>>> i'm glad to announce devin and brooklynn maffai have been rescued. ? good evening and thanks for joining us. >> we begin with the latest on a developing story we've been following a day. a kidnapping at see is over tonight. two young children, allegedly abducted by their father and swept onto a stolen yacht have been rescued. a harrowing ordeal for their anguished mother and grandparents and a calculated operation for law enforcement teams who watched, followed and ultimately boarded that boat. we have team coverage tonight including reaction from the children's grandmother who was there as the children were taken. we begin with george kiriama with the the latest on the rescue. >> reporter: very good news tonight two kids are back on land. by all reports they seem to be doing well. if a few minutes ago they arrived at the pier here in monterey. we were there as a car with the mother in the front seat and her two kids in the backseat passed right by us. they used a blanket to cover the back windows. their father, christopher maffei, has been detained. h

brooklynn had a white dress, devin had on a spoung bob square pants shirt and diaper.eve that maffei and the children were abducted from the mother's home and drove in a rental car, ditching it here in alameda at club nautique harbor. there was a search, it was believed the boat was spotted but they didn't turn up. the boat is called the unleashed, a white hunter 41 with blue canvas with a hull number hun 41366 c 707. the kids are considered abducted and arrest warrant has been issued for christopher maffei. the worker i spoke with said that they actually rent boats out of here, so they do have owners but they are rented out of here and again, it turned up missing on tuesday. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> two people are dead in vallejo as police search for the suspects who killed him. police found the victims near i-80. the man was 31, the woman was 28 and they both had been show. neighbors say they did see two men wearing hoodies running away from the scene moments after hearing gun shots. no word on a motive. >> it was a gruesome crime that s

the father again 43-year-old christopher maffei, brooklynn is three, seen wearing a white dress with blue and green designs. 2-year-old devin was wearing a short sleeved sponge bob shirt and a diaper. the sail boat a white hunter 41 with blue canvas, named unleashed with the hull number hun41366 c 707. if you have any information you are asked to call san francisco police. they consider these kids abducted. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> east palo alto police now searching for two men who robbed a couple at gunpoint in a bold home invasion. it happened wednesday afternoon at a home on jasmine way near 101. two masked men followed the couple into their home and forced them to lay on the floor. the suspects spent a half hour ransacking the house before making off with cash, jewelry and a computer. we're happy to report nobody was hurt. >> the man accused of gunning down a well known east palo alto activist is expected in court today. 60-year-old gregory elong is expected to enter a plea. last month he was declared competent. police say he killed lewis, a communi

we immediately took brooklynn, his four year old daughter onto the to the boat.oarding already. the small boat the rescue ends a long drama that started tuesday afternoon when maffei allegedly took the children from their mother's home in south san francisco. his rented car was later found in alameda near the ballena isle marina where he allegedly stole the 40-foot yacht "unleashed" and sailed away. they were reunited after the u.s. coast guard intervened. this is the a three year-old brooklyn and the two year-old eovon their father stole this yacht and sailed away with the children on tuesday. the coast guard found the stolen boat on friday but that led to an arrest for a night. >> he was coming in on monterey but we thought that it would be better to have a conversation on land instead of at sea. by 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. he started handing south and it was evident that he was going into an area that was dangerous to different small children it was it was going to be a rescue if we did not intervene. he was going into a dangerous area. "we came alongside the vesse

brooklynn and devin maffei rescueed, now with their mother after three days on the water with they'reeo of their return at a pier in monterrey. their father is in custody arc excused of abducting the two kids from their south san francisco home. their grandmother was baby-sitting at the time while their mother reportedly was seeking a restraining order against the children's father. on tuesday, maffei loaded kids on a stolen yacht. the coast guards stopped the boat before it entered international waters and rescued the children. >> he turned south which changed everything for us. coast guard stepped up, responded out to sea where they made a rescue. >> the coast guard says the boat is in the process of being searched for evidence of any crime that happened, possibly happened. the children's grandmother is a little banged up after falling while chasing maffei as he drove off with the children. she tells nbc bay area news she's relieved and ready to spoil her grandkids. >>> a follow-up story we brought you this week. the search is over for a woman who vanished from santana row in san jo

police believe christopher maffei abducted 3-year-old brooklynn and devin from their home before headingtealing one of the crafts. we have a picture of the boat police say he took. he had also previously talked about sailing to mexico. his daughter brooklynn was seen wearing a white dress, his son devin with a sponge bob square pants shirt. police issued a warrant for his arrest. time for a look at the forecast. >> hey, good morning to you. what a beautiful day shaping up starting with a live picture, crystal clear conditions in the city. this is san jose, this is where you find the clouds but not for long. they are clearing quickly as we have offshore flow. look at the temperatures, so comfortable. 78 degrees there. 79 in los gatos and about 67 degrees in san francisco. as we head throughout the weekend your temperatures will come down. we'll see cloudy mornings and sunny furnishes. down to 80 on sunday. now we're in rush hour. >> it's comfortable as far as the weather, cozy as far as the traffic. a live look outside, here is 280 approaching the 880 interchange, also slow, across the no