but abc news has learned dr.ed to disclose a conflict of interest, that he was also a paid consultant for procter & gamble, the makers of fixodent. >> that's a fundamental transgression of professional medical ethics and not to be allowed. >> reporter: abc news obtained documents in which shay sent draft reports to procter & gamble saying, please be a circumspect because as a reviewer i'm not supposed to be passing an unpublished manuscript around. >> it is an outrage. a fundamental breach of confidentiality. the guy simply broke all rules of conduct. >> reporter: in a phone call with abc news, shay defended his review and said that the study had objective shortcomings. however, in 2009, procter & gamble added new label information, a caution that prolonged zinc intake may be linked to adverse health effects. for mark jakoby who says his body will never recover, it's a warning that comes way too late. fixodent and forget it. >> well, apparently i can't forget it. because it's took a lot away from me. >> reporter:

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larry jacobs, abc news. >>> a look at your monday weather. snow tapers off in minneapolis. storm moves east, bringing up to a half foot of snow from erie, pennsylvania, over to buffalo. several inches from philly to new england. showers from tennessee to d.c. and out west from seattle to portland. >> and 41 degrees in boise. 30 in billings. 62 degrees in phoenix. 31 in omaha. 40 in kansas city. dallas climbs to 70. new orleans, 73. and miami at 80. 27 in boston. 37 here in new york. >>> turning overseas now to the wave of violent uprisings in the middle east. we start in libya with a warning from the son of leader moammar gadhafi. he says the army still backs his father. and will literally fight until the last bullet is fired. miguel marquez on the anti-government protest. >> reporter: libya reports a massacre, hundreds dead as the military opens up on those attending a funeral for protesters killed the day before. a doctor described the scene to the bbc. >> what do you see? >> oh, my god. oh, my god. they are firing on civilians here. they are crazy. they are crazy here. o

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to watch today on abc news.vels to michigan today where he'll hold talks with university students about expanding wireless web connections nationwide. >>> lawmakers on capitol hill focus on terrorism. members of the house vote on extending provisions of the patriot act while committee members question intelligence leaders. >>> verizon's version of the iphone goes on sale in stores today. bloggers are already claiming that the new phone has some antenna problems. >> but a band-aid on it. wasn't that the solution last time. >>> finally this half hour, the bond between a college baseball coach and player. >> the outfielder was in dire need of a kidney transplant so his coach pitched in to help. t.j. winick has the latest. good morning to you, t.j. >> reporter: the young man was on dialysis and he was in desperate need of a transplant. it was his college coach who stood up and gave him the gift of life. there are sacrifice bunts and fly balls in baseball, but this is a sacrifice unlike any other on the diamond. on m

in washington, elisabeth leamy, abc news. >> so funny, too. ce of skechers is right now? they had the big premiere during the super bowl. kim kardashian and her mom. they're the new face of the campaign. it will see if that affects the marketing for this whole thing. >> there are so many companies. you've seen them, reebok has some, nike has some. i've read articles that say this new market -- this new burgeoning market of shape-up shoes is one of the biggest hits to hit footwear. it's changed everything. >> i still miss the reebok pump its. >> michael chang. i remember those. >>> coming up, it is so difficult giving meds to a small child or pet. >> imagine giving bitter medicine to a zoo animal. we'll share the vet's secrets. pet. >> imagine giving bitter medicine to a zoo animal. we'll share the vet's secrets. wcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwc

. >> reporter: abby boudreau, abc news, washington. >> it's such an interesting topic so rarely coveredl be on "world news" with a follow-up to the investigation. she'll actually be in japan as well. >> feel bad for those fathers. we'll see how it works out in part two. >>> coming up next in lighter news, billy ray cyrus explains what ruined his relationship with his daughter miley. >>> a star of "modern family" who admits she feels naked without any makeup. stay tuned for "the skinny." she still looks beautiful. ♪ skinny so skinny >>> welcome back, everybody. billy ray cyrus has given a fascinating interview to "gq" magazine saying "hannah montana" quote, destroyed his family. miley cyrus, blames all his daughter's problems and family problems on her fame. some very revealing things here. he says, quote, the damn show destroyed my family. he says all the people around her got in the way of what should have been his parents toward her. she's been in all kind of troubles. she was smoking the drugs on tape, some racy photos, pole dancing. he compares her to anna nicole smith saying, you c

after abc news reported on the case of this new jersey driver whose car would not stop. toyota was then fined $16.4 million, a record amount, for failing to disclose the sticky pedal problem in a timely way. >> so, brian, what happens to all those lawsuits now? >> reporter: well, diane, even with today's finding, toyota once famed for its focus on quality, still faces a battery of lawsuits with potential damages in the billions of dollars. even so, today's findings were good news for toyota, which said it welcomed the findings and hoped it would put an end to what it called unjustified speculation and restore confidence in its toyota and lexus moded molls. >> and nasa scientists called in to help. thank you brian ross in washington tonight. >>> and we turn next to overseas to the nerve center of an uprising, egypt's tahrir square. today, the crowd seemed to be bigger than ever. this explosion of new energy seems to have been sparked by an unexpected new leader. a 30-year-old tech wizard, who has become the rebel face of a revolution on the move. terry moran has more from

bob woodruff, abc news. >>> and among the americans in christchurch when the quake hit, former u.s. senator evan bayh of indiana and his wife susan. he left the senate just last month. they joined me this afternoon from new zealand. senator and mrs. bayh, are you both all right? >> we're both fine. susan is a little shaken. she was down in the middle of the worst of it. but thank god, thank god, we're fine. >> mrs. bayh, where were you and what did you feel? >> well, i was at cathedral square, buying a souvenir, i was talking to a very nice man when the earth started shaking. this nice german man just took me by my coat, which i'm still wearing, he threw me out into the street. there was a lady next to me probably, who had maybe a yard away had a piece of concrete the size of maybe half of a twin-sized bed on her upper half. you could see her feet coming out. she was in the middle of the street where she was supposed to be safe but the buildings and the narrowness of the street caused the building to come down on top of her. >> where were you, senator? >> i was at canterbury universi

it is friday, february 4th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> it's cold outsiden for vinita. >> i'm rob nelson. on top of the weather story, super bowl fans, they too can expect a pretty chilly welcome from mother nature in dallas this weekend. we'll get an update on the forecast. i remember being at the super bowl last year when the saints were there. it was in miami, beautiful, 80 degrees. not the same kind of deal for the folks this year in dallas, unfortunately. >> luckily the game will be played inside of a dome, but the fan activities outside, it's tough to get to. actually shut down some roadways earlier this week. >>> the other big story worldwide is egypt. ahead, the president of egypt announced his intentions exclusively to abc's christiane amanpour. >> impressive interview. very fascinating. >>> on top of that, the violent scenes in cairo and how journalists themselves have now become the targets. increasingly violent and frightening situation in that part of the world. they say more than 100 reporters so far have been detained or arrested in cairo. th

dan harris, abc news, new york. >> news about religion in america today. >>> thank you for being withs. great to have you here and hope to see you again tomorrow nighty >>> a highway narcotics agent busted for taking drugs. >> and abc 7 news investigates gun owners not supposed to have weapons and why police agencies are not going after them. >> also spencer's forecast and the lasting affects of a sierra snow storm that will extend the ski season into spring. >> plus grand opening of a new armed forces building and the silver star hero it's named after. >> good evening, everyone. a startling development in the east bay. a top narcotics agent is under arrest. >> he's accused of dealing drugs and faces felony charges. >> abc 7's vic lee is live with what led to the arrest. vick? >> this news comes as a surprise to members of the law enforcement community. he is well known among police narcotics officers because he's in charge of this task force which is comprised the various police departments and targets mid to high level drug dealers. the state ag tells us they launched this investiga

live in the news room, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thanks for the update.lso this morning in san mateo county, search and rescue crews will resume looking for any sign of a missing couple whose car was found off highway 1 near devil's slide. billy and colleen waterman of palm desert were reported missing monday in riverside county. their daughter tell san francisco they are investigating a homicide and believe the victim might be her mother. san mateo county sheriff's office says its main focus is finding bill waterman now. deputies say they found the couple's car empty and illegally parked yesterday afternoon. search and rescue spent several hours repelling down the cliff searching the rocks for any evidence but didn't find anything. drivers were rerouted along highway 1 in both directions during the search. it's unclear if there will be more road blocks when the search resumes later this morning. >> right now the chp is investigating a high-speed chase by one of their own officers that ended with one man dead and another severely injured. an officer tried

. >>> here are some stories to watch today on abc news. following our top story as rescue operations continue throughout the day after the new zealand earthquake. dozens are confirmed dead and landmarks in christchurch were toppled by an intense magnitude 6.3 quake. >>> former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel is front-runner in today's mayoral election in chicago, that's because there are so many candidates. the race could be decided in an april runoff vote. >>> and president obama travels to cleveland today. he's planning to address business owners and students to share his latest outlook on unemployment. >>> and finally this half hour, businesses use mascots in front of their stores to get attention but one houston, texas, mascot got a little too much attention. >> this poor guy. he was just doing his job when somebody crept up behind him and tackled him in the mascot outfit. ktrk has more about this attack that was really no laughing matter. >> have a cold? no, thanks i've already got one. >> reporter: brody uses a little comedy

lama hasan, abc news, cairo. >> stay with abc news throughout the day as we cover the crisis in egyptn "america this morning" and "good morning america." and for updates any time, logon to abcnews.com. >>> well, most of the country's had its fill of ice and arctic air and snow. that's an understatement, so this is the kind of forecast we've been dreaming about. >> pennsylvania's famous groundhog punxsutawney phil emerged from his den yesterday to deliver good news. phil failed to see his shadow. and as superstition has it, that means we will have an early spring. >> thank god animals can predict the future. icy roads in the area, thousands of people actually turned out in the cold to see phil in action. let's all hope the critter's right. >> i have to say, he's been doing this 125 years, not that one in particular, but he's seen his shadow 98 times and hasn't seen it 15 times. so this isn't rigged, i don't think. >> really? >> maybe the rodent is right. >> i didn't know you kept tabs on phil. >> he's a friend. one four-star hotel. two identical rooms. so why does this one cost so much

jake tapper, abc news, the white house. >>> and now here is a look at your tuesday forecast. co, texas and oklahoma. a mix of rain and snow in philly, new york and boston. around 4 inches of snow in northern new england. lake-effect snow from lower michigan to upstate new york. >> 17 in detroit. 10 in chicago. just 3 degrees in the twin cities. 40s in the pacific northwest. 47 in salt lake city. 34 here in new york. 45 in atlanta. 73 in miami. >>> it's really no surprise, people thought the nba cleveland cavaliers would struggle without lebron, but not this bad. their defeat to the dallas mavericks last night the cavaliers set a new record for the most consecutive losses. >> it is ugly. for those counting at home this was the cavs' 25th straight loss. they have not won a game since a week before christmas. >> this is why they were so mad when he left, i think. >> uh-huh. >> the old record for straight defeats was set back in the early '80s by the cleveland cavaliers. the worst is this ended with a three-point shot that missed. it could have been a tie game with dallas, and the

barbara pinto, abc news, madison. >>> and still ahead on "world news," he helped his team win two superls. now he's taken his own life. how many other nfl players might be at risk? >>> four americans spreading their faith around the world now in the hands of pirates. >>> and the very young nascar winner surprising the fans and even himself. when your eyes are smiling... you're smiling. and when they're laughing... you're laughing. be kind to your eyes... with transitions lenses. transitions adapt to changing light so you see your whole day comfortably... and conveniently while protecting your eyes from the sun. ask your eyecare professional which transitions lenses are right for you. a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stn motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arths, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide our relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical stud

new appeal on the chouchilla school bus hijacking. after 35 years is it time for kidnappers to be set free? >> and the abcews i team on prison health care and the death sentence koit carry for hundreds of inmates. >> new video on the health of apple founder steve jobs. a stockholders' vote on what the company might look like without him. >> good evening, a tax fight in sacramento is taking a new turn tonight. >> republicans willing to go along with governor brown on a ballot measure to keep taxes in place but on one condition. >> and we're live with the story. >> new administration but old battles. at stake is whether you would bail out california's budget mess two. thirds of the lawmakers just made that harder. >> we can raise initial $7 billion in tax revenue for california. >> republicans don't want higher tax autos and the fight

>>reporter: abc news has new video from wednesday night.he night the square was cleared of protestors. the moment the shooting started panic ensued. square now the symbolic center of this movement. protestors vow to take it back. but that means spilling much more blood. miguel, abc news bahrain. >> use of live ammunition against pro democracy protestors triggered sharp criticism from president obama. he's urging authority to show restraint and respect the rights of their people. britain and fran meanwhile have announced they halt arms sale to bahrain. >> somali pirates cap seward several americans including a couple from southern california. attack happened 275 miles off the coast of the indian ocean. pirates hijack a yacht owned by scott and jean add a.they live in marina del rey. group has been on a round the world sail trip for more than a year. distress signal sent by the boat a week ago. united states has said to be reviewing the option the for potential rescue. >>> back at home. police have revealed where a top narcotics agent accused

in the news room, abc 7 news. >> okay thanks very much. >> now former abc 7 news reporter noel is in new zealan zealand. and joins us live on the telephone now to tell us what is has gone. we see some really tear faiing pictures of serious serious catastrophic damage there. fill in a few details for us. howed about across christ church. >> what people are calling is that christ church resemble a war zone. fires burning. smoke in the air. one 17 story high-rise with a collapsed stairwell that has trapped people inside of it. some of those folks have made their way up on to the roof where they are awaiting helicopter rescue. there are 30 people trapped in another building. there's one building collapsed. and that rubble is burning. at least 2 of the multi-story hotels here have collapsed earlier in the day you could hear people screaming from inside the building for rescue. power has been knocked out to 100,000 people. broken water main and streets flooded some of the roads around christ church are impassable even though they have asked people to the leave the central city area. of cou

abc 7 news. >> looks nice. ming up on abc 7 morning news, reaction to the uprising in egypt from bay area residents with family and friends caught in the middle of the crisis. >> also it has happened again. a gas pipeline explosion causes panic in a small mid western town. >> and are you living near an earthquake fault? next the ring ring. progresso. i look great in my wedding dress with the help of your amazing light soups. now we're adding even bigger pieces of white meat chicken. oh, so when's the big day? oh, we got married years ago. but the point is, i fit in it! well good for you! [ male announc ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. [ speaking spanish ] ♪ [ male announcer ] old el paso stan'n stuff taco shells. old el paso. feed your fiesta. >>> welcome back. check out the rest of the country, the lower 48. the arctic air starting to modify. highs still relatively cool from 50 dallas, chicago 26, 43 denver to freezing in new york city. 32 degrees there. good news also as far as traveling. look how quiet

as abc news headquarters.ords of a flight director at nasa, it has been a bad day. seven astronauts have died. their families shattered. the space program has been dealt a terrible blow. the larger family of men and women in space exploration devastated. and the country has been reminded how dangerous it is and that for all of america's technological genius, it doesn't always work. this morning just before 8:00 texas time the space shuttle "columbia" was about to finish a picture perfect 16-day scientific mission. the astronauts' families were on the runway poised for a great reunion. instead, this was the picture we all saw. "columbia" was going 12,500 miles an hour when it suddenly broke up under stress that we still don't understand. 16 minutes from home. we begin our field reporting with abc's ned potter. >> lift-off of space shuttle "columbia" -- >> reporter: "columbia" was on a science mission. seven astronauts, 16 days, 70 experiments. >> a more courageous group of people, you could not have hoped to kn

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linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> and we hope you have a wonderful valentine's night and we'll seeou right back here tomorrow. good night. good night. >>> a violent encounter in one neighborhood. police search that ended with a shooting death of a pit bull. >> and our week is off to a rainy start. there is more still to come. current conditions where you are. >> a valentine's day tradition, couples demanding same-sex marriage rights get their rights read to them, instead. >> from the neighborhood crime beat tonight, 459 in progress. a cat burglar that is really a cat. >>> more than a dozen war veterans are homeless because of this fire in east palo alto. >> flames raced through this board and care facility on bay road. the chief tells us one resident had to jump out of a window. >> no reports of serious injuries, we're glad to say, but now it appears 14 veterans have been displaced. investigators believe the fire started in a kitchen. it appears the house is a total loss. >> this is a look at the scene. the department of veterans affairs plans to help the displaced vets find new pl

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on houston west side, reporting for abc news. >>> it has been two days since rescuers pulled survivorsrom the tragedy, but about twice that many are still missing. when rescuers find victims now, the news is usually not good. >> unfortunately, there were some people in there who were deceased. >> in some cases we will need antemortem data such as fingerprints, dna, dental records. >> about 120 people were inside a christchurch office building that collapsed and caught fire. among them were 80 asian students learning english. it's believed, though, there are no survivors. >>> boeing has landed a $35 billion defense contract. one of the biggest ever. boeing will build nearly 200 giant airborne refueling tankers for the air force. these are considered flying gas stations. the last ones were made about 50 years ago. the steel will mean tens of thousands of new jobs, many in washington state and kansas. >>> nearly 2,000 teachers in the providence, rhode island, school district expect to lose their jobs. that is nearly every public school teacher in that city. termination notices went out ye

simon mcgregor-wood, abc news, london. >>> earlier tonight, president obama sat down with fox news channel's bill o'reilly to talk about politics, egypt, and of course, football. joining us to talk about is abc senior political editor rick klein. rick, we heard christiane talk about the muslim brotherhood. bill o'reilly asked the president about that organization and if it is anti-american. what did the president say? >> reporter: the president said there are strains of the brotherhood that are anti-american, but significantly, jake, he rejected the idea that the only two choices in egypt are between the muslim brotherhood and a repressed egyptian people. he said, certainly, the muslim brotherhood is well organized, but they do not have majority support and there are others in egypt who will have a say. >> and o'reilly suggested that president obama is moving to the center to improve his standing. how did the president respond to that? >> reporter: presidents never like to say they're moving. the president said, i didn't move, i'm the same guy. he talked about his plans for investing in educ

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airlines claim it's against the rules, but a pilot for us air express provided these pictures to abc newse crew lounges in philadelphia and new york. >> that's disrupted sleep. you're not going to get full consolidated sleep doing that. >> reporter: the pilot who took the pictures says he put his job on the line so the public, and in particular, members of congress, could see what he sees every day. >> do they want a well-rested pilot or do you want a guy that just slept in the crew room? >> reporter: our findings came as a surprise to the faa's top administrator, who told us the airlines had denied to him that pilots use the crew lounges for overnight sleep. the faa now says it hopes to put new guidelines in place by the end of the summer. but as long as pilots are making $17,000 a year, some of them say they have no choice. >> it is shocking to see that they can't afford a place to sleep. you can see a lot more of brian's reporting tonight on "nightline." be sure to tune in. >>> and coming up, eggs are healthier than they've been before? so, how many can you eat? op of . so she was thri

. >> reporter: abc news has new video from wednesday night, the night pearl square was cleared of protesters. the moment the shooting started and panic ensued. the square now a symbolic center of this movement. protesters vow to take it back but that could mean spilling much more blood. miguel marquez, abc news, manama, bahrain. >> and those protesters we know have been fueled in part by what they saw unfold in egypt. from egypt, another powerful picture. in tahrir square a sea of women and children marking one week since president mubarak stepped down. this evening, one of the many giant questions still unanswered -- where are some of the most vocal protesters who are still missing? lama hasan is in cairo tonight. >> reporter: the men, women and children of egyptian revolution back in tahrir square today. but with mubarak gone, why are they here? first, to celebrate their victory. but they also have a message for the army now running the country. they're going to hold them to their promises. >> if we don't get what we want, we'll come out again. >> reporter: the people who have come out her

in christ church, new zealand, abc 7 news. >> this morning a 70-year-old man is recovering from injuriese suffered in a wrong-way crash on interstate 880 in oakland. the chp says the elderly man was traveling westbound on interstate 80 last night when he made a u-turn on the bridge toll plaza. he got into a head-on crash and had to be extricated from the car and taken to island hospital. the accident slowed traffic on the freeway in the area for more than an hour. >> oakland police are hoping someone will help identify a sexual assault suspect captured on surveillance video. this man is suspecteled of beating and sexually assaulting a woman near oakland's china town on february 7th. detectives are trying to determine if the attack is linked to three other assaults on women late last year. they happened just east of lake merritt not far from the scene of this assault. if you recognize this man, call oakland police. >> this morning in sacramento, governor jerry brown will address the state's budget conference committee after a new taxpayer caucus yesterday aimed at stopping anymore tax inc

more. >> and this is our last week, i just want to use it. >> reporter: in oakland, cecilia vega, abc 7 news. >>> when abc 7 news at 9:00 continues here tonight, a silicon valley incubator with a major investment in egypt. tonight you will see why they are trying to do -- what they are trying to do for the egyptian work force. >>> tonight, the first national newspaper that won't need paper. it is being published exclusively for your ipad. google restreels reveals a str knocking your >>> good evening. we are going to start this half hour back in cairo. many bay area companies are keeping close watch on the developments in egypt now. they have serious financial resources committed to that demonstrationse dem mop turned violent today. >> reporter: just days before the protests began, plug and play tech center created a bridge to egipt. like other technology giants it opened an office in cairo's so called smart village. it has taken sevenups under its wing, bring the money and mentorship of silicon valley to the middle east. >> we are are just at the tip of the iceberg of an economic development

sam champion, abc news. s and thunderstorms from miami up to the outer banks. >> frost and freeze warnings in texas and louisiana. then it will warm up to 50 in dallas. 47 in new orleans. boston hits 29. baltimore 40. 35 in omaha. 40s across the rockies. >>> if frosty the snowman is looking for a girlfriend there's a tall beauty in michigan who might catch his eye. >> a family in grand haven spent the last two weeks sculpting this giant snowwoman in their front yard, all 19 feet of her. they used blue plastic plates for her eyes and pipe cleaners to make those lovely lashes. her nose is made of a road cone and they joined with water noodles to form her mouth. >> they said they ran out of steam before they were done but their neighbors pitched in to help finish the job. >> good looking lady there. we'll be back with more after this. hó if your racing thoughts keep you awake... sleep is here, on the wings of lunesta. and if you wake up often in the middle of the night... rest is here on the wings of lunesta. lu

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plus a new old spice guide. then on abcews at 5:00, just as effective treating one form of breast cancer with more intrusive surgery. why mark zuckerberg has been forced to get a restraining order against somebody. >> finally a new look at the sun in 3-d. the new image allows them to see the whole sun at the same time. they say it shows the sun's true form, a sphere of hot plasma and woven magnetic fields. >> the new images will make it possible to learn more about the sun's cycles, solar physics and space weather forecasting. >> it should help airlines, power companies and satellite operators deal with effects of solar issues. >> we will calm down tonight and through the rest of the forecast until that chance of rain on sunday. >> mike, thank you. >> thanks for joining us today on abc 7 news. on abc 7 news. >> "who wants to be a  were prese i want you to  >>

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lisa stark, abc news,ing washington. >>> more storms on the way. spencer christian is following the weather for us. >> all right, dan, in the active weather pattern is with us and will be with us for awhile. a time lapse view in emeryville looking northwest ward across the bay. big puffs of cumulus clouds moving across the bay. rainfall showing up on live doppler 7 hd. pockets of heavy rainfall. let's start in the farther bay. snow mixing into to the higher elevations cob be mountain and clear lake and rain down at sea level. and right around san francisco from marin county to san francisco to parts of the peninsula and across the bay to berkeley and oakland and down to fremont, scattered shower activity with locally heavy downpours and hail stones spotted as well. tomorrow morning at 8:00, showers heavy at time. by noon, scattered showers. by late afternoon showers giving way to at least partial clearing. are here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we expect more rain coming in on friday but we do expect a mainly dry weekend although there is

david muir, abc news, new york.♪ ♪ >> reporter: chuck patterson, thank you so much for joining us. where are you talking to us from? it looks like a surf shop somewhere. >> i'm talking from my office in dana point, california. >> reporter: i know you like to ski on snow in mountains but a video that's been passed around the internet quite a bit that has you skiing not on mountains at all, but on waves. >> yes. it's kind of a combination with toe surfing and big waves and snow skiing and it's something that we've been kind of working on for quite some time. and a couple of skiers last year took it to a new level. and i kind of took it from there. >> reporter: how does it work? walk us through it. >> basically, it takes a couple of things. the skis we have are custom made. we put ski bindings on there. and then we also use ski boots. you need kind of the real stiffness of boots and the bindings to be able to torque these turns, you know, a little more freely. and then once you have all of your equipment dialed out, th

the this is abc news, new york. >>> if beauty and the beast. coming up.cissors combs and hair spray help dogs turn into pieces of art at the if.tminster dog show >> taste of what is to come we got with the rain we have had. spencer is back with the full look at the forecast. >> we get much more generous dose tomorrow. radar composite image with approaching frontal system the next one and behind that we have cold air and more energy than the current system but let's look at the current system what it is doing right now. the radar a thin line of light rain and showers through part of the north bay and east bay reaching down through fairfield and vacaville down towards concord and then farther south down in santa cruz mountains we have some more shower activity but once again this is widely scattered and light. much lighter than what we are going to see come tomorrow. in the morning we see rainfall developing up in the north bay. temperatures in the 40's and 50's by midday. temperatures will be warming in the 50's but not much beyond the mid 50's

>> i'm not sure anyone can succeed in being ronald reagan. >> john berman, abc news, new york. >>> coming up, how advertisers are getting in your head and know what you like even if you don't. ♪ [ smack! ] [ smack! smack! smack! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum ta tum tum tums imagine a day when we can eat what we want and sleep soundly through the night. prevacid®24hr prevents the acid that causes frequent heartburn all day, all night. >>> tomorrow, millions will tune in to see the big game and the other big attraction, the ads. this year, a 30-second commercial spot costs about $3 million. advertisers are now researching deep into viewers' minds and tell neal karlinsky they now know more about what you like than you do. >> reporter: we are a nation of consumers bombarded by an army of ads, commercials, logos, and jingles all desperately trying to convince us to buy, buy, buy. something, "mad men's" fictional ad man don draper makes look easy. >> what you call love was

in the news ramp, abc 7 news. >>> staying in the city for another moment.ffort to allow nanny to have special parking permit ran into hurdles today. municipal transportation agency board is not ready to approve the concept until certain conditions are met. board members would like to see a 9 month trial period and figure out the penalty for those who misuse it. also like parents to get their neighbors to aparagraph these permits. >> i think that mta understands the issue. they have been really respoychbs and really trying to work with those of us that raised it to come up with some solution. but i know that there's a lot of continue when it comes to vehicle and park something we are very hopeful something will get created and passed. >>reporter: process of rewriting the proposal could take several weeks maybe even months. >> when we come back here on the news at 9:00. stanford trying to turn rubber into the news at 9:00. stanford trying to turn rubber into human skin that is actually >> after criticism from travelers who call the screening invasive, the tsa

john hendren, abc news, washington. >>> a u.s. loo! >> reporter: with a spiral staircase. >> how does it feel up there, buddy? >> fine, sort of. >> let's go inside. let's record in the house and everything. >> reporter: and the amateur prankster. and snomg, brought out the hash tags on twitter. in oklahoma, fear of the snow gave birth to the nickname snoklahoma. and in kansas, someone called it the blizzard of oz. other tweets refer to the powerful storm as chuck snowrris but our favorites came from jetblue airlines. they were leaning toward calling it is snostradamus. they called the last snow snoprah winfrey. celebrities tweeted about the snow, even the contractually quieted keith olbermann couldn't be silenced, offering safety tips for the slippery sidewalks. >> ah! >> reporter: it had to hurt, dealing with all this bad weather, but perhaps by sharing our misery, our boredom, our creativity, online with the rest of the country, we can help each other deal with the snowmageddon. or snowpocalypse. or whatever less eloquent fame yo

here are stories to watch on abc news. the white house, the u.n. ean union will be monitoring the crisis in libya. they're threatening sanctions as well as a new no-fly zone over the country. >>> space shuttle "discovery" has been given the go for launch. it is the shuttle's final blastoff. after traveling 143 million miles in its career. >>> and motown comes to the white house. first lady michelle obama welcomes john legend, smokey robinson and sheryl crow to the latest sound of young american serious. >> nice lineup. >>> we're fired up for sunday's oscar and the buzz is building all over the internet. >> whether movie producers or the academy itself like it, social media is a run to the red carpet. >> oscar, you're invited. >> reporter: oscar turns 83 years old this year but he doesn't look or act his age. oscar's got his own youtube channel and you can find him on facebook. that's only appropriate in a year when a leading contender is all about the social network. >> this is a once in a generation idea! >> reporter: the national board of review w

. >>> from abc news, this is "america this morning" with vinita nair and rob nelson. >>> good morning. as a new month begins so does a major win the stock market, by some counts the eighth so far this winter. >> nearly 3,000 flights have already been cancelled today most at major hubs like chicago o'hare and newark. >>> and this bhis the main part of the storm is now. over oklahoma and missouri, ready to really bear down on the midwest in the coming hours. here we go again. millions of americans will need scrapers and shovels through tomorrow as blizzard warnings are up in seven states. the head of knee ma is treating the storm as if it were an approaching hurricane. >> i want toal people like with a hurricane, you see the storm coming, now is the time to get ready. >> that's what cities have been doing, oklahoma city's fleet of snowplows standing by. in chicago, they have moved mountains of road salt in place and hoboken, new jersey, owners of still-snowed-in cars were told to dig them out or they would be towed. the other worry is ice, a big belt, enough to snap tree branches and po

i'm diane sawyerere at abc news headquarters in new york. 're going to take a moment of your regular programming to bring you word out of egypt of a very important development. abc's christiane amanpour made her way to the man at the center of the storm in cairo. she talked with hosni mubarak. as you know, it has been a dangerous trip. journalists targeted as they move through the streets there. but she is on the phone with us now. first of all, we are glad that you are safe. what did president mubarak say to you? >> good afternoon, diane. i spoke for about 30 minutes with president hosni mubarak in a reception room at the palace and i asked him what he thought now that he's promised to leave office and not stand for re-election. he told me that i am fed up after 62 years in public life, i have had enough, i want to go. but he added, if i resign today, there will be chaos. he said that he had told that also to president barack obama. he told me, quote, obama is a very good man, but i told obama, quote, you don't understand the egyptian cultur

live from the news room, jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. it's 4:53 now.nsportation security administration is showing off a new screening device that officials say preserves your privacy at the airport. the service called the automatic target recognition does a 360 degree scan but instead of a 3-d rendering of the passenger, the image is far less detailed. the device maintenance a high level of security while addressing travelers' concerns about privacy. the new system will be tested at mcaaron international airport in las vegas, atlanta international and ronald reagan washington national airport. >> speaking of traveling, be sure to check with your carriers even flying out of sfo where we have fine weather. it's what's going on elsewhere. >> the sanna anna winds, that can also affect your flight. >> the weather here is fine but getting a plane here to somewhere else to get to your destination is going to be tough. >> that's right. clear conditions, the sun coming up at 7:13, setting at 5:34 and plenty of sunshine to enjoy today across the bay area. the w

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linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> pretty scary.l people even change their behavior if it meant giving up the cell phone? people are so reliant on them now. >> it's ingrained in the culture. it's ingrained in our daily schedules. they're not saying there's a direct link between brain cancer and cell phones but the brain does respond and is sensitive to the waves coming off that phone. you have to wonder, 20 years, will there be this massive wave of brain cancer? >> when the researcher says, i've changed my behavior, hello. >> hello, red flag, right? >>> well coming up next a handy new way to give pets in pain some much needed comfort. >> not that you even care. not even a dog guy. we'll meet the veterinarian who tried a new treatment on his own dog. that is coming up next. tried new treatments on his own dog. ns some days and so do our pets actually. we can always take painkillers or do something to help it out but not so easy with animals. >> a south florida vet has come up with an alternative to painkillers, which is wagging a lot

>>reporter: in san francisco, carolyn tyler abc 7 news. >> all right. don't leave now. . serenade from johnny mathis. ♪ you will never know just how much i care ♪ . >> only on abc 7. >> thank you. >> president obama says he has >> thank you. >> president obama says he has to pray a lot when it comes were prese i want you to about. >> we have a nice treat. music legend returned home to san francisco today. johnny mathis was the local singing star who went on to international fame and fortune. arts entertainment reporter don sanchez explains why he came back. >> contrary jewish museum looking at exhibit called black sabbath. history of jaw issue relation. how jewish song writer transform them into hit sojs. he grew up here. track star in washington high school and san francisco state but always wanted to sing is. >> something that my fat taught me an every time i sing i think of dad. >>reporter: he left in 1957. >> i had a hit record. first record that i had was called wonderful wonderful. i had had another one called chances are. >> reporter: his success singing he then t