please welcome benjamin bratt. [applause] >> we thought it was very important tonight to recognize the work that both you and your brother did by making such an incredible film that honored the community. i know supervisor campos was incredibly impressed and thankful to have something that brought attention to his district and to all of our communities, for those of us who live in the mission. peter bratt -- [applause] thank you. peter bratt was the director of this film, "la mission." we couldn't be more proud of their accomplishment. [cheers and applause] his first film, "follow me home" premiered at the sundance film festival in official competition in 1996. it's an exploration of the journey to redemption and the ultimate reach toward conquer societal ills is an he can coffee that they further explored in their sophomore effort, "la mission." [applause] "la mission" is the first of five films incorporated, which is a company that mr. brad and his brother, benjamin, and their producing partner founded, and now "

i'll talk with benjamin netanyahu. as we take a break, a look at how the stock market ended the week. >>> as the economic recovery inches along, the vibrancy of industry plays a key role in american business. caterpillar, the world's largest maker of earth moving equipment. the iconic black mining and construction vehicles. jim owens joins me. great to have you on the program. >> good to be here. >> you recently retired from your role as ceo and chairman of caterpillar. what trends do you see as far as drivers in the american economy? >> well, i think it's, one, i think american companies have to begin to think more and more about global competitiveness in how they compete with imported products and how they compete when they export from the united states, as well as where they invest around the world to participate. but we're also investing and continuing to invest in america. and we have a very strong, vibrant export business in caterpillar. and a number of other. americans sometimes lose track of the fact that we st

peter benjamin says with confidence?i think escalators are fine. >> a statement he makes just hours after meeting with metro general manager. he wanted to know about the 300 page report just released about escalators and elevators on metro. >> how was it interpreted. what did the staff decide about what they needed to do. >> they decided, he says, to pay attention to what the independent companies deemed safety sensitive. >> worker safety issues like how you were protecting the worker from electricution. >> but what about those warnings, about brakes wearing down? he says those problems were labeled merely maintenance and it put them on a need to inspect list. >> what they didn't do was accelerated inspection, until this accident occurred. >> on that day october 30th when the escalator broke, there was overcapacity, too many people on the escalator forcing it to accelerate. the good news is the safety system did kick into gear. the bad news is the brakes broke when it did. >> so now metro is almost finished with inspecti

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. >>> 9 news now spoke with the metro transit board chairman, peter benjamin about the safety of them's escalators. six people were injured on october 80th while riding an escalator -- on october 30th while riding an escalator at l'enfant station. benjamin says they must strip the escalators down and rebuild each by hand because they are so old and out of production. >> we don't want any passenger ever to be injured, and safety is a key thing that we all have to adopt as our number one priority, and i think we did do that. >> reporter: benjamin admits that metro probably should have placed the escalator brake warnings on the safety sensitive list. that would have given them a high priority. >>> owners of the college park restaurant that has been a problem for police decided to take action before county officials did. we'll explain when we come back. >>> the nightmare is ending for passengers on board the disabled cruiseship splendor. i'm sandra hughs and i will have that story coming up. >>> a health alert, attention deficit disorder impacts millions. >> i was tested for learning dis

chairs the metro board and peter benjamin says with confidence a statement he makes hours after meetinghe metro general manager. he wanted to know about the 300- page report released on escalator and elevators. >> how was it interpreted? what did the staff decide they needed to do. >> reporter: he said they decided to pay attention to what the incompany deemed safety sensitive. >> how you are protecting the worker from electrocutions. >> reporter: but what about the brakes wearing down. those problems were labeled merely maintenance and the staff put them on the need to inspect list. >> what they didn't do is an accelerated inspection until the accident occurred. >> reporter: on that day when the escalator broke there was too many people on the escalator forcing it to accelerate. the good news is the safety system did kick in to gear, but the bad news is the brakes broke when it did. >> reporter: now that metro is almost finished with inspecting all 588 escalators he wants to make this point to anyone who feels impatient about escalator repairs. >> these are very old escalators. since n

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benjamin, are metro riders safe? you're doing the inspections and trying to figure out where these brake shoes are worn down, how liquid is getting into the system, how to gert protect the escalators from the environment -- better protect the escalators from the environment. in the meantime are riders safe from another pileup? >> well, certainly what happened in that case was as soon as we realized and with 20/20 hindsight we should have realized it earlier, but as soon as staff realized this was, in fact, a safety sensitive item they went ahead and worked on all 588 escalators i believe well over 400 of them already inspected. there have been repairs made on some of those and at this in a will have been inspected and if any repairs are required, they will have been made. >> just wrap it up here. does that mean a mass outage of escalators? you've got a serious problem. >> no. it's practically all over already. almost all of them have been inspected. all those that have had any repairs needed for the purposes of safet

, i'm mitchell benjamin. we wrote you a letter on october 18 but our concern of the proposed legislation of the market octavia plan expansion. our office has been working on the project at the northwest corner of market and castro street since 2004, over six years now. presently we have a code conforming project and request that you completely grandfather this site. since we have filed the application prior to december 31, 2005. i would like to give you a previous history of our project. it's a multi-family building with commercial space at street level. we have been working diligently with the planning department since 2004. for the last -- for the first two years, we were adjusting the schematic design of the project with the direction from the planning department. we pro gressed far along with that process. in 2007, supervisor dufty spearheaded a design of the upper market area which included this property. we were informed that our project would be placed on hold until final guidelines for the upper marke

dean benjamin cheng. >> dean benjamin cheng is joined with me with dr. joan johnson-freese, now teaching at the naval war college in that great state of rhode island. in that city filled with grandeur near there at least or on the edge of it, maybe in newport, rhode island. she is a noted author. many books on the subject under which we have discussion. and she's assumed the position of chairwoman of the department of national security studies at the war college where she has been since 2002. welcome, dr. johnson-freese. do you have any thoughts o what has transpired on this program so far? >> yes, i've been listening with great interest and i guess i'd like to make two points. you had a discussion about whether the chinese were against the militarization of space and i guess i'd like to weigh in and say they've never said they're against militarization. like the united states, using space for military purposes has been considered part of military modernization, what the chinese have been adamant about and have gone to the u.n. and proposed, with the rus

benjamin mitchell's war is not over. mike boettcher, abc news, afghanistan. >> just one young man of so many fighting every day. >>> and, we turn now to the american economy, and tough words today from fed chairman ben bernanke, who fired back at his critics in germany and china. he told a banking conference in germany the decision to pump another $600 billion into the u.s. economy was necessary to boost america's recovery. and he warned china they they put the global economy at risk by keeping the value of their currency artificially low. >>> and here at home, sometimes the story of a struggling economy can be told in the eyes of one chd. we heard that food banks across the country are overwhelmed with hard-hit families, hoping for help getting a thanksgiving turkey. but the shelves are bare. here's clayton sandell. >> reporter: there isn't a kid alive who doesn't dream of a family dinner like everybody else's. >> turkey! >> turkey! >> reporter: but try to imagine the holiday without it. >> last year, we had pork ch cho

we had in a country of three million people simultaneously active in american politics a benjamin franklin, a george washington, a thomas jefferson, a james madison, a john adams, and alexander hamilton and a john jay. we would all be hard pressed to think of a single individual of the stature of any of those seven people, even though the population today is 100 times greater. on the other hand, because we look at the pictures and the people who wore wigs and buckle shoes, people imagine it was a quaint and genteel time. it was ever bit as nasty and partisan as things are today. george washington, for instance, was accused of everything as president from plotting to restore the monarchy to having been a british double agent during the revolutionary war. >> schieffer: what would t.r. have thought about what's going on today, because in his own way, edmund morris, was something of a revolutionary. i wouldn't say revolutionary is the word for him, but he left the republican party after it renominated taft which led, of course, to the election of woodrow wilson, a democrat. what would he think

he wrote a lot about benjamin franklin. that's another story. i thought of richard daly because i spent year and a half in paris doing the research. most the materials did not get true. the best place to read them is the ministry of foreign affairs in paris. the problem with doing research in paris, if your editor calls you and you're not home, they assume you are having a good time. i wasn't having a good time. i was in the archives every day. which was great if you don't mind working under low light and turning over your passport and arriving at the time and filling out a pass to go to the ladies room and not complaining when the archivist go out on strike. what do benjamin franklin and c cleopatra or why would i attempt a biography of a first century queen? let me say i wasn't entirely sure it was possible. i'd had cleopatra in my mind as a subject for a long time. i didn't see a way to write a traditional chronicle of her life. she fascinated for every reason. he was the rare delilah meets katherine the great and kathy o. this was really mou

dean benjamin cheng. >> dean benjamin cheng is joined with me with dr. joan johnson-freese, now teaching at the naval war college in that great state of rhode island. in that city filled with grandeur near there at least or on the edge of it, maybe in newport, rhode island. she is a noted author. many books on the subject under which we have discussion. and she's assumed the position of chairwoman of the department of national security studies at the war college where she has been since 2002. welcome, dr. johnson-freese. do you have any thoughts on what has transpired on this program so far? >> yes, i've been listening with great interest and i guess i'd like to make two points. you had a discussion about whether the chinese were against the militarization of space and i guess i'd like to weigh in and say they've never said they're against militarization. like the united states, using space for military purposes has been considered part of military modernization, what the chinese have been adamant about and have gone to the u.n. and proposed, with the ru

by the way, benjamin isn't his only son in combat.nger son, a marine, also fighting tonight in afghanistan. >>> and the boy wizard didn't need a spell to pull off this trick. "harry potter and the deathly hallows" part one raked in $125 million in its opening weekend, the strongest part of the series which has spanned nearly a decade. take a look at the trio of fledgling wizards in that first film and here they are nearly ten years later, all grown up. the final harry potter movie opens in july 2011. >>> and coming up, where thank heaven the wild things are. copd makes it hard for me to breathe. but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now, i can join the fun and games with my grandchildren. great news! for people with copd, including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both, advair helps significantly improve lung function. while nothing can reverse copd, advair is different from most other copd medications because it contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator, working together to help you breathe better. adva

. >>> president obama is praising israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for trying to win approval from his cabinet of a proposal to freeze construction in the disputed west bank. the plan would see israel and force a construction ban for 90 days. in exchange washington would give israel military aid and support of the united nations. if approved by the israeli government, the deal could help revive peace talks with palestinians which collapsed at the end of september. >>> tonight, msnbc will host a town hall event. it focuses on the impact of arizona's controversial immigration law and the role latino voters played in this year's midterm elections. you'll hear from undocumented studts and teens who have been born and raised here in the u.s. and here's a preview. ♪ >> since i was little my dad would always tell me, don't tell anybody you're from mexico. >> i considered this my country and, you know, i'd be more than proud to serve and protect our freedom. >> people talk about getting in line, but what line do i get in? >> i think around high school it really started hitting, the fa

. >> glenn: now i notice benjamin and brendan have ribbons and stuff on their chest. stars up here. many others don't. really honestly, think you're making the rest of everybody feel bad. can't you share? what do the ribbons mean, what is on your chest? >> they're just -- this one right here, i went to a four-week flight school program at the university of north dakota. this is just based off ranking system at west point. >> glenn: you don't rank people, do you? this is crazy talk! i can see why so many people just dislike all the hatred here. help me out on because there is no one here that could have signed up to military service prior to 9/11. you all did it afterwards. you all see -- who signed up the most recent. who has done it in the last two years? where? the last two years? why? why? second row, in this way. it doesn't matter. yes, right here. >> we love our country, sir. and anything to do our duty. join up and fight for your country. >> glenn: have you watched the news lately? what is it that made you say yeah? what specifically, is there anything specific?

meg whitman, she looks like the old benjamin franklin, the guy that discovered the kite. she looks good though, a feminine girl. look at her, they enthusiastic. good for a lot of money, my god, where did she get all that money? maybe she got it from his estate. original benjamin franklin. how did he get? george washington, how did he get? from england. they gave it to him to leave england. >> there you go, nicely done, uncle frank. >> thank you. >> jimmy: if you been smoking pot? >> no, no, never. >> jimmy: one of the most talked about ballot initiatives is proposition 19 which would legalize recreational sale. it was not expected to pass. don't get too bump out. still use the "i voted" sticker to roll tiny little joints. here's a good prank. tomorrow morning, tell them to pass. tell them pot's now legal, and to celebrate, go light up in front of that cop. so, if it didn't pass, i don't know. i'm worried. how are people in california going to get pot now? you know? another blow to california. our state representative, nancy pelosi is no longer speaker of the house. the de

. >> benjamin netanyahu said of israel's 4,000 year connection to these placesand noted more than a billion people believe the historic documentation in the bible. the mosque designation was crucial to reving israeli-palastinian peace talk jews have traveled to these sites around the world for generations. >> to eradicate that history and turn them into muslim sites is a political agenda but not truth. >> an officialist of its national heritage site >> israelis are talking about the effort of some countries to delegitimize the state of israel charging it with phony war crimes and questioning its history, its very foundation. >> julie stall, cbn news, beth lehem. >>> thousands of people that fled eir homes are returning to their homes. cbn news corrpondent lucille has more. >> reporter: mot of the casualties were torched by hot gases measuring up to 600 degrees centigrade. mound marpi began spewing va. she tried to go back to her house to save her son. thick smoke prevented her from reaching him. fortunately 11-year-old son was rescued by others. 90 percent of his body was burned. >> i am sa

there will be an interview of benjamin netanyahu and then mr. cavuto will be interviewing mr.>> look forward to it again tomorrow. thank you very much. >>> a presidential tell-all that is sure to have everybody talking. former president george w. bush's new book, "decision points" hitting the store shelves today. >> reporter: a major announcement expected in virginia's 11th congressional i what you can expect to hear from the challengers later on this morning when fox 5 morning news returns. ♪ ♪ hello sunshine ♪ sweet as you can be ♪ i love waking up [ chuckles ] ♪ to your morning melody ♪ i can tell it's gonna be ♪ a sweet day [ female announcer ] wake up to sweetness with honey nut cheerios cereal. kissed with real honey for a yummy sweet taste that's just right. and the 100% natural whole grain oats treat your heart sweet. because they can help lower your cholesterol. you are so sweet to me. ♪ you're sweet to me bee happy. bee healthy. >>> i'm trying to get use the to the sun coming up early. >> the sun going down early. >> sunrise at 6:44. >> light out there already. >> go

i'm no benjamin franklin but i think i have a daylight saving caliber holiday on my hands.nal unfriend day is next wednesday, november 17. this is something i've devised. it's dedicated to getting rid of facebook friends who aren't really your friends. [ laughter ] in real life -- [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] -- you have, maybe -- you have maybe ten real friend. the other 290 are people you didn't like enough in high school to stay in touch with physically so -- but now with facebook you get every detail their lives. you get every detail of their kid's lives, their pet's live, 24 hours a day. you know those horrible family update mailers people send around the holidays? it's like getting one of those every two hours. think about this if you have 300 facebook friends and spend 3 minutes a week on each one of them, that's 15 hours a week. that's a part-time job. [ laughter ] and instead of money you get paid in kitten videos. so people seem to think to be sparking to the idea of the unfriend movement. some people have already dumped lots of unwanted friends. i'd like

. >> benjamin ross from the heritage foundation. the ambassador said unacceptable, and i had a question. what that exactly means when there's five countries or six countries that keep on saying this, that it's unacceptable and iran keeps on enriching uranium. and we have the example of north korea, and at that time those same countries said it was unacceptable, and it actually happened. so what does that actually mean? and the other question is what's the word democracy? when you say you want a democratic iran, we've already said that iran is not a totalitarian regime, there's many different centers of power. so i, i guess what you mean is you want a country with more human rights. and how does that exactly serve american interests? it serves the interests of the iranian people, but is that something that we should take risks for as american policymakers? >> barbara? >> well, it was ambassador eisenstadt who said it was unacceptable, i didn't say that. [laughter] you know, my personal view -- and this is just my personal view -- is

jonathan is johnson from castro valley and benjamin powell from hayward. vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> hundreds of sex offenders are off the streets. they have been arrested for violating parole in the largest sweep of its kind ever in california. 140 different agencies are participating in operation safe play ground. during the six month sting authorities are picking up on as many paroled sex offenders as they can to see if they are following conditions of release. violations include failing to charge their gps monitoring devices, contacting minors on social networking possession of drugs, weapons, pornography and children's toys. >> children's underwear. if he has a history of abusing children these things can be used as gifts or items to lure children and it is against his conditions of parole. >> so far, parole agents arrested 579 sex offenders statewide. the sting will continue through january. >>> moving on to the economy. aglimmer of improvement for california jobs. although the october unemployment rate out today held steady at 12.4%, 39,000 new positio

. >>> para benjamín figueroa es intento por proteger la industria pesquera de lousiana de más de 2000>>> yo no dejo de comerlos. >>> que bueno que se arregló el problema me da mucho gusto. mucha gente depende de eso. >>> casi todas las aguas del golfo han sido re a abiertaabir pesca comercial. >>>josé: este domingo en enfoque desde washington, entramos bajo la epidermis del nuevo libro del expresidente george bush el expresidente acusa de quien dinamitó el ingenietentó de una reforma migratoria que el presidente estaba propiciando. >>> Él no quería que el presidente bush republicano, tuviera una victoria sobre el tema de migración cosa que se me hace muy cínica, una movida muy cínica. respeto al senador reid por su posición. pero eso fue política dura, política sucia mento y los que pagaron fueron los.... >>> tiene que defenderse de acusaciones muy serias, porque sí, de ser como lo describe el presidente, el expresidente bush en su libro, él tiene que clarificar por qué hizo eso. >>> el senador reid le dio más tiempo a la reforma migratoria en el 2007 que cualquier otro proyecto de le

benjamin was born at a florida hospital weighing in at 8 pounds, 3 ounces.is birth brings joy to the family nearly two years after the accidental death of their 16-year-old son, jett. benjamin has a 10 year-old sister, ella, he can static about her brother. >> very thankful for them. >>> so laura behnke, what's up? >> we have a big hockey game going on. i know we haven't been talking about the sharks, but this is a big one. the most anticipated match of the early hockey season is here, but tonight a rematch of the sharks and black hawks, but neither team has been tearing it up so far. what's going on? and the raiders have a new linebacker who could make an immediate impact. first he has to figure out where to line up. and a world title on the line in oakland. we'll hear from andre ward in sports. >>> families across the bay area will sit down to a traditional turkey dinner tomorrow. of course, not everyone's version of traditional is exactly the same. nbc bay area's joe risetto jr. shows us what some people are will to go carve into. >> it's a banner year fo

. >> it started with benjamin franklin in 1784 when he was living in paris at that time. he observed the people in paris liked to get up very late in the morning but also stay up very late. >> economics professor henry wolf says franklin suggested firing cannons at sunrise to get them up so they wouldn't waste hours of sunlight, but it was the injury manns to implement it -- germans. >> they thought then germany could save for the war. >> u.s. did it also finally making it official after the arrest aboil elm bar go it became less energy efficient. today's world, it doesn't make sense anymore. >> we did it using data, in fact it turned out that daylight savings time and especially the extension does not save energy anymore. >> i need your good questions. send them to me at cbs5.com. >>> the right to talk to a picture. the warriors star goes down. tell you if he's going to get up next. can a smartphone be its own guardian angel ? can it keep an eye out for itself, literally show and tell you where it is when you don't even know yourself ? droid can with lookout mobile secur

robie benjamin, this manhattan psychotherapist goes there every summer, and she cares so much about them. she wants to be buried there in the dog cemetery. [laughter] and they've agreed to do this -- agreed to do this for her. her ashes are going to be buried in the dog cemetery at black mountain. robie road -- i interviewed her and this is what she told me. i love playing with dolls. as we age, people lose the capacity to play, have fun and enjoy the moment. i'm 78, and dogs keep reminding me how to steam amid and enjoy it. their smiles, wagging tails and kisses say it all. and the other quote i have is by someone you all know, bob dylan, who said one day of dogs could talk it would take all the fun and out of owning one. [laughter] the insightful bob dylan as always. secures a couple pages from this chapter. don't get so close to the fence, it bites. he moved away from the fence. he was a maverick, an animal whose heritage went to 98% wolf and 2% balk to read the speaker was nancy brown, under a fallen far the 16-acre sanctuary for wolf dogs. she never calls that holds, near black moun

she is scheduled to hold talks with benjamin netanyahu on thursday. ahead of the talks, israel's vice premier said israel would continue to build it in jerusalem forever. >>> tde and currency issues are expected to dominate the g- 20 talks in seoul. world leaders arrived ahead of the summit. the g-20 represents two-thirds of the world's population and most of the global economy. global debt, trade policy, and trade imbalances are likely to trigger lively debate. >> this is no welcoming committee for g-20 leaders. protestors have a message for the summit. >> they have never achieved a substantial results. we urged the g-20 to adopt a different direction. the poor are the victims of the global financial crisis. >> redistribution of wealth is what they want the g-20 leaders to concentrate on, but its economic policies will take center stage. when president obama and 19 other leaders meet, trade imbalances and currency exchange rates will top the agenda. german chancellor angela merkel left for the meeting supported by economic news at home. she also indi

. >>> john travolta and kelly preston welcomed an eight pound, three ounce baby boy named benjamin. this comes nearly two years after the tragic death of their 16-year-old son, jett, from a seizure. >>> two months after announcing their split, the wife of george lopez has filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences. >>> angelina jolie is reportedly boycotting thanksgiving. a friend says the actress refuses to celebrate the domination of white settlers and wants no part in rewriting history. >>> and finally, cookie monster has posted an online video on youtube saying me want snl. the sesame street muppet wants to branch out beyond cookie eating. the video includes a monologue, sketches, weekend update jokes and a performance by munste munster gaga. must-see tv. >> i wonder if they have ever done anything like that. they have had skits with things like that, but an actual host? >> i don't think so. that sounds like a dare. >> it would be really challenging technically. >>> this comes from wlwt news 5 in cincinnati, ohio, where folks have a different way of celebrating thanksgi

i asked that very question to peter benjamin just minutes ago. here's what he had to say. >> it's not clear to me that any passenger was ever in danger after the first incident occurred. in other words, the issue that happened here was construction above the metro station, which stopped immediately. as soon as it stopped, all of the danger stopped. it was immediately investigated and all of those actions took place that were appropriate, including sealing everything up. >> reporter: now, the other big safety concern discussed at this morning's meeting was metro's ongoing escalator issues. remember the incident on the national mall where an escalator suddenly started speeding up? we've known for some time it was caused by a brake failure. the brakes simply couldn't hold that huge crowd of people. today we learned metro has inspected 566ful 588 and it turns out 50 were found to have similar problems with the braking system. so that means that the same type of acceleration could have happened on any of those 50 escalators. now 40 of the brakes have

. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton will be meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahun new york this morning. their meeting comes as middle east peace talks have been complicated. >>> and a big night in latin music. in las vegas artists will be honored at the latin grammy awards. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. kanye west speaks out in response to what george w. bush called the low point of his presidency. >>> and a look back at the career of "today" show critic gene shallet. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm veronica de la cruz. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. the day today on your nbc station. have a terrific thursday. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com can cause coma andider's even death. the african black

if a question from benjamin and then sean. >> thanks. benjamin from hamdan.ank you for convening this great group of radical centrist. my question i will offer to barbara. now that we are hearing reports of sanctions are beginning to fight from a domestic lyrical standpoint how how do iranians view the enrichment program, and how will this affect iranians as they go to the negotiating tables over the next couple of weeks? >> well, you know it is hard of course to do proper polls in iran. there have been some, and this is just really from anecdotal, my own sense of it from having traveled there a long time and i don't think iranians really-- they care about the notion that iran should have advanced technology. they don't want to be deprived of that. they think it is their right, but if they were able to trade that for a better economy i think they would do it in a minute. this is, you know there are so many slogans that are tossed around in that country and people repeat them pro forma because they have to. they are drummed into them at nottingham. in the book

johnson and another 18-year-old benjamin powell died. a 16-year-old sitting between them has life-threatening injuries. the two people in the front seat are uninjured an 18-year-old passenger and the driver who is just 14 years old. >> it's horrible. as a school district we try to do everything we can. >> he graduated in june after transferring from tracy. he immediately joined the drama class and made the wrestling team. >> his coach was the first too find out about the staff. he called school administrators who talked to guided answer counselors. >> it was devastating. he was an outstanding student. >> i've never have anyone close to me pass away before. >> all three of the boys sitting in the back seat were not wearing their seat belts. >> this is tragic event for the families but there is the potential to save lives if the seat belts had been worn. >> the driver is charged with vehicular manslaughter and the father is charged with contributing to delinquency of a minor. >> now to a developing story. a south bay global research and go

. >>> president obama is praising israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for trying to win approval from his cabinet of a new proposal to freeze construction in the disputed west bank. the plan would see israel enforce a construction ban for 90 days. in exchange, washington would give israel military aid and support at the united nations. if approved by the israeli government, the deal could help revive peace talks with the palestinians, which collapsed at the end of september. >>> and now here's a look at some other stories making news "early today" in america -- in colorado, three u.s. soldiers were arrested after their attempted raid of a medical marijuana dispensary hit a snag. security video captured the panic when they realized they accidentally locked themselves inside. they've each been slapped with burglary charges. >>> a three-mile stretch of one california beach is littered with thousands of jellyfish. officials are investigating but say a similar event happened about seven years ago with a smaller type of jellyfish. they believe these are moon jellyfish, which are about

peter benjamin told 9news now there is no indication of a specific threat.t metro issued the picture "just to be cautious "and that it was not intended to be released publicly. but the question remains who are they and what were they doing? metro emphasizes the two men are accused of no crime and no wrongdoing. but if you know who they are, authorities would like to know too. would like to know, as we said, who they are and what they were doing. >> i've never heard of be on a look out order like this. is this unusual for metro or do we just never hear about them? >> reporter: good question, derek. we asked that question of the metro board chairman. he says it's the first time he can remember in his experience that this kind of memo was issued. but the ceo says one reason they may not issue these very often is because unlike new york and london they don't have the extensive surveillance that would alert them to possible problems. >> gary nurenberg, thank you, sir. scary stuff. >>> a pro pedophilia book is no longer being sold on amazon after a public outroar.

in hayward this evening the mother, brother and five sisters of one of the victims, 18-year-old benjaminell gathered at the family home. her sister said he wanted to be an emt. >> even though he just made 18, he enjoyed his family. he loved his family. he loved his sisters and brother. he was the youngest of eight. >> reporter: police arrested the other 18 year old in the front seat for allowing the 14 year old to drive his father's car. the other victim is jonathan johnson of castro valley. there is no word yet on whether drugs or alcohol were involve. police credit seat belts for allowing the driver and front seat passenger to essentially walk away from the crash unscathed. >> it is very tragic start to the holiday season for the families involved but the 14 year old should not be driving the vehicle. >> reporter: in hayward, don knapp, cbs5. >>> well, could have been a stunt scene shot in san francisco if it weren't so serious. a mustang speeding down knob hill crashes causing a four-car wreck. witnesses say the car careened down powell street towards union square. at sutter the man d