no alcatraz was fantastic. the escape from alcatraz in 1962, november, frank morris and the anglin brothers and they spent about a year getting ready for this escape and set off in the bay heading for angel island on a homemade raft and never to be heard from again. some people are convinced they made it. >> no, they are at my place. >> quickly about the show and i want to ask you, 20 seconds what is the show about? >> the idea is we take viewers to places they just wouldn't be able to see on their own. >> like alcatraz? >> disney world? >> that was the wrong way to phrase it. we are taking them to places like white sands missal range and the only place forayed yow active waste. >> cracker barrel? >> cracker barrel. who dwoas there anymore -- who goes there anymore? >> we will get letters. >> tell me about the less than lethal weapon episode. >> very interesting if by interesting you want to watch mike baker get shot in the ass with a taser. phac noising stuff. >> -- fascinating stuff. >> is the strangeness you

alcatraz. 1972 couldn't knee. i get it my time is running out. but all those things about hollywood images we need to establish a location to build what we need for your community to educate our students and educate the educators. you want to tub diversity we need to show that by example and we ask for your support. thank you. >> good evening members. i'm georgia williams. i was a student who bend from interest program that were i have two children that are in the program. i want to emphasize the importance of findings a location. we've been uprooted and had to restart over. it's been frustrating and disheartening to have our materials boxed up and put in the girls locker room. and to us as families as part of the district i think your families deserve something better than that. i encourage you to come to the cafeteria the next pack meeting to see what it is like for family engagement to walk into that our family nights are there. it's not very welcoming and warm environment. i want to stress our finding a location. and that's where our communit

commemoration of 19 months occupation of alcatraz. it began in 1969 and organizers want to draw attention to what they call the true story of thanksgiving, the massacre of indians by european settlers. >>> seen on tape inside a home, now this is one of the pictures captured by a surveillance camera at the home of at son -- addison court near homes springs park. the homeowner was out but got an alert through his surveillance system. he broke the back door to get into the home and they are hoping the surveillance video and hoping a viewer can identify him. >>> it is after a standoff at international airport. they are hoping police were called to a home in the city of englewood. a gunman fired at police as they approach the door. one officer hit, they are expected to recooperate and the gunman surrendered to police after 9:00 last night. >>> on thanksgiving day the family of an east bay boor after the boston marathon pointing said they have much -- bombing said they have lots to be thank full for. aaron was at the end of the race waiting

every thanksgiving morning hundreds of people gather on alcatraz.s a commeration of the 19-month native american occupation of alcatraz that started in 1969. organizers say they also want to draw attention to what they call the true story of thanksgiving. the massacre of indians by european settlers. >>> ktvu viewers you can make a big contribution this holiday season. we are kicking off one of my favorite things. our one warm coat drive tomorrow. you will find a list of drop- off locations at our website ktvu.com. make sure you join pam cook and some of our other colleagues. they are going to greet you tomorrow and will happily accept your donations. >> all right. time now 7:57. hundreds of bay area volunteers are up bright and early this among. we are going to have live coverage for you at this holiday spirit of giving is underwayen this thanksgiving morning -- on this thanksgiving morning. >>> it's been a very busy morning for san jose police. they are looking for suspects in two separate shootings that injured three people. we will tell you what

this will actually be the first time i won't be going to one celebration at alcatraz we have another place that students go to understand and appreciate our cultural so we need to do more inside our classroom. thank you for sharing all this information. thank you. thank you very much for your efforts in moving with the space i really appreciate that. so commissioner and vice president and any other members of the board that have comments >> no president norton i was listening in the back and appreciate you coming forward with all the details. if you came forward with all the good stuff you'd leave and we you wouldn't know the details and the struggles. the details and united states challenges i appreciate your sharing that. thank you rile appreciate that. and then i really appreciate my colleagues here wanting to take some action. we listen a lot of presentation in that mode and we hope something happens but you'll hear from the board of education tonight some action and some definitely placing. i'm laborer around the room and people are nodding their heads that will be part of the a

. >> we are in the new alcatraz. >> isolated along the remote northern coastline some 300 miles north of san francisco, there is a small community besieged by violence, incinerated by racial hatred. the community is called pelican bay, one of the most notorious maximum security prisons in america. pelican bay state prison was designed as california's new alcatraz, a single facility that would isolate and contain the state's worst inmates, inmates too violent and dangerous for any other institutions. >> i was involved in several fights on the tier. >> stabbings, beatings, pretty regular occurrence around here. >> up here, they killing people. >> i seen people getting their throat cut. i've seen, you know, people get rat packed, you know, five guys on one, get their head smashed in. >> you can get stabbed anywhere. >> i'll never get out of here until i have parole, or die. >> richard kirkland has worked at pelican bay since 1992. in 2004, he became warden of the prison. >> we have approximately in any year, particularly over the last several years, somewhere between 700 and 800 reportab

alcatraz. 1972 couldn't knee. i get it my time is running out. but all those things about hollywood images we need to establish a location to build what we need for your community to educate our students and educate the educators. you want to tub diversity we need to show that by example and we ask for your support. thank you. >> good evening members. i'm georgia williams. i was a student who bend from re

alcatraz was mostly shot in canada not in the bay area. to connote with the other states we need to up the ante. we need to increase the incentives. it will provide jobs for many, many san franciscans. like you've at the scene we've got electricians and actors and stratosphere and other folks. we look to this for income and san francisco, california make the money by luring this away from other cities. i support our incentives and increasing your incentives thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please >> i'm still here for item 3 but the film industry is one of my passions too. movies made in california and new york but cal are very aestheticly beautiful to watch. i want to add that because of the internet this is an opportunity in inner city. we have a lot of filmmakers the youth filmmakers and i want the rebate group to consider it for them too >> thank you very much (clapping) are there any other members of the public who wishes to speak seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues thank you for listening to this. me personally as

so far there is very also information about whether exactly the artist is planning at alcatraz.chinese authorities np 2011. he's made several art piece about his his time in prison and would like to add to that body of work. >> tesla ceo is taking a page from fellow zuckerberg and may wrist a.company records show the billionaire paid 6.5 million dollars last week to buy a house across the street from massive estate in belaire. speculation is that she will tear down the smaller house that sits on elevated lot with spectacular view. home once owned by actor gene wilder. both zuckerberg and meier recently paid millions as we reported to you to buy property adjacent to their bay area homes. >> solar eclipse coming on sunday and no matter where you are in the world you will be able to see it thanks to the internet. it will be visible firsthand on eastern sea board southern europe and africa. for those in the bay area if you want to see it live. astronomer in kenya will live stream the event. it begins at 3:45 am pacific time just after you have adjusted your clock for standard time a

sheerly is amazing woman and was at alcatraz and taught children and supported me as a single mother, took care of my child there and i think she's one of the amazing woman in the community and this is a long over due award for her and congratulations shirley. [applause] so now we're going to -- now we're going to have a video. >> my name is shirley cavara and work for oakland school district and early education and people come from san joaquin valley and my family is located in the area. the best thing about working here is meeting all the families, and connecting with the kids, and when it finally clicks to them "oh that's what that means". even if it's small steps with some kids it's a great feeling that you have made an accomplishment in their lives that they will remember, so here it started down at ice age and moved to second avenue because it got too big want there was a preschool there and out grew that area and we had three choice in oakland to have the child care center at and the parents chose this one and up in the hills and don't feel like you're in oakland and conducive

in the 1950s he was sent to alcatraz for hijacking and bank robbery and in the 1970s and 1980s he led a murderous reign in boston, becoming one of america's most notorious gangsters. he inspired the oscar-winning film "the departed "gmt." -- "the departed." here whitey bolger is seen meeting with another crime boss. it later emerged he was a top level informant for a corrupt fbi agent who ignored his crimes for information on a rival new england mafia. he fled boston in 1994 after a tipoff that officials were closing in and went on the run for more than 15 years. authorities put a $2 million bounty on his head and until his capture two years ago he had been on america's most wanted list. police arrested him at his santa monica apartment just days after releasing an appeal looking for his long-term girlfriend. find her, and you will find him. it worked. to massachusetts, james whitey bolger finally faced his crimes. a judge sentenced him to life in prison. bolger deserves nothing less than to spend the rest of his life in jail for the harm, the pain, and the suffering he has caused to

the san francisco tour is the second most popular attraction only to alcatraz, it is the thing our customers want to do when comes to san francisco is a tour around this infamous area. keep in mind that we will do everything to screen vehicles, not stop, not create traffic congestion, but we see option 2 as kind of the best of both worlds. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> francis gorman, cat hontis. >> good afternoon, miss gorman >> i am francis gorman, i represent the tour guides that work for companies like miss perkins we are talking about enclosed vehicles of preformed groups, these are preformed groups already traveling around the city and they include alamo square as a feature. i opened my paper today and saw a puzzle of alamo square being advertised. san francisco travel has it on the front of its brochures. we are very sensitive, i understand the alamo square concerns, i live in the cal hollow district which is now dealing with google busses coming through so i understand that, but we believe there can be some operation. i would like to say option 2 so that we can at least driv

indians will celebrate thanksgiving in a much different way this morning at a sunrise gathering on alcatraz. they are commemorating the occupation of the island more than 40 years ago. there will be songs, dance, and talks about the indian occupation that lasted almost two years ago. boats will leave from pier 33 here in san francisco starting at 4:45 a.m. and will run every 15 minutes until 8:45. >>> looks like the worst is over for people traveling for the holidays this week. the nation's airports and highways are getting back to normal after the messy wintry storm blanketed much of the east coast. it brought heavy rain and snow forcing flight delays and cancellations. here in the bay area, traffic was bad but for the most part, flights were on time out of sfo. >> well, it's 4:35. let's hope everyone is home sweet home now getting ready for thanksgiving. >> just getting ready to go. i think the weather around here will be nice. we with worried we might see some showers on thanksgiving day. doesn't look like that's going to happen. still some clouds rolling across our skies. you can see th

. >> and finally, alcatraz, tourist attraction or secret home to a giant squid bent on destroying san francisco? none of these stories on "red eye" tonight. >> and now let's welcome our guests. i am here with actress and model sam sorbo. her kevin -- her husband kevin sorbo was just on. yeah, like that and bigger muscles. and the author of the book "the answer, proof of good in heaven." and tv's andy levy. there he is. isn't that cute and sad? bill schulz, my repulsive sidekick. nice outfit, bill. excellent. and fresh from his afternoon shift at the park where he plays his casio sin that synthesizer for money, very little money. writer and comedian and earring wearer jesse joyce. >> a block. the lede. that's the first story. >> i'm all out of love. i'm so lost without you, greg. >> feeling the same. their perversity calls for diversity. the kentucky medical center, is there any other kind, called on all employees to complete diversity training after somebody came to a halloween party as president obama in a straight jacket. why does it have to be straight? the picture was passed aroun

good morning on wednesday morning with a look, a gorgeous picture looking at the bay, can you see alcatraz and san francisco. a few clouds but it is still chilly we will check with meteorologist, mike nicco, to see how warm it will get. >> amber alert is in effect for a two week old baby taken from a sunnyvale apartment complex. the highway patrol signs are lit up this morning. the missing philipine has black hair and brown eyes and was taken yesterday afternoon by his father after he argued with the more. the c.h.p. is looking for a tan gmc envoy license plate 6hil892. stay with us and matt keller will have an update in 15 minutes. >> the new retrial of american college student amanda knox and her former italian boyfriend are underway in an italian appeals court in nor -- florence. they were first found guilty and then acquitted. he declared his innocence and testified he does not wish anyone on earth to go what he went through. she said she had no plans to return to italy from the united states for the row -- retrial. >> testosterone treatments for men could lead to death. men who use th

. >> and finally, alcatraz, tourist attraction or secret home to a giant squid bent on destroying sanncisco? none of these stories on "red eye" tonight. >> and now let's welcome our guests. i am here

and i don't know they probably think i am the bird man of alcatraz.aybe i'm mistaken because he had a shaved head too. >> miller was serving an eight year sentence for burglary when he proudly showed us his cell. a virtual shrine to his winged friends. >> ever since i have been here the birds come up to me like they know me. you know i got them landing on my shoulders and my hands. and you know different kinds of birds. not just pigeons. but i got, you know different kind of black birds. finch and the red wing landing on me. i think -- the birds is a good way of -- of releasing a lot of tension and anger. before i got arrested my girlfriend used to chase the birds away. she didn't want me around them. and so -- now i'm in here. i have a chance to mingle with the birds. and basically that's about the only friends that i got. i can't trust anybody else. >>> a new low from dick cheney. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening i'm chris matthews out in los angeles. let me start tonight with this. the political right in this country has reached a new low, a

it in alcatraz and the tide takes it out past the san francisco golden gate. well, we're saying, wait a minute, that's extremely valuable material to build abitat in areas that have been despoiled over the years, for example, down here in the southern part of the bay, these were great salt flats were the salt industry used the bay to evaporate the bay water and get salt. well, those need to be restored and it's quite possible that the material from the dredging could be used in that way or another habitat program, even up here into the delta. but it's not the cheapest. so we're looking at a little tweak here that would allow the port of oakland or the other ports in the san francisco bay area, and really around the nation, to do an environmental project along with the dredging project. very similar to what you're talking about on the mississippi river. so i see common cause here. i see common cause where we can maximize the total benefit for the nation. it could be an additional cost that the port will have to pick up. ok. but we get a two-fer. we get environm

. >>> a celebrated chinese artist and dissident is planning an art exhibition onal alcatraz.he is working with national park service and other local agencies to get approval for the project. if approved it could open in the fall of 2014. the thing is, so far there is very little information about what exactly he is planning to show at the former prison. we know the artist was jailed by chinese authorities in 2011 and he has made several art pieces about his time in prison. >>> reminder, attention, alert. don't forget. this is for myself. we fall back this weekend. daylight saving time ends tomorrow morning 2:00 a.m. so set your clock back one hour tonight to make sure you are up on time and on time all day on sunday. don't be like me. i have forgotten before. >> i have been there too. >>> we are starting out with sunshine around the bay, but fog has made a come back. the marine layer is compressed in parts right over san francisco and on the coast. but do you see the cloud cover to the north? live doppler 7hd, this is a cold front. it is a dry one and it will be working its w

. >>> a celebrated artist is planning a project on alcatraz.approval f it's approved the show could open sometime in the fall of 2014. now so far there's little information about what exactly the artist is planning to show at the former prison. the artist himself was jailed by chinese authorities in 2011 and he's made several art piece was his time in prison. >>> all right. big reminder here. especially for me. don't forget. we fall back this weekend. day light saving time ends tomorrow at 2:00 a.m. so set your clocks back one hour tomorrow night and make sure you are on time for whatever you have going on on sunday. i have been guilty of changing clocks. >> but you get to sleep in. >> yeah, so i'm sorry but i don't want to be an hour off. >> the sunrise 7:37 and tomorrow 6:38. we will enjoy the extra hour. live doppler hd this morning, it's quiet but we will track a cold front and extra cloud cover as we go through the afternoon. sun setting at 6:10 tonight. 5:09 tomorrow. here's a look. we are nice and clear but we are looking at the cool tem

. >>> a celebrated artist is planning a project on alcatraz.t approval f it's approved the show could open sometime in the fall of 2014. now so far there's little information about what exactly the artist is planning to show at the former prison. the artist himself was jailed by chinese authorities in 2011 and he's made several art pieces about his time in prison. big reminder here. don't forget. we fall back this weekend. day light saving time ends tomorrow at 2:00 a.m. so set your clocks back one hour tomorrow night and make sure you are on time for whatever youçó have going on on sunday. especially for people who get up in the middle of the night, say at 2:00 p.m. sorry about that. >> 7:37 is our sunrise this morning. and setting after 6:00. of course, tomorrow the sun will be up earlier. we head outside and check out live doppler 7md. first you notice it is clear out there and we do have not only the clear sky staying out forecast bay this morning due to the pressure gradient, but the winds kicking up and allowing for the clear sky. but tha

remembered unlike capone, unlike machine gun kelly, both of who shared -- had prison cells on l alcatrazi think whitey will be remembered for the corruption. whitey bulger was a creation of the fbi. he was protected by the fbi and to a larger extent by the justice department. i think the difference about -- compared with bulger and all the other criminals we have in the pantheon of infamous criminals, i think it says as much about the corruption of our government as it says about the evil finality of one -- hey, i expect whitey to be a criminal. he is a criminal. i don't expect my government to protect murderers. >> do you think that came out enough, though, in the trial? because it is so easy to kind of be distracted by the story of whitey bulger. i, myself, the other night got pulled into some documentary on his life and how he turned into this person as opposed to the federal government's role in creating whitey bulger and his power. >> tamron, it did not come out to the extent i was certainly hoping it would. there was nothing really new in the evidence that came out other than white

but the obama administration in regard to israel as a strategic liability regards it as political alcatraz and political nuisance and i am sorry, betraying israel is not in the best interest of our united states. bill: thank you, sir ralph peters out of washington. at home, what do you think of this iran deal? we will get to a few of your thoughts on twitter later in the program. a lot of reaction as you would imagine. martha: coming up, heroism at an nfl game, not talking about the football field. a u.s. marine saved a woman's life. bill: a deadly storm heading east, already a killer in parts threatening to make a mess of one of the busiest travel days of the year. >> it is slick, lots of snow on top of ice being tacked on. >> they are pretty icy. even though sometimes it doesn't help, baby. fans at that game amazed. >> see people in tears, see faces, you knew something was just off. >> yelled at her don't do it, please don't do it 10 times. she crawled up to the edge and jumped. >> one of the fans very heroically tried to catch her. he got injured in the process. bill: that woman is list

mostly sunny skies over alcatraz and over the bay.onditions in the hills and right along the coast. >>> preparations are underway for the funeral of an of teacher that was shot and killed by a student. they will pay respects to master sergeant michael lansbury while trying to stop a middle school student with a gun. they say he was more than just a teacher. >> no, he was -- he died protecting people. >> that is the best thing. he went out as a hero. >>> jose reyes shot and injured two other people before turning the gun on himself. >> he will continue on the campus as long as students and staff members need it. >> they are recovering for being shot at the a and t state university. >> police say it happened around 10 last night. one or more people will get it done on campus. >> according to the website, it is put on lock down. it was a considerable distance from the gunman and they he received serious wound. the gunman has not been identified. >> one of the passengers stranded during the lax lock down was a retired march even. it was g

giving you a nice view of the bay and the golden gate bridge, alcatraz, mostly clear skies around thecap top stories this morning. typhoon haiyan is barreling towards vietnam. it could make landfall tonight or early tomorrow morning. the filipino government confirms about 140 deaths, but the red cross estimates at least 1200 people have died. the death toll could become much higher once rescue crews reach remote areas. >>> there are rallies throughout the state for the 13- year-old boy from santa rosa shot and killed by a sonoma county sheriffs deputy. organizers are calling it a day of action for andy lopez. protest sites include santa rosa, san francisco, oakland and sacramento. >>>a memorial is being held today to honor those who died on the old eastern span of the bay bridge. loved ones of those killed on the bay bridge will attend a ceremony on the bridge in a few minutes. allie rasmus is on the scene with more. >> reporter: we are at cal trans headquarters. this is where all the families are meeting to get briefed by the chp about how today's events will work. in about 15 minute

. >> i want in alcatraz and i wanted to leave before -- i didn't want to spend the night there. and they play the sound -- it's very quiet. >> oh, look. >> and they play the sound of all the bars closing and it's a very loud echoey sound and you're glad you have a boat to leave the island. >> it looks like they have bars still in the restaurant, maybe down in the restaurant in the bar there are still bars on the wounds, but the rooms themselves look like -- >> you have to ask yourself if feeling like you're in a jalt appeals to you, you're a strange person. if you want to admit, yeah, i'd like to be in jail for a little while, as long as i could come and go, then you have to ask yourself, what is it that you really -- >> the last time i made comments about things going on in jail -- >> i know you did. >> so i stay away from this conversation. >> if you ever go to jail, you'd like to be sentenced to a woman' jail is what you said. and just so order of hang out, i think, right? you're going to -- people know. this is a continuation of our last conversation. >> i know. but not all