>> alan: a california senator's plan to keep >> alan: good evening. senator barbara boxer is offering answer for getting gas prices under control. the announced a plan that would end speculation as we know it. here's more. >> reporter: president obama actually criticizing. president obama said that the $4 billion in tax subs diz the oil companies receive is just not right. while he attacks subsidies senator bosh pa -- barbara boxer slammed. >> i think at it supply and demand and profit and the bottom line is profit. >> david nash was gassing up at 4.47. visiting from washington dc. from d.c. is where president obama in his weekly address called for an to end the $4 billion in tax sub days being given to oil and gas companies. >> they're making huge profits and you're struggling at the pump and we're scouring the budget. the tax give aways aren't smart and we need to end them. >> exxon reported $11 billion in profit for the first four months of the year. senator barbara boxer blamed oil speculators for the cost of gas at the pump. >> speculation adds b

now all we need is a season. >> alan: thanks a lot.next, a slight delay for the royal honeymooners. we'll tell you why. >> alan: the newly married royal company delayed their honeymoon, opting for a private weekend. the left buckingham palace by helicopter. the duke and duchess of cambridge planned a honeymoon overseas but today announced they would postpone the trip for a later date. william will return to duty on tuesday. been that's it for abc-7 news at 6:00. see you tonight at 11:00. captioned by closed captioning services inc. the following is a paid advertisement for time life's music collection. ♪ and the sky is gray

we'll tee it up at 6:00. >> alan: straight ahead. hottest chef in >> alan: one of america's largest defense contractors admits it was the target of a significant cyberattack. at america's new diet. what the fda will advise us all to eat this week. join us at 6:00. for some people in the bay area it wouldn't be the memorial day weekend without mushrooms. we got this picture through you report. the hottest chef in morgan hill. cooking that scampy and mushroom at the festival. they're the predominant local crop and are celebrated every year. that does it for us at 5:00. we'll be back in a half hour.

. >> alan: a 35-year-old mother of five was shot and killed in san jose laughs night. officers were called to the 4000 block of ambler way. they found a woman north dakota a -- inside a america mercedes with gunshot wounds, and less than half an hour later a man was cleated for gunshot wounds. he was shot in the same area and police are investigating whether there's a connection and whether it's gang-lee related. this is san jose's 22nd 22nd homicide. police are also investigating a stabbing that killed an 18-year-old man in san jose. that hand -- happeneds morning. >>> a con to very should enemy -- enemy -- memorial was up veiled it to of james town. it bears the name of james jones. here's more. >> it is the first time many of these survivors have seen each other since the jones town massacre 32 years ago. >> my sister got my mother into it. my mother because of us being underage, she brought us. >> herbert made it out alive. 11 family members did not. they're buried here in this east oakland cemetery. there's 436 former membered of the people's temple buried here, a

>> alan: good evening. today thousands of college students took the dprad wake walk toward a new chapter in their lives. for one uc berkeley student that walk end up a new chapter for him. he is paralyzed from the waste down, and lisa amin gulezian witnessed him get up and walk with the hope of an ex-oskeleton. must have been exciting. >> lisa: it was. the exoskeleton has a battery pack and leg straps and was developed here on the campus and helped a 22-year-old walk at his graduation. insure. >> congratulations, class of 2011. >> the excitement was everywhere. >> the class of 2011. >> graduation day siie many different things, like adulthood and the future, for austin whitney, it means so much more. >> this cagous and inspiring young man was determined to graduate from college and walk at his commencement. >> reporter: on this day austin will walk again. he has been wheelchair bound since a car crash in 2007. uc berkeley's human robotic and engineering team built an exoskeleton for austin to use today, and

>> alan: a young nursing student disappears upon >> alan: a 27-year-old nursing student, michelle lee, van yishz during a break from her classes in heyward, and police discovered her car empty. the strange circumstances have her family and freps extremely concerned and they've been frantically looking for lee since she disappeared from kaiser hospital in hayward. >> reporter: michelle lee has been missing for 28 hours and the police are calling her disappearance mysterious, because according to family and friends, michelle lee would never go anywhere without telling people where she was going. it's totally out of her character. the 26-year-old michelle lee has been missing since 7:00 p.m. yesterday. she is 5'6" and weighs 120 pounds. she was last seen in kaiser permanente making roundsle she left a hospital during a break, picking up her car keys and cell phone, all this given to the police by witnesses and lee's friends. he car was found a few blocks from the hospital. locked and valuables still inside. hayward police say she does not have a history of disappearing and police don't k

see you then. >> alan: a party in the streets today. what brought this brazilian celebration >> alan: the sights, tastes and sound of the americas are filling the street0s of the mission district this weekend. rain did not keep those people off the dance floor at carnival. this year's theme is, live your fan attempt tomorrow -- fantasy. danny glover will serve as the grand marshal at the parade. the giants mascot and the trophy will ride in the parade. the parade starts at 10:00 a.m. and one quick check of the forecast if you're planning to go out tonight. >> leigh: the showers, they're slowly ending as we look at live doppler 7hd. so the wind will start to pick up overnight tonight. looks like a windy day for sunday, with the westerly gusts close to 30 miles-per-hour-especially at the coast. monday, a few more clouds for the holiday, and then there's another slight chance of some showers in the north bay tuesday and, and sunshine after that. >> alan: have to tape that picnic table cloth down. that's it for us. thanks for watching us.

alan, what's your take? >> he's right on. you want to keep this 1,000 miles away from partisan politics. you don't want to gloat and you certainly don't want to overstate the case here because the danger of international terrorism is still very real whether osama bin laden bin is alive or not. my study of history shows that the american people are smart and shrewd. they recognize and they understand significant events around the world. you don't have to pound it into them and you certainly never want to put it into a partisan context. all of our great accomplishments in foreign policy and winning of world war ii, the camp david accords, the test ban treaty have all been recognized in a bipartisan way as aiding the security of the country, promoting our ideals around the world. >> does the obama administration now turn to the capture of other masterminds who are on the list? is that what they do or do you continue to focus on the middle east and afghanistan making sure the troop withdrawal happens as you plan? what thousand do

abc-7 news. >> alan: thank you. that storm that moved through the bay area forced the cancellation of the first stage of the amgen tour of california today. several inches of snow fell in the sierra overnight. this is what it looks like in lake tahoe right now at the heavenly mountain ski resort, a winter weather advisory is in effect until 11:00 tonight. amgen tour officials delayed the start of the cycling race, then shortened the first stage, but the riders decided the high winds, icy road, and snowfall made for unsafe conditions so they cancelled the first stage. organizers are new considering starting the second stage in squaw valley tomorrow. >>> there were also scattered bouts of hail around the bay area today. >> alan: many of our viewers sent it videos and photos of the surprise hail storm. you can site came down hard in napa. in mountain view, brad caught some hail pellets on his sleeve at lunchtime. leigh glaser has the latest. >> leigh: we also had numerous lighting strikes, especially in the sacramento

so that's all we can talk about. >> alan: it appears he took more than $10,000. officers and sheriff's deputies searched the area near the store but failed to find the man. the store's surveillance camera might help them identify the robber. >> san francisco police are carefully reviewing surveillance tape in theirs investigation of a stabbing on muni. it happened around 8:00 p.m. last's last night. it started as a fight between a group of men and women. the victim was taken to the hospital with stab wounds to his face ander torso. pg&e reports one of its gas transmission lines passed a pressure test. the test resellled -- resellled this test. when i reedge gauged the line it showed two different readings about they weren't drastically different and there's no reason for concern. the test comes in response to the tragedy in san bruno when a gas line explosion killed people and destroyed homes. they're going to have another test in south san francisco and san bruno so that might cause you to smell some gas in the air. >> san jose's vietnamese community celebrated

>> alan: they spent months preparing for >> five. four, three. two, one. >> alan: the countdown to the end of the world that never came. despite a religious leader's prediction that gained worldwide attention. good evening. the deadline for the rapture came and went today but not without an audience. harold camping predicted the end of days would happen in the bay area at 6:00 p.m. tomas roman has been at his place today. >> reporter: more than two dozen people gathered here at his radio station to tell camping what they thought of him and his dooms saying. ♪ >> reporter: a sort of a carnival here at family radio's oakland stationle the parking lot was filled today with christians, dancers, protesters, and those who just wanted to make noise. most were here, they said to call harold camping's prophecy a chance. >> we're here because brother camping specifically blames gay pride for the end of the world. so we're here to say, don't think so. >> reporter: the calvary church was more forgiving. >> even though i'm a christian, i make mistakes all the

we'll check out theday -- the details coming up. >> alan: walking across the graduation stage symbol lieses changes in grads but for one student that walk took on new meaning. leighlisa amin gulezian watcheds historic walk. >> lisa: at uc berkeley today, graduates walked into the stadium excited. >> the class of 2012 -- crowell. >> graduation day sig my identifies adulthood and the future. for austin whitney, it means something more. it means walking again. >> this courageous and inspiring young man was determined to graduate and walk at his commencement. >> austin has been wheelchair-bound since a car crash in 2007. ub berkeley's human engineering team built a eco skeleton for us a continue -- austin to use today, and austin rose to the occasion. with the exo skeleton securely bound to his body. austin walked the seven challenging steps across the stage. >> austin whitney. >> and to his dreams. >> i knew when i stood up here in front of all these people today, that it would be different. and it truly was. it was truly the greatest gift anyone has ever given me. >> as a mother, this

. >> alan: that storm that passed through northern california left hail in parts of the bay area, and snow in the sierra. an abc viewer sent in this picture of hail in napa. the you report powder by youtube. you can see the small white ice pellets. and our luz -- our producer sent in this picture of a week funnel. >> leigh: it has been a wild spring, especially towards the sacramento valley area. you can see the lying lightning. most activity is winding down. and one to the north of nap pavment towards the east bay, you can get a sense. altamont, a brief shower, the other one heads towards the byron highway. looking clear from san jose toward gilroy. how much rain from the system? these are preliminary totals. we have more for you tonight at 11:00. close to half an inch for st. helena, lesser amounts toward san jose and the levermore valley area. more rain is in the seven-day forecast. we get a little break tonight, get ready for the showers tomorrow. >> alan: we invite you to send us your weather pictures. you can upload them to you report.abc7news.com or e-mail them to us at kgo --

what it means for tomorrow's >> alan: good evening. the 100th run ago of the bay to breakers race is hours aways' some streets are now closed in preparation for the 55,000 runners expected to take part. bet cold rain is falling and may stick around for the race. them to mass row map -- them to mass roman is at the starting line. >> we're here on howard and beale. you can see behind me, everything is set up for tomorrow morning. this is the starting line of the staging area. it's all been set up. and while it's raining now, the runners we talked to today said even if it rains throughout the entire race tomorrow, it's not going to dampen their spirits or excitement. the barriers are going up tonight along the starting line here closing the streets. on and off begin rain has been falling but hasn't slowed down the toe truck drivers. possible rain showers won't bert the runners. they're running tomorrow. rain isn't a problem. >> doesn't matter. we always run. no matter what. rain or shine, we run. >> reporter: rain is a subject not being t

. >> alan: thank you. a medical marijuana co-op is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to two suspects accused of firebombing the building friday night. the owners have released these photos of the aftermath of the fire at the capitola healing association. their surveillance video shows two young males breaking the glass and then throwing a molotov cocktail inside. the co-owners rushed to the scene and were able to put out most of the fire with a garden hose. the blaze caused an estimated $50,000 in damage. none of the surrounding businesses were damaged, but the co-op is closed until further notices. >>> a san jose driver went on a deadly rampage this morning, crashing into two cars before smashing into a home and killing the occupant. the 28-year-old woman driving a tan sport utility vehicle first struck a parked car near blossom hill road at 9:45 this morning. she kept on driving, and than crashed into a home, killing an elderly woman who was reading a book on the front lawn. the police wer

i should go get the shovel. >> alan: pirates captured the treasure at the box office. the "pirates of the caribbean" sequel earned more than $90 million at the box office. earned more than a quarter billion dollar in its open weekend worldwide. bride maids was second. with a little more than $26 million. that's it for us. thanks for watching.

see you then. >> alan: bubba did it. a new film is ruffling the feathers of last week's number one movie. the weekend box office is next. >> alan: the fifth movie in the fast and the furious series left its competition in the dust. "fast five" had an $83 million debut, the biggest opening of the year. it expands the franchise from a traditional racing flick to a crime caper. rio slipped to sect place, earning $14 million, and rounding out the top three is madea. that's it for abc-7 news. thank you for watching. see you tonight at 11:00. don't forget to connect 24/7 at abc7news.com. #t#t#t#t#t#t#t#t#tñ

>> alan: good evening. about an hour ago, los angeles police announced the arrest of a suspect in the the beat of giants fan bryan stow. the reported gang member did not act alone. police are looking for a man and woman still at large. we're live at san francisco general where stow is still in critical condition. >> reporter: police are calling this suspect the primary aggressor in that bryan stow beating. he is the lead suspect in this case but there are two others. one person who is believed to be involved in the annual -- actual beating, and a woman who drove the getaway car. so the police chief said down in l.a. his job is only half done and this investigation is in the very early stages. >> the man police arrested in connection with the beating of giants fan bryan stow is a reputed member of a los angeles street gang. officers dressed in s.w.a.t. gear and armed with a search warrant surrounded his east hollywood party apartment this morning. >> we're working vigorous to apprehend the individual, and it

>> alan: good evening. the drug enforcement agency is targeting those unused prescription drugs in your medicine cabinet. legal drugs are just as much a threat as illegal ones, so there's a major effort to take prescription drugs off the street. lisa amin gulezian is live in the richmond districty a dea is sponsoring a drug takepack program. >> reporter: in less than four hours residents filled since large containers with prescriptions they're trying to get rid of. many did it for environmental reasons. they didn't want flush them done the toilet. but police say that's not the only problem. >> dry stuff in there and then liquid ointments, in the box. >> reporter: in cities all of the bay area today -- >> drop them in the bin. >> reporter: people are trashing their stash of drugs. prescription drug that are unused or expired. >> i held them at home in a plastic bag for a long time hoping to find a place. >> reporter: the drug enforcement administration is sponsoring this drug takeback day, a push to get rid

>> alan: good evening. the family of a man killed during an officer-involved shooting is not happy with the answers they're getting from the police and now they're considering taking the oakland police department to court. lisa amin gulezian is live. and you speak with the family? >> lisa: that's very true. the family is outraged and they're accusing oakland police of keeping secrets and of wrong-doing. some of john sloan's family gathered today, demanding answers. >> only thing i know is my brother is dead. lease less bran didn't johnson misses her younger brother john sloan the 23-year-old was shot and killed may 18th in east oakland. that night he, antoine jackson, and a third unidentified man were stopped by oakland police. in a press release police explained they received a tip that a, quote violent crime was going to take place in the area. police insist when they stopped these men they were averaged and confrontational. moments later, police shot antoine jackson in the side while he sat in the driver

one shot back of toms. >> alan: we'll be >> alan: coming up at 6:00, pg&e discovers an anomaly during a pipeline pressure test. and harvey milk's camera store will be transform tomorrow join us at 6:00. finally, one of the bay area's most famous cat burglars headlined a local event that honors pets and the people who love them. vick lee was hanging out with dusty at the tenth annual redwood city pet parade. his owners call him klepto the cat. he was the grand marshal of the parade there. there he is in his prison stripes. the parade encouraged

what alan said, there are a lot of little groups like what alan said, but only a few of these groups have any organized capacity to strike at american soil. it takes an awful lot to coordinate 9/11. you need a lot of money, resources, training. that's almost something at the level of a nation state. al qaeda was one of these international entities that almost had the capacity of a nation state. there are not many terrorist organizations like this. indeed they may have been the only one. it's very hard to coordinate an attack like that. so certainly terrorism is not dead, but hopefully in the median term these large scale attacks on america that take so much money and so many resources are dead. >> let's turn a topic we touched upon during the course of this discussion tonight, but does this in any way give president obama a huge jump to the president allee election? i do want to ask that question -- presidential election? i do want to ask that question. >> i do because it takes out what many republicans had thought would be a huge issue on national security against barack obama. we h

alan, let me jump to you. started a spot but if you could follow up by talking about the fear that the taliban may have actually invited osama bin laden bin as a guest once we pulled out. >> oh, i think that's very possible. we've been in and out of offing several times now and every time we've pull -- afghanistan several times now and every time we've pulled out it's been an absolute disaster. you can't leave that part of the world alone and i think now obviously the idea of osama bin laden bin going back and setting up shop is over. i don't think this is going to fundamentally change president obama's policy which is a phased and recent withdrawal. >> does this weaken the taliban in any way that a man who has been seen as their leader in so many ways is now dead? does it weaken their stance or power in any facet? >> it does. >> people matter. leaders matter. they make a difference in the world. there are big forces obviously behind international terrorism and al qaeda that transcend any given leader, but tak

alan's a technical genius. mmm, what was that? [ alan ] my new ring tone.technical genius. yes! mm hmm, mm hmm... techies in the hooouse. raise the roof 1999. [ female announcer ] making car repairs easy. see for yourself at esurance. technology when you want it. people when you don't. >> well, the national football league draft got underway under the shadow of ongoing dispute of team owners and players of how to divide a nine billion dollar business. the u.s. district judge ruled against the owners ordering that the lock out be lift citing the irreparable harm that the workers were suffering. the nfl imposed the lock out after the collective bargaining expire tha group of players filed the injunction request along with an antitrust lawsuit against the league. joining us wall street editor board member jason riley. teave, what do you think . decision to order the lock out ended? >> paul, everyone is call the battle between the millionaires and billionaires. it is hard to know who to favor. lookings, i think the players relative to the salaries that other pr

reporting live in hayward, alan wang, abc7 news. >> thank you, alan. >>> a 17-year-old high school senior died in a shootout this afternoon in east oaknd la. police say two teens were firing at each other a few blocks from the teenager's school. it was castle wood leadership prep. they are not releasing his name, but he was scheduled to graduate in two weeks. no word on what was behind the shooting. >>> detectives in los angeles say they are satisfied after witnesses to the beating of giants fan bryan stow saw police lineup. the s.w.a.t team arrested this man, ramirez, on sunday. ramirez's parole officer told the lapd he resembled one of two men that appeared on a sketch on billboards across los angeles. you can compare those two images here. a picture of ramirez appears on the left alongside the sketch. stow remains unconscious and in critical condition at san francisco general hospital. >>> san francisco police are facing more criticism from the city's public defender over their use of pass keys to enter suspects ease homes in residential hotels. this comes after their office released s

>> alan wanted to go. >> and i'm glad we did. a year ago january i was at a are bin call convention and heard someone talking about an interdenominational trip to israel and i wondered if anybody else had done that. the reasons it sounded interesting resolved how rare it was to have a group of rabbis going together to israel, would be unprecedented for northern california. i started pushing for it. >>> this trip would not have happened without your working with the israel down sell general for north -- counsel general for northern california and this was supported by him. >>> we had a lot of work to do a lot of details to deal with as time went on and the wonderful thing about the trip is that we reached outs to the whole community, to the diverse community of rabbithey really responded just a great mix of rabbis, who joined us and participated in mostly everything we did. >> i think what is interesting is that probably i think most people think rabbis go to israel all the time you put a group together you may go with a young adu

alan wang reporting live south of market in san francisco. >> all right, alan. thank you. >>> san ramon police arrested one of their own in a growing twist to a growing law enforcement scandal. chief holder announced they took luis lombardi into custody when he arrived at work. lombardi faces five felony charges including grand theft and possession of stolen goods. it is connected to cnet, the contra costa county mark tikz enforcement team. they are accused selling drugs stolen from them. >> i have known him for many years. and it is a sad day for us, but we are going to get through this and in the end our department will survive. >> lombardi was booked into the martinez detention facility. his bail is set at $760,000. >>> 4 gang members are in custody charged with killing a german tourist in san francisco's theater district. they are among 7 suspects arrested for the murder of shore. she was caught in the cross fire of a gang shootout. investigators say new evidence and tips lead to these arrests. we spoke with the cabdriver who followed the suspect's get away

alan wang is live in pittsburgh tonight. alan? >> at 9:00 when i was reporting from this spot, police believed the suspect was somewhere within the a nine-block radius. when we got off the air they realized he was right behind us in a home right back there. after police shouted on a bull horn for the man to come out, 27-year-old jones, dirty from hiding in the attic limped out with his hands up. before he came out a resident in the home who lived in the home told me he was derell's friend and he used gauze and peroxide to patch up the wound behind the suspect's knee. > was there an exit wound? >> no. he is still carrying the bullet. >> so he climbed up in the attic? >> apparently. >> did he call you or you call him? >> he called me. >> what did he say? >> well, it was no laughing matter earlier in the day when police say jones fired seven rounds at an officer behind the wheel of his patrol are ka. jones ran a stop sign so the officer followed the suspect driving a brown cadillac around the atlantic plaza in pittsburgh around 5:30.

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. >>> and alan gross is a humanitarian, so why is he humanitarian, so why is he locked up in a foreign humanitarian, so why is he locked up in a foreign at wendy's we grill fresh beef only from north america 'cause we believe that's the way you make hot and juicy hamburgers. like wendy's bacon mushroom melt with applewood smoked bacon and cheesy mushroom sauce. try one today. ♪ you know when it's real ♪ >>> it's 65 degrees, partly cloudy in central maryland right now. a miami neighborhood is terrified after a twin engine cargo plane crashes. white was on its way to the bahamas. >>> two hearing impaired men are stabbed at a florida nightclub after their sign language was misinterpreted for gang language. the two hearing impaired men were taken to the hospital. a club security guard was seriously cut during the melee. >>> it is a humanitarian role for actor charlie sheen as he toured a tornado ravaged part of alabama. sheen meeting with officials in tuscaloosa. sheen promised to perform a show for charlie. >>> mike hellgren takes you inside the case of gross who says he is innocent and c

. >> reporter: alan gross went from a comfortable night in the maryland suburbs to living night mare.ost in a cuban prison after the gross profit there branded the aid worker a spy. his family now fears he could die inside that communist jail. >> alan has done nothing wrong. >> reporter: depending on who you believe, gross was either working on a secret u.s. government mission to bring democracy to cuba. >> alan gross. >> reporter: or simply a humanitarian. gross grew up in baltimore and from an early age loved to travel. his close friend tells wjz he turned that passing into his life's work, helping the needy in far far corners of the globe. >> he would know small details about the country he visited because he traveled all over the world. really intelligent. >> reporter: his most harrowing journey began almost three years ago. the united states was offering big money to provide internet access to havana's jewish community. the company based here in bethesda. they knew exactly the man they went in cuba. gross went back and forth from maryland to cuba, bringing in satellite equipment,

is a good one to alan if i go to you in boston you know george w. bush was a failure in business before he became president and nobody held out against him here you know what is this i mean is this is just really just a reality t.v. show the extension of the trump pseudo reality i mean is he really fusing the two together he's still on t.v. quite literally. oh yeah he sure is well we don't really know what his objective is here is this really about a run for the presidency i mean he's certainly making a lot of noise and them to rection but the alternative explanation would be that he's simply furthering his own ego and you know there is a tradition in this country about slater candidates and i don't think that in general it's a bad idea to bring new blood into the mix the problem here is he's starting at the very top i mean even outside our candidates like ronald reagan was governor of california before he ever became president or thought about running for president so it's this weird mix of you know the sort of media culture that we live in this ea

. >> alan gross is a man from baltimore. is he a spy or on a mission. wjz mmm. ahh. yeah. bacon. come celebrate baconalia! only at denny's. america's diner is always open. >>> good morning. the sun's coming up. a bunch of weather will be here by-- i time. i don't think we'll need an umbrella coming home from school or work. a high temperature of 83. a cold front with possible gusty thunderstorms and showers, 51. behind the front tomorrow a 22-degree deference with a high temperature -- different with a high temperature of 61 degrees. >>> a maryland man may be dying in a cuban jail cell. the u.s. contractor is appealing a 15-year sentence. he is accused of trying to overthrow the cuban regime. >> reporter: loring lorpgk--- loring alan gross went from a comfortable life in maryland to a jail dplel -- cell in cuba. gross was either working on a secret government mission to bring democracy to cuba or a simple humanitarian mission. le loved to travel. he turned that passion into his life's work, helping the needy. >> he's dedicated to progressive causes. he would know small details ab

to agree because we do cases together and alan's exactly right about that. but i guarantee you, the police have overlooked loads of stuff in that suite. you've got to get your hands in that hotel suite. >> i've got to leave it there, but it's an absolutely fascinating story. it twists and turns with every day. and we will doubtless find out more tomorrow. gentlemen, thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> thank you, piers. >>> when we come back, the man they call the motor city madman. ted nugent stops by for a quite extraordinary, dare i say explosive encounter. >>> ted nugent is one opinionated man. and he shares some of those opinions in his book, "ted, white and blue: the nugent manifesto." and ted nugent joins me now. >> greetings. >> i'm looking forward to this. >> thanks for having me here, man. >> for probably the wrong reasons, i've been looking forward to this. >> there are no wrong reasons. >> a television matador -- i think of your previous interviews -- >> and you're the bull? i'm the matador? >> i'm not sure yet. >> i'll guide you through th

skin bowles, chairman of the debt commission, along with alan simpson who said it could be one year, in his opinion, we could have a debt crisis. not a little warning from people who spent months hearing witnesses and studying the debt situation facing our country. but it appears that the leaders of the senate would prefer to hide in the hills and take spots at republicans from the distance? is that what they prefer? chairman paul ryan and the house g.o.p. have put forward a plan to get this country out of a looming debt crisis, make our economy more competitive, save medicare for future generations. it's an honest, courageous plan that will improve the quality of life for millions of americans and do the job, short term and long term. it may not be perfect.

alan's exactly right about that. i guarantee you, the police have overlooked loads of stuff in that suite. you've got to get your hands on that hotel suite. >> i've got to leave it there. it's absolutely fascinating story. twists and turns with every day. and we will doubtless find out more tomorrow. gentlemen, thank you very much. when we come back, the man they call the motor city mad man. ted nugent stops by for a quite extraordinary, dare i say explosive, encounter. ♪ you love money ♪ well, you know i love it too ♪ ♪ you love money ♪ well, you know i love it too ♪ ♪ i work so hard at my job ♪ and then i bring it home to you ♪ ♪ i love money in my pocket host: could switching to geico 15% or more on car insurance? host: does the buck stop here? sfx: buck's blustery exhale. host: could switching to geico 15% or more on car insurance? host: does it take two to tango? ♪ >>> ted nugent is one opinionated man. he shares some of those opinions in his book, "ted, white and blue, the nugent manmanifesto." >> greetings. >>

we met alan marks. he is a successful businessman with a remarkable story.battle with brain cancer led him on this journey to capitol hill, doing something he never expected to do. for alan marks, being in the real estate business for 30 years has been a passion. >> i like building homes and seeing people move into them, happy. >> but three years ago, his life changed. >> i had a seizure and i don't remember it. >> the cause of that seizure, a malignant brain tumor. surgeons were able to remove the cancer, but he says the recuperation was challenging. >> it took a long time. even now, i have some deficits, and you try to find ways to overcome them. >> and there's something else. marks feels responsible for his own cancer. >> i know what it is. it was my cell phone use. there's no way you could put something to your head for 20 years and not have it cause something. >> while there are some studies suggesting cell phones pose a health risk, many others do not. as the trade group representing cell phone manufacturers tell cnn, numerous experts and governments o

alan's exactly right about that. i guarantee you, the police have overlooked loads of stuff in that suite. you've got to get your hands on that hotel suite. >> i've got to leave it there. it's absolutely fascinating story. twists and turns with every day. and we will doubtless find out more tomorrow. gentlemen, thank you very much. when we come back, the man they call the motor city mad man. ted nugent stops by for a quite extraordinary, dare i say explosive, encounter. naomi pryce: i am. i'm in the name your own price division. i find empty hotel rooms and help people save - >> - up to 60% off. i am familiar. your name? > naomi pryce. >> what other "negotiating" skills do you have? > i'm a fifth-degree black belt. >> as am i. > i'm fluent in 37 languages. >> (indistinct clicking) > and i'm a master of disguise >> as am i. > as am i. >> as am i. > as am i. >> well played naomi pryce. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great thing

joined by cliff schecter in columbus he's an author pundit and president of the us in boston we have alan schroeder he's an associate professor in the school of journalism at northeastern university and in washington we cross to alex vogel is a partner at mehlman vogel castagnetti all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want but first let's look at the man who wants to say you're fired to president obama. as the next year's presidential election approaches and the two main parties are thinking ahead with no obvious frontrunner among republicans there is clearly an opening it is almost time to think about mcgrath also the sluggish economy this is obviously one of the reasons american billionaire donald trump may make a run for the white house he says he will make his intentions known. real estate mogul and owner of golf courses and a t.v. star knows how to team his audience some scripture says of the current president speaks volumes to this particularly when jumping on the brother's train claiming a bomb was not on american soil trump is known a

shortly after your commission was announced, alan greenspan offered his view. "i think that type of budget agreement put together by alan simpson and basketba -- and erskine bowles -- the only question is will it be before and after the bond market crisis?" in a lot of people here know about the bond market and don't like to put that together with "crisis." >> i was honored to spend 18 of my years in the u.s. senate, with bob dole,-the leader, and robert byrd on the other side -- magnificent leader, and robert byrd on the other side. i learned that we never really respond when you are in congress. we react. we react when the hammer is down. it is always the most distasteful thing you don't want to touch, so you wait and you put it off and you hold hearings and you go back and you calm your constituents. this game is pretty well over, because it is all different. is not 10 years ago. we do not have the overhang and globally. we are not ireland, we are not greece, where not a trickle or spain or italy -- we are not portugal or spain or italy, but people know abou

alan wang shows us how it works. >> when the officer rusk miller l his voice will be working overtime all over brentwood. >> the park is closed. the picture has been taken and will be forward today the police department. >> it's a motion act elevated portable camera that can read a sign or capture a license plate from 250 feet away in dark. >> after it goes to dark the system automatically activates itself. >> the first assignment is in this neighborhood near creek side parks where groups have been causing trouble at night. >> the officer can wirelessly download the photos in seconds. >> it gives me more peace of mind. >> similar cameras are used to catch illegal dumpers in richmond. this department thinks it's a wise investment. >> replacing copper wire and metal boxes that are being stolen. so 'if we can identify one of those persons it will pay for our cameras. >> the park is closed. the picture has just been taken and forward today the police department. leave the park immediately. >> alan wang, "abc 7 news". >> kristen: coming up the bill pg&e faces from police and firefighters t

abc7's alan wang has the disappointing statistics they are facing and a few encouraging signs. >> i am looking for a job in the healthcare field. in administration aspects of the field. >> when he graduates with a degree in healthcare sciences from cal state east bea, he will be facing some tough statistics. a poll shows salaries are down and just over half of college grads are being hired and they are having a harder time paying off student loans. >> i even have some friends right now that are working at minimum wage jobs and have two degrees. >> the competition for jobs is fierce. >> they are looking for students who are good communicators. they are looking for students who have some experience. internships count a great deal. >> now more students are contemplating a back up plan. >> i would try to get into the peace corp or maybe do some military work. >> the situation here at cal state east bay reflects the overall national picture for job prospects. but things are looking a little rosier. they had so many recruiters. >> we are hearing that they are holding back on their hiring pla

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i'm alan wang. shut down the bridge in both directions backing out traffic from one end of the span to the other. abc7's lilian kim is on the san francisco side of the bridge with more. lilian? >> alan, traffic is moving now, but it was quite a mess earlier this evening as the entire bridge was shut down. it happened after 8:00 and there was a collision midspan involving four vehicles. they said it was a head on collision, but the chp says it is still investigating. traffic was at a stand still as the entire bridge was shut down for a half an hour. lanes started to reopen at 8:45 and by 9 oorks 05 all lanes were reopened. the four cars were towed to the toll maz swraw and all had front end damage. three people were taken to the hospital, but injuries said to be minor. it is unclear what lead up to the accident, but if it was a head on collision, drivers should take comfort in the fact that a moveable median barrier on the golden gate bridge is expected sometime next year. a combination of toll reven

right, alan? and you take it to the accounter and say, here's what i would say -- i want to see every record available for my building including the permits, the plans, the job cards because that's where the inspectors sign off on and what else do we have over there. >> well, basically we have building permit applications or job cards or jobs done by district inspectors department to say it's final or not finaled with an expired job card and, plumbing, electrical permits. >> how come -- i thought we didn't. >> we do have some and miscallaneous documents and letters where people sent to the city and documents tham come through another department before us. now, what we don't have and we have building plans let me say buildings -- most wood frame houses residentials don't have plans in my recollection but commercial buildings almost always there's some plan, if there's a multi unit large residential building will have plans? >> well, i was going to say what we don't have, inspection records, job car

astronaut alan shepard was launched from cape canaveral on a 15-minute suborbital flight. to mark the anniversary the postal service has issued a spacious alan shepard stamp. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," a new way to get caffeinated. and the popular cruz gets recalled. ashley morrison is here in new york with the latest on that. good morning, ashley. >> good morning to you, betty. inflation worries kept most asian markets on the down side today. hong kong's hang seng lost a fraction while tokyo's nikkei remained closed for the holiday. today wall street gets the latest on retail sales and a look at the weekly jobless claim numbers. on wednesday stocks finished lower. the dow fell nearly 84 points while the nasdaq gave back 13. >>> ahead of friday's april jobs report from the government there are new signs of weakness in the labor market. a report from the payroll company adp shows the economy added 179,000 private sector jobs last month. that's at least 25,000 fewer than expected. the unemployment rate currently stands at 8.8%. >>> general motors is recalling the hot-selli

our alan duke is on the phone.l have you update us at 10 p.m. >> yes. >> again, i thought we would get the mayor. but anyway, we will see you back here at 10 p.m. eastern. we will have that news for you. a special report, patrick kennedy, coming clean, dr. sanjay gupta reports.