the same way about the alamo. if you supply the context to show how we got to the point*, introduced the characters properly, and showed the argument, the cowboys and the earps and also the mexican side and the techs in size side, that is making it of fuller and more fascinating account. >> the people in texas velo as a creation myth. it is their story how they became the distinct and separate people. living next door in new mexico it is obvious they are distinct and separate from the rest of the nation. [laughter] >> i am from brooklyn originally. [laughter] >> we want to keep it that way. [laughter] it gives the story power. bartok becomes action in, and decision is made, people reach a dramatic climax. humanity has invented this. don't you think you are blessed by it building to that final moment? >> will live in a society that wants instant gratification. why should have to spend 30 or four days to get to it? but jim cited a wonderful historian, i was books editor 270 years. the advantage of that is i got to t

he had come to los alamos to work on sdi. he found a hostile reception there from disk garwin and isadore roby and others. he said on the plane back that he thought all this could be traced to what had happened back in 1954 to the oppenheimer case and in particular to his case, to his testimony against oppenheimer. this enmity the sciences had against defense projects and the enmity scientists had at los alamos for him in particular. next slide, please. if you like to sort of pursue this debate there's a website, brotherhood of the bomb.com. i wasn't able to publish the original footnotes came to 81,000 words. and i couldn't print all of those. so instead i put them on the website so you can access them and download them if you like. also documents that pertain to the case, especially documents that have not surfaced before, oppenheimer and trevalier. some thing in the book that you just saw. i'll update the author's notes as time goes on. but that's the brotherhood of the bomb. thank you. [ applause ] questions? yeah. >> wha

like i mentioned the pits at los alamos earlier. without that facility, and without, you know, the budget that they need, they're not going to be able to meet the requirements that the administration and the military eventually wants them to make. there's a lot of hard decisions and a lot of assessing and res a sellsing that's going on right now. in terms of how they -- what their path forward is. so they're looking at potentially 400 to 800 cuts. they want to do it without, you know, forced layoffs. you know, they're taking applications right now. i think it's through april 5. >> for buyouts? >> yeah. for buyouts. in 2008 they were able to avoid having actual layoffs so hopefully they'll be able to do that again. because at the sister laboratory in liveermore, california, in 2008 they had a voluntary separation program, didn't get enough, and they had to force people to be laid off. it has been an incredibly difficult process. and there's a lawsuit and people who feel that they were age discriminated against. so whenever you have t

the music >>> a last stand at alamo.to lose him home he is going to barricade himself in the garage. >> tonight one bay area rapper is telling us why he's forced to denigrate women. >>> the rain doesn't want to let up. the santa cruz mountain with 9 inches of rain since tuesday this. is the result. so much water the san lorenzo river is taking a bit after detour tonight. it has crews scrambling to keep the water from causing too much damage. as elizabeth cook shows us the overflow is threatening the santa cruz board walk amusement pork. >> reporter: usually the san lorenzo river rains straight through here into the ocean but because of the heavy rains it took a sharp right turn straight next to the santa cruz board walk up to the retaining wall. crews spent most of the day building up large sand piles of rocks like this one trying to prevent the water from getting any closer to the board walk but what they're worried about is that water coming underneath the structure and starting to erode the board walk itself. accordin

. >> the chanting from the edison side to the other was edison saying "alamo whites," during the game and our side was not relying with anything, any come back. >> that is where the story is going, the late evenment rap it was in respond to "alamo white," the team that won that responded, then, by chanting, usa! because it was, they were, directed at first by then to the other time. what do you think? >> and of the students that we caught up, the students are clearly, clearly not being racist. one says, from the while, most people had no idea it was a negative racist comment. some of the students could have meant it that way the vast majority did not. and one more, sorry, guys. that a different one. and another says, i have heard it at other games and we chanted it at the majority of our games including a redominant i caucasian, we chanted it there and, look, they chanted usa, a victory chant, not a racist chant and -- it's america. >> bob gets mad, and here is a quote from a thomas edison high school student, i thought because we were like mainly minority that is why it was being cha

and team work was essential at los alamos. as well, teller -- in fact, teller was so miffed when he was not chosen to head t division that he refused to go to the weekly meetings of the group and oppenheimer would meet with him one hour a week just to hear his ideas. teller also refused to do the calculations assigned to him in t division. these were the calculations on the hydrodynamics of implosion. so those calculations were given instead to the british mission. and that included the next slide, please klaus fuchs. he was under the code name of rest. next slide, please. groves would say in 1954 that he believed from within two weeks of the time the project began that the russians were the real enemy. and the way i interpret that is that the russians were the real threat whether it came to espionage, not that they were the real enemy above the germans or japanese. he was right about. that the russian has an early on. it was a primary target. it was known by the code name enormous, as a matter of fact, to the nkpd. groves rea

redwood road, latest update, wet afternoon the rain is moving into concord, clayton, walnut creek, alamo. the -- that stretches to san leandro, richmond-san rafael bridge, redwood city, wood=qb1 side temperatures in the low to mid 50s. mid to upper 50s monterey bay except gilroy at 52°. morning showers taper during the afternoon as energy moves from us. cooler tonight mostly cloudy and patchy fog hard if get the fog to form with cloudy conditions but it is so wet it could happen. saturday looks like the weather day. sunday dry now. upper 50s half moon bay, clear lake, low to mid 60s for the rest of us from san francisco 60 to 65 in concord and antioch, 62 in monterey, upper mid sixties for the rest of the bay. tonight mid to upper 40s mile except for temperatures this morning low to mid 50s that seems cooler, not bad for this time of the year. trough of low pressure weaker extension of that low to the north. still a focal point where air converges and lifts that's why we'll have our best showers along that trough as it moves through because it is on it was way through now best radar retu

this won after alamo high school won the championship. not be allowed to attend the games. that's what we are hearing. >> thank you very much. >> the time is now 55 past the top of the hour. >> after the break we are scrambled up. can you guess the word of the day? we will be right back. >> time now for what the hill? as soon as you hear these stories, you'll understand why. first, call it a major wardrobe malfunctionment a brand new audit shows the federal government spent $11 million to help dress two people. the grant was supposed to pay for interview attire for 400 low income job seekers in detroit. the problem, dhs reportedly failed to monitor that boutique that was providing the clothes and only two people were clothed in more than a year's time. oh, boy. >> and talk about a waste of taxpayer money. league city texas going to spend nearly $200,000 just to move this tree. the oak tree is in the way of a road widening project, apparently. it didn't want to just knock it down. it's believed the founder of the city planted it more than

rick santorum motorcade arrived at alamo this evening. republican presidential candidate came to collect much-needed campaign cash. supporters paid from 125 to few thousand $to attend the if you said raiser. held at the estate of mark and becky pine. for many people it was money well spent. despite the fact that in their estimate santorum won't end up being the republican nominee. >> he's a good guy. i think he's got some decent ideas and i have no problem giving him a little final surge. competition is good. >> even if he dent get the nomination he might be the presidential nominee in the party so who knows. >>reporter: earlier santorum made an appearance at the jelly belly factory in fairfield. candy made famous by former president reagan who santorum mentioned repeatedly in his speech. >> went out and talked about cutting taxes for everyone. not just those at the upper end. cutting taxes for everyone. creating opportunity for everyone. that's the message i have been taking around this country. >>reporter: in addition to comparing himse

there's a crash eastbound near alamo. it is not causing slowing at this point.he waze traffic map. you can get it by going to abc7news.com. >>> our time is 5:54. >>> labor department just released last week's unemployment snapshot. flix applications for new benefits and four week average both fell to the lowest point in 40s. economists says that bodes well for the job outlook. >>> bank of america planning another fee hike after a customer revolt forced it to give up charging debit card users $60 a year the bank planning on charging monthly for checking accounts unless customers agree to bank online, get a bofa mortgage, credit card or maintain a certain balance. the bank is testing checking account fees of up to $300 a year in states including massachusetts, arizona and georgia. time warner charging for internet based on use . customers in texas can save $5 a month if they agree to a five gigabyte cap. those google privacy changes go into effect today. google pooling all customer information from various services like search, gmail and youtube and using the info

rick santorum motorcade arrived at alamo this evening. republican presidential candidate came to collect much-needed campaign cash. supporters paid from 125 to few thousand $to attend the if you said raiser. held at the estate of mark and becky pine. for many people it was money well spent. despite the fact that in their estimate santorum won't end up being the republican nominee. >> he's a good guy. i think he's got some decent ideas and i have no problem giving him a little final surge. competition is good. >> even if he dent get the nomination he might be the presidential nominee in the party so who knows. >>reporter: earlier santorum made an appearance at the jelly belly factory in fairfield. candy made famous by former president reagan who santorum mentioned repeatedly in his speech. >> went out and talked about cutting taxes for everyone. not just those at the upper end. cutting taxes for everyone. creating opportunity for everyone. that's the message i have been taking around this country. >>reporter: in addition to comparing himse

and into the areas in yellow and orange around concord to the south of alamo into san ramon, h very likely areas seeing hail coming down. the convective showers, another shower passing to the south of campbell and east of san jose, that's snow flying atop mount hamilton. you can see the moisture cartwheeling around to our south for most of the day. right around 2:00 this afternoon, we're watching the band of showers pushing into contra costa county and solano counties, pushing into the places south and east. inbound to livermore and pleasanton. and likely into dublin. tonight between now and 9:00, after the sun sets, the atmosphere will stabilize a little bit. we're still talking about hail thunder.ight chance of gusty winds, lowering snow levels on sunday as round two of the cold air starts to drop in for the second half of the weekend. we'll let you know how much to expect in the full forecast coming up. >>> right now we want to check in on mount hamilton, let's go to stephanie trong live at the top of mount hamilton. there's a fair amount of snow going on right there. >> reporter: absol

patti lee is live in alamo where santorum held a much needed fundraiser to keep his campaign going. >> reporter: the types of people who attend fundraisers for president are wealthy, but tonight the continuance was on voters who may not be backing the candidate, but for $125 could afford to meet him to make their decision. >> hopefully the senator really fits what i believe in. >> reporter: the top ticket tonight's event $2,500. a stark contrast to the bay area fundraiser held for mitt romney earlier in the week where tickets started at 100,000 and soared to 250,000. >> this suspect just about raising money. we wanted people to come who wanted to come. >> welcome the next president of the united states rick santorum. >> reporter: as this rally shows shows santorum is also trying to raise his profile in a state he has little support. >> it's good to be here. >> reporter: he compared himself often to president reagan. at the jelly belly factory where he is immortalized in jelly beans. >> we need someone who's not going to be the etch-a-sketch candidate. >> reporter: santorum has not don

patti lee is live in alamo where santorum held a much needed fundraiser to keep his campaign going. >> reporter: the types of people who attend fundraisers for president are wealthy, but tonight the continuance was on voters who may not be backing the candidate, but for $125 could afford to meet him to make their decision. >> hopefully the senator really fits what i believe in. >> reporter: the top ticket tonight's event $2,500. a stark contrast to the bay area fundraiser held for mitt romney earlier in the week where tickets started at 100,000 and soared to 250,000. >> this suspect just about raising money. we wanted people to come who wanted to come. >> welcome the next president of the united states rick santorum. >> reporter: as this rally shows shows santorum is also trying to raise his profile in a state he has little support. >> it's good to be here. >> reporter: he compared himself often to president reagan. at the jelly belly factory where he is immortalized in jelly beans. >> we need someone who's not going to be the etch-a-sketch candidate. >> reporter: santorum has not don

alamo's team is made up mostly of caucasian students. edison's team is predominantly hispanic.er the trophy presentation, screams of "usa, usa" kind of like that, came from alamo heights fan. that chant was ultimately perceived by some as a racial insult. by the school district of the mostly hispanic team. the other school was forced to apologize but is any apology in order? a lot of people talking about this. very controversial. we reached out to the superintendent and the school district. we'll have a little bit of that later. what is your initial reaction when you heard the story? >> andrea: the "usa" chant is something that goes back to, i did research, 1980. the ice hockey game in the olympics. they were chanting "usa" outside the white house when bin laden was killed. in college sometimes we chant "usa" at beer pong championships. >> kimberly: allegedly. >> andrea: right. i don't see the issue here with this. kids can say things that are incentive and feelings get hurt but if we go after kids for saying, "usa, usa" and saying they were attacked. that's what the school dis

these men knew they would never leave the alamo aalive but they heroically defended the alamo for 13 days. the 13 days of glory, as it is known, against a force that eventually outnumbered them by more than 10-1. william barrett travis, davy crockett, jim bouie and the rest of the 89 men at the alamo gave their lives fighting for something greater than themselves. and it was that delay that gave general sam houston the time to organize his men and retreat to a point that they could defend which eventually became the battle of january jacinto. seven weeks followed and on april 21, 1836, sam houston, because of that delay that was given to them by william barret travis and the 189 men at the alamo was able to take a stand is he battle of san jacinto and texas was a republic from that time forward for ten years. and i have to say that texas is the only state that was a republic when it entered the united states, and with that distinction, we like to share our vivid history. i want to say, madam president, that it has been a wonderful opportunity for me to be able to read this letter eve

we will call alamo whites.issue you don't see in the story that was going on and it is hard to read about. >> thanks for nothing. charles, is the school overreacting as pab thinks? jay i think so. they fought hard to get to the championship game. i get the point you made. a lot of people like i see the mexican day parade or the puerto rican day parade or the outrage, you can't have both flags. in other words, make sure this is a cautionary tale instead of a beer moment, maybe a root beer moment. we are all-americans, let's all be americans. >> bill, you love basketball and racism. so this story is -- >> this is my wheel house. i would say that, yes -- you look at the -- if you avoid the specific -- this is ridiculous. if you look at the racial make up of one team versus the other, the fact they were chanting usa to begin with, something is going on. the kids shouldn't haven't been kicked out of seeing anymore games. i have other thoughts on this, but let's wait until he leaves. >> we will move to the next story

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the outage affected homes and businesses in danville and alamo. at one point, more than 2600 customers were without power. that's now down to 1600. crews are in the neighborhood now searching for the cause of the outage. >>> the wet weather is delaying plans to open new toll lanes in milpitas, the toll lanes are located at interstate 880. the valley transportation authority initially planned to open the lanes today but those plans have been pushed back in the tuesday -- until tuesday, when the rain is supposed to be over. >>> between now and then we will be tracking multiple storms across the bay area. today not too much happening, although we still have quite a bit of cloud cover looking out towards san rafael with mostly sunny skies. reports of follow, drizzle. the radar not too impressive right now, but even if you are not comfortable with the green, you can be experiencing driz. and wet roadways. as far as rainfall totals, usually the numbers -- these are the numbers tallied up since last sunday and look at ben lomond picking up 11 inches of r

later in the evening rick santorum is attending another fundraiser in alamo. >>> mitt romney is picking up more high profile endorsements. bush will endorse mitt romney as they presidential nominee. he will meet for a photo option and mitt romney has met last night. he is being mentioned as possible candidate. >>> and he is ending tax breaks for oil companies. the president was scheduled a speech. he will call on them to for tax penalty tis to repeal oil tax subsidies. >>> time now 4:38 a bomb scare turned out to be a false alarm. emergency crews were called out just after 8:00 last night when a suspicious bomb. >>> let's go to sal to check in on traffic, how is the commute, it is early, sal? >> not too bad, pam, as a matter of fact we are doing well on most bay area commutes and that commute looks good getting to the bay bridge toll plaza westbound there are no problems and no problems on the bridge and the wind is not as big a factor as it has been earlier with the storms. this is northbound getting to highway 17 and that's a nice commute on the way up to 17. 430, here is steve. >>> a

he will attend a fund-raiser on thursday in alamo. a new poll finds mitt romney has the greatest support out of california raps with 42% of registered voters. santorum is trailing by 19 points with 23% and newt gingrich and ron paul are distant third and fourth. >> labor activists have launched a campaign to encourage companies not to send jobs overseas. locally they have targeted the bay bridge. members of the alliance for american manufacturing paid for two billboards, should be made in america. they have placed those signs off of 880 in oakland and near the bay bridge toll plaza. they say similar ads will be placed nationwide around dozens of projects so that federal and state leaders can see them. >> kristen: we're enjoying a brief break from the rain but another storm is coming in. >>> looks like we have things, very dry and wet and cold since spring started. good morning. you see it's very quiet around our neighborhood. as we head to the north, few radar returns around lake county and up towards eureka. put it in motion, last tw

>>> well, let's see, we have chp issuing a sig alert and a big-rig went off the roadway off of alamo drive. it's now resting on its side. it looks like one of those big green traffic signs where vacaville exit sign was hit and it is lying on its side but it looks like they were able to move it quickly. it is a bit windy and our camera has been bobbing around but no delays to speak of. 4:55 let's check in with steve. >> tara, thank you very much. a very good storm and it is pretty impressive but there is still one more piece of energy which is giving us light rain to the north. not a lot. napa, this is the leading edge of that system with will sweep over the area, it is different than yesterday and it is still going to give us some rain. 40s on the temperatures, everyone in there, low, mid-to- upper san jose is cool, 41 degrees san rafael, until this afternoon, high pressure is building in and that last little guy coming down, puff in a roman candle. below 5,000 feet there will be 5 to 6,000 and snow levels are very low, really low levels yesterday. mostly cloudy today, cool and breez

and he will attend another fund- raiser in alamo tonight. >>> president obama.commed on congress to a -- to repeal the tax subsidies. >> it's not as if these companies can't stand on their own. last year, the three biggest u.s. oil companies took home more than $80 billion in profits. >>> the president said his administration has presided over an unprecedented increase in domestic oil production. he also called for energy independence through clean technologies. republicans say he's trying to push up gas prices to force americans off oil. >>> well, the golden state warriors will be encouraging going green on b.a.r.t. three players and coach jackson will be part of a green mob at 2:30. they are gonna ride b.a.r.t. and will be passing out prepaid clippers cards, all to convince people to ride public transportation. >> reporter: protesters managed to shut down an oakland school board meeting and get arrested. find out what made them so angry. >>> mark tamayo is up soon to tell you about the next time you are gonna see rain, and he says you are not gonna have to wait very soon. >>> also,

he will attend a fund-raiser on thursday in alamo. a new poll finds mitt romney has the greatest support out of california raps with 42% of registered voters. santorum is trailing by 19 points with 23% and newt gingrich and ron paul are distant third and fourth. >> labor activists have launched a campaign to encourage companies not to send jobs overseas. locally they have targeted the bay bridge. members of the alliance for american manufacturing paid for two billboards, should be made in america. they have placed those signs off of 880 in oakland and near the bay bridge toll plaza. they say similar ads wi be placed nationwide around dozens of projects so that federal and state leaders can see them. >> kristen: we're enjoying a brief break from the rain but another storm is coming in. >>> looks like we have things, very dry and wet and cold since spring started. good morning. you see it's very quiet around our neighborhood. as we head to the north, few radar returns around lake county and up towards eureka. put it in motion, last two

rick santorum will also make his way to the east bay thursday for a fundraiser in alamo. >> support for romney in california is growing. according to a new poll, 42% of registered republican voters in the state support him. 19% support santorum and newt gingrich and ron paul a distant third and fourth. >> alan: today the tech central start upveteran weekend. veterans are invited to be part of a team focused on business and app development. one man said veterans need to take their military skills in another direction. >> in order to use this great assets so be selfless and work as a team, obviously a hard work ethic and use them in a team-based environment. >> the idea was to edcairkts reintegrate and connect veterans to the tech system right here in the bay area. >> ama: heads up for commuters. state highway 12 bill be closed intermitt tently between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. the highway will be closed in both directions for ten minutes at a time so expect delays. >> alan: yesterday's brain brought snow the bay area mountains. you're looking at photographs september to us from the lick ob

and you can see rick santorum continuing to shake hands here and he is due in alamo in about an hour from now for a private fund-raiser and hopes to collect more money than he has in california, collecting about half a million dollars so far total in california. his rival has collected $7 million. 14 times more than rick santorum. we have santorum hopes he can put a dent in that tonight. >> thank you very much. and coming up here at 5:00 michael finney explain yz this might be the best time to think about buying a house. >> state lawmakers ditch their suits and don hoodies for trayvon martin a teenager shot to death in florida but did they receive a same chilly reception as a member of congress? >> i'm sandhya patel. another weekend another storm. what day is turning wet and windy coming up. >> new buzz on what may be killing off honey bees. researchers now looking at something used on biggest crops. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> chaos again today at this morn's university of california regents meeting. student demonstrators showed up in swimsuits and

. >>> for state's rights advocates this is the alamo the suspect they've been losing ground for decades. >>> attorney generals from 26 states and congress not have the power to tell americans that they must buy health insurance or face a penalty. >>> this is unconstitutional this is a government overreach like we've never seen before in our history. >>> the attorneys for the obama administration to the justices health insurance is not like any other product service because everyone needs health care. the senators said in on the arguments the democrat said the challenger is based their case of politics and not precedents. >>> this court could go no other way but to up pulled the individual mandate. >>> requiring an estimated 32 million uninsured americans to buy a private plan the new state insurance exchange. or get covered in the expanded medicaid program. cbs news the supreme court. >>> i got a look at the radar its green up they're a little scary. >>> the leading edge of the cold front is coming toward the bay area right now. let's show you the radar. the green and yellow zooming in

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apparently a very favorite late president ronald reagan can also attended a private fund-raiser in the alamo and his campaign this morning in wisconsin when the state holding a primary and tuesday 604 now the supreme court justices may have to keep a secret for a few months the justices are expected to take a preliminary vote today on the fate of president obama's health care law but not expected to issue the ruling until june between now and then the justices will write their opinions and dissents on the case they heard six hours of arguments this past week. to equate i don't think you're getting any arguments about today is whether not bad another weekend people may have some problems with it but today is okay. did waves a lot of clouds around the bay area's morning if i had about without light showers north of the golden gate bridge and that's about the worst of it still had at doppler showing mostly dry is you're heading for their but we had that batch of moisture moving north to vacaville nor the fairfield as well that is lying on your little seymour this on and off from the day today s

tomorrow he's come together bay area for a private fundraiser in alamo. >>> jetblue airlines is suspending the captain whose meltdown caused panic. the fbi is investigating clayton osbon. the company's ceo said osbon was a consummate professional and nothing in his record to indicate risk. osbon appeared to have a mental or emotional break down halfway between new york and las vegas yesterday this is video shot . his co-pilot ended up locking him out of cockpit and he was tackled to the ground. a former new york corrections officer took the lead kept pointing at me and said you need to pray and started talking about iraq and iran. as soon as he pointed at me i grabbed his arm and put him in a chokehold. >> passengers held osbon down 20 minutes until the plane landed in texas. he was taken to a hospital in handcuffs. osbon's wife was contacted by abc news she said she wanted to hear his side of the story before commenting. >>> fresh & easy stores are expecting a heavy turnout today that will allow to you swap your ground meat containing pink slime additive and exchange it for pack canned be

i have been to los alamos national laboratory. certain things i can see and certain things i cannot see. as a journalist, i would not want to see something i could not report on. if i go to los alamos, i was not able to see them building things. the quality plutonium center of excellence. they are in charge of building the pins that were going to nuclear weapons. i think there are 11 now. that is a far cry from what they would do during the cold war. when i went to los alamos, i was not able to see that i was able to tour other things they do, some of the construction they are planning. a tour of one of the facilities that was to be one of the pillars of the modernization issue, the replacement agency. at the time, it was a hole in the ground. it is still a whole of the crown because they have put on hold to reassess -- it is still a hole in the ground because they have put it on hold to reassess. it gives you a perspective on what they do. as a reporter, it is great even though they will not give me a pin to hold. host: this talk

rick santorum will make his way to the east fire a fundraiser in alamo. >> alan: leigh glaser is up ahead with the forecast. >> leigh: we actually saw a little clearing today, but you know, we still have a few lingering showers, you are right, more wet weather due in here in the next couple of days. >> ama: vive la mexico. ahead, the pope's message -dad, why e you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are the great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a perhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ ♪ >> alan: hundreds of thousands of people attended an open air mass in mexico celebrate by pope benedict xvi. the crowd cheered when the pope put on a sombrero given to him by someone in the crowd. he urged them to use their faith to avoid the evil of drugs and violence. he now heads to cuba for the first papa

tomorrow he's come together bay area for a private fundraiser in alamo. >>> jetblue airlines is suspendinghe captain whose meltdown caused panic. the fbi is investigating clayton osbon. the company's ceo said osbon was a consummate professional and nothing in his record to indicate risk. osbon appeared to have a mental or emotional break down halfway between new york and las vegas yesterday this is video shot . his co-pilot ended up locking him out of cockpit and he was tackled to the ground. a former new york corrections officer took the lead kept pointing at me and said you need to pray and started talking about iraq and iran. as soon as he pointed at me i grabbed his arm and put him in a chokehold. >> passengers held osbon down 20 minutes until the plane landed in texas. he was taken to a hospital in handcuffs. osbon's wife was contacted by abc news she said she wanted to hear his side of the story before commenting. >>> fresh & easy stores are expecting a heavy turnout today that will allow to you swap your ground meat containing pink slime additive and exchange it for pack canned beef

santorum is scheduled to bring his campaign to northern california with fund-raising events in both alamo and fairfield on thursday. >>> the parents of trayvon martin are expected at a racial profile hearing on capitol hill today. they are not expected to testify. about their -- but their attorney is among the witnesses. we're also hearing more details about martin's death. there are reports that gary zimmerman told police that he was walking back to his vehicle when martin attacked him. gary zimmerman said he was trying out for help as martin smashed his head on the phone. martin's family says it was the teen screaming for help. >>> a man was stabbed outside of his office in menlo park last night. sources say the victim was stabbed multiple times outside his office on alma near the cow station sometime last night. police say they were notified about the attack around 4:30 and talked to the victim at stanford hospital. >> we're looking in to it. we have to determine a time line. the victim has given a statement but we want to reinterview the victim and some other people that may be in the

right near walnut creek, picking up on lightning being detected off to the west of alamo. impacting 680 in the next couple of hours. if you're headed to the sierra, the snow is going. the elevation is high at 6,000 feet but it's going to lower to 3500 feet where totals could be anywhere from one to two feet. numbers overall starting to drop off into the north bay with 55 in santa rosa and 55 in napa. still warmer down in the san jose region but everyone is going to be dropping as we head into the weekend. so what can we expect for the morning? a few showers linger with us. throughout the weekend we're going to keep this chance of thunderstorms in the forecast. here's the thing. an area of low pressure winding up offshore and we're going to see it sink more to the south and keep the instability with us all the way into saturday and for sunday. so while the heavier and more consistent rainfall looks to push out by the very late evening hours, by 11:00 and midnight and 1:00 a.m., we're still going to keep that possibility of thunderstorms here as the jet stream continues to s

back here in the east bay, you have another round, concord, walnut creek, alamo.ll this will be continually moving your way the next 45 minutes to keep it stead at the current rated. toward dublin and livermore, areas of moderate to heavy rainfall, and also toward fremont. you'll be under this heavier clip of rain the next hour or so at this point. up across the sierra, we are following the snow that has now started. what we're looking at, more major snow in the next 36 hours, one to two feet up above 6,000 feet. winter going out here pretty strong as we start heading to spring next week. here's what we have. tomorrow morning, a few showers to start off. much colder saturday. we'll keep a chance of isolated thunderstorms not only for saturday but for sunday. there's so much instability in that upper level of the atmosphere. for tonight, we'll see the heaviest band of that consistent rainfall we're dealing with right now moving off toward the south. then we'll start to get in on a bit of a clearing as we head into the early morning hours. we still can't call it tot

he arrived in alamo last night to pick up campaign cash at a fundraiser hosted by mark and becky pine. he made appearance at the jelly belly factory the candy was made famous by ronald reagan. >> talked about cutting taxes for everyone not just those at the upper end but for everyone. creating opportunity for everyone. that's the message i've been taking around this country. >> he's a good guy. i think he's got some decent ideas. i have no problem giving him final surge competition is good. >> it is not clear how much cash he raised from his bay area he's vowing to press on the fact he's behind in delegates and money. -- >>> the mega millions jackpot is a record 540 million dollars. people are looking for any advantage to win. this line outside a store in san lorenzo which has previously sold four winning tickets. closing time last night they had to turn people away. >> no more, sorry, come back tomorrow, we open at 9:00. >> this store has a reputation kavanaugh's for winners. >> we had one in january now the big mega millions jackpot. >> if someone watches all numbers and mega number

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