why the alamo? why do we remember the alamo? and we will start with mr. donovan. >> because people love last stand. think of custer's last stand, the alamo and others. there is something that we love about the last dance and the yellow is one of the latest. he has appeared that with some of the great names in our history and he's well known nationally but is an interesting character with others. and that is so many reasons. >> the editorial we threw out in history and not just of the young nation have had these significant remember dates and remember these dates are used quite effectively to insight passions and help in sight the war and conflict. they are tied into the national emotions and passions and it is an effective way to do them certainly in the case of this battered little mission and the battle cry or remember the alamo i think that the alamo is probably -- and i say this in my book i think it's probably one of the best known battles if you well on american history. most talk about the possible exception of gettysburg and i think i go on to say

why the alamo? why do we remember the alamo and we will start with mr. donovan.he blood of heroes." >> because people love last names. think of custer's last stand, the alamo and there are some others, masada. there is something that we love about last stand and the alamo was one of the greatest. besides that it's paired with some of the great names in our history like davy crockett, travis of course is well known nationally but is an interesting character and plenty of others but anyway there are so many reasons. >> michael? >> we can also say we remember thermopylae because the editorial throughout history and not just the history of this young nation have had these significant remember dates and in many cases those remember dates are used quite effectively to incite passions, to help them incite wars and to incite conflict. they are tied into national emotions, passions and it's an effective way to do them. certainly, in the case of this battered little mission, sam houston used it very shrewdly with that immortal battle cry, remember the alamo, you know? and

the day of the filibuster was the 177th anniversary of the fall of the alamo. and, a native-r born texan, that if davy crockett and jim gould alive today, they would have been standing shoulder to shoulder with him on the floor of the senate. [applause] i got to read from shakespeare's -- crispin's day speech. there are some senators who were not there that night who have held their manhoods cheap and as a result. [cheers and applause] i got to read the opening monologue from the great movie, patton. cleaned up a little bit to make it suitable for television. read president ronald reagan's 1964 a time for choosing speech. [cheers and applause] as they say in the beer commercial, it don't get no better than this. a second example is sequestration. sequestration has actually gone into effect. the white house is astonished. all of us remember the president's scare america tour. he went all over the country talking about the dramatic consequences. washington, d.c. is the only place on earth where the phrase draconian 2% cuts can be uttered. [laughter] the president

. >>> we are live in san francisco where a shootout near alamo square leaves two people injured. we'll tell you what police are saying about it. >>> a bay bay boy -- a baby boy is lucky to be alive after shots rang out in a richmond neighborhood. the reward to help find a suspect. >>> new threat from north korea. the reason the leader has put all of his forces on stand by. >>> we will show you how catholics from around the world are observing good friday. that's all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us on this friday morning, march 29th i'm pam cook. steve paulson is here with a look at the forecast. >> we kind of match clothes wise. >> yes, we do. >> fog is on the coast. it's going to be very warm inland in advance of this system which is now just approaching. it will mean big changes for the weekend. today if you're away from the coast. mid 70s. a lot of fog coast and bay. >>> there is a lot of fog. if you're driving across the bay bridge chp wants you to know it's very foggy there so use caution. that traffic looks pretty good wi

. >>> we are live in san francisco where a shootout near alamo square leaves two people injured. we'll tell you what police are saying about it. >>> a bay bay boy -- a baby boy is lucky to be alive after shots rang out in a richmond neighborhood. the reward to help find a suspect. >>> new threat from north korea. the reason the leader has put all of his forces on stand by. >>> we will show you how catholics from around the world are observing good friday. that's all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us on this friday morning, march 29th i'm pam cook. steve paulson is here with a look at the forecast. >> we kind of match clothes wise. >> yes, we do. >> fog is on the coast. it's going to be very warm inland in advance of this system which is now just approaching. it will mean big changes for the weekend. today if you're away from the coast. mid 70s. a lot of fog coast and bay. >>> there is a lot of fog. if you're driving across the bay bridge chp wants you to know it's very foggy there so use caution. that traffic looks pretty good wi

just click on the alamo deal retriever℠. and get our best deal, customized for you.away... alamo. >> abc7 news starts right now with live breaking news. >> good morning, i am katie marzullo. >> i am kristen sze. we will have breaking news in a moment a fire in berkeley at a restaurant but right now the deck is still wet from the bay bridge. we had more showers overnight. >> we will check in with our meteorologist this morning. >> katie and kristen, live doppler 7 hd shows there are a few showers way south along santa cruz mountains. most of the bay area is looking at cloudy conditions. we will look at conditions to brighten up. here is the shark tank where numbers are mostly in the 30's and 40's. for the rest of the morning you can expect the 30's and 40's and perhaps near 50 with the sunshine around the bay. we the afternoon we are warming into the mid 60's and on the way to a warmer weekend. details on that and a look ahead coming up. >> good morning, everyone, we have road work on the golden gate bridge. northern portion of the span has road work with crews ready

there is a shooting and alamo and one person is in the hospital.sported to hospital and the extent of the injuries is not known. and the san mateo county, there will likely be lane closures. caltrain will be additional lane striping to help with safety. the victim was transported to a local hospital and the extent of their injuries is in san mateo county. people driving through the brand- slide today. will likely see some lane closures. this morning between nine a- m and three p-m cal-trans says, crews will be doing additional lane striping to improve driver safety. the new tunnels along highway- one near pacifica. officially opened to the more than 40-thousand fans packed at&t park to see the cross-bay rivalry as spring training comes to a close. this one was all oakland. and they roughed up starting pitcher tim lincecum. he gave up a 2-run homer in the 4th to yoenis cespedes. and then got in to trouble in the fifth and was pulled with two runners on. those two were brought home when reliever jeremy affeldt gave up a homerun to josh oakland takes

mexican troops launched an assault on the alamo. marking a pivotal point for texas fight for independence. months earlier dozens of texas settlers and some volunteers had fought off troops stationed at the alamo. late in february a force of at least 1800 mexican troops returned and staged a deadly siege on the compound. a heavily outnumbered american force held out for 13 days. mexican forces eventually scaled the alamo's outer walls and broke down the door. nearly all of the americans inside died including the frontier legend davy crockett. the core rage just stand mark as symbol of prick sacrifice. -- patriotic sacrifice. won the war 177 years ago today. and now you know the news for this wednesday, march the 6th, 2013. shoot you from the sky dead? here? he says no. hold it. get to tee off at you. give me one damn program he said he had cut. one. big shootout with alan colmes tonight. i say president obama has not put forth any specific budget cuts at all. yet liberal america continues to defend that. we have a follow-up report to

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the day of the filibuster was the 177th anniversary of the fall of the alamo. observed to rand, a native- born texan, that if davy crockett and jim gould alive today, they would have been standing shoulder to shoulder with him on the floor of the senate. [applause] i got to read from shakespeare's st. chrispin' -- crispin's day speech. there are some senators who were not there that night who have held their manhoods cheap and as a result. [cheers and applause] i got to read the opening monologue from the great movie, patton. cleaned up a little bit to make it suitable for television. it got to read president ronald reagan's 1964 a time for choosing speech. [cheers and applause] as they say in the beer commercial, it don't get no better than this. a second example is sequestration. sequestration has actually gone into effect. the white house is astonished. all of us remember the president's scare america tour. he went all over the country talking about the dramatic consequences. washington, d.c. is the only place on earth where the phrase draconian 2% cuts can

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takes a moment in history that we all think we know very well, sort of mant manhattan project and los alamos and all that. tell us the story. >> that's it exactly when so many of us, myself included when i think about the manhattan project or when i thought about it i thought about robert oppenheimer and when you found out about oak ridge, this town in tennessee, built from scratch in 1942 for the sole purpose of enriching fuel for the first atomic bomb. of the primary manhattan project sites this was the most populous and the administrative headquarters for the whole manhattan project and the majority of people working there were young women. >> jon: right and it was 75,000, 80,000 people. >> 75,000 people and when they first broke ground in 1942 and were planning to build they thought 13,000. we'll probably have 13,000 people living here. by the middle of 1945, 75,000 people, plants running 24-hours a day, 24-hour bowling and roller skating. it was a massive, massive town. >> jon: the crazy thing is they have no idea what they are doing there. >> yes, yes. there's that part, yes. so the ma

alamo. looks like your bags didn't make it. hotel. [ sad music playing ] this is fun. [ sad music continues ] [ knock on door ] . . . . . . >>> march madness is moving at full speed so after three rounds of action who's leading the pack? let's take a look. don't look at this one. look at dylan. >> woo hoo. >> i can't remember. was there a strategy or did you just throw darts at the board? >> no. i said i cooked a nice dinner and my husband filled out the brackets and i woke up this morning and found out i'm winner of the week. >> look at you. you still have a championship, louisville champion. >> as far as i understand it, bracketology, as long as louisville wins i've done pretty good, right? >> yeah. well for me, georgetown somehow gets back in the game, i have a shot. no. i still have louisville. >> you have georgetown going all the way. >> yeah. that didn't work out so well. >> no. >> anyway, let's turn over to someone, let's turn over to erica. >> mine is not looking so hot either. i had indiana going all the way. they trie

today a chp officer received national recognition for heroic acts after the shooting of his partner in alamoyler carlton was given the award by the international association of the chief of polices. the officer died of his injuries, but office are carlton's effort to keep him alive made it possible for him to save the lives of others with organ donations. officer carlton said the award was bittersweet. >> >> bay area authorities trying it deter copper thieves. it appears to be working. >> we get a message the wire is being removed and it's literally moving. why get notification. pd gets notification and they go after it. >> >> reporter: the >>> electronic devices, beginning to us 00 the tactic two years ago. since then, thieves are plummeted. the strategy is catching on, the city of concorde said it has spent more than a million dollar repairing and replacing copper wire since 2007, now, it is considering switching to vallejo's method. >> >> we look for easy wins. we have even try placing large boulders on tops of these boxes so you can't access them. >> copper wiring is worth $4 a pound. >>

he owns several properties in concord and in alamo new at 11.four's philippe djegal shows us what neighbors are calling a blight. i think he keeps it that way so we cannot see what is going on in this neighborhood or home. >> reporter: from this concord neighbors yard, you can hardly even tell that there's a home next door. the weeds and trees are so overgrown, you can barely see the front door from the driveway. records show former contra costa county fire captain jon wilmot owns this home on iowa drive, and has for more than 20 years. clista nelson has lived across the street during that time and says wilmot's home has looked like this. the >> forever. as long as we have been here we have considered him always as a hoarder. >> reporter: nelson says up until wilmot's december arrest on stolen property and embezzelment charges, he'd stop by once a week to drop stuff off at the home. but she says he's never lived in the house, or rented it. over the yearsm she says several neighbors have called code enforcement on wilmot. she also says the overgr

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it happened around 12:30 this morning on fell and pierce streets just a block from alamo square. it appears the occupants of one car fired on another vehicle. both have nonlife threatening injuries >>> drug sniffing dogs will be patrolling middle and high schools. they have dogs that can sniff out illegal and prescription drugs as well as alcohol on campus. budget cuts forced schools to stop using the dogs in 2007 but the dublin school board voted to bring them back last year. >>> san jose police are looking for two men that are suspected of robbing people leaving a light rail station. janine de la vega is at station with a look at the video police are hoping will lead them to the suspects. >> reporter: the second incident in the last couple of months where victims have been followed off of a light rail station and robbed in neighborhood. the first one happened on ray street but the latest involved a light rail station and happened in the evening hours. police want you to take a good look at these two men. one is black the other is latino and both appear to be in their 20s. on ma

alamo. >> announcer: you're watching "today in the bay." >>> good morning.ng live at san jose. and it is a dark starts to this morning, as the planes line up to the airport. >>> i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda. we've sprung forward, so we're back in the dark. >> we'll see the skies give us a little extra sunlighted, sunset. 7:15 in the evening. 30s and 40s outside. so you don't want to be like me. you want to take a jacket as you go outside. mostly clear skies, except on the coast, patchy low fogs. inland, not too bad, upper 60s to low 70s tomorrow. middle part of the week, we're talking upper 70s on wednesday. early taste of spring coming your way for the middle part of the week. >> is that why you're not wearing a jacket? >> something like that. >> thank you very much, rob. >>> three people are dead, another seriously hurt this morning after a crash in daley city. it happened near the intersection of terrace view court and east moore avenue around 8:15 last night. firefighters managed to pull the victims from one of the mangled cars, b

. >>> san francisco police are also investigating an over night shooting a block from alamo square that injured two people. that happened at about 12:30 this morning on fell and pierce streets. police say it appears shots were fired between two cars. one of the victims managed to drive himself to the hospital and both victims are expected to survive 37 >>> the search is on for the gunman who sprayed a richmond neighborhood with more than a dozen bullets. fragments of one of those bullets wounded a one-year-old child. lorraine blanco is in richmond talking with police. lorraine. >> reporter: richmond police tell us they are following several leads this morning. but they have no suspects in custody yet. one-year-old elijah ali is in fair condition at children's hospital. at 1:30 yesterday the city shot spotter system captured the rapid gunfire near first street and mcdonald. the intended target a man on his bicycle survived with a shot to his leg. the child underwent emergency surgery for bullet fragments in his neck. the grandfather was feeding the child when the child was struck. althou

and the santa cruz coastline and right around orinda and heading over to walnut creek lafayette and alamo and our low continues to send in a lot of cloud cover and we will be looking at mostly cloudy skies until the sunday timeframe and we will be looking at rain too, probably on sunday but there could be lighter stuff in advance of that. almost everybody says cloudy but there are some pockets of rain out there. 60s to lower 70s and we have a little bit of tropical feel and we could get some rain on sunday cooler with showers monday and then clearing out, pam. >> thank you steve. coming up on the 5:00 hour disturbing new allegations, it involves a scandal. overnight news, what witnesses are saying about a hit-and-run crash. . >>> we are live in san jose where police opened fire at a driver of a stolen car, we will tell you what prompted police to shoot. >>> well, some light drizzle, some rain, this is a sign to come in the upcoming weekend. san francisco giants returned to at&t parkings it is all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> complete coverage starts right now. this is ktvu

and the santa cruz coastline and right around orinda and heading over to walnut creek lafayette and alamo and our low continues to send in a lot of cloud cover and we will be looking at mostly cloudy skies until the sunday timeframe and we will be looking at rain too, probably on sunday but there could be lighter stuff in advance of that. almost everybody says cloudy but there are some pockets of rain out there. 60s to lower 70s and we have a little bit of tropical feel and we could get some rain on sunday cooler

the partner of ken onyoung storm who, you may recall was shot and killed by a gunman in alamo in september, 2012. the panel said officer displayed dmurj his attempt to save young storm's live and to keep the public save. >> pomp and pageantry to welcome the 266th poep of the roman catholic church. >> the vatican says 200,000 pilgrims crowded into st. peter ace square. pope francis repeated his themes of humility and selflessness. >> embrace the whofl hue man tismt especial lit poorest, weakest, the least important. >> he is the first noneuropean pope to be elected in 117 years. >> in addition to the sex abuse scandal one of the other challenges facing pope francis will be addressing growing choruses for a greater role for women in the church. tonight a fremont order of nuns has a huge stake in that future. >> like many, the dominican sisters watched as pope francis presided over the mass. for many, what pope francis brings to the church and world was clear. >> headlines tomorrow should say we know have a green pope. my hope is that pope takes an active stance in preserving the beautiful wo

is jammed up all the way down to alamo from highway 24.g. coming about have monday. there was an accident around skylight earlier here that backed up the traffic. the crash is clear but is still and silent along 92 of 08 from highway one and even southbound highway one is affected. >> it is a break from the rain. storm tracker 4 is not showing too much. we have some scattered showers and north bay, you can see around santa rosa and worsens of highway 1 01. those the only spots you'll need user windshield wipers. we're not dealing with the heavy constant rain but it does not mean that the threat is not still looming ahead. future cast for tracking the potential for some scattered showers. by lunchtime, mailing or the golden gate bridge. any iranian will see we light in nature, spotty. a mix of sun and clouds into the afternoon. overnight, we are tracking some developments that will occur off shore that will bring rain to the coast line and do your thursday. with that, we did see pop up thunderstorms, lightning and small hail produced. look

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of the filibuster was the 177th anniversary of the fall of the alamo.eros, if william barrett travis and jim bowie were alive today, they would have been standing shoulder to shoulder with him on the floor of the senate. [ applause ] i got to read from shakespeare saint chrispin's day speech. and there were more than a few senators who were not there with us that night that have held their manhoods acheapened as a result. [ applause ] i got to read the opening monologue from the great movie "patton". cleaned up a little bit to make it suitable for television. and i got to read president ronald reagan's 1964 "time for choosing" speech. [ applause ] as they say in the beer commercial, it don't get no better than this. but a second example is sequestration. sequestration is actually gone into effect. the white house is astonished. all of us remember the president's scare america tour where he went all over the country talking about the dramatic consequences, you know, washington, d.c. is the only place on earth where the phrase, draconian 2% cuts can be ut

can't stop him. 29 straight wins for san antonio against the doves in the alamo city. lebron is back in cleavland and going for the 24th straight win. a nice drive there. they were up by 27 and only to sela bron lead -- see lebron lead 5* furious come back. ray alan to ice it 98-95 miami. 24 straight, the second longest in nba history. to the ice, and third period and ryan jones taking it away from hot irwin and a wrap around. sharks fight back. the power play opportunity and his second of the game and it is 3-2. less than three minutes later and for the wrister and we are tied and it goes to over time. look at this double move sharks with a much needed victory. the hp are going to be packed. they were one and done and they would like to stick around a little while. it is unusual to play a tournament game an hour from your campus. mike montgomery is not complaining. >> for our people there is a lot more excitement for us than there would be if we were in new york where we have been before. >> and two thank you niners go the a look at their new home. anquan boldin here

a gunman shot carlton's partner in september in alamo.hp said the actions that day stopped the gunman from shooting other people. >>> with a plea to protect the poor and the environment, pope pope francis was installed as the pope of the church. 150 cardinals and 200,000 catholics. the pope rode around st. peter's square for almost an hour before the mass began. he stopped to kiss babies and ordered the pope mobile to pull over so he could bless a man who couldn't walk. meanwhile, the pakistani girl shot in the head by the taliban returned to school in england. the 15-year-old has been receiving medical treatment in the uk. she was shot last october because of her support for girls education. today the girl said wearing a school uniform again makes her very happy. >>> coming up, another campus massacre avoided by a quick- thinking student. the frightening confrontation that likely saved a lot of lives. >> a mainstay of military weaponly sidelined after a deadly accident. what happened during a training exercise at a remote nevada base. >>

manhattan project, los alamos, trinity. (a.j. bezzerides) i was affected strongly by what i read in the papers, what i'd heard on the comments on the radio and television. and these somehow got into the story. i think a story of this kind should have that same feeling because we live in a world, we're not living in a movie. and the movie should reflect the world, the motion pictures should reflect the world in some way. when i saw "kiss me deadly" when i was 12 years old i didn't understand it. i had no idea what was happening in it. it was shocking and very strong, but to this day, the end, i don't quite understand, but it's one of the pivotal films. (a.j. bezzerides) at the very end, the girl wants it, boy, she wants it, then she flings open the box. she doesn't know. she thinks it's something precious that's measured in dollars and cents. but it has to do with security, the future and man's existence. (screams) well, it obviously ends with a holocaust, you know. this doomed character finally finds the bomb and the world is ove

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can't stop him. 29 straight wins for san antonio against the doves in the alamo city. lebron is back in cleavland and going for the 24th straight win. a nice drive there. they were up by 27 and only to sela bron lead -- see lebron lead 5* furious come back. ray alan to ice it 98-95 miami. 24 straight, the second longest in nba history. to the ice, and third period and ryan jones taking it away from hot irwin and a wrap around. sharks fight back. the power play opportunity and his second of the game and it is 3-2. less than three minutes later and for the wrister and we are tied and it goes to over time. look at this double move sharks with a much needed victory. the hp pavilion are going to be packed. they were one and done and they would like to stick around a little while. it is unusual to play a tournament game an hour from your campus. mike montgomery is not complaining. >> for our people there is a lot more excitement for us than there would be if we were in new york where we have been before. >> and two thank you niners go the a look at their new home. anquan bol

can't stop him. 29 straight wins for san antonio against the doves in the alamo city. is back in cleavland and going for the 24th straight win. a nice drive there. they were up by 27 and only to sela bron lead -- see lebron lead 5* furious come back. ray alan to ice it 98-95 miami. 24 straight, the second longest in nba history. to the ice, and third period and ryan jones taking it away from hot irwin and a wrap around. sharks fight back. the power play opportunity and his second of the game and it is 3-2. less than three minutes later and for the wrister and we are tied and it goes to over time. look at this double move sharks with a much needed victory. the hp pavilion are going to be packed. they were one and done and they would like to stick around a little while. it is unusual to play a tournament game an hour from your campus. mike montgomery is not complaining. >> for our people there is a lot more excitement for us than there would be if we were in new york where we have been before. >> and two thank you niners go the a look at their new home. anquan boldin her

alamo is tomorrow and the schools is friday and the 8th is sherman and so if anyone is interested. and then, really? >> okay. lock is friday, too. so if you want to road. but i also just want to remind our listening public that financial aid applications are due march second. so it is important to get those in and this year, you can apply for a grant if you are an ab 540 student which is a new development. so i want to make sure that all of our students and parents know that every single one of our counselors have been trained to assist you with these horrible daunting forms. so, i advise everyone to start early, because in case you are missing one or two items it will eliminate your applications so you want to make sure that you have time to be reviewed and if you are missing something you can edit your application to make the march second deadlines, so everybody it is the second half of our promise to or for a greater opportunity and to enter college, and we are graduating all students, ready for college, eligible, and are living wage job and this is the second half of the promis

the letter sent by the alamo commander was pleading for help. to the people of texas and all americans in the world, i have 1,000 or more of the mixans by santa ana. i have not lost a man in 24 hours. the enemy has demanded a surrender of the garrison. if the fort is taken, i've answered that demand with a cannon shot. i am determined to sustain myself as long as possible in dying like a solder who never forgets what is due to his own honor and that of his country. victory or death. lieutenant barrett travis, commandant. god bless the republic of texas. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from the district of columbia rise? ms. norton: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. norton: congress will keep up to a million at home if sequester cuts are buried in the c.r. no emergency like snow or even the deficit will be responsible. the responsibility lies with the house ma

highway 4 up past con court concord. 680 is slow beginning with slow traffics and down to alamo we haveobust commute. highway 101, traffic looks good. 6:38, let's go to steve >>> i apologize, thank you for the remedies that we're tweeting me we i have mostly clear skies, patchy clouds down san jose.  could be some patchy low clouds, a northerly breeze. a cold wind. it's at the airport. 34, going the give us the breeze sun u -- westerly and northwesterly breeze. expect if you're by the water's edge and in the 50s, low 60s. maybe slightly below by the beaches and above inland and tomorrow looks warmer and then we carry it in. >> the time now 6:40. new this morning, german investigators suspect bad weather caused two helicopters to crash into each other. taking part when the rotors hit one another. it flew onto a sports field next to the stadium >>> grief counselors will be at the high school of the student hit by a train he had a passion for music. his life was cut short on tuesday when he was hit and killed by a passing cal train near virginia street >> there's nothing to indicate it w

highway 4 up past con court concord. 680 is slow beginning with slow traffics and down to alamo we have a robust commute. highway 101, traffic looks good. 6:38, let's go to steve >>> i apologize, thank you for the remedies that we're tweeting me we i have mostly clear skies, patchy clouds down san jose. could be some patchy low clouds, a northerly breeze. a cold wind. it's at the airport. 34, going the give us the breeze sun u -- westerly and northwesterly breeze. expect if you're by the water's edge and in the 50s, low 60s. maybe slightly below by the beaches and above inland and tomorrow looks warmer and then we carry it in. >> the time now 6:40. new this morning, german investigators suspect bad weather caused two helicopters to crash into each other. taking part when the rotors hit one another. it flew onto a sports field next to the stadium >>> grief counselors will be at the high school of the student hit by a train he had a passion for music. his life was cut short on tuesday when he was hit and killed by a passing cal train near virginia street >> there's nothing to indicate it

alamo. i love the fact that quicken loans provides va loans.me through every step of the process. i know wherever the military sends me, i can depend on quicken loans. >>> more changes could be coming to "the view." joy behar announced she was leaving the show after 16 years. now there are reports that elisabeth hasselback could be gone, as well. she's never been soft spoken. >> you said things that are, a, not true, and, b, not so funny. >> after a decade on "the view," she's reportedly out the door. >> sources have told us that she is leaving the show, and it's being negotiated now. >> still, abc won't confirm it. only saying that hasselback is a valued member of "the view" and has a long-term contract. we reached out to her but have not gotten a response. she began her tv career as a contestant on "survivor" in 2001. two years later, she joined "the view" full time and became its outspoken conservative voice. >> how can you continue, your administration continue to say that you are saving jobs? >> at times tussling with barbara walters. >> e

today a chp officer received national recognition for heroic acts after the shooting of his partner in alamo tyler carlton was given the award by the international association of the chief of polices. the officer died of his injuries, but office are carlton's effort to keep him alive made it possible for him to save the lives of others with organ donations. officer carlton said the award was bittersweet. >> >> bay area authorities trying it deter copper thieves. it appears to be working. >> we get a message the wire is being removed and it's literally moving. why get notification. pd gets notification and they go after it. >> >> reporter: the >>> electronic devices, beginning to us 00 the tactic two years ago. since then, thieves are plummeted. the strategy is catching on, the city of concorde said it has spent more than a million dollar repairing and replacing copper wire since 2007, now, it is considering switching to vallejo's method. >> >> we look for easy wins. we have even try placing large boulders on tops of these boxes so you can't access them. >> copper wiring is worth $4 a pound.

. 182 men were stationed at the alamo. after 13 days of a bitter siege, fighting an army of thousands, those patriots gave their lives for freedom. they put everything on the line to stand against tyranny and to stand for the fundamental right of every man and woman to breathe freely, to control our own lives, our own autonomy, to make decisions about what our future would be. and if i may presume to speak on behalf of 26 million texans, i will say that i have no doubt that texans are proud to see the distinguished senator from kentucky as a native-born texan fighting so valiantly for liberty, serving as such a clarion voice for liberty at a time when sometimes liberty has few champions, and indeed i would suggest if those brave patriots of the alamo were here, that william barrett travis and davy crockett and jim bowie and each of the others who gave their lives for freedom would be standing side by side with you and would be proud to call you brother. mr. president, i'd like to say that i appreciate the remarks of the se

as we all know, in the battle that ensued, 189 defenders of the alamo lost their life. but they did not die in vain. the battle of the alamo bought precious time for the texas revolutionaries allowing sam houston to maneuver his army and position for decisive victory at the battle of san jacinto. with this victory texas became a sovereign and independent republic. for nine years the republic of texas thrived as an independent nation, that in 1845 it agreed to join the united states as the 28th state. many of the texas patriots who fought in the revolution went on to serve in the united states congress and i'm honored to hold the seat once occupied by sam houston. more broadly, i'm honored to have the opportunity to serve 26 million texans because of the sacrifices made by these brave men 177 years ago. may may we always remember their sacrifices and their cucial thed may god continue to bless texas and that's united states. mr. president, i yield the floor and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presid

. >> one person isn't a hospital this morning following an overnight shooting in san francisco's alamo square neighborhood. it happened around 12:30 p.m. this morning. the victim was transported to a local hospital and the extent of their injuries is not known at this time. >> in san mateo county people driving through the brand new tunnels along devil's slide today will likely season lane closures. this morning between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. caltran says that crews will be doing additional lane stripping to approve the drive safe it. >> the federal government accountability office is getting good grades to the california high speed rail authority is a business plan. the real party says it the biggest hurdle remains money and a funding gap of $39 billion is likely to be filled. where officials plan to start work on the for stretch of the track this summer. >> changing gears to wall street. traders are celebrating a another milestone this morning as the s&p 500 close at a record high yesterday. if the s&p rose six points to close at 1569 beating the market setback in oc