his last name, atkinson. yes, sissy atkinson's brother.in prison on drug-related charges when we talked to him. he had heard the rumors, of course. one night he said he was talking to sissy when she was a little high. >> did your sister sissy tell you that she was there the night that kim nees was killed? >> well, she said that they were partying down there. >> and there were other girls there, too? >> yeah. >> how much did she get out before she droed off? >> well, just that -- one of them girls come running around the pickup with a crescent wrench. >> narrator: j.d. said his sister passed out before she could say any more. >> one of the things that we keep hearing from the state is these girls, if they were involved, wouldn't have kept quiet. somebody would have heard something over the years. and these people who have come forward did hear something. >> narrator: sissy was 51 when we met her in 2007. an admitted drug addict, she was perhaps understandably not entirely happy to still be facing questions about a murder more than three dec

that was hella be seen immediately steps had been taken atkinson is stepping down from the board he is eleven continuing to run the day to day operations they want to keep it in place but he's not be known as michael manage to write throughout history he's almost single handed the bill to form a new one so that's a big setback already for him and what remains to be seen is how the responses are going to react to this but the trial coming up to our sponsors that have ethical compliance rules that say princes has an opt out clause in the situation they could actually pull back into me to get out on what we don't know if it's kinda out of the pressure to pony up some before the trial he can start and put himself is is looking almost almost forward to it how he as a weapon said to me c to three years old his career. most people's careers coming soon and that's taken as pm he has himself said that he can run the operation goes through and considering he's eighty three years old one so the prison sentence we actually took the theoretically ten years that's for the same this is the very serio

these pictures were provided by attorney doug atkinson who says his client, 25-year-old clare barber a passerby was hit by that flying hydrant. >> she broke her leg underwent leg surgery and she may also require back surgery. >>reporter: in september the california public utility commission took the first step in regular letting what it calls transportation network companies. including requiring background check for drivers. and minimum 1 million dollar per incident of coverage. yet attorney atkinson saysish is not stepping up in his case. >> if they are still tall complete denial on behalf of u uber that they are included in the lawsuit properly and that they have any responsibility for the negligence of the driver. >>reporter: we asked uber to respond to the accusations but the company declined. it did say the heart goes out to the victim and to those in the new year's eve incident. in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >>> some new hope for city college of san francisco tonight exploratorium city attorney says a judge will block a decision to revoke the school accreditation

you're enlightened citizens in its citizen it is also easy to move to go to russia would recover and atkinson so you don't agree with some of the russian speakers say that they are in a way being victimized because of the evils of the soviet union the asa would occur. if you go cool but it is to go business. you will see what the old rules of the company's of the businesses than that lucy is eighteen percent the russians who are the owners of the business so confidence is low. does this pose a threat to the latvian state this kind of numbers you get the members not. and we are democratic. was that he isn't might be personally i don't have. the other option was that i should submit it. it is though the state of emotions from the ip addresses from russia the europeans. misty the same as me. if you love somebody of them openly cuckoo collette said bill bailey was the south hall the petition the u seventeen and blue. will will come back here that hewitt was inside because as grumpy which ridiculed the difference. if you have a couple of pretty and all practically the leader of the democracy that

these pictures provided by attorney doug atkinson who says the client, a 25-year-old, a passerby was hit by the hydrant. >> she broke her leg and underwent leg surgery. she may require back surgery. >> in september, the california public utilities commission took the first steps in regulating what it calls transportation network companies. including requiring background checks for drivers and a minimum $1 million per incident of coverage. the attorney says uber is not stepping up in this case >> there is still denial they're included in the lawsuit properly and have responsibilities for the negligence of the driver. >> we asked uber to respond, but the company declined. in francisco, abc7 news. >> chp arrested 437 people conducting check points from 6:00 p.m new year's eve until midnight, new year's day. there were four fatalities across the state. >> a court order in the battle over a brain dead oakland girl being kept on a vent later. representatives of childrens hospital and family of jahi mcmath be being ordered to meet tomorrow. >> it's been quiet and we do sdpoekt seat family t

and the rest of the trip later atkinson has already sold in russia. it's not that this process. the gdp of certain areas can grow. does she think was covered in an investment. the large increases in disposable income. people can buy all the products being made to force the country to be relied upon for details. in inner mongolia and kids in the guise of looking for very high. even though they're mongolia stupid per capita rate the type of china's provinces. its average personal income level is rated ten the saying goes you can see where gdp per capita top the country. the people and localities great pick. is it good example of a limitation to the gdp of that old magic. the huge gap between high gdp per capita versus low income level. it appears discussion among chinese internet users one roll call. i need to be confused about why our country can beat the reds. we ordinary people don't feel like it. now i get it covered other river users give it some thought. china's gdp per capita is not trustworthy. our government is to cheer people on the people's income levels can truly refle

these pictures provided by attorney doug atkinson who says the client, a 25-year-old, a passerby was hit by the hydrant. >> she broke her leg and underwent leg surgery. she may require back surgery. >> in september, the california public utilities commission took the first steps in regulating what it calls transportation network companies. including requiring background checks for drivers and a minimum $1 million per incident of coverage. the attorney says uber is not stepping up in this case >> there is still denial they're included in the lawsuit properly and have responsibilities for the negligence of the driver. >> we asked uber to respond, but the company declined. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> chp arrested 437 people conducting check points from 6:00 p.m new year's eve until midnight, new year's day. there were four fatalities across the state. >> a court order in the battle over a brain dead oakland girl being kept on a vent later. representatives of childrens hospital and family of jahi mcmath be being ordered to meet tomorrow. >> it's been quiet and we do sdpoekt seat fami

we are joined by ceo jim atkinson from the floor of the new york stock exchange. for joining us. kind of a bittersweet day. adding it all up, how do you deal with this? >> we are delighted to be here, recognizing our 50th anniversary. 50 years is a long time, and we have quite a storied brand and the normandy of milestones we have accomplished over that time. issueme -- we have great with the film. we do not agree with the premise of the film. it is an activist-driven agenda film. i have to say it has not affected our performance, our results. we just announced record fourth- quarter results and record annual results for the company. fourth quarter attendance for the seaworld rants and annualized revenue for the company, so it has not affected us, but clearly, we have great issues with the film. we are proud of how we care for our animals. the approximately 20 million people who visit our parks know that. >> i see one of your penguin ambassadors, as you call them, has joined you. guys like willie nelson, joan jett -- you used to play one of -- the bandsongs heart

>>> the answer to the aflac question of the day is rowan atkinson and the winner is karen from culpepper"george washington and the secret six." a great read. >>> speaking of books. there is a new one creating a lot of controversy this morning. the author, dr. richard sauce, says adhd doesn't exist. quote, let me be clear, he says the premise of this book is not a single individual, not even the person who finds it close to impossible or pay attention or sit still is afflicted by the disorder called adhd as we define it today, end quote. is he right? joining us is child and adolescent psychiatrist and medical director for, dr. andrew gilbert. good morning. thanks for being here. so with he was saying is affecting a ton of people, particularly children, the increase in those diagnosed wit adhd and prescribed like aderol. he basically says it doesn't exist, that it is a cluster of symptoms instead of a disorder or disease. what's your response to that? >> well, adhd i believe does exist. it is one of the most well studied and well-validated disorders in all of medicine that was actually rep

. >> he shares a birthday with others as well, howie long, rowan atkinson and joan of arc. >> i'm lookingg. i can't believe norman reedus. that's exciting. >> he's your favorite. >> he is. >> we were talking about him this morning. >> we were talking about him. one of our producers is into it. he hasn't started watching it yet. i realize how well this guy would do. he fills this tank anyway. by siphoning the gas out of the neighbors. >> would you stop. >> i think he does. this is his world, the post-apocalyptic. >> we decided we want him on our team. he's a survivor. >> we definitely want him in our group. he knows how to cook road kill. >> stop. enough. >>> 2013 was the best year for the auto industry since 2007. mike jackson, the chairman and ceo of autonation joins us right now with his december sales numbers. mike, good morning. >> becky, good morning. the most important birthday of the day is joe's. congratulations. >> thank you, mining. thank you, mike. good to be above ground. that's the best thing about birthdays. >> yes, absolutely. we had a good december, retailing almost 29,500