it happened last night at elmendorf air force base near anchorage. the air force says the c-17 jet went down during a training flight for an upcoming air show. witnesses report seeing a fire ball 750 feet high after the crash. no official confirmation of casualties so far. >>> in southern california, firefighters report progress against the worst of two major wildfires. they say the 1400 acre fire near the town of tehachapi is 25% contained and hope to have it fully contained by friday. the blaze has burned up to 40 homes and forced 2,300 residents to evacuate. >>> in the gulf of mexico today, workers are preparing for what's hoped will be the last chapter in the oil spill disaster. permanently plugging the bp well. engineers say the temporary cap placed on the well a mile beneath the surface is holding and there is far less oil visible on the water or on gulf coast beaches. the next big step toward permanently sealing the well could come early next week. >>> hundreds of clean-up workers are at the scene of another big oil spill. this one threatening

berwick, an anchorage the finance committee to it least hold a public hearing now -- encourage the finance committee to it least -- at least hold a public hearing now. this cannot be implemented behind closed doors. this is a warning. your health care and the care of your loved ones now hangs in the balance. americans deserve answers. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> tonight, the final debate between four candidates in michigan gov.'s republican primary debate. it is followed by a rebates -- the debate by those running

. >> think of the golden gate bridge, you have a massive anchorage around fort mason where the cables connect. the cables wrap into the deck. it'shat you would want to have so you don't ha angers out in the middle of the water. >> the cables have smaller of thousands of one. >> five millimeter wires and there is over 17,000 of them. >> it will be four steel legs. caltrans ss it's an engineering innovation never done before on other bridges. >> this tower is made up of four independent legs. in a very large earthqke can move independently. >> now, if those beams do break in a quake they can be replaced. this first leg tha is being installed should take two to three weeks to complete. this is the largest, longest suspension span with just one tower in the world. >>> if you would like the watch the new tower being lifted into place and check in on the project, we have a link to a live link at www.abc7.com. >> new warning for transit riders. they say they may have to cancel all weekend service if they don't agree to labor concessions. a.c. transit cancelled several buses after several hun

. >> think of the golden gate bridge, you have a massive anchorage around fort mason where the cablesconnect. the cables wrap into the deck. it's what you would want to have so you don't have angers out in the middle of the water. >> the cables have smaller of thousands of one. >> five millimeter wires and there is over 17,000 of them. >> it will be four steel legs. caltrans says it's an engineering innovation never done before on other bridges. >> this tower is made up of four independent legs. in a very large earthquake can move independently. >> now, if those beams do break in a quake they can be replaced. this first leg that is being installed should take two to three weeks to complete. this is the largest, longest suspension span with just one tower in the world. >>> if you would like the watch the new tower being lifted into place and check in on the project, we have a link to a live link at www.abc7.com. >> new warning for transit riders. they say they may have to cancel all weekend service if they don't agree to labor concessions. a.c. transit cancelled several buses after sev

the c-17 went down at elmendorf air force base, near anchorage. witnesses describe a fireball shooting hundreds of feet into the sky after that crash. the plane was on a routine training mission. but had no word on the fate of the crew. the boeing c-17 is a massive transport plane. it's used to carry equipment, supplies and troops directly to the battlefront. >>> also, three people are dead after their medical helicopter crashed into a neighborhood in tucson, arizona. the pilot, a nurse and a paramedic were onboard. the faa says the pilot was in contact with air traffic controllers before the accident. and there was no indication of any trouble. >>> michigan governor jennifer granholm is blasting efforts to clean up a pipeline oil spill along the kalamazoo river. the pipeline company has promised to double its workforce. more than 1 million gallons has spilled, coating fish and wildlife. oil has been seen 35 miles down the river, heading toward lake michigan. >>> work could begin on a permanent fix for the gulf oil leak as soon as this sunday. as

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anchorage, 60 for the high. days are shorter and it's cool. paradise, hawaii, beautiful again. not many issues. upper 80s to near 90 in honolulu. as far as the west coast, the heat continues in medford, warm in deserts of nevada, arizona and california. not bad in l.a. once we burn those clouds off, should get a sunny afternoon. if you're watching us on kteu, news 2 in alaska, the kids will enjoy learning about animals as they get the chance to touch and feed new furry friends at the petting zoo at the alaska zoo. that's your pacific event of the day. wonder if they get to feed penguins. >> always a fun trip. that would be fun. >> it would >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. it's been three years since daytime tv icon bob barker turned over the reins of "the price is right" to drew carey. so how does he think drew carey is doing? well, barker told tmz in a not- so-complimentary way that he and carey do the show differently, saying, quote, i try to make the show exciting, and he doesn't do that. he just plays the games. ouch. >>> well,

what works well here for a self anchoring suspension bridge is we didn't have to place a massive anchorage out in the middle of the water like the western span. >> reporter: there is going to be nothing under the bridge from the tower all the way over to the current construction. so all that support system that you see there is going to be gone. the bridge is solely going to be held up by the cable. caltrans says there are only about two dozen of these type bridges in the world so this is really going to join an elite crowd but allen as you know it's not going to join that crowd cheaply. this bridge is going to cost about $7 billion. >> i'm thinking about the weight, too, when you get all four sections together . that's almost 10 million pounds! >> reporter: can you imagine? imagine all that tower has to support the whole weight of all those cars driving across it. so i don't care how much it weighs as long as it's strong enough. >> as long as it does the job. we are a paying for it, too. simon perez, thank you >>> it's been nearly a month since it got more expensive to cross the seven sta

. >>> a military plane crash in anchorage. the smoke is coming from the accident scene at the air force base. this is first video of the c-17. witnesses say the plane became a fireball sending smoke billowing when it overshot the runway and hit the ground. it's not known how many people were on board. we'll update the story when we get new information. >>> not so fast. a federal judge stepped into the fight over arizona's controversial immigration law just hours before it went into effect. the move prompted scenes like this one this downtown phoenix. protesters unfurled a giant banner high above traffic. demonstrations could have turned into a volatile confrontation between police and activists there and across the country, but the judge blocked the heart of law from taking effect. the ruling is just beginning but a lengthy court battle could end up at the supreme court. kevin kennedy from our nbc station in phoenix has reaction to an emotional day. >> reporter: an emotional and exciting life-changing day for many at the capit

construction work to retrofit the main anchorage is expected to last four months. >>. >> delta gets angers. >> and bp says tony hayward is out as the ceo. the american who is taking his place. >> plus, the brad pitt movie expected to give oakland bragging rights. >> and convenient feature that is a safety risk at california gas stations. >>> good news if you are heading to the sierra, likelihood of thunderstorms is decreasing. yosemite at 94. look at sacramento, 78 degrees. chico and fresno relatively cool. hot in palm springs at 101 and l.a. and san diego continue to be cool. >>> let's take a look at the stories we are following. oakland residents will be asked to increase property tax by $350 in november. it's part of a deal to save the jobs of 80 layoff police officers. it also wants police to contribute 9% to their pension. >>> one of two suspects arrested for the murder of a virginia man while robbing him of $17 is due in court today. 33-year-old athela housley is the woman seen in the surveillance video along with george huggins. the arrests received tips from the public. >> ton

. >>> an air force cargo plane has crashed near downtown anchorage, alaska.orf air force base last evening. four crew members were on board. witnesses say they saw a fireball shoot hundreds of feet into the air. the air force says the giant plane was a local training mission. no word yet on whether anyone survived. >>> it is a day of mourning in pakistan as investigators look into the cause of that nation's worst air disaster. 152 passengers, including two americans, died as their plane tried to land in bad weather. nick schifrin reports from islamabad. >> reporter: in the hills above islamabad, an airbus plane is in thousands of pieces. some still smoking. locals and rescue workers form an assembly line to sift through the massive wreck. they find some bodies still intact but most were burned beyond recognition. and helicopters fly body parts down the mountain. more than 150 people died at this site, including her entire family. "how would i know it would be her last good-bye?" all day long, rescue workers have had to walk up this mountain and walk back down

and happened yesterday evening at ellen gordon near anchorage that smoke seen for miles.wn board no word yet on the conditions but officials did this point it is likely that no eye look the across associated press writers' it's as a air forces of four airmen that crashed were killed. so that corroboration is coming in just five seconds ago, air force in all four airmen aboard a cargo plane were killed in that crash. three people including one police officer dead following a shooter during an undercover drug street in the next. two other officers wounded in the gunbattle last night, the suspects to died were pronounced dead at the scene, two others were crosswise with none life- threatening injuries. two more were detained. they're being questioned rain now, we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. a live look to the cemetery bridge traffic is beginning to build a few more taillights and in our last update, we're falling not so far so good in san mateo bridge. bart is seeing the delays this morning a writer 15-20 minute

there is lower traffic from ride about the south tower closer to the south anchorage. a 16 mi.slowing go traffic there reduce the number of toll lanes at the toll plaza in order to accommodate northbound traffic as they switched over to a 3-3 lanes configuration and setup for-2. there is no other problems for marin county. >> 1051 new this morning the second u.s. navy sailor who went missing last week in a volatile part of the afghanistan has been found dead. this is a picture of him on the right during a promotion ceremony in june. they have not explained why he was in such a dangerous part of afghanistan. on sunday fellow sailor was found the tell a man says he was killed in a fire fight. in alaska military investigation under way into a cause of at cargo plane crash. this picture shows you the plume of smoke from the crash site. it was yesterday evening. all four crew members were killed in the crash. three people including one officer dead following a shootout during an undercover drug thing in phoenix to other officers were wounded in the get gun battle. two suspects died

anchorage is our cool spot at only 58 which sounds especially nice when you look at the rest of that board. >> no kidding. bring on fall. >>> no one likes a creepy roommate but a british man is gladly putting up with dozens of them at the same time. >> this story kills me. david jones plans to live with 40 deadly snakes for 121 days, just to set a new world record. he's confined himself to a room in south africa where boa constrictors, green mambas and other killer serpents are simply roaming free. he even has to move snakes out of the way just to take a shower. >> jones says his goal, not sanity, is instead to prove that people can live with snakes without fearing them. >> i just don't get why. people do crazy things to set world records. why that? so what? at the end of it, great, 121 days of snakes. >> yeah, and this guy also, they apparently are saying they're going to bring in rats and mice, they're going to bring those in once a week. but the question is, i mean, if those aren't brought in on time, what happens to this guy? this snake's going to be -- mice are going to be enoug

no sign of survivors in a military plane crash outside anchorage, alaska. a fireball and plume of smoke rose hundreds of feet rose over an air force base following that crash last night. there were four people on board the cargo plane. one witness said he heard a huge bang when the plane went down less than a mile from where he stood. >> we could tell that he was going down. he wasn't going to make it. so we all began hollering that, you know, in excitement and fear and everything else because he was heading straight towards us. >> the plane was on a training run for an upcoming airshow they were crashed. a board of military officers will lead the investigation. >>> the weather is helping firefighters in kern county this morning. that west fire near the town of tehachapi is now 25% contained. temperatures are down, winds are calmer so if the weather holds they expect to have it fully contained by tomorrow. still, the fire is threatening about 150 structures. 25 buildings have burned, many of them homes. they have almost 800 firefighters on the lines. >>> it

the reason it's good here is you don't have to build an anchorage in the middle of the water. >> reporterit will be the largest in the world and you have a little scale. this is a piece from the original bay bridge. tell us about this? >> this is where history and the future meet. this is the spud wrench basically that weigh about 20 pounds hand crafted in the '20s and used in the '30s to build this bridge by the same people doing it today. american bridge erected the original bridge. they are working today with four enterprises to put it in place. >> reporter: this shows, this was a wrench that was used to move part of that bridge into place. and that is just how huge we are talking about here because that was one of the smallest pieces. >> well, yeah. these were used for the smaller nuts on the bridge. so this is where a person could actually put this on a bolt and torque it down. >> reporter: this is a big project, literally, bart ney, thanks for joining us this morning. john and sydnie, back to you. >> thank you, anne makovec on treasure island. >>> san francisco supervisors have appr

the cub got caught in the fishing net in the backyard of the home in anchorage. and after you saw the man trying to tow that net out of the woods, the mama bear really moved in and cut the net with her claws. >> she's cutting there. there you go. >> you come with me, little baby cub. stick with your ma mma stick with your ma mmma. >> you're grounded. >> you never want to mess with a mama cub. very protective of their little ones. >> quite a catch. >> it is. >>> time now, 5:27. san jose is showing off the newest way to keep your car going and we'll have a live report on that coming up next. >>> you could be paying tolls to get into certain neighborhoods. find out where it could be happening. >>> a warning from police about a man who's trying to attack women along a popular bay area trail. >>> and i'm kris sanchez in san jose sunnyvale, where the blue cube is closing its doors. >> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm brent cannon. we'll get to our top story in just a moment. first, traffic and weather, let's check in with mike an

within the anchorage where a heavily contaminated vessel and they would boom it off and break it down with high pressure and maybe use some type of steam or chemical to break it down and then skim off inside the booms before when they go. our experience after the dm 932 collision is the booming off may take about half a da or longer whereas water canons and the secondary crew would take anywhere from an hour or two on a vessel about 850 feet long. who determines if it has to be clean cleaned? the coast guard crew and pilot associations offshore and determine vessels and inbound vessels and what's a vessel self-assesent form and a master would submit that and say our hull looks clean. we see a little bit of a sheen. can you look at it asou come in? >> thank you. >> yes, ma'am. >> you mentioned, mr. duffy, difficulty disposing of some of this dredge material and waste. is oil classified as hass douse under louisiana law? i believe oil is hazardous and that is is a big issue and in this case i believe what we're doing moving oil that's come from the gulf back to the gulf. after the same

river and that vessels that would usually anchor off a southwest pass are now being brought into anchorages in the lower river through cooperation of the coast guard and customs to screen vessel crews for security purposes. vessels that have submitted entry documents and have not allowed their time limit to come into the port are being brought in to anchorages in the lower river to keep them out of the spill, to move them from the gulf. up till recently, we've had what we consider very minimum it will impact that we can tell. vessel calls are down. it's very hard as far as making a claim to identify why vessel calls are down. there have been very few vessels that we knew diverted because of the oil spill. to this day, i continue to get calls from around the world asking if the mississippi river is open. while my association has put out close to 400 messages all saying we're open with minimal impact. we have cleaning stations set up off of all the gulf coast ports. we've had very few vessels especially on the mississippi river that have had to be cleaned. the standard practice we see is that

and also the one in charge in anchorage, alaska regarding out reach. >> let me do this, ma'am. there are a couple other speakers behind you. i was going to say the same thing. we're using telemedicine and webcams vigorously to go to places like alaska and afghanistan. >> i am with nami georgia and have been working with the program for about four years. it is a speakers bureau in which people in recovery from mental elvis go out and talk about their experiencee, there lived experiences, and i am a speaker myself. down in georgia, georgia has done a great job already getting into the va and with family to family in connection stuff. i have been able to kind of fly on their coattails with their own voice. we will go in there at the end of july. i already have a vietnam veteran as a speaker, and i am and hoping to get a younger one so i have at least two veterans speakers. but what you mentioned about educating the upper command about whether it ptsd, depression, anxiety looks like, we would love to get involved in that effort. unfortunately, most of the speakers -- they are civil

but as go to our next caller from anchorage, alaska. andrew, democrats aligned. very early. caller: -- host: what do you think about this? caller: i think some of statistical analysis needs to be applied. nothing here is really that new. and i mean, if you start reading the reports, like when they start talking about people dying -- that is not really happening on the time. it is the insurgency killing these afghan people. i think it is just kind of blown out of proportion. host: let us take a look at one of the "the new york times" items. strategic plan -- bitter end for a lonely outpost. these dispatches talk about how things change there, and "in node times" reports that -- if you go up to the top, you can see what one of the dispatch of look like. here they are in images. two days of intense attacks by insurgents caring r p g's and small fire arms. you can see the dispatches, the conversations going back and forth from the outpost. let us go to cleveland, ohio. richard joins us on the republican line. caller: my name is dave but richard is ok. am reading the documents an

within the anchorage where a heavily contaminated vessel and they would boom it off and break it down with high pressure and maybe use some type of steam or chemical to break it down and then skim off inside the booms before when they go. our experience after the dm 932 collision is the booming off may take about half a day or longer whereas water canons and the secondary crew would take anywhere from an hour or two on a vessel about 850 feet long. who determines if it has to be clean cleaned? the coast guard crew and pilot associations offshore and determine vessels and inbound vessels and what's a vessel self-assessment form and a master would submit that and say our hull looks clean. we see a little bit of a sheen. can you look at it as you come in? >> thank you. >> yes, ma'am. >> you mentioned, mr. duffy, difficulty disposing of some of this dredge material and waste. is oil classified as hass douse under louisiana law? i believe oil is hazardous and that is is a big issue and in this case i believe what we're doing is moving oil that's come from the gulf back to the gulf. after t

in my approach to media relations i have attempted to be as straightforward as possible and the anchorage this department's leaders to do the same. none of that has changed. in short, last week's memo was not about how the media does its job, but about how this department's leadership as ours. it is not a change in policy, a reaffirmation of an existing policy that was being followed selectively at best. it reflected the fact that for some time now long before the recent rolling stone article, i have grown increasingly concerned that we have become too lax, disorganized, and in some cases flat out sloppy in the way we engaged with the press. as a result, personal views have been published as officials of government positions and information has gone out that was inaccurate, incomplete, or lacking in proper context. even more worrisome, highly classified and sensitive information has been divulged without accountability. i hope and expectation is that this new guidance will improve the quality of press engagement by assuring that the people of the media talk to can speak with accuracy and

. >>> investigators are on the scene of wednesday's military cargo crash in anchorage, alaska, and military officials are saying it is unlikely the four crew members on a training mission were able to survive. >>> a medical helicopter crashed and burst into flames wednesday in a residential neighborhood of tucson. the pilot, a nurse and a paramedic were killed but nobody on the ground was hurt. >>> toyota announced this morning it is recalling more than 400,000 toyota avalon passenger cars in the u.s. for steering problems. meantime, overseas markets were mixed overnight. we have cnbc's melissa lee at the new york stock exchange with more on this. hey, melissa, good morning. >> good morning to you, ann. jobs and earnings will be in focus this morning with investors poring over weekly jobless claims data and quarterly results from the likes of exxon mobil. meantime the e-reader wars are heating up with amazon set to launch two new versions of the kindle. one version will be just $139, much smaller, and are run on wifi networks. both versions will hit the market august 27th. apple has been a

those with a series of meetings in mobile, alabama, pensacola, florida, santa barbara, california, anchorage, alaska, biloxi, mississippi, houston, texas, and lafayette, louisiana. those will be conducted between august 4th and september 15th with them to report back to secretary salazar with the results of those forums no later than october 31st. it's a lot of work but a lot of important work and we look forward to doing it and i look forward to working with you. thank you very much. >> thank you. thank you for your statement. let me begin by secretary salazar. will you commit today that the reorganization process will be transparent and this committee will be provided with all the critical details? >> yes, we will absolutely be working with the committee, with members of congress relative to legislation on the reorganization as well as the keeping you up to date on the implementation of the new organization. >> now, the reorganization, i want to know how will the reorganization help to prevent further future disasters. >> well, first in terms of dealing with some of the ethical lapses whic

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those with a series of meetings in mobile, alabama, pensacola, florida, santa barbara, california, anchorage, alaska, biloxi, mississippi, houston, texas, and lafayette, louisiana. those will be conducted between august 4th and september 15th with them to report back to secretary salazar with the results of those forums no later than october 31st. it's a lot of work but a lot of important work and we look forward to doing it and i look forward to working with you. thank you very much. >> thank you. thank you for your statement. let me begin by secretary salazar. will you commit today that the reorganization process will be transparent and this committee will be provided with all the critical details? >> yes, we will absolutely be working with the committee, with members of congress relative to legislation on the reorganization as well as the keeping you up to date on the implementation of the new organization. >> now, the reorganization, i want to know how will the reorganization help to prevent further future disasters. >> well, first in terms of dealing with some ofhe ethical lapses which