(bender) 41 bullets. it's--there's a wonderful thing that he says in the interviews, which is that it's very hard to lie when you're singing. (bender) sting says this in the documentary. wonderfully. and--just--we have such incredible stories, man. we don't have time to tell them all to you. there's the six bullet story from harry belafonte, and there's--there are stories of joan baez when she was going down and trying to play, you know, in the south. there's stories of all of them. you know, the civil rights people weren't just risking their time or their rep or their career or stuff like we do. you know, they were risking their lives. how do you feel about the generation you grew up with? have they retained the spirit that you had in 1969? hard to generalize. i think largely, yes, because i think most of us came to the same conclusion i did, which is that most of the causes we espoused, we were right about. peace is better than war. racism stinks. civil rights are crucial. you know, and we weren't wrong

an update on the story first reported on our website last month about lisa bender who was pregnant with her first child when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. for expectant parents ryan and lisa bender, a phone call from the doctor confirming a diagnosis of stage two breast cancer changed everything. >> i was yelling in the car, no, no, no. this can't be happening. >> according to the national cancer institute, 1 in every 1,000 women in the united states is diagnosed with cancer during their pregnancy. some 3500 each year. in the past, doctors recommended terminated pregnancy or waiting on treatment. but that has changed. many cancer drugs are considered safe to women to take while pregnant. >> so the idea that women can carry the pregnancy through is a very good option for them. >> lisa chose surgery, a lumpectomy and chemo in her second trimester. on march 13th, a happy birthday for alice virginia, and a precious reminder to her mom of everything she fought for. >> this experience of having cancer especially while i was pregnant has made me appreciate every single second i have wi

fender bender at new york city's john f.to determine the extent of their damage. air france flight 7, bound for paris, was taxiing on a runway when its left wingtip clipped the tail of comair flight 6293 just after 8 p.m. on monday. the comair commuter plane had just landed from boston. there were no injuries. both jets were towed to an area inspected. this amateur video coming in of the crash. it spins and 90 degrees. it had just landed from boston, no one was injured. >> darya: wow! it looks like it or the way it flips there. getting in to stem an island has been a chant after a dump truck and a tractor-trailer crashed into the toll plaza. the driver was hurt, the kron shut down for toll lanes. traffic was backed up across the bridge. look at that, investigators are still trying to figure out why this happened. a tractor- trailer is on fire this is an albany new york, you can see this huge fireball luckily the driver pulled over. there really wasn't anything. he wasn't calling anything. daly thing up in flames there was th

first a smaller fender-bender just before the pay gates. they are working to clear that off to the shoulder now and then we have a stall on the upper deck past treasure island. so as you can see, it is a slow crawl right now up the incline. i just checked and they still haven't turned on the meet me. they will likely turn them on any minute now. but for right now, no metering lights, but there is a small backup there as you approach the toll plaza. mass transit that's on time. bart is all on time. all trains as well as ace, muni metro and caltrain. let's talk quickly about roadwork. one way traffic control in effect in pacifica. highway 1 near linda mar until about 7:00 this morning. getting a check of the east bay now. highway 4 just seeing your usual slow traffic as you approach a street. the antioch bridge looks okay. again you can see the sensors slow down once you reach a street all the way towards somersville. and the altamont pass drive pretty typical stuff here, as well. a 17-minute commute from 205 out towards 680 and the dublin in

we have seen a couple of fender benders and spin-out due the wet roads. everything moved off the roadway. so if you are getting ready to leave the house, you should have a smooth commute awaiting you. nothing blocking any lanes on any of the freeway. live look at walnut creek in 680. the taillights are moving southbound. no delays heading in the san ramon valley. the earlier roadwork that was in both directions of 680 through the san ramon area has been cleared. now important news for vallejo bay-link ferry commuters. the ferry is not operating this morning. the shuttle buss will be in place. two vallejo transit buss will complete 7:00 departure to san francisco. eric? >> megan, thank you. >>> coming up on 6:08. today, san francisco will do something meant to make it easier for you to find a place to park. but it could mean in the future it could cost more to do that. the world is watching this pilot program. abc7's terry mcsweeney live at city hall to tell us more about it. terry? >> yeah, it's a two-year, $20 million federally funded program to see if r

. >>> an emergency landing in new orleans led to one unusual fender bender. engine problems forced a pilot to put his plane down on a grassy median. after touching down, the wing clipped a passing minivan with three adults and two children inside. thankfully no serious injuries were reported. >>> and back to texas where kids travelled from 16 countries to see if they stacked up against the competition at superstack 2011. sport stackers raised against the clock and each other. the kids posted several record-breaking times. >>> now a look at your national and regional weather, bill karins with the weather channel forecast. a huge fan. what do you think? it is amazing right. >> do you look better on tv. let's talk about the severe weather over the weekend. you don't usually expect an out break like this. the average tornado is 100 miles per hour. on the ground for 10 miles per less. we have the long track tornados on the ground for on our with winds up to 160 miles per hour. 60 miles was how long the tornado was on the ground. you can see how the dots were lined

we had an earlier smaller fender-bender in san rafael that's been completely cleared so southbound 101rough the waldo grade. heading towards the golden gate bridge, they should have just done the lane change just a few minutes ago so right now everything is looking great across the span in either direction between the toll plaza and marin. and here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. all of our bridges nice and quiet this morning, no metering lights. typically they turn them on at the bay bridge around 6:20 or so, so no backups yet heading into san francisco and mass transit is also off to a nice start. i just checked and bart has 33 trains all running on time. ace, muni metro and caltrain also look good. remember kcbs, our radio partners, at 740-am and 106.9- fm. get all the latest traffic, weather and news information once you hit the roads. back to you. >> thank you. >> everything you need to know. okay, thank you very much, elizabeth. 5:20 your time. >>> president obama is preparing for more spending fights now that the white house and congressional leaders have agreed on a

you are heading to the lower deck of the bridge we have problems -- sounds like a smaller fender-benderaching treasure island. one lane blocked but it's actually not causing any big delays. and upper deck traffic gets by into san francisco just fine once you get past the tunnel. back to you. >> thank you. >>> it can just drive you crazy. you're circling around trying to find a place to park here in san francisco. starting today, you wouldn't have to. the city is using sensors and smartmeters to give realtime parking information to several neighborhoods. drives can now log on to sfparks.org or get a new phone app and later this year, drives can pay on their phone or online instead of having to go all the way back to the meter to put money in the meter. you can even get a text message before it expires. pretty cool. >>> new city audit comes down hard on san jose's disability retirement program for police and the firefighters. kcbs radio's matt bigler explains some say it's too easy for retirees to claim a disability and he joins us now with more. matt, good morning. >> reporter: good morn

what caused a fender bender between two big yet symptoms. >>> meteorologist norm collins, cw weather center. a cold front moved through, not much rain, another one coming that could carry a few more drops. we'll talk about that coming up. vail ♪ let's see you fly now! [ laughs ] look, more frequent flyer red tape. not on my watch. let that family fly! [ tires screech ] i just wanted to use miles to take my family on vacation, but -- let me guess -- restrictions through the roof. that's right. not anymore. rapid rewards has your back. [ male announcer ] join rapid rewards and enjoy unlimited reward seats, no blackout dates, and no red tape. ♪ and no where is it higher than >>> the price of gasoline nearing all-time highs across the country and nowhere is it higher than california. take a look at the map of the u.s. h ere. areas in deep read mean gas is selling for more than $4.10 a gallon. green states are paying $3.50 a gallon. the coming memorial day weekend will not be a holiday for drivers. some pre-dick we'll be paying $5 a gallon by then. >>> nationally the average price of gaso

when i look at the work that gretchen bender did, i think there was something very inspired.eeling something. i don't know if it all works, but it works well enough that i stand by it. it was a piece the time needed. and for those who have not seen it, they incorporated video of--of people-- survival workshops with-- that were people living with or having lived with a life-threatening illness. and in those workshops, i asked them to draw their lives on a piece of paper. it was an abstract squiggle. and then walk it. i asked them to make gestures that said how they felt about their lives. we gathered these gestures: almost, oh, a hundred and some of them. and then we learned them-- the dancers in the company. and dancers, professional dancers, learned these gestures, transformed them by putting movements in the lower boy with them so it became dance. and then we made this thing-- music by ken frazelle-- where he just took testimonies alone on a park bench. i just sat there; i couldn't listen. you know, sort of trying to get at those moments when people were having a revelation

we had a bunch of fender- benders. but they turned out to be not a lot.e just had to israel pull -- had to pull over to shoulder. it's lighter than usual. it's not a holiday and that goes for any day, not only the royal wedding day but just in general. maybe a almost bit windy. it's kind of brisk out there. when you come to the bay bridge, there is a small delay westbound coming into san francisco. it's:09. let's go to steve. >>> it's crystal clear out there. not a cloud to be found. coast, bay, inland. it was very cold this morning. we had a lot of 30s. it will be breezy and at least we have sunshine and take the sunshine and decrease the wind as we go into weekend. you started off with a lot 350s. but we're hard-pressed to warm you. but that wind is turning more northeasterly by tomorrow and that means maybe upper 70s to the 80s by next week. windy, coast, some of the higher elevations have seen about 35, 40 miles an hour. not so bad at the surface but it's still breezy and cool. it should decrease this afternoon. temperatures are starting to warm up. f

but yeah, i was called "greaser," "wetback," "taco bender." i thought, you know, wow.i mean, "beaner" was the nicest of those things, and i had never heard such things in my life. it was... >> hinojosa: well, did that immediately kind of make you start wanting to separate from your mexicaness? a little bit of self-hate... >> no. >> hinojosa: because a lot of people have that self-hatred. >> i know. >> hinojosa: "i'm going to deny it; i can pass, i can fit in. let me just put the fact that i'm mexican and speak spanish back here, because it's a lot easier to not deal with that." >> there's so many things to hate yourself about. ( laughing ) you know, why add that? >> hinojosa: what a philosopher! i mean, you know? ( laughing ) >> no, i mean, just... i just think there's so many opportunities in this life to attack yourself, and you know, it was a... it was matter of utter, absolute pride for my father. now, you know, it's a big laugh getter on tour when i talk about my father's mexican pride, but it was so profound that my father took credit for every invention being me

we will have thunder benders out there .ou are getting ready to leave your house you should have a smooth commute awaiting you. this is interstate 80 in the berkeley area. head lights are moving westbound . once you do reach the bay area toll plasa. there is a slight delay . making your way in san francisco and bay bridge. chp issued a wind advisory. traffic is moving nicely in both direction and the headlights are moving eastbound in hayword and one more bridge in the gate bridge . a beautiful ride in san francisco and sals lito . 280 right in the 17 overcrossing and nice and light in the downtown san hose area x. latest traffic updates go to abc 7 news.comand clickolt traffic link. >> megan thanks a lot. the nfl is a long way from playing football again. but today many players may be returning to work. yesterday, the judge granted their request to lift a 45 day old lock out that had been keeping them away. team owners will immediately appeal . player members suggested they show up ready for work outs just to see if they wi

call it an airplane fender-bender.rs were not hurt. we are told 500 on board the airfrance plane which is now being inspected. comair runs regional flights for delta. lucy yang, abc news, new york. >> scary moment. and another plane-related incident to tell you about today. a delta airlines flight made an emergency landing at the airport in raleigh, north carolina. during its flight from jfk to ft. lauderdale, crew members reported an odd board smell believed to be due to an electrical problem. the plane did land safely and none of the 99 people on board was injured. >>> turning overseas where officials in japan have now raised the severity of the nuclear crisis to the highest level. that makes it on par with the chernobyl disaster in 1986. level seven signifies a major accident with wider consequences than the previous level which was five, according to the international scale. now the top u.s. nuclear official says that it could take weeks or even months before the situation at fukushima becomes stable. >>> survivors

we've had a couple fender benders nothing major yet. >>> if you're on the peninsula highway 101 looks good. although it's a little bit wet in the peninsula as well. heading down to the south bay the commute looks good. along 101. traffic is moving well from the mountains to valley. >>> it's 5:16. let's go to steve. >> sal, thank you sir. a very god morning. cloudy skies. light rain going through. very similar to what we had over the weekend. we get sun breaks. today mostly cloudy. light rain. the breeze is still there too. everything coming out of the west. tomorrow a little bit more sun and slightly warmer. we'll carry that into wednesday. thursday another system gives us a cool down. there are signs the weekend will be dry and warmer. possibility of our first 80- degree temperature of the young system. we still have 5-6 days to ease into that. not a lot of cloud cover. stretching from the east bay back over toward oakland and the peninsula. very light rain. 50s mild. we have a lot of lot of cloud cover. there is one more system. they are starting to move toward the north. high press

if you are coming up that direction, sounds like a two- car fender-bender again. sensors not picking up slowing but chp is heading to the scene. the bay bridge still nice and quiet but we still have that high wind advisory in effect so we'll take a check of mass transit coming up. in the meantime back to you guys >>> a garden hose no match for flames coming from a burning home in the east bay. anne makovec is in bay point where firefighters are still looking for hot spots. >> reporter: nobody was injured in this fire, not the three people who lived in the home here behind me nor any firefighters. the bad news, the home is a total loss. let's take a look at the map. the neighborhood in bay point in contra costa county, the fire broke out around 2 a.m. this morning. a man, woman and another man all inside the house at the time. they smelled smoke, they got out. one man tried to fight the flames himself with a garden hose before firefighters showed up. he was unsuccessful. firefighters took over and they had a lot of challenges because the winds were pretty high here

but again two-car fender-bender stacked up traffic for a while. 20 minutes now is your drive time outf the altamont pass and heading towards 680 and the dublin interchange. so those are kind of slow spots where it looks great is the silicon valley ride. westbound 237 no issues right now all the way towards san jose. southbound 101, no problems. southbound 101 between novato and san rafael 8 minutes. looks great across the span. bart all trains running on time. ace, muni metro and caltrain also reporting everything on time. if anything changes, remember kcbs, our radio partners, at 740-am and 106.9-fm. that is your traffic and your weather. back to you. >> thank you. >>> sticker shock at the pump. how much gas could cost you by memorial day. >> abraham lincoln, there is a little hint there. and general manager or gm issuing a recall this morning. the problem that can happen with your steering wheel while driving. it's a big one, too. ,,,, this was so easy. that was quick. no envelopes to lick. no deposit slips to fill out. a lot less paper to deal with. i like that. i just feed in my c

>> you know, first we'll talk about inside the studio, a little finer fender-bender between cameras 1 and 2. 580 we have a nice flow of traffic coming >>> this morning san francisco police are reportedly ready to name a new chief known for cracking down on crime in the city's toughest districts. but the new chief's name is also linked to a few department scandals. christie smith is live in san francisco this morning with a look at the new chief and his rise to the top. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. yeah, his name is captain greg suhr and he certainly has a long resume here in san francisco. started as a patrol officer 30 years ago, moved his way up and handles riots, handled two of the department's toughest stations. even climbed kilimanjaro on behalf of a fellow fallen officer. suhr is 52 years old, ran the bayview station where homicides dropped about 50% under his watch. he's handled protests and riots. he's got strong backing from the state attorney general and the police officers association, but of course there's also controversy. the chronicle reports a

we've had some fender benders out there but the roads are so quiet haven't had a major effect on traffic. for example, southbound 280 just after mickey boulevard there's an accident clearing. it's oned shoulder. and it is been blocking some lanes. but traffic is slowing down past the scene and then it moves on. southbound 280 at hick key boulevard. move along and take a look at the commute here on interstate 880 in oakland. that traffic is moving along nicely. and in the south bay the commute looks good. let me just move this down because i want to show you we were just talking about hick boulevard. southbound 280 see the icon down there that's where it is. little bit of a slow down approaching the mall. we'll continue to follow this for you on this injury crash. 5:16. let's go to mark. >>> hi, sal, good morning to you. we have mostly cloudy skies. scattered high clouds over the portion of the bay area right now. no rain drops but latest with the overcast from santa rosa to concord and san jose and off to a chilly start. showing more 30s to start out this morning. so this morning compare

if this was potentially a very dangerous offender bender.at went wrong. you can see it happening on this amateur video as a spokesman for aviation safety group later put it, it was a case of two planes just of been together. he said the air france plane really creamed the regional jet. the little commuter jet operated by delta was spun around like a toy as hundreds of passengers sat in both planes. the delta pilot confirmed the accident air traffic control. off no one was hurt but it's something the passengers want won't soon forget. >> we were all having a chat sing was a knowing, and then suddenly a big gain from one side of the plane it was like crushing noises. >>catherine: air france plane had been taxing of to a runway at jfk won its left wing tip crashed into the tail of the little plane. damage to the airbus here. it's so vague it to win nearly had enough clearance to make it over of the smaller plane but not quite. it just didn't help that was rain, particularly busy at the airport last night. if this is raising concern about the gr

offices and it is that whole "birth of a nation", dunning school business that really propped up bender johnson because it made it look like his adages were the correct ones. after dubois and others people began to take a different look at reconstruction and understood that it was more of a problem than any kind of solution. so, i am glad, i have to say even though it took me a long time to do it and it was difficult about -- to write about someone who given all, was responsible for a lot of bad things that happen but you have to try to have enough -- men to present your points, and i hope i've managed to do that. but i do think i make very strongly the case that he is a figure that he cannot ignore. the kinds of things he did during reconstruction and the trajectory of his life is a very american story in good ways and in bad ways. so with that i would like to take your questions. [applause] >> thank you very much. we have got hands already. fantastic. right here in the fifth row. >> do you see any player levels between the take back the country movement at the end of johnson's time an

i'm on a complete bender. they say martha stewart doesn't need any sleep.'s how she crochets all that stuff and irons. >> do you do that? >> i haven't managed to squeeze that in yet but i may give it a go. >> four hours of sleep, wow. >> we'll be back, everyone, with more "world news now." eryone, with more "world news now." pope, wow. >> we'll be back, everyone, with more "world news now." pe, wow. >> we'll be back, everyone, with more "world news now." e, wow. >> we'll be back, everyone, with more "world news now." , wow. >> we'll be back, everyone, with more "world news now." >>> well, for most of us getting through the day without a major calamity is as much disaster preparedness as we can manage. >> very true, but more and more sturdy souls are now preparing for real disasters, and we mean everything from earthquakes to terrorist attacks. there are survivalists training schools. john donvan checked one out. >> reporter: when you have most of what most of us seem to want, good looks, a good marriage, good kids, a good home and yet you still want to esca

that has now been cleared we also have a couple stalls, we had a minor fender bender on the upper deck still backed up to the 880 over crossing even though all those earlier problems are gone. here is july with your forecast. >>> the forecast is looking pretty nice for today. big changes on the way. blue skies over the coat tower. plenty of temperatures warming significantly from what we saw yesterday. mid-60s along the coast today. temperatures will begin to cool tuesday blustery by wednesday throw in a chance of showers thursday, cool enough to see a little frost by friday morning i love america, i love my pet bald eagle brock, my bison sara, i love my pick-up with the custom constitution paint job... i celebrate jury duty... i love america so much, i'm making an all american jack combo two jumbo patties, with melting cheese, lettuce, tomato and pickles, plus fries and a drink for only $4.99. i've celebrated every american tradition...except one... spring break cancun yo!!!!!!!! you can't cook that sea bass in a greasy oven! why not? you'd never cook with pots and pans that dirty, wo

and at the golden gate bridge, just getting word of an accident, sounds like a smaller fender-bendergh across the span. >> that neat shot of the golden gate bridge looks clear but don't be fooled. we have a chance of more showers out there today. the main cold front has gone by bringing us overnight rain but now we are into the scattered showers. doppler radar is picking up on some of that off the coast. some could sweep onshore and bring brief downpours so be prepared. have the umbrella with you and a jacket. it's going to be cool, plan on highs only in the 50s. 10 degrees below average. a little warmer tomorrow, slight chance of showers in the morning. drying out as we head in through the weekend. when your eyes are smiling... you're smiling. and when they're laughing... you're laughing. be kind to your eyes... with transitions lenses. transitions adapt to changing light so you see your whole day comfortably... and conveniently while protecting your eyes from the sun. ask your eyecare professional which transitions lenses are right for you. >>> welcome back to "the early show" here

we were getting word of what sounds like a smaller fender- bender, just cleared out of lanes. right shoulder. so now just a lot of brake lights heading towards the pay gates. metering lights on. a little sluggish through the sunol grade right now from sunol all the way down towards androtti. if you are continuing towards the south bay, live look at conditions out of downtown san jose, and it's just starting to get busy there right by the 880 interchange. that's your traffic. here's lawrence with a check of your forecast. >> all right. weather outside today looking better as we are not going to see tha rainfall. clouds out there at this hour, looking good as we'll see a mix of sun and clouds. temperatures a little chilly in spots. we have 30s and 40s out there right now. this afternoon, though, here come the 60s around most of the bay area. maybe some 70s in toward the next couple days with some partly cloudy skies. >>> welcome back to "the early show." you can just see the leaves are starting to pop. there's a little bit of green on those trees. oh, spring's around the corner.

earlier, this was a two-vehicle fender bender but has been quickly cleared by the c h p.s actually clearing quickly. >> a new photograph of a prince william and kate middleton. the black and white photo by mario prestino, the famed photographer who also is there for a wedding photographer. who also photographed the late princess diana. >> also unloving garments at this hotel-unloading these garments. however, from the bride's taside, take middleton and her family are staying at the hotel. if you'd like to check this out? other things he could check it out on if you're not going? [laughter] you can watch and even some of the royal guest book. it can make a part of wedding history. it is at the british consulate in the san francisco open for anybody. it is your opportunity to pass along your congratulations to the new couple. you can go to the consulate. from 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.. still, to sign is that book and get up early at 2:00 a.m. to check out our live coverage. all of this royal wedding coverage tomorrow at 2:00 a.m. on kron 4. we will be right back. we need to solv

offices and it is that whole "birth of a nation", dunning school business that really propped up bender johnson because it made it look like his adages were the correct ones. after dubois and others people began to take a different look at reconstruction and understood that it was more of a problem than any kind of solution. so, i am glad, i have to say even though it took me a long time to do it and it was difficult about -- to write about someone who given all, was responsible for a lot of bad things that happen but you have to try to have enough -- men to present your points, and i hope i've managed to do that. but i do think i make very strongly the case that he is a figure that he cannot ignore. the kinds of things he did during reconstruction and the trajectory of his life is a very american story in good ways and in bad ways. so with that i would like to take your questions. [applause] >> thank you very much. we have got hands already. fantastic. right here in the fifth row. >> do you see any player levels between the take back the country movement at the end of johnson's time an

the first thing i did was set up a goal to meet with speaker john bender.d him i had learned from my ways. i want to be good friends with you. we really hit it off. i hope tonight after the one or two mines that my staff thought was appropriate to stick on speaker boehner, i hope we are still friends by the end of the night. even though i was nervous. my staff told peter and said i did not want to do it. they said i would embarrass me or less. "he does not want to do anything that will embarrass new orleans on national tv." peter said, "it is just c-span. nobody is watching." you are in trouble. [laughter] if you did not like that one, you not like the next one either. for the last time, npr, it is good to see you here. next year, you might not be here. peter, you are in trouble. [laughter] i do not know how this is going, but i will tell you that there are a lot of [unintelligible] as a single member of congress, i usually thank my mother. forswearing in, i directed my niece and my nephew selected at a nice family picture. [laughter] i figured that was a l