aol and a group of private equity firms are considering a takeover bid aol, a silver lake partners, and blackstone group are considering a bid that could also include other interested parties. but yahoo! has lilagged responding. the 75-kilometer long tunnel has pushed through. both sides of the ofs that underground. when finished, it will be the longest railway tunnel and the world -- in the world. >> in german tunnel workers like to play soccer after their job is done for the day. this man has been working on the tunnel for six years, attracted by the high wages. with a breakthrough on friday, his job is far from over. >> we have been promised no one will be laid off until the construction is finished because we really just need all of our people. if necessary, they could be transferred to another construction site and there will be at least two years of work here. >> the entrance to the tunnel is right beside the soccer pitch. work has been going on since 1999. the giant drill has to kill meters to 7 kilometers of solid rock. the new tunnel will mainly benefit rail freight traffic thr

aol and a group of private equity firms are considering a takeover bid aol, a silver lake partners, and blackstone group are considering a bid that could also include other interested parties. but yahoo! has lilagged responding. the 75-kilometer long tunnel has pushed through. both sides of the ofs that underground. when finished, it will be the longest railway tunnel and the world -- in the world. >> in german tunnel workers like to play soccer after their job is done for the day. this man has been working on the tunnel for six years, attracted by the high wages. with a breakthrough on friday, his job is far from over. >> we have been promised no one will be laid off until the construction is finished because we really just need all of our people. if necessary, they could be transferred to another construction site and there will be at least two years of work here. >> the entrance to the tunnel is right beside the soccer pitch. work has been going on since 1999. the giant drill has to kill meters to 7 kilometers of solid rock. the new tunnel will mainly benefit rail freight traffic thr

. >>> aol is considering the idea of buying yahoo. aol is courting investors. according to bloomberg news, yahoo has been working to fight the take over. and fears about the handling of the foreclosure crisis led to a slight decline in wall street today. investigations have been unched in all 50 states over the robo signings. >>> african americans are significantly more at risk to become infected with hiv than any other ethnicities in the united states. one in 22 black men and women will be diagnosed with the virus that causes aids. the risk for infections in hispanics are one in 52. asian americans have the lowest risk at one in 211. >>> coming up, for sale. a shiny object for sale that tarnished the united states' world stage. the next, you start one feeling a bit off.ne. the moment you feel run down or achy, nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. >>> the gold medal wore by tommy smith during a protest of the 60th olympic games in mexico is now being put for auction

the market cap of $20 million compared to aol's $2.7 billion. to several private equity firms about working out a deal for that. two years ago yahoo rebuffed microsoft's advances. microsoft wanted to buy for $47 billion valuing out shares at $33. right now yahoo shares are $15. yahoo shareholders wouldn't have minded seeing that deal go through. there's a lot of complicated calculus involved in this deal. yahoo would have to sell its stake in chinese internet company bringing their value down about $12 billion. there's a lot to be worked out before anything like this can happen. but shareholders are pretty excited about any speculation like that. right now yahoo shares are rising by about 6% on that news. we saw weekly jobless claims shoot higher last week by about 12,000 to 13,000. just shows that the job market not having any improvement whatsoever. also home sale inflation rose but slightly. mainly came from people spending more money on filling up their car as well as stomachs, food and gas costs were up. stock market right now is down a lit

. >>> the wall street journal reported yahoo maybe reporting to a takeover from aol. they rejected an offer from microsoft. the wall street journal said aol would need financial help to make the deal for yahoo. >>> the national transportation safety board released a prim their report today outlying the sequence of events leading up to last month's gasline explosion in san bruno. a power glitch caused a surge in pressure. that caused a valve system to malfunction moments before the explosion. the agency also says it took pg&e 34 minutes to shut off the pipeline and it took 1 hour and 47 minutes to shut off the gas. read the full report on our website, www.ktvu.com. a pg&e representative visited south san francisco to talk about the pipeline. it runs north. kearn wayne attended the meeting and is live with our report, ken? >> reporter: there were some tough employee questions tonight from city officials and members of the public over the safety of pg&e's pipelines running through south san francisco, particularly line 132. the same line that exploded in neighboring san

according toed "wall street journal" aol along with its partners may make a bid for it. near the aol for yahoo would comment. >>> at&t has lost its exclusive hold on apple's east pad. verizon will start sell tsmght data plans will start at $20 a month. verizon will also start selling apple's iphone next year. >>> time for a quick look at stories you'll find in tomorrow's edition of the baltimore sun. more on bob ehrlich and governor martin o'malley. the comedy true -- troupe is asking what makes baltimore funny. for these stories and a lot more, read the bun bunlt you can also look for the updated forecast. >>> the musical, the wiz is playing downtown. >> reporter: the musical, the wiz is a funkier version of the wizard of oz. >> it's the same general story just a different flavor. >> reporter: four of the cast members are from maryland. >> this is the first show. i never leave the stage. >> reporter: the scarecrow. >> the wiz is a dream role for me. >> reporter: out of the 15 cast members, eight of the actors play multiple roles, some up to eight characters per show. oa

. >>> the wall street journal reported yahoo maybe reporting to a takeover from aol. they rejected an offer from microsoft. the wall street journal said aol would need financial help to make the deal for yahoo. >>> the national transportation safety board released a prim their report today outlying the sequence of events leading up to last month's gasline explosion in san bruno. a power glitch caused a surge in pressure. that caused a valve system to malfunction moments before the explosion. the agency also says it took pg&e 34 minutes to shut off the pipeline and it took 1 hour and 47 minutes to shut off the gas. read the full report on our website, www.ktvu.com. a pg&e representative visited south san francisco to talk about the pipeline. it runs north. kearn wayne attended the meeting and is live with our report, ken? >> reporter: there were some tough employee questions tonight from city officials and members of the public over the safety of pg&e's pipelines running through south san francisco, particularly line 132. the same line that exploded in neighboring san

this on speculation it might be taken over by aol.y've been talking with private groups jointly making a bid for yahoo. they fought off the takeovers by microsoft a couple years ago. in fact, the company has hired goldman sachs to help it resist new takeover attempts. hope to get a good deal from pay pal. 20 million subscribers. expand the way users make purchases and combat fraud. the people say it would be better able to track how customers use those coupons. watch for apple's i-pads to be pulled august 28th. a $20 a month data plan. twice the memory will be $729. the rival saying it will begin selling i-pads on its stores in the same day. at&t has been the exclusive wireless provider for the i-pad. google shares, quarterly results after the close of trading here today. of course right into the midst of earning season here on wall street. we did see a bigger than expected jump in weekly jobless claims. the markets slightly lower. these jobless numbers continue to hang around 450,000 people a week filing for unemployment benefits. th

aol is a fraction of the size of yahoo. this is theitiy bitty dog picking a fight with the medium dog. no comment from yahoo and no indication they even knew about the talks which were first reported in the "wall street journal." >>> here's a question. where does mark zuckerberg, the head of facebook live? they deal with a lawsuit. the guy bringing the suit said everything thinks he lives in palo alto. he rents it a month to month apartment here and in the plaintiff's words actually lives out of a duffle bag. this lawsuit by the fellow who claims he owns facebook and there have been a lot of lawsuits about people who claim they own facebook, the latest is brought and the question here about where he lives is relevant because then you decide what state this is actually in. the lawsuit itself is sketchy. not a lost evidence involved, but the courts need to know so they know where to try it. >> interesting. >> out of a duffle bag. >> this morning, a young man in nepal was declared the world's shortest man at 25.8 inches tall.

aol and yahoo are declining comment. time for the money saver.oday we are tackling shopping addictions. experts say write down everything you buy and if you are really addicted this is sure to be an eye opener. take control of the situation and only pay with cash, check and cut up the credit cards except for emergencies, keep one for that. and steer clear of unnecessary temptations avoiding shopping areas and malls and if you really need something, bring a friend along to keep you on your list. of course turning to a professional sometimes helps as well. >> absolutely. good advice. thank you. >>> investigators say they busted an enormous medicare scam. >>> and an encouraging report about the miners above ground for the first time in two months. >>> here's angie with an update on traffic. >>> it is smooth sailing from though beltway past 123 to the 14th street bridge. we zero in on virginia roads. stay with us. [ son ] my parents have always lived in the states. until two years ago, when my dad transferred to istanbul. they settled in quickly. fou

aol is raising the cash for a buyout.n 2008 yahoo fought off a $47 billion takeover attempt by microsoft. the we portal has lost ground to social net worki sites like facebook.com and twitter. analysts say that makes yahoo an attracti target. verizon wireless it sell apple's i-pad at the end of t month. it will use the live and 3-g network. pricing will be competitive. the tablet will selfrom $630 to $830. a data plan will cost $20 a month. some analysts say this is just the start of verizon's play to sell its tone version of app's i-phone. i-pad has taken a big bite out of the computing industry. a research firm says the single product is a game changer. apple sold 800-0000 i-pads in its first six months. customers would have bought pc's but the chose the apple tablets. yesterday ares topped $300 for the first time. hundreds of students in an east bay high school are being tested for contagious disease. plus cvs pharmacy pays a record fine. what prosecutors say it did to help drug trafficking in california. the good caus

shares shot up more than 5% yesterday after "the wall street journal" reported that aol and several private equity firms are in the early stages of a possible bid to buy the website. and finally, studies show money doesn't always buy happiness, but it could find one very expensive slumber party. the mandarin in tokyo is marking its 50th birthday by offering the entire hotel, all nine restaurants, spas, 178 rooms and fleets and a cocktail reception for 500 of their close friends for the low, low price of $671,000 big ones. >>> farve's streak is in jeopardy. alexander the great and federer delivers again. plus, pittsburgh's sid the kid crosby finally lights the lamp but was it enough to bring a victory? your early morning sports headlines are just ahead. >>> all eyes are on a developing storm system that's going to hit one region hard. your early morning forecast is coming up "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up,his is "early today." in sports, the bulk of the major action was in limbo last night. so hkey enjoyed a rare moment when the focus was on the ice. here's nbc's f

big time local corporation dc has aol. cutting edge internet service provider and nimble pro var.y has comcast who makes it a policy to show up four hours late to your cable service appointment and who in a few months will complete their purchase of [ bleep ] as a cbs employee i'm not even able to say that name advantage dc. finally philly has michael vick who has risen from the ashes from his prison term to reclaim his fame as most electrifying quarterback in football. dc has donovan with the leadership skills that can finally push the redskins over the top. advantage, this one is a push. if i were making a superbowl run this year, i would want mcnabb. but the up side on vick appears to be limited. there you have it, in the final analysis philly may be a bigger city, but in this tale of a tape and in this weekend's showdown, it's advantage dc. because as those guys are about to find out, one town's trash is another town's treasure. >> so what do you think? do they boo them or they cheer them when he comes into phillies stadium? >> i would say there will be a lot of cheers. >> hop

aol is a fraction the size of yahoo. this is the dog picking a fight. it's a medium-sized dog. no comment and no indication yahoo knew about the talks in the "wall street journal." the tech crunch points out that you go with the news first and the deal second, it's more a trial balloon and finding out what investors think about it. so far so good. >> appreciate it. >> watching one of the most notable athletes selling his olympic gold medal. tommy smith is not saying why, but he is puting it up on the auction block. he is a track star that won for the 200 meter did she in the 1968 mexico city olympics. he became a symbol of the civil rights movement. he stepped on to the podium and raised an arm in the air signifying black power. starting price for the medal is $250,000. >> pro golf comes to the south bay. the pros that will be competing in the prize.com open. it tees off today in san martin outside of morgan hill and fry's electronics cofounder talks to us. thanks for getting up at the crack of midnight to talk golf. >> good morning. >> we are doing great. talk about the tourna

shares are on a roll saying aol and pivate equity firms may bid for the company.ll street journal" says two or three other firms could also be interested in the deal. a deal between yahoo! and aol would marry two companies that have increasing competition from other online destinations like google, facebook and twitter. it's a case of watch this space. >>> now to wednesday's child. we all know the most important thing we can give a child is love and you don't have to be able to hear it, you just have to be able to feel love. that's what we're hong to find for a little girl we introduced you to before. meet michelle, again. if you couldn't hear this hello and weren't even sure why you were here, imagine that even the signing interpreter is someone you've never seen before. agine how scary that might be. especially if you also have some learning challenges. >> we've got a great day today. we're going to the imagination stage. shall we go? diane, the director of access at the imagination stage welcomed us. we mad our way to a rehearsal room where michelle was invited

the wall street journal reports aol and some private equity firms are trying to put together an offere sunny vale based internet giant. so far no indication that yahoo is involved in any of these talks. analysts say a combined yahoo- aol would have a better chance at competing against google. >>> can you feel it? playoff fever is in the air. today the san francisco giants leave for philadelphia. game one of the national league championship series is saturday. tim will be taking the mound against roy holliday. this could be a pretty tough match up. both teams played each other during the regular season six times. each team won three of those games. >>> the giants theme song has gone viral on youtube. if you haven't seen it yet it's a remake of journey's don't stop believing from 1981. >> yeah. the singer's name is ash con. here he is performing his remake for cbs 5. ♪ [ music ] ♪ ♪ [ music ] [ laughter ] >> not bad. i like that. >> no. he's a great singer. hope he gives them momentum. >> saturday. >> yeah. philadelphia. >>> all right. earlier we told you about embedded giving. that's w

and suggested that aol and private equity firms are contemplating a bid for yahoo. >>> residents that burned down their homes are offered money for their home from pg&e. . >> this video making the rounds on youtube has some people concerned that a 747 came dangerously close to the golden gate bridge. but they're saying it's not so. it looks like it's awfully close, but the faa says that the while it might look close, it's an optical illusion created by the position of the camera. >>> five families who's homes were destroyed or damaged in the pipeline explosion filed suit against pg&e today as they offer a new deal to fire victims to buy their homes. they're throwing in a $50,000 incentive. >> bob lives in a rented house not far from where his old home stood. he says he could take their money to rebuild it, but he won't. >> why would i rebuild in an area that has the same pipe running through it. >> $10,000 for moderately damaged homes, buy outs and funds to rebuild for the hardest hit, with $50,000 bonuses for those that sell quickly or finish fast. >> they have some time limits, but

the report says aol and private equity from a bid for the senate bill based company the stock climbedeal with mary to companies that have not been able to improve their financial performance remit relentless competition from google, facebook and order. you this morning rise and says that instead selling apples ipad. verizon wireless will start selling apple ipad at more than 2,000 company stores on oct. 28. the company says it will offer data plans for $20 a month breaking at&t's exclusive hold. the deal could give apple and verizon, the country's largest wireless carrier, a boost coming into the holiday season. the ipad will also be available at at&t really restores. the slate has a look at what is >> taught> here is your headlines at will has announced a press conference next wednesday to show off what is new for the mac computers i can't remember the last time they did they bobbin all ipod, on iphone lately. if you're about to buy new computers don't there may be new ones next week, there'll also most likely show of a new operating system facebook offers a new security feature win

aol is raising the cash for a buyout.n 2008 yahoo fought off a $47 billion takeover attempt by microsoft. the web portal has lost ground to social net working sites like facebook.com and twitter. analysts say that makes yahoo an attractive target. verizon wireless it sell apple's i-pad at the end of the month. it will use the live and 3-g network. pricing will be competitive. the tablet will sell from $630 to $830. a data plan will cost $20 a month. some analysts say this is just the start of verizon's play to sell its tone version of apple's i-phone. i-pad has taken a big bite out of the computing industry. a research firm says the single product is a game changer. apple sold 800-0000 i-pads in its first six months. customers would have bought pc's but they chose the apple tablets. yesterday shares topped $300 for the first time. hundreds of students in an east bay high school are being tested for contagious disease. plus cvs pharmacy pays a record fine. what prosecutors say it did to help drug trafficking in california.

so far no comment from either aol or yahoo. news bytes now and it looks like at&t's relationship with apple is no longer monogamous. the computer giant introducing the verizon wireless ipad. we're told it hit stores two weeks from today. the move fueling speculation that a verizon iphone could be coming soon. microsoft announcing it's teaming up with facebook to make searching the internet more social. a new feature on its search engine bing will show facebook users what their friends like when it displays search results. bing, the third most popular search engine behind google and yahoo. one british police force is now reporting every incident it handles on its twitter account. the chief constable of the greater manchester police force says it's to show the pressure his officers faces a officers prepare for deep budget cuts. well, prosecutors say he tried to bloo blow up a fully loaded passenger plane on christmas day and today the so-called underwear bomber was back in court. and the federal judge gave him a little bit of a l

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. >> chris: leonsis made his fortune building aol. >> you've got mail!through the internet. you put together this list of 101 signs of visible change. such as -- >> i put out the bat signal. tell me what you need and i will do it. paint the garage, paint the steps. make sure the beer is cold. people know when they e-mail me i'll respond. if enough people e-mail me, i'll listen to them. >> chris: wait a minute. you answer every e-mail, every fan sends you? >> people think it's a nice thing to do. i think it's a requirement. >> chris: despite his skill as a marketer, leonsis understands the bottom line is the product on the court. he got lucky in the draft lottery getting the top pick. john wall the young sensation from the university of kentucky. but it's another player, gilbert arenas suspended last year for bringing guns in the locker room who is still making headlines. is there an end to your patience? >> i'll know it when i get there. but right now he's still many my good graces. >> chris: his other team, the capitols are doing great. they had the bes

they rooched media companies like aol and news corp to gain their interest in buying yahoo. they are in early stages and any deal would be contingent in selling the prized asian assets. get ready to pay more to stay warm. consumers face a 3% rise in the home heating bills for an average of $986 due to rising fuel prices and colder weather in the u.s. northeast that uses 80% of heating oil supplies. those are the business headlines we are following. back to you. >> apple is working on new technology to stop kids from sending sexually explicit text message. it allows carriers to block iphones froms enning or receiving texts with certain words. the messages will either not be received or not displayed. unlike others, apple's would filter content based on the grade level. >>> a pizza chain rolling out an offer that is too good to be true. domino's launching the wisconsin with mozzarella, feta, provolone, cheddar and asiago cheese. parmesan too. that's six. just because it's called the wisconsin six, it doesn't mean they are all from wisconsin. most are. >>> the tea party debates

. >>> yahoo is not commenting on speculation about a possible buyout offer from aol. yahoo shares have been going higher as rumors were swirling around about making a bid. yahoo surged out of the gate today and finished up 4 1/2% $15.93. >>> google soring after lowers following a report that went passed expectations. google reports profits rose 32% with the net income exceed 2 billion. analysts credit a surge in online avenue. goobel shares are higher by 9%. >>> new unemployment figures show the number of people filing for unemployment went up in the first time in three weeks. according to the labor department, first time jobless claims went up to a season alley adjusted 462,000. analysts expected that number to drop. a sign that job growth remains weak but continuing claims went down by 112,000 to 4 1/2 million. >>> those jobless numbers weighed on wall street for much of the day. optimism about the potential for more stimulus spending provided a late lift. the dow went down 6. a call went out today for pole workers for next month's statewide election. the county off

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the "wall street journal" reporting aol and partners may soon bid for the struggling internet company. neither would comment. yahoo! snubbed a $47 billion offer from microsoft just two years ago. >>> walmart is thinking small. the world's largest retailer is pushing into urban markets a smaller format stores. it recently won approval to open a third store in chicago and looking for space now in new york city. >>> and if you are about to begin your college career, think twice before choosing your major. a survey finds more than one-third of american workers with college degrees, 36%, wish they had majored in something different. the online employment service career builder found 27% of workers who graduated ten years ago or longer still have not found a job related to their major. kendis? >> ashley morrison reporting in new york. thank you. >>> and the world has a new smallest man, certified by the guinness book of records his name is migar, 18 years old, weighs about 12 pounds and measures just over 26 inches from head to toe. he lives in nepal and doctors say he has the body of a 3-y

. >>> aol said to be considering buying yahoo in a potential merger of one time tech heavy weights. the wall street journal reports that the two companies combined would be in a better position to compete for advertising revenue and apple stock topped 300 dollars share for the first time ever on wednesday. the success of the ipad and the planned expansion into china are fueling investor interests. and that's your money scope report. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. the real andy harris. his past attacks have been called deceptive, his new attack, false. harris voted for deregulation increasing our electric bills by 72% it's not surprising, harris always sides with the big guys. he opposes cracking down on wall street and supports tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. harris even opposed making big insurance cover cancer screenings. andy harris' extreme ideas will cost us. more bold flavor!onds! more variety! more value! more of what you want... not what you don't. blue diamond almonds. (play-by-play announcer) it's up and it is... good! more than a snack. >

aol president is considering buying yahoo. the companies' combined would be in a better position to compete with advertising revenue. and apple soft top $300 a share. it is planning to expand into china which is fueling investor interest. that is your money report. >> time now for traffic. and whether it is every 10 minutes. rain is on the way. some are saying it will be cozy. >> a comfortable they. if you like the cooler temperatures, and today is your day along with some rain. here is a look at the doppler radar. light rain throughout the panhandle. we have moderate to heavy showers. the yellow and rain -- fred schilling the heaviest parts of rain. there is the heavy band pushing out to the east. light rain showers and the down towards the potomac into clinton and, maryland and parts of western charles county. the showers will become more widespread and heavier at times. here is a wider view of what is happening. rainshowers pushing in from the midwest. it is dissipating and be developing. here we are in d.c. right here. the

aol has talk about bidding for the internet giant. microsoft made an offer for the company. yahoo! spurned that offer. shares of yahoo! up as much as 6.5% yesterday. stock futures are looking higher. we continue this march higher. china's record currency reserves -- hyatt hotels planning a major expansion china. china is an important gateway market for business and leisure markets. hyatt has had a presence in china for over 40 years now. australia is hoping oprah winfrey will help its tourism. australia it is spending more oprah'smillion to loweure show. that money could better be spent to bring in chinese tourists. china overtook japan as the fourth largest source of tourists for australia. that is business. i'm jane king. back to you. jane, thank you. we'll see you back here at 6:15 for your next report. >> it is 47 degrees on tv hill. coming up, will check the traffic and weather together. >> the ravens are facing the new wing and patriots this weekend. the ravens trying to go 5-1 for the first time since 2003 joe flacco has plenty of experience there. he barely lost in october.

we'll aol not get ought up on the different colored lines and the numbers will tell the story. 73-degrees is the high this day and mostly cloudy and maybe a few late afternoon and evening showers and tomorrow, the sun comes back out after the morning fog and it will be a warm and humid day. they'll look in the midweek and here's the mid-shift. it drops to 74. don't let the blue lines confuse you it's not like it's an arctic front thundering into the area. you'll see the temperatures stiffing down by friday. partly sunny and 62 and we'll be in the upper 60s for the halloween weekend. >>> anything slowing down the hurry up, here's sharon. >>> hi, don, good morning, everyone. a few more accidents on the roadways and the latest one on the jfx, 83 southbound in the area of rockton road and in the meantime, watch for the accident on 95 southbound. it's on the left shoulder and still, minor delays behind it. on the ramp of 95, there's an accident in clearing stages and there's the topside of the beltware and that's running problem free. and there's a like at 95 in and out of the tunnels. this is

"the wall street journal" reports aol is talking with potential partners to buy yahoo!. the sunnyvale-based company rejected a $47 billion buyout offer from microsoft two years ago. since then, yahoo!'s market value has dipped below $25 billion. >>> several items will be pulled from local store shelves after tests showed high levels of lead. now, some of the items came from east oakland walmart, others came from target.com. they include a bag of beans that contains 12 times the amount of lead allowed. other children's toys were higher than federal standards. that has parents and grandparents we talked with very concerned. >> i'm just appalled this is getting through. it can cause lead damage and affect their ability to learn. >> the items were reported to the attorney general, which is contacting the stores. >>> the state department just announced the terror alert for europe is still in effect. earlier this month, the state department advised americans living or traveling in europe to take more safety provisions. similar to that deadly attack in mumbai, india two years a

and a half percent following reports the company could be a target of a take over attempt possibly by aol. yahoo hired goldman sachs to fight it and word is a separate report says the i pad is hurting sales of lap tops and notebooks and the bay area foreclosure rate is 26.5% lower than last year. report rates have fuelen to a new record low. >> and now to miracle of the mine. doctors in chile believe three of the 33 rescued miner koz leave the hospital as soon as this evening. one man held his newborn baby daughter and others say they're just happy sleeping in beds for the first time since their 69 day ordeal ended. the sickest miner is being treated for knew moana. two others needed to have teeth pulled. their medical team credits them eating a small amount of food with keeping them from being in worse shape. many were in great shape. >> and they looked terrific. >> at 6:30 tonight a conversation with sara palin. the tea party message she brought to the south bay today. why the candidate she's backing weren't there. >> and from congress to courts, new fight facing the obama administratio

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the wall street journal reporting aol and some private equity firms are trying to put together an offerave a better chance of competing against google. >>> san jose investigators expected to announce this morning that suspects have been arrested for the fire at trace elementary school. sources told the mercury news two teenagers are suspected of setting the fire in july. fire department has a news conference scheduled for 10:00. that fire destroyed the main building of the rose garden area campus which included 16 classrooms, several offices and library. >>> traffic and weather around the bay area in just a moment. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,, >>> all right. start with a look at the san mateo bridge where they're still doing the emergency repair work. they have the right lane blocked and traffic is only slow right before the high-rise where they're doing the repair work. getting to the bridge on southbound 880 is backed up as well to hayward. looks like more sensors but a lot of people are avoiding the san mateo bridge altogether. southbound 88o is a really slow ride from union city to newa

and he made his fortune at aol and one of the things he's done is taken the skills on the internet andem to his sports teams and he has on his website 101 signs of visibility change from painting the steps to making sure the beer is cold and the ketchup dispensers are full. he's checking them off. 101 things to buy into the team. but there is still the problem of gilbert arenas. >> thank you, chris. coming up after our show at 9:00. >>> and strong rains through china after a typhoon. evacuees waiting for word they can return to their homes. landslides killing up to 38 people in taiwan and 28 in the philippines. a difficult situation there. now are we happen way through hurricane season yet? >> almost done. officially it will be done at the end of november. >> so far so good. >> that's right. it's been an unusually active year. we just haven't had anything make land fall in the u.s. so much. a little storm earlier in the season. but we do have tropical storm richard which is kind of bearing down on central america, about to hit belize right now and expecting a hurricane before it does h

the "wall street journal" reports that aol, the former america online, is in talks with two potential investors to raise the cash for a buyout. in 2008, yahoo fought off a $47 billion takeover attempt by microsoft but in recent years the webs portal has lost ground to the social networking site with facebook.com and twitter. that might make them a tempting takeover target. >> the bite the apple i-pad has had on the computing industry. a research firm says this single product is a game changer responsible for disappointing pc sales. apple sold more than 8 million i-pads in its first six months on the market from customers that would have bought pc's. also hurting sales of net books. yesterday shares in the cupertino-based company topped approximate $300 for the first time. >> california is joining a nationwide investigation whether banks and mortgage companies used flawed documents to foreclosure on hundreds of thousands of homeowners. attorneys general have formed a group to review what laws if any were broken. several lenders and loan services admit they vouch for the accuracy of for

aol is talking with potential partners to buy yahoo.the sun i based company rejected a $47 million buy outfrom microsoft two years ago. >>> well, how do you help people that won't want help? we will tell you about people getting aggressive to make one bay area park safer. >>> welcome back to the morning news. coming up next in minutes on "mornings on 2", a problem causing delays on the san mateyo bridge could cause concern among drivers on many parts of the bay area. we will continue live coverage throughout the morning. >>> new tests show one of the area's biggest damns could -- dams could collapse, leading to big catastrophe. >>> sarah palin is here for a fundraiser that could attract big crowds. >>> and hundreds of bay area students affected by a health report. a live report on that. >>> and there will be more aggressive action to remove homeless people in the park. the homeless people is down to 50 thanks to sweeps of the park. but those remaining are moving deeper into the park and make it more difficult to find them. officials say

private investment firms have approached aol and newscorp to gain their interest in acquiring yahoo!. become to you, chuck. >> amanda drury, thank you very much. >>> coming up, team obama and the democrats are taking aim at the chamber of commerce. they're trying to aim back. they just fired off a letter, vowing to ramp up their attacks against democrats between now and november. what we'll hear from the number two man in charge of the chamber next. >>> don't mess with texas. why exerts say the lone star state might lead the rest of the country out of the recession. how are they doing it? >>> first, a look ahead at the president's schedule today. it's a townhall, that b.e.t., cmt, mtv will all be airing with the president today at 4:00 pm. plus a gibbs' briefing at 1:30. [ female announcer ] when you save an average of over $450 a year with the humana walmart- preferred prescription plan, you have more time to remember what it's really all about. enroll starting november 15. go to walmart.com for details. ♪ now the healing power of touch just got more powerful. introducing precise fro

no official bids on the table but sources say aol may be among the companies pursuing an offer.hoo! rejected unsolicited $50 billion offer from microsoft back in 2008. yahoo! has dropped 50% since that time. >>> more problems for toyota. the auto maker says testing of its part's and suppliers were not as rigorous as it expected. toyota says more rigorous testing might have prevented problems to led to that massive recall in the past year. on wall street, we are seeing stocks dropped. issue surrounding foreclosure pulling financial stocks lower. delay in foreclosure process could continue to hurt the housing market and cost financial companies more money. live in bloomberg headquarters in new york. i'm court courtney donohoe, enjoy your day. >>> now if you are looking for a new credit card, "consumer reports" magazine has found the one you should avoid. according to the magazine, the worst credit card on the market is the first premier bank master card. the card's processing fee can cost up to $95. just owning the card will cost $75 a year. and the highest apr offer is about -- s

let's talk about it with dana loesch and host of "our world" on aol. dana, one of the interesting things about this, it really does show todd palin's role kind of as enforcer or close role at least with sarah palin. >> it does. it's a really interesting tone that he takes, too, because i thought one of the narratives about the palins was they were supposed to have this really frosty marriage and they didn't care for each other and they weren't close, and i think todd palin coming to his wife's defense kind of blows that out of the water a little bit. >> mark, what do you make of this e-mail? >> well, first, it doesn't necessarily mean that. we've seen what the clintons who were reported to have this frosty set of political relationships, but when they see their political dynasty in jeopardy, they act on it. when you see with the palins is a similar kind of thing. they have a sense of entitlement, and sarah palin believes she's the new leader of the republican party and anybody who doesn't fall in line they'll check hard. >> to the extent to which sarah

next, the price of the yahoo aol, rumors that it would take over, the sunnyvale based snubbed a $47.5offer. by the microsoft corporation. and now, the official unveiling of the plan that would have wireless wiusers to exceed their voice, text, data usage. those are your tech headlines for the day, and kimberly sakamoto. >> in orbit weather story come with cooler weather on tap for this weekend. and the north portion of the storm is going towards a common california and increase or sea breezes. pinellas cool weather, and closer to the coastline, equal of with bayshore temperatures close to the cand and we will have temperatures five degrees cooler. five degrees cooler on a saturday. and even cooler on the sunday with temperatures only in the '70s bay-area wide and even chance of showers on monday. >> of this just in to the kron 4 news room meg whitman has accepted jerry brown apology. >> and jerry brown was heard in the rift recorded phone conversation referring to meg whitman as a whore she sold of special interests, she told cnn that she accepted the apology boat rather talk about th

a master talked to aol about the perfect candy and wine pairing. for candy corn, look for a floral wine. chocolate goes well with a fruity wine. hot ha ta mallies need high sugar content. if you eat tootsie rolls, try a tawny port. that is sugar overload. >> exactly. >> time to check in with rob. i think his drink of choice will be a nice hot chocolate. >> anything indoors if you want to try the wines or perhaps a movie. widely scattered areas of showers and areas south of oakland and san leandro looking at light rain. you will notice a lot of wet roads and most is for the rain that fell overnight. a break in between systems and more rain coming in for tonight into saturday. hour by hour, a few hours today. during the day it will be the hill top locations that will see a slight chance of a shower. more rain tonight into saturday as we watch the weekend. sunday looks to be the windy and wetter portion of the welcome. highs in the 60s and then clear out on monday. back to you. >> it looks like one big movie will be missing a big name actor. why the c