alex: cool, when? starting next tuesday, after the program. alex: great!cool. alex: i will. i can't wait till tuesday! yeah, me neither. i kind of like it here at grandma's house. how about if we get a new house, just for us? we can't stay here forever, you know? mom says she's going to get a house with a pool. is it hard living in two places-- every other weekend with your mom, the rest of the time with me? sometimes it's hard. sometimes i like it. i know what you mean. dad? do you like ms. casey? everybody likes ms. casey. why do you ask? are you and ms. casey going to date? alex, where did you get an idea like that? i don't know. jimmy peters, at school-- his dad is divorced and he goes out on dates. i don't have time for dates. anyway, ms. casey is going out with uncle alberto. you know that. do you have any homework? uh-uh. that's what you always say. i'll put the rest of the dishes away. you start your homework. no guitar until your homework is finished. you hear me? dad, do you think i could be a rock star? i thought you wanted to be a baseball play

first there alex first. john's absolutely right it wasn't a fairy tale it was a story and we always tell stories that's what we do in the media and that's true of social media as well as kind of the traditional mainstream media i mean i know i went into a classroom two nights ago to talk to undergraduates and and most of the people in the room had never heard of the l. or a connie before the video and i know that's that's kind of scary but with one hundred million people viewing it i suspect it's a large proportion of that hundred million and so again it's a small slice of attention but they're attending to it and most of them have not only had heard of it also have heard of the controversy over the over the video and so i think that more discussion is a good thing ok john do you think we'll see a repeat of invisible children because you think the next group of people who try to do something like this could be a lot more careful. well you know i think that was actually such a triumph i mean propaganda not ju

this is what he thinks i come and hang on alex go ahead jump in. yeah even zuckerman makes the argument that we really shouldn't be paid i was trying to be especially paying attention to syria and so if you yeah if you do syria maybe that's a bit but i mean this is this ends up being there will be a lot of people who suggest that attention should be diverted to something else the truth is that invisible invisible children despite the sort of problems with the presentation that is certainly a piece of propaganda has captured a large portion of the attention and there will be people who say that our attention i would argue that our attention to be in the united states more directly approaching questions of what i was going on in afghanistan so there will be discretion over where attention should be bent the truth is that invisible children manage to do this when they are about a media piece that drew attention to a particular problem and i think the fact is a model that people will try to sue i mean like john you want to say something before we go to

>> that's really a good question, alex.onal connection we have with the idea of the draft. but, you know, if you look at the last time we had one in this country, we got rid of it in 1973, having the draft didn't mark a high point in relations between civilian population and the military. right? the military is a high-pressure, high-performance fast-moving environment that does not want the draft, only wants volunteers. they don't want to deal with people who don't want to be there. >> how do we stop the drift to always go to war? you talk about this, or is there a way to make itç harder to goo war from this point forward? >> when the founding fathers were debating what kind of country we aught to be with regard to national security and how we aught to divide powers, they really believed that if you put the decision about whether or not to wage war in the hands of one person, if you put it in the president's hands, we would have more wars than if you put the decision about whether or not to wage war in the hands of congres

alex savage is on the ground. alex what are you hearing?: i spoke with the sergeant out here, we have a couple officers keeping watch on this particular trash can here. next to the bus stop. the intersection of edge water and they got reports this afternoon from a caller, a citizen reporting a gun of some kind in this trash can. police secured the scene. they have not seen the gun yet. they are waiting for crime scene technicians and then they will open up the trash been and look inside at the bottom of the trash can see if they find a gun. the officers tell me they have not seen a weapon but they have reports of a gun in the trash can. >> how close is this to the area where they were searching in the water and is it on the path that the killer could have take on the way to the shopping center? >> reporter: that is part of what is the thinking. it is close. just a matter of a couple blocks of the shooting scene at oikos university. whether there is a connection, police aren't saying. as far as the direct path, on the south side, so if you w

ow. >> so that's alex who success hit there. and choked and pushed on the bus? >> um, well i guess like just brings back the memories of that whole year of when i was bullied, and i want -- then there's these questions that come to mind like did they ever change, are they actually trying to stop it or are they just doing what they did to me and i've -- i've tried to get in touch with these bullies and i want to know. >> it must be really hard to see that. i know that very question that alex is asking is a question that you went to the school with. what is happening on this bus. i want to play that clip. as a parent i tell you i was balling watching this. let's play that clip. >> you send your kids to the school with the assumption if they are out of your care they are in someone else's as capable as you of keeping him safe. i don't feel like that. he's not safe on that bus. >> it's hard. it is hard. you know what? this was my day on thursday. this is my granddaughter and her new baby brother. i would be sitting there crying just

. >> that was alex libby only two years ago.ing alex is joining me along with his parents, jackie and philip libby. also with us this morning is cynthia lowen. she's a producer on the film. welcome to all of you this morning. alex, i'd like to start with you. it's been two years since that clip we saw actually took place. what is it like for you to watch that? >> well, it just makes me think back to a time where kids were ignora ignorant, and like, back then, i was just stupid and took it. >> i'm sure it was a painful time. just tell me how things are for you at school now. >> a lot better. i've gotten lots of friends and working on keeping my grades up. so great so far. >> jackie, you didn't know that your son alex was being bullied at school, and in many cases, parents don't know. looking back, were there signs? were there behavioral issues or anything like that? >> there were, but there had been for quite some time, and we thought it was -- he was becoming a preteen, and we just didn't know any better. >> let's bring in cynth

, but it was a stepping stone. >> alex learned the lesson the hard way.per immigrant parents told her that college was the key to the american dream. >> i was told i had to go to dartmouth. >> to was the first and her family to go to dartmouth. >> i landed at dartmouth and realized how to pronounce it before i got there but they all celebrated the college exceptions as if we had won the lottery. >> college was tough. >> i struggled academically. i struggled emotionally. i struggled socially and financially. >> she persevered and graduated. in 2009 her struggles inspired her to start " beyond 12 ". a nonprofit mentoring program based in san francisco. college graduates coach underrepresented students were more likely to drop out. >> only about 9 percent of students from a low syncom quartile can expect to earned a bachelor's degree, versus 75 percent of students from highest income quartile. >> today their mentoring more than 801st and second year college students in the bay area. about a quarter of them here at san fransisco state university. >> she says

that's not overstating the case at all, alex.'s spokesman said it was a classical film that eludes the right to do the right thing. it tells the story of aticus finch. they had a screaming here at the white house to feature some of gregory peck's family. the actor portraying scout was here and some d.c. school kids. that was thursday night. and tonight you mentioned it is airing on usa. that's at 8:00 tonight. a digitally remastered version of the film and president obama recorded an intro into it. a week-long celebration of the seminole and classic film. >> me indeed it is. any other things going on here? >> the countdown to the easter egg roll. no public events. maybe he'll get to the golf course as he does on the weekend, but he's not coaching his daughter sasha's team anymore. but monday is the big easter egg roll. >> that's something to look forward to, thank you. >>> in this week's office politics, we are talking to tina brown, editor and chief of "the daily beast" and "newsweek" and she talks about her close family relatio

>>da: alex smith and his wife took part in saturday's search. he says the search was not about him and he did not want to shed the focus away from finding sierra lamar. smith and his wife were among the 581 people who took part in saturday's search. the same as the volunteers eyes every once. >>caller: i was very gracious. it touched their hearts, obviously. >> i am a big 49ers stand. it is good to see high- profile people coming out. >>da: sierra lamar think the 49ers for coming out yet alex smith other volunteers did not result in any significant discoveries. what will >>ysabel: a young woman fatally stabbed in fairfield and police are still searching for a suspect. here is a live look outside on the bay bridge. looks like things are clearing out. we will be right back. buy one spectrum by lg, and get one free ? with verizon 4g lte and a 4.5" true hd display, it's great for watching movies and sports, a true hdtv experience right on my phone. i'll get one for me and one for my wife. i'll be like [manly voice] "a phone, my sweet" and she'll say

alex just spoke to police, what did they say, all flexion. >> reporter: it a -- alex? >> reporter: it all started with an argument and the fight spilled outside and that's when gunfire broke out. now police are reviewing surveillance cameras as part of their investigation. two men were shot in the head, one man died at the scene, a second man 30-year-old was transported to north bay hospital. >> any time somebody opens fire with a firearm, it is subject to hitting anybody. it was a specific conflict between two groups and the people shot were the intend victims or part of the fight that inside outside. the parking lot here as investigators came and upper viewed them, there were a number of people signed the bar at the time and they don't know what the dispute was all about. it is not far from the front base and police say they don't have a description to put out on the shooter but they do have some leads on the suspected shooter in this case. in fairfield, alex savage, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> at 8:00 last night officers responded to an emergency call at the 11

jones is the host of the alex jones show and alex i know that you and your team are no stranger to this hotel and we'll talk about that in a bit let me first get your take on what you supposed might be discussed and decided behind closed doors there. well they had their meeting there four years ago and that's where they chose to have hillary step down and for obama to become the presumptive nominee for the democrats there in denver in the two thousand and eight d.n.c. meeting and for an entire day the media in virginia and in d.c. was saying where is obama where's obama and we were there saying he's inside the secret service is there and we had inside sources that he indeed was there with hillary and years later that came out but the mainstream media would not cover it at that time and so i think some of the same things will be discussed should the elite get behind mitt romney or barack obama both men are bought and paid for by the same financial interest and so the discussion will be which candidate can basically con the american people into laying down a tyranny for another four years

. >> alex tribeca is back in town -- alex trebek is back in town. >> party crashers do a lot more than just ruin a sweet 16 birthday party. people in up g today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now arwering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. eggs you are watching abc 7 news at 11:00 with leon harris, alison starling and tim brant's boards. this is abc 7 news at 11:00, on your side. >> new at 11:00, an urgent plea for help tonight after a sweet 16 merkt a party turned violent. the number of victims has grown -- a sweet 16 party turned violent. >> at least seven were hurt on a popular ridge road read-- poplar ridge road. >> authorities are telling us that more people came forward today saying they were injured and that even more people got hurt during this party turned melee. authorities would like the w

i can argue with that alex let's say porn in the u.s. is outlawed no more porn no more no more adult entertainment industry. what is the u.s. like that look like for you if that does look good i think that hugo would be you know a lot more miserable than they already are greece porn is an outlet for people not just the people watching with performers as well i mean it's a multi-billion dollar industry and especially with jobs that employs tons of people you know tons of people are helping the economy by watching porn you know it's i think people are already sexually or prost enough as it is and miserable because of it so it's.

gooch, alex. >> ail -- good afternoon, alex. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. this event is part of a coordinated series of demonstrations all over the country put on by the association of professional flight attendants. this happens the same day as american's pay company heads into bankruptcy in new york. they are trying to cut roughly $3.5 billion from its operating budget. and these flight attendants worry their jobs are on the line. >> this is a continuing erosion of the middle class, you know, our folks out here are, you know, sometimes living paycheck to to check -- paycheck to paycheck and we're here because of a top management group that has not been able to turn the airline around and now they are coming back to labor to give up even more. >> reporter: more than 17,000 american flight attendants are walking picket lines around the country. this comes with talks of an american merger with u.s. airways. something flight attendants support. that means no furloughs and half as many jobs lost. i was e-mailed a statement from a spokesperson from american air

alex savage is live where that teen is being held, alex? >> reporter: good morning and because he has not been charged, he is expected to be here at some point but we do expect the 17-year-old will be rearrested when and if prosecutors file charges in connection with that deadly crash over the weekend. police have not released his name because he is a minor but we did find a facebook page on him where he calls himself racer fox. investigators say the teen lost control of his suv on saturday and he hit a father and daughter riding bikes on the sidewalk. yesterday potential of them were killed. police tell us this is a complex investigation which could take some time to complete. >> so you take a look at the cell phone records, see if they match the time he was driving. you can see if he was possibly texting or driving which may have helped to contribute to the accident. >> he was killed along with his daughter in concord. the boy behind the suv will likely face vehicular man slaughter charges but the case has not again to the dis-- has not g

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we're live where a memorial has been set up with alex. alex?er: after scowferring five hours of ocean off the coast, the coast guard has call odd of -- coast guard has called off their search. they were all from the san francisco yacht club. hit by two large waves near the farrallon islands on saturday. one sailor has been confirmed dead, marc katz-- marc kasanin, an artist. the others presumed dead, alan cahill, jordan fromm, elmer morrisey and alexis busch. the only woman on board. she's actually engaged to one of the people rescued, nick voss, seen walking into the san francisco yacht club last night on crutches. we talked to his sister of the she's heartbroken. >> alex busch was my brother's soulmate. i have never seen two people come together like they did into one entity. she was gonna be my sister. >> reporter: the coast guard managed to rescue three sailors on board the boat. all of those missing sailors who were thrown overboard were wearing life vests and also wearing all weather beer of some kind. this was supposed to protect them fr

alex libby is now 15 and his mom jackie libby joining us here.have to be happy that you managed to change the rating without changing the film. first to you lee hirsch, the success in getting the motion picture associationing to go along with you on this. >> you know, we are so overjoyed. it's great to be here, andrea. thanks for having us. this was an incredible movement. we saw a petition to the mpa started by a 17-year-old sund from michigan that had over a half a million signatures, members of congress, celebrities, people were just up in arms about this rating. it was an unjust rating. and yesterday, the mpa reversed their decision, broke their own rules and gave us the pg-13. we had to take out three of the "f" bombs in the film but we were able to retain the critical scene where you see the bullying. i think this is a victory for all the people that raised their voice, speaks to the bigger conversations with the mpa. but today we're here to celebrate the family that's with us on the show. this growing movement. and really this opportunity

live this afternoon in piedmont, alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alex. >>> downed power lines are also causing problems for dozens of people in concord. 4500 pg&e customers were in the darkness due to downed trees on power lines. most of the power was restored overnight but electricity for about 350 customers will not be restored until later this afternoon. >>> right now, a variety of weather elements out there some sunshine, some clouds, even a few showers. let's go back in time, though, about 15 hours ago. this was the main event with that heavy rain and the thunderstorm, the light show pushing into parts of the bay area. as alex mentioned, around 750 lightning strikes through 2:00. you can see the activity moving out to the north and east earlier this morning. as far as rainfall totals, also very impressive. oakland, 1.89. san jose at 1.79. we picked up these totals in a three-hour period late thursday evening. right now on live storm tracker, can you see the coverage. not widespread. but still some scattered showers. parts of the east bay right now just to the north

alex savage is live in foot hill boulevard to tell us why this was no accident, good morning, alex. >> reporter: investigators believe this was a case of arson. the car was parked right here on the street and because of the flames grew so large police were forced to evacuate people inside this apartment building. the fire broke out and fire crews put the flames out fairly quickly. it all took place on the 5400 block of van boulevard. investigators are saying they believe the van was intentionally set on fire and part of the reason they believe that is because the fire started inside the cabin of the van and not near the engine of the van. so police are searching for a suspected arsonist who set a van on fire forcing people to evacuate and no information on who exactly police are looking for this morning. live in oakland, alex savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> police are also searching for suspects in an overnight shooting. police found the victims outside a fast-food restaurant on 70th and international. the young man was banging on the window begging for help and he just stumbl

alex and his wife were among the 508 people who took part in a search today. sheriff's deputies say they did not make any significant discoveries, but they are still waiting on forensic test results on the md tantau xbox and to use condoms that were found. the parents of sierra lamar remain hopeful and say without the support of these volunteers, they would not be able to make it through this difficult day in and they say they were surprised to see alex met this morning. >> it was very gracious. it was unsolicited. it touched their hearts, obviously and they felt a need to be here. it was great to see those high-profile people coming out and the whole community. >>da: even all volunteers did not find any clues today, they remain positive. they say, at least we know where she is not. this search will resume tomorrow morning. >> this is a team leader for one of the many search parties looking for evidence of sierra lamar, the market held teenager who has been missing since march 60. for saturday's efforts were the largest surge since the 15 year-old has gone mis

alex?> let's talk about the ankle monitor. why is that not ready yet? what's the hold-up? do you anything about it? >> reporter: i do, it's a routine piece of equipment they've used here for some time. but in this particular case, they're doing some double and triple checks to make sure it can't be hacked. when i say hacked, i don't mean by the person wearing it, george zimmerman. but rather, those from the outside, who may be able to get into the computer system and then locate where george zimmerman is. as you know, there have been some people who have made death threats against george zimmerman and they want to make sure that all of those firewalls and other standards are put in place to prevent anybody from finding his location. >> yeah, that makes sense. nbc's kerry sanders, thanks. >>> new word today on the sex scandal rocking the secret service agency. more fallout is expected soon. that is what those with knowledge of the investigation are saying. but so far, six secret service empl

joining me is alex wagner, and rebecca rebec rebecca traister. have the polls breaking down mitt romney, and showing that president obama is coming out as more likable and more likely to care about people like me and more understanding of people like me and more caring of the people in the middle-class, and romney is lower on those things, but in the same poll, respondents were asked about who is better at improving the economy and changing washington? neither one of them rise to 50% there which is interesting, but you do see romney with a little bit of the edge. >> rich people have ran for president before and rich people have been president before. george h.w. bush, franklin roosevelt and john f. kennedy and people don't care, well, to a certain degree they care, but they won't begrudge your wealth, but it speaks to what have you done for me lately and what programs are you going to better my opportunity to be just like you? that is the main issue that the obama campaign is maybe really walking down where they don't want to walk down to. don't

burns, alex, great to see you.rea is a go for launch. pyongyang space officials say plans to send a new communications satellite into orbit are complete and that a countdown could happen by april the 16th. the controversial event puts a new spotlight on the korean peninsula where intelligence officials in the south claim the north is also prepping for another nuclear test. nbc's chief foreign correspondent, richard engel, is among the few with inside access to this story. >> reporter: thomas, if you listen closely, you can barely make out orchestra music. i'm not sure if you can hear it on your end, but we can certainly hear it here. and across this city today, preparations are under way for a series of events and parades and concerts all designed to show this country's strength, to celebrate the 100 years since the birth of the country's founder and part of these festivities also include this controversial rocket launch. today north korea said the rocket launch will go ahead sometime between the 12th and the 16th.

well immediately that would have been if it is that alex alex works behind the scenes so you don't oftentimes see alex fingerprints on the legislation that becomes laws and states around the country and so our crafts piece of legislation and works with legislators at the state level to push those laws through the times laws that are there are crafted and developed in partnership with corporations that help them with their code of market share their strategies of of making more money and so corporations can have a relationship with alec and legislators can have a relationship with alec and alex these behind the scenes and there's the research and the work to sort of push and amplify these policies around the country and so what we've done is we're pulling back the mask on alec and helping americans all around the country who who have been outraged in and inspired to act as they've heard about the trayvon martin story and folks who have known for a while about the discriminatory voter idealise and help them to understand how these bills have actually become law and the organization in d.c. who'

joining me now are alex wagner, the host of msnbc's "now with alex wagner." and an msnbc political analyst. and an average person. >> was that the phrase in the poll thing? average people. >> average people are born and die and that way -- i don't know, lawrence -- who's working -- >> as the only person here born with a silver spoon anywhere near her, i know carl wagner. >> oh, wow. >> i was born with a -- i believe, a wooden spoon. one of the ones that came with the ice cream. >> i was born with -- >> this regular guy competition is not going well. >> it's not -- it's a terrible idea if you're mitt romney and you have a four-car car elevator you're building, you have offshore accounts in the cayman islands and hundreds of millions of dollars in your name and trying to make the case of being in touch with the average joe. the issue for mitt romney -- well, it's actually the issue for the president are on all of those metrics. likability, you know, compassion, setting aside compassion for the legal dreamers and the illegal dreamers. mitt romney is in trouble.

alex? -- hazardous materials, alex? >> reporter: that truck was carrying hazardous materials when it crashed on 680 and then a tow truck has removed the rig from the center divide where it came to rest. it jackknifed shutting down 680 in both directions at the funnel boulevard, callel wooden terrible prize. a total of 10 cars are involved in this chain reaction and nobody is hurt badly enough to require a trip to the hospital but the drivers were certainly shaken. >> it is in the center divider. i thought it was over. >> reporter: and the fire department tells k. the u that it was flammable if it is exposed to air or water. and this morning as we come back to a live picture, you can see traffic is being diverted and this is the southbound traffic and then the traffic is on southbound but we are told it is not expected to fully open until 7:00 this morning. alex savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> now to developing news from san francisco and the scheduled reopening of doyle drive. allie rasmus is at the temporary ro

what was it like for you, alex, to have that happen? the first time. >> it happened every day. i just wanted friends back then. so, i just took it as a joke. and like -- >> you put up with it, didn't you? >> yeah. i went with it. and then, went home. then, my parents didn't know about it. i was depressed and sad. and until lee came along, i didn't tell anybody. >> then, lee captured this on film. three, i'm curious. throughout the documentary, such real situations. i wondered if you had a hidden camera at first. how did you make the kids were not aware you were filming them. >> i don't think they weren't aware i was there. i physically was there. it was a small camera. we had been there all year. we were sach a small crew. that life went on very quickly. and kids have smartphones all the time. the school buss have cameras anyway. there's cameras in the hallways. they're living their lives out on the camera. and it becomes less of a big deal. i think what's great is alex hadn't talked to his mom and dad about what's going on. this film,

we have to be right all the time. >> it's interesting, alex.est defense, as great as the new york police department has become, best defense is citizen awareness because they can't be have where. citizens have to report to the authorities suspicious things they see. if we don't see that, we'll get caught some day. as great as the new york city police department is, we can't be everywhere. >> evan coleman joins us on the phone. thanks for joining us. >> no problem. >> give us a little of your analysis of the situation, any information you may have. >> i think right now the evacuation seems to be out of abundance of caution. i would be careful about ascribing this to any kind of organized terrorist act or organization because, frankly, most of the organizations we're dealing with, groups like al qaeda, hezbollah, et cetera, they would be probably more sophisticated sending a grenade in a package. unfortunately, there are other people out there and there's homegrown extremists out there who would like to make a statement and what better way to mak

storm watch and they are warning drivers to be especially careful, still some drizzle out there and alex of a advantage is -- alex savage is joining us with more. >> reporter: what that means is when you look down here at the ground, a lot of wet roads and that's what you need to be careful for. we triggered several crashes and it happened around 2:00 this morning. it blocked all the lanes at washington avenue. the chp is calling this a hit- and-run accident of some kind. although no serious injuries are reported. it happened near 10th an l street, 5 people are injured and we don't have an update but certainly there was a lot of rain coming down when that accident happened in antioch this morning. obviously the lesson to learn, chp said even though there is not much rain coming down, there is standing water and that means you need to take it slow with your drive into working this morning. ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> well demolition on doyle drive with begin tomorrow night. it will add to the normal traffic volume, giants are playing at home and people are urged to use the golden gat