i'm carolyn tyler. today on our program.... >> involved in social media. we'll take a look at that on 7 on your side. >> plus, the california flood factor, what happens if the snow pack melts all at once and the effort to build a rock wall the old-fashioned way. >> social media sites l transfoe communicate. now there is a brand-new social network but it's for your car. michael finney tells us anyone can now send a message to any car in america. >> i'm using that, are you? >> danielle sent a message to that blue pickup truck. she sent a voice activated message. >> i like your car. >> she is using a new social network that connects drivers through each other through their license plates. >> you can because they have set up e-mail and voicemail boxes for every license plate in america, yours, too. to to see your messages you have to claim your plate. that is register. >> we connected 250 million registered vehicles with a voicemail inbox and e-mail in-box and you can send a message to any car in the countr

carolyn tyler way to keep former offender on the right track. carolyn tyler tonight has the story >> lafayette works in the garden outside the san bruno jail. just released from the facility back in january. and now desperately needs housing. but says no one will rent to him. >> if they want credit report and police report and it's just hard. you have a felony, i don't know don't get a call back. >>reporter: city human writ commission wants to add people like thomas those with arrest and conviction tl records and when it comes to pro interest had gone housing discriminatio discrimination. >> what we are diagnose is giving people a chance to turn their lives around. >>reporter: teresa sparks is executive director of the commission. we are not going to force someone something down their throat if there'sa legitimate reason but just because they were arrested 5 years ago or 10 years ago and if they haven't done it again yes that's not a reason not to rent to them. >>reporter: new proposal has support of the sheriff's department, da and others who s

i'm carolyn tyler. there are three investigations underway this morning into the fatal police shooting of a man in san francisco. the police department. the d.a. and the office of citizens complaints looking into what happened yesterday in the city's bay view neighborhood. there are questions this morning about whether the victim had a gun and fired at police as he was running away from them. extra officers had to be called in to control an angry crowd at the scene near third street and oakdale avenue. >> moments after the shooting a bystander was recording a video of the scene at the bayview district. it was deadly conclusion of an encounter that started on the platform of the "t" line street car. they were doing inspections to make sure that riders had paid their fares. they stopped a is the-year-old man who suddenly bolted. >> the suspect fled on foot. during the course of the foot suspect, we believe the suspect fired backwards at the officer and the officers returned fire and he was struck and woun

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i'm carolyn tyler. formal arraignment in los angeles for the two men arrested in the severe beating of the giants' fan bryan stow. they are accused of committing that brutal attack at dodger stadium on opening day. bryan stow remains hospitalized after the attack back on march 31. tomas ramon gives us an exclusive look of the two men arrested on thursday and gives us an update on bryan stow's condition. >>> these photographs from los angeles sister station show 29-year-old louie sanchez and 30-year-old marvin norwood. charges were filed on friday for the attack on dodgers stadium on bryan stow. each faces three counts, aggravated assault, mayhem and battery. if convicted, norwood could face nine years in prison, sanchez, eight. dean johnson thinks the duo would face charges to put them in prison for life. >> if mayhem were charged, i would charge aggravated mayhem. i would also charge the crime of torture that carries a life sentence. >> both are being held on a half million dollar bond. also seen is do

>>> good morning i'm carolyn tyler. bay area activists a board a boat trying to deliver aide to palestinians say they will continue their journey despite the arrest of their captain. he was arrested as he tried to sail to athens. they are trying to make it to gaza and is now asking united states to try to get involved. lisa amin gulezian has more. >>> the audacity of hope is u.s. led boat on a protest mission from greece to gaza but the celebration was short-lived. >>> no that's not right. >> greek coastguard and commando stopped the boat claims it didn't have permission to sail and the mission was too dangerous. the captain was arrested and commandos aimed weapons at the activists. henry noor was on board. >> it was it was very clear to us that the government is under pressure from the u.s. government and israeli government the greek government is not allowing any of our flotilla ships to leave greece. >> they blame israel for the holdup. >> not involved in the stopping of the vessels in greece. they didn't have the pr

even though interim mayor ed lee promised not to run and when took this job as carolyn tyler reports he is now considering. >> reporter: ed lee is out of the offense, in fact out of town. his ears must be burning. after signing the city budget the interim mayor announced he may want to continue in the job. he is considering running in november. alex clemons is a veteran political consultant. >> ed lee has had the best job in american politics for six months. he has been selected to run a great town. he has had none of the targets that politicians usually have on their backs. i think it will be an interesting change for him and the rest of the folks in the mayor's race if he declares. >> reporter: lee would break a promise he made to supervisors to not seek a full term. >> would you have voted for him if f you knew that he would try running? >> no, no, we all voted for ed lee and a large part of that was the premise that he wouldn't run for mayor come this november. >> reporter: supervisor farrell endorsed lee for mayor. a strategist for one of the frontrunners leland yi has a video r

i'm carolyn tyler in for terry mcsweeney. talks will continue on capitol hill this morning as congress tries to come up with a debt deal. yesterday after a 24-hour delay and concessions to conservatives the house narrowly approved the plan only to have it rejected minutes later by the senate. california senators boxer and feinstein joined their democratic colleagues in in voting against the bill. you can see with this countdown clock, time is ticking down to tuesday's deadline. it's the democrats turn to keep the country from running out of money and there is little hope that republicans will go along with that. >> speaker boehner had barely and hour to save or his victory. >>. >> though without a single democratic vote. >> i stuck my neck out a mile. a lot of people can never say yes. this house has acted. it is time for the administration and time for our colleagues across the aisle, put something on the table. tell us where you are! >> it came only after boehner added a requirement for a balanced budget amendment. that lef

i'm carolyn tyler. i am in this morning for terry mcsweeney. talks will continue on capitol hill this morning as congress tries to come up with a debt deal. yesterday, after a 24 hour delay and concessions to conservatives, the house narrowly approved a plan, only to have it rejected within minutes by the senate. california senators boxer and feinstein joined all their democratic colleagues in voting against the house bill. take a look at this countdown clock. it is showing you we are just three days, 14 hours, 59 minutes and so forth until the deadline. now it's the democrats turn to put together a plan to keep the government from running out of money on tuesday. >> abc news tells you how both sides of reacting after accomplishing nothing. >> speaker john boehner vehemently described what he sacrificed in order to produce a debt ceiling plan that he says will save the economy. >> i stuck my neck out a mile to try to get an agreement with the president of the united states, and it is time for the administration and time for our colleagues acros

i'm carolyn tyler. there is new optimism this morning that a compromise is taking shape in washington. to increase the debt limit before tuesday's deadlines. both parties have resolved some key issues on long-term debt reductions. senate majority leader harry riedling cancelled an early morning senate vote to allow talks to continue. you can take a look at the countdown clock. it is still shows 2 days, 14 hours, 59 minutes left to raise the debt limit before the government runs out of money to pay all its bills. dan reports on what both sides have agreed to so far. >> after weeks of wrangling and partisan bickering there appears to be new optimism that congressional leaders and the white house are close to resolving the debt ceiling impasse. sources tell abc news that a new option for extending the debt ceiling is being discussed. >> i'm confident and optimistic that we are going to get an agreement in the very near future. >> in spite of our differences i think we are dealing with reasonable, responsib

i'm carolyn tyler. formal arraignment tomorrow for the two men arrested in the severe beating of giants fan brian stow. louie sanchez and marvin norwood are accused of committing the brutal attack at dodger stadium on opening day. brian stow, a paramedic from santa cruz, remains hospitalized after that attack on march 31st. we have an exclusive look at the two men arrested thursday and we have an update on brian stow's condition. >> reporter: these photographs from our los angeles sister station. kabc, show 29-year-old louie sanchez and 30-year-old marvin norwood. charges were filed against them friday for the march 31st attack at dodger stadium on brian stow. each face three counts, aggravated assault, mayhem and battery. if convicted, norwood could face nine years in prison, sanchez eight. abc7's legal analyst, dean johnson, thinks the duo should face charges that would put them in prison for life. >> i think the complaint is undercharged. if i were to charge mayhem i would charge aggravated mayhem, w

in san francisco, at city hall, carolyn tyler abc 7 news. >>> when we continues tonight.tic escape of the world top terrorist. plus shock appalled ashamed. media mogul murdoch takes the stand in the phone hacking scandal. fichlt oh. oh. >>reporter: while his wife plays the role of body guard. >> plus the 7 steps you can take now to keep alzheimer's disease at bay. another half hour of news begins here in disease at bay. another half hour of news begins here in just a moment. stay with >> good evening once again. here's a look at some of the headlines that we are following for you tonight. 150 protestors march through san francisco-tonight demonstrating against fatal police shooting of parolee. muni service disrupted building vandalize. 35 people arrested. marin county sheriff's deputy was killed tg to help a woman in domestic dispute in petaluma early this morning. her ex boyfriend went to the house and threatened her and her family. the ex boyfriend shot and killed the off duty deputy when he tried to intervene. someone in the house then fatalally shot the ex boyf

carolyn tyler has an abc7 salute. >> just about every monday you will find jill wakeman at primrose. it provides food to needy families each month. >> i just had this need, as long as i can remember to put somebody else's shoes and say what can i do. >> the 76-year-old she felt compassion for others but was the civil rights movement that led to her activism. >> presbyterian minister came through and recruiting people to go down there. >> she went down south to mississippi for the summer. her letters home reveals the culture shock. she said i feel completely out of the world here. she was in the march and rally. >> dr. king came and dr. go king was there and he talked. >> went back home in san mateo, she joined with those trying to did he segregate the schools including elinor. >> curry has written a book detailing there of their projects and programs >> one of jill's latest efforts is fighting on behalf of gays and lesbians, by protesting against the baptist church. her godson gave her unique present for her birthday. >> i thought of how can i create a gift that helps her legacy live

i'm carolyn tyler. richmond police have a triple homicide on their hands this morning. they are questioning the only person found alive inside an apartment where an apparent shootout left three men dead in one room. abc7's john allsston talks with investigators and neighbors about the blast of gunfire yesterday at a city housing project with a reputation for violence. >> reporter: whatever happened inside this two bedroom unit at the triangle court apartment complex, it was excessively violent a close-range gun battle involving three men, numerous shots and more than a few weapons. residents here, who have seen their share of crime were taken back. >> it's crazy. i'm tired of it, i'm sick of it. >> reporter: richmond police say 36-year-old michael a anderson was murdered. also killed 19-year-old donte delony and a man that stopped by for some unknown reason. >> we have him in for interrogation and interview and he's cooperating. we aren't looking for any other suspects. the entire crime scene is in one room in the house. >> reporter: police say there were children's bun

in san francisco, at the hall of justice, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >> police say a violent night in richmond may have been a turf battle between north and central richmond. 2 people were shot and killed including dean. he was shot to death outside this. this was the second son she lost to snrils richmond. one of her her sons shot and killed 10 years ago just block from his where he was shot last night. >> black eye. i need to tell l there's nothing you can do to bring them back. and vengeance doesn't solve anything. >>reporter: about she says he had just graduate from a culinary school in oakland and was supposed to be at a job interview this morning. >>> cal-trans worker has been critically injured on the job. asphalt truck backed over the worker in fremont this afternoon. it happened on mission boulevard near calgary court. 3 other cal-trans workers have been killed while working in the last three months. chp and cal-trans recently launched a new campaign state wide that we reported reminding drivers to slow down or move over in road construction zones. >>> major changes are comin

in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >>> a lot more to bring you on the news at 9. coming up. wedding planner. scheme that reached from russia to san francisco. >> new new warning about terrorism for americans traveling abroad. we'll explain where and why. >> also the norway massacre. terror suspect biggest surprise and state of mind according to his own lawyer. >> i'm spencer christian in the accu-weather forecast center. temperatures are on the rise. where will they top out? answer in my accu-weather forecast coming up. >> also speed. direction. or maybe the radio. no. 1 reason couples fight in the car. we 11 you with this life picture once again. of that fire in fairfield. eight hours after it began. firefighters still fairfield. eight hours after it began. firefighters still on the scene. more to come. ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thankyou card... and i put them to good use. he told me about his bunkmates, and how he signs up for every activity. ♪ he even hangs out with the camp directo

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carolyn tyler abc7 news. >> all right.off the streets of pal at -- palo alto this morning. dozens of handguns and rifles were turned in yesterday during the city's gun buy-back program. each was exchanged for a $100 cash card. the buy-back program was established after a toddler was accidentally shot to death by a twelve-year-old boy who found a gun in a garage. >> it's a safety issue. chances of you injuring yourself with a weapon or someone in your family with a weapon you had stored are greater than you using using it for self-defense. >> 137 guns have been turned in since the program began back in 2009. >>> at-risk teens are turning from tagging build to go making art in san jose. the project creates murals in areas where graffiti is a problem. it gives kids something positive to do and helps create pride in their neighborhood. organizers also say many kids who join the project end up turning in their gang colors. >>> santa clara's city manager is recommending the city deny a request by former 49ers great joe montana t

abc 7 carolyn tyler joins us live with the story. >> they just started talking about it.ill be most significant improvement to its operations and its 100 year history here in san francisco. take a look at these boxes this, is what they say residents will see faster speed and improve prove cable. and the planning department has given a green light without necessity of an environmental impact review. protestors including neighborhood groups say those big boxes are ugly and they want the board of supervise dwrorz require a environmental review. and at and t says if that happen that's will kill the project and they've been working on this since 2008 to get approveal. they're trying to get the board to come on board by offering some compromises for example in the initial phase instead of this 700 boxes they'd put in 500 and promising 33% of the jobs of installing those boxes would go to local residents. so this is some had what is being hashed out tonight. >> and there are boxes in the story. where did those come from? >> according to at and t they've been around for decades a

carolyn tyler is here now with the story oo. there are 30 candidates who so far have announced they're running for san francisco mayor in november. and ed lee gave his word he would not seek a full term. if he changes his mind, most strategists say he would immediately become the front runner. ed lee is out of the office. out of town. but he's ears must be burning. the interim mayor announced he may want to continue in the job. he is considering running in november. alex clem yons is a veteran political consultant. >> ed lee had the best job in american politics for six months. he has been selected to run a great town. he's had none of the targets that politicians usually have on their backs. i think it will be an interesting change for him. and the rest of the folks in the mayor's race. >> lee would break a promise made to not seek a full term. >> would you have voted for him if you knew that he would try running? >> no. >> and we all voted for ed lee in large part that have was the premise he won't run for mayor. come this nov

. >> i'm carolyn tyler. -- cheryl jennings is off this evening.family of a man when died while running from police may be planning legal action tonight. >> they're meeting tonight with a high profile civil rights lawyer. the 19-year-old kenneth harding was killed by a bullet to the head in the bay view district. tests show police claim they did not fire the shot, harding did, by accident. abc 7's vic lee is live with the latest on this story. vick? >> reporter: family members of kenneth harding met with reporters here in offices of well known oakland lawyer john burress. he is out of town. they say they're on a mission for truth, their words, seeking answers they say from the police department and they want investigators to turn over all of the evidence that documents they have, all of the evidence so they can seek the answers independently. well... the 19-year-old kenneth harding died from a gunshot wound to the head saturday, july 16th. police say he fired on two officers who were checking out muni fare evaders on third street. police issued a s

court of appeals, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >>> one more note about the armed services. president obama announced today that he will send condolence letters to families of service members who commit suicide while in the combat zone. that reverses a long standing government policy. in a written statement president obama said this is an emotional, painful and complicated issue but these americans served our nation bravely. they didn't die because they are weak he goes on. the fact that they didn't get the help they needed must change. end of the statement from president obama on this. >>> airport security is expected to tighten especially for international flights into the united states. that is because of recent intelligence that terrorists may be considering boarding flights with surgically implanted explosive devices, bombs. brian ross on the new warning out today. >> reporter: the reports of so-called belly bombs has led to an urgent alerlt for increased scrutiny of passengers heading to the u.s. who appear to have had recent surgery. >> al-qaeda has been working for a

i'm carolyn tyler. there is new optimism this morning that a compromise is taking place in washington to reach an agreement before the deadline. senate majority leader harry reed cancelled an early morning senate vote to allow talks to continue. the count down clock shows two days, 15 hours to raise the debt limb before the government runs out of money to pay all its bills. dan reports on what both sides have agreed to so far. >> after weeks of rangling and partisan bickering there appears to be new optimism that congressional leaders and the white house are close to resolving the debt ceiling impasse. a new option for extendth debt ceiling is being discussed. >> i'm confident and optimistic that we are going to get an agreement in the very near future. >> in spite of our differences i think we are dealing with reasonable, responsible people that want the crisis to end as quickly as possible and i'm confident we will. >> the latest framework will raise the debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion and guarantee an

. >> thank for joining us, i'm carolyn tyler. formal arraignment tomorrow for the two men arrested in the severe beating of giants fan brian stow. louie sanchez and marvin norwood are accused of committing the brutally tack on dodger stadium on opening day. brian stow, a paramedic from santa cruz, remains hospitalized after that attack on march 31st. we have an exclusive look at the two men arrested thursday and we have an update on brian stow's condition. >> reporter: these photographs from our los angeles sister station showed 29-year-old louie sanchez and 30-year-old marvin norwood. charges were filed against them friday for the march 31st attack at dodger stadium on brian stow. each face three counts, aggravated assault, mayhem and battery. if convicted, norwood could face nine years in prison, sanchez eight. we think the duo should face charges that would put them in prison for life. >> i think the complaint is undercharged. if i were to charge mayhem i would carry aggravated mayhem which carries a life sentence and i would

only carolyn tyler. three investigations. the police department, the district attorney's office, and the office of citizen complaints are all involved this morning in the investigation of a fatal shooting by san francisco police. it happened yesterday in the city's bay view neighborhood. there are concerns about whether the victim had a gun and fired at police as he was running from them. extra officers had to be called in to control an angry crowd at the scene near third street and oakdale avenue. abc7 john alston has amateur video from the scene. >> moments after the shoot being a bystander was shooting video of the aotic scene. it was the deadly conclusion of an encounter that started on the platform of the nearly t-line streetcar. police were doing inspections to make sure riders had paid their fares. at about a quarter to five they say they stopped a 19-year-old man who suddenly bolted. >> the suspect fled on foot. during the pursuit, police believe the suspect fired backwards at the officer and the officers returned fir

i'm carolyn tyler. terry mcsweeney is off today. talks will continue on capitol hill this morning as congress tries to come up with a debt deal. yesterday, after a 24 hour delay and concessions to conservatives, the house narrowly approved a plan, only to have it rejected within minutes by the senate. california senators boxer and feinstein joined all their democratic colleagues in voting against the house bill. now it's the democrats turn to put together a plan to keep the government from running out of money on tuesday. you are looking at the countdown. clock time is running out. three days, pitch teen hours, fifty eight minutes, forty-four seconds. >> speaker john boehner vehemently described what he sacrificed in order to produce a debt ceiling plan that he says will save the economy. >> i stuck my neck out a mile to try to get an agreement with the president of the united states, and it is time for the administration and time for our colleagues across the isle, put something on the table. tell us where you are! >> a short time

i'm carolyn tyler. the police department, the district attorney's office, and the office of citizen complaints are all involved this morning in the investigation of a fatal shooting by san francisco police. it happened yesterday in the city's bay view neighborhood. there are concerns about whether the victim had a gun and fired at police as he was running from them. extra officers had to be called in to control an angry crowd at the scene near third street and oakdale avenue. abc7 john alston has amateur video from the scene. >> moments after the shootg a bystander was shooting video of the chaotic scene. it was the deadly conclusion of an encounter that started on the platform of the nearly t-line streetcar. police were doing inspections to make sure riders had paid their fares. at about a quarter to five they say they stopped a 19-year-old man who suddenly bolted. >> the suspect fled on foot. ducks the course of the foot pursuit, at this point we believe the suspect fired backwards at the officer and