i have that wrote in there about los alamos and then i crossed it out. i'm glad you brought it up. so i guess two quick thoughts after hearing the talk. one is i want to throw-in a word for general groves. one of the things i did is read a book by general groves. i think it's groves himself not norris -- it was really good. and it was hundreds and hundreds of pages detailing the effort to -- you know the whole manhattan project. and as usual when i get a book, i scan through and look for oppenheimer and say where is my grandfather? and i think it was mentioned once or twice. and you really got -- you got a scope of how big a project it was. it was enormous. >> are you saying that groves didn't think that oppenheimer was the indispensable man? >> i submit that you to yes. so i want to put -- and also my dad, he is not liberal with things to say. he has really nice things to say about groves. his eyes and his smile and he has really warm words about general groves which i was impressed with. that's one of the things. but keeping this debate going, how about science as the independenc

on the train it went out to los alamos. somebody just carrying it normally and likewise small amounts of plutonium were shipped up to chicago where they could characterize it and out to los alamos where they could learn how to build a bomb using plutonium plutonium. so everything was coming in, train loads and train loads but nothing as far as anybody could tell was going out. but it was a very very open secret undertaking. and no one knew what was going on except the manager until the bombs were actually dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki in japan in august of 1945. it was at that point that the local population here and the workers who had worked at y-12 and k-25 and so on actually learned that they had been producing an atomic weapon. and they went wild. there were dances in the streets and parties and everything and you can still see people in the streets holding up newspapers that says what -- you know we produced a bomb and the war was over and so on. here at oak ridge national laboratory or clinton laboratory as it wa

david was a communist and was a communist at the time that he was at los alamos. i had lost my communist leanings. as you may know, the soviet union was the first place that was very sympathetically by new york jews. anti-semitism played a major role in the immigration of jews to america from russia. when the revolution occurred in the soviet union jews were very sympathetic to the revolution because it was felt that the revolution was going to ban anti-semitism. so anti-semitism was a motivation that caused many new york jews to be sympathetic to the soviet union. this is a historic background that was very jewish in his culture behavior. in the development of the politics of the new york community, every once in awhile something would happen that would cause people who believed in the communism. the soviet union did a lot of pretty horrible things. stalin murdered many more people even than hitler did. he eventually became anti-se mettic. few jews e remained communists by 1940s except for what you might call the true believers. a true believer really believes an

♪ >>> san antonio, texas is synonymous with the 1836 battle of the alamo.he mission turned fort still stands at the heart of downtown as a symbol of honor and bravery. today, however, a very different war rages in san antonio, as two rival gangs shed blood in a power struggle to control a wide range of criminal activity, including drugs, prostitution, and human trafficking. and this turf war has expanded from the streets to inside the walls of san antonio bexar county jail. >> traditionally the mexican mafia, an outgrowth of a prison gang, had been a controlling gang here in san antonio, but here lately because members of the mexican mafia are getting older and some younger groups have come in and it's creating a

. >> the hottest today was alamo at 103 degrees. as we talked about, 70s in the south bay. but we're still finding a lot of this heat 76 in danvrksz ille liverermore checking in at 77. mid to upper 70s. but here are the signs of some changes. we had that colder fog that's beginning to drop the temperatures, at least, in part r, to the bay area. i think that surge will have numbers to drop even more tomorrow. you'll start at 76 by 10:00 a.m. by 4:00 p.m., 89 degrees. 80 at 10:00 a.m., 96 expected by 4:00 p.m. we'll talk more about additional cooling expected for this weekend.into t >> okay, jeff, we'll see you shortly. following some developing news in alaska. time la a small plane carrying tourists crashed into the side of a cliff anding and killing all people on board. the passengers were on a tour during a shore excursion from a he c hull in an american cruise ship t that set sail from seattle. the iets of the people have not been released. >> tomorrow could be a big day for same-sex marriage. in o questions before the justices? whether states can ban gay an marriage and

david was a communist and was a communist at the time that he was at los alamos. i had lost my communist leanings. as you may know, the soviet union was the first place that was very sympathetically by new york jews. anti-semitism played a major role in the immigration of jews to america from russia. when the revolution occurred in the soviet union jews were very sympathetic to the revolution because it was felt that the revolution was going to ban anti-semitism. so anti-semitism was a motivation that caused many new york jews to be sympathetic to the soviet union. this is a historic background that was very jewish in his culture behavior. in the development of the politics of the new york community, every once in awhile something would happen that would cause people who believed in the communism. the soviet union did a lot of pretty horrible things. stalin murdered many more people even than hitler did. he eventually became anti-se mettic. few jews e remained communists by 1940s except for what you might call the true believers. a true believer really believes an

she and her family moved from alamo to oregon so she could control her dying process. she died last year. now, her husband has moved back to alamo and is speaking on behalf of the right to die movement. the california senate will vote on the issue sometime this week. five states, oregon, washington, new mexico and vermont have right to die laws. >>> federal transportation officials will face tough questions on train safety in following last month's deadly crash. the focus. why technology to slow down the trail was not in place. the train was going 106 miles per hour on a curve with a 50 miles per hour speed limit when it derailed. eight passengers were killed and 200 others were hurt. investigators are trial trying to figure out what caused the crash. >>> there is a push to crack down on copper thieves that are targeting our nation's commuter rail ways. you might remember in 2011, thieves removed copper from bart's system in oakland, san francisco and along the peninsula. last week new york city had copper tripped from its rails in the middle of the night and that forc

alamo with temperatures topping 103. lafayette also 100 degrees. south san jose with 99. youngville at 95 degrees. sunny skies continuing across the south bay. east bay, blue skies. look at this. average of 97 degrees. and then here are changes coming our way. you can see clouds moving in and that's the part of the westerly wind. that will eventually import fog here over the next couple of days and begin to drop our temperatures. you can get a preview of that at the bottom of our screen. there is mainly a clear start across the bay. the peninsula and east bay and patchy fog in san francisco with temperatures in the 50s. now as we get a look at the forecast, high pressure has produced a super hot day through this afternoon. and taking its place is a trough of low pressure through the south. the main thing through the bay area, it cools temperatures and brings thunderstorms across the sierra. let's look at cooling. you can see for san jose and 89 degrees. morgan hills, 90 degrees. and we can see across the peninsula and palo alto to 83 and back down to 60 to pacifica. for s

last year for a total of 12 schools to fully participate in the next year, 2015-2016 year, they are alamo, daniel webster, sunset joe ortega, argonne, sutro cleveland, lafayette, ullon. ideally what we want to do is target the 5200 students and teach them traffic safety and road safety. i also have a video of what we have an idea, six minutes long, is that enough time? >> do you want that one? >> what are we showing? >> it's a six minute long video of the richie's neighborhood. >> i think it would be okay, this is the only item, is it okay? >> my only question is, is there a lot of people for public comment, i don't think so. >> no. >> okay, i'll play it. >> i'm george decay actor and spokesperson for the l.a. street smarts project at children's hospital, los angeles. the l.a. street smarts project teaches elementary school aged children pedestrian safety by recreating the real world experience of a child walking to and from school. now let's take a walk through richie's neighborhood. >> and you get to the intersection what's the first thing you do to cross the street? you stop, that's th

alamo up to 103, sunol 103, south san jose 99. we are beginning to see some cooler weather move in with a westerly wind here in san francisco and the peninsula and 70s, but obviously this is still the hot spot here across contra costa and alameda county. 94 through downtown livermore, pleasanton at 95 lafayette 93 but there's that cooling we're tracking with low 70s. for the south bay, we're also seeing numbers gradually drop but temperatures about 15 degrees above average here for the most part. santa teresa at 95 los gatos 91 and sunnyvale at 88. so the more you go up the peninsula, the cooler we're finding those temperatures at least at this hour. we'll talk more about a cooling trending coming your way and how much relief we'll get for tomorrow in a few minutes. >> thanks jeff. you can track the heat on our nbc bay area app. just click on the weather tab on the dropdown menu. there you'll see the latest forecast and you can check the temperatures in your neighborhood. >>> and a violent struggle but a triumphant arrest. san fra

alamo is at 53 degrees. 50s for many year. livermore 55.d it is and it looks like this might be the coolest day of the week with a quiet week here. maybe a little bit warmer as we head toward the end of the week. today 80s through the interior. 60s and 70s coast and bay. all right sal i have my creature feature comments in there. >> i saw that. yeah a lot of good stuff came out of that studio you are standing in for sure. let's go out and take a look at what we have. we will start off with the east bay. and we will take a look now at interstate 880 in oakland and it's not bad. for the most part it has been a nice drive and it continues to do so as you drive through. if you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza. we already have the metering lights either they are on or there is a lot of slow traffic there. i'm looking to see if there is something on the bridge reported. we don't have anything reported on the span but it's already slow like there is. looking a the the south bay. let's go back to the desk. >>> the golden state warriors they

alamo says 41. 53 for river mother. not as much of a breeze but it is still on shore. remember that is the direction the wind is coming from. it does not look good for tropical storm bill moving in. the busiest weather folks are in port arthur, corpus christi and. it will be sunny and nice and a little warmer here. more fog. stronger delta breeze. we will bump it up a little bit. there is not as much fog as we saw yesterday at this time. all right sal how are you my friend? >> i'm doing well. i hope you are well, steve. we are doing well in the traffic department. right now we are looking at a bay bridge toll plaza that is light. a little bit of slowing in one of those lanes. for the most part it is light in san francisco. as we take a look at interstate 880 north and southbound it is moving along very nicely. and if you're driving in the south bay, the roads are doing well. northbound 101, 85, 17, and 280. at 4:32 let's go back to the desk. >>> we continue to follow the breaking news in berkeley. it happened at the library gardens apartment building right next to berk

alamo, concord, antioch and brentwood. so far today, since the rain has begun, since midnight we have seen just shy of .2" of rain here in livermore. san rafael in the north bay about .10." same in napa. then no rain so far in san jose, although we did see it raining earlier today. we are going to talk about how much long this rain is going to last how much more to expect coming up at 15 minutes after the hour of 12:00. >> you can track the rain with our cbs bay area app. check it out at cbssf.com. >>> a scary situation in contra costa county. a 2-year-old girl airlifted to the hospital after a rattlesnake bite in her own backyard. kpix 5's anne makovec with a look at how it happened. >> reporter: the little girl is in stable condition this afternoon. she is still recovering here at oakland children's hospital after being bitten last night. this is the rattlesnake blamed for biting a 2-year-old girl in bay point. she and the snake were flown by helicopter to oakland children's hospital about 8 p.m. her parents called 911 s

how about half an inch of rain in alamo? that is more than you received in january, april, it is more than you received in may. and now we are getting the rain in june. in livermore, the quarter inch of rainfall is more than we averaged in june, july, an august combined. a summer's worth of rainfall in one afternoon. we will talk about when temperatures will approach 100. >> thanks paul. >>> who would vandalize a memorial to fallen troops? mark kelly says that is what the city of danville is determined to find out tonight. >> reporter: a memorial honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice, this weekend, it received the ultimate insult. >> very heartbroken. this is a memorial and i can't think of anything worse for people to do. >> reporter: police say sunday night in the dark, someone spray painted let's get high and other disgraceful words and picks in oak hill mark. >> this is a very important site to the community. >> reporter: it is here where danville remembers the fallen every memorial day. and where the community

more than 20% of the patnts at one clinic come from walnut creek, lafayette, pleant hills, danville, alamond san ramon. let's get down to business. i want tontroduce you to my guests today. joining me is dr. alex stallcup, t director of the new leaf reatment center in lafayette. als tina coramatis, whose son is in treatment for addiction, and joe megly, a young person currently in treatment. it's coratis. >> that's right. >> doctor, i've been following your wo for years. we stayed in touch. you don't mince words,ou say kids are abusing drugs so badly they're having seizures at 15 years old. >> a lot of peop talk about rescription drugs, refring to the painkille, opiates, they are killing kids, that's a fact. the field changes. we're seeing a new explosion of the use of th drug called xanax, anld tranquilizer. it produces a form of physical dependence. if there's not careful attention to getting you off, seizures develop. kids as young as 15, 16 ar presenting to emergency rooms with seizures. if we knew before they were trng to top, we could help them. once theyet seizures, it's late in the

alamo, four times that.dies authors blame larger homes, larger lots, and the fact that the wealthy can just afford the pay more. some authorities want to pay higher rates for exceeding limits but a lawsuit has already been filed over restrictions. >>> the drought is impacting people's health. john blackstone on the california cities suffering the most. >> reporter: this is what residents in the farming community of hanford are inhaling everyday. >> seems like this is gets worse every year. >> central valley is the new dust bowl. >> reporter: the fields are now left bare because farmers don't have enough water. >> there are a lot of private wells, ag wells and small community wells that have gone dry. >> reporter: poor air quality has always been a problem here. an annual report listed hanford and three other cities as the most polluted in the nation. add the dense dust particles and smoke from wild fires and you have a recipe for a noxious soup. >> the smoke from wild fires can travel hundreds of miles. the

lines have been cut in san jose freemont walnut creek berkeley and alamo leaving entire neighborhoods without phone service sometimes for days. the fbi says the case is not related to the sabotage of pge he is metcalf substation in 2013 n. that case someone also cut fiber optic cables near morgan hill causing widespread phone outages. however, in that situation, several shots were fired at the substation. that attack led to pge providing for security at all of its substations. >>> on friday night, two people were injured on a roller coaster. a worker was reaching and was hurt. he is in critical condition. >>> no more playing through the pain. from high school tluts to the pros, concussions are a serious issue. tonight tackling that prop head on and a call for change. we have more on the famous local player who says he wants the rules changed. >> reporter: athletes who compete in any contact sport can get a concussion. and tonight soccer star brandy cass contain says soccer league ks do a better job protecting kids by changing one rule. soccer star branny chastain is taking off her shi

cutting cables in berkeley, wul, fremont, alamo and san jose. the attacks knocked out cell phone service as well as emergency communications. now, latest attack by the vandals was last week in walnut creek. but the vandalism started last july when cables were cut in berkeley. the fbi is looking for wednesday witnesses. if witnesses -- looking for witnesses. leave a tip for them if you have information. >>> the warriors have had a history-making year but tonight they hope to make their mark in nba history by defeating the cavaliers and winning the nba championship. brian flores is live in san francisco this morning with the man who is the warriors' main cheerleader at oracle arena. >> reporter: he was gonna be here, tori. he left. >> okay. >> reporter: but you know -- dub nation, we're getting ready. we'll talk about that in a moment. but there's this guy that keeps on trying to pester me for the microphone. >> good morning, bay area! dub collision, get ready for game 6! it's about to go down! what's up? [laughter] >> reporter: how are you doing?

early saturday morning located on alamo drive. an employee called police and said the men entered the retaurant. one with a semiautomatic handgun.and demanded money. after receiving the cash the suspects fled the scene.police set up a perimeter in the area but were unable to catch them. they were described as two black men around eighteen to twenty. both wearing black hooded sweatshirts and black masks over today was a great day for riding your bike.and for some it was even better knowing they rode for a good cause. today marked the 6th year of bike the bridges for special olympics. the event is put on by local law enforcement in the bay area. cyclists came out in droves to participate in riding to raise money for the special olympics with the choice of a 25 mile 62 riders started and finished at the waterfront park in martinez.and the courses took riders across the scenic bridge. >> : it's a good word add to. >> vicki: to the san mateo county office of emergency services. according to the oes. officials advise area residents not

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turning to the public to find vandals would have cut the optic cable lines in san jose fremont berkeley, alamo and walnut creek. in april of last year someone intentionally cut the cages near this berkeley restaurant the since that time there have been nine other similar cases. the vandalism knocked out phone and credit card lines to some businesses and in most cases the cables were in underground vaults covered by heavy manhole covers. >> a plan to add on officers to the san francisco police force has cleared a first hurdle and now is sent to the full board. naughton is happy of increasing police staffing. san francisco sheriff said that his department can take over some police functioning at the jail and deserves more deputies. >> employees in novato could lose their jobs as the company plans a move to petaluma. the firemen's fund insurance will relocate in september vacating the headquarters it has had since 1991. this is three months after it shelled out $4 million to set fraud allegations. several high profile silicon valley companies are looking to take over the building in novato. >> pl

february more cables at two locations in fremont and then last monday and tuesday there were lines cut in alamo, fremont and walnut creek again. >> what purpose does that serve? >> that's the question a lot of people are asking. the fbi is not talking, saying that it's a local police matter but the local police in berkeley are referring us to the fbi. >> it seems like the only thing they would do with it is make damage. >> i wonder if they were mad at somebody. >> a longtime employee at at&t who asked us not to use her name says she's heard of this happening to her before. >> it's an inside job for disgruntled employs. >> reporter: they would do that? >> if they're disgruntled. >> have they done similar things in the past? >> they've done similar things in the past. >> reporter: the last time something like this happened was in 2009 vandals lifted heavy manhole covers and through fiber optic lines cutting landline service to 50,000 customers. a spokesperson for at&t is downplaying any type of union dispute saying that the contract with the union workers doesn't even expire until the middle of n

to 24 split on the right-hand side of the screen southbound traffic calling out of concord and alamofter the break >> james: with that second public it practically jump over the hundred mark of the good side not to the 8269 the cost of $18 a mark here we are an extremely high territory of the dow see clauses that later on this afternoon and keeping an eye on the for you and then in business as apple now revealing new features coming soon to their devices in today's tech report from the company's annual conference in san francisco. >> reporter: will allow developers conference this week and seven francisco earlier on monday heading up there to check out the keynote 08, at what's coming next four the desktops. apple >> reporter: annual gathering of its software developers people the make the applications we used. all begins a keynote and then it note from apple explain new features the cutters can take advantage of. apple does inspiration from california next person on their desktop operating system will be called out capitan. you saw a device is getting even smarter by predicting what

. >> why don't we infight the people who knew four of the five at los alamos and george covall, mostly at dayton, i guess but also at oak ridge, invited robert f. norris whose book is a definitive biography of general leslie groves and we have copies of it out there for you. he'll talk about how groves took the -- made basically an intelligence revolution in taking security measures to new heights. and yet how the project had these spice that were instrumental in giving kirchitof and the soviets the information they needed to advance their work on the atomic. bomb. so we have a couple of eye witnesses who will tell you what it was like to work with these spies. and stan who will set the stage for all the precautions that the government took to prevent such things. >> thank you, cindy. can you hear me? is this microphone on? way in the back? well, i could talk about all the

kfc restaurant we can one of the man had a hand gun and demanded money does happen at the kelsey of alamo drive the man got away with cash they were not able to catch them right now they're looking for him however the description of the robbers are pretty vague now on to bay area gas prices the average price of regular jumped 3¢ in the past two weeks to $87 cents per gallon this also is the smallest increase in seen in nine weeks and could stop guest fossilizing in a couple of weeks but in the bay area where all to a different san francisco on average about $3.60 per gallon for a gallon of regular and oakland and san jose is $3.44 per gallon a 13 year-old boy is tays by deputy incendy accounting it was all caught on video. >>reporter: the cell phone video postal facebook and he tried to handcuff a 13 year-old boy your opinion and order the team to put his hand behind his back room is lit and the deputy is using a tailor taser his legs are shaking witnesses were yelling you could hear the teenager screaming he gets up now handcuffed and his foot in the back of the squad car they say what t

now it is just a question of time even if they were signed, alamo's suit is 10 years but more likely one or two may be less. a nuclear iran for a whole set is a nightmare. >>. liz: the associated press have not released it but they have released of a document that the united states and companies based here from north the grumman to ge would be ready as part of the deal we could list the companies that would benefit to give the nuclear equipment to iran that does not turn the plutonium into a process but that has disturbed a lot of people so why do we give them the equipment? >> we should not. it is crazy once they have the industrial infrastructure they will be very close to have a weapon and. the weapon assembly for a relatively simple but bin is not a long-term operation the problem is the enriched uranium or plutonium. liz: can i interrupt and ask if they have smart enough engineers to tweak something into heavy? >> they would have to enrich the perineum -- iridium and there is the different process with the attorney and. the ones they have the people and the knowledge and the rea

. >> narrator: though san antonio texas might be remembered for the alamo, today, it's one of the fastest-growing cities in america. but increased growth also brings increased problems. >> for the longest period, san antonio was known as a large city with a small-town mentality. san antonio is the 7th largest growing city in the country. >> narrator: no more apparent than just outside downtown in the solid brick fortress that is the bear county jail. it's where anyone charged with criminal acts in san antonio will surely spend some time. >> my father always said nobody comes to jail for being nice. one thing we have to remember is people coming to jail have not been found guilty yet. >> most of the 3500 men and women housed in bear county have only been charged with crimes under awaiting trial of the resolution of their cases. others have been convicted and are serving short sentences or are awaiting trial in prison. he is currently awaiting charges of assault and vehicle theft, to which he's pled not guilty. >> i've been cut with razors, all around here. i mean, i got cut with a knife when this

concord to 42 as you merge onto 680 after that is one to be a great ride through wall the creek and alamoges coming of. >>darya: a drought have more home owners in his right the use kron 4 bathroom sinks and sours and washing machines the state is close to allow you to install gray water systems in your home without a permit since jerry brown's announcement is for water conservation is skyrocketed they're offering gray water recycling systems as a routine option when you get a new home it works to bring you the latest what goes on behind the scenes in the commercial when you're not watching. >>mark: to sit on the back story. >>: and try to get some sound check 123. >>darya: stuff like this happens in the failed you see what happens on the set as the turn the cameras on us for this on the back story airs this sunday. >>darya: i am afraid >>anny hong: good morning it is going to be cloudy and foggy at the golden gate bridge but it is one to be warming up this weekend just how war and when you will see 90 stick around the news continues after this break. >>darya: there are local politicians

. >> reporter: danvillhas the highest number of households receivinwarning letters followed by alamote and larin da. >>> well a lot of water went to waste today. a suv crashed into a fire hydrant and sent a huge geyser into the air. wate flooded green and octavia streets. an elderly man driving was taken to the hospital. >>> this is another sto sent in by a viewer. so if you see news where you live please share it with us on social media #abc 7 now. >>> a charcoal barcue may be to blame for a fire that destroyed a sonoma county home. the fire broke outbout 10:45 this morning. firefighters say if it had just been a few hours lighterater it could have been much worse. >> fortunately, this didn't happen later in the day and we could have had the threat tohe woodlands. >> the homeowner had been barbecng before she left to work. >>> ships approaching the golden get an are being asked to slow down to prevent whale deaths. there are a large. number of humpback whales. to save the whales they're asking ships to cut their spee to 10 knots an hour in the hope of reducing ship strikes on ennger

>>james: alamo based mortgage lender and its seal have been fined $20 million for illegally given bonuses and high commission to low who steered customers along with higher interest rates a quarter to the consumer financial protection bureau they gave bonuses to employees to pull its clients and more expensive loans with a timid out of the final vote for a refund customers there receive refund check and mail the other $2 million will go to the bureau civil penalty upon another mega company is offering to help employees with college tuition find out which one when we come back. sfx: engines revving. listen up. ready. ready. steady. sfx: engines revving. go! ♪♪ it's more than a movie. it's now a ride. fast and furious. supercharged. ride it at universal studios hollywood. welcome to fort green sheets. welcome to castle bravestorm. it's full of cool stuff, like my second in command... and my trusty bow. and free of stuff i don't like. and in my castle we only eat chex cereal. chex cereal. it's full of delicious crunchability. no artificial flavors, and it's gluten-free. and that's something

said if you want to show someone and have them understand texans and texas you first tame them to the alamobe last call for the dance hall. it's considered one of the most endangered places. two step your way through the broken spoke in eastern texas and you'll meet james white. >> we're a living legend. >> reporter: he's been greeting guests five nights a week since he opened the plains 1964. >> true mom and pop operation. i tell people that my wife is the working half of the company and i'm in charge of b.s. we won't change nothing. >> he's good at b.s.. >> he is. he talks more than three women. >> reporter: nowadays the 76-year-old pioneer compares his broken spoke to the alamo. once in the middle of nowhere now sandwiched in the middle of city. that country charm is what's allowed the broke spoke to roll on. but elsewhere across texas in mostly rural areas, historic dance halls are endangered. >> many of them have disappeared either through lack of interest or support fallen down burned. turned into barnes and other things. >> reporter: deb fleming is president of dance halls preservati

a decent breeze. 50s for many. 53 for alamo. 57 san jose. 52 half moon bay. 52 in san francisco. southwest 21. sustained. had 29, gusts to 33 last hour. west at oakland, northwest at novato. it's a westerly braze from sfo to livermore. 250s, 60s, 70s for the interior. red something getting a forer thisly breeze. san francisco buoy, 55 in the bay, though, temperatures on the warm side inside the bay. rain in the northeast, almost everybody is getting rain. we did have rain last wednesday. people were telling me about that. look hat this system -- at this system. tropical system moving in. they had just unbelievable amounts of rain for a while in parts of texas, especially in austin, houston, up to dallas. this system is going to provide about 8 to 10 inches of rain. it will go through texas and cut right through st. louis and all the way to the northeast over the next five to seven days. there will be heavy, heavy totals throughout that area. for us, the low cloud deck, it looks like it's starting to burn back a little bit. no great changes here. a warmer pattern here toward the e

scarlett: from fort knox to the alamo, we have our own run on banks in the u.s. where texas is declaring it wants its goldbach. good morning. matt: let's get straight to the market check. we were watching russia and greece, markets opened and they had been trading down. the s&p 500 is now off about 4 oints with the dow down a little as well. not a lot of movement but stocks are moving lower. scarlett: it's in contrast to the rally we see in european stocks after the ecb raised the funding available to greek banks ar. there is the emergency summit scheduled for monday that is encouraging some people. the euro is weaker versus all 15 major currencies. in treasuries, we see some buying for the first time in three days. a higher price means lower yield. let's take a look at what's making news this morning. the greek prime minister says a deal to avert a default can be reached as eu leaders prepare to hold an emergency summit in brussels on monday. the european central bank agreed to give greece more money to prevent the banking crisis. hans nichols is covering the st

right at 50 for alamo. 52 half-moon bay. temperatures most locations are running a few degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. livermore three cooler. concord is three cooler. napa one. fairfield one. i don't see how we can warm up in that kind of scenario. west at hayward. west at livermore. it's come down a little bit. 60s and 70s through the interior. 34 up in truckee. 52 bodega bay. but inside the bay water temps are warm. somebody is getting rain. but the big weather maker will be this system coming out of the gulf. they will get anywhere from 8- 10 inches of rain and this whole system will rotate through up to the north and then northeast and it's going to be a wet, wet week for many here across the country here. not here we have the low cloud deck in place. cooler for most. cool lows on many of these. 80s for some. but temperatures i took down a couple degrees for some of the inland temps and kept it the same as yell. for others not much change. >> all right. monday we're ready. >> yes, sir. >>> there is a good reason a pho

vandals have struck 10 times since last year, cutting buried cables in berkely, walnut creek, fremont, alamo, and san jose. investigators say the vandals have disabled phone and emergency communications. the most recent happened last week in walnut creek. investigators say the vandalism began last july. the fbi is now looking for any witnesses. if you have information, you're asked to leave a tip at tips.fbi.gov, or contact the field office. >>> despite the drought, five bay area water industries are told they can save less water than the state originally mandated. those agencies said they deserve some relief and the state agreed. >> reporter: when the state ordered benicia to cut its water use by 28%, one of the state's largest cuts, the city submitted additional data showing the town's long term conservation efforts were paying off. that convinced the state that a 20% cut in use was more appropriate. >> what it shows that about -- benicia has saved water. they've really taken to heart and really gotten on the bandwagon to do conservation. >> i just shut the watering system off, and let it

los alamos nuclear lab in new mexico spent $1.6 million just in managing its own conference attendance expenses, also in one year. but a former federal investigator who blew the whistle on pricey travel atother agencies says the new rules have scared some agencies straight, especially those that threw the biggest parties. >> i they they will cheap up their act to some extent because of the publicity from the las vegas conference and i think they have. >> reporter: meaning no more reports of performance artists or "star trek" videos on your dime since. scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. >> the white house budget office tells the i-team it light.ed some of the paperwork in january. paperwork required for federal workers travel. the national institute says doing so has only relived some of its $15 million burden. to see more of what theism-team up covered and send them a tip, visit nbcwashington.com and click on investigations. >>> men and women who cheap the places that we work and shop took to the streets today with the last hour, in fact to push for higher incomes. hundreds of commercial

in berkeley, walnut creek, fremont, alamo and san jose. the most recent incident happened monday in walnut creek. investigators say it first began last july when cables were severed in berkeley. the fbi is looking for witnesses. if you have information you are asked to contact the fbi office. >>> for the first time an explanation from the man accused of abducting a boy. why he took the boy from a public library and where he was heading. >> san francisco supervisors consider a plan to hire more officers. why the city's public defender is against it. >> and two shark attacks on the same beach within an hour of each other. why the beach is open today. >> after the break i am tracking a warm up again. it will get hot around here. fire danger will come up as well. i will give you the details. >>> new developments tonight in the kidnapping of a 3-year-old boy from the library. the attorney for the man snatching the child said he thought he knew the boy and suffers from schizophrenia. ktvu'ssktvu's azenith smith was in court today. >> reporter: -

now her husband has moved back to alamo and is speaking on behalf on the right to die movement. sometime this week. five states, oregon, washington, new mexico, montana and vermont have right to tie laws in -- die laws in place. >>> seismologists are trying to fix a software problem that gave them false alerts about earthquakes in california over the wskd they say earth sensors in northern california read energy waves from deep earthquakes in alaska and japan and mistakenly identified them as local earthquakes near willits and san simiyon they issued alerts to help emergency responders. they were quickly deleted and the usgs is investigating the problem. >> these earthquakes are on an automatic processing system. >> they say that software is being tweaked now to help make the system more reliable. >> >>> the city of menlo park may consider changing the police camera policy when they meet at the city council tonight. the change would make it possible for people to have videorecordings of themselves deleted. right now the policy requires the police department to keep all video for

february more cables at two locations in fremont and then last monday and tuesday there were lines cut in alamoemont and walnut creek again. >> that's the question of a lot of people are asking. the fbi is not talking saying it's a local police matter but the local police are referring us to the fbi. >> seems like the only thing they would do with it is make damage. >> yeah. >> i wonder if they were mad at somebody. >> a long time employee at at&t says she's heard of this happening before. >> it's probably an inside job from disgruntled employees. >> they would do that? >> if they're disgruntled. >> have they done similar things in the past? >> they've done. >> the last time this did happen was in 2009 was when vandals chopped through fiber lines that cut land line service to 50,000 customers. a spokeswoman for at&t is down playing any sort of union dispute saying the contract doesn't even expire until some time next year and the communication workers of america, they have no comment. reporting from berkeley, mark matthews, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, mark. we should let you know also the

the victim died after being shot in the chest and is identified at 64-year-old robert pool of alamo. deputies are looking to rule out any wrongdoing and have not said if anyone shot pool. >> the district attorney of alameda is look at charges from criminal negligence to involume manslaughter over the balcony incident in berkeley after it collapsed last week much the announcement is flow daze after inspectors say the wooden beams had severe rot caused by moisture. in ireland hundreds itemed out for funeral for the last of the six victims who was one of fire irish students. his father rest from a post card he sent that just arrived two days ago writing about his new job and telling his customers how much he missed his parents and sibling. >> a teen will be chaned with hit-and-run accident accident last week. madeleine moore died in the accident on june 18th. police say the 18-year-old man turned himself in yesterday afternoon in connection with the death his name has not been released and he is held without bail for probation violation. >> bart service is moving again this morning afte

he is 64-year-old robert of alamo deputies are looking to rule out wrongdoing. they have not said if anyone shot him. >> hot in some places and severe understooding in other places and 34 million americans face severe weather this morning. heavy rain felt in st. louis last night and streets flood when a street overflowed if lincoln county, new jersey. firefighters took part in seven water rescues and the storm knocked out power for thousands. >> the supreme court could issue a big ruling this morning on same-sex marriage and this is a picture from the cat tremendous district in san francisco a favorable rueing by the court could trigger a your celebration ahead of the pride weekend. the just at this times are deciding whether states can ban same-sex marriage and whether states must recognize same-sex marriages performed in other state. this will not change anything in california. if the opinion is not released this morning, it will be on monday. >> many d.c. -- tech firms face criticism for lack of diversity and it has not grabbed at facebook. matt keller is at

smooth sailing on the righthand side heading back toward alamo and danville. back w >>> covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose and all the bay area. this is abc 7 news. >> a suspected terrorist was in federal court today after authorities said he expressed a desire to stab or behead officers in the name of isis. abc news reporter marcy gonzalez how the man is believed to be linked to another suspected terrorist in boston yesterday. >> reporter: david wright wanted to take up the isis call to kill members of law enforcement faced a judge in boston. police believe he conspired with the terror suspect killed by officers udz of the cvs in boston yesterday. >> shots fired. unit, shots fired. >> usaama rahim was on a round the clock surveillance. officers wanted to question him after he reportedly talked about wanting to stab or behead officers. when task force members approached him in this parking lot around 7:15 yesterday morning boston police said he came at them with this military-style knife. the officers reportedly backed up ordering rahim to drop the weapon