catherine? >> catherine: many people are calling us and giving us and at update. we have a pleasant hill resident saying that there is smoke into his area, now. this is fairly significant. james fletcher will give us the latest. >>james: thank you, catherine the air right at the surface is okay for now because these calm winds are in place. however this live shot i wonder if that camera control was the smoke. let me point out that towards 8 pm id is sunset at 8:12 you can see that it is going to be sunset ones that sun goes down it is going to be more difficult to track that smoke. once that sun goes down it is going to be difficult. we will rely on our cages and the latest is that the wind was coming out of the south at only four m.p.h. and it is carrying at no.. as you know, the wind can vary. it is carrying the smoke to the east. that is why people near concord and pleasantville saw the oakland hills area reported smoke. and near martinez. the wind are expected to pick up even double in speed as pagoda towards midnight. is it gusting? as we -- go towards midnig

>>catherine: the 49ers are kicking off the preseason. earlier today fans packed the parking lot and having fun at tailgate parties. j.r stone is joining us live from candlestick. it's a >>j.r: up until now people really did enjoy this game. it is starting to get cold now. month a lot of people are heading home because it is called a outside. >> the preseason home opener means food, find and a little bit of creativity. as players gear up for the year, a preseason tailgaters it did the same. some came to candlestick unprepared. >> it is to windy. >> we did not come fully prepared. >> it is windy. it is messing up my here. for those who were able to cook in the treacherous and windy conditions, could they did. san >> you can see people leaving the stadium. we will have highlights coming up at 845. >>catherine: coming up, gas prices soared, what bay area customers are paying and we will take you to outside lands. nasa's mission to mars, and it pictures from the row for and why scientists are comparing the martian landscape to california. tha

>>catherine: there could be some trouble for the san jose police chief. members are be asked to consider a no-confidence vote. mayor chuck reed is supporting the chief and has no plans to ask it to leaf. for the >> i have a great deal confidence in the '30s he does not determine the budget killing it has been tough. we have increased the budget but there's not enough to cover skyrocketing costs. >> as with more money into retirement benefits we have less money for officers on the streets. we have less offices that we need in a work is more difficult. a 10% a cat makes it tough. >>catherine: a spokesperson for the department has made it clear that the chief is not ready to leave. the union discussion about a no-confidence vote will happen on tuesday fury if new details in the speed freak killer case. the search for more human remains could be delayed. zeus the killing rampage happened in the '80s and '90s. he and his partner convicted of four murders. he has since committed suicide. j.r stone has more on what is happening. >>j.r: and a letter to a sacramen

>> catherine: hot-button questions gary zitoo..ster if they make the playoffs? >>gary: i would say that 6:45, 8:45, 11:20 p.m. and let me say that i am not a bully about zito.. if you call before my opinion. i would say that is not going to make the playoff roster. baumgartner, lincecum. i do not care what my producers says. lincecum perhaps not having a good of the year as zito he has a future with the giants if he wants one. they do not want to hurt his feelings but they have already havezito off a roster. >> catherine: lincecum facing the best pitcher, strasbourg he is been are rusted. and then he will be erected for the playoffs? >>gary: he had a search jury where they have reconstructed his form. he missed all of last year. and what they are during it is interesting is that they have a lot of other statistics. they say that even if they are in a middle of a pennant race they will shut him down. that is why it is so intriguing. we have never had a star shot down in the middle of a season. >> catherine: why did they not do that

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this special report the kidnapping of catherine jackson begins with her son michael's death at age 50 leaving three young children and a mountain of debt. as his i say state is fueled by extraordinary record sales katherine is worth a king's ransom. he left her 40 percent his kids 40 percent 20 percent of the estate remaining going to children's charities. additionally michael has named katherine guardian of his three heirs. now michael's will and katherine's guardianship are under attack from relatives who have been cut out. but a family power struggle is one thing. kidnapping another. >> late saturday night katherine raising his kids reported missing. >> sunday july 22nd michael's daughter paris tweets, yes my grandmother is missing i haven't spoken with her in a week. i want her home now. >> at this point the kids france 15, paris 14, blanket 10 years old had not seen their grandma for 7 days. rejecting explanations from her uncle and aunt janet jackson paris pleads gishthly to t dire the public. >> if any one sees my grandmother call the police or this number. thank you so much. >

>>catherine: it is nearing football season. the 49ers are kicking off the preseason home opener tonight. j.r stone is live tonight with the excitement sfax for the fans. third >> it is exciting, fans are out here, you can see some of the tail gators in the distance. this was the closest to the actual stadium. it has been extremely windy all afternoon. >> did the wind have anything to do the sting of a car? >> absolutely no reason. fan from >> it is so windy, it is messing up my hair. the >> it might be a little bit windy but in the distance you can see a packed parking lot for the preseason game. it is all about the 49ers here at candlestick. >> let's talk about the weather. the wind at the candlestick is all a part of the experience. the 49ers are hosting the vikings. we have a marine layer hugging the peninsula coastline. it will be breezy at times. here's a quick look at the live picture of oakland looking to the east. clear skies there and we're looking for conditions to gradually cool. temperatures are still warm to the ea

. >> finally 10-days after her disappearance catherine jackson reemerges and speaks to the world. >> there are rumors going around about me that i have been kidnapped and held against my will. i am here to state to let everybody know i am fine, and i am here with my children and my children would never do that thing like that hold me against my will. >> whether her 10-day disappearance they disapprove. temporarily stripping her of her three gland children. >> the ruling in court was about the guardianship and i think it was based on a bunch of lies. i am devastated that while i have been away that my grandchildren have been taken away from me. >> finally thursday august 2nd a california court restores katherine to custody but with a catch. an adult grandson teto jackson junior is awarded co guardianship. >> when his grandmother came home tj and the grandmother discussed what she would like and what she had decided after meeting with prince, paris and blanket is that they would like to formally recognize tj as co guardian. >> did greed lead to an attempt bison of the legendary jackson

catherine?therine: we know that the colorado will be a massacre suspect was seeing a psychiatrist. chief reportedly tried to convey the worries to her colleagues at the university of colorado. they were contacted. nobody called police. it is a painful tragedy leaving 12 people dead could something could have been done or said to have been prevented? he was seeing this woman. dr. fenton is a specialist and schizophrenia and threat assessment. this says that on june 7th from kmgh this was a failure from an oral exam. he also went out and purchased an assault rifle and spoke to his psychiatrist. >> we do not know what those discussions were but it was a very high stress area for him. something he said to his psychiatrist caused her to contact the university of colorado threat assessment teams. >> catherine: fenton was also a member of that team and she helped to put it together. she was concerned and contacted several colleagues on the team. >> but they decided after a day or so not to convened. th

>>catherine: created not just to the bay area dealing with west nile.nd nearly nationwide spike in a virus, 43 states have reported infections in people, birds and mosquitoes. the total number of human cases is not about 700 with 26 deaths reported. most of the infections are in six states including california and texas. >> cooler weather around the bay area today theory here is a live look from our roof camera. concede the fault line overheads. >> the fall will be with us all this week. this highs today in the effort 80s fleer a high temperatures will schooler to mark. here is a live view from golden gate bridge. as we go into it to our morning, cloudy skies and drizzle by the coast. calf's birth of this rare about >>pam: allegations of a drug cover-up plot. and those with major league baseball's 80 investigation of milky cabrera is far from over. he was suspended for 50 games last week. he was suspended for failing a drug test. j.r stone has been following this story and talking with the commissioner's office. he joins us live in the studio with an of

catherine herridge is live at guantanamo bay tonight. catherine? >> her pictureas frozen on us because she is streaming out of there and its a little windy. we will get down there for the storm perhaps in minutes. first though congressman todd akin says he will not go to the republic convention next week and it has nothing to do with that storm. he has created his own. party leaders have made it clear is he not welcome there after he refused to quit a senate race that could help decide who controls congress next year. the missouri republic had a specific apology for getting wrong as he put it one word in one sentence. now though, he says this entire sentence was completely wrong. >> it seems to me first of all, from what i understand from doctors, that's really rare. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> shepard: but he says party bosses should not overrule missouri primary voters who chose him to take on the democratic senator claire mccaskill. doug mckelway on this one live from washington to

i'm julian and these are my two sisters, helena and catherine.y wanna make something special for our mom and dad for valentine's day. what can they do? - hmm... aha! i have an idea. everyone buckled up? - ready, sean! - ruff! - all aboard the noodle and doodle bus. - we're traveling around in your neighborhood we're doing lots of things as we go making lots of arts and crafts and food that's good we're hoping we can say hello all aboard the noodle and doodle bus there's lots for us to do we can bake a cake there are games to make it wouldn't be the same without you - hi, sean! - well, hi, helena-- hi, julian-- hi, catherine. uh, well, happy valentine's day! - happy valentine's day! - oh, thank you. - i can't wait to show mom and dad how much we love them for valentine's day. - we love them this much. - oh, that's so sweet-- well, you can give them something especially made by you. - like a card. - yeah, excellent idea! oh, now what's something you could find around the house that you could make a card with? - pictures. - ah, i like the way you th

>>catherine: of this is video showing some of the injured. most or all of the bystanders were shot by police career story bullets. >>grant: a purse to shooting happened here on time in 31st street across from the empire state. cut to the police said he then shot and killed his former colleague outside of the office building be used to share. 11 people total were shot. the suspect in and his former colleague were killed. >>pam: an update on the colorado peter shooting. new records suggest that the suspect had talked about his desire to kill people for months before the theater shooting. a classmate says he made the comment back in march. he is charged with killing 12 people and injuring another 58 during a july 20th movie theater attack in or rock, colorado. but norway mass murder suspect said today that his only regret is that he did not kill more people. he made that statement at a hearing today. the court determined that he is sane enough to stand trial. xi >> engineers honored used a remote-controlled system to let the curiosity rover driv

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. u.s. republicans open their national republican convention in tampa, florida. then just as quickly they closed it for the day. tropical storm isaac churned offshore in the gulf of mexico so they called a recess. organizers cut the four day schedule down to three. they'll restart the convention later in the day. delegates will nominate mitt romney as the republican challenger to barack obama. he will make a speech to accept the nomination on thursday, the final day of the convention. he will nominate paul ryan as his running mate. the most recent poll suggests romney has overtaken obama. by one percentage point. >>> yoshihiko noda hopes a letter to chinese president hu jing tao. to express the importance of the streej sick mutually beneficial relations. they will commemorate the 40th anniversary in september. noda is expected to call for talks amongst senior officials on a range of issues including trade and north korea. senior vice foreign minister yamaguchi will deliver the letter during

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. strained relations between some neighbors have made a routine exercise anything butt. south korean forces run regular drills. claimed the takeshi ma islands and have complained since bak visited earlier this month. south korea has controlled the area since 1954. twice a year, military personnel stage exercises there along with police. they're scheduled to start their next drill in one week. navy destroyers and submarines will take part in the exercises. dozens of marines are scheduled to land by helicopter. touched off a series of complaints on both sides. still south korean foreign affairs says the military should go ahead with the exercises. >>> chinese officials say they're pressing ahead with their investigation into a diplomatic incident on the streets of beijing. chinese foreign ministry officials say several government departments are taking part in the investigation. embassy officials want those involved to be arrested immediately. but they say police have not provided them wi

>> that's right, catherine. blanket be much of japan with widespread heavy showers, the region experiencing the worst of it, osaka received as much as 110 millimeters of rain in just the span of one hour. the tremendous amounts of rain are falling right now. over the next 24 hours, we will likely see an additional 100 to 120 millimeters of rain for the southern half of japan that is accompanied by thunder storms, gusty winds and even tornado is not out of the question. out towards the west, similar situation will be found across the korean peninsula, looking dry at this moment, but as you did see within another round of heavy rain is on its way it impact the same area within the next 24 hours. down towards the south, we can see a cluster here. this is still hovering through the northeast of the philippines. right now, sustained winds are 72 kilometers per hour with gusts up to 108. it will likely move towards the northwest and hit the northern island of the philippines or taiwan by wednesday or thursday morning

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. u.s. republicans have nominated mitt romney as their party's challenger to president barack obama. representatives from the 50 states chose romney as their candidate for the november presidential election at their national convention in tampa, florida. the participants adopted a party platform to seek a smaller government. the platform calls for cuts in the fiscal deficit, relaxation of federal regulations, and tax cuts for all income levels. it also criticizes the obama administration for reducing the military budget, saying it's weakening the united states' international standing. it calls for the return of a strong america by achieving peace through strength. >>> the u.n. refugee agency says more than 210,000 syrians have poured into neighboring countries to escape the fighting between government and opposition forces. the office of the u.n. high commissioner for refugees, or unhcr, said on tuesday that 214,120 syrians have fled to other countries in the region. turkey hosts the largest

catherine heenan, kron4. >>pam: an army medic saying that he performed cpr on the gunman and the constable. before he died the gunman asked for forgiveness. >>james: this is the open view this will keep us on the cool air. from the east and it temperatures will cool down, nicely. along the peninsula and into inland areas. the east are final indy decreasing with 70's in concord, pleasanton. finally- decreasing. not that bad compared to how hot it adopt. generally 60s in the south-bay. we expect these temperatures to get to the 50s, 60s overnight. cooler along the coast. let us take a look of how temperatures are going to play out for tomorrow. at 8:00 a.m. widespread 60s around the bay area. with low 70s as we go inland. by noon temperatures will get to the 70's in the 80s for the most of the bay area. with even lower 90s but the good news is that we will stay into the low mid 90's for the warmest part of the day. around 3:00 p.m., the red showing the triple digits indicated by the magenta. today we will have

catherine mohr is a surgeon using a robot for surgery. >> first, the olympics are underway in london and johnny moseley is here to talk about winning and what it means beyond the games. >> thanks for coming on the show. thanks for being here. is there such thing as an exolympian? >> i think many olympians feel they are olympians through and through. >> like a politician. >> that's right. >> here you are on the sidelines, an old man, no longer a 22-year-old gold medal it. i know it's not the winter, but the summer what's it like sitting and watching at home? >> i enjoy watching the olympics. the summer olympics doesn't get me as bad. i start to have that feeling like i could compete again but i'm very morning when i watch the summer olympics, especially in gymnastics when i know they've put so much time to get to this one event. even when they have success, i cry, failure, i cry. i love it. i think it's because i know what has gone into it. i always think about in my situation, you know, i got a first and a fourth, so i have a medal to hang on and something to look and learn from, but

in any event something to be aware of it. >> catherine: today people that entered the u.s. apply to stay and work for at least two years. hundreds of young undocumented immigrants are bringing school records and other documents tnot a path to citizenship but it at least takes away the fear of deportation. stacey has more. >>reporter: for many this could be their shortest portion towards legal status. hundreds of thousands that were brought into the country illegally as children can apply today for a two-year extension. and it could be a fair chance for college. >> we have a family and bills to pay. >> 1.7 people qualify for the the "deferred action" immigration program on the first day applications were accepted. the obama administration program, created on june 15, is called "deferred action for childhood arrivals" and provides two-year work permits to qualified applicants. the program is intended to reward high-achieving and hard working young people, 30 years of age or younger who are in the united states illegally through no fault of their own. many of the applicants we

>>catherine: hurricanes shut down a pretrial hearing in cuba.a middle of a news conference in corporation from a hearing for growth of 911 terror suspects. >>catherine: the mars rover is beginning to move a little bit, taking its first test drive on mars. >>gabe: is team mobil has announced that they are going to start offering of limited 4g data plants. this is a big deal because right now only sprint offers on limited data plans. now, there will be two major carriers that offer of limited data. the t mobil plans will not throttle. it is one carrier slows down your speed when he reached a certain amount of data. team all of full speed with no limit. " it is a good idea. her >> ft mobile works well have in the bay area. the new on limited 4g team all plants go into effect on september 5th. it will be available for existing and new customers. >>pam: walnut creek is stacked up in both directions. now, on the standard tale bridge, call [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connect

catherine, how did you get in the group? john, you kind of hold a lot of power on twitter. >> i wouldn't say that it's like a formal group of us. i mean, this is our first gathering as such. it's very organic. that's what twitter is. and that's what its value is, that people are just sort of throwing things out there. they're sending out links to things. they're commenting on numbers of reports. you know? the fed minutes come out and then you see people pulling out excerpts of interest and it's very organic. it's not as structured as, you know, reading a newspaper or watching a tv broadcast where the news is sort of cue rated for you. >> sometimes we're organic, as well, right, john? >> following these two, following the people that we communicate back and forth is it's a two-way street. joe tweets something out. people answer you and you do get live action feedback. you know, at the time you're having a thought, you get people telling you their reactions right away. it's amazing. >> it is. we're going to put you to work sin

catherine from our d.c.you're welcome. >> the wife of a swimmer who went missing over the weekend said she had begun planning his funeral that was until she learned he was very much alive. did he try to fake his own death? plus, get a load of this crash. a race car driver's bad turn sends him flying. an update on that driver's condition. that is all ahead tonight on "the fox report." people have doubts about taking aspirin for pain. but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer advanced aspirin. in fact, in a recent survey, 95% of people who tried it agreed that it relieved their headache fast. visit fastreliefchallenge.com today for a special trial offer. and i thought "i can't do this, it's just too hard." then there was a moment. when i decided to find a way to keep going. go for olympic gold and go to college too. [ male announcer ] every day we help students earn their bachelor's or master's degree for tomorrow's careers. this is your moment. let nothing stand in your way. devry university, proud to

thank you, catherine. >> you're welcome.t is escalating by the minute. some 40 different wildfires in the west have forced hundreds and hundreds of people out of their homes. now, the united states marines have joined in to try to stop it with months of dry weather ahead, what will become? a live report next. plus, the test flight of a jet that's designed to hit six times the speed of sound. supposed to go from l.a. to new york in 46 minutes. from new york all the way to london in one hour. didn't go right. now we know what happened. that's coming up. check out bass pro shops' fall hunting classic for these amazing doorbuster deals... plus bring the family for free kids' activities this weekend. >> the fbi is reportedly questioning a man who investigators say walked into the headquarters of a conservative christian lobbying group today and shot a security guard. it happened at the family research council in washington. police say the security guard confronted the gunman and the gunman shot him in the arm. but the guard and o

>>catherine: wins have now reached 100 mi. and expected to generate a storm surge of 12 ft.. kopp all gulf coast casinos have closed. >> now is not the time to tempt fate or dismiss official warnings. you need to take this seriously. fan of the national hurricane center said that is it has slowed down. we could take as long as 36 hours to leave norland. sforza copper case on >> the republican national convention is in full swing. the main players are in tampa and key speeches are scheduled for tonight including the candidate's wife farah and romney. she will be speaking later as well as kris christie. of this is what is happening right now at the convention. as expected, mitt romney secure the nomination today during roll call of the state delegates. he is scheduled to make its formal acceptance thursday night. scott also -- scott walker from massachusetts also spoke earlier today. joining us now to talk more about what is going on in tampa, michael yankee. they are giving the theme of tonight, rebuilding. >> monday night was

as kron 4's catherine heenan tells us he refuses to bow out of the rape. >> reporter: missouri republican senate candidate todd akin was asked about abortion rights for women who were raped. it seems to be, first of all, from what i understand from really rare. a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut the whole thing down. let's assume that didn't work, i think there should be punishment but the punishment out to be in the rapist. >> reporter: todd akin's opponent in a hotly contested race blasted him but so did fellow rick -- fellow republicans. while campaigning today mitt romney called the comments unexcusable and then the president. >> rape is rape. and the idea that we should be qualifying and slicing what types of rape we are talking about, doesn't make sense. >> reporter: todd akin apologized today but he is refusing to resign. >> yeah, i was talking about forcible rape and it was absolutely the wrong word. yeah. the good people of missouri nominated me and i am not a quitter. >> reporter: this opened up a controversy that mitt romney and paul ryan would have perv

catherine was with her children resort. we do not attempt to make any whatsoever about the up to whatng prompted the chaos. >> some of the jackson children with the feuding estate, this the week to remain calls for peace. we are working to figure out how the entire family can move forward. hearing ins one more jackson'ss when t.j. temporary shared guardianship could become permanent. >> there are few key tonight in the a marriage controversy. has canceled a speaking engagement and prince william county. the rest of his public appearances this year have also been canceled. controversy after comments supporting marriage man and a woman. they are asking people of the show up at restaurants and kiss each other. >> big news for those of you for the nextusly iphone. we can tell you it is expected unveiled on september 12. this new iphone will feature a screen, a bigger body, redesigned connector top. this is a video of the 4s. ship is expecting to screens later this month. we are waiting to see if it is better. >> again look up y

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. police have spent the week taking calls and making inquiries about a diplomatic incident. the ambassador's car was topped this week and a flag ripped off the hook. police say they've identified all of the suspects. chinese foreign ministry officials notified officials in beijing. police have not arrested no one yet. officials informed their contacts at the ministry that they want it keep in close contact. the embassy staff say they are waiting for developments in the investigation. on monday, two vehicles followed then stopped the car carrying ambassador niwa. man got out of one of them. then he ripped off the japanese flag on the car and fled. japanese officials say anti-sentiment may have cause he the accident. there is a dispute over the senkaku islands if the east chinese sea. both countries claim sovereignty in the sea of japan. a japanese proposal was rejected to approach the court together. a south korean document handed to the diplomat asserts there is no territory dispute to

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if if >>catherine: does of mesa says he wants a new legal adviser.d his adviser of four months and now wants a court appointed counselor. he has been complaining also about having to be kept in a holding cell on the day's scheduled to appeal in court while the judge's working on other cases. he is charge of murdering four women in northern california from the 1970's to the 1990's. prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. relentless hot and dry weather continues, 13 states from california to mississippi are fighting flames. it is so bad that even the u.s. military is fitting in to help battle the spreading blaze. >> this is an aerial view of california burning. at least 70 wildfire's west of the mississippi are ravaging tens of thousands of acres and chasing more than 1000 people from their homes. california has the largest number of fighters with 13, more than nine dozen local and federal firefighters are battling flames from san diego to san bernadine know, >> the fire is now 25 percent contained but for how long? the pacific northwest is inspecti

i have s-fp respect for mary catherine. this is an example of where something is being blown-out of proportion. he was talking about all americans and using an analogy with regard to wall street and the fact that republicans do want to pull back a lot of the regulation, dodd-frank and the like and the interpretation is that it would have negative affect on americans, on the american economy, on mortgage rate, bank loans, interest rates and the like. the idea is that it will put people in shackles. i think the racial component is he was speaking in southern virginia almost on the north carolina border to an audience that included lots of black folks and therefore it was seen as appealing to racial feelings this that audience. that is a real stretch in my mind. again that is where this campaign has been going, jon. people pick up on pettiness and blow it out of proportion. jon: i guess, you know, what offends one is in the ear of the beholder, juan, but if a republican said that, i mean if mitt romney got up there in front of

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. >> that's right, catherine. thick clouds are blanketing much of japan, bringing widespread heavy showers. the kinki region is experiencing the worst of it. osaka has received as much as 110 millimeters of rain in zuju the span of one hour. tremendous amounts of rain are falling right now. over the next 24 hours, we'll likely see an additional 100 to 120 millimeters of rain for the southern half of japan. that will be accompanied by thunderstorms, gusty winds and even tornado is not out of the question. out towards the west, similar situation will be found across the korean peninsula. looking dry at this moment but as you can see, another round of heavy rain is on its way to impact the same area within the next 24 hours. down towards the south, we can see a cluster of clouds right here. this is tropical storm kai-taek hovering to the north of the philippines. sustained winds 72 miles per hour with gusts of 108. it will likely move towards the northwest and hit the northern islands of the philippines or taiwan by

it's tuesday, august 7th, i'm catherine kobayashi in toke wroe. syria's former prime minister says he's now a soldier for the revolution. hijab is the highest ranking civilian official to defect from the government of president bashar al assad. the conflict in syria has been going on for 17 months now. hijab reportedly fled to neighboring jordan with his family. syria's state-run television disputes the defection story. it says the assad administration dismissed the prime minister. hijab relayed his comments through a spokesperson saying he defected from the killing and terrorist regime. he says he has joined the ranks of the freedom and dignity revolution. hijab is encouraging other syrian officials to leave the government. he comes from the country's sunni muslim majority. assad and his inner circle belong to the muslim minority. observers ahijab's departure could suggest widening cracks in the government as the conflict grinds on. british human rights activists say 20,000 people have been killed in the fighting across sere wra. and some of the

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. kofi annan took on the job of u.n. arab league envoy to syria nearly six months ago. at the time he called stopping the fighting in the country a very difficult assignment. while that assignment proved too difficult. anan is resigning when his term expires at the end of this month. >> i do not intend to continue my mission when my mandate expires at the end of august. >> the former u.n. secretary-general made the announcement on thursday in geneva. he condemned the government of syrian president al-assad. annan also criticized the u.n. security council for being locked in a standoff with russia and china on one side and western nations on the other. >> at a time when we need, when the syrian people desperately need action, there continues to be finger-pointing and name calling in the security council. >> annan took on his role last february. since then he worked to resolve the syrian crisis by mediating between the assad administration and members of the antigovernment opposition. u.n. secretary-general moon says he ac

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>>catherine: one of america's best known composers has died.n an emmy, tony, golden globe and pulitzer. the stock he collapsed and died yesterday after an illness. he was 60 years old. detect talked back direct >> of the fires still burning at this refinery. a community meeting tonight was, the looming effect on gasoline prices. >>pam: here is a live picture of albert and the civic center where a crowd is gathered. officials are about to hear from up said neighbors one of the refinery about last night's fire. " it topped the buyers said hundred to emergency rooms. right now the fire is still burning but it is under control. this was the scene last night, toxic smoke filling the air. j.r stone is live outside the chevron refinery in richmond with the latest details. >>j.r: it appears that the worst is now far behind but there's still a controlled burn that is going on. it is basically the size of a basketball. " they say that the controlled burn is still happening in could burn for another hour or another day's work. as look into the distance, t

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