archdioceses announced st. archdioceses announced st. laurentius is too expensive to repair and will be torn down. nora muchanic has the full story from the church tonight. >> basically they keep lying to everybody. >> that's reaction from parishioners at st. laurentius in fishtown which was merged by holy name of jesus parish. they got news of demolish of the church built in the 1800s. >> we're appealing to vatican and waiting for a reply. it has not come back yet. they're jumping the gun basically and violating cannon law. >> the archdioceses said it would cost 3.5 millionto restore the church and towers and to attempt that would jeopardize the fiscal welfare of parish and future existence. but the friends of st. but the friends of st. laurentius say repairs can be done under a million and paintings and hand crafted alter should be preserved. >> the archdioceses seems to have blatant disregard for this cultural artistic and architectural masterpiece. >> ken swarz was baptized and spent his life here and he said maybe it's time for the

that's not what christianity is all about. >> and back live now the archdioceses says st. locnecis school is not being closed that will remain open but the move to demolish the church is controversial and folks are angry with the church leaders and how they handled this. live in fish ton, nora muchanic, "channel 6 action news". >> nor a. thanks very much. a wilmington church marked a milestone for gay right today. casey clark porter and holly were ordained as ministers here at will being ton first and central presbyterian church off rodney square. presbyterian church officials believe it's first in their history to gently or dane a lesbian couple. >> this is not only the church saying that yes, we will allow you to be married and we'll allow you to serve we are celebrating the two of you in all your being and who you are together. >> our ministries have always been joint. this is very meaningful to us as a couple that we get to celebrate this momentous day together. >> we know -- >> casey and holly have been a married couple for three years now. >> well, it was not the hap

and as anne makovec reports, the archdiocese is taking unusual and potentially illegal steps to deal with the problem. anne. >> reporter: this policy is being called unethical and possibly illegal. you can see some of the moisture left here in this alcove. most of the water has dried up from its overnight drenching and if you look up, you can see that spigot there on the ceiling of the alcove. that's where the water came from periodically overnight. you can hear how hard the water is pouring from the ceiling of this cathedral. one staffer confirms the purpose is to keep homeless people from sleeping here overnight. >> don't make sense. it don't mix with god. >> reporter: joshua is homeless and says the policy is an affront to what the church is supposed to be. >> the church is a place for you to stay. a place for you to go. a harbor place to rest. this is a church. >> reporter: this is video shot by doug sovern who first broke this story for kcbs. the water runs for 75 seconds every hour in each of four entrances to the church. while there are no trespassing signs, there is no warnin

next speaker >> my name is [inaudible] on behalf of faculty and staff at the san francisco archdiocese we would like to thank supervisor [inaudible] as many know the archbishops proposed changes and impact faculty and staff and the students who feel hurt by the archbishops language. to that effect teachers drafted the petition. [inaudible] we afirmory deep commitment to the students in the catholic educational. [inaudible] and the value placed on diversity of the facul staff and student bodies. we believe the hand book language is harmful the community and creates a atmosphere of mistrust and fear. [inaudible] such language has no place in the hand books. we ask archbishop to use the current facully hand book in place. i'm proud to see say in 2 days, over 80 percent of staff and teachers at the school signed this, which is over 80 percent. this struggle incapsulates more than work place rights, it is the stugal to up hold the dignity of the community and especially the students so thank you for your help on this >> thank you. next. we appreciate the applause, we have a board rule secti

i want to say that we are worried about what is happening with the archdiocese that is happening and the implications that can hap toon other prokeral schools >> thank you mrs. kelly, we appreciate your comments. could you just cut in line? i'm just messing with you, go ahead. >> my name is [inaudible] i'm here tonight to thank you for giving us a new [inaudible] her name is [inaudible] besides that i would like to thank our new supervisor for being one of my family as i treat all of you. ladies and gentlemen as you know, i survive [inaudible] and that is my problem. survival is hard. [inaudible] but i never give up. i am here. [inaudible] george bush i wake him up. obama, he sees what we [inaudible] about with our homeless. today thank you god from [inaudible] city of san francisco. used to have, today you have only 3 thousand. by you and by our supervisor each one och you is responsible to clean [inaudible] homeless. such as give them housing and give them jobs. we don't need it [inaudible] i hope to let you understand i have here a [inaudible] i give all of you as i can because ou

the message is coming from pope franceing and the archdiocese cannot be more at odds in the tone and approach and this causes confusion over what the real message of the chunch is and it is what dishardens me as a catholic. it is unfortunate when there is a constant need for par tisitation in everything we need here in san francisco. we need to be galvanized and notdroid in solving our issues that face us. we continue to have violence on the streets and continue to have homeless issues and have so many issues that need or attention and argue and suggest need a strong catholic community. i love pope frances quote, i prefer a church which is bruised hurtding and dirty because it has been in sth streets rather than a church that is confined and cleaned from the own security. i'll say again this week, i expect as a legislator and pray as a cath lack that events are resolved in a manner similar to the resolution we are voting on today which honors the cont butions of the teachers [inaudible] my mope sh continues to be no matter what religion our faith community we qu move past these event

the archdiocese said it would cost $3.5 million to repair ascertain restore it. the decision to demolish the church is controversial. >> the archdiocese has blatant disregard for cultural artistic and architectural masterpiece. >> am i him upset and going to be crying when the wrecking ball comes, absolutely. but sometimes in life we have to make the hard choices. >> the archdiocese says the school will remain open. >>> a big announcement from texas senator ted cruz. he launched his campaign for the oval office two hours ago from one of the largest christian colleges. let's go live to washington d.c. with what this means for 2016. hi karen. >> reporter: good afternoon, rick williams, it was a crafty move by ted cruz to announce he will be the first one in the republican presidential race. he is going to get more mileage and attention if he went third or fourth in a couple of weeks. he has been a thorn in the republican side in the senate and now he is trying to shake up the race for the white house. today texas senator ted cruz made it official. >> i believe in t

the archdiocese says it has tried many strategies to help the homeless. more on that in the next half- hour. >>> a fire forced guests at a san francisco hotel to evacuate four hours ago at the park hotel at grant and sutter near union square. guests ran outside in their pajamas many still wrapped in blankets. fire crews remain on the scene at this hour. we don't know how it started but no reports of injuries. >>> repair work will cause some bart disruptions starting next month. today the transit system will announce plans to fix the tracks and equipment between the fruitvale and coliseum stations. the work will shut down the stations on some weekends but bart will run bus bridges between those two stations. >>> all right. let's see how the morning commute is going with elizabeth. >> we have a little bit of a hiccup for caltrain. there was a fatal accident on the tracks last night. now we are getting word of new delays, separate delays. there was a train that actually got stalled out. it sounds like from santa clara this is a tweet northbound train 103 bro

the archdiocese says it is trying to help homeless people in several ways. we'll hear from them coming up in the next half-hour. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we're going to take a live look at the beautiful bay bridge on this "hump day" this wednesday. and all is calm out there right now. let's see how our weather and traffic are doing as we head towards the weekend. >> the winds are calm at this hour. just a westerly at 7 miles per hour at sfo. but later today these winds are going to increase, breezy as high pressure continues to build into the bay area. right now, we have temperatures into the 40s and 50s. it is 49 degrees in concord. low 50s across the bay to redwood city. it is 49 in santa rosa. later today average high temperature in oakland is right around 61 degrees. instead, 72. upper 60s in mountain view. again, northwesterly 10 to 20 late day during the afternoon hours. your extended forecast calls for another day pushing near 80 on thursday. north bay sprinkles friday and we'll talk more about that coming up. >>> out the door, the road ahead th

an apology from an embarrassed san francisco archdiocese. over a sprinkler system used to drench the homeless people, sleeping outside a church. >> gary :and give information about the warriors and other sports. a play about dallas lead on the forecast >> reporter :packs clear skies and dry air will make for a quick warm-up tomorrow pass, and some storms the second of which will bring some light rain. more coming in a few minutes. can't say thank you enough. you have made my life special by being apart of it. (everyone) cheers! glad you made it buddy. thanks for inviting me. thanks again my friends. for everything for all your help. through all life's milestones our trusted advisors are with you every step of the way. congratulations! thanks for helping me plan for my retirement. you should come celebrate with us. i'd be honored. plan for your goals with advisors you know and trust. so you can celebrate today and feel confident about tomorrow. chase. so you can. >> pam :controversy swirling around this san francisco church. saint mary's cath

but what is different is that the archdiocese have hired security to keep students off of the square and away from the cathedral. stanchions are put up to keep them out. >> we teach love in these schools, not hate. >> reporter: wearing t-shirts students in the san francisco archdiocese are voicing their disagreement with archbishop salvatore cordileone and the morality clause. >> it is ridiculous how he is trying to, um, represent the catholic church in a city of tolerance and a city of acceptance. >> reporter: the fight over student and teacher handbooks has been going on since february when students on ash wednesday with ashes on their foreheads first spoke out about the proposed policies. the language in the handbook would subject employees to strict rules in and out of the classroom. >> i think a lot my favorite teachers will lose their jobs or just leave because this is against their beliefs. >> reporter: among the chief complaints is that the archbishop is out of step not only with san francisco but the vatican. >> the bishop is going backwards when the pope is going forwards w

now the archdiocese says it was ill-conceived. the city said it was illegal. >> someone told me one of the janitors i believe or something is it takes more water to clean up afterwards than what water they were using from the sprinklers. >> i'm not trying to mitigate it because we're apologizing and sailing we're getting rid of it. >> the catholic church runs many programs to help san francisco's large homeless population. >>> this morning former 49er chris borland talked about his decision to retire from football at 24 years old. he told "cbs this morning," playing football is just too risky. he is worried that we competed concussions would harm his -- repeated concussions would harm his health long term. >> i have always been aware of the dangers, or i thought i was. in fall camp last year, sustained a hit and it was nothing out of the ordinary for a linebacker, um, physical play and just thought to myself after that, um, is this the route i want to go? >> he went on to say there are too many unknowns when it comes to concussion

the afternoon die seize said it would -- the archdiocese said it would cost $3.5 million to repair it. >> the archdiocese hastant disaster for this architectural masterpiece. >> will i be crying when the wrecking ball comes absolutely. but sometimes in life we have to make these hard choices. >> reporter: the school will remain open. >> 5:47 a south jersey boy about to undergo brain surgery gets a boost from first responders. >> investigators out west are trying to piece together what happened in a walmart parking lot that ended up with a person dead and an officer shot. >> reporter: we have windchills in the 20s and temperatures around the freezing mark. things gets a little bit better this afternoon. we have an array of temperatures coming up next. >> didn't you know it is #my jam monday on "dancing with the stars." we have one night of competitive dancing under their belts. they hope there newest numbers will send them to the next round of competition. don't miss "dancing with the stars" at 8:00 p.m. tonight. you'll be looking at the dancing and you'll see what are their favorite s

the archdiocese says it would cost $3.5 million to repair and restore it.e school will remain open. >>> thousands of people hit the ground running in fairmount park today. it was all for the get your rear in gear four-mile run, two-mile walk. it is the country's largest running effort to fight colon cancer. march happens to be national colorectal cancer awareness month. the money raised by today's lays goes to coalon cancer research patient care, and awareness efforts. ♪ >>> a celebration of greek independence in center city today. greece broke away from its ottoman rule nearly two centuries ago. today local groups paraded up the ben franklin parkway with floats and banners to celebrate. >>> if bog or daned wasn't momentous enough this couple also made history. the first that took place at this delaware church. >>> and this baby came early but lucky for her,rmá$ two police officers were right on time. how they helped make this a special delivery. we thought our cable internet was fast. but, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is

. >> reporter: once this became public the san francisco archdiocese acted quickly. they insists that their aim has always been to help the homeless. they want everyone to feel welcome here at st. mary's cathedral, but that is not the message homeless people seeking refuge on the church's doorstep have been getting. you're looking at damp concrete the result of sprinklers turning on throughout the night in the doorways of st. mary's cathedral. the san francisco archdiocese says they installed them two years ago to deter the homeless and keep the grounds clean. >> it was obviously never the church's intention to actually dowse homeless people with water. >> reporter: but that's exactly what's been happening. and now that it's public the church is back-pedaling. they acknowledge they never got a permit to install the sprinklers. but this morning they got one to dismantle them. >> now we are sorry that our intentions have been misunderstood and recognize that the method was ill-conceived. it actually has had an opposite effect from what was, it was intended to do. and f

and now that it's public the archdiocese is back pad eledalling. they said the aim was to deter overnight camping and keep the grounds clean. they acknowledged they never got a permit to install sprinklers. but this morning they got one to dismantle them. >> now we are sorry that our intentions have been misunderstood and recognized that the method was ill conceived. it actually has had an opposite effect from what it was intended to do. and for that we are very sorry and apologize. it's as mean hearted as i've seen it. >> homeless advocates say they're not all together surprised. folks with the coalition on homelessness took this video, hosing down the homeless in 2008. church officials claim businesses in the financial district used similar measures. >> they were not doing it intentionally, just trying to keep the streets clean. >> eliminate affordable housing funding, put millions out in the street, and then you hose them down. that's trickle-down economics. >> we are back here live. the bishop of st. mary's says he has known about the homeless

the bishop elect is the vice president of mission for catholic charities of the archdiocese of washington. he was introduced to the media this morning. >> i'm very humbled and grateful to be holding this. autria: the bishop-elect will assist washington archbishop cardinal donald whirl lead the 625,000 members of the washington archdiocese. the national park service says this latest cold snap will not affect d.c.'s famed cherry blossoms. abc 7 cameras even found some green buds on the trees along the tidal basin. that's typical for early march which means this season is just a bit behind an average year. the national park service predicts peak bloom between april 11th and 14th. those are the final days of the national cherry blossom festival which starts this weekend. special programs for the festival kick off march 28th. we have a complete breakdown of the free events on our website at wjla.com. the tidal basin doesn't look anything like that right now. doug: we've had so many years where it comes early and all the blooms are off the trees during the festival. at least there will still be

the archdiocese of philadelphia is planning to knock down st. lorenzo church.d cost $2.5 million more to repair and restore it than to millionish the church. the archdiocese closed the church in march 2014 because it was in danger of collapsing. the school though will stay open. >>> today philadelphia's archbishop will open more shelters and food pantries and health clinics in the city. >> and he's raising awareness in the city. the archbishop has the backing of many businesses in the area chlt. oscar romero was an archbishop who stood up for the rights of the poor. >>> and pope francis had a special delivery over the weekend. pizza to go. while riding on the pope mobile a pizza owner handed him a piece of the pie. in a vent interview the pope said he missed getting pizza at a pizzeria. >>> in delaware two women became the first to be jointly ordained in the presbyterian church. the two were ordained at first and central presbyterian church in wilmington. they have been married for three years. we talked to the couple about this historical day. >> this is not o

the archdiocese said it will cost too much to restore the historic fishtown church. it closed a year ago after officials say portions could collapse. saint laurentius was first polish roman catholic church in the city built in the late 1880's. >>> another day of these cool temperatures but warm up is on the way. >> even today will be a little bit warmer then yesterday. again, till not shorts and t-shirts weather, in the yet. >> not until july. >> not really anytime soon. >> yeah. >> but activity is starting to get underway. what we will find here is a warming trend for a day and a half. it does go away by the weekend. we will take what we can get. this has been a slow start to the spring season with so many ups and downs and we might even see a flurry this weekend. that is how chilly it will get. the we are no talk ago accumulating snow. you should see the the look nicole is giving me right now. you have a's got to be kidding me? >> i hear you. >> but let me show you what is going on. this is a very significant swing that takes place on the thermometer, beginning of

>>reporter: the san francisco archdiocese is issuing the command for solid overhead sprinklers and for all tools on either side of st. mary's cathedral the church says sprinklers were installed two years ago without a permit to deter was people from sleeping there. after the media reports the whole the skipper were still sleeping there in getting doused with water on a nightly basis the church has not remove the sprinklers auxiliary said people in the church included himself knew the strikers were there and what they're for but never about the question and this was the right thing to do all was advocates say this was another example of the humanizing of his people and those in the neighborhood agreed. the church said they will look into this and the teachings of a it was to determine how to get started why it was never monitored and why no one came forward into now. >>james: target is selling a class act lawsuit in which the this massive 2013 did breach according to the sediment and landau fun will be setup for victims to get a $10,000 each in compensation that made it clear proof of h

so we stopped by the archdiocese to find out aside from all the attractions getting ready, how ready is the executive director of the world meeting of families. >> we are focused on all things related to transportation security fund-raising housing, and everything is in really good shape. >> reporter: the archdiocese also told us they're in need of volunteers to work this massive event. pope francis will not only visit the city but he has an appointment with president obama as well as the united nations. in the next hour we'll have more on what to expect six months down the road. live for now outside the basilica monique braxton, "nbc 10 news." >>> and the world meeting of families will be held the week of september 22nd. the pope visits that weekend. you can count on "nbc 10 news" to bring you important updates about the pope's visit. you can get news and information about the pope's journey to philadelphia by tapping on the news app on your smartphone or tablet. >>> 17 minutes after 5:00. time to check traffic after this. >> we can tell you that penndot will begin construction on m

now the archdiocese says the system was ill-conceived and the city said it was illegal. >> someone told me one of the janitors says it takes more water to clean up afterwards than what water they were using from the sprinklers. >> i'm not trying to mitigate it because we're apologizing and getting rid of it. >> the catholic church has many programs to help san francisco's large homeless population. >>> it got heating during a university of california regents meeting so some students took off their clothes. protestors stood on chairs and stripped not quite naked but enough to show quite a bit. they are demanding an end to tuition increases. >>> and the uc president janet napolitano was not amused to say the least. initially there appeared to be some confusion over exactly what to do. then she said this on an open microphone. [ inaudible ] >> i don't know where she is coming from honestly but i'm assuming she has never had to deal with these issues personally. so i can understand why there would be a disconnect there. >> napolitano is calling for tuition hikes of 5% every year for five ye

the archdiocese said it will cost three .5 million-dollar to to rerepair and restore it.arishioners said their experts put repair cost at least than a million-dollar. they did their own independent study. they appealed all the way to the the vatican but say they have not received a response just yet. >>> lady gaga may be engaged but she takes a back seat for her best friend's big day. so who is going to call her a bridesmaid. >>> sue is the bridesmaid. >> no. >> you're throwing to it her. >> sue would make a lovely bridesmaid there was a time i had a closet full of dresses. anyway, will we ever get those warm temperatures. we got rid of the now snow over >>> it will be a good day. it is the name of our program. we will have some sunshine. that is atlantic city which a beautiful sunrise. now, have temperatures been warm enough for cherry blossoms to bloom in washington d.c. lets take a look. >>> the national cherry blossom festival those are opening ceremonies on sat the day at the warner theater. the the trees were a gift from tokyo, in 1912 with the the intend that every

. >> we're hearing startling reports from the archdiocese of san francisco's main church. it's accused of using sprinklers to shoo away homeless people who sleep outside there. >> stephanie chuang is live. you can actually still see the water marks there. >> you can. good morning scott and kris. we're at one of four areas in question here at st. mary's on the main entrance. you can see that there's some dampness here moisture as well as it looks like moss growing here. this area here is where people reportedly, come and sleep, maybe to seek shelter. but you see that direct lyly above on the overhang, there appears to be a sprinkler from which water is coming out to soak people to get them to leave. we're talking about 30 feet high up there. we're also told the archdiocese of san francisco will release a statement at 1:00 this afternoon to address these reports of the sprinklers turning on periodically at li once every hour soaking those who may be seeking shelter underneath the overhang. for those who have no place to sleep, it's surprising and disheartening. >> it's unbel

they participated in the the play like a champion at archdiocese pastoral center. sports more safe fun and developmentally enriching. approximately 3,000 children participate in the sports programs offered by the archdiocese. >>> those of us who are familiar with events like the wing bowl can relate to a brand new competitive eating world record. competitive either molly skylar polished off, the at the the challenge at jetrow's barbecue in west des moines iowa. she down a 4-pound sandwich that included pork stake brings kit bacon, cheese buffalo chicken tenders ape of course, a pound of potatoes. she ate that in two minutes and 55 seconds. later today molly says she will be eating 5-pound of bacon. >>> that is it for "eyewitness news" at 6:00. here's what we have at 7:00. new this morning a plane makes a hard happened going off the runway in canada, we will have more video just from the scene. >>> and then it is a cold start out there, will we ever be able to ditch these winter coats? carol's forecast and more when we continue at 7:00. ♪ ah, push it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ push i

. >> pam: the san francisco archdiocese is apologizing to day for using an overhead sprinkler system to determine what was people from sleeping outside st. mary's cathedral kron 4 dan kerman has more. >> dan kerman: the san francisco archdiocese's the issuing of may me i can't amid couple far installing overhead sprinklers and for alcoves on either side of st. mary's cathedral. the charge says the sprinklers were installed two years ago to determine lomas people from sleeping there. >> dan kerman: but after the media reports that hamas people were still sleeping there and getting doused with water on and i debases the charge as remove the sprinklers. >> dan kerman: auxiliary bishop william just as as people and the charge including himself sprinklers were there and what they were there for but never bother to question if this was the right thing to do. >> dan kerman: hall was advocates say that this is another example of dehumanizing homeless people and those in the neighborhood of grain. >> dan kerman: the charge said the that will look at this as a teaching moment determined to det

archdiocese of philadelphia announced today it plans to tear down saint lar run she is church.hurch closed a year after an engineering firm said it could collapse. it's a gorgeous church but the archdiocese says it would cost three point $5 million to repair and restore. parishioners say their expert put repair costs less than million dollars and they've appeal to the vatican but they have yet to receive a response. >>> and attempted robbery at a wal*mart has delaware state police hot on the trail of one man trying to identify another. police say the two tried to steal a man's wallet at the wal*mart on will ton boulevard in new castle friday night. their target a man standing at the customer service counter. police say he had put his wallet on the counter while doing a little paper work. the first guy tried to grab the wallet but the man stopped him. then the second guy demanded the wallet and pushed the man down. another customer intervened. the would be robbers got away but the man kept his wallet. if you recognize either of the guys cops are after call state police. >>> an a

the archdiocese heard criticism today from the homeless themselves. >> that's bad. real bad. >> even the mayor. >> the individual actions of this makes your head spin as to why this would be done. >> reporter: the church's un intends message as contradictory as the study and contrast outside every morning. statues sent messages of welcome and charity and the homeless reflect desperation and despair. the purpose was to make the grounds and homeless people who happen to be on the grounds safer. >> reporter: clearly it failed. the homeless adapted. they left behind filth. >> there's drug paraphernalia. if you open the water faucet door a broken crack pipe. >> reporter: early this afternoon, the church announced it will dismantle the sprinkler system and no more rains of not so holy water as of tonight n. the words of the spokesman larry camer. >> even for people that do a lot for the homeless the problem is persistent and gets to be difficult. >> less than perfect outcomes. in saint mary's kacathedral. >>> the governor scheduled a 10:30 news conference with leaders in

. >>> a policy from the san francisco catholic archdiocese for using sprinklers to spray water on the homeless trying to sleep in the doorways of st. marys cathedral. the church members say they used it because the people were using doorways as bathrooms and leaving behind dangerous items like used needle, but when the news first came out about this, the reaction was outrage. >> i wonder what pope francis would say if he heard what this bishop and church is doing. it is outrageous. >> the archdiocese apologized and already started removing the sprinkle system installed two years ago. >>> two advertisers in new york city are using postings to raise awareness about homeless, advertising homeless sleeping spaces for rent. the asking price $10 a night, all of which will be donated to organizations that help the homeless. they also want to highlight the economic disparities in the most sought-after neighborhoods of the city. >>> well, it is 5:15. hey, sal. how is it looking on the roads. >> it looks good. tori, you are hear early. >> i needed an extra cup of coffee to get started. >> i nee

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an apologize now from san francisco's catholic archdiocese for using sprinklers to spray water on the homeless sleeping in the doorways of saint mary's cathedral. they started using the sprinklers because people had been using the doorways as bathrooms and leaving behind dangerous items like used needles, but when the news first broke about it, the reaction was outrage. >> i wonder what pope francis would say if he heard what this church and officials were doing. it is outrageous. >> the archdiocese says they started removal the sprinkler system installed two years ago. >>> the city of berkeley is considering regulations regarding street behavior, including panhandling, public urination and sleeping against trees or participanters. these regulation -- or planters. the city council say the regulations are necessary to keep the public safe. they say the homeless do not need to be criminalled but that there should be more city programs to get them off the streets. >>> air b & b is being used to raise awareness about homelessness. they are putting up postings like these advertising homele

women's day to demand gender equality local activists used the day to stage a protest against the archdiocese of san francisco. nanette nanette? >> reporter: good afternoon, peggy. it's all about that controversial morality clause that archbishop corleone is pushing. some see that as an attack on women. some protesters used the international women's day as a day to express their opposition to that morality clause in front of st. mary's cathedral in san francisco. the archbishop included it in a new handbook and proposed its inclusion in the labor contract for teachers at four bay area high schools. it include language against homosexuality, same-sex marriage abortion and contraception. at one point they clashed making emotional arguments for each side of their argument. >> and we're saying that sexuality is not immoral. abortion is not immoral. women need to have the right to choose whether they have a right to have an abortion or not. it sour body. >> if teachers are unwilling and unable to teach the catholic doctrine, they are welcome to leave. if they do not leave and they do not uphold it

. >>> the catholic archdiocese of san francisco is apologizing now for drenching the homeless with water. we first showed you the system yesterday morning. overhead sprinklers would regularly dump water into the alcoves of st. mary's cathedral to keep the area clean from garbage and human waste. now the archdiocese says the system was ill-conceived and it violated building codes. >>> an investigation is under way this morning after police in virginia slammed a college student to the ground. 20-year-old martese johnson an honor student at the university of virginia was arrested late st. patrick's day. police say it's because he became belligerent after a bouncer did not let him into a bar. more than 1,000 students rallied last night outraged at what they claim is another case of police brutality against an african-american man. state police are investigating the use of force. >>> 5:34. a massacre outside a museum in tunisia. two men in military fatigues opened fire on a group of tourists there just as they got off the bus. 23 people from 7 different countries were killed. security forces

archdiocese says it would cost three and a half million-dollar to repair and restore it. parishioners said they put repair cost at the less than a million-dollar around 650,000. they have appealed to the vatican but they say they have received no response, at this point from the vatican. >>> protesters hit the streets in ferguson over the weekend. they say more change need to be made in the city and they promise not to stop. coming up we will show you the tense moment with police before a demonstration ended at the police station. >>> plus the first candidate for g.o.p. makes it official overnight. senator ted cruz says he wants to be your next president. we will show you his early morning call out to conservatives, next. >>> it is 31 degrees but colder then that when it comes to wind chills. sue has your roller coaster ride of the forecast coming up, straight ahead. >>> good morning, welcome back at 4:13. just 31 degrees. sue serio, you have to move around just to warm up. >> cold in here but real hi cold outside. colder then you wish it would be on the first monday of s

support >> with that can we crawl roll >> item 19 and for the record item 19 is the urge >> student archdiocese of san francisco to [inaudible] on item 19 >> supervisor ferrule rkss aye. mar, ayeau. tang, aye. supervisor wiener, aye. [inaudible] breed aye. sfr visor campus. there are 11 ayes. this resolution is adopt. >> [inaudible] problem gambling awareness month >> i called for 23 >> we are missing a member. >> different house >> i think we already approved >> no we didn't. >> we attempted to. >> same house, same call. without objection this resolution is adopted. madam clerk can you call item 21 >> resolution to support senate bill 277 repeal thg personal belief exemption for vaccines >> supervisor weern >> this is a resolution to put san francisco on the records supporting the elimination of the personal belief exemption forvic seens. we have one of the few states that allows anyone if they don't want their kids vaccinated. this is a significant pub public health issue. it isn't about his or her child t is about others in the community that are too young to be vaccinated or can't be vaccin

we want to remind you all philadelphia public and archdiocese an schools are closed to day. >> sue serio lets do weather by the numbers, shall we. >> we will go with the four. that could be your temperature outside your house right now four out of the ten in weather by the numbers but it is better than yesterday's one which we deserved. we expect sunshine today but we are off to a frigid start. buddy, some kid going in delayed, some schools closed. it is all at the bottom of the screen. also on my fox philly.com with the complete list of schools. so with the record le of 10 degrees that was set in 1978, so far we have only been at 12 and i think that might end up being the the low temperature. we got to 11, we wouldn't tie that record. it is mighty cold. nothing will melt anytime soon. with the sunshine it will be better. sunrise, happening well it happened already at 6:27. here we go with the deceptive sunshine. sunset close to 6:00 p.m. that is a good thing too the these days are getting longer. so as the the weekend goes along we will give more of a chance for that snow pack to melt b

the archdiocese apologize and said the intentions were misunderstood. u.c. president napolitano is receiving we -- cr comments she made. >> the exchange was caught on a video stream posted on the web site with students protesting planned tuition increases and jobs connected to a future campus in region. some shows they are losing their shirts in tuition by stripping to their underwater. there will be no action yet after private talks between the governor and napolitano. the governor wants to cut spending rather than raising tuition. >> students in santa rather depfenning a cut that some say is insensitive to latinos where a student faces deporting because he does not have a green card. the performance did not sit well with latino students with call it insensitive and racist but the performers say it was meant to be satire and comedy and making a political statement. >> a hearing is held to determine if a lawsuit to stop the sale of the downtown berkeley post office can move forward. the postal service wants the lawsuit dismissed because this is no buyer for

the archdiocese apologized and said the intentions were misunderstood. >> track word is forcing bart to make major changes to weekend service for several months. starting april 5, tracks are closed between the coliseum and fruitvale stations on saturdays and sundays. this bart video shows. work they will do to replace 1,000 railroad ties and 3,000 feet of rail with a bus bridge provided for commuters and work is expected to be completed august 16 and construction will not affect service at or to the oakland airport. >> does it not sound like we will have many delays out of the bay area. >> should not. absolutely not. good morning, everyone pretty clear, and fog language the peninsula coast and temperatures all over the spectrum inland east bay from lows tram -- from antioch to livermore and 46 in dublin to correct check and concord and lafayette and livermore at 49 degrees. we have the same temperature in newark and foster city and half moon bay at 45 and that is what we are dealing where in novato and 49 in bodega, and 52 in milpitas. headed into the afternoon hours, we have total s

the archdiocese of philadelphia announced plans to demolish the church in fishtown. residents and former parishioners have been fighting to save the church. the archdiocese said it would cost nearly $3 funny executive million to repair and restore it. that's compared to the $1 million price tag to demolish it. the st. lou school will remain open. >>> new at 11:00, a deadly fire in philadelphia's germantown section. investigators confirm that one person is dead. that fire broke out at an apartment building on pulaski shortly before 7:30 tonight. no word on what caused the fire or the victim's identity. >>> dozens of people remain out of their homes tonight after fire tore through an apartment building at the jersey shore. that fire started around 3:00 this morning at the summers point village complex in atlantic county. the flames damaged at least four apartments. two residents were hurt. neighbors tell us one of the injured actually jumped from a second floor balcony to escape the flames. >> my name was yelling fire, fire, fire. i just lifted up the window and got my

the archdiocese says the clause reinforces catholic teaching. >>> 6:52.police are look for the suspect in a frightening incident on a muni platform. why witnesses say he pushed another man right on to the tracks. >>> the final details are coming out for apple's first piece of wearable technology. coming up the ♪ ♪ ♪ first impressions are important. you've got to make every second count. banking designed for the way you live your life. so you can welcome your family home... for the first time. chase. so you can. this is the "name your price" tool. it gives you options based on your budget -- it's a piece of cake. i was told there would be cake. get a free quote at progressive.com. >>> things to know at the 55 on this monday events marking 55 years since the brutal civil rights clashes in selma, alabama continued to. marchers are heading from selma to montgomery to remember the 1965 voting rights march, the journey ends with a rally at the alabama state capitol on friday. >>> hillary clinton begins a series of public speeches in new york today amid the grow

today, students and parents will rally again to support teachers in the san francisco catholic archdiocese. more than 80% of the staff says they reject the morality clause that the archbishop added to the teacher handbook. it directs teachers to reject homosexuality, adultery and other behavior the church says is evil. the rally starts at 5:30 tonight at st. mary's cathedral. >>> san francisco giants have signed a letter asking the supreme court to make gay marriage legal all across the country. the giants are one of nearly 400 other teams and companies that say same-sex marriage bans have a negative effect on business. same-sex marriage cases from kentucky, michigan, ohio and tennessee will be argued before the high court next month. >>> kids can play ball again at tesoro refinery. they had shut out the youth baseball league for a months after striking workers used the baseball field to picket. but now the unions have agreed not to use the fields so children can start practicing for the season opener this month. >>> the bay bridge lights have gone dark for now. ♪[ music ]♪ >> a string qua

today the arch archdiocese heard from the homeless themselves. >> that's bad that's real bad. >> andthe mayor. >> the individual actions of this it makes your head spin a bit as to why this would be done. >> the church's unintended message as contradictory as the study and contrast outside every morning. statues send messages of welcome and charity while the homeless reflect despair and december spir ration. >> the purpose was to make the cathedral grounds and the homeless people who happen to be on the grounds safer. >> but clearly it failed. >> the homeless adapted and left behind filth. there is drug paraphernalia and if you open this door, a broken crack pipe. the church announced it will dismantle the sprinkler system. there will be no more rains of not so holy water as of tonight. >> even for people who do a lot for the homeless, the problem is persistent and it gets to be difficult. >> so much for good intentions and less than perfect out comes. at saint mary's cathedral, abc7 news. >>> think about this making wine 10 times better for you while reducing the chance of a hangove

archdiocese of philadelphia says it plans to tear down the saint lauren us church. the church closed aid year ago after ab engineer firm said it could collapse. the archdiocese says it will cost three and a half million-dollar to repair and restore it. parishioners say their experts put the the repair cost at least than a million-dollar and they have appealed to the vatican but they say they have received no response from the vatican. in response means they may have to tear this down. >>> an important meeting in the nation's capitol this week. president obama is sitting down with leaders from afghanistan. details on what they will discuss, next. >>> plus, the first g.o.p. announcement overnight senator ted cruz says he wants to be the next president. we will show you his early morning call out to conservatives, coming up. >> should we go live outside. >> let's do it. >> let's in the walk outside it the is too cold for. that we will show you a live picture at sixth and market. you can see the american flag being blown around a little will bit. it is colder then it ac