i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. fierce wind is causing problems in the bay area. >> crews are working as quickly as possible to get to every call just as soon as they can. abc7 is live in hayward for us tonight. >> carolyn and dan, i am here and every once in awhile the wind will die down, but it whips right back up again. sadly somewhere there is a poor tree that probably isn't going to survive. pg&e and clean up crews have their hands full as the bay gets battered by strong wind gusts. the sausalito street, one of the early areas to lose power. >> a tree blowing in the wind and had a branch break and pushed them together and fell down. >> about 30 customers were in the dark. >> they have the energy transformer that feeds it and they are putting the wire together and putting the wire back up in the air. they will probably have the power back on in about a half an hour. >> do you think it will get worse later on? >> it seems like it. it seems like it has been picking up steadily all day. we are ready. >> the highway

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i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. fierce wind is causing problems in the bay area. >> crews are working as quickly as possible to get to every call just as soon as they can. abc7 is live in hayward for us tonight. >> carolyn and dan, i am here and every once in awhile the wind will die down, but it whips right back up again. sadly somewhere there is a poor tree that probably isn't going to survive. pg&e and clean up crews have their hands full as the bay gets battered by strong wind gusts. the sausalito street, one of the early areas to lose power. >> a tree blowing in the wind and had a branch break and pushed them together and fell down. >> about 30 customers were in the dark. >> they have the energy transformer that feeds it and they are putting the wire together and putting the wire back up in the air. they will probably have the power back on in about a half an hour. >> do you think it will get worse later on? >> it seems like it. it seems like it has been picking up steadily all day. we are ready. >> the highway

i'm carolyn johnson. dan ashley has the night off. tonight five people have been detained, and police say they are considered persons of interest in that shooting. 23-month-old highland lawrence remains in critical condition and his parents are in a dispute with the hospital over their child's care. thomas roman has been following this story for us, and he joins us now from children's hospital in oakland. >> carolyn, today mayor jane quan and jordan wept door-to-door -- went door-to-door. they wanted to capture the shooters that put hirum in children's hospital. they are say theeing want to catch this -- they are saying they want to catch the shooters of this child who is now in critical condition. >> he will be two in a couple weeks. but tonight he is clinging to life at oakland's children's hospital. his mother came out to say she and the hospital are disagreeing on hirum's continued care. >> unfortunately we had come to a crossroad. we are unable to agree on the continuum of care for baby hirum. as a result, we are seeking support

i'm carolyn johnson. dan ashley has the night off. the middle school math and science teacher is under arrest, and police say he confessed to a number of sex crimes with a student. neighbors and fellow teachers are in shock. thomas roman is at diablo middle school with the story and reaction for us. thomas? >> carolyn, last week the parents of the young woman involved in this case contacted clayton and walnut creek police regarding the suspected abuse. after a week long out they hadlice figured out they had enough evidence to arrest catrel today. at about noon, walnut creek police officers came here to diablo school. the took the scih teacher out of class. officers brought him to another room away from students and arrested him. >> he confessed to the several allegations, and at that time he was then taken to the contra costa county detention facility. >> he faces multiple charges of abuse with a student. a young woman school sources tell us he has allegedly been having relations with for the past three years. >> we have unlawful sexu

i'm carolyn johnson. dan ashley has the night off. the middle school math and science teacher is under arrest, and police say he confessed to a number of sex crimes with a student. neighbors and fellow teachers are in shock. thomas roman is at diablo middle school with the story and reaction for us. thomas? >> carolyn, last week the parents of the young woman involved in this case contacted clayton and walnut creek police regarding the suspected abuse. after a week long investigation police figured out they had enough evidence to arrest catrel today. at about noon, walnut creek police officers came here to diablo school. they took the science and math teacher out of class. officers brought him to another room away from students and arrested him. >> he confessed to the several allegations, and at that time he was then taken to the contra costa county detention facility. >> he faces multiple charges of abuse with a student. a young woman school sources tell us he has allegedly been having relations with for the past three years. >> we h

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carolyn johnson shares her trip for leoe are a veterans facility will close its doors at the end of the year, more than 100 residents don't want to leave. as vick leave reports, they are worried about what may happen to them down the road. >> 7,000 people have come through the homeless veterans emergency facility in menlo park since it opened a decade ago. it's a place where they can rebuild their lives, escape from addiction and find jobs. the v.a. hospital and many services are also nearby. jeremy served with the marines in iraq. >> psychiatric services, medical services, more importantly, rehabilitation services are right here.>> >> former homeless veteran irwin good win started the shelter with grant money. now, the v.a. says the 150 end of december.ot out by the. the building will be torn down because it's citation mickly safe 9 veterans don't want to leave. >> it's the cleanest environment and we're going to lose that. that is the worst thing that can happen right now. >> among those here, world war ii veteran jack taylor who is 95 years old. >> it's hard to beat the procedure tha

i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. officers say they found weapons and cash inside that house. >> and also marijuana. the pot dispense rethat was raided dash cash sorry, there was a pot dispense rein a strip mall. that's where abc7's leslie brinkley is for us tonight. >> the crime scene tape is finally down, carolyn, after several hours of an afternoon and evening raid here by state agents and local police armed with guns and search warrants. in the end, officials confiscated an assault rifle, ammunition, a shotgun, 20 pounds of processed marijuana, $40,000 in cash, computers and a safe. at 2:20 wednesday afternoon, two s.w.a.t teams and armed agents with the bureau of narcotics enforcement stormed on to the cul-de-sac off old blackhawk road in dan -- danville and surrounded the house. they cow bettered in their homes as they watched for officers to come out with their hands in the air. >> and then they shot at the door and blew open the window and had one of the cameras go in. we saw that come out. then they reviewed

i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm carolyn johnson.ou can keep track of the late breaking news. >> thank you for watching and we appreciate your time. >> good. 33 in billings, and 41 in seattle. 25 in minneapolis. 31 in omaha, and 60 in dallas. miami

let's take our next call for carolyn and doug. it's from houston, texas. gregory, you're on the air. >> hi. good evening. i had a couple of quick questions. first was besides having the most popular votes since t.r., what similarities do you see with mr. perot and ted yes roosevelt in terms of their views -- teddy roosevelt in terms of their views and out looks and politics? who were some of the role models for ross perot? he seems to have -- he seems to have followed the mantra of william jennings brian, harry s. truman, the buck stops here. >> douglas brinkley has written a biography about teddy roosevelt. you'll take that question. >> when i got to talk to mr. perot he has two evergreen heroes and it's theodore roosevelt and winston churchill. and he takes a lot from them. we forget now that both of them were considered in t.r.'s case a damn cowboy when roosevelt became president, he was just -- mckinley was assassinated. and the republican party of mark hanna and the old mckinley machine didn't trust t.r. he was considered an iconoclast and individuali

so perhaps our pattern is shifting, carolyn and dan. i know it is days away, but the computer models are trending. >> thanks, sandhya. >>> coming up next, christmas shopping with the president. >> how the shopper in chief got it all done in one trip. got it all done in one trip. stye stey [ male announcer ] citibank's new app for ipad makes it easy for anne to view her finances from anywhere. like gate d12 for the next three hours. citibank for ipad. easier banking. standard at citibank. [ beep ] hi. dave here. [ male announcer ] for dave, using citibank's online bill pay is as easy as setting up voicemail. hi, it's dave. [ male announcer ] actually, it's easier. hi, it's dave. i'm out of the office. [ male announcer ] online bill pay. easier banking. standard at citibank. christmas shopping today. not news unless it is president obama and first dog bo. bo got a bone. it was a very large bone. the rest of the first family is in hawaii. the president won't join them until the payroll tax stale stalemate -- stalemate ends. he went gift hu

i'm carolyn johnson. dan ashley has the night off. tonight five people have been detained, and police say they are considered persons of interest in that shooting. 23-month-old highland lawrence remains in critical condition and his parents are in a dispute with the hospital over their child's care. thomas roman has been following this story for us, and he joins us now from children's hospital in oakland. >> carolyn, today mayor jane quan and jordan wept door-to-door -- went door-to-door. they wanted to capture the shooters that put hirum in children's hospital. they are say theeing want to catch this -- they are saying they want to catch the shooters of this child who is now in critical condition. >> he will be two in a couple weeks. but tonight he is clinging to life at oakland's children's hospital. his mother came out to say she and the hospital are disagreeing on hirum's continued care. >> unfortunately we had come to a crossroad. we are unable to agree on the continuum of care for baby hirum. as a result, we are seeking support

and i don't want to be the them to bear this burden. >> so carolyn went off to jointhe marines.she wound involunteering at a military lounge in the airport. >> i was in the facility bymyself and a soldier came in and distraught and he said for the first time in my 20-year career i am going to a war and i may not make it back but it doesn't matter because nobody cares. it made me think. what would give them the strength to make them survive. and i realized a lot of it is a belief that someone cares. >> the next day she startedsending care packages overseas. her house became a staging area and she enlisted her family's help including her son jordon. >> there was a few monthsperiods where our house was fact -- stacked with boxes. >> her operation is big but notimpersonal. every box goes out with a handwritten note of thanks astressedaddressed to a soldier. her daughter is now a social worker. her son jordon got accepted to medical school. two years ago at christmas he told his parents something they never expected to hear. i want >> i want to serve my countryand i am joining the ma

i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. officers say they found weapons and cash inside that house. >> and also marijuana. the pot dispense rethat was raided dash cash sorry, there was a pot dispense rein a strip mall. that's where abc7's leslie brinkley is for us tonight. >> the crime scene tape is finally down, carolyn, after several hours of an afternoon and evening raid here by state agents and local police armed with guns and search warrants. in the end, officials confiscated an assault rifle, ammunition, a shotgun, 20 pounds of processed marijuana, $40,000 in cash, computers and a safe. at 2:20 wednesday afternoon, two s.w.a.t teams and armed agents with the bureau of narcotics enforcement stormed on to the cul-de-sac off old blackhawk road in dan -- danville and surrounded the house. they cow bettered in their homes as they watched for officers to come out with their hands in the air. >> and then they shot at the door and blew open the window and had one of the cameras go in. we saw that come out. then they reviewed

and i don't want to be the them to bear this burden. >> so carolyn went off to jointhe marines.she wound involunteering at a military lounge in the airport. >> i was in the facility bymyself and a soldier came in and distraught and he said for the first time in my 20-year career i am going to a war and i may not make it back but it doesn't matter because nobody cares. it made me think. what would give them the strength to make them survive. and i realized a lot of it is a belief that someone cares. >> the next day she startedsending care packages overseas. her house became a staging area and she enlisted her family's help including her son jordon. >> there was a few monthsperiods where our house was fact -- stacked with boxes. >> her operation is big but notimpersonal. every box goes out with a handwritten note of thanks astressedaddressed to a soldier. her daughter is now a social worker. her son jordon got accepted to medical school. two years ago at christmas he told his parents something they never expected to hear. i want >> i want to serve my countryand i am joining the ma

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. city leaders don't want another day of lost business at the port. >> and to make sure it doesn't happen, they are considering asking police to respond more aggressively next time. alan, a lot of shouting tonight. >> pretty crazy dan and carolyn. it will be a late night because the council has just taken this measure up. it appears they are the ones behind the resolution. they are threatening to bypass because of the port. >> these one day -- one-day closures are affecting them at a rate of two and a half working days because of the time required to get caught up on the delivery containers to them. >> they estimate the last occupy protest that shut down the port on december 12th caused waterfront occupations about $4 million. >> they make more money. >> reacting to the occupy demonstrations caused them about $2.5 million in police over time. >> i have done everything to keep the port open and we kept most of it open yesterday. >> but they believe mayor quan could have done a lot more,

so carolyn, still a lot of decisions to be made. leif in oakland, lisa, abc 7 news. >> very difficult decision. thank you lisa. >> other again man caused of identity theft after trying to get through security at san francisco international airport dressed as a pilot. 23 year old david half arrested last tonight when security agent recognize his i.d. as fake. he had a real ticket in the pocket. he was wearing a union form. he told the agent he always wanted to be a pilot. he's being held in the san mateo county jail and expected to appear in court tomorrow morning. >>> federal prosecutors want barry pwndz to good to prp for 15 months. prosecutors filed papers late today your honoring federal judge to sentence the former giants slugger to the maximum term for obstruction of justice. jury convicted bonds of giving evasive testimony in the steroids scandal. bonds attorney argued he should get probation because of the clean record and his work in the community. sentencing is scheduled for a week from tomorrow. >>> man shot in the neck in

carolyn johnson is off. this is developing news happening in oakland where we just learned the boy just died. he is only five. ama dates reporting on another tragedy. >> it is back a couple blocks over, but police have it taped off right now. homicide investigators are trying to figure out exactly what happened. as the community is learning about what happened, they are shaking their heads wondering when the violence can end. the shooting happened here at the loss amigos taco truck shortly after 8:30. his mother-in-law works at the truck.

." >> still ahead, a silent kill they're hangs over west africa, carolyn johnson, journey of hope toierra leone, promising breakthrough. and hackers, michael finney investigates a phone calm that rattled a ba area womanç%?x?x?xt >>> welcome back. something that is staples nuisance here is a killer. most. carolyn johnson traveled to the west african nation. >> the bush country of sierra leone is beautiful with miles of unbroken jungle but hovering in the background is a silent killer. mosquitoes that carry a deadly form of malaria. in the surrounding villages, it hits young children especially hard. >> you worry about malaria and illness. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> yes. >> the concern for their son. >> he hasn't had it yet? >> malaria. >> with the help of a flashlight sammy and his family took inside and showed us the mosquito net they sleep under at night. if a child does develop malaria, immediate treatment can mean the difference between life and death. >> it is the number one killer disease. >> a surgeon trained at san francisco general trauma institute is learning the lat

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after her death, daniel found messages on carolyn's cell phone. >> the man said, carolyn, you need toant so and so. i don't recall what name he used. so i called the number. he says, this is about her drug charges. i says what drug charges? well, i believe she was being extorted. >> reporter: it was more than one phone call and he believes the pressure was too much. >> one victim who paid a total of about $85,000 over a period of time. they never asked for that much up front. but once you make one payment, it's quite common for them to keep calling because, again, it's blackmail. >> reporter: the problem is so pervasive, the dea and fda have combined efforts. >> as we began our investigation and began moving along identifying suspects, et cetera, then we began to cross paths with the fda because they had been receiving similar calls from other victims across the country. >> reporter: but for victims like carolyn siric, it's too late. >> life changed in a heartbeat. i have cried for two months straight every day, all day. it's just something you hear about, but you never think it can h

i'm carolyn tyler. there is an investigation of a crash on highway 101 in burlingame that killed a man who was riding his bicycle on the freeway. it shut down traffic lanes until early this morning. it was shortly before 11:00 last night when officers arrived and found all northbound lanes blocked at broadway and the man dead at the scene. preliminary reports indicate the unidentified victim was riding a bicycle on the freeway when several vehicles collided and struck him. all northbound lanes were shut down for an investigation that lasted just until 1:00 this morning. that incident caused a major traffic backup but things are now back to normal. >>> some football fans are waking up with bumps and bruises this morning after the railing on a set of bleachers gave way last night. at the end of a high school football championship game at at&t park. this is video we shot seconds after the collapse. the railing apparently gave way under the weight of a surging crowd. some students went over the edge and fel

and in dallas, carolyn barta. begin your telephone calls starting what rolf watching us in chicago. >> thank you. he missed his chance by not calling for a roadmap to peace on drugs as successful contenders u.s. grant use medical cocaine and jfk used speed and medically. washington jefferson, jackson, and lincoln used medical marijuana appeared each of our last three successful contenders used to both grass and a coke medically as well as recreational league. thank you. >> we are really getting at is the so-called war on drugs which became a popular phrase in 19 80s in the united states. the problem was all of these urban centers -- whole generations of kids getting addicted to different types of narcotics. his whole life he has been a champion of education. working for public schools in particular, there were public schools where drug gangs were taking over. you could not go into them including in dallas which was a very rough city, people forget, in the 1980's and 1990's. prospero took a hard line on cracking do

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. city leaders don't want another day of lost business at the port. >> and to make sure it doesn't happen, they are considering asking police to respond more aggressively next time. alan, a lot of shouting tonight. >> pretty crazy dan and carolyn. it will be a late night because the council has just taken this measure up. it appears they are the ones behind the resolution. they are threatening to bypass because of the port. >> these one day -- one-day closures are affecting them at a rate of two and a half working days because of the time required to get caught up on the delivery containers to them. >> they estimate the last occupy protest that shut down the port on december 12th caused waterfront occupations about $4 million. >> they make more money. >> reacting to the occupy demonstrations caused them about $2.5 million in police over time. >> i have done everything to keep the port open and we kept most of it open yesterday. >> but they believe mayor quan could have done a lot more,

carolyn johnson is off. this is developing news happening in oakland where we just learned the boy just died. he is only five. ama dates reporting on another tragedy. >> it is back a couple blocks over, but police have it taped off right now. homicide investigators are trying to figure out exactly what happened. as the community is learning about what happened, they are shaking their heads wondering when the violence can end. the shooting happened here at the loss amigos taco truck shortly after 8:30. his mother-in-law works at the truck. >> she was there with the boy's mom. i guess somebody started shooting at the taco truck. >> police are looking for a man and woman in a silver pontiac. she wasn't allowed to call the scene so she called her family. >> she started crying and she wouldn't tell us where. >> pena can't believe it is happening again. >> the same thing happened on 65th. the same thing happened. >> he is talking about three-year-oldcarlito nava who was shot and killed in august. >> kids, innocent

carolyn johnson has the night off. a freeze warning has just gone into affect. let's begin with sandhya patel with the specifics. >> yes, the freeze warning went into affect and it is in affect until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. it will cover the east bay valley, santa clara valley and salinas valley. there is a hard freeze warning for the delta. we are looking at twenties in the wind sheltered valleys, freeze damage to sensitive plants and certainly that is possible. we are expecting temperatures in some areas for the upper 20s for more than two hours. 1k3* that is what the criteria is for the freeze warning. i want to show you some of the freeze warnings. it is getting cold. napa a temperature of 31 degrees. the dew point of 22. it is calm outside. fairfield at this hour, 29°. with the wind running so light, the temperatures are going to plunge. and one last stop right now as we look toward the livermore valley, livermore is right at freezing. very dry air mass and clear skies. the temperatures are going to continue to drop as we head toward sunrise. i'll be ba

carolyn johnson is off tonight. fortunately no one was hurt, but residents were stunned to find out a cannonball came whizing through their community. here is what happened. the cannonball was fired from the bomb range at camp parks. it soared 700 yards into a house on casada place and bounced across a road and on to a roof and into a mini-van. abc7's alan wang is live in dublin with more on this. alan, that is the craziest thing i have ever heard. >> it really is, dan. this is where the cannonball was traveling at about a thousand feet per second shot out of the back of that wall of this home. you can see where it left a hole in the bedroom wall. this was just the first house it struck. traveling at bullet speed, the cannonball bounced off the sidewalk, blasted through the front door of the home and wized across the bedroom of a sleeping couple. >> they didn't actually hear the cannonball come through the house. what woke them was the settling of the sheet rock that woke them up. >> it punk -- punctuation tored --

, carolyn, and all of us here we appreciate your time. see you tomorrow. jeansr: miami customs inspectors are warning parents you may be surprised what you put under the tree. on display a table full of products that would make any child smile christmas morning. problem is, federal safety inspectors say all are dangerous. >> we see the items being imported. >> chocolate egg with a toy inside. choking hazard. walk on water airtight inflatable ball. you could suffocate in there or drown if punctures. the less obvious dangers of lead. plastic trucks, baby dolls, scooters, all the items confiscated at south florida's air and sea ports. shipped in from overseas companies that don't know or just don't care about u.s. product safety regulations. >> the majority do not know the u.s. regulations. regulations may be different in their country and therefore assuming the regulations are the same everywhere. >> reporter: u.s. customs and border agents are working with the consumer product safety commission to identify banned or unsafe items and those

so carolyn, still a lot of decisions to be made. leif in oakland, lisa, abc 7 news. >> very difficult decision. thank you lisa. >> other again man caused of identity theft after trying to get through security at san francisco international airport dressed as a pilot. 23 year old david half arrested last tonight when security agent recognize his i.d. as fake. he had a real ticket in the pocket. he was wearing a union form. he told the agent he always wanted to be a pilot. he's being held in the san mateo county jail and expected to appear in court tomorrow morning. >>> federal prosecutors want barry pwndz to good to prp for 15 months. prosecutors filed papers late today your honoring federal judge to sentence the former giants slugger to the maximum term for obstruction of justice. jury convicted bonds of giving evasive testimony in the steroids scandal. bonds attorney argued he should get probation because of the clean record and his work in the community. sentencing is scheduled for a week from tomorrow. >>> man shot in the neck in

, carolyn, and all of us here we appreciate your time.tomorrow. jeans

so carolyn, change is coming. you may need the rain gear before you know it. >> it's remarkably dry. >> it has been. absolutely. >> we really have had quite a long time. last rain we had was the end of november. so we are running dry from 45 to about 63 percent of normal we need the arabian here. >> we sure do. thanks. >> just ahead. robot that could one day revolutionize the workplace by allowing you to be in two places at once. stay workplace by allowing you to be in two places at once. stay with us ♪ it's easy to see what subaru owners care about. that's why we created the share the love event. get a great deal on a new subaru and $250 goes to your choice of 5 charities. with your help, we can reach $20 million dollars by the end of this, our fourth year. is is a. >> in the past couple years we have seen the calendar, music, movies even vood yo games move up into the electronic storage space known as the cloud. so what is the next step the. putting yourself in the cloud. january thon has a look at local company

carolyn tyler explains customers are worried about the plan.yler explains what might happen. u.s. postal service is in a fight for its life. in 2006 213 bill i don't know paces of first class mail were processe processed. last year just 168 billion. with more people using the internet to pay bills and send messages the postal agency is now proposing dhawts would make snail mail even slower. >> right now when you drop a let intera blue collection box you drop it in san francisco to mail to san francisco it gets delivered the next day. with the proposed service change if you drop tonight san francisco for overnight delivery now it takes two days. >>reporter: unprecedented cuts to first class mail are being considered in conjunction with proposal to close half of the nation mail processing plant. including two in petaluma and 1 in burlingame. the postal service says jobs will be lost through attrition but employee are worried. >> hopefully they can solve the problem without laying off any one. >>reporter: postal service has a long history of hirin

and in dallas, carolyn barta. let's begin your telephone calls starting what ralph watching us in chicago. >> thank you. he missed his chance by not calling for a roadmap to peace on drugs as successful contenders grant used medical cocaine and jfk used speed medically. washington, jefferson, jackson, and lincoln used medical marijuana. each of our last three successful contenders used both grass and coke medically as well as recreationally. thank you. >> we are really getting at is the so-called war on drugs which became a popular phrase in 1980s in the united states. the problem was all of these urban centers -- whole generations of kids getting addicted to different types of narcotics. his whole life he has been a champion of education. working for public schools in particular, there were public schools where drug gangs were taking over. you could not go into them including in dallas which was he was tough on that issue, so if you are a libertarian and believe drug should be legal in the united states, ross per

carolyn barta is the author. she is joining us from her home in texas. you knew ross perot as a journalist before many people met hi. -- met him. can you tell us about his roots in texarkana and what shaped the man we knew of a national stage? -- on the national stage? >> perot was from texarkana. he had an average texas childhood. he lived in a strong, stable middle-class family. as a boy he broke horses and traded horses. he was an eagle scout. even in later tonight i think he -- even in later life, i think he kept all of the traits of the eagle scout. he would set of objectives and goals and try to pursue those goals. he was very much in the texas tradition of the day. as he grew and went to the naval academy and started his own businesses, he was representing as doug said the can-do spirit of texas. his vision was a big, the state was big, there were powerless -- boundless opportunities. the sky was the limit. he really sort of played into what was the texas mythology with texas politicians who were larger than life, very successful businessman who m

i'm carolyn tyler. chp is investigating a crash on highway 101 in burlingame that killed a man who was riding a bicycle on the freeway. the accident shut down traffic lanes until early this morning. it was shortly before 11:00 last night that officers arrived to find all northbound lanes blocked at broadway and a man dead at the scene. investigators say it appears two cars struck the bicyclist. northbound lanes were closed during the investigation that lasted just before 1:00 this morning. that caused a major traffic back-up but things are now back to normal. >>> some students are waking up with bumps and bruises this morning after a railing on a set of bleachers collapsed at at&t park. this is video we shot seconds after that collapse. the railing apparently gave way under the weight of all those fans. some students went over the edge and fell on players below but there were no serious injuries. they ordered people that were still standing on the exposed ledge to move back away from the overhang. we sp

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carolyn? >> i talked to the mayor. he says there is no deadline but says next few days will tell him whether this group wants to cooperate and meet demands. take a look at this vacant area in the mission this, is the alternate site the city offered occupiers to move their encampment over two nights, protesters have debated at the general assembly and have been unable to reach concensus they say the city is requiring. things are getting hot around here. those who want to move to the mission, and those who won't vote to allow it. >> i'm not stopping you from staying. don't stop me from going to mission street. we're not going to stop you! no. >> yes, you are. >> and one who's want to go, go. >> and i think we'll have a plan and the state register without some official motive out there on what they want to do. and i think we have to move everything together. i don't think we should have two camps, if you will. >> so again the mayor is saying there could not be two separate ep campments. and protesters say raids only make

i'm carolyn tyler. >> after miniyears, $800 billion and 4500 american lives, u.s. combat troops are out of iraq. they were loaded on to planes and trucks last night and at daybreak this morning. final convoy rolled across the border into neighboring kuwait. she rode with the troops during her 21st trip to iraq. >> it was just before sundown when the troops made final preparations for the mission that would be the last for u.s. military forces here. there were more than 100 vehicles and nearly 500 soldiers anxious is n so many ways to make history. >> what are you feeling on the last day in iraq? >> i don't think there are any words to describe it. i can't wait to get out of here. >> this was my first deployment. it's nice to be going home, especially before the holidays. >> at the front of the convoy will be clearly vehicles, they will be looking for roadside bombs because this is the last convoy out doesn't mean it's not dangerous here. >> which is why the mission was in pitch darkness. soldiers loaded up for the more than a hundred mile journey to the border. was