i'm going to put gabe to bed. gabe. no. you did bring your son, right? he's in the car. he's been asleep since you left my house last night. he's dying. i'm sure of it. you've got to try again. mrs. perralta, felino will help your son, but he isn't going to do a psychic surgery. he's going to operate in the conventional way. what? no, i can't. the boy has a tumor in his liver, right? all that's required is a simple resection. felino is a medical doctor. he can cut out that section of the liver in a few hours in a bloodless surgery, and the liver will regenerate to its normal size in less than two months. is this true? in return for this operation, you have to agree to spread the word to others that felino is no longer a psychic surgeon. you have to tell them to seek conventional medical care for their families. i'll go get my son. i can't do this. last time i operated on someone, i killed him on the table. i know. a shotgun wound in the chest... i have some experience with those, and they're usually fatal. you were wrong to blame yourself when you didn't save that man. i

is pretty surprising, coming up and might have gabe slate tech report and residents in the north bay dealing with the aftermath of a major sewage spill clean up crews were in a san anselmo neighborhood, where a clogged sewer pipe overflowed... sending about 30 -thousand gallons of raw sewage, into resident's homes .... and mixing into sleepy hollow creek. san ansemlo resident aliysia flocco explains where the water hit her home the hardest.... .....and what her family had to do, to get the water out.. the clog in the pipe has been removed. and the sanitation district is continuing to take samples from sleepy hollow creek ... to check for contamination. they also brought in vacuum trucks and restoration crews... to make sure whatever got into the garages, homes and yards .. was cleaned up. grant lodes? >> that raw sewage smell expel. sir francis drake high school and here is sleepy hollow. you can see how close everything it is. 30,000 gal. of sewage into that creek. also in canfield to a sewage spill with a 7,000 gal. spewing out of a mammal. near corta madera a man has been arrested

about jobs and you can follow gabe >> thank-you, gabe slate tech report >>pam: the state of washingtonore than 200 couples lined up at the seattle county courthouse in to get their marriage lincenses signed. 77-year-old jane abbott lightly and 85-year-old petey petersen who have been together for 35 years were the first couple to receive their marriage license. a three-day waiting period is required before marriage licenses are valid. but supporters of same-sex marriage say today is an important day for their cause. >> also in washington state. it's a "pot party" in washington state. a new law -- legalizing recreational marijuana use -- took effect at midnight. the law says adults 21 years and older can now possess up to an ounce of pot. but growing or selling the drug remains a crime. still -- pot smokers preferred to emphasize the positive -- ringing in the new year with -- well -- smoke rings at seattle's space needle. >>pam: the aftermath of hurricane sandy is driving business in washington today. as the senate meets to talk about the storm's impact on transportation, the push for

gabe slate tech repo (cheers & applause) >> this is awesome! >> i am very pleased with all this has played. >> it has been great for double and nation -- asidevil nation (cheers & applause) >> reporter: the fans were cheering on the other teams. >> i was expecting a good hard hitting game and that is what i am seeing. >> reporter: they picked a date by a steady lead from early on in. >> we predicted that a s u would have a victory. >> it is nice to see that the navy fans are going out early. >> sorry! [laughter] >> >> reporter: many people traveled from a long distance. >> we are from hawaii. >> it is awesome we are from the state of oregon. >> it is amazing, to see the distance and the difference- between both teams. (music) >> reporter: this helps fight hunger at at&t park alecia reed, kron 4 news . a new york woman has been charged with a hate crime for allegedly pushing a man to his death in front of a subway train. >>> police say the surveillance video they released helped find erika menendez. the queens district attorney says menendez imp

gabe slate tech report >> it's the bay area's favorite way to ring in the new year. we'll be bringing you the best parties and fireworks on 'new year's live.' i'll be hosting along with gary radnich. kron 4's - new year's live. eve. back! gabe slate tech report >> 60% of costs tomorrow could expect a gift card. $1.7 billion worth of gift cards will probably not be redeemed. that is crazy and wasted money! some of us for that about them. ward, where they are. ior, where they are, now, technology to the rescue now, there is a great, free application called tough gyft... is a free application,. and it will allow you to take the physical gift card and up load to with your card. and this will be valued on to your phone entered when you are at this door, you can use the bar code, that you can present to the cashier. and through this gift application, you can even traded something else. or even resubmit it to someone else. a great way to hike said it cut card through facebook, and a pretty novel idea. gamow gabe slate tech report >> the annual toward driv towars coming up s

gabe slate tech report. >> is sexual predator at loose in the east bay.here this possible serial rapist is striking and how far would you go from striking a medical marijuana is a saving his young sons like but they might not agree with. >> a look at a site with visibility reduced with the fog formations. the other locations expected to coming up. >> stories at eight-thirty. two people. including a child. are dead after head- on collision in byron. this is video courtesy of sky-7-h-d from a-b-c-7 news. the c-h-p says, a car slammed into a big-rig on byron highway near clifton court. at about 3-30 this afternoon. the crash also caused a diesel spill into the california aqueduct. cal- trans was on scene cleaning that up. byron road was shut down, so the highway patrol could investigate. the u.s. supreme court today agreed to review propostion eight. the state's ban on same-sex marriage. the justices also agreed to take up another related case - the federal defense of marriage act. their decisions aren't expected to come until june. until then. the state ban

kron 4 tech reporter gabe slate gives us a look at the new google maps. i downloaded the new google maps application for this iphone 5. i've played a round with it, with the driving, and directions and it is great. it is a must for any iphone user what is interesting is this new version of google maps for iphone. it is better than the old one with a lot of new features. i will show you that but first, this entire apple map a bottle is interesting they rarely to a mistake. >> what apple showed a of operating six they show that there were going to map the world themselves with apple maps. this would replace google maps that is automatically installed it. and 1 internet operating 61 live, roadways were off, and the entire cities and towns for missing and there was a lot of bugs. apple maps was ridiculed. so much that the ceo, tim cook apologized. and he fired the lead executive. and just as things for calming down. also, in australia it even provided some danger instead of this city, it navigated to people in the middle of nowhere. and why this is such a dea

nbc's gabe gutierrez is at the world's busiest airport hartsfield jackson in atlanta. how is it looking? >> reporter: well, major airports caught a bit of a break today. nowhere near as many cancellations as we saw thursday and friday. instead this morning rain slowed down some flights in san francisco and up in the northeast there were some minor travel headaches as well as winds delayed flights from washington and the new york area. a lot of people were paying attention to weather reports today. nearly one in four americans will travel this holiday taking advantage of a longer break with both christmas and new year's falling on a tuesday. and this is good news for the 84 million americans who will drive. gas prices have dropped to an average of 3.24 a gallon. that's down nearly 20 cents in a month. here in atlanta, many travelers are just thankful that it isn't more hectic at this point but as you know, lester, with so many connections passing through here, that can always change very quickly. >> we know that indeed. gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> more than two and a

gabe slate tech report >> there is a new mobile application that is just in time for the holidays. it is a great service. it will allow you to virtually order any product on your smart phone and will be delivered within one hour. right now, delivery is free and free the synar gift wrap. e bay want to revolutionize the service with " e bay now'... all you need is an account, and it can be delivered within one hour. i am in the lobby of power station on van ness. i am going to go on to the mobile application and order it. shop, search byproduct, categories. ebay has partnered with major retailers, and i going to pretend like i need a last- minute items. i will choose a coffee maker. you will pay upon the delivery. they assign a delivery person that they refer to as a valet shop for and your even able to track that person. you can see it on its way to you and a person's photograph. they were there within 50 minutes. and a free gift wrap. the shopper will accept payment with their phone. they're offering incentives. and the delivery charge is normally $5 but is now free. it seems like

gabe slate tech music's, ready ! share the harmony... she'll be here soon ! she'll love this !re a sweeter welcome... hey, hola, cómo estás ? hello, hey everyone. es un pla-cer co-no-cer-te. encantada. share everything. this holiday get verizon's share everything plan. unlimited talk, text and shareable data... ... across your family's devices, all in one plan. get a droid razr m by motorola for $49.99. >> now at eight-30. the bay bridge toll plaza getting a face-lift. and it's happening tomorrow. kron4's mike pelton reports from the bridge -- on what crews are planning to change. >> beginning next week, the bay bridge road received a multimillion-dollar face looked with a restriking and a class of will be painted white. this will expect to last six months. there will not close any of the lanes during daylight hours this will be complimenting the new east span it will open september. at the bay bridge toll plaza, mike pelton, kron 4 news. >> a nice holiday present for drivers. gas prices continue to drop for the third week in a row. the average u.s. price of a gallon of gasolin

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gabe gutierrez is in houston with the latest on 41's condition. gabe, is that true?: yeah, craig, that's what we're hearing. he remains in intensive care here at methodist hospital in houston. he is improving and that his exchange wes doctors and nurses now include singing. the first 41st president of the united states went into the hospital in early november with bron kitis and was released a few days later and after thanksgiving he developed a nagging cough and went back in the hospital. his family had hoped to have him back home for christmas, but that didn't happen. doctors put him in the icu last sunday and his family has not really released too much information about his treatment only saying that he's in guarded condition. this past thursday his houston chief of staff sent an e-mail to well wishers urging him to put it back in the clocket and his aides say he's in very good spirits though he's not expected to leave the hospital any time soon. >> any indication what song the president was singing with those doctors and nurses? >> they have not released that inf

gabe gutierrez standing by in houston. gabe, what can you tell us? >> hi there, craig.ormer president remains in intensive care at methodist hospital. he's been here more than a month and the family spokesman says he is improving and that his interactions with the medical staff include singing. there is no word on what exactly he's singing, of course, but the former president first went to the hospital in early november with bronxitis a ibronchitis and after developing a nagging cough and the family hoped to have him home by christmas and that didn't happen, and he developed a fever and so doctors put him in the icu and they were reluctant to get details about his treatment and this thursday his chief of staff sent an e-mail to supporters telling people to put the harps back in the closet. the former president is in very high spirits although he's not expected to leave this hospital any time soon. his family, right now, says he's in guarded condition and they are cautiously optimistic about his recovery, craig. >> gabe gutierrez from houston, thank you, sir. >> let's tu

kron 4 technology reporter gabe slate gives us a look back. >>> stop online piracy act...or 'sopa'..n online protest.. and the web cried censorship.it was protest. with petitions calling for and organized boycotts. and wouldn't you know, that it worked! ahhh.. the power of organized internet community. >>> when facebook went public it was the most hyped stock ip0 - however many lost money when it opened at $38 but that was much overvalued. and dropped quickly. it bottomed out below $18. since then it has been steadily rebounding at currently, $25. >>> also, the trial war of 2012 from apple & samsung it is going to take a while for it to unfold. patents related to their tablets and smart phones... and so far apple is winning. samsung will pay apple $1.5 billion in damage. for infringing on their ideas >> also the era of commercial private space exploration has been started by the founder of tesla motors. the space exploration " dragon " made history when it successfully delivered cargo to the international space station. >> we are bringing phones into the windows family with windows e

gabe slate tech report [ female announcer ] here's to a whole world of happier holidays. time to enchant, delight and amaze. safeway will help you gather everyone round. a smoked, shank half ham is only 99 cents a pound. get breyer's ice cream for $2.88 and dessert will surely shine. make it a grand finale with starbucks just $6.99. turns out this season less is really so much more. so make your holiday merrier than ever before. safeway. ingredients for life. >>pam: ahead at 8-30. residents on edge in one south bay neighborhood. after a rash of residential burglaries. we'll tell you where it is happening pays a surprise visit to a his message for students. and the community. >> cold weather. certainly, the morning lows with 32 degrees in vallejo. the rainfall, when the evening news returns. >>pam: our developing story tonight. at 8-30 continues to be the lockdown at san jose city college. police are swarming the campus searching for a possible gunman. this is video,kron-4's reggie kumar is there live with the very latest. >> as you mentioned, the all clear was issued righ

gabe slate tech report this gabe slate tech report this greatsofa... desk... you know what? why don't you go get some frozen yogurt. i got this. you're so sweet. you got this, right? i do got this. let us get everything off the shelf, and to your home. sofa... desk... you know what? why don't you go get some frozen yogurt. i got this. you're so sweet. you got this, right? i do got this. let us get everything off the shelf, and to your home. >> catherine: there's word tonight that veteran actor jack klugman, has died. he died today in los angeles. klugman was probably best known for playing the sloppy sports writer oscar in the 19-70s sitcom the "odd couple". he also played a tough-minded medical examiner in quincy, m.e.," klugman lost his voice to throat cancer in the 1980s but trained himself to speak again. he was 90-years old. >> in national news. a police officer and a bystander were shot and killed in suburban houston this morning. it began when the officer made a traffic stop. the suspect drove away - and later began shooting from a parking lot. police say the man shot

gabe slate tech report +1 >> m.ahead at 8-30.ew charges filed against the man accused of morgan hill teenager. and a richmond city employee is blowing the whistle. and official of using city resources. to run her own private business. you won't take my life. you won't take our future. aids affects us all. even babies. chevron is working to stop mother-to-child transmission. our employees and their families are part of the fight. and we're winning. at chevron nigeria, we haven't had a reported case in 12 years. aids is strong. aids is strong. but we are stronger. and aids... ♪ aids is going to lose. aids is going to lose. ♪ >>pam: running a private business inside the city hall of an east bay city that is what an employee is alleging in a complaint including the contra costa county district attorney's office several months ago the whistle publically deciding to speak on camera for the first time to kron4's haaziq madyun it's a >> "okay so we are looking at the richmond city hall address with the human resources phone number, with

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and we're proud to work with all those who are making our communities stronger. ( gabe slate tech reportmake great holiday gifts. right now, samsung has some really popular devices. there are catching on giving apple a run for their money. this little bloom with the galaxy why fight camera a unique device. some of these great items from samsung. the new -- wi - fi.. galaxy camera is a game changer. it is entirely new point and shoot and and three tablet. it can do anything a smart phones can do except make phone calls. wifi, or a low cost at&t plans. if you want to make calls? the galaxy phone tablet is interesting. it is a tablet phone. and it is fit 5.5 in.. it is in between a phone and a tablet. greed for video, anything media of somebody that works a lot on their phone, e-mail, with a stylus. and the touch screen fan with a detail and i like this feature you can even handwrite with the stylus. it will transfer to digital text. the galaxy s three is the other hot phone and it is currently the no. 1 yes iphone 5 competitor. it is a slick, fast and really light. if you're going to go fo

gabe slate tech report >> a 60 percent of us will receive at least one gift card. it is expected that $1.6 billion will be not used in 2013 after that is crazy! wasted money, i and some of us forecast that we store them or even just for that -- that we have stored them. and i guess that some of us just forecast them. however, technology to the rescue with us forgetting about them a. this free application, " to achieve wh gyft'.... is the name of the free application. up load. and it will be able to be scanned right from your phone, to the cashier. your even able to swap with other people that have was that you want. gabe slate tech report kron 4. >> families across the u-s will have to rely on other sources of entertainment after netflix's video streaming service was hit by a christmas eve outage. the company, based in los company tweet. it blames amazon's infrastructure, which netflix uses. no word yet on when then the service will be restored. >> we talk about the fiscal cliff - but there could also be a 'dairy cliff'. beginning next year, you could pay as much a

kron 4 technology reporter gabe slate gives us a look back. stop online piracy act...or 'sopa'.. webb cried censorship and it was protest. with petitions calling and organized boycotts. and wouldn't you know this is worked! and the power of organized internet community. >> when facebook went public it was the most hyped stock effort they lost a lot of money it opened at $38 but that was much overvalued. and dropped quickly. it bottomed out with below $18. since then it has been steadily rebounding at currently, $25. and also, the trial war of 2012 from apple & samsung it is going to take a while for it to unfold. patents related to their tablets and smart phones and so far apple is winning. samsung will pay apple 1.0 $5 billion in damage. for infringing on their ideas of $1.05 -- gun and dollars. it could alsbillion dollars-a-and also the era of commercial private space exploration by tesla founder. the space exploration " dragon " made history when it successfully delivered car door to the international space station. we are perhaps just a few months when it delivered-cargo to t

gabe slate tech report for the environment..... indexed at 8:the woman charged with crashing into a group of pedestrians on twin peaks. before a judge. and why the f-b-i viewed the "occupy wall street" movement. as a potential terrorist threat. >> jacqueline: a look at our current temperatures with 40's. it is going to be colt. and the chance of rainfall, coming up. [ male announcer ] if you're ready to get more from your tv service, now's a great time to get at&t u-verse tv. make the switch. [ female announcer ] call now to get at&t u-verse tv for only $29 a month for 6 months, with a total home dvr included free for life. plus, add hbo and cinemax and get the first three months free. [ male announcer ] with u-verse tv, you can record four shows at once with the total home dvr that lets you play back, pause, or rewind your shows from any room. get over 170 hd channels. that's more than cable. [ female announcer ] call now to get at&t u-verse tv for only $29 a month for 6 months, with a total home dvr included free for life. plus,

gabe slate tech report >> the high-tech is to the rescue. these are all available from your smart tone or tablet with a free application. it is only takes about 20 seconds. you can personalize these with your pictures that are on your phone. or take a new picture. type out to the text and that is if you're credit-card is charged. here is what it looks like with high quality heavy paper is used the only downside is that if all the used for apple. however, there are other applications that are cross platform friendly. greeting cards and post cards and holiday cards are easy and seamless. you can send a physical cargo through the mail and even a facebook friend you do not even need to know their mailing address. it is integrated. tell them where you would like to go and it would message them asking their permission to send it to the mill and request their address. it is a bit cheaper, $50 per card. and even the 995. -$1 to cents- per card. and it is so convenient. not just for the holidays it is great for any occasion. for direct links www.kron

samsung but at the same time, apple wants more even more money from samsung kron-4's tech reporter gabe slate breaks down what is at stake in this case. >> even though a verdict was handed down in august in abels favor is still very early for this process between apple and the samsung. samsung has not decision and thinks that there is grounds for a mistrial. the judge must decide this, and it is possible that it could be granted a mistrial. otherwise, what is happening is that as these two companies are hashing out this verdict from august apple wants another $770 million in damage and they are taking this to court why they can be impacted. how can consumers be impacted? semipaste to take all this money to apple. samsung is price could go up. or, apple could also sells could also be impacted. the samsung is galaxy, s s 2 and the droid charge could be impacted. you can go to nearly any carrier store for free so this is not that big of a deal. in 2013, there is a another trial with the latest hot devices from both companies like the ipad mini, the iphone 5, and the galaxy s3 phone. gabe s

gabe gutierrez is live with us at the world's busiest airport, in atlanta.t some rain, but i've been to this airport many a time, and it doesn't look too bad. >> not too bad. within the past hour we've been hit hard by a thunderstorm some delays had been reported here, but just as we came on the air, we know that the reports are it's back under 50 minutes. elsewhere in the country no big delays at any of the major airports, but 93 million americans plan to be traveling, and what they have to pay attention to is this winter storm that hit the west coast yesterday, delayed some flights in san francisco, now moving east, and has the potential to bring snowe into oklahoma tomorrow and possibly severe weather tuesday, christmas day into wednesday before heading to the northeast. drivers will have to pay attention to that. but right now airports around the country doing just fine. no major issues. back to you, richard, gabe, thank you. >>> here's a look at some of the other stories. this just into msnbc. nelson mandela will remain in the hospital for christmas. do

gabe slate tech report >>jacqueline: with cooler temperatures and even more as we go for the overnight and the rainfall returning to the forecast. this live look where we are seeing clear and cooler conditions but the rain fall tonight and tomorrow. temperatures quite cold. temperatures in the 30's for out the bay area and as we take a look the satellite and radar showing through our northern california. take a look further towards washington you can see the blue indicating snowfall. cold air from canada of with this system. as we take a look at the rainfall for tonight. we will start at 8:00 p.m. and continue it is not that organized. heavier through petaluma, and the san mateo coast. by 5:00 p.m., still some showers but not that wide spread. it will continue for the afternoon. some spotty showers here, there in the 4:00 p.m. hour and into the 8:00 p.m. hour as for temperatures they're going to stay on the cool side. 50s through san francisco, 52 in san rafeal. 50s in san jose. the storm is a cold one we're going to look at the midnight hour. in full swing over the sierras it will con

gabe slate tech report >> if you are looking to update your or sell your older gadgets.ld recommend www.gazelle.com or www.glyde.com if you except their offer there will send you a prepaid shipping label. >> vicki: people who own homes in the webster, new york neighborhood that burned down during a deadly ambush are returning to see what's left. on christmas eve, police say a man who killed his grandmother in 1980, started a house fire then shot the firefighters who responded. two died. norma holland talked with a man whose house was destroyed. >> reporter: the blackened front steps of the home william spengler and his sister lived in are all that remain of 191 lake road. the seven homes surrounding it are gone. people who once owned homes here came out to see what was left. one man owned the home next to where the neighborhood fire started. >> "we were going to fix it up to rent it out, it was a little spooky, but i don't know, at first it was a little awkward but as time went by you forgot about it." >> reporter: but spengler was the first person smith thought of once

here it is gabe. >> from new york to washington to chicago -- >> it has turned out to be a nightmare. >> starting mid-week, a massive storm hit much of the country dumping more than a foot of snow in some places. within 1700 flights were cancelled. >> i got a late 24 hours. >> this was my bed. >> on saturday, a high wind delayed flights for two hours in washington and new york. syracuse is still digging out. air travel is slowly getting easier. on thursday, there were more than 1100 cancelled flights in the u.s. on friday, that dropped to 600. by saturday, just more than 100. a few of the remaining problems were on the west coast where another storm system brought rain and snow. in the higher elevations, they struggled along highway 80. >> it is going to be worth it. >> before the 84 million expected to travel by car, the news. gas prices are down 20 cents in one month. for some families this christmas, there is even better news. she saw her daughter for the first time in nine months. >> we have been waiting and waiting. we were worried about the weather. everything worked out. we're

and also, a quick and easy way to make your own holiday cards with the help of deep sleep gabe .jacqueline: and your full forecast, coming up. [ female announcer ] here's to a whole world of happier holidays. time to enchant, delight and amaze. safeway will help you gather everyone round. a smoked, shank half ham is only 99 cents a pound. get breyer's ice cream for $2.88 and dessert will surely shine. make it a grand finale with starbucks just $6.99. turns out this season less is really so much more. so make your holiday merrier than ever before. safeway. ingredients for life. (male announcer) live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. >> pg&e is ordering its customers to help finance its safety upgrades. these have been in the works since there were eight killed at the san bruno pipeline explosion. this means that pg&e bill is expected to go off for each consumer. the residents are outraged. they're even going to be making a profit. between $140 million is expected to be the profit for pg&e. >> san francisco, mayor athlete is proposing to new laws. it would be i

gabe slate tech report >> gadgets make great holiday gifts.ight now, samsung has some really popular devices. there are catching on giving apple a run for their money. this little bloom with the galaxy why fight camera a unique device. some of these great items from samsung. the new galaxy camera is a game changer. it is entirely new point and shoot and and three tablet. it can do anything a smart phones can do except make phone calls. wifi, or a low cost at&t plans. if you want to make calls? the galaxy phone a tablet is interesting. it is a tablet phone. and it is 5.5 in.. it is in between a phone and a tablet. greed for video, anything media of related this is great. for somebody that works a lot on their phone, e-mail, with a stylus. and the touch screen with a detail and i like this feature you can even handwrite with the stylus. it will transfer to digital text. the galaxy s three is the other hot phone and it is currently the no. 1 iphone 5 competitor. it is a slick, fast and really light. if you're going to go for android this is the o

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gabe gutierrez is in atlanta. you're watching the entire country and newark, one of the spots. >> reporter: that's right, richard. it's not too bad in atlanta right now. it's actually moving around pretty well. certainly nothing like a widespread cancellation that we saw on thursday and friday, but as you mentioned there are minor headaches up in the northeast. wind is proving to be a problem in newark right now. we are told there is an average of 45-minute delay there due to wind and wind also delayed flights in washington earlier today. washington dulles, and it was a problem there and we are told that started to clear up and in the midwest, kansas city had long lines, as well and out west, rain slowed down some of the air traffic and san francisco this morning. a lot of people that were paying attention to the weather reports said nearly one in four americans will travel in the next few days and they'll be taking advantage of the longer break with christmas and new year's both falling on a tuesday this year. ba

kron 4 tech reporter gabe slate .e maps. >> i did some directions driving around this new map is great. is a must for any iphone user. what is interesting is this new version of google maps for iphone is way better than the old one. it has a lot of new features. i will show you that in a minute. >> first this apple. apple rarely makes mistakes. let us do a little recap. >> when apple took the stage and in a veiled ios6. >> they shot us by announcing they were mapping themselves. an application of apple maps. >> this would replace google maps which was automatically installed on their devices. >> apple maps have problem. famous landmarks were missing or were visually off. roadway's would appear to be melted. entire cities and towns were just missing from the mapping program. there was a lot of bugs. apple maps was ridiculed and made the butt of a lot of jokes. >> ceo tim cook apologized and fired the lead executive in charge. >> australia went public telling their citizens not to use the app and that it was dangerous.

gabe gutierrez at the atlanta hartsfield international airport.n with you, thanks. >>> egyptians are going back to the polls on the constitution. the document is divisive and ignores the rights of non-muslim egyptian ands and women. let's bring in nbc's eamon muha dean. >> when you look at that at the moment, the vice president specifically, what does that tell us about the state of disarray there? >> well, it's just an indication into the political turmoil that has gripped the country. keep in mind the president is the latest in the string of high-profile resignations. to explain more about the vrp's resignation, he did say it was not triggered by the political crisis and he wanted to resign as early as november 7th, but it was only accepted today and once the country passes political crisis. over the past several weeks you've seen close advisers and senior members to muhammad morsi who have stepped down because of the political turmoil and it is an indication in that the country is divided and polarized and even the top political leadership is n

. >>> you gabe your cade new i -- gave your kid a new iphone but did you outlint rules how they could use it? a whom did in a 18-point contract. is she onto something? here's the details on how this lady is i parenting. >> number one it's my phone and i bought it and i paid for it. >> no porn. >> i am know the password. >> reporter: not exing atly the christmas list you expect -- exactly the christmas list you expect for a 13-year-old. >> an 18-point contractually the weared dos and don'ts. >> don't take a zillion pictures and videos. >> reporter: histic to new iphone. >> my first reaction was -- his ticket to a new iphone. >> my first reaction was why did she do this. >> i wanted to show him to be a responsible user of technology without abusing it without becoming addicted. >> reporter: her message struck a cord with parents worried about the increasing use of smart phones. more than 50 million iphones are projected to sell this holiday season alone. many to teens just like greg. teen behavior expert says a set of rules is a must for teen iphone use. >> you wouldn't give your kid a

. >>> we had some road work on the babe gabe and that -- golden gate bridge and that road work will be reducing speeds. that traffic between walnut creek and oakland is doing nicely and if you are driving along 101 to san francisco, it is a nice drive. let's go back to the desk. >>> we begin with breaking news from hayward. right now crews are battling an apartment fire. we have a news crew on the way to the scene and we have an apartment fire in hayward. >>> meanwhile an investigation is on the way into an overnight store. there was another fire at the same location just months ago. allie rasmus has more about what we learned about the latest fire, allie? >> reporter: they responded to this fire and they were very familiar with the building and it was actually the second time they put out the same fire in the same spot in the past four months. the fire that burned used to be an appliance shop and they were called about a structure fire there again. fire engulfed the building and it was just a one-alarm fire and took ten minutes for firefighters to put it out. the cause is still under

okay, gabe. how is it looking today? >> alex, good morning, air traffic is moving pretty well, and temperatures dropped over the last day or so. doing well here in atlanta, and so far, in fact, no significant delays, and the past two days were a different story. the storm that moved through the plains and midwest, forced more than 1,600 flight cancelations in the u.s. alone and laguardia, for example, hundreds -- thousands of people were forced to rebook their flights. same story in chicago, where the storm canceled hundreds of flights there alone and the last two days have been pretty rough for drivers across the country, notary for some. the west coast may see problems thanks to another storm system and also problems in upstate new york and pennsylvania perhaps with new snowfall there. and air travel today is improving, aaa, they say it will be a busy few days for holiday travelers, and they have forecast about 93 million total travelers, the vast majority of those will be by car, 84 million, and those that are driving

. >>> gabe can't get to school. [ laughter ] >>> fanny packs are so yesterday. >> that's the booby pack. it's supposed to act like a fanny pack while also acting as a bra. >> oh, because girls always stuff things in their bras. >> bras, thank you. cell phones, wallets, key, all kinds of stuff. >> especially if you're endowed you can hold like a typewriter. >> this one looks like a sports bra. but it has -- >> that just vibrated on me. >> if you had the boopy pack you wouldn't have felt that. because as you can see. it looks just like a sports bra, but it has zippers on the side with pockets in them. it's insulated and waterproof. so no water is going to get in to the pocket with your phone. >> it is sweaty as you want, your phone. every woman has your favorite brand and when your brand comes out with this, you know you're going to want one. >> this is a kick-starter project started by christina conrad from new york and it already has a ton of backers, you can contribute as much as $1500 if you want. >> i'm concerned about where the pockets are. i want the pockets to be more easily acces

and standard & poors' gabe pettek says those details could still be months away. >> even if the policymakers in washington, d.c., resolve the immediate issue before january 1 or shortly thereafter, we think there are going to be several details related to the administration of tax policy and the way the federal government spends money that will have an important effect on state budgets. >> reporter: the pew center on the states reports around 18% of federal grants to states would be subject to sequestration's spending cuts. that works out to about $7.5 billion the states could ultimately lose. >> the real worry right now for states is that as many states start there legislative sessions next month is just the uncertainty from capitol hill. >> reporter: the uncertainty will make it difficult to put together state budgets, which need to be in place before the new fiscal year begins next summer. two big unknowns: the future of medicaid and municipal bonds. medicaid and the children's health insurance program, or chip, which under current law are exempt from the sequester, could be one area wher

to keep us warm and this is where we expect to bottom out tonight, about 28 for frederick, 29 for gabe for baltimore, 29 for culpeper. showers with the frontal boundary down to our south. this little deck of clouds won't be along much longer, but it's passing through now. a nice sunny day tomorrow as high pressure builds in across much of the region. we'll have more clouds around friday and saturday, but for tomorrow with the high pressure pretty much overhead it looks like full sunshine and again a chilly day, first day this month really that's been below average. on friday our high pressure system slips off the coast. we clowe up a little more. there will be a frontal boundary getting a little closer. it might spread showers into the ohio valley. i would say there's a slight chance we see some sprinkles or maybe even a light shower here and there for us friday, but mostly it's going to be a dry pattern. tomorrow will be wall to wall sunshine is how it's looking. you can see friday we clowe up a little bit. as the warmer air tries to come into town, sometimes it touches off a couple s

gabe slate tech report >> the mobile what is the future, to leave your wallet at home and to use yourmobile wahl let is the future. it will be part of our life the mobile wallet. a simple introduction of mobile payments starbucks is a great place to start. for a cup of coffee, is a small purchase it has teamed up with a square. a mobile app called square wallet a free download after installation. and for your credit/debit card information and it was securely hold that information. open up the application, and hit a starbucks, and pay here. scanned your phone you will get a digital receipt. it will be reducted from your credit card. >> jason, not a great name if your name is kaepernick. >> correct not a great day for kaepernick for the 49ers the honeymoon is over colin kaepernick the 2nd year qb making his 3rd straight start - and getting the jim harbaugh pregame treatment....alex smith says...hey that used to be me coach >> take a look at the number of sex that was tied a 17.5. he said that record in the ec duve live pure and half the number of-sex, kaepernick comes back, with another

>>catherine: kron 4 tech reporter gabe slate gives us a look at the new the google maps. >> it is a big deal about the google maps is available for the iphone 5. with voice commands. and previously, the apple maps was even a safety risk in the center of the desert of australia. leading people to the middle of nowhere when they thought that they were going to a town. however, the new global map for the iphone 5 operating system is a great deal for the google matchup. we will be ppacpawe will be pack. we will be back. >>catherine: ahead at 8-30. software pioneer john mcafee belize. is back in the u.s.. what he's happily admitting he did. while on the run. and celebrity chef marti >> and a look at our region with 30's, a cold night, details coming up. simonov monthnow for a look at our top stories at eight- thirty. firefighters area trying to figure out how the fire that gutted an industrial building in fremont began today. it started around 1-45 - sending a huge plume of thick smoke into the air. the roof of the building collapsed. it took firefighters an hour to get it under control. no

a weaker system--gabe slate tech report >> shopping a run the holidays should be a fun activity if yourd holidays but a lot of times it can be very stressful. one of the most dreadful about holiday shopping is parking. a great new mobile application that takes the stress out of parking. >> the main objective of " park now " to go from the are origination-destination without circling of looking for parking. >> this is a parking application with a free application, why not secure parking before you leave? similar to the airport. and park now it is applying that to everything else. and if we can eliminate that circling the block and bring the right to the garage is a better benefit. not just for our recumbent congestion but the for avoiding the frustration. >> put in where you are going to go. it will show garage spaces open and you can see how far you are going to willing to walk. if they have stations, and even electric plug ins. for your hybrid. and your spot is reserved in your credit card is reserved. >> if you are using this on your application, you will be able to display your bar c

it is about if we can't intervene with these people, you saw the photograph of the gabe gifford shooter. they look normal. they look like sick individuals. the question is to get to them before it happens. >> i know most of the people commenting. i was trained in the use of fire arms since i was a kid. most of the pime don't know what an assault weapon and automatic weapons are available. but they get rid of assault weapons and then it is it pistols. if it happens with a tire iron will they get ride of those. >> they don't know about the second amendment. i read heller before i came on. i heard so much stupid commiptary. and i would like to people to pause. this is not a question of what in the constitution . it is a question of what is in the institution. they can make a proposal but they can't repeal the constitution. i understand the irony and talking about the media. but going back to when nbcaired that virginia tech killer tape, since then, there is a role for the media to act responsibly. and not to cover and send a message that immortality awaits anyone who is deed and if they pi