>> carolyn: good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler. this morning the music world is mourning the loss of whitney houston. tonight's grammy celebration will honor her incredible talent. she was pronounced dead at 3:55 yesterday afternoon in her hotel room. he she was staying at beverly hilton that was scheduled to perform at a pre-grammy party. she was found unresponsive. the cause of death is still under investigation. tmz reports that the body was found in the bathtub. they have recovered prescription drugs. tmz said it was xanax and may have led to her falling asleep in the tub. guests heard too booms and a loud male voice about 20 minutes before she was pronounced dead. >> when officers arrived in the hotel room on the fourth floor, hotel security were already attempting to resuscitate her. there were no obvious signs of any criminal intent at this time. it's being investigated by the beverly hills police detectives. >> she was dating ray jay. it was houston's bodyguard who discovered her yesterday afternoon. >> she ruled pop music

>> carolyn: good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler. work continues to reshape the westbound approach to the bay bridge. as you can see from the live shot behind me, except for the work crews, the upper deck is silent. it is shut down this weekend for this around the clock project. as caltrans prepares to give us an official update a spokesperson tells "abc 7 news" this morning that everybody continues to be on track for reopening westbound lanes tuesday morning, perhaps sooner. crews have dug up the old roadway and shifted the lines a little to the south. striping the lanes begin overnight. dem licks crews are removing the section of old bridge right where the new span will be connected when it opens in 2013. >> despite the smooth scenario by caltrans, we saw the first traffic snarls begin around 4:00 yesterday afternoon along some of the other routes into an san francisco. in east bay there was huge back-up on westbound 580 approaching the richmond-san rafael bridge. in marin county, southbound 101 was crawl from san rafael through th

. >> carolyn: a saxophone player familiar to thousands of bart commuters is charged with murder. he is heard playing the sax at the embarcadero station. he is accused of murdering his ex-wife 25 years ago. his real name is ronald brewington. they say the cold case squad tracked him down here in san francisco. >> dan: a mother may face child endangerment charges when she left her newborn twins inside her suv. a passerby called police after noticing the two infants inside her cadillac escalade. they also report that she told officers she went into the mall to use the restroom but security cameras suggest that she was there for about 40 minutes. >> carolyn: occupy protestors protested against police. at one point they marched into a center surprising shoppers. >> reporter: they all gone. they led police in the downtown area, yelling and blocking traffic. they were loud and intimidating but no arrests. >> occupy protestors begin at the foot of market and embarcadero at about 7:00 p.m. they walked up market street blocking all westbound traffic including muni and buzz. they turned and

. >> carolyn: a saxophone player familiar to thousands of bart commuters is charged with murder. he is heard playing the sax at the embarcadero station. he is accused of murdering his ex-wife 25 years ago. his real name is ronald brewington. they say the cold case squad tracked him down here in san francisco. >> dan: a mother may face child endangerment charges when she left her newborn twins inside her suv. a passerby called police after noticing the two infants inside her cadillac escalade. they also report that she told officers she went into the mall to use the restroom but security cameras suggest that she was there for about 40 minutes. >> carolyn: occupy protestors protested against police. at one point they marched into a center surprising shoppers. >> reporter: they all gone. they led police in the downtown area, yelling and blocking traffic. they were loud and intimidating but no arrests. >> occupy protestors begin at the foot of market and embarcadero at about 7:00 p.m. they walked up market street blocking all westbound traffic including muni and buzz. they turned and

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low to mid70s as we head into wednesday and thursday, carolyn and dan. it feels like spring around here. >> it really does. >>> coming up next, the diet drug that works except for some unbelieve whree dash sh unbelievably bad side affects. >> and here is a check of our camera. it is all traffic heading to 580 and 880 and all lanes of the bay bridge are blocked. they will stay that way until tuesday morning. >> remember oscar sunday is february 26th, a week from this sunday on abc7. you can predict the winners and get the latest buzz right now at oscar.com. >> and you can also download the exclusive oscar app. it offers live video from the red carpet and back stage on >>> all right. another live look at the construction work underway on the bay bridge. the upper deck was closed until 5:00 a.m. on tuesday morning. it was still open on the lower deck. be sure to stay with us throughout the weekend. >>> a mountain view drug maker will try again to convince federal regulators that the diet pill is safe. the food and drug administration raised red flags in 201

>> yes, dan and carolyn. this could have other cities examining the way they respond to calls for mutual aid. tonight the city of berkeley passed a standard mutual aid agreement, but they still want to set parameters around the decision to help other police departments. incidents like this one during the occupy oakland demonstrations, and on this one during the occupy protest at uc berkeley, they lead the city of berkeley to refuse mutual police aide to oakland and the university last fall. >> we don't necessarily want our police to automatically respond. we need to seriously evaluate how to respond. >> and now the city councilmember wants to make it clear they will not offer mutual aid to mutual administrations. >> what i saw in terms of abuse of police authority are not the things that members of the armed forces went into the service to defend and protect the constitution. >> the proposal calls for berkeley police to handle civil disobedience as if it were managing an event. it requires the police chief to

i'm carolyn johnson. >> and i'm dan ashley. they say enough is enough. >> they are banding together to protect themselves and their businesses. thomas roman is live in oakland for us. >> carolyn, the association of 120 mobile food vendors say its members are defending themselves because of too many robberies and deaths deaths in east oakland. as the video shows, the last robbery almost left two people dead. >> in the foreground, 32-year-old omar cassie yeahs is sweeping up the parking lot where the truck has done business for 12 years. according to police, one with his arm extended is sean ward morris. she accompanied by a 17-year-old who has not been identified. police say morris casiass said be cool and give me what you go the. casias runs and gets shot. he returned fire and hits morris who wrights on the ground -- wriths on the ground and stumbles away. >> we are not going to take this anymore. >> shelly garza is with rising sun on pro trough inures. she says she doesn't condone the vendors shooting back, but they are fed up

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. our other top story, the weather. >> a powerful storm is sweeping into the bay area. it is pouring in san rafael where you can see sheets of rain coming down. >> and you will need chains if you are headed to the sierra. the storm could drop as much as four feet of snow before it is all over. >> now certainly a welcome sight for the ski resorts. they have been operating on a meager three feet of snow during this very dry winter. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here with doppler 7hd for us. >> carolyn and dan, let's show you doppler 7hd, it has become more active as the night pro tbressed. rainfall has been coming into the bay area, and as we go to the north bay that's where it has been raining. reports of rain to san rafael on twitter, and there is heavy rain beginning to move in between ukiah and cloverdale. we will take you down to the street level where mountain house road is getting pretty wet here. we do have some moderate to heavy rainfall there and check out what live doppler

>> yes, dan and carolyn. this could have other cities examining the way they respond to calls for mutual aid. tonight the city of berkeley passed a standard mutual aid agreement, but they still want to set parameters around the decision to help other police departments. incidents like this one during the occupy oakland demonstrations, and on this one during the occupy protest at uc berkeley, they lead the city of berkeley to refuse mutual police aide to oakland and the university last fall. >> we don't necessarily want our police to automatically respond. we need to seriously evaluate how to respond. >> and now the city councilmember wants to make it clear they will not offer mutual aid to mutual administrations. >> what i saw in terms of abuse of police authority are not the things that members of the armed forces went into the service to defend and protect the constitution. >> the proposal calls for berkeley police to handle civil disobedience as if it were managing an event. it requires the police chief to

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i'm carolyn johnson. >> and i'm dan ashley. they say enough is enough. >> they are banding together to protect themselves and their businesses. thomas roman is live in oakland for us. >> carolyn, the association of 120 mobile food vendors say its members are defending themselves because of too many robberies and deaths deaths in east oakland. as the video shows, the last robbery almost left two people dead. >> in the foreground, 32-year-old omar cassie yeahs is sweeping up the parking lot where the truck has done business for 12 years. according to police, one with his arm extended is sean ward morris. she accompanied by a 17-year-old who has not been identified. police say morris casiass said be cool and give me what you go the. casias runs and gets shot. he returned fire and hits morris who wrights on the ground -- wriths on the ground and stumbles away. >> we are not going to take this anymore. >> shelly garza is with rising sun on pro trough inures. she says she doesn't condone the vendors shooting back, but they are fed up

here are the winds that carolyn was referring to. to 30 miles an hour out of the southwest at fairfield. 31 at sfo. look at santa rosa. napa 28 miles an hour. what is significant about the wind is it switches direction. we are seeing a westerly wind that is an on shore flow. so today's temperatures that were in the 60s and 70s are going down. they are going way down as we hit the weekend as the on shore flow continues to ramp up. partly cloudy tonight and locally windy. cooler and breezy for the weekend. there is a slight chance we will see a few showers sunday night into monday morning. here is the cold front that is producing the very light showers and sprinkles around ukiah. as the front goes through, like i said don't be surprised if you see some sprinkles in the overnight hours or drizzle. much cooler weather is expected this weekends as this cold trough out of the gulf of alaska reinforces the cooling as we hit the weekend. so the temperatures are coming back down to february normals. as we look at the afternoon on sunday i wan

. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. the nursing students are in a jam. >> the school they paid thousands of dollars to attend is not legit so, they wasted their time and their money. alan wang is live at the oakland campus. what a shock for them. >> yes, dan and carolyn. we watched the students walk out of the school in total shock. this was the training they needed to get out of their dead end jobs in this struggling economy. about 300 students at the institute of medical education were paying $25,000 to $30,000 for training to be mri and ultrasound seek anythingses. technicians. >> it is very important for me and my family. >> reporter: others were studying to be nursing assistants and dental hygenists, but state regulators are shutting down their hopes for a better future because the school falsely advertised their accreditation. >> i am very, very upset. i only have two weeks of school left. >> reporter: it comes as a shock because the students were told their programs were accredited by the western association of s

and it's carolyn tyler day in district 2. i hope that is okay with tony bennett. >> will we get something free if we visit? >> i hope ill it will get me out of parking tickets. >> and now that we've embarrassed her, let's move on. protestors used protestors to keep challenging california's ban oj same-sex marriage. several gay and lesbian couples staged a protest and sat on the floor, held hands and waited to be arrested. the clerk says she's sympathetic but must follow the law. >> and so they list today we will not be able to issue licenses. >> and eight demonstrators were cited and released. >> and predictions there are predictions gas prices could get to $5 a gallon by the beginning of june. >> and why there is this talk. >> we are not starting with good news this hour. there is a already seeing steady price increases. the social tells me gas is alt $3.91 in san francisco and after rinl prices have gone up 23 cents per gallon just since the beginning of the year. oakland has seen a 28 cent per gallon hike. there they warn

. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. the nursing students are in a jam. >> the school they paid thousands of dollars to attend is not legit so, they wasted their time and their money. alan wang is live at the oakland campus. what a shock for them. >> yes, dan and carolyn. we watched the students walk out of the school in total shock. this was the training they needed to get out of their dead end jobs in this struggling economy. about 300 students at the institute of medical education were paying $25,000 to $30,000 for training to be mri and ultrasound seek anythingses. technicians. >> it is very important for me and my family. >> reporter: others were studying to be nursing assistants and dental hygenists, but state regulators are shutting down their hopes for a better future because the school falsely advertised their accreditation. >> i am very, very upset. i only have two weeks of school left. >> reporter: it comes as a shock because the students were told their programs were accredited by the western association of s

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. our other top story, the weather. >> a powerful storm is sweeping into the bay area. it is pouring in san rafael where you can see sheets of rain coming down. >> and you will need chains if you are headed to the sierra. the storm could drop as much as four feet of snow before it is all over. >> now certainly a welcome sight for the ski resorts. they have been operating on a meager three feet of snow during this very dry winter. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here with doppler 7hd for us. >> carolyn and dan, let's show you doppler 7hd, it has become more active as the night pro tbressed. rainfall has been coming into the bay area, and as we go to the north bay that's where it has been raining. reports of rain to san rafael on twitter, and there is heavy rain beginning to move in between ukiah and cloverdale. we will take you down to the street level where mountain house road is getting pretty wet here. we do have some moderate to heavy rainfall there and check out what live doppler

johnal stone is live for us in the -- john alston is live for us. >> carolyn, the car is still in the house. police and fire officials investigate and the building inspector is here checking for structural damage. the dodge cruiser went into the corner of the house near the garage. right before 9:30 tonight neighbors said they heard the car come screeching down the hill on balboa at 43rd avenue. the car veered left into the home on the corner right where the electric meter was. pg&e came here, and they turned off all power as well as gas. susan francis was inside with her husband. they just finished their valentine's day dinner and they were watching tv. >> my husband and i were in the living room. we just heard this long, screeching then an impact, a crash. my husband right away said to call 9-1-1. i did that. when i came out here other people were out here pulling the man out of the car. >> she says they actually did not feel the house shake at the time. the driver was said to be dazed and disor yepted -- disoriented when he got out of the car. it is unknown if alcohol was a factor.

let's begin with carolyn tyler at san francisco's city hall. >> reporter: it began here at san francisco city hall eight years ago this month when then mayor gavin knew some ordered the city clerk to -- begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on valentine's day that lead to years of legal wrangling. then the passage of prop 8 in november 2008, to ban such marriages. two couples from berkeley and two men from southern california sued. as i said there have opinion years of legal back and forth. today's decision by a three-judge pal nell ruling 2-1 that proposition 8 is un-- unconstitutional. here's judge reinhardt writing for the majority saying: "proposition 8 serves no purpose and has no affect other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in california. and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite sex couples. the constitution simply does not allow for laws of this sort." again, june steven reinhardt writing for the majority. the dissenter was the more conservative judge nr smith. today's decision is

. >> good evening i'm carolyn. >> more fall out in the case of suspected abuse at peninsula preschool. >> 8 employees are now sues pepped at the same school where a even teacher was arrested for assaulting special ed students. lisa is live at roosevelt school for news redwood city. >> the district will not say what kind of work the 8 employee does here but sources tell abc 7 that they are teachers and teacher aide. now this all stems from allegations of special needs teacher slapped and kicked 2 students over the december of last year and january. today the district placed 8 employees on administrative leave after an internal investigation showed they may not have followed proper procedures. accused of slapping one boy in the face and kicking him in the stomach. she allegedly sent another boy crashing into a table after kicking his chair twisting his wrist and withholding food as well as drink from him. the boys are ages 4 and 5. tonight one of the boy father who wants to remain anonymous had this to say about the actions taken by the district. quote the time to do something for the c

>> good evening i'm carolyn. >> more fall out in the case of suspected abuse at peninsula preschool. >> 8 employees are now sues pepped at the same school where a even teacher was arrested for assaulting special ed students. lisa is live at roosevelt school for news redwood city. >> the district will not say what kind of work the 8 employee does here but sources tell abc 7 that they are teachers and teacher aide. now this all stems from allegations of special needs teacher slapped and kicked 2 students over the december of last year and january. today the district placed 8 employees on administrative leave after an internal investigation showed they may not have followed proper procedures. accused of slapping one boy in the face and kicking him in the stomach. she allegedly sent another boy crashing into a table after kicking his chair twisting his wrist and withholding food as well as drink from him. the boys are ages 4 and 5. tonight one of the boy father who wants to remain anonymous had this to say about the actions taken by the district. quote the time to do something for the ch

i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. it began 17 hours ago when the federal officer was shot in front of his home in newark. >> alan wang joins us live from the apartment building of the suspected it shooter in piedmont. alan? >> carolyn and dan, after arresting dennis bagwell agents began scouring this apartment building off piedmont avenue. what we mains a mystery is why an op optometrist who became an apartment manager would want to shoot a u.s. customs agent. federal agents from the fbi, homeland security and customs comb they had apartment building where dennis bagwell is the property manager. newark police say he shot a customs agent before 6:00 this . >> this was an off duty incident. >> he waited for him to walk out of his home and fired five shots, seriously wounding the 61-year-old agent who works out of san francisco international airport. >> i never would have guessed he had a gun. >> residents in peaked -- piedmont say he took over in october. >> dennis was always helpful. anytime there was any issue you cal

let's begin with carolyn tyler at san francisco's city hall. >> reporter: it began here at san francisco city hall eight years ago this month when then mayor gavin knew some ordered the city clerk to -- begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on valentine's day that lead to years of legal wrangling. then the passage of prop 8 in november 2008, to ban such marriages. two couples from berkeley and two men from southern california sued. as i said there have opinion years of legal back and forth. today's decision by a three-judge pal nell ruling 2-1 that proposition 8 is un-- unconstitutional. here's judge reinhardt writing for the majority saying: "proposition 8 serves no purpose and has no affect other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in california. and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite sex couples. the constitution simply does not allow for laws of this sort." again, june steven reinhardt writing for the majority. the dissenter was the more conservative judge nr smith. today's decision is

>> congresswoman carolyn maloney, congressman darrell issa. when we last met, we mentioned that the white house was announcing a plan to accommodate religious employers on the birth control issues. this satisfies some but not all of the president's critics on this issue. the hearing this week was a matter of great asset to carolyn maloney and also eleanor holmes norton -- upset to carolyn maloney and also eleanor holmes norton. >> it is not a new thing to have a cited congressional hearing. however, it was not a stroke of genius to have all men talking about contraception that involves principally when it. they can get it over the counter any time they want. >> let's talk about the president's deal. you had a column about it on friday, charles. it is a compromise, so to speak. >> it is not a compromise, it is a fake, an accounting trick and a catholic hospital, like a catholic charity or public- school, is required by law to engage an insurer -- like a catholic charity or school, is required by law to engage an insurer that will provide contra

here are the winds that carolyn was referring to.ng to 30 miles an hour out of the southwest at fairfield. 31 at sfo. look at santa rosa. napa 28 miles an hour. what is significant about the wind is it switches direction. we are seeing a westerly wind that is an on shore flow. so today's temperatures that were in the 60s and 70s are going down. they are going way down as we hit the weekend as the on shore flow continues to ramp up. partly cloudy tonight and locally windy. cooler and breezy for the weekend. there is a slight chance we will see a few showers sunday night into monday morning. here is the cold front that is producing the very light showers and sprinkles around ukiah. as the front goes through, like i said don't be surprised if you see some sprinkles in the overnight hours or drizzle. much cooler weather is expected this weekends as this cold trough out of the gulf of alaska reinforces the cooling as we hit the weekend. so the temperatures are coming back down to february normals. as we look at the afternoon on sunday i w

. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. he was buried up to his neck, but at least he could breathe. >> that's the only reason he could survive trapped for hours in the dirt. rescuers worked for hours to dig him out. it happened in brentwood. alan wang is there live. alan, what a desperate scene. >> yes, a pretty dramatic scene out here tonight. about two hours ago the front yard of this house was buzzing with firefighters. the neighbors gathered three deep just to watch this rescue. it all ended with a cheering crowd and a man happy to be alive. after more than three hours of constant digging, rescue crews pulled the man from the collapsed trench that almost became his grave. >> the danger is you have all of the weight of the dirt. the dirt out here is a heavy, muddy clay. it is not real light and fluffy sand. it is pretty heavy dirt. >> firefighters say the 50-year-old man from oakland dug a trench 10 feet deep while working on a residential sewer line. it was about 12 feet long and 30 inches wide, but it doesn't appear h

i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. the public health department recommended the shutdown and this deep cleaning. >> it is highly contagious which is why the school administrators are can selling classes for tomorrow. john alston is live with the story. john? >> the illness carried into tonight when some students became sick during the basketball game. more than 1400 students attend saint ignacious. 50 students called in sick today and another 150 went home after not feeling well. the college and prep school is getting a thorough cleaning after an unpleasant day for about 200 students. >> people were throwing up everywhere and coughing everywhere. >> i came out of class and there was about 20 students sitting in front of the dean's office with trashcans. i actually saw some kids throwing up. it was not a sight to see. >> school is canceled on wednesday while the crews sanitize any surface the crews may come in contact with, desks, lockers, door handles. the city health official doesn't believe it is influenza, but an ou

carolyn is happy didn't say this. college happen. listening time since i painted my chest. two week or something like. that la a 12 game winning streak. they were launching 3. that's a tattoo. if matt hits a 3. down 3 at the half. you are dispracticing me. kevin with 27 and it only gets worse for them. gary fell junior and zag hand st. mary's first conference loss. lets go to the pack 12. stanford. an draw luck in the house. needed on the court. sloppy early hear. jones the gets it gets it back. lays it in. 19-2 bruins run. closing the gap with the 3 and ucla pull away look at the play by jones here behi one motion behind the back to anderson. ucla wins. 75-49 and harper camp with 19. women hoop stanford and usc. the sisters are unstoppable. 1 points. 12 beard. stanford. 75th straight victory at maples. 69-52 and cal women beat ucla 67 to 58 and that's your toyota sports report. >> can we see that tattoo? >> please. >> you are distracting yoursel yourself, larry. >> somewhat delusional at this hour. >> keep track of the latest breaking news on twitter at 7 news bay area. >>

the hearing this week was a matter of great upset to carolyn maloney eleanor holmes nortoton. >> it ishave a slanted congresonal hearing. however, it was not a stroke of genius to have all men talking about contraception that involves princncipally w women. they canet it over the counter any time they want. >> you had a column about this on friday, charles. it is a compromise, so to speak. >> it is not a compromise, it is ofake, an accounting trick.. any tholic hospital, like catholic charities are caolic schools, is required by law to engage an insurer who w by law be required to provide contraceptes. i have no problem with contraceptives. it is not about access to contraceptives. it is can the state compel a religious organization to do somethiing, to engage an injur surer who is required by law to provide things that are against ththe doctrine of that church? nothing has changed in a moral sense. however, it was a political stroke. obama got away with it. before he had been opposed by rick warren, a pastor who supported him, he had been opposed by tim kaine, a former dnc chairman. n

i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. it began 17 hours ago when the federal officer was shot in front of his home in newark. >> alan wang joins us live from the apartment building of the suspected it shooter in piedmont. alan? >> carolyn and dan, after arresting dennis bagwell agents began scouring this apartment building off piedmont avenue. what we mains a mystery is why an op optometrist who became an apartment manager would want to shoot a u.s. customs agent. federal agents from the fbi, homeland security and customs comb they had apartment building where dennis bagwell is the property manager. newark police say he shot a customs agent before 6:00 this . >> this was an off duty incident. >> he waited for him to walk out of his home and fired five shots, seriously wounding the 61-year-old agent who works out of san francisco international airport. >> i never would have guessed he had a gun. >> residents in peaked -- piedmont say he took over in october. >> dennis was always helpful. anytime there was any issue you cal

the health and science reporter carolyn johnson has more. >> this is a specific type of high intensity ultrasound developed by a company in hayward that generates heat as it enters the body and that heat effectively kills fat cells. watching her walk down the street few people describe britney as heavy. but this sales professional who asked us not to use her last name has a problem area. >> it feels like i am wearing a spare tire on my body. >> today she is hoping to lose an inch on her waistline without surgery. instead she is being treated with a newly approved device. walnut creek dermatologist says the system uses high intensity focused ultrasound to melt away fat cells. >> sometimes you hear a snap, crackle, pop. it sounds like fat sizzling. >> they mark numbered targets point on the stomach. since they deliver heat, she needs to carefully track which sections have been treated and for how long. >> the only requirement is that you have to have at least one inch of fat. >> so here we go. >> once the procedure is mapped out, they deliver pre set pulses of ultrasound in the targets t

it's carolyn tire day at city hall.y with us. >>> a welcome surprise for zynga taking in $311 kblinl last quarter, the first earnings report issued since going public last year. a big set back for yahoo. negotiations over selling holdings in asia have apparently broken down in a price dispute. and boeing finalized a $22 billion order for 230 plane that's will more than quadruple the size of the fleet. >> standard and poor's bumped outlook for california's credit rating from stable to positive. agency noted an improvement and the governor called it a powerful vote of confidence in our stay. it wasn't money from heaven but came from the friendly skies. managers at united airlines handed out checks today to their employees at san francisco international airport. united is contributing $265 kblinl to employees for fr pilots to baggage handlers. it's a fifth of the profits last year, united used to have profit sharing but adopted the practice after merging with couldn't nebtal. -- continental. >> they're a valentine's day st

>>> good morning, thanks for joining, i'm carolyn tyler. two bay area women who were abducted by tried men in egypt on friday are free this morning and due to return to the ounce tuesday. abc7's tomas ramon spoke with patty from los gatos said their captures were polite even treating them like family. >> they were on christian program in egypt when the tour bus was stopped by armed bedouins. she told us by phone about their ordeal. >> he had a truck and gun but i'm like we got down. but we shouldn't go down because i'm the leader of the group. they want my husband. but my husband is physically challenged. they reassured him in a nice way that -- >> captures wanted to exchange the tourists for some of the fiber who was arrested. >> they were hoping by doing what they did.... >> he says at another stop he spoke about god and family while the bedouins fed them. >> we drove two hours away. and then... something to snack on like cheeses and bread. >> reporter: after driving around for six hours. men negotiated with egyptian police who agreed to

carolyn, you know i'm not a happy camper. i want to go to this payroll tax cut just because it's not funded and i want to say the whole budget is not funded and the entitlements are not funded and taxes are going up, and i want to ask you, with everything unfunded and the u.s. on the road to bankruptcy and not even a budget resolution in sight. don't you think we deserve and are headed for a credit downgrade? >> well, larry, don't be so pessimistec. remember that the last jobs report showed that we gained 250,000 roughly private sector jobs. we were gaining private sector jobs for the past 23 months and for five months, the unemployment rate has fallen and so we're trending in the right direction. this is under negotiation now. apparently, there's an agreement from what i've heard between republicans and democrats to agree to the tax benefit, the payroll tax benefit for $260 million americans, working americans so they can take home roughly $1,000 during this economic crisis to help them through it. we are still negotiating,

. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. vandal usa tacked a catholic church this ash wednesday, and the father says he is leaving the damage up at least through tonight so people can see what happened. >> he wants them to see it. and many of those who came by say those at anne's church was visibly upset. >> leslie leslie brinkley is live for us. >> that's right. the satanic images like this on the side of the church, and extra police detectives have been assigned to keep an eye on things at st. anne's church especially in light of the destruction from overnight. >> permanently -- personally it shocks and disgusts me. as they surveyed the damage, they were shocked. an eight-foot cross split and toppled from a cement base. a stone monument overturned. statues of the holy family defaced with black spray paint. four foot pen tau grams -- pentagrams scrawled across the wall. >> once we recognize the satanic symbols and the fact it was at a church and ash wednesday, obviously that made it more than coincidental. so we have classi

i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. the public health department recommended the shutdown and this deep cleaning. >> it is highly contagious which is why the school administrators are can selling classes for tomorrow. john alston is live with the story. john? >> the illness carried into tonight when some students became sick during the basketball game. more than 1400 students attend saint ignacious. 50 students called in sick today and another 150 went home after not feeling well. the college and prep school is getting a thorough cleaning after an unpleasant day for about 200 students. >> people were throwing up everywhere and coughing everywhere. >> i came out of class and there was about 20 students sitting in front of the dean's office with trashcans. i actually saw some kids throwing up. it was not a sight to see. >> school is canceled on wednesday while the crews sanitize any surface the crews may come in contact with, desks, lockers, door handles. the city health official doesn't believe it is influenza, but an ou

. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. he was buried up to his neck, but at least he could breathe. >> that's the only reason he could survive trapped for hours in the dirt. rescuers worked for hours to dig him out. it happened in brentwood. alan wang is there live. alan, what a desperate scene. >> yes, a pretty dramatic scene out here tonight. about two hours ago the front yard of this house was buzzing with firefighters. the neighbors gathered three deep just to watch this rescue. it all ended with a cheering crowd and a man happy to be alive. after more than three hours of constant digging, rescue crews pulled the man from the collapsed trench that almost became his grave. >> the danger is you have all of the weight of the dirt. the dirt out here is a heavy, muddy clay. it is not real light and fluffy sand. it is pretty heavy dirt. >> firefighters say the 50-year-old man from oakland dug a trench 10 feet deep while working on a residential sewer line. it was about 12 feet long and 30 inches wide, but it doesn't appear h