wdbj has an excerpt from a report an allison packer and adam ward. >> allison was smart and ambitious and cad dam -- adam would go the extra mile to get the job done. they worked together each morning. i wanted to go through a study to see if high job impacts how i snooze. adam and i work the same early morning shift but have completely different sleep schedules. >> colleagues say both parker and ward came to work with smile on their faces in spite of their early morning shifts. >> as the story continues to develop, stay with abc7 for your complete coverage on air and online with several new crews would being the story and you can follow us on twitter@atthistime. also, on-line at abc7news.com. >> dramatic rescue by the coast guard after five hour ordeal. a woman and her two dogs were trapped on a cliff after falling. the rescue was caught on video. matt keller joins joins us from daly city. >> the park department is fencing the if ensure that firefighters cut through so they could get to the victim down below on the cliff. the cliff is about 300' from the beach. everyone made it out a

the victims, a reporter allison packer and adam ward, the photographer, were in their 20's.hony sadler was welcomed home, he and two lifelong friends are credited with disarming a gunman on a train on friday and the suspect faces terrorism charges. >> wall street is open and the dow jumped 400 points to the positive opening bell. the boost follows beijing's decision to cut a key interest rate to stabilize financial markets. if it maintains the gain it is the biggest gains this year. >> a if you report reveals bay area drivers are the most stressed in america. you can blame that on traffic congestion getting worse. the drivers waste two work weeks a year stuck in traffic twice the national average. >> the san mateo bridge shows traffic is heavy and it will take you 17 minutes between 880 and highway 101. walnut creek is jammed going up to walnut creek. >> a look at our seven-day forecast, it will be warmer today and the heat will peak tomorrow and cooler wet on the way this weekend. >> thank you both. we continue online on facebook, twitter and all devices. devices. see you i

posted the following message on facebook, along with pictures "we didn't share this publicly but allison packer and i were very much in love. we just moved in together. i am numb. we were together almost nine months. it was the best nine months of our lives. we wanted to get married. we just celebrated her 24th birthday. she was the most radiant woman i ever met. for some reason, she loved me back. she loved her family, her parents and her brother. i'm comforted by everybody at wdvj 7. we are a family. she worked with adam every day they were a team. i'm heartbroken for his fiance same she is our morning show producer, this is unconscionable, i will share her story, because it is one to full of life, dream, and amazing journalism." end of his posting. parker had been working as full-time reporter for that station for one year. she graduated from james madison university. adam ward was 27 years old, he had worked at the station for several years. he was engaged to the producer of the morning newscast and it appears the couple got engage ted news seem here in washington. his fiancee was at work i

now, other news to come out of that e-mail today, police say that flanagan fired 17 shots at allison packernd adam ward in that attack the other afternoon. doreen, back to you. >> aaron gilchrist, thank you. >>> a force of nature, that's how andy parker is describing his daughter, alison, the reporter who was gunned down during a live tv interview. parker spoke late this afternoon saying he hopes the shooting will renew gun control efforts and push for background checks. he says he visited wdbj-tv where alison worked and met with her co-workers as well as virginia governor, terry mcauliffe. >> this was alison's home, her home station. and i, you know, met the people that she worked with and the people that really loved her and it was -- it was profoundly difficult for me. >> the gunman in this shooting, vester flanagan, purchased his weapon legally. investigators say they believed that he acted alone and did not share his plans with nip. >>> new information tonight about a recent metro train

. >> allison parker's packer is remembering his daughter as the light of his life. r has been crying since getting the news with anger creeping in. he described 24-year-old allison parker as ambitious and smart. >> everyone she touched loves her and she loved everyone back. >> parker just moved in with her boyfriend, one of the wdbj evening anchors, and adam ward was going do move in withly answer and they were going to move to north carolina, she was a producer at wdbj working behind the scenes and saw the shooting ungold from the control room. >> the gunman group up in the bay area. he had a history of anger over race issues in the workplace. co-workers describe vester lee flanagan as a disgruntled employee. he ranted about the two victim on twitter accusing them of racism and an accusation the boss denies. he said he was a gay man the victim of mass murders like columbine. >> to his friends and family in the bay area, vester lee flanagan was an outgoing student named for the 1991 homecoming court at skyline high school in oakland. now he is accused of shooting and