. >>> the ring ling brothers and barnum circus is here.continued with the tradition of walking a mile and a half through the city streets to the oracle arena. >>> coming up on the news at 5:00, today a bay area family will say a final goodbye to a world war ii airman who had been missing for 66 years. john bonnaisalle was shot down while flying over germany. he will be raid to left today in colma with full military honors. that's the next newscast, the ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. thanks for watching have a great day.

this is the 140th edition of ringling brothers barnum bailey's circus, we are commemorating p.t.telling both sides of the story. this morning we invited a representative of the group, centers for cruel-free entertainment. >> they are putting this flamboyant rehetoric over and over. >> let me play his statement. >> ringling uses elephants like a lot of circuses. to get an elephant to perform the circus tricks, these unnatural circus tricks, ringling uses an instrument like these, it's a weapon, caused to meant pain. the pain is meant to cause fear so the elephant will listen to the handler. >> you gave us a bit of what you think. you think it's a preposterous argument. >> the tools that he's holding up are several times larger than the guide that we use, which is a usda-accepted, time-tested tool. the relationship you have with this large animal is critical to working with them. so the fear issue is ridiculous. it's based on trust, repetition and a great deal of food reward. >> okay. i would be remiss in not mentioning video we saw this morning. back stage undercover video taken o

the ringling brothers barnum and bailey circus opens today and the elephants made the traditional walk through the city streets. they made a mile long journey to the hp pavilion. it the first show is scheduled for wednesday night. >>> most of us in the south bay are letting this weather. >> if you move a couple inches you can feel the differences in temperatures. already the low clouds and fog pushing back into the bay. as you can see now on live stormtracker 2 it read a few breaks that you can put -- a few breaks that you can pick up on the satellite. that trend will continue with increasing fog over the next few hours and we can show you this across the bay san francisco bank definitely bring a sweater out there. the temperature is right around 56 degrees. we warmed up in a little bit today. if you lower 90s for fear field and antioch. the weather story is this with bob increasing over right. we had more cooling in the five day forecast. the nomura ladies, the warmest locations will be around 85 -- no more 90s and wind speeds pick up to 52 rev 25 miles per hour. as you can see the wo

barnum and bailey private defense lawyers who claim there is some sort of mission -- they are some sortof magician. that it would be beneath them to publicize what they do and how they do it. the only reason i am here -- i even pounded the table. i would like the public defender's office to do a better job publicizing their work. i agree with jamie, the pendulum is swinging back. i was just in new york where the new shows are presented to advertisers. there are several that our defense-based shows. -- are the fenced-based shows. iin

ringli brothers barnum an bailey circus with a new show at oracle arena showcasing what san franciscoa celebration of food, wine and spirits innion square. ♪ >> frank ambrosia, help is on the way, the aids benefit with carol channing and more sunday at hertz theater graffiti artists go off the walls on the canvas on hope street. outside land has bands and food on multistages it weekend at the golden gate park. in san jose great jazz. the annual jazz festival, don sanchez, abc 7 news. >> all right. well, that's going to do it for us for now. >> that's right. but we're standing by for the decision on the prop 8 stay. judge walker will issue it before noo so within the half hour. >> that'right. so we will continue to stay here for you to bring that decisio the moment it happens. >> all right. meantime we leave you with a

barnum and bailey private defense lawyers who claim there is some sort of mission -- they are some sort of magician. that it would be beneath them to publicize what they do and how they do it. the only reason i am here -- i even pounded the table. i would like the public defender's office to do a better job publicizing their work. i agree with jamie, the pendulum is swinging back. i was just in new york where the new shows are presented to advertisers. there are several that our defense-based shows. -- are the fenced-based shows. i think -- are defense-based shows. i think you are right. >> that is in large part the innocence movement, proving to injuries that they have gotten it wrong time and time again. this innocence project is based in new york. 300 individuals exonerated on dna evidence. people are starting to wake up to the important role of criminal defense attorneys, but jonathan is right. that court tv, we cover cases where public defenders and criminal defense attorneys are in court. we do not choose the cases based on either or. we see fine lawyer ring from both. often, the

the ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus are tomorrow and runs through sunday at the orraclerena. looks like it should be fun. >>> seemed like there was a little bit more sun out there today but not warmer temperatures. >> not much, just very tiny changes, but finally i have something to talk about. it's been a long time. we have a warm-up in sight, especially inland. in fact it might be too hot by the weekend but at least tonight and tomorrow no major changes. right now on the maps i can show you live storm tracker 2 , a few patches moving into the bay for san francisco and berkley and the emoriville area. to the south you can see half moon bay, clear skies for mountain view and san jose. if we show you this, just a few high clouds in the upper 60s, it's 68 degrees. this was the scene earlier toward the estuary. you can see the fog thing out in the distance toward san francisco near the immediate shoreline. fog increasing tonight, pretty much identical forecast for wednesday but temperatures will be warming up by the weekend. for fremont tomorrow, starting off with the cloud

ringling brothers barnum and bailey circus with a new show at oracle arena showcasing what san franciscoa celebration of food, wine and spirits in union square. ♪ >> frank ambrosia, help is on the way, the aids benefit with carol channing and more sunday at hertz theater. graffiti artists go off the walls on the canvas on hope street. outside land has bands and food on multistages it weekend at the golden gate park. in san jose great jazz. the annual jazz festival, don sanchez, abc 7 news. >> all right. well, that's going to do it for us for now. >> that's right. but we're standing by for the decision on the prop 8 stay. judge walker will issue it before noon so within the half hour. >> that's right. so we will continue to stay here for you to bring that decision the moment it happens. >> all right. meantime we leave you with a live picture from san francisco city hall where the anticipation so my mercury moment happened during our family camping trip. i grabbed my son a juice box...and left the cooler lid open. twenty minutes later, all our hot dogs were gone. and so was most of the car

ringling brothers and barnum & bailey's clown college held auditions for clown hopefuls.cants had to make faces, demonstrate athletic skills, and of course, makes the judges laugh. san francisco is one of three try-outs in the u.s. this year. circus officials say six of those who tried out today were silly enough to make the cut as clowns. good luck to them. >>this's our report. tmz is next on tv 36. see you at 10. presenting the cadillac "summer's best" sales event. a fantastic opportunity to get a great offer on an all new cadillac srx luxury collection crossover... ..with a bose premium sound system. and an ultra-view sunroof designed to let more summer time in. summer brings out the best in all of us, so now's the perfect time to get behind the wheel of a new cadillac. hurry in for great lease or purchase offers on an all new srx during cadillac's summer's best sales event going on now at your cadillac dealer.

ringling brothers and barnum & bailey has come to town. with over 130 performers from around the world, the search is back in the bay area. the first show tonight featuring two new performers, bonnie the elephant and her baby named barack. purely coincidental. the circus is set up in oakland's oracle arena through sunday only. >> funundrum. >> accent on fun. >> conundrum for the giants. >> there you go. at at&t park tonight as well where there was no place like home for pat burrell. the bay area native loves being a giant. loves bailing out his team late in games. >>> the latest on the niners' ballmer who was not at practice for the second day in a row today.ct sports is next. >>> san francisco hoping to resurrect his career lr, but it seems it's pat burrell who's been resurrecting the giants' pennant host. since joining the giants, he lived up to his nickname, pat the bat. barry zito on the mound. looking for his first win in his last five starts. bottom six, 3-3. aaron rowand takes care of that, going deep to left center. solo home run.

. & barnum and bailey circus will kick off the parade tomorrow in oracle. but a group of activists held an event saying the elephants are subjected to abuse. >> these images -- >> today the people for the ethical treatment of animals or, peta, released photos and videos of circus elephants. they claim they separate the baby elephants from their mothers, chinning them up as many as 20 hours a day to train them. >> to force these elephants into these positions so people go to the circus they will see them like this. these are far from natural positions. >> they also show the baby elephants being hit with an object. >> this video is so amaying this is -- amaying. this is a random act of violence. they go after the elephants. the el elephants are ready to go in. >> there was no attempt to harm the elephants. sloppy technique, yes. >> i thought the correction was tombly done. >> she also said they don't mistreatment the animals -- animals, they won't. they don't have to. they know their strength. >> pro testers say they will be on hand when the sir kiss opens we

on the 200th anniversary of the birth of pt barnum, they hit san jose the week after.their clown college was looking for hopefuls. and those are fresh eggs. >> i'm a professional juggler full time on pier 39. >> she's riding on stilts. >> fun, traveling around the country doing puppet shows and juggling and a train rat circus. >> how is that? >> they jump through hoops and walk tight ropes. we saul it cirque du sewer. >> it's her second audition. >> getting into it again as an adult, is reliving your childhood every day. >> this is four performers were chosen and they're now touring with the circus. the judges are looking for people who are physical. >> you can't relie on verbal community. it's about the body he says you won't get rich but will have fun. so now, the choice of semi finalists and lorena is n if she makes it she'll sign on for a year. it's warmer, more personal f you'd like to run away with the circus you can go to their web site and send a dvd of the performance. who knows? you can be in the greatest show on earth. >> and this year's clown college is ful

. >> he's ringling brothers, barnum & bailey. >> you cast buy -- can't buy him dinner. >> he's tough mushy center. >> he doesn't have a filter. he'll say -- you know, i woke up this morning and my balls ache. you know, you're like, you know my grandmother? >> he's a force. >> a force of nature. >> one lucky [ bleep ]. >> he puts on a big show. he cannot help himself. he can't help it. >> larry: that's a clip from "his way" a documentary about jerry weintraub that's still in production. and speaking of still in production, he never stops. jerry, what are you going to do now? going to keep making movies? >> well, i have a documentary coming out. yeah, i'm making the story of liberace this year. michael douglas is liberace. >> larry: whoa. >> matt damon is the boyfriend. soderburgh is directing. it's going to be great. >> larry: who's the brother? george, right? >> yeah, george liberace. i don't know. lee was great. >> larry: i met him once. >> great guy. >> larry: that's great casting. >> yeah, it's going to be fun. >> larry: who's going to sing? >> that's another story. i don't know.

hp pavilion, ringling brothers barnum bailey circus is here, and concerts in the park.ch out for more traffic. 14-minute drive out of the altamont pass heading over through oakland. looking at oakland at the coliseum. a live look there shows a steadily building flow for the nimitz, but no major slowing . s 15 minutes past the coliseum. the a's play tonight, very smooth here and no back up at the toll plaza. >> that's what we like to hear. it's nice and clear there, too, weather-wise any way, to me, to my untrained eye. >> you're right. that's a good eye. we have a cold start to the morning. it will be warming up today. it will be the nicest day of the next four. if you have a long weekend today, today is the day to get out and enjoy it. the weekend will be a bit cooler. things may be warming up monday and tuesday. right now 54 in san francisco. 59 in san jose. not much of a difference from the last couple of days except in the east bay, four degrees cooler than this time yesterday. oakland and hayward, one degree difference. winds not much to speak of. nothing above 10

>> welcome to the clown auditions for ringling brothers barnum & bailey. >> whoo!!reporter: over a dozen clown hopefuls are jumping into the ring. >> things like juggling, things like slaps and falls, those are all things you can learn. but what i'm looking for is the desire. >> reporter: it seems like "american idol" but david kaiser insist he is no simon cowell. he says the judges are looking for raw talent and individuals who express themselves in a huge way. >> i create it with my entire body. >> reporter: it is a whole body experience. these auditions are about improv and comedic timing. >> it takes a long time to learn what it means to be a clown. it takes life. it takes experience. >> reporter: a lifetime of experience, many here willing to put into clowning. most people trying out today have been to clown school and are professional clowns. they know ringling brothers will be offering fewer than 10 jobs. >> i would love them all to feel like they have nothing to lose here today, like they are not hopeful of having a job with the greatest show on earth. i'd l

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the ringling brothers and barnum & bailey circus celebrates the 200th anniversary of the founder. we're back on this wines-day with more of "today" with more of our episode of "who knew" trivia game. kathie lee is across the street, at dean and deluca with $100 for people who get the answers right and if they don't, they get the lovely cd. >> we have the spokesman for the guinness book of world records, ready to give us the inside scoop on world-class winners. stewart's british. are you ready? >> let's do it. >> these beautiful ladies are from maryland, this beautiful lady teaches at my ex-former high school. buoy high school, so i want you guys to win my record. how much does the world's heaviest commercially-available hamburger weigh? a hamburger. >> we'll go with b. [ buzzer ] >> that's good, you win my record. see? >> congratulations. so the -- the heaviest hamburger is 185 pounds? >> indeed. and you can get it at a mally's sports bar and grill in michigan. you have to order it 72 hours in advance. there you have it. and if you eat it under one hour, you get to take it for fre