the city of albany paid a group of homeless people to leave an encampment at the "albany bulb" late last month. now. as kron 4's jeff bush reports. many of them have taken up residence under the gilman street overpass in berkeley -- and the move is causing problems. the city of albany paid dozens of credit residence $3,000 each to beef--leader--leave the santa rosa woman accused of assaulting a child she suspected was bullying her daughter, might have been targeting the wrong boy. that's according to the sonoma county sheriff's office. 30-year-old delia garcia- bratcher was arrested friday -- accused of putting her hands around the neck of a 12-year-old boy at olivet elementary. the boy was pointed out as someone who'd been harassing her daughter. the sheriff's department says it hasn't found any evidence of that. as for the boy -- photos taken at school showed red marks on his neck. a relative of the suspect says she has 6 children - and would never hurt a child. "she's got a good heart, she would never do that she says they are making me sound like a monster, she's thrown back" garcia-

charlene benton lives just 50 yards from the tracks in albany. what would you do if something happened? >> what would i do? the only thing i could do is pray. >> the industry is moving this stuff around every single day. >> reporter: department of transportation secretary anthony foxx told us the rush of bakken on the rails has forced his agency to act. >> what you have is a proliferation of a new growth energy product in this country without a proliferation of inspectors. without a proliferation of, in many cases, the regime that needs to go along with making sure that everything is safe. >> reporter: railroads have already agreed to reduce speeds for oil trains and improve braking systems. but vivian kornegay wants oil trains rerouted around heavily populated areas. >> there will be a next time with all the amount of oil moving throughout this country. it's bound to be a next time. and i don't want that next time down here where my residents live. >> reporter: the white house will review the safety proposals. we're told approval can take months

>>reporter: albany officials say they are not ignoring the homeless. telling me that 22 people who once lived along this stretch of the beach are currently housed through city services. surrounding communities may want albany to do more at city near by. homeless numbers growing. in albany, nick smith, abc 7 news. >> l president of this college tonight tells abc 7 news a rent dispute resulted in the sudden closure of the san jose campus now resolved. no trespassing signs were posted on the campus on south winchester boulevard today. health care school was served with eviction notice and shut down yesterday. staff members met today at the campus but nobody would xent on exactly what was going on. the president will only say students have been notified to return to class tomorrow. >> tourists in san francisco may a bit disappointed this summer. city crooked street is closing to cars for 4 consecutive weekends. lombard street will be traffic free during the busy tourist season on saturday and sunday noon to 6:00 p.m. the whole weekend. closure includes the

among them albany, the capitol of new york state. this new crude reality has residents fearing the worse. >> reporter: oil trains roll through the heart of albany twice a day. some idling for hours as they wait to get into the city's port. >> in some cases the tankers are 25 feet from where people live. it's in close proximity to the playground. >> reporter: up to a mile long a single train can haul as much as 4 million gallons of the highly flammable crude. >> this specific brand of crude is very explosive . the cars that haul it, are broken to derailment and puncture. >> the national transportation safety board has specifically cited the thin hulls as a factor in spills during accidents. these cars were in use when the train derailed in july, killing 47 people and wiping out half the town. among the most concerned the residents , home to 180 families. >> the concern is how would we get out? how would we get out? you have handicap people, you have elderly people. >> reporter: albany's oil boon is a matter of geography. long the regi

a handful protestors mutt today in albany there to support the last remaining resident of the albanyd tree city of albany recently paid a group of homeless will leave that in camden city officials say it's part of the legal settlement bald residence what offered relocation assistance and three thought thousand dollars all in exchange for vacating that space. some homeless people move from albany to berkeley. but amber with sen stayed behind. she says she fought a bitter fight standing up to the city of albany now she says she still being forced to leave not only that also not taking the city's deal. >> : what are today was the fear of ethical deadline. for me to be out of such a small amount of money $3,000 is not much. >> : possession doesn't know where she's heading next but she says some place where she won't be pushed aside. a story only see on kron for the tech reporter shows hebei area high-school using new technology to enhance their your book. technology or his way into every sector of our life changing everything even the old classic year book. the high school first in north

stir and albany ball moving day for winston and her partner. here now being evicted by the city of albany after calling this place home for the past seven years. across nine my dogs and their. it's it confer once completely vacated the state plans to convert the space to ease shore park creed and albany bald. >> : in san francisco department of health found rodent problems at 2 well in stores and the city in the past week my hand holding an inspection report from the store are incurred in solder in downtown san francisco details about the problems they're talking martin theses all over the place also carcase of rodent all this has been cleaned up since then an update and meeting schedules for the manager of this location next week. >> : an oakland there are concerns that the shops but our system can record audio conversations president of trout to watter tells me there's no switchback headquarters of the concern on to record everyday conversations on the street. system only activates and during a gun fire. scores for six seconds to all and only

elaine quijano, cbs news, albany, new york. >> glor: that is the cbs evening news tonight.m jeff glor. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. tonight. 's set to arrive at this hotel any minute no and he's >>> president obama in the bay area tonight is set to arrive at this hotel any minute now. and he has money on his mind. good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> i'm elizabeth cook. president obama touched down in the bay area a couple of hours ago with a wave, mr. obama stepping off air force one at moffett field. he was greeted by the mayors of mountain view and sunnyvale also on hand the director of nasa ames. the president greeted dozens of people including two babies. we have team coverage on president obama's bay area visit. len reports from downtown san jose where the president is headed. len ramirez reports. >> reporter: much of downtown has been blocked off. market street is one of the major routes off of town wi

first reported on kron 4 early as a city of albany pit a group of homeless people to leave the inningled albany paltry now reported some people berkeley are outraged after the homeless from albany moved into berkeley. >> : >> : it and still attract rid of it about rage by some of berkeley's homeless will lived here for years under the overpass. problem an influx or two dozen homeless people is limited from the albany balt the line that is dense with more calls right here since the folks from albany arrived out and talk to them in tears and says of the nine years since this does happen that talk to them almost every day >> : to live under the freeway here for eight years and more upset he says the city of albany paid many of the homer was $30,000 each that continues to he said the find houses. the got paid believe this should even be here in the first place. not so surprised to find for laws already more compassion for those who work in the area after all this is a berkeley. >> : but it's a tough call very difficult situation. unfortunate for everyone. and now berkeley city leaders are

they will be gathering at noon in albany at 1 buchanan street.the city of albany recently paid a group of homeless people to leave the encampment. other video starring to send a mother up and not make it but it went up and did. they were chased off their freeway and got into it to our rescue center traffic eventually got before demand and reeled in the catch of a lifetime. take a look at this cookie sawfish and he got the pictures to prove it. buster richard was out with his friends on boynton beach when he spotted the big fish carried it out was a chart at first. eventually that line was cut. >>: and 456 coming up here on the kron4 morning news is that a justin aftertaste is a diet soda really help you lose weight to three members of from new city. plus they now know where they are but they won't go rescue them. new details coming in about a kidnapped girl in nigeria. that coming up at 5. [ female announcer this tespape behaves like the sface of your skin now watch what soap does tit. ♪ soap strips yourkin. dove is differt. with 1/4 moisturizing

that he was sitting in the governor's mansion in albany. was a vote really liked him. and he said why are we in the middle of the great depression? i not sure now but he knew. losel said what is the reason? he said the farmers there grow in the wheat are standing in the bread lines. that is true. said he said there overproducing. the price of wheat is to slow. that is why we are in the great depression. roosevelt said what do we do? he said price supports which is where we get price supports and roosevelt and a main he bright hit doug well in tuesday administration he was in the governor's mansion in albany. and he said he belonged is on the line and wants to talk to you, the louisiana demagogue who helped roosevelt get nominated roosevelt rolled his eyes and said i will take the call and said stay here to. >> host: team. he said yes? how are you doing he said how my doing it? what you mean what the hell you doing? you are sitting of there is in new york with the fat cats you should be out there campaigning he said know everything will be okay. we have plenty of time.

complaints about a new intrusion of recently evicted squatters from the 'albany bulb'. the city of albany paid people three- thousand dollars each. to vacate the illegal encampment. now it appears, many of them moved right across the border into berkeley. setting up tents under the gilman street interstate - 80 overpass now there's a bit of outrage by some of berkeley's homeless. who were already living at that location albany city officials say, the homeless issue at gilman street. pre-dates the relocation effort at 'the bulb'. eastberkeley city leaders say, they are assessing the safety and sanitation of the site. while offering relocation assistance to those who are there. several large drug companies are being accused of reaping millions of dollars in profits. by allegedly getting thousands of californians 'hooked' on prescription pain killers. santa clara county has joined orange county, in filing a lawsuit against johnson and johnson and several other companies. for pushing doctors to prescribe opioid drugs such as oxy-contin and percocet. the suit says, the drug

. >> what do you say to albany to get those good jobs in pennsylvania in upstate new york? >> well, i haven't stepped on the governor's issue on this one. he's being very careful because there are environmental concerns. but overall -- >> shouldn't he be a little less careful? >> overall democrats throughout the country has supported fracking. most of us have and it's worked well. >> would you like to see it in upstate new york? >> if it's done carefully. the governor feels it's going to be done carefully, i sure would. >> you would? >> wow. well, you are just like -- >> good. we need it. >> do you think there has to be a deal on minimum wage where you split the baby, the republicans get something they want. democrats get something they want. >> now here's something we can use for a visual. like rattner on this show. >> that's pretty good. that's attractive. >> here's the minimum wage chart. we created 288,000 new jobs. jobs are going up. private sector jobs. but wages are going down. they're paying so much less there's less money in the average middle class person's pocket

baylor fredrickson from albany. is diagnosed with leukemia. and needs to find a bone marrow match. in order to stay alive. he is mixed japanese and german. which makes finding a match more challenging. the bone marrow drive for him will be held on the berkeley campus at the campus shared services office. from noon to 2 p-m tomorrow afternoon. after being closed to the public for almost 8- months, san francisco's iconic coit tower will re-open tomorrow. the city will celebrate with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 11 a- m. the recreation and parks department spent 1-point-7 million dollars for renovations. they include replacing the roof, repainting and restoring the murals. the white column on telegraph hill has been a beloved san francisco landmark since 19-33, offering 360- degree views of the city. still ahead: elation and tears. as families who were split apart by military service. are made whole again. and magic johnson responds to donald sterling's comments against his character. the bay area will see a third ♪ ♪ thank you! thank you! dedicated bankers born to go the extra mile.

i'm thrilled to say albany found another way to fund it, and that is good. but i think if you ask the bigger ideological question, you're certainly seeing this in cities around the country, more and manufacture of us have come to the conclusion we cannot fight a growing inequality crisis with the same previous approachs. the status quo approach was not going to lead to change. we have to do something different. you're going to sea cee this play out intensely in the next couple of months. >> rose: in terms of elections. >> i face what other narrs are facing. i went in december to the white house. the president convened a group of new mayors, those electe elen 2013. we went around-- it was primarily democrats, a few republicans, different-sized cities, all over the country, different reelingses. the commonality around the room-- everyone was recognizing and acting on a deepening inequality crise. many talked. a poverty and unaffordability crise in their cities. and they are they were deciding togetherue could see the consensus in the room we had to act-- in th

a day after the bonus march, roosevelt was sitting with tugwell in the governor's mansion in albany. roosevelt would like to tugwell, just as a footnote. roosevelt said can become were in the great depression. he said sure. i'm not even sure now whether we are in the great depression, but tugwell new and roosevelt said what's the reason? he said, the farmers are growing the wheat our standing in the bread line. rosso thought from it and said that's too. why is that? >> tugwell said we're overproducing. the price of wheat is too low. that's why we are in the great depression but roosevelt said that's great. what do we do? tugwell said, price supports. which is where we get price supports. and roosevelt -- tugwell is a genius. roosevelt brought them into the administration. on the day after th the bonus mh it was sitting in the governor's mansion in albany with tugwell when the phone rang, governor roosevelt, huey long is on the line and wants to talk. the louisiana demagogue who have helped roosevelt get nominated. roosevelt rolled his eyes and said, all right, i'll take the colbert y

recently evicted squatters in the city of albany paid people $3,000 each to vacate encampment there.f the same when the berkeley setting up tents and say a overpass. but our rage in berkeley's homeless and or living at the location. >> : for me to hattic the up pit believe they shouldn't be here in the first place. some of them got paid the ones that got a they should not even be around. city officials in albany say the home was issued good right predates the relocation berkeley city leaders say there are assessing the safety and sanitation of the site offering relocation assistance to those are were there. the charlotte x to select the night sky nasa expecting and never before seen your shower it could rival even the kerseymere sharp trade to mops footage of that year shower last august. be prepared as also says the new shower could be spectacular show or cancel scientists are not sure is expected to peak about midnight on saturday to 11:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m.. local time >> : the evening everyone as doing it a one more time there and tell but belongs to the baton is wise. here is se

i am thrilled to say that albany felt another way to fund it. if you have the bigger ideological question, i think what is happening around the country is more and more about have come to the conclusion that we cannot fight the growing inequality crisis with the previous approaches. the status quo approach will not lead to change. we have to do something different. you will see this play out intensely over the coming months. >> in terms of elections? facing a simple example. i went to the white house to meet with the president will st. it was primarily democrats and a few republicans. it was people from all over the country. the commonality around the room was that everyone was recognizing an act on the inequality crisis. people talked about various crises and what they were doing was deciding together, spontaneously, that we had to act in the absence of federal action. we had to act. each city is doing it differently. each city is realizing that it has power to act. if we do not act, who does? i do not think it is about being fought. the histor

he's out the door. >> the most continues on. >> let's march to albany in the spirit of joshua.'s march on in the spirit of jesus. let's march on in the spirit of mohammed. >> police have recovered the body of a second person that died in a hot air balloon accident in virginia. three from on board when it hit a power line, caught fire and crashed to the ground. the balloon and the remains of one passenger have not been found. two have been identified as staff members from the university of richmond. >> smoke seeping into your plane cabin, not what you want to see on a flight to hawaii. people saw that when a cabin fire broke out. it was put out and the 757 turned around and made a safe emergency landing in l.a. before that it was chaos with oxygen asks dropping, giving passengers on board a major scare. >> by then honestly we said our prayers and were passing candy to the kids, that we knew was scared. my husband was awesome. he was trying to talk to the people and help them stay calm. none of the approximate 140 were injured. >>> in new york it was a solemn day in lower manhatt

hook at all of the green and slowing coming to the maze, four minutes from albany to the emeryville area. mike was talking about the drizzle and we have golden gate bridge fog and up and over the waldo and you can see over the waldo and out of the tunnel it is thick so hold that steering wheel. metering lights are on and traffic is stacking to the first overcrossing. >> police are searching for a man who tried to woman outside a target star and then held up a subway restaurant with a gun. they caught the suspect on security camera? >> yes. this is a popular place for families to shot and hearing a man came in the parking lot and pulled out a shotgun and tried toasty -- tried to steal a purse is shocking. he is white man in his 20's, slim build, with a mohawk. he has a tattoo on his wrist and was wearing a black t-shirt, green shorts and black and white shoes. a woman walked through the parking lot at 9:00 at target and the man drove up to her in the white four-door sedan with a black bra, he demand her purse and she refused and he took off. in five minutes he walked into a subway restaur

coming off of 580, it is bum traffic through albany into berkeley. >> seven things to know before yougo. >> we return in nine >> a live look at remark in the east bay at interstate 680 slowing in the southbound direction and those are cars head away from you. leyla gulen is checking traffic around the bay area. >> whether you are just joining us or headed out the door here are seven things to know. breaking news, dr. maya angelou died at the age of 86. the author and poet died in north carolina early this morning. she has been very frail and had heart problems. dr. maya angelou was in the bay area in december when she paid a visit to glide memorial in san francisco. >> two, u.k. berkeley students will pay tribute in a vigil for victims from isla vista including three victims from the bay area starting at 8:00. thousands turned out at uc santa barbara yesterday. students returned to class yesterday for the first time since the attack. >> vallejo police are looking for whoever opened fire at a gas station killing one and wounding another. it happened at the five star gas station at 9:30

yesterday they raced 120 miles from sacramento to lincoln, albany and back to sacramento. british cyclist won that first stage and today they will compete in a 12.5-mile time travel. then stage 3 in san jose and at 10:45 they faced a grueling course which claims almost 11,000 feet and finishing at the top of mt. diablo, there is concern not just for the heat but for cyclists and spectators as well. >>> a web team has posted information with a link under hot topics. >>> some may consider it a perfect way to celebrate national craft beer week. they have nearly 2500 small craft breweries which have come up and craft brews made up nearly 8% of their beer market last year and they had a retail value of $14.3 billion. >>> and a channel 3 investigation find you may be buying a recall car and don't even know it. or you could be driving next to it and it was just recently sold. >> here you have open recalls on them. >> wait, i don't know anything about that one. >> 2 investigates, they find plenty of them, tonight on the 10:00 news, who is to blame and what needs to change to keep

the entire side of this building has fallen -- >> reporter: tornado in new york just northwest of albanyral damaged home at least one destroyed power lines down and trees snapped. >> we never had a storm like that right in this area. >> reporter: severe storms rocketing across the northeast. the streets of reading, pennsylvania, filling with hail. golf ball-sized hail from wilmington, delaware to pennsylvania. >> all hail just broke loose. >> smashing through the skylight at the berkshire mall. the storm shutting down train service between washington, d.c. and baltimore. the bay bridge in maryland temporarily shut down. >> here it comes, bro. >> reporter: and in denver, tornado warnings. hail peppering streets and the severe threat, unfortunately, stays in pockets with us today. let's look at it. for south carolina and north carolina on this friday, we kick off the holiday weekend with the potential for hail, damaging wind and brief tornado and another pocket in new mexico and texas. i want to take you through majority of the memorial day weekend is going to be drier in the mid-atlantic

what you can do is pledge to join the strike later this month and take a bus to albany.ar political message that new york city has the greatest income inequality in the nation, according to local leaders. more than 3 million men and women are working, but still live in poverty because the state's $8 minimum wage is too low and clearly not enough. >> she says something needs to change. >> pending legislation would allow cities and counties across new york state to supplement the minimum wage by raising the local minimum wage. recent falls show 73% of new yorkers support the measure. >> opponents say there are other ways to help the poor, that raising wages will make it harder for businesses to hire younger and lower-skilled workers. president obama called for a wage hike and made it clear, making sure it's the focus of the remaining time in office. some think it's too late. >> people thought obama would do something. we see now they can do something. his book is written, and he's at the door. >> the movement continues on. >> let's march to albany on the 20th, in the spiri

. >> a bone marrow drive will be held today in albany at albany high school outside gymnasium on thousand oaks boulevard from two to six. another drive will be held tomorrow at the gardens at heather farms in wall nut creek from eleven to four. we hope we will share his story with your facebook friends to help him find a match. the more people who know, the better. that's how these things get done. wishing he and his family the best, of course. >> it is nice and clear but we are looking at a stiff wind today. we really feel the warmth around here. a lot things going on this weekend and we will look for the warmup to really be felt tomorrow for mother's day. as the winds switch around. still a little breezy but today down right windy and brisk once again. the upper elevations continue to gust into the 25 mile-an-hour range. the eve bay hills camera already nice and light with temperatures in the low to mid-50s. oakland 55. good morning san jose, 52. 45 in gilroy with half moon bay, six mile visibility at 60. exploratorium camera, a beautiful shot. 49 santa rosa. 41 in napa. we will see ano

had fault of a process in albany this before last trading of the albany bull. the pair group of homeless people paid believing cabinet part of a legal settlement old residents offer relocation assistance and $3 all exchange for vacating the space so the homeless people from albany move in to berkeley but ember winston stayed behind she says she fought a good fight standing up to a city of albany now she says this bill before us police allege that not taking the city's deal. 1:00 today if your article deadline. for me to beat out such a small amount money thousand dollars is not a lot. >> : she says she does know where she's heading next but someplace where shall be pushed aside. national news boy scouts of america has a new president might be a familiar face former defense secretary sla chief robert gates formally elected thursday at the group's new national president. montero lasting to one-year terms to sell as a lost art is as extreme as prepared him for life of leadership also recipient of silver buffalo ward was does highest award for an extraordinary serv

. >>> a bone marrow drive will be held today in albany.lbany high school's outside gymnasium on thousand oaks boulevard, from 2:00 to 6:00 and another drive tomorrow at the gardens at heather farm in walnut creek during the mother's day stroll from 11:00 to 4:00. we posted baylor's story to our abc7 news facebook page. and we hope you can share the story with your facebook friends to help him find a match. >>> 8:47 now on a check of the weather and it sounds like some warnings for some people out there. hunkered down in the wind. >> that's right. definitely puts the lid on the garbage can if you're by the coast. it will be breezy around the pavement. >> we're talking showers in the sierra nevada. look at live doppler 7 hd, we're picking up showers along the coast, eureka, crescent city, an area of low pressure pulls out to the north and east of us. so hot weather returns for the week ahead. it will be pretty gusty along the coast. complements of northwest winds. one last day for the winds to be onshore. right now, still kind cool, 54 gilr

. >> a bone marrow drive will be held today in albany at albany high school outside gymnasium on thousand boulevard from two to six. another drive will be held tomorrow at the gardens at heather farms in walnut creek during the mother's day stroll from eleven to four. we hope we will share his story with your facebook friends to help him find a match. the more people who know, the better. i have just done that myself this morning. of course, we are wishing him all the luck in the world. and it will be a nice day out there according to our standards? >> yes. the gusty on shore push, it will feel cool at the coast. in fact only the upper 50s with winds once again approaching 40 miles an hour. so the northwest flow switches around tomorrow and that begins a warming trend. live doppler 7hd showing the clear conditions. we have some clouds this morning but in santa cruz, look at this. a nice way to wake up with temperatures mainly in the 40s and 50s. it's 55 in oakland. warmest location with 50 half moon bay. we are looking at mt. tam with the winds in the upper elevations gusting to over 20 m

golden state warriors player steph curry is showing support for a 7 year old albany boy battling leukemia. curry attended one of two bone marrow drives in berkeley today for 7 year old baylor fredrickson. baylor underwent chemotherapy two years ago.but relapsed.and now needs a bone marrow transplant to save his life. donor officials say it has been difficult finding a match for him. because baylor is japanese and german. and there's a shortage of mixed ethnicity donors. for more information on upcoming marrow drives.visit a- a-d-p dot org. .*music . a taste of san francisco's carnaval where the grand parade featured more than 50 groups of dancers singers and floats. they all made their way through the mission district. more than 400-thousand people were expected to attend carnaval this weekend. which is a celebration of latin american and carribbean cultures. the highlight for many is always the parade. we asked a few spectators what they like most. carnaval featured a soccer- theme this year. calling it a 'celebration of the world cup' which is taking place in brazil next month. for tomo

but that was professor cornel west in albany, new york. those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with aaron matÉ. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. bring back our girls. that is become the rallying cry asinjuria -- in nigeria protests continue over last month kidnapping of nearly 300 girls from a rural boarding school in northeastern nigeria. on monday, video was released showing the leader of boko haram clamming responsibility. just because i took some little girls in western education from everybody is making noise. let me tell you, i took the girls. girls go and get married. we're against western education. i say, stop western education. i repeat, i took the girls and will sell them off. there is a market for selling girls. >> 300 schoolgirls remain in captivity while 53 have managed to escape. state officials report some of the girls have already and sold off for as low as $12 and others were reportedly -- will forced to marry their capto

staying dry temperatures by tomorrow morning in the lows of about 45° in albany. 53 in philadelphia,shington, d.c. is up near 60° so eventually we'll start warming up just been unseasonably cool throughout most of the northeast. del. >> thank you very much, dave. finally we leave you with michael jackson live from beyond the grave. are what you are looking at is a hologram. are he or it showed off its signature moves alongside more than a dozen real life dancingers. slave to the rhythm, topping the charts in 50 countries. thank you for watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. "techknow" is next. now" is next. a show about innovations that can change lives. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity, and we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. let's check out our team of hard core nerds. i'm phil torres, i'm an entomologist. tonight the frozen zoo. in a deep freeze, cells from the most endangered specious on the planet, like thehi

. >>> abc7 news team coming up at kf albany paid them $3,000 to move out of a homeless camp.here some ended up is not where officials envisioned taking you to cisco live a world where everyone, everything is online. now back to dan and cheryl. >> see you then, check this out when you have time. our new web site abc7 news.com is terrific. >> you know ma maz will do anything they can to keep their kids safe. >> take a look at had cub stranded on the edge of a busy road. this video shows the mother picking her up and pulling it to safety. >> it's proof parenting is a dangerous job. but remarkable what instinct will do. >> wow. wow. >> okay. now. thanks for joining us. >> from all of us here, we'll see you again at 6:00. >>> welcome to "world news." tonight, big hits. the brand new lawsuit against the nfl. were star players fed drugs to keep them playing? >>> berger alert. the recall is expanding. our dr. richard besser investigates. >>> and getting out alive. tonight, our experiment. how effective are smoke detectors in your home? and some big surprises about what you should do.

. >>> a 7-year-old boy from albany is in desperate need of a life-saving bone marrow match. he is diagnosed with leukemia but finding a match will be a challenge. nobody in his family is a match because he is half japanese and half german so finding the right ethnic match will not be easy. anybody who wants to help can register at a local marrow drive. we have more information for you at abc7news.com. >>> abc 7 news learns a woman is being investigated for extortion. the los angeles county district attorney is looking into whether she used recorded conversations with the disgraced l.a. clippers owner to distort money from him. two state lawmakers from southern california have introduced a bill that will close an income tax loop hole. it would have allowed sterling to write off his league-imposed $2.5 million fine as a business expense. >>> the principal of an orange county high school is threatening to cancel the prom after finding out female students were being drafted by male students as possible dates. school officials think they put an end to an nfl style prom draft. som

the way it works a defendant is arrested and fingertips hit albany and their matched with the new york state number and they're identified and if it matches our spreadsheets it is variable information. this is what it looks like it is not able we created this with resources this is why we're interested in the person and this one is helpful to look at it shows we no longer by the time let cold cases no longer become cold we believe this vipd individual was an uncockroach stabbing victim so we can reopen that case we created it with new york pd and why he was add and potentially how strong the case. this is what the alert system looks like as you see we're able to nest our interests into folders and sub folders we're tracking all the gunman's in manhattan and where we've identified the person as a confirmed person as a potential gang member this is just as important as recidivism so if there's a precinct in our area you can track the riveting and do the right thing on the case. so the way it red all right. system 0 citywide system we can get an arrest notice like in staten island son-in-

thunderstorms packing ferocious winds and hail ripping through albany, schenectady and montgomery counties. look at that. many homes in the region just devastated with trees and power lines down just all over the place. >>> it was devastation in kent county, delaware. look at this home flattened by a possible tornado. several structure collapses are being reported in the area. roads closed, power's out in about 4,000 homes. the good news is, no serious injuries reported. >> wow, just a lot going on overnight into the morning. let's get a look at the forecast. chad myers has that for us. >> john and christine, good morning. had an ugly afternoon yesterday, although it's better today in the northeast. we have high pressure pushing some of that moisture away, pushing the humidity away, the heat away, and the potential for storms away, too. 90 in atlanta, 96 if you get all the way down south in south texas, down around brownsville. 88 in new orleans, 89 in tampa and 91 down in miami. for tomorrow, things look wet again across parts of the plains. this is your saturday afternoon in the heat of

. >> reporter: at a high school located just east of albany, new york, teens have taken up the causeore than half a world away. >> the more people bring attention to this issue, the better. >> reporter: in big cities and small towns across the nation, that attention is growing. hundreds gathered to show support for the more than 250 nigerian school girls kidnapped from their dorm rooms two months ago. >> they need to know world is with them. >> reporter: from detroit to boston. >> we're making our voices here. heard here today. >> reporter: and all the way to the white house where first lady michelle obama used her first ever solo weekly address to speak out. >> this unconscionable act was committed by a terrorist group determined to keep these girls from getting an education. grown men attempting to snuff out the aspirations of young girls. >> reporter: she said in these girls, she and the president see their own daughters. >> we can only imagine the anguish their parents are feeling right now. >> reporter: it is an anguish that has touched off protests worldwide. in the u.s., a sho

thunderstorms packing ferocious winds and hail, ripping through albany, expeschenectady and montgomery counties. many homes in the region devastated, as you can see, with trees and power lines down all over the place. >>> devastation in kent county, delaware. just look at this home, flattened by a possible tornado. several structure collapses are being reported in that area. roads are closed, power's out now in over 4,000 homes. the good news, though, we should tell you, no serious injuries reported. >>> indra petersons, will this weekend look a little bit better? >> that's the good news, right? things need to change for the weekend. they are getting better. so, yes, we have a plus out there. let's take a look at the radar. what a different picture from just yesterday. we were talking about large hail up and down the east coast, but now finally, yeah, we're seeing some showers. it's not gone, but this will kind of be the story as we head through the weekend, scattered showers hanging around, minimal chances as we go farther each day. why? what are we watching? a low off the coastline.

a woman in the albany park neighborhood was among five people shot across the city. >> told them she was shot in the stomach around 11. police are investigating the shooting. an elderly man was found dead. he failed to attend his usual church group. he did not show up at a church meeting tuesday night. he was retired from the ford auto plant. there have been no arrests. the investigation is ongoing. for young adults are killed in illinois after a vehicle slid off the road. app in yesterday and a small town of mendota. the victims are 20 ruled brenda hampton. >> the fifth person is hospitalized in critical condition. the driver lost control of the car. police investigating what caused this crash. police and investigating a possible new lead in the disappearance of a boy who went missing. in aurora with the latest on the case >> the only lead to come in so far since police released a new age progression in a. after years of false leads a relative to not have the hope so. it has been just over three years since the 6 stroke lead missing male lead. >> police released to this age enhanced

that is about 20-miles from albany and sent trees crashing down in virginia. >>> a plan to replace dozens wind turbines is moving forward. the contra costa times report zoning board has anonymously approved a permit for the first phase of construction east of livermore. supporters hope the new turbines will result in fewer bird strikes. now the turbines will be lowered to the ground to avoid the bird's flight path and have covered blades. the plan has the support of the department of fish and wildlife and several environmental groups as well. >>> san mateo counties antiterrorism team is back from an international competition. they joined counterterrorism groups from 30 other countries. san mateo county was the only team from the united states. the competition was a chance to learn new training methods. >>> 4:51 is the time. the investigation into a former oakland police officer out on disability. what he did during the boston marathon bombing. >> and it has sent shock waves through the world of soccer. a legend cut from the u.s. team competing in the world cup. how landon donovan and his

among those hiring, microchip giant global foundries looking at 600 employees at a facility north of albany. starting salary for someone with a two-year degree, $40,000. but they must have both technical and personal skills. >> the ability to communicate and ability to work in teams, having analytical skills and problem-solving skills. >> reporter: plenty of big name companies are hiring. amazon.com, lockheed martin, ibm, and jpmorgan chase. where erica hall just landed a job in chicago after her savings nearly depleted. >> in a word, elated. i was ecstatic. so it was wonderful. >> reporter: but while employers did more hiring in april than at any time in more than two years, a dramatic 806,000 people stopped looking for work. many simply gave up. less than 63% of working age adults are now in the workforce. a 35-year low. >> we definitely have an issue of long-term unemployed that is a negative for this economy and for this jobs report where people are out of work longer than 27 weeks and seem to be dropping out of the workforce and no longer looking for work. >> hi, my name is ruth -- >>

marrow drives were held over the weekend in albany and walnut creek and another is held tomorrow from noon to 2:00 at the uc berkeley shared services building on 4th street. joining the registry is easy and painless. all you have to do is have your cheek swabbed. >> it is time to check with meteorologist mike nicco and talk how long the heat wave could last. mike? >> good morning, everyone, the longer it lasts the more money you are paying and the hot other your house will be and the worst it will be sleeping at night without air conditioning. it is going to tax your body if you are working outside. we want to see an end to this but we still have a couple of day left. let me show you the microclimates to the left at the ferry building, the flags are not moving. however, toward downtown there is a bay breeze at 65. at the financial district, it is already 81. 61 degrees warmer a couple of blocks so you know what a little breeze can do. now we will look at the winds on live doppler 7 hd and you can see they are light and variable and pointing toward the ocean and they will do more of th

. >>> an albany boy is in desperate need of a life saving bone marrow match. he was diagnosed with leukemia, but finding a match will be a challenge. nobody in his family is a match and because he is half japanese and half german will be difficult. they are work wght family and anyone who wants to help can register at a local mary row drive. marrow drive. we have more information at abc7news.com. >>> talk about beating the odds. an 11-year-old south bay boy continues to amaze doctors as he manages a rare heart condition. what he is about to do is nothing short of remark aable. cornell bernard has his story. >> this 11-year-old is a fierce warrior. he has been studying mixed martial arts since he was 7. but the real battle has been with his own heart. >> my right ventricle in my heart is not there. >> he was born with half a a heart, a defect so rare only 1 in 10,000 kids have it. he has had three open heart surgeries at lucille packard children's hospital and now going for his black belt. >> has anybody else done this before? >> not in my record, but i feel ex