writing, "discriminated against by southwest air. flight attendant said it was a family airline and kissing was not okay. and this is an out rage. i demand an apology. hate is not a family value. >> have i proof otherwise. and since when is showing affection to someone you love illegal? and boycott southwest air if you are gay. they don't like us. southwest says haley was approached based on behavior and not gender. on their website they are the official website against the gay and lesbian defamation. 12eu8 ahead -- still ahead, how southwest feels about robot gymnasts. >> it better not replace the real gymnasts or i will be lonely. jesse, thanks to twitter, the stories of celebs getting kicked off planes or getting in these conflicts are becoming more and more prevalent. doesn't it make them seem less sympathetic. they only go on there to wine about the crappy service they got at at restaurant or at budget rental car. >> i see what you are saying. when i am angry, the last thing i am going to say, how do i fit my thoughts into 140 c

, southwest out to vacaville and southwest 18 that is cool direction and a system is punching in with a westerly wind on shore. so low clouds and some will be reluctant to peel back but as this system comes in it will peel back. cooler for some but it will be breezy and blustery at times. a few 80s inland and this is a definite feel of fall today and also tomorrow. it will be cooler and breezy, 50s and 60s and 70s less you are inland and saturday will still be in that in between day but saturday and sunday is looking warmer. >>> overnight japan was hit by a 6.2 magnitude which is the same area where 20,000 people died after that quake and tsunami in march. there was no tsunami this time and no reports of any damage. >>> homeowners in a flood that was damaged are worried they will not get a buyout. some people in flood prone new jersey say their homes were damaged and they want the government to help. fema awarded jersey money partly for by outs -- buy outs but no guarantee they will get one. hundreds asked for a buyout after hurricane floyd but only a handful got them. >>> firefighter

southwest airlines says yes. he was thrown off a southwest flight for his wardrobe. billy joe armstrong sporting saggy pants. cheryl, things used to be so easy. you pull up your pants and everyone is happy. now we sag. what happened? >> reporter: raj, i don't know what things are so complicated but saggy pants seem to be just a fashion statement. some airlines just don't like it. >> not knowing what he was wearing but from the sounds of it, it sounds extreme. >> reporter: it was apparently extreme for the southwest flight attendant who apparently did like the way billy armstrong wore his pants. reports say he was kicked off of a flight because of, you guessed it, saggy pants. >> i've seen people get on flights with more questionable things than baggy pants. >> reporter: he told the flight attendant, don't you have better things to do than worry about that? he even tweeted saying, just got kicked off a southwest flight because my pants sagged too low. what? no joke. this isn't the first time something like this has happened here in the bay area. last june, deshawn mar

west, southwest at fairfield. napa southwest and vacaville has a southwest. that tells me and you there are low clouds making its way over the coastal hills. that is the one that sat there for five days. it's getting pushed along by another system coming president pacific northwest. more fog and cooler. windy on the coast. temperatures will drop off a good ten degrees. instead of 90 for concord we will go 80 today. it looks like a cool they on the peninsula. 50s and 60s on the coast and in the city. >>> right now traffic is doing pretty well around the bay area. we are looking at traffic that is moving along very nicely on highway 4 coming up to the willow pass grade with no major problems. as a matter of fact, we have a nice looking drive all the way out to concord on highway 4. this morning's commute looks pretty good if you are driving on the interstate 880 freeway. you see a little bit of road work there. you see lights blocking some of the lanes. and if you are on the san mateo bridge any time soon, traffic looks good over to the high- rise and peninsula

now southwest airlines has issued a statement responding to the incident. they say, "as soon as we became aware of what happened, we reached out to apologize for this customer's experience. he elected to take the next flight. we followed up with this customer and the involved employees to get more details, and in our latest conversations understand from the customer the situation was resolved to his satisfaction." now this comes as you may remember on the heels of a june incident in and a san francisco man was detained and removed from a usairways flight for wearing saggy pants. again, this time it was a star musician who was targeted. certainly not the star treatment he has become accustomed to since getting his start here. reporting live, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much. >>> the holiday getaway is officially underway. here's a live look at drivers on 880 in oakland. traffic is moving very slow now. aaa estimates over 31 million americans are traveling this labor day weekend. the vast majority are hitting the roads, as you can see

there are shell trade routes all over the southwest. shell was a primary material for making jewelry, for using in burials, and you had to walk 600 miles to get it, down to the sea of cortez, the water that's in between baja and the main land of mexico. and i tracked routes all the way down to the border over years and then across the mexican border into sonora and then it a place called penacate and then a dune, 5,000 square miles of sand dunes, a beautiful landscape, but no water out there. but pottery, broken pottery all over in certain places and pieces of shell left behind where you could see that the people were crossing these dunes to the sea and picking up shell and then crossing back and then moving it up to phoenix and then from phoenix distributing it throughout the rest of the southwest. the first trip i took out there, we hit this mountain range right at the edge of the dunes. and we were carrying, i don't know, on that trip we were maybe carrying 80 or 90 pounds of water and moving it out to the sand and then we'd drop a c

to really warm up you need to see that southwest with ease.h, pretty going on into early next week which is looking wet, mostly clear along the coast as well and we will have a wide variety of temperatures and everybody will be in on the sun. i do expect the breeze to pick up, it will be warmer 60s and 70s and 80s coast and bay, upper 80s and lower 90s. wednesday more of the same, sunny and warm after patchy fog and it will be sunny and warm and we start to cool things down, with your weekend in view, increasing clouds, light rain on sunday. >>> a little bit of good news for people planning on traveling. most have imposed a holiday surcharge. last year they charged fees on popular dates and those popular dates are down to 6 from 18. >>> amazon.com is bulking up its streaming video and has signed a deal for movies and shows including -- including 24 and that will boost it to 11,000 ditch titles and up to 2% and making it more competitive with met flicks. >>> they just signed an exclusive deal, the story behind she can and kung fu panda. the dre

what has ramped up the southwest wind. yesterday it was nine. southwest at vacaville.ouds over san jose. everything is in place for a cooler pattern. that will be a big-time player that low right there as it moves across the country. for us we open the door to the cooler breeze. fog and sun cooler for everyone. windy at times through the usual places. foggy on the coast though. there will be a few locations that get the fog. 50s and 60s around the bay. fog sun breezy and cooler all the way into friday. with your weekend in view a little warmer saturday. i think you will notice it more on sunday. >> i will look forward to that. >>> 5:41 is the time. trash hot spots. bait area water ways environmentalists are in need of serious cleanup. >>> plus the body of a man found buried in a novato backyard. >>> we'll tell you more about that commute and the rest of the bay area coming up. >>> good morning. a lot more low clouds and fog. they have lifted a little bit. it will be cooler for many areas that were hot yesterday. not today. 70s and 80s inland. 50s and 60s closer toes be

. >> all southwest airlines the jets looked the same. the same color scheme and paint jobs. time to take another look. we will take a look at some graffiti pop up on some of the carriers' airplanes. >> ran to the north of the bay area. this is coming our way for tomorrow. more about that coming up. >> in national news, a mysterious a graffiti has been appearing on the outside of some south west airlines planes. the findings suggest that whoever is responsible had access to those jets. now, the airline has launched an investigation. >> in the name of high and airport security, public was empty pockets, take of shoes and in door had dallas. in the midst of a southwest airlines mystery, some passengers are asking, who is screening the employees qwikster or >> , a like a higher level of security because he repeatedly year about theft and vandalism from the inside. >> since february, southwest airlines has been documented cases of what they're causing vandalism involved in their aircraft. suspicious graffiti has been appearing on the exterior of some of the planes. southwest offi

how an actress is now trying to get revenge on southwest. >>> and as if breaking up isn't hard enoughwhy it could be also bad for your hair. we'll have that in two minutes. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, was discriminated against, for kissing her girl >>> an actress who standard in the tv drama the l word said she was discriminated against for kissing her girlfriend on a southwest airlines flight. kara finnstrom has the latest on this controversy. >> reporter: the latest buzz the kiss a lesbian shared with a girlfriend on a flight from baltimore to st. louis before taken off. she tweeted i have discriminated against by southwest air a flight attendant said it was a family airline and kiss was not okay. southwest airlines quickly responded on its website that several passenger complaints characterized the behavior as excessive and crewmembers approached the passengers based solely on behavior and not gender. the conversation the airline said escalated to a level that was better resolved on the ground as opposed to in flight. >> cranked it out. >> reporter: haley best known for her role on the cable

this place being the southwest where i have spent my entire life. i don't know how far i've walked out there. i don't know how many pairs of boots that i've gone through where i've taken needles and dental floss and sewed the leather back together. i don't know how long i've been walking out there. and miles don't matter, days don't matter. it all adds up into this, into movement, into walking through the labyrinth that's opened up into the ground. finding places, places to camp behind cliffs that have fallen, finding sanctuary, places where the wind won't touch you, places that are eroded out of the earth like bones. everything is revealed in the desert. there are no questions out there. there's just ground, solid ground, opened layer after layer after layer. some people come back from, say, the edge of the grand canyon and they say it makes them feel small. i understand that but i think it may be a misconception. it may be that it's not a landscape that makes you feel small, it's a landscape that gets rid of your sense of scale entirely because th

southwest said i was a family airline and kissing was not okay.outhwest says she was approached after passengers complained her behavior with her girlfriend was excessive. south we have is the official airline of the guy and lesbian alliance against defamation. >>> major financial help being offered free tonight and tomorrow night to residents san francisco, marin and napa counties. dial 211 to be connected with advisers on a variety of topics. michael finney has details. >> reporter: the city and county of san francisco has partnered with local experts to offer a financial advice phone-a-thon. dial 211 and you will receive free advice on credit, debt, mortgages, savings and investing. >> this is another way give back. >> reporter: consumer credit counseling services of san francisco along with a financial planners association are among those offering help. >> we have financial planners. we have members from the government community talk about benefits. we have the regular 211 people at united way in the bay area who are skilled in services that a

san jose, 58 west southwest that is like a 30 miles per hour wind for them west southwest anyway you slice it, it will be a cool breezy day today. thunderstorms continue to push off as this system comes in fall-like pattern no doubt about it and at least the coast should get more sun than they have had lately as the system moves in and they will begin to break it up. windy at times, 70s inland, some 80s and across most locations they will come down to mid-to-upper 70s. a cool fair day at fairfield, a lot of 60s and 50s even closer to the coast and bay. a blustery cool day, things start to turn around a little bit. sunday looks warmer and we will carry that to monday as well. >>> -- >>> a rare honor at the white house for a war hero. a very brave marine talking about the tragedy that led to his heroics. >>> something terrifying found on a busy area street, important questions that still need to be answered. >>> good morning if you are driving on area roadways, we have an update coming up on the service disruption overnight. look, every day we're using more and more energy. the world n

southwest later apologized saying "very sorry for your incident." ., bay area residents had mixed opinions about airline dress code enforcement. >> they would have the right to if you saw the things you shouldn't see in public. >> there is no excuse for bad manners. >> reporter: some say airlines need to be up front about their policy. >> full disclosure. needs to be up front and accessible, the information. . >>> >> reporter: a statement saying they followed up with green day's armstrong and the situation was resolved to his satisfactionion. he decided to take the next flight an hour later. southwest officials are investigating whether their employee behaved behave prep united statesly. behaved appropriately. . >>> the pilot sullenberger said the auto pilot may cause human pilots to disengage from the process of flying. the now retired pilot is known for the so-called miracle on the hudson. here at ktvu said pilots need training so they can quickly take control of their planes during emergencies. >> we need to get more practice at hand flying the air

our south and southwest facing beaches. your extended forecast there for the weekend, temperatures continuing to fall on the coastline. it will be cloudy and cool by tomorrow and into monday. our inland areas becoming more comfortable, slipping back into the upper 80s. tuesday, wednesday we do rebound. temperatures sitting back low 70s for the coastline and widespread low 90s expected for our inland areas. we have your lunchtime numbers coming up in just a little bit. >>> another person kicked off a plane for wearing his pants too low but this time it's a well- known musician. and if you plan on flying in the coming weeks, a new warning from the state department. what it's saying about al- qaeda. plus, you're taking a live look outside on a very foggy saturday morning. that is the golden gate bridge. we'll have more coming up on mornings on 2. [ screaming ] [ zapping ] there goes dwayne's car. oh, man. there goes dwayne's house. whoa! whoa! and there goes dwayne. man, that thing does not like dwayne. [ male announcer ] stat

he should take responsibility of that too. >> the but many are us set with southwest for doing it. as soon as we became aware of what had happened we reached out to apologize for this customer's experience. he elected to take the next flight and we followed up with the customer and involved employees to get more details and in our latest conversations understand from the customer the situation was resolved to his satisfaction. >> do not tell that to her, she does not like anything about those that sag. >> it's like, hello, it's not all about you. >> kron4 news. >>> this is not the first time someone's wardrobe led them to being pulled off of a plane. deshon, marman was removed from a flight because of his saggy pants. he was asked to pull them up and then refused and he of arrested. today his mother spoke to us. >> i laughed. i laughed because i could not believe that people are, that this would still go on. i was surprised that we have people that are policing the clothing of people. itches surprised that southwest would jump on the band wagon. >> this is youtube video of the conf

hates skinny people. >> and fat people. >> have i to defend southwest.y had i think 38 consecutive years of profitability and basically an industry that does president make any money. it is because they offer -- there is no frills and a fast turn around. >> and they beat their employees. >> i wanted to leave that out. >> sorry, southwest. >>> we will close things out with a post game wrap up. to see clips of recent shows foxnews.com/redeye. >>> h i will see you back here at 5:00 p.m. eastern time for "the five." and coming up, return appearances from michael monohan and lori roth man and dr. lamont hill. >>> sherrod with books. >> shouldd with books. it can make all the difference in the world. >> so, andy, it is the post game wrap up. >> what's that? >> it is the post game wrap up. >> are we on? >> yes. >> that's unfortunate. jedediah, do you have plans for the gop debate? >> yes, i am tweeting through the debate. calling it like i see it, looking forward to it. >> johnny, will you be tweeting through the debate? >> i will. while i drink a bottle of lis

southwest later apologized saying "very sorry for your incident." . today, bay area residents had mixed opinions about airline dress code enforcement. >> they would have the right to if you saw the things you shouldn't see in public. >> there is no excuse for bad manners. >> reporter: some say airlines need to be up front about their policy. >> full disclosure. needs to be up front and accessible, the information. . >>> >> reporter: a statement saying they followed up with green day's armstrong and the situation was resolved to his satisfactionion. he decided to take the next flight an hour later. southwest officials are investigating whether their employee behaved behave prep united statesly. behaved appropriately. . >>> the pilot sullenberger said the auto pilot may cause human pilots to disengage from the process of flying. the now retired pilot is known for the so-called miracle on the hudson. here at ktvu said pilots need training so they can quickly take control of their planes during emergencies. >> we need to get more practice at hand flying t

south southwest at sfo. west/southwest 13 travis, but a couple of days ago you'll remember it was 23 to 25. once you see a decrease like that, that's a sure sign warmer weather is on the way. the system that cooled us down, 80s inland, but a lot of 60s and 70s are beginning to push off. as it does, high pressure builds in and that gives us that northerly breeze. waves six to 12 feet, dangerous rip currents and sneaker waves occasionally so be careful if you're headed to the beach, south-facing beaches that, will be through the weekend. fog, sunny, more of a northerly breeze, hasn't really established itself yet, it's trying to. it will be warmer across the board today, so a lot of 70s and 80s and even some low 90s starting to pop back up, so temperatures should jump four to eight degrees compared to yesterday. warmer thursday into friday. does look okay saturday and then a cooling trend sunday, monday. >> thank you, steve. >>> there will be bears and bulldogs in san francisco this weekend. the game will be a

. >> the lead singer of the band green day's says he was kicked off of the southwest airlines flight because he was wearing or showing off. here is what happened at oakland international on thursday. >> he is a lead singer of green day and an actor. his band has won more than 90 major awards. billy joe armstrong is known as 8 pence sagger. >> i am 9 years old and i am giving my opinion today. >> this is a very opinionated young star. she heard about armstrong's tweet from last night which said, just got kicked off of a southwest flight because my pants were sagging. >> i think that people should pull up their pants when people caland ask them to. it is rich. >> he was asked to look askance twice but did not and was therefore kicked off. >> our friend is not upset with the airlines. >> he is a singer, a lead singer, he should take responsibility. >> many have been upset at airlines like southwest for doing this and in a sense of discriminating against someone of that. southwest says as soon as we became aware of what happened we reached out to apologize for this customers experience.

she tweeted i've been discriminated against by southwest.said it was a family airline and kissing was not okay. southwest says she was approached after passengers complained her behavior was obsessive. southwest is the official airline of the gay and lesbian alliance against defamation. >>> a mall making chances after complains about the store next door. managers at the north gate mall had no idea when this playground was planned a year ago victoria secret was negotiating to lease the store next door. when billboards went up showing women in sexy lingerie parents posted a complain page on facebook. >> i feel like children shouldn't have to look at that when playing. >> i had 100 people commenting. >> i lake they are making an effort towards solving the -- i like they are making an effort towards solving the problem. >> in the past week the mall installed trees as a temporary divider. some parents say it doesn't go far enough. >>> three hours from now a group of uc berkeley republican students will hold hua mei be the most controversial bake

. >>> southwest airlines is responding to charges of kicking an actress off a plane for being a lesbian. she was removed from a baltimore st. louis flight yesterday and multiple passengers were complaining about her excessive affectionate behavior with another woman. hailey said they removed her because it is a family airline and she is now calling for a boycott of southwest. >>> the new president and chief operating officers of the golden state warriors, rick wells will oversee business operations. he revealed his sexual orientation and at the time he was president of the phoenix sun. he relocated to be with his partner. >>> the president of the bay area's newest professional sports team will meet this afternoon. san francisco bulls will play starting next year in the pacific division and face off regularly against teams from stockton las vegas and bakersfield. tickets go on sale next monday. >>> 4:50 is the time so let's check in with sal to look at traffic this morning. >> traffic will be busy on the golden gate bridge they just started switching lanes over southbound 101, don't worr

southwest has joined other airlines in raising fares for flights reserved at the last minutes. are often tickets bought by corporate passengers. analysts said if southwest would have kept their prices lower, other airlines would have rolled their prices back. >>> at&t customers in san francisco may have noticed more bars on their cell phones today. crews this morning installed a new cell site at this church. the new site is meant to improve coverage throughout the sunset district. representatives say the changes are needed to keep up with customers needs. >> 50% of our customers have now gone to smart phones, smart phones have taken root. they use more data. we need more lanes on the wireless highway. so that's what we've done. >> reporter: the network today also added more capacity to cell sites across the city and they're not done yet. officials tell us they are also working to improve their 4g signal. >>> stanford hospital is blaming a subcontractor used by an outside vendor for a major privacy breech. as we first reported last night. the personal information of 20,000 patie

the philippines, indochina peninsula and india is going to be affected by the southwest monsoon. especially in northern parts of india we're going to be seeing lots of rain, up to about 150 millimeters or more in some areas and pakistan is going to be affected with the southwest monsoon. pakistan, the southwest monsoon season should be ending normally in the middle of september after which winter will be coming. but rainfall accumulation is staggering in the next 48 hours there. tokyo, 30 degrees. seoul, we're looking at 25. beijing, 24. chongqing, we're looking at 25 degrees. finally that temperature has dropped. now we're looking at -- keeping focus on this massive clouds which has the potential of becoming a tropical storm in the near future. we'll definitely keep you updated. this is already a hurricane. this is katia moving in the direction of northwest. we'll be tracking just parallel to the southeastern coast of the united states and the eastern coast. it is going to be bringing swells to the united states. just please do stay away from those coastal area as possible. we s

they responded back southwest airlines. >> the national unemployment is 9.1%.predicting that the unemployment will remain stubborn. improvac if this is the one to be addressed on thursday by president obama. >> a deadly explosion in menlo park. we have a reporter, lifve da lin >> this happened at 4:00 p.m. at membrane technology and research. the menlo park fire chief says that a scientist was working on an experiment combining three gases. methane, helium, nitrogen during that process that the fire chief something went wrong causing the explosion. it killed him and injured a female scientist. firefighters fought the this was contained but the recently found a leaking methane the cylinder. they found a recently methane a cylinder. the haz mat team is still trying to contain that. reporting live, da lin. >>pam: pg&e going door-to-do fit inspecting several homes. after gas leaks. this is the northwest square complex off off de anda boulevard. in cupertino the owner was not at home she normally works from home. the dog was there rescued and taken to the veterinari

can you see the reason why, strong southwest winds up to 25 miles per hour. in oakland we're at 62. also seeing patchy low clouds spilling out toward the east bay. in san jose, the average high this time of year should be 82 degrees, not the case today. we're at 72 degrees right now, not too far off from the day's highs. there you see the northwest wind at close to 16 miles per hour. inland spots today, we managed the mid-70s that was about it. you can see the strong sea breeze taking our temperatures down today. and we have gusty winds, now through 8:00 tonight. we'll see the southwest winds anywhere from 15 to 30 miles per hour reaching into fairfield and livermore once again. a bit of a southeast breeze. this evening, breezy conditions, low clouds eventually spilling back into the bay. the weekend calls for a bit of a warmup. in the meantime, air quality is fantastic, get a good strong sea breeze like this, no worries about spare the air days. at least for now. the how clouds continue to hug parts of the coastline, a little bit of sun mixed in with the strong winds right now. dow

. >> and later at 4:30 what southwest airlines did to green day's front man when he boarded a flight in oakland. >> and then at 5:00 we told but dismal jobs report today. what you'll see on this woman turned her unemployment into a sweet new business thunt. >> and taking a look at traffic on 101 moving smoother than it is on interstate 80 now, looking good. we'll be right back. >>> usually this works the other way around n sacramento, police say a man did a -- bit a python. the 54-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty. officers say they were contacted about a possible assault then arrived and another person claimed he had taken two large bites out of a life python. it's unclear why he would do this, officers contacted animal control and vets performed surgery on the snake last night. >> apparently someone took a chunk out of her abdomen. the internal organs were exposed. some ribs were ripped off. and some muscles were ripped off, also. >> bizarre, animal control says the snake is in guarded condition but is expected to survive. >> and looking better. >> and how i

winds southwest at 20, fairfield, southwest at ten into san francisco.ht we'll see misty skies, drizzle at times, low clouds get lifted up ahead of the cold front that will come through tomorrow morning. yes, rain for your sunday, mainly for the first half of the day. and this roller coaster ride and the seven-day forecast, temperatures climb up tuesday and wednesday. air quality is not the issue tomorrow. it's when is the rain going to arrive? it's showing up on the north coast. a weakening cold front. add moisture, lift it up, get the air to condense, drop raindrops. i know it's september. cold front, tomorrow, 8:00, 9:00, 1:05 you may see showers. notice the cold front does scoot off to the east. see late-day clearing. rain totals, impressive for the north bay. perhaps as much as a quarter inch. number have come up a little bit for sonoma county, northern napa county from 7:00 in the morning to 2:00 in the afternoon. once we get past that you'll like your seven day forecast if you're a fan of warmer temperatures. tomorrow, 50s, rain for the north bay.

southwest winds -- his 71 to 76 degrees. there is a cold front. well defined. behind it, very cool air. i outlined its you can see it better. unfortunately we are talking about 20 degree temperature differences behind this thing. this low right here is really the culprit that will bring us some of the moist weather -- on and off showers. not a complete washout but a couple hours here and there. and up to kind of and when you. behind this, the good news is next week very high pressure that will move in once the front moves out and it will bring some the likely fall weather for us. los 70's next week. something to think about. just talking about the temperatures. here is baltimore, 75. you can see the temperature difference behind the cold front. low 50's all the way behind it and unfortunately it is coming our way for the weekend. future cast will show the cloud cover right now. best chance of rain probably around 8:00 or 9:00 whether france starts moving through and we see the majority of the wet weather starts to form. it clears up a little bit tomorrow but ag

a few areas actually looking for showers across portions of the southwest. actually, i want to bring you in to the radar in the southeast, especially the gulf, where we still have, as lion ntmened earlier, the potential for flooding. you see that red box, especially in that last frame, that's a tornado watch in effect until 4:00 p.m. today. with some of the bands rotating on shore, you may see these firing up, but also big time flooding over jackson, mi mississip mississippi. those numbers really starting to rack up especially across portions of the southeast. hurricane katia, that's heading in toward the coastline. not expected to be a big landfall threat at the moment. we have to keep a close eye on it. by thursday we're talking about a major hurricane. right now max sustained winds around 100 miles per hour. so likely a bigger surf producer than much else. still one we have to keep a close eye on. there's a look at the mess in the east. get down to the southwest, especially down through death valley, a chance for some showers today. some of those showers

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the lead singer was not welcomed on southwest airlines because of what he was wearing.are live with the airlines reaction. >> a gas line explosion in cupertino. what went wrong and roger clemens is back on trial. >>pam: at 6:00 p.m. a sour note with the lead singer of-based " green day " billy armstrong was kicked off a flight from what he was wearing we have a live controversy. >> pg&e is taking the heat for another gas line explosion this time in cupertino. >> new details about the next iphone could look like. >> a developing story. >>pam: our developing story on this friday with one fatality after an explosion that this menlo park membrane research and technology depcompany. teresa estacio. >> we're on location let me show you the developing story behind me. this took place earlier this afternoon. the fire department came out because of an explosion. when they arrived, they found two people that have been dredged out of the building. they tried to perform cpr. one of the two victim's did not respond. there has been one of fatality. the other victim was taken to a loc

louis, she was, as southwest says, excessively kissing her girlfriend. a flight attendant said she was making passengers uncomfortable, and could she stop? southwest says then a discussion followed and escalated to a level that was better resolved on the ground. haley says that someone actually recorded the whole thing, though we're not exactly sure who. but the plane landed, the actress was escorted off the plane, and then she immediately took to twitter, and she said, and i'm quoting here, i've been discriminated against by southwest air. the flight attendant said that it was a family airline, and kissing was not okay. she continues by saying, since when is showing affection towards someone you love illegal, i want to know what southwest airlines considers as family. southwest then shot back, and i'm quoting, we received several passenger complaints characterizing the behavior as excessive. our crew, responsible for the comfort of all customers onboard, approached the passengers based solely on behavior, not gender. now, southwest says, by the way, it

> and blackout, human error cuts the lights to nearly 6 million people on the west coast and the southwest. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everybody and thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. this morning, u.s. counter intelligence officials are chasing what is described as a credible and specific but unconfirmed terrorist threat. some al qaeda operatives may already be in the u.s. police in new york and washington, d.c., are taking additional security measures. tara mergener is in washington with details. good morning, tara. what is the latest? >> good morning, betty. officials say the threat came in a single piece of information and was so specific it cannot be ignored. extra police are guarding new york's bridges and tunnels following the latest terror threat. >> the nypd is deploying additional resources around the city and taking other steps to keep our city safe, some of which you may notice and some of which you will not notice. >> reporter: federal officials are investigating a possible al qaeda car bomb plot. aimed at new york and washington, d.c., near the tenth ann

it's about 300 miles southwest of ireland. 70 years, the ship has sat upright on the sea bottom nearly three miles down, deeper than the titanic. it holds 240 tons of pure silver. more than $200 million. recovering begins in the spring. i've got dibs on that. while cbs money watch doesn't have sunken treasure, we do have ashley morrison. ashley, good to see you this morning. >> good morning. thank you. >>> european markets rebounded today. tokyo's nikkei gained 3%. hong kong's hang seng jumped 3.5%. the dollar slipped against the euro and the yen. today, wall street gets the latest on home prices and consumer confidence. on monday, stocks had their best day in three weeks. the dow showed up 272 points to close back above 11,000 while the nasdaq rose 33. uncle sam is taking his first step out of the housing market. within a week, the federal government will lower the size of its home loans it will guarantee. it will mean higher costs and bigger down payments for many home buyers. the government currently supports a staggering 9

leisha is asking the gay community to boycott southwest. southwest.re coming up on "good morning america." southwest can't -- >> like to boot people. >> the stars, man. don't get it. >> andy rooney, since 1978, has been delivering his up to the minute on "60 minutes" will be giving his last one this sunday. so, there he is. he's going to talk a little about his career which is obviously quite distinguished since 1978 he has been doing this. he is now 92. >> the year i was born. >> there is no reason for his departure the we can assume it is his age that has something to do with it. >> fair assumption. legendary career. best of luck. certainly, long, long career. >> well done indeed. >> that is it. patty stanger, the star of "millionaire match maker" been angering the gay community for comments she made on bravo, again on the "joy behar show," denying that gay men are capable of monogamy, criticized folks in new york not rushing to the altar, she angered a lot of folks here, don't look for the controversy to die any time soon. she angered a lot of folk

jus this morning virgin southwest and united canceled flights. airport spokesperson says the power doesn't knock out the planes of the control tower but it does knock out many other necessities. >> we're in the same situation. we have two main field generators and portable backup generators. we can only operate varied essential services. so planes can get in and out, but we cannot load and unload. we cannot check people on and off the plane. that is the problem. >> reporter: that massive power outage was caused when a utility worker in arizona triggered what turned out to be a domino effect. you have parts of arizona but mexico as well as southern california without power. we learned this morning that the san diego power company had about 1.4 million homes are now back online. the airports are still trying to catch up. not only sfo but oakland airport as well. reporting live at sfo i'm kraig debro. >>> a new terror threat timed for this weekend's tenth anniversary of the september 11 attacks. we want to take you to live to ground zero in new york

almost all southwest flights to san diego were cancelled. southwest says it will evaluate the situation this morning and determine if more cancellations are needed. united, you night expression and virgin american airlines have temporarily stopped flights to san diego. to check on your status, go to abc7news.com and click on the flight tracker on our front page. >> it was one year ago today when disaster struck the city of san bruno with the deadliest gas explosion in a decade. at exactly 6:11 p.m. a pg&e exploded isn't flames throughout a neighborhood. it killed 8 people, injured dozens of others and destroyed 38 homes. it took pg&e an hour and a half before it could turn off the gas. they say the litany of failures from the utility including sub standard welds led to the explosion. the families will hold a memorial service tonight at skyline college in san bruno. we'll have live coverage here and also stream it live in its entirety on our website at abc7news.com. >>> we have to keep an eye on the possibility of fire danger this weekend bec

the southwest released a statement saying we have reached out to apologize.e followed up and understand from the customer the situation was resolved to his satisfaction. end quote. southwest says armstrong was allowed on to the next flight to burbank. >> lisa is here with a preview of the accuweather forecast. >> we definitely have more fog this morning. in fact, mist and drizzle out there. the fog has made it's way out to livermore. here's a look at the golden gate bridge. you will need your wipers in spots. temperatures cooler today and tomorrow but changes beyond that. your forecast is next. >> thank you. also ahead seventh-ranked stanford makes a statement against san jose state, led by quarterback andrew luck. mike has all the highlights coming up in this morning sports. good grief mom, you gonna clean that thing or wrestle it? well, it's not going to clean itself. want me to get dad? no thank you. viva's all i need. look at that! still in one piece. yeah, so's the towel. [ female announcer ] grab a roll and try it on your toughest mess. good griewell, i

. >>> the green day front man was kicked off a southwest airlines for wearing saggy pants. armstrong sent a tweet saying "just got kicked off a southwest flight because my pants caged too low. no joke." armstrong was trying to fly from oakland to burbank. cindy chu was on the flight and witnessed the incident. >> a flight attendant approaches him and says, "pull your pants up." and so he said, "don't you have better things to do than worry about that? ". and then the flight attendant said "pull your pants up or you are coming off the plane." >> southwest responded to armstrong's tweet saying "very sorry for your experience. someone from our kerry lagses team will reach out to you to get more details." >>> a new twist in the on going saga over that lost iphone 5 prototype. c net said it went missing at this mission district bar. a source said the phone's signal was traced to a home in san francisco. after initially denying that officers were involved, this sfpd says four plain clothed officers did in fact accompany apple security to a home on anderson street. according to po

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winds out of the southwest at 8 miles an hour. an increase in winds. we could see gusts today up to around 20 miles per hour. some of the temperatures throughout the area, takoma park and tinnily town now at 63 degrees. mt. aerie to the north. mitchellville at 61 degrees. here's a look at today, going up to 74 to 75 degrees. breezy with an increase in clouds. >> starting out to be a great friday. sun's in the air. >>> so far no delays on the rails. our roadways, they look good as

southwest 7. that south- southwest napa will do it but there's still not enough of a delta breeze. to warm, coolers 90 inland. temperatures from 50s, 60s to the 90s. lot of 80s in between. so i'm cooling off many locations, except -- still get a big spread in caldecott. alameda 72. berkeley 76. but temperatures will be heading down. same for san jose with low clouds it fog there, they will cool off. santa clara valley still warm. up to 80s on the coast. and san francisco south san francisco and also the peninsula, temperatures trend there also down. and then we'll continue that into friday with a weekend shaping up to be a much cooler one with maybe the first hints every rain for say mendocino lake county on sunday. >> thank you. happening right now, hundreds of iranian americans are at a rally outside the united nations. they're protesting president ahmadinejad missouri's presence at the u.n. president ahmadinejad is scheduled to address the u.n. general assembly this hour. of course, the timing of his speech seemed to coordinate with yesterday's release of the two cal grads, josh

west southwest at 9:00, there is still a component of a sea breeze. we will get some wrap i had warm up as high pressure winds are out for another day, so sunny warm to hot and as it heads back to the coast highs anywhere from 60s to 100 degrees.$♪ 99 fairfield, in the 90s only land 73 and your weekend is always in view. we have a much cooler friday and high clouds, looks like a partly sunny skies weekend being pam. >>> the search team will begin combing an area in austin,texas for more victims of that wildfire. the fire has destroyed more than 600 homes and so far two people are dead. so far rick perry employed to help local authorities look for survivors. >>> a small plane crashed in a remote area. right now the fire is 40% contained. that might be a good sign. crews are using helicopters and planes to battle the flames. >>> right now it is 441, a noisy warning but there is no need to be concerned. >>> good morning if you are driving on the san mateo soon, i will tell you more coming up. yeah, she's great. yeah. yeah. kyle's got that thick head of h

fairfield's 56 along with winds out of the southwest gusting to 30 miles per hour.towards san jose. a lot of locations are saying low clouds or fog. if you don't have that it is clear and cool and a hit of -- hint of fog is in the air. it will push those thunderstorms off towards the east and it will usher in a cooler pattern. low clouds breezy sunny at times, a lot of clouds inland. canfield 72, 60s for many closer to the basement concord pleasant hill 80s. caster valley, 70s from san jose cupertino, a lot of 50s and 60s on the peninsular. palo alto mountain view, woodside and red wood city it will be a cooler pattern report many today. not much change -- cooler pattern for many today. not much change. it will warmup sunday to monday. >>> what is more concerning is the increase came labor day. jobless claims usually fall during a short ended workweek. 42 8,000 applications last week and the numbers of claims have to fall below to indicate a trend is enough to lower the unemployment rate. >>> checking in on how markets are responding, we have some optimism and it he