewhere could on a six after rita last up to one on the road to brazilian defenders yell out of school for the first the combine after twenty three minutes getting home and set piece. of cloth their way back into the match early in the second half with a header of their own signing expo but i want a sporting his second goal in as many games but mark may need at least six minutes to get in front again which rescues men to position we prevent ourselves into the top half of the table. i mean one off the pitch interval and cameron strike at samuel ex who says he might not now sign for russian gallantry all through the thirty year old says may go. ations are ongoing with the club but that he could stay it into or play for a side in england and we are reported to have offered him a pay packets of more than twenty million dollars a year. are not the only club making high profile acquisitions as twice former champions remain have signed paragraph striker. valdés twenty seven year old drawings from spanish and if you do this is instrumental in paraguayans run to the quarter finals at las

your league runners up in last year's tournament managed to upset the sold out improvised be sure rita three times by the end of the first period their star player and looking at the moscow striker deion stankovic scored a brace and his teammate borer added the third would be to get in on getting it was obvious that two one two top form in the opening minutes we couldn't hold on to the bull and eventually conceded some pretty easy gills but thanks to all coach we were by far more come from the second period on boards and achieve the result the russians finally brought some joy to the fans in the first minute of the second period after scoring a penalty switzerland's replied with a goal of their own a minute later but despite the disadvantage the home side managed to build on that first goal and equalized at the end of the second period is not easy to play here against two thousand people and also one strong russian team. that i think you make a good game but also you know what i she's one of the best team in the world. and we have to learn from this for this game the score remained at

asia's third largest economy india where the finance minister called the situation grave artie's prius rita has more from new delhi. asian markets are tumbling they were tumbling on friday obviously we don't know what's going to happen on monday in specific reaction to this news but many analysts many financial analysts here predicted this especially after the u.s. debt ceiling debate that took so long and in many ways is what people are saying led to these lower approval ratings i guess you could say so the markets have tumbled here people are losing confidence in the american economy obviously there are things that soaring there is seeing a lots of decisions not specifically being made when it comes to that two point four trillion dollars in cuts a lot of people are wondering if it took the u.s. this so long to come to a decision just to raise the debt ceiling how much longer could it take to actually figure out specifically where to cut and asia has a very vested interest in this if you think about what these ratings actually means that means that the united states won't be able to repay

popularity in the in the polls so i think it's also new with the image of building etc not so much rita finding a real solution. and those whose very words the global markets into a spin are under for themselves as the u.s. is investigating whether. the two thousand and eight financial crisis report on growing doubts about the credibility of ratings agencies that's in the next. this week pressures be mounting again on the syrian leader bashar al assad the u.s. and european leaders called for him to step down but russia refused to support the motion saying should be given time to implement promised reforms this comes in the wake of the crackdown on regime protesters but as ots. reports from the front line while the west sees the government's action as oppression some one serious see it as liberation. job is done the city liberated in lease of the country has become the last syrian city the army left after clearing our extremists have been terrorizing its citizens for weeks the military claimed. bandits blocked the rates put up barricades became. a hiding just like hostage and it's. soldi

popularity in the in the polls so i think it's also new with the image of building etc not so much rita finding a real solution. and yet another blow to the eurozone the blocked second one hundred sixty billion euro bailout greece may be under threat now that's because athens is agreed to provide finland with collateral in return for its contribution to the financial rescue package but that spot of indignation among the other fifty donors some of which are now also demanding collateral to. ever agree on that greece is incapable of handling such guarantees and the professor of applied economics patrick told the lack of direction in the e.u. isn't helping a battle in the crises either. there's obviously a lot of uncertainty about the eurozone and what will happen because the eurozone summit wasn't very conclusive or helpful in that respect so that's a great deal of uncertainty which is worrying the markets about the situation of banks in europe and i think that will be resolved but it may take some time to resolve it that's the problem meanwhile markets are very nervous and the eurozone w

. >> osgood: with rita braver we'll tour the new monument honoring dr.tin luther king about to be unveiled in washington. mo rocca introduces us to a new breed of board games. we'll wonder the eternal question, why is this woman smiling? and more. but first the headlines for this sunday morning the 21st of august, 2011. the chief prosecutor of tehran now confirms that two americans arrested in 2009 while hikeing along the iran- iraq border had been sentenced to eight years in prison. shane bauer and josh fattal have already served more than two years on charges that include espionage. we'll have more on the sentencing of the two americans later on sunday morning. a rebel assault on libya's capital tripoli is underway. rebels say their force set out from the coastal city of zawiyah less than 20 miles away. the "new york times" is reporting that there are rumors embattled leader moammar qaddafi is preparing to flee. president obama now vacationing at martha's vineyard is being kept up on events. the charter boeing 737 crashed yesterday afternoon en route t

tom hanks and his wife rita wilson basketball star charles barkley grant hill actor hill harper and oprah winfrey's best friend gayle king r. and b. singer live d.c. jazz musician herbie hancock and stevie wonder performed in the east room the drudge report out of this morning as it was supposed to be a headline we would be shocked about hip hop in east room like that never happened under clinton oh yeah and this guy was there george bush is still in charge and nobody gives less of a then george bush you think you don't give a bush don't give us nobody gives less of us than george bush if you was hanging from a cliff getting ready to fall to your death that's right and bush was at the top of the cliff and all you needed was a to save your life and bush had a pocket full six he wouldn't give you one we would have played the clip from this and we even had a ready with all the beautiful f. bombs leap out but. if you h.b.o. so for all the wonderful criticism we enjoyed from chris rock during the bush years surely he wouldn't just stroll into the white house for a little schmoozing without mak

and that was according to margaret bowden rita economist a.c.m. partners. now the debt ceiling drama is over as we noted but the country's problems are absolutely not the debate over jobs may have been overshadowed by the debt but the crisis appears here to stay more than nine percent of americans are out of work and at mated two million of them according to the bureau of labor statistics are ninety nine er's these are people who have been out of work for more than ninety nine weeks meaning that they can no longer get unemployment benefits now also the number of low income jobs and what has risen over the past twenty years so more of the jobs that are available forty percent of them are low income jobs like service sector jobs and even still given that for example on the national hiring day that mcdonald's held when a million people showed up they those people that apply they have less of a chance of getting a job at mcdonald's than harvard applicants habit of getting in so those are several big issues all statistics but they're very real and they've affect

he is a registered sex offender and was already serving time in the santa rita jail when he was arrestedin the tina feio case. >>> a judge has approved the city's exit from chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. vallejo had to lay off firefighters and police officers. now officials hope to hire back some of those workers and convince voters to approve a 1 cent tax to improve revenue. >>>-- part of the building was already leased and now those tenant. >> mark: have t en -- and now those táepb tenants will have to look for a new space. >>> a major sell off on [ bailiff ] fee court is now in session. come on out, guys. the jury has reached its decision. now, you guys found the other airline guilty of charging a 150-dollar change fee. you bet! southwest would never do that. and that was after she changed her flight and paid the difference in airfare. that other airline treated her wrong. she was understandably upset. well, who can afford a 150-dollar change fee? he was surprised with the verdict. you got that right. [ male announcer ] don't pay a change fee on top of a fare difference. fly southwe

kqed had been following the events at santa rita with their new department and the anchor of the program called up the sheriff of alameda county and said we have been following the stories of your jail and we would like to send a camera crew to look around and wonder if that would be ok and when we can do that and sheriff said no way. my press policy is no press, no reporters allowed in, no television, no reporters of any kind allowed in my jail. bill called me and asked can they do that? what is the reason he gives for this policy? he didn't have any. so kqed determined to su for access to the jail. the federal judge in san francisco oliver carter granted an order that allowed kqed and the responsible members of the press to go to the jail with cameras and recording equipment to interview prisoners and report the news and to my surprise sounded like a fairly reasonable thing. the sheriff could shut it down if there were security problems. to my surprise the sheriff appealed to the federal court of appeals which heard the case on an expedited basis and agreed unanimously that kqed had a

rita williams reports. >> i'm getting down. i just feel so down. i just tell myself i'm back. i got back. i think about some of my con rads that never got back. >> reporter: this month the numbers not making it back was the highest in the long war in after afghanistan. >> in a decade of war, they bore an enormous sacrifice. >> what do you remember about what happened? >> i have no memory at all. >> reporter: no memory about a mortar attack or the shrapnel that hit his head. or the fight to save his life. a whole month gone. >> i woke up, i got part of my skull removed. >> reporter: a native of fiji he became a u.s. citizen before leaveing to afghanistan. now just 20 years old he is fighting hard to recover and to fulfill his dream to become a dentist. >> reporter: regret? >> i don't regret it. it was an experience of a lifetime. >> reporter: the president said today it's time for the country to give back to veterans like tokailagi like they've given to the country. >>> $60 million has been lost to waste and fraud in afghanistan. contractors, poor planning, and pay offs to war

. >> rita william ktvu news. >>> in light of case a new bill could change the way inmates are paroled. right now the parole board can only look at behavior in prison when deciding parole. this would consider the crime involved and prior convictions. phillip was on parole when he kidnapped jaycee. >> this photo shows a boy holding an assault rifle as an office every talked with children on -- offerser talked with children on saturday. at an event meant the to promote safe communities. here is another picture. you can see the boy in the white t-shirt grabbing a gun. the police chief says they were unloaded and were shared with the children as officers spoke about police work. police and organizers call the event success. >> the nine-year-old fan injureed in a hit and run is now back in pennsylvania. a spokeswoman said ryan white f flown east yesterday on a specially equipped medical plane. the boy was hit by a pickup truck are earlier this month after seeing his philadelphia phillies play the giants while still in serious condition. he still in serious condition but he has improved enou

reporting live in san francisco, rita williams, ktvu news. >>> san francisco police hoped that someone could help them catch a man accused of severely beating another man at a 49ers- raiders game last saturday. police released a picture that looks like this. in his late 20s with a goatee and a pony tail. coming up on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 we'll tell you about an effort by a california lawmakers to crack down on violence at sporting events. >>> tonight we've pictures of the two brothers one of whom died during the attempted robbery. and we're learning about a separate arrest. we have a clearer picture of what happened, jade hernandez has the story. >> reporter: the attempted robbery happened right at that bank. and tonight we get a good look at the brother's police say were involved. pierre and freddy daniel who is still in critical condition. a pinol school police resource officer was also shot. hours ago i spoke to a commander who laid out what his officer faced when he was pulled from his post at pinol valley high. on wednesday an emergency call put him back in his squad car dr

. >>> ktvu's rita williams reports now that the u.s. and nato assisted rebels have prevailed in libya, what happens next? >> reporter: it's taken six months now for rebel troops to take control of the capital city of tripoli. but so far gadhafi is nowhere to be found. >> although it's clear that gadhafi's rule is over, he still has the opportunity to reduce further bloodshed by explicitly relinquishing power to the people of libya. >> we are not scared of any cats or any rats or any cowards. >> reporter: analysts say with that kind of defiance the revolutionary fighter who's been in power now more than 40 years is not expected to surrender. planning has begun though for a libya without him. >> it's probably foolish to expect a velvet revolution where they just move smoothly from here to democracy. >> i think libya is likely to be much more difficult than egypt and tenesia. more like yemen where the rival troops make it much more difficult to move ahead. >> reporter: he predicts chaos in the almost all muslim country. a difficult transit

rita williams. >> the quake also shook a brick wall after the top of this building. bricks fell on to adjoining walls. no one inside was hurt. >>> excitement and concern after the quake clogged cell phone networks. so many people were trying to make calls at the same time that it shutdown. >>> and there were also delayed at several busy east coast airports today at 10:30 tonight, we'll hear from travelers who felt the earthquake just before flying to the bay area. >>> seismologists in menlo park say aftershocks will be felt for weeks to come. it was felt up and down the eastern seaborg. >> it's amazing, it's a world of . >> rocks in california have been fractured by hundreds of years of quakes and tend to dissipate the force of earthquakes. on ktvu.com you will find video of today's earthquake and a preparedness list. >>> the dow industrials gained 322 points. the nasdaq was up 100 points. when the quake hit the dow did fall briefly but it bounced back within 20 minutes. >>> home sales are a big drag on the economy. it is the third straight month of declines and if s