john alston joins us live with the latest. john? >> reporter: ama, rereturned from the concourse a few minutes ago, and there are still 20 uniformed police and fire officials standing around the elevator door with the exposed shaft trying to figure out the best way to extricate the body from the shaft. this started at about 9:30. a person in the elevator which goes from the muni level up to the concourse level. at the time the person in the elevator heard a scream and the elevator became stuck. it turns out a body apparently became wedged between the elevator car and the wall of the elevator shaft. unclear how the person got in there, but that is something they are trying to figure out. officials are down there trying to figure out how to get the body out. again, this is the elevator that runs from the bart station up to the mu knee level and up to the concourse. about 9:30 a person in the elevator heard a scream and then the elevator stopped. this will be continuing for some time. trains have been running, however one station -- on

john alston joins us live with the latest. john?reporter: ama, rereturned from the concourse a few minutes ago, and there are still 20 uniformed police and fire officials standing around the elevator door with the exposed shaft trying to figure out the best way to extricate the body from the shaft. this started at about 9:30. a person in the elevator which goes from the muni level up to the concourse level. at the time the person in the elevator heard a scream and the elevator became stuck. it turns out a body apparently became wedged between the elevator car and the wall of the elevator shaft. unclear how the person got in there, but that is something they are trying to figure out. officials are down there trying to figure out how to get the body out. again, this is the elevator that runs from the bart station up to the mu knee level and up to the concourse. about 9:30 a person in the elevator heard a scream and then the elevator stopped. this will be continuing for some time. trains have been running, however one station -- one ha

john alston is live at police headquarters with the story for us. john?reporter: he has been in town for three days. he has been meeting with officials including governor brown and mayor quan. he is the man for the job and so now oakland's problems are his problems. >> the former head of police departments in l.a. and new york promised residents they would see in fast results. >> this is a very winnable situation in oakland. i think there is a lot of opportunity here to make some early gains quickly. i think you are going to see some of the gains will be made quickly. >> with oakland seeing a surnl in violent crime, they are being paid a quarter million dollars to vee verse the -- to reverse the tide. his strategy also includes improving oakland's realtime crime tracking computer system. and he again endorsed the controversial police tactic known as stop and frisk. >> to be frank, there is ?ot a police department in america that will be affected without it. >> i expected him to practice constitutional policing. we do walking stops and it is what i expect

john alston is in the newsroom with what happened. and john the fallout? day >> as the day progressed the pentagon put a stop to all military use of 60 millimeter mortars until an investigation they are safe. the moratorium looks at the batch used at the hawthorne depot where a mortar exploded yesterday killing seven marines and injuring seven others. hawthorne, nevada is a military town, and with so many marines killed and injured at once, the vigil is a community affair. >> because of men and women like these dedicated young ce, peace and justice.land of may our ceremonies deepen from these comrades. >> they were from camp lejeune. they were at the army depot in the nevada desert training for warfare when a 60 millimeter mortar exploded in a launching tube. >> every loss of life is heartbreaking. whether that occurs in afghanistan,, hawthorne, nevada, north carolina or anywhere else. >> this shows launch launch mortars, although this is not video from the army base. miss fires can be stuck in the tube. the cause of monday night's explosion is unknown. >>

john alston is in the newsroom with what happened. and john the fallout? >> as the day progressed the pentagon put a stop to all military use of 60 millimeter mortars until an investigation determines they are safe. the moratorium looks at the batch used at the hawthorne depot where a mortar exploded yesterday killing seven marines and injuring seven others. hawthorne, nevada is a military town, and with so many marines killed and injured at once, the vigil is a community affair. >> because of men and women like these dedicated young marines, we live in a land of freedom, peace and justice. may our ceremonies deepen reverence from these comrades. >> they were from camp lejeune. they were at the army depot in the nevada desert training for warfare when a 60 millimeter mortar exploded in a launching tube. >> every loss of life is heartbreaking. whether that occurs in afghanistan, hawthorne, nevada, north carolina or anywhere else. >> this shows how troops launch mortars, although this is not video from the army base. miss fires can be stuck in the tube. the

john alston is in the newsroom with what happened. and john the fallout? >> as the day progressed the pentagon put a stop to all military use of 60 millimeter mortars until an investigation determines they are safe. the moratorium looks at the batch used at the hawthorne depot where a mortar exploded yesterday killing seven marines and injuring seven others. hawthorne, nevada is a military town, and with so many marines killed and injured at once, the vigil is a community affair. >> because of men and women like these dedicated young marines, we live in a land of freedom, peace and justice. may our ceremonies deepen reverence from these comrades. >> they were from camp lejeune. they were at the army depot in the nevada desert training for warfare when a 60 millimeter mortar exploded in a launching tube. >> every loss of life is heartbreaking. whether that occurs in afghanistan, hawthorne, nevada, north carolina or anywhere else. >> this shows how troops launch mortars, although this is not video from the army base. miss fires can be stuck in the tube. the

john alston is live at police headquarters with the story for us. john?> reporter: he has been in town for three days. he has been meeting with officials including governor brown and mayor quan. he is the man for the job and so now oakland's problems are his problems. >> the former head of police departments in l.a. and new york promised residents they would see in fast results. >> this is a very winnable situation in oakland. i think there is a lot of opportunity here to make some early gains quickly. i think you are going to see some of the gains will be made quickly. >> with oakland seeing a surnl in violent crime, they are being paid a quarter million dollars to vee verse the -- to reverse the tide. his strategy also includes improving oakland's realtime crime tracking computer system. and he again endorsed the controversial police tactic known as stop and frisk. >> to be frank, there is ?ot a police department in america that will be affected without it. >> i expected him to practice constitutional policing. we do walking stops and it is what i expec

john alston is live at police headquarters with the story for us. john? >> reporter: he has been in town for three days. he has been meeting with officials including governor brown and mayor quan. he is the man for the job and so now oakland's problems are his problems. >> the former head of police departments in l.a. and new york promised residents they would see in fast results. >> this is a very winnable situation in oakland. i think there is a lot of opportunity here to make some early gains quickly. i think you are going to see some of the gains will be made quickly. >> with oakland seeing a surnl in violent crime, they are being paid a quarter million dollars to vee verse the -- to reverse the tide. his strategy also includes improving oakland's realtime crime tracking computer system. and he again endorsed the controversial police tactic known as stop and frisk. >> to be frank, there is ?ot a police department in america that will be affected without it. >> i expected him to practice constitutional policing. we do walking stops and it is what i exp

john alston has more from north first street. >> the brutal stabbing happened in broad day light just after 2:30 in the afternoon in the parking lot next to the togo sandwich shop. matt was eating lunch when he heard a commotion and ran out to help the woman slashed on her neck and arms. >> i held her head up and kept pressure on it. i said, who did this? can you give me a name, any name? and she couldn't really talk. >> he, too, was covered in blood when the paramedics arrived. >> i feel it was horrible for her to have to die that way, and i just hope by me being there maybe it wasn't as bad way to die. >> he walked to north second street where he was doing handiwork and had to convince police he was not the killer. police say the real culprit hopped the fence and ran through this neighborhood where detectives found blood in front of some homes. the detectives came by and circled where the blood stains are. we've been told to stay in our house with our doors and windows locked. we aren't even allowed to come out to our front yard. >> people went door to door to check garages and othe

john alston is live on north first street. >> reporter: san jose's tenth homicide of the year took place not far from the santa clara government building. they have ended their door-to-door search and we talked to the young man who tried to save the 29-year-old woman. >> the brutal stabbing happened in broad daylight just after 2:30 in the afternoon in a parking lot next to the togo sachbd witch shop. he was eating there and rushed out to help the woman who was slashed on her neck and arms. >> i held her head up and kept pressure on it. can you give me any name and she couldn't really took. >> he was covered in blood when paramedics arrived. >> it was horrible for her to have to die that way. by me being there it wasn't that bad way to die. >> he was doing handy work and had to convince police he was not the killer. real culprit hopped a fence and ran through the neighborhood where they found blood in front of some homes. >> we've been told to stay in our house and with doors and windows locked. >> police went door to door checking dozens of houses, garages and other possible hiding plac

john alston is live in berkeley with the latest. >> workers knocked off an hour ago.e heard hammers and saws instead of the unusual bustling kitchen and dinner conversation. he serves about 400 to 500 customers every day. and many of them got calls saying they would make other plans tonight. instead of delighting the friday night dinner crowd it was an off limits construction zone. they were boarding up windows and shoring up the foundation. among the disappointed was jaime drake who planned to have her birthday dinner here tonight. >> we had reservations a month ago, and the reservations are tough to get. >> what better place to go for your birthday? that was the plan. we were lucky we live down the street. we will come back. >> the fire started just after 3:00 in the morning. the apparent cause is a fault electrical box under the front porch. the main dining room is fine thanks to a sprinkler system. the front porch and ground floor will need repair work. they are the most famous along gourmet ghetto. it is known for its california cuisine made from locally grown or

abc7 news reporter john alston has the story. >> this is the injury to an innocent eight-year-old girl. a 20-inch arrow through her left thigh. the only thing nay dean -- nadine was doing was playing on this life-sized whale replica during a field trip in the berkeley hill. >> he was -- she was riding down the whale, and she felt a shock in her left leg and jumped off and tried to run, but she couldn't run. >> her mother says the arrow went through only fatty tissue, missing any major blood vessels in her leg. >> she cried a little bit and then calmed downright away. everyone said she was pretty calm for what happened. >> the startling injury occurred around 10:00 a.m. as nadine was with 50 of her third grade classmates from the mary esilvia . jeff was sham roaning another group -- chaperoning another group. >> maybe an idiot not thinking of what they are doing or maybe somebody being malicious. why would somebody do that? why would they chance it. >> detectives from the police department carried away an arrow concealed in paper evidence bags that was discovered in a backyard. it was a

that's where john alston is tonight. john? >> reporter: carolyn, police are just wrapping up the scene after work the area the past few hours. the officer hit was not hurt. police say it may be connected to a series of crimes involving victims who were robbed at the barrel of a shotgun the short police ended on george court. a cul-de-sac in the bay view district. he threw the car in reverse hitting one of the uniformed officers trying to arrest him. the bmw repositioned himself and hoping to go forward. the officer was vulnerable and could have been seriously injured or killed. it was fired at the bmw striking the driver one time. it crashed into the front of a home. it was stolen at gun point and possibly connected to four armed robberies in the city recently. >> officers from the bay view station spotted a carjacked vehicle from yesterday that was stolen with a -- at gunpoint with a shotgun. we believe it may be part of the shotgun series that is going on. >> reporter: this is the lottest in a series of -- the latest in bay

that's where john alston is tonight. john? >> reporter: carolyn, police are just wrapping up the scene after work the area the past few hours. the officer hit was not hurt. police say it may be connected to a series of crimes involving victims who were robbed at the barrel of a shotgun the short police ended on george court. a cul-de-sac in the bay view district.he threw the car in ree hitting one of the uniformed officers trying to arrest him. the bmw repositioned himself and hoping to go forward. the officer was vulnerable and could have been seriously injured or killed. it was fired at the bmw striking the driver one time. it crashed into the front of a home. it was stolen at gun point and possibly connected to four armed robberies in the city recently. >> officers from the bay view station spotted a carjacked vehicle from yesterday that was stolen with a -- at gunpoint with a shotgun. we believe it may be part of the shotgun series that is going on. >> reporter: this is the lottest in a series of -- the latest in bay area

john alston is live in berkeley with the latest. >> workers knocked off an hour ago. we heard hammers and saws instead of the unusual bustling kitchen and dinner conversation. he serves about 400 to 500 customers every day. and many of them got calls saying they would make other plans tonight. instead of delighting the friday night dinner crowd it was an off limits construction zone. they were boarding up windows and shoring up the foundation. among the disappointed was jaime drake who planned to have her birthday dinner here tonight. >> we had reservations a month ago, and the reservations are tough to get. >> what better place to go for your birthday? that was the plan. we were lucky we live down the street. we will come back. >> the fire started just after 3:00 in the morning. the apparent cause is a fault electrical box under the front porch. the main dining room is fine thanks to a sprinkler system. the front porch and ground floor will need repair work. they are the most famous along gourmet ghetto. it is known for its california cuisine made from locally grown

abc7 news reporter john alston is live and sounds like the meeting got pretty heated tonight. >> they didn't get the answers they wanted. we also learned the two-year-old girl is no longer at the school and four or five other parents have also pulled their children from the center point christian school. this closed door meeting was closed at times. parents drove off in a hurry after tonight's 90-minute meeting, in no mood to stop and talk about what happened inside. some were clearly upset about what they heard or didn't hear. >> there were people who were highly frustrated, and there was raised voices, yes. >> 114 parents gathered in the sanctuary of the church where elders provided them with a letter from the state revealing the name of a former teacher accused of using masking tape to tie up a two-year-old. >> some were upset they couldn't get more information. they were. we realize we disappointed some by not providing more information than we were legally allowed to provide. >> she resigned in january and was the subject of a police investigation. according to a complaint with t

abc7 news reporter john alston is live and sounds like the meeting got pretty heated tonight. >> they didn't get the answers they wanted. we also learned the two-year-old girl is no longer at the school and four or five other parents have also pulled their children from the center point christian school. this closed door meeting was closed at times. parents drove off in a hurry after tonight's 90-minute meeting, in no mood to stop and talk about what happened inside. some were clearly upset about what they heard or didn't hear. >> there were people who were highly frustrated, and there was raised voices, yes. >> 114 parents gathered in the sanctuary of the church where elders provided them with a letter from the state revealing the name of a former teacher accused of using masking tape to tie up a two-year-old. >> some were upset they couldn't get more information. they were. we realize we disappointed some by not providing more information than we were legally allowed to provide. >> she resigned in january and was the subject of a police investigation. according to a complaint with t

abc7 news reporter john alston has the story. >> this is the injury to an innocent eight-year-old girlh arrow through her left thigh. the only thing nay dean -- nadine was doing was playing on this life-sized whale replica during a field trip in the berkeley hill. >> he was -- she was riding down the whale, and she felt a shock in her left leg and jumped off and tried to run, but she couldn't run. >> her mother says the arrow went through only fatty tissue, missing any major blood vessels in her leg. >> she cried a little bit and then calmed downright away. everyone said she was pretty calm for what happened. >> the startling injury occurred around 10:00 a.m. as nadine was with 50 of her third grade classmates from the mary esilvia . jeff was sham roaning another group -- chaperoning another group. >> maybe an idiot not thinking of what they are doing or maybe somebody being malicious. why would somebody do that? why would they chance it. >> detectives from the police department carried away an arrow concealed in paper evidence bags that was discovered in a backyard. it was among sever

abc7 news reporter john alston is live and sounds like the meeting got pretty heated tonight. >> they didn't get the answers they wanted. we also learned the two-year-old girl is no longer at the school and four or five other parents have also pulled their children from the center point christian school. this closed door meeting was closed at times. parents drove off in a hurry after tonight's 90-minute meeting, in no mood to stop and talk about what happened inside. some were clearly upset about what they heard or didn't hear. >> there were people who were highly frustrated, and there was raised voices, yes. >> 114 parents gathered in the sanctuary of the church where elders provided them with a letter from the state revealing the name of a former teacher accused of using masking tape to tie up a two-year-old. >> some were upset they couldn't get more information. they were. we realize we disappointed some by not providing more information than we were legally allowed to provide. >> she resigned in january and was the subject of a police investigation. according to a complaint with t

abc7 news reporter john alston has the story. >> this is the injury to an innocent eight-year-old girlher left thigh. the only thing nay dean -- nadine was doing was playing on this life-sized whale replica during a field trip in the berkeley hill. >> he was -- she was riding down the whale, and she felt a shock in her left leg and jumped off and tried to run, but she couldn't run. >> her mother says the arrow went through only fatty tissue, missing any major blood vessels in her leg. >> she cried a little bit and then calmed downright away. everyone said she was pretty calm for what happened. >> the startling injury occurred around 10:00 a.m. as nadine was with 50 of her third grade classmates from the mary esilvia . jeff was sham roaning another group -- chaperoning another group. >> maybe an idiot not thinking of what they are doing or maybe somebody being malicious. why would somebody do that? why would they chance it. >> detectives from the police department carried away an arrow concealed in paper evidence bags that was discovered in a backyard. it was among several arrows found

john alston is live in berkeley with the latest. >> workers knocked off an hour ago. we heard hammers and saws instead of the unusual bustling kitchen and dinner conversation. he serves about 400 to 500 customers every day. and many of them got calls saying they would make other plans tonight. instead fride friday night dinner crowd it was an off limits construction zone. they were boarding up windows and shoring up the foundation. among the disappointed was jaime drake who planned to have her birthday dinner here tonight. >> we had reservations a month ago, and the reservations are tough to get. >> what better place to go for your birthday? that was the plan. we were lucky we live down the street. we will come back. >> the fire started just after 3:00 in the morning. the apparent cause is a fault electrical box under the front porch. the main dining room is fine thanks to a sprinkler system. the front porch and ground floor will need repair work. they are the most famous along gourmet ghetto. it is known for its california cuisine made from locally grown organic food

john alston is live on treasure island with a look what happened today. reporter: you're right.by-step we're getting closer to seeing traffic on the new section of the bay bridge. construction crews are wrapping up their nine-our hoe ject. work started at 7:00 a.m. 136 cement truck loads filling in the lanes. it's about the size of three football fields. now, it will take a week for it to fully hard ton the point construction vehicles can drive over it. this is the last section of the deck to be pumped full of cement. there's still a lot of work to be done over the next six months. >> big picture, still need to pave the entire bridge. right now the road decks are in place but paving has not one done. electrical work, the lights on the bridge. finish taking down scaffolding around the tower. painting is still going on, on the cable and elsewhere. >> by finishing the deck today it means that both eastbound and westbound traffic will be open at the same time win the new bridge opens. originally the plan was for traffic heading into oakland would not use the new pan until four to si

john alston is live with the story. >> john: it's serious business when my police weapon is storm or for. this is an ar-15 semi automatic rifle and in the wrong hands could be big trouble. a number of

that's where john alston is tonight. john? >> reporter: carolyn, police are just wrapping up the scene after work the area the past few hours. the officer hit was not hurt. police say it may be connected to a series of crimes involving victims who were robbed at the barrel of a shotgun the short police ended on george court. a cul-de-sac in the bay view district. he threw the car in reverse hitting one of the uniformed officers trying to arrest him. the bmw repositioned himself and hoping to go forward. the officer was vulnerable and could have been seriously injured or killed. it was fired at the bmw striking the driver one time. it crashed into the front of a home. it was stolen at gun point and possibly connected to four armed robberies in the city recently. >> officers from the bay view station spotted a carjacked vehicle from yesterday that was stolen with a -- at gunpoint with a shotgun. we believe it may be part of the shotgun series that is going on. >> reporter: this is the lottest in a series of -- the latest in bay

masses they created so again here is the tape for mcconnell me phrase of course coined by catherine alston fits but now that scientists have determined are also very similar to cancers so they basically destroyed the system they killed the system right so the average american does not participate in the in the stock market rally because the stock market rally is driven by hardened criminals and securities laws violators like jamie diamond so they're know if they buy into the stocks are they supporting criminality that's one of the issues that they're turning people off because they don't want to invest in this plague this financial hole a cost that is jamie diamond they don't want to invest in that so they are on the sidelines. like in some societies the the that. woman is forced to marry the man who was abused ok here similarly people are being forced to invest in the stock market individual that are abusing them that's a very dysfunctional relationship financial markets rely on trust they rely on capital they rely on people participating and trusting each other to not repeat their off so

live in daly city, john alston. >> ama: bay area neighbors tired are being afraid are taking crime fighting in their own hands. is in the neighborhood where they are fighting back. lisa? >> reporter: that is true. there are two of many residents say... that since there aren't enough police officers they have to work together to feel safe again >> at hammond park, residents want to see more families enjoying themselves, but instead they are seeing just the opposite. >> we see the break-ins. we've seen vandalism at the park. >> that is why the neighborhood association has taken matters into its own hands. >> it's part of the security guard to patrol the park to try to keep extra eyes on what is going on. >> association hired the uniformed guard in january because of the crime fight. according to the police department, property crimes citywide are up nearly 30% and 2012 auto theft jumped up 71%. >> meantime, the city's police department continues to struggle with staffing levels. currently there are 978 officers. five years ago there were 1400. >> that is number one, more police officers patro

john alston shows understanding the main upstairs dining room is still intact. >> reporter: instead of dleigtd the friday night dinner crowd. they were boarding up windows and among the disappointed was jamie drake that was planning to have a birthday dinner here. >> the reservations are tough to get. yeah, what better place to go to chez panisse for your birthday. that was the plan. we are lucky we live down the street. we will come back. >> reporter: the fire started just after 3:00 in the morning. the apparent cause was a faulty electrical box. the main dining room is fine thanks to a sprinkle system but the front porch will need repair work. it opened in 1971 and most famous restaurant on shadock avenue. owner alice waters hopes to open next weekend. >> it's rebuilding to the upstairs but i can see the upstairs could open very soon if we find some way to camouflage the front of the building. >> throughout the evening, people stopped to look at the damage including one woman who had her wedding dinner here. >> my husband said it burned down and he said, no, but it looks like it will

john alston has more from north first street. >> brutal stabbing happened in broad daylight in a parking lot next to the togo sandwich shop. matt was eating lunch when he heard a commotion and rushed out to help the woman that was slashed on her neck and arms. >> i held her head up and kept pressure on it. i said who did this? can you give me any name. >> he, too, was covered in blood when paramedics arrived. >> i feel like it was horrible for her to have to die that way. i hope that my being there maybe it wasn't as bad to die. >> he walked to north second street and had to convince police he was not the killer. police say the real culprit hop add fence and ran through the neighborhood where they found blood in front of some homes. >> detective came by and circled where the blood spots are. we have been told to stay in our house and keep doors and windows locked. >>> police went door to door checking dozens of houses and other possible hiding places but after several hours they scaled back the search. they are trying to figure out what led up to the attack. male suspect approached our f

general alston, you and dr.e seem to have read the many reports and independent reviews of the doe security that have been convicted previously. secretary chu calls it, quote, the considerable body of work that has been done on the subject of the past decade come end of quote. in particular, you mentioned the review done by admiral meese in 2005. you heard me in my opening statement mention a few others, but there are many more. how do your findings and recommendations compared to those findings and all of the previous reports? >> thank you very much. stat your microphone needs to be turned on, please. >> i need coaching. mr. chairman, thank you for the question. i would say that probably the most disturbing thing mr. augustine and i found was the recuring evidence of problems that have existed before, and when you take a close look at admiral meese's work that he did, i count about 111 recommendations that the department of energy showed us a matrix. we have grades on them. and then on a -- without doing an exh

i will start with general alston.dod security review has been called a considerable body of work that has been done over the past decade. in particular, you mentioned it would be done by the admiral in 2005. you heard hurt me in my opening statement mention a few others. there are many more. howdy are fanning findings and recommendations include the findings of the most recent reports? >> your microphone needs to be turned on, please. >> okay. >> mr. chairman, thank you for the question. i would say that the most disturbing thing that mr. augustine and i have found was the recurring evidence of problems and when you take a close look at the work that he did, i counted about a 111 recommendations that the department of energy showed us. they were in the matrix. without doing an exhaustive detailed cross check of what the admiral found, i would take issue with a variety of those in terms of the help of those particular findings. since 2005, there has been, and there is a lot of time over the course of eight years, i can