>> oh, that was betty grissom. betty grissom was seen as more maybe tight-lipped among the wives, and when i went to interview her they were all worried, oh, is betty going to talk to you. but betty had sort of a, you know, a bit of a wild side, she called it. so she shared with me her fur hot pants which i thought was pretty cool. >> great. i love that story. so you like, you know, you said it took a number of months to kind of go around and meet all the different wives, and you pet many of them. many of them, it sounds like you met them more than once. and i know you probably don't want to pick favorites, but if you had to pick a favorite be, who was the one that you were most compelled by or you kept in touch with the most and why? >> well, i have several. i really, i think ream carpenter is an incredible character. the woman we saw a few pictures of, just because she always sort of challenged what it meant to be an astronaut wife, and, you know, saw sort of beyond with that jell-o mold image that they were supp

good morning, betty. happy friday to you.m ceo mary barra will testify next month on why they didn't recall 1.6 million cars. barra has apologized for the recall and named a new head of global safety. >>> don't be surprised if you get carded at starbucks. because the coffee chain plans to expand the number of stores that serve beer and wine to potentially thousands of locations. sales of alcoholic beverages tend to attract the nighttime customers when business is slower. >>> brian krebs, the blogger who exposed the breech at target, is headed to hollywood. it's going to turn his life into a cyber thriller. what an exciting thing for a journalist. >> leave it to hollywood. >>> some stories making news this morning, oscar pistorius's murder trial seems to be taking a financial toll on the athlete. he's selling the house where he killed his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. the unexpected length of the trial is causing him to expose of his asset. >>> duke energy, listen to this, dumped 61 million gallons of contaminated coal ash into

classmates wore pink today in honor of jenna betti. ktvu's ann rubin is in martinez tonight where she learned about the teen's final moments before she was hit and killed by the train. >> reporter: her friends are still in shock. they can't understand how this happened or why her smart phone seemed so important she would run towards a train to retrieve it. >> reporter: jenna betti's boyfriend said we smiled and she kissed me. they were lying on the tracks talk. her mother writes why they made a terrible decision we will never know. the 14-year-old jenna betti was killed incidentally. >> how is this real? how did this happen? >> reporter: friends banned together today wearing pink in jenna betti's honor. >> she will always be in my heart. >> everyone was crying. >> they described her as well liked, good students and great athlete. >> beautiful young lady who added so much to our school community. we are all grieving her loss. >> reporter: counselors were on hand to help students athrough the day. friends felt -- through the day. friends

>> sit down, betty. watch the player in black sweats and blue gloves, chad johnson, aka, ocho cinco playing defense in a flag football game. >> trying to play defense. >> not good at defense. he gets faked out, gets beat deep. he gets scored on for a touchdown. he should sit down. i'm just saying. >> that's hnot his cup of tea, right? he usually plays on the other side. >> still. >>> ever notice how those baggage hogs tend to sneak those massive carry-ons on to flights? if they fly united they're in for a rude awakening. >>> plus sub zero temperatures at niagara falls. [ garner ] there's a lot of beautiful makeup out there, but one is so clever that your skin looks better even after you take it off. neutrogena healthy skin liquid makeup. 98% saw improved skin. does your makeup do that? neutrogena® cosmetics. so i'm going pro. [ male announcer ] new crest tartar protection rinse. the only rinse that helps prevent tartar build-up and cavities. a little swishing. less scraping. yes! [ male announcer ] new c

betty? >> all right, mike. thank you. >>> time is winding down to sign up for health insurance under the law known as obama care. this morning, the white house is out t touting a major milestone. 6 million americans have signed up. that's a far cry from 106,000 in october. it meets a key goal by the administration. last year, they estimated 7 million would enroll by now. for most user, the open enro enrollment ends monday. >>> on thursday, mr. obama met for the first time with pope francis. the men talked for nearly an hour on areas where they agree, like income inequality and poverty. they highlighted a deep division, namely obama care. meanwhile, mr. obama tries to mend fences in saudi arabia today. he'll meet with the king at a time when the countries differ over the futures of iran, syria, and egypt. >>> let's get the latest on the weather. bill, you warnd us of a severe weather threat. i guess we're seeing it. >> this happened late afternoon yesterday in areas of missouri. for a period right around 4:00 in

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>> reporter: that's right, betty. we have seen binoculars replacing some of the most sophisticated radar that the australian or any other military has. i think part of the reason for that is because of the rough seas. part of it is because they have been over areas, again and again. and they have just concluded that perhaps the most effective way of spotting debris is in the old-style, using their eyeballs, using binoculars. and it is perhaps testament the limits of some of the most sophisticated technology the military has. that they are -- they are still using radar, of course. but they are resorting to looking out the windows and seeing what they can spot by eye, betty. >> i guess sometimes you have to go back to the basics. thank you,een. we appreciate it. let's go to kerry sanders in our washington bureau. kerry, could this object spotted by the chinese satellite be the same obscene earlier this week by australian authorities? >> reporter: possibly. let's take a look at the chinese object, first of all. this is t

>> reporter: hi there, betty. well, we know that president obama initiated the call to president putin. as you suggest in your lead, it was at the end of an extremely busy day. first of all, that crimean parliament vote effectively voting to secede from ukraine and join russia was followed later in the day by president obama's e.o., that executive order to at least potentially lay the groundwork to slap sanctions on all those people and entities who threaten ukraine's sovereignty. so the stage was set for that phone call. as you say, it lasted about an hour. it was the second call like that in six days. but what came out of it was an understanding or a lack of understanding, really. in fact, the kremlin today said that putin, on a number of occasions, tried to explain his position, and he felt like obama just was not hearing him. the two leaders have a huge gulf between them. obama calling the pro-russian crimean government illegitimate. putin claiming that the key of government is unconstitutional. and this morni

betty liu is in san francisco.ing to see a little bit of a change here, higher right now in the future as the fed meets today. fed policymakers and their report, expected to cut another $10 billion from their bond buying program. janet yellen: -- janet yellen, holding her first news conference today as chair of the fed. toyota has agreed to pay $1.4 billion in a criminal investigation regarding sudden, unintended accelerations. stormsays that winter hit their official headquarters hard. their earnings missed estimates and they are blaming it on the weather. in other company news, the latest deal for berkshire hathaway and graham holdings, saying that the extent of the warren buffett tax knowledge, avoiding on a billion dollars, swapping shares, the billionaire took advantage of tax laws to reduce the irs stake despite the public stance the corporations should pay their share of taxes. betty liu is in san francisco today. you know, betty, i just have to say -- at what point does he put his money where his mouth is?

i'm betty nguyen. this is "first look" on nbc.omas roberts starts now. >> are you homophobic? >> no, i'm mot homophobic. are you? >> if you had more gay friends, you would not wear that tie? >> a question about the tie. rob ford making jimmy kimmel's late night dream come true. he seemed to be lacking go go juice. the white house is ready to unleash another obamacare delay. is this a key off democrats in the midterm? >>> putin's ruble is rocked in the markets after the russian aggression in the ukraine. if international diplomacy won't work, will putin's love of money make him reconsider a border war? this is "way too early." good morning. great to have you with me. i'm thomas roberts. is tuesday, march 4th. welcome to "way too early." the show that wants to lead with rob ford every day but is experimenting about with dlat gr -- delayed gratification until he works out the tie thing. no sign of agreement or easing over russian's invasion of crimea. putin is expected to speak at any moment now. in a first swing of reaction the u.s.

as far as how we got together i think betty described actually.l decided who he thought was trustworthy and he approached them one at a time and that's it was organized. and basically i think we all felt, i know i felt it, if someone can is built thought they were trustworthy, then not is what all he needed to know. they were trustworthy. we agreed not to get together again after we finished stripping the last of the documents, for security reasons. which is also why we didn't keep everything that we found. we trashed a lot of it because it was basically evidence. so tell the most important things and distributed and characterized, you know, counted up what we had. but we didn't keep it and we didn't stay in touch with each other. so we intentionally basically uploaded each other for the next -- longer than five years really. >> i would just like to ask about jack nelson. at that time by 1971, there were probably only two reporters in the country who had written anything that raised questions about j. edgar hoover and the fbi. and the strongest on

ernie, i'm betty from channel 5, can we talk about the recall? >> why? >> reporter: his name is dr. ernie. he was the supervising veterinarian at the ranco feeding corporation. they say the recall came from diseased cows that were not proper lip spected but they say they had a full staff of inspectors. on his facebook page, you'll find photos of awards for protecting the public health dating back to 2001. so how did it get by him? tony corvo with food and water watch says it's not just rancho. >> they become complacent and start not catching things. >> reporter: in ranco's case, this inspector did notice problems. linette is quoted saying most of the cows have cancer and should be condemned. she flagged that to her supervisors but they condemned her instead saying it slows down their production. usda officials came by the slaughter house as least three times to check things out and found nothing wrong, but transferred linette at management's request. >> she was not tired or disciplined but sent to a different plant. the usda has a big responsibility as what happened. >> reporter: as

other thing, betty, to bear in mind.entioned the president lobbying for extending those emergency unemployment benefits. this month once again could have had some impact from the fact that those benefits expired at the end of last year. could have been a factor there. some people thought it might drive the unemployment rate down because of these people, fewer people actually up there looking for work, they would just would not show up in the tally. that is another thing to factor in here. i know other confusion, a little bit of noise in this number. >> peter, thank you so much, our chief washington correspondent, peter cook, scarlet, thank you, our chief markets correspondent, and our economic executive mike mckee. we're going to head to the white house and hear from that the -- hear from betsey stevenson who sits on the white house council of economic advisors. and a group of canadian investors found a way to save 250 jobs by repurpose thing a 100-year old tomato factory that was slated to be close and has ties to warre

>> well, betty, perhaps you will contend.magine this being incredibly successful. starbucks announces they are going to have an evening menu that features beer, wine, things that go with beer and wine like cheese. >> really? >> yes, in the evenings, they are pairing up with oprah on a tea line. the idea is you are not making one stop a day, but two. who knew? they have it in 40 locations and it will now roll out. not without complications. >> cheers to that. thank you so much. >> yes. >> have a great day. more on the breaking news today in the search for malaysia flight 370. the one high-tech tool not being used to help investigators. [ female announcer ] for a brilliant smile there's a breakthrough in whitening. from crest 3d white, new brilliance toothpaste and boost. after brushing, our exclusive boost polishes your smile and whitens with 3x the stain lifting ingredient for a smile that dazzles. new crest 3d white brilliance. how much money do you think you'll need when you retire? then we gave each person a ribbon to show

betty will explain that in a moment. they called that the bio blitz dance. >> i love that. >>> well, the last movie, raiders of the lost ark will be the final movie at the winchester. the property owners are ready to tear down the complex and redevelop the land, but there is a small glimmer of hope for the theaters. the state will consider historical designation next month. >>> the bay bridge bike and pedestrian path opened. it has been closed since last sunday. crews had to remove a temporary connector. it is now connected to the path along the bridge. >>> all the streets you notice in that shot were fairly slick as were all of them around the bay area. we had a pretty good storm beginning up in marin and sonoma and sweeping south through the day. tomorrow, we get a little bit of a break. to catch up to date on the kpix5 high definition doppler. the strongest cells are right around monterrey bay and the artichoke capital of the world. castroville. those are extending down the 101. meantime up in the central bay area, th

good morning, craig melvin. >> hey, there, betty. good morning to you. the elite eight halfway there as the brackets keep on busting. number one, arizona, late rally edged them over a feisty san diego state. san diego state leading 32-8 at halftime. in the second, t.j. mcconnell laying it up putting the wildcats on top. san diego kept fighting as ex af yor thanks nails a three to keep it tight with less than a minute left. arizona prevailed, 70-64. >>> ucla did not make it easy for overall number one, florida. the bruins, norman powell, sprinted, sprinting down the court to keep the game close. later, scotty wobican, you can see him there hustling in the paint for two. the gators take it from there. florida reaches the elite eight for their fourth straight year. dayton continues to be the surprise in this tournament with an upset win over stanford, 82-72. they advance to the elite 8 for the first time since the reagan administration. for the first time since 1984. they celebrated like it has been 30 years since they made it to the elite. that right there

betty? >> keir, thank you very much for that.stating news for the families and i want to go back now to retired airline captain john cox and bob hager joins me on set. as much as we want to find this plane, i think sometimes we get lost in the fact that these are families and there are loved ones on board that plane, and i guess, mr. cox, being a pilot, a former pilot, and watching this play out, how devastating is it, especially when you don't have proof, you don't have a wreckage at this point. all you have is still a search that is fully under way to try to digest the fact you've been told your loved one is gone. >> well, i think, certainly, for the victims' families, it is traumatic, it is traumatic in every sense of the word, for the crew members, for the passengers, for their families, for aviation in general. this is a very traumatic event, and most importance, it is unprecedented. we have never seen an airliner go 17 days and not know where it was, and i think that has made it even more difficult, but it's one where the i

. >> yeah, betty, that's exactly right. u.s. secret service sources confirm to nbc news that one secret service agent was found drunk and actually passed out inside their hotel outside their own room, the very same hotel the president would be staying in in amsterdam. they were found by hotel staff early sunday morning about 24 hours before the president arrived there for a high stakes series of meetings, international diplomacy. those three agents have been sent home for what's been described as disciplinary reasons. president obama today will be visiting a historic world war i battle ground at flanders field cemetery, and he will also be giving us a speech about european union and security as the u.s., once again, reassures its european allies that it stands by their side in this recent showdown with russia. betty. >> all right, peter alexander for us live. thank you, peter. >>> now to a problem 220 miles above earth. a soyuz spacecraft is expected to dock after hitting a snag in space. the capsule has an american and two russ

jenna betti will be missed. >> it was depressing. knowing she is gone. hard to believe she gone. >> reporter: the investigation into the accident is ongoing. authorities continue oo speak with the witness and -- to speak with the wins and the crew. -- with the wins and the crew -- with the witness and the crew, ann rubin, ktvu channel 2 news. . >>> happening now, emergency crews in the east bay working to fix a broken water main. news chopper 2 is over the area in concord where the pipe broke. the water main break was around 3:00 p.m. the water correct says water service -- district says water service is not effected. the road could be shut down for 10 hours while repairs are being done. >>> new developments on a proposal to regulate ecigarettes. ktvu's david stevenson is live now in the city tonight to explain the plan which would limit where smokers can light up. >> reporter: right now in san francisco only a hand full of places like at&t, sfo and hospitals restrict ecigarettes. >> reporter: they love them. >> the perception that i get from what i hear

she's known as grandma betty.ppened after her great-grandson decided to give her a kind of gift. here's abc's nick watt. >> reporter: she goes by the name grandma betty. her great-grandson, zach, set her up on instagram in january after she was diagnosed with cancer. >> when you have cancer, you don't have to be down in the dumps. you can be happy with it. >> i don't even think about it. >> reporter: a week ago, she had 5,000 followers. today, she has -- >> 206,000. >> ooh. that's lot of people, isn't it? >> reporter: hip, young things from oregon to florida, from finland to australia. >> i love you, all. i don't know who you are. but i love you. that's a lot of good people because they're watching good, old grandma. >> reporter: betty's upbeat photos and videos are an inspiration. >> what's the most important lesson you learned in life? >> to be good to other people and love them. >> reporter: wise words from the oldest swinger online to her young followers. among them, pharrell williams, who wrote this song. ♪ a

so it was very definiteliment in the case of betty and the two other wives of the apollo 1 fire, bettyded up suing nasa's largest contractor, north american, for $10 million later on in the negligence of the building of the apollo 1 capsule. and as a result, she was basically ostracized from togethersville by the other astronauts, by the other astronaut wives for, you know not touting the party line for going against the company, the organization. pat white was a tragic story. she never really got over her husband ed's death after apollo i fire as her friends believe, and while they were planning a reunion many years later, she actually committed suicide which was very difficult. and they sort of saw her as the final tragedy of the apollo i fire. so, you know, a lot of heart ache in this story, but of course just uncredible american moments -- incredible american moments that somehow weren't seen as necessarily important to report back then because we weren't as focused on women's stories and the fact that behind every great man there's a great woman or behind every moonwalker there's

his impact on you, on betty. yes.ldren are frank and he has a difficult life with a mother who was not there. is very open.boy she doesn't know him very well. she doesn't see her grandson very often. she has to discover that this is a boy, a little man, and to do what she promised, to bring him to her grandfather for the holidays. all of a sudden they do not know each other and they have a private intimacy all of a sudden. it is complemented -- competition. -- it is complicated. it forces her to see and hear things she had not in a long time. >> i want to see some of this. let's see the third clip. >> i like that scene. i like the little boy. he is the son of the director. emmanuelle's son. >> does he want to be an actor? >> yes. he is an actor. he is at a special school where he does his studies. he wants to be in musicals more than anything. he loves to sing. describe theyou relationship between betty and her daughter? >> very conflicted. the daughter has a strong character and she wanted to live her life and to liv

at the beginning everyone was sort of whistling is betty going to talk to you? i don't think that he is going to talk to you. she doesn't come to our meetings and so i was nervous because she was someone important to talk to and sure enough i got a lovely letter from her. she doesn't talk on the phone much because of her hearing that she said when you come to houston please come to my home and it was one of these interviews that i expected it to be about two hours and when we went back to her house about 10:00 at night i told her i think i should go to the hotel and get some sleep and come back tomorrow morning. and she was just fun loving andd honest and had the kind of memory she would've plucked out conversations that she had back in the day. they were high school sweethearts like many of the astronauts and their wives. her story is a tragic one. of course during the mercury program, his capsule thinks so he is given a bad rap for that position of his and from the early days of course way men always had to deal with the pressure of what if he doesn't come bac

sure enough i got a lovely note from betty. she doesn't talk much on the phone these days because of her hearing. she said come to houston, please come to my home. it was one of these interviews that i expected to be about two hours. we went to lunch and then we went back to her house and at 10:00 at night am saying to betty i think i should go back to the hotel and i will come back tomorrow morning. she is just fun-loving and honest and had the kind of memory where she would just pluck out pieces of conversation that she had with gus back in the day. she and gus were high school sweethearts and many of the astronauts and their wives. eddie's story is a tragic one. gus of course during the mercury program, his capsule sinks so he is given a bad rap for that first space mission of his. from the early days of course the women always had to deal with the pressure of what if he doesn't come back? yes once told her and none of them of course -- there was a code of the military and astronaut wife which is you don't talk about the dan

i am betty liu.r,26 minutes past the which means bloomberg television is on the markets. i want to bring in trish regan. >> features are a touch higher. we will be watching this carefully. we have a number of tech leaders today meeting with the president to talk about the nsa and cyber security. we will be watching that, and of course continuing concerns about ukraine as well. we have an important interview at 2:00 p.m. with ryan chilcote sitting down with ukraine's opposition leader. here is a look at the top headlines. the bond market, which is the subject of a new sec investigation. regulators are looking into the practice of dealers showing clients different prices for similar products on electric trading. the volcker rule will cost u.s. national banks as much as $4.3 billion to implement. this is according to a study by the office of the comptroller of the currency. shing the biggest irs phi scam. people pretending to be irs officials have taken $1 billion from taxpayers. callers tell people tha

betty ♪ with the war. -- betty ♪ with the war.ty hughes with the war. >> reporter: the 49ers say there was never an agreement. >> yeah. feel like we thought we had an agreement. not it wasn't something in writing. i have a letter. and a handshake said they would take care of it. >> reporter: that was in 2012 when the present said the owner in this letter to the board proposed to pay for upgraded fields elsewhere in the city. this way soccer teams could have is a place to -- could have a place to go during the 49ers game when traffic would make it tough to play. >> it would make it extremely difficult. >> reporter: he learned this week that the team abandon the plans to fund replacement fields two years ago. it looked into using and renovating school district property. the city announced it may approve $2 million from a reserve fund to help pay for fields for the teams and the city. part of an existing plan. the 49ers said throughout our partnership with the city we have established a track record developing creative plans that are

kpix5's betty yu reports some people are welcoming this news. betty? >> reporter: that's right liz. people i spoke to said they are glad the feds are taking this very seriously. if you look at the excavators in the background, they are a sign of how much progress the community has made, but healing hasn't been easy. next to new homes and construction equipment and stacks of building material, you can see physical reminders of the pipeline explosion that leveled the san bruno neighborhood three-and-a-half years ago. >> i always said the death of eight people, because of the ineptitude of a public utility not watching what they were doing is criminal. >> reporter: and today, pg&e said it will likely face criminal charges for its role in the deadly blast that sparked a fire ball, destroyed 3 38 homes and injured dozens. >> the little girl who died, i dropped her off at her house right behind me. and two hours before the blast. so i am deeply affected by that. >> reporter: pg&e said today that it is accountable for the accident and makes no excuses. the company declined interviews but s

and he wasn't very happy when kpix5's betty yu tried to ask him about it. betty? >> reporter: that's right liz. 49ers corner back chris coliver did not want this attention. the woman with him tried to protect him and actually ended up getting in my face. >> reporter: hey chris? he didn't say anything out of the jail, but the woman in the red baseball cap burst at the media and pushed me when i asked about his arrest. >> no. no. get out of here with that. >> reporter: the corner back ducked from our cameras in the van. the trouble started after 10:00 this morning when he struck a bicyclist and took off. the 25-year-old was driving with a suspended license. a witness then followed chris' car to this residential street off center road. police say he ended up hitting that witness' car as he was trying to get away, but the car was able to block him in until police got to the scene. >> i heard screeching. all kinds of screeching. it was like a chase, somebody was blocking somebody, stopping somebody. >> reporter: police arrested coliver and found illegal brass muck knuc

how cute is grandma betty. she has a lot to overall out of his us.'s go back to sand why to update the fork. how sweet. >> adorable dan. here's a look at time lapse from the emer emeryville camera. early today plenty of sunshine. few high thin wispy clouds. but these are harmless. we see a lot more clouds coming in as we head towards thursday but not tomorrow. it's going to be bright and sunny and here is a pretty good indication clear skies on live doppler 7hd. what we are hurting for is rain. look how much we need. 19 inches in santa rosa. we need close to 8 inches in sap jose. livermore. more than 11 inches oakland airport exploratorium. so we really are in as far as the deficit is concerned, are nil bad shape. we are not expecting to make up that this season. 68 yosemite. down south looking at sunny skies los angeles 79. 70 in vegas and up to the north eureka a 57 degrees. bay area count on the temperatures to continue to come up tomorrow 70 degree ins san francisco mid 70's santa rosa san rafael napa 73 in oakland really above normal for livermo

betty yu behind the l >> all right, have you noticed anything different about your favorite cocktail? maybe you got a lemon inside of a lime. betty yu has more. >> reporter: we are in downtown san jose at a restaurant known for their margaritas. but what makes it more popular just got a lot more expensive. >> we squeeze the limes everyday. we changed that. people will notice that. >> reporter: restaurant owners have noticed that the price of limes have gone up dramatically. about a month ago, adolpho gomez noticed he is pays five times the amount of limes. the cost of limes has jumped over the last few months. >> squeeze it into the glass. >> reporter: at restaurants like this one, you may soon notice a change in the recipe. >> we try to figure out what would be the best. we have to cut the drinks and just give one with fresh juices. >> reporter: they go through about a case a day. they used to spend less than 200-dollars for a week's sup play. now they are playing up to $700. they can't keep up. >> reporter: adolpho is hoping the prices go down by cinco de mayo. in san jose, betty yu

kpix5's betty yu with what prosecutors say happened next. betty? >> reporter: ken, we are talking about a man who has been with the san jose police department for eight years and prosecutors say instead of helping this woman, he ended uptaking advantage of her. he was supposed to escort a woman who fought with her husband to a hotel and get back in his patrol car. but jeff grays had other plans. >> 15 minutes later, there was a knock on the door. it was officer grays who entered the room and forcibly raped the victim in this case. >> reporter: court documents ahe pushed the woman onto the bed and took off parts of his uniform. but left on his bullet proof vest. physical evidence supports the woman's allegations. >> he cleared the call. his vehicle was at the location for an extra 39 minutes approximately. >> reporter: police say the night started with a routine disturbance call last september. the woman and her husband had been drinking and arguing but no crime had been committed. the won told police she wanted to stay at a hotel where she used to

john raines said, mary, we want you to know betty.any years ago when your dad and mother had information about the fbi, we gave it to betty. i was stunned. >> how had you known them before? >> when i was a reporter in philadelphia, part of what i did was cover religion. atn raines was a professor the department of religion at temple university. that department was fairly innovative. it was comparative religion. they had many guests coming from other countries with very interesting panels and various kinds of events that i covered. >> where were they living at the time? >> they were living in -- when i found out, at the time of the burglary they were living in germantown. by the time i found out, they were living in ballack and would -- bala cynwyd. i never would have guessed. here is this lovely family with four children and a dog and a large house in the suburbs. i don't think anyone would have guessed that. >> here is a clip of bonnie raines talking about this. she was 29 when she broke in. let's look at this. this is a couple of mo

betty? >> reporter: this time, it was because some expert copper thieves broke into a station on the other side of the underpass behind me. they ended up sabotaging the commute for many south bay drivers. the runoff from highway 87 is going into the guadeloupe river thanks to the wiring that was taken from this pump station. the water had nowhere to go. >> everyone was delayed and inconvenienced by the closings this morning was a victim of copper wire left. >> reporter: we were there as cal trans crews hooked up a generator to the pump. it is a temporary fix. these repairs an this sort of crime has become a $15 million prom statewide for cal tran. >> that is $50 million that could have gone into potholes. it is becoming more and more of a significant problem. >> reporter: cal tran says the cost of copper has jumped up 350%. >> there is so much money in right now. the thieves are willing to go to extraordinary lengths to get it. >> reporter: this is the second time since december that the thi

i'm betty nguyen. there's evidence malaysia flight 370's u-turn was premeditated it was programmed before the system went down. it's one of several developments this morning including new radar data from thailand. let's get to duncan live in london. duncan, good morning to you. was that u-turn manually programmed from the cockpit. >> good morning, betty. it certainly looks that way. investigators searching for flight 370 believe someone turned the plane west. nbc news has learned the program might have been programmed into the on board computer 12 minutes before the program said good night to air traffic control. sources say the plane's u-turn manually programmed into the computer was transmitted by the acars data system to ground at 1:07 a.m. that indicates the u-turn was premeditated, programs before acars went down and before the trans ponders went dead. the question is, why would they do that? some pilots would do that in event of an emergency. the searches at the homes of the plane's captain and c

. >> bettie always lived by the rules. until her world fell apart.a lifetime of regret, she's hitting the road. she's taking a chance. [ speaking french ] >> and she's got one unexpected passenger. this spring, catherine deneuve stars in a film about freedom. [ speaking french ] family. and how it's never too late to discover yourself. catherine deneuve in a new film by emmanuelle bercot. "on my way." [ speaking french ] >> charlie: i am pleased to have catherine deneuve back at this table. welcome. >> hello. >> charlie: is this something you would like to g do, get in a mercedes and drive out of paris and go? >> i think everybody has the same thing of sort of taking the car and going away for a few hours. actually, in the film, she doesn't really want to leave everything, she just thinks for a few hours because she goes without anything. but i suppose, yes, at one time, it's enough, i go. but you don't have very often the opportunity to do it because of response snoobilities oh, but you could do it if you wanted to. you could take off a few weeks. >

. >> and i'm betty ewe in for note note. -- ann notarangelo. don knapp is live at broadway and san francisco where it all happened. don? >> reporter: betty you know that license plate reading technology that police used is frit good at identifying stolen or suspect vehicles on the fly. but what it does not do is tell a police officer what's on the mind of a driver of one of those vehicles. a quick series of events ended with a police officer's weapon firing off a shot apparently unintentionally at a stolen car. it happened here on broadway about 10:40 this morning. a police car equipped with a camera using license plate recognition technology was cruising broadway. >> as the officer was driving down the street, one of the plates came back as being a stolen vehicle. that vehicle was parked. the officer got out to investigate. >> reporter: the police officer noticed someone sitting in the car. officer esparza says it's routine for the officer to draw his gun in such situations. >> when the suspect inside the vehicle noticed the officer, that vehi

they kept asking how could this happen to glen betty. >> this is a -- jena betty.to they wore pink to honor 14-year-old jena betty. >> everyone was crying and it was really depressing. >> parent are also huggedder that children a little longer, and betty's principal was close to tears. >> can't put it in words, to be honest. it's rally hard, you know, on a personal level. >> -- really hard, you know, on a personal level. >> the teen was on railroad tracks with her boyfriend. a spokesperson said the crew saw them and sound the horn. the pair got off the tracks at first. betty's mom posted on facebook. she dropped her phone and went back to retrieve it. she department judge the approach and the train creates a vacuum, we were told, and it sucks you in. a spokesperson for the railroad told us there is no suction from an on coming train, but someone could get pulled under by it. the investigation sundays way, but that's not the community's focus. >> i know the kids are going to have a tremendous outpouring for jena in many different ways. >> many of her classmates have

>> reporter: betty yu, kpix 5. >> betty yu spoke with cathy zimmer's daughter on the phone. debbie lawrence said her mother and stepfather had a rocky relationship. she said she hasn't spoken with david zimmer for years but never suspected he or his brother could have been involved in her mother's death. >>> edward snowden had a message for the bay area, specifically the silicon valley. >> the nsa the sort of global mass surveillance [ indiscernible ] all these countries not just the u.s. this is a global issue. [ indiscernible ] the future of the internet and the people who are in this room now you guys are all the firefighters. and we need you to help us fix this. >> the nsa leaker appeared by satellite at the south by southwest conference of texas. he remains in moscow on temporary asylum and faces felony charges here in the u.s. >>> time now is 4:43. a climber in trouble and stranded on a cliff. the dramatic rescue involving a blackhawk helicopter next. >> and a transgendered woman is now suing crossfit because she is told two compete with men. the reason she says she do

. >> reporter: 14-year-old jenna betty was struck and killed by the fray trains. >> she was always laughing she was always sitting at the lunch table laughing. >> reporter: just hours after, jenna's mother posted this, she was sitting on the train tracks with her boyfriend, the horn blew to alert them. she cleared and dropped her phone and the train creates a vacuum and suction you in and we are beyond devastated. >>> students don't know what to do with the feelings they have. some students are saying, let's wear pink because it was her favorite color. >> students wore pink clothes and condolences have been out, r i p jenna betty. she had a smile and she was always a phenomenal athlete. >> today grieve counselors were on hand and she had many friends from soccer and one of jenna's sisters attend the memorial high school. >>> a box truck snarled the late morning commute, the bay bridge. joining us from highway 101 where the chase ended, it is still um packth contract -- impacting traffic. >> as you are taking a look you can see but just about five minutes ago, ch b had been involved, one of

i am betty liu. the european central bank keeping rates on hold.ing action after data showed inflation had gotten stronger. the threat had many speculating rates could be cut today. a great example of warren and holdinging strategy. he had been holding onto a real estate investment right here in new york. u.k. prime minister david moves inaid russia's the ukraine are unacceptable and must have consequences. he spoke in brussels after an emergency meeting. theashington, administration is moving forward to impose new punishment on russia for its actions in the ukraine. president barack obama issued an executive order that includes additional sanctions. peter cook has

i am betty lou. futures changed -- little changed.he search of the missing malaysian jetliner. one of the two passengers traveling on a stolen air -- passport turned out to be an iranian with no links to terror groups. shares of social giants have risen 32% this year. what analyst have to say about this book. on a mission. the stock bank billionaire ceo said he is concerned the u.s. is lagging behind in key areas. .- softbank ceo >> the u.s. is lagging behind. they have the number one almost for anything in the 20th century. automobile, electricity, television -- almost everything. >> police say his plans to broadbandhe complete system in the united states. joining us with moore, alec sherman with grand plans. takes a billionaire from japan to revamp our u.s. telecom system? >> make no mistake about what this really is. this may come across as leave the u.s. behind and need to improve, the whole country will. he has a very personal agenda. he wants to merge sprint and t-mobile. he feels the best way for sprint shareholders to get a be