>>catherine: i will be there!: it was a pretty nice day around the bay area with temperatures in the '70s in '80s although we did stay in the '60s closer to the coastline. 91 in antioch, 88 in livermore and 79 in santa rosa. temperatures are already starting to fall as the sea breeze winds are moving in. our inland valleys are still fairly warm. here is what you can expect as we move through the weekend. we did see the sky clear ethical side. here is a shot from the golden gate bridge. we are going to see the fog returning shortly. along the coastline and into the bay soars over night we will have morning fog in an unsigned. temperatures warming tomorrow with more a degree readings. inland valleys in the '80s tomorrow. '90s in and snug. along the coastline, slightly warmer conditions. we are expecting some signed earlier than today. we will start to call as we head into early next week. >>catherine: californians will now have to pay more for what they buy on amazon.com. this was disappointing to a lot bart >> you

>>catherine: stay with kron4 as we continue to follow the hantavirus problem. we will keep you up-to-date and have the latest information on our web site, www.kron4.com. the dumbarton bridge is at the close of a holiday weekend. we will tell you how to get around the traffic gridlock. da lin has a look at how qr work is going before the shutdown. >>da: the dumbarton bridge will close at 10:00 p.m. and lasted till 5:00 a.m. on tuesday morning. construction crews are doing seismic retrofitting of. about 60,000 cars use the bridge on a daily basis. >>george: the dumbarton bridge will close friday night at 10:00 p.m. and will mark reopen until this is the morning. most of the traffic is likely to endure on the san mateo bridge. it is the close of their route. you can also use it to 37 37 an this is referred to southern de i coughed and you are regular user some of to 37 or the san mateo bridge expects have your normal practice. >> they could get done with the bridge a little bit early. if they do you hear about it, kron4 247 news channel. >> travel also be rerouted

and then catherine's shoes slipped off. and so her foot just slid through the polar bear's mouth and then she was free. >> lay down, lay down. >> at last, catherine is free of binky's death grip. dr. rayford doesn't know if her injuries will be fatal. she's rushed to the hospital. >> i just felt the crunching of my leg. it was so excruciating. >> i believe it was almost two weeks she was in the hospital. she had some open wounds. a lot of bruising. she also had a broken leg. >> very lucky. i feel very fortunate. catherine suffers torn ligaments and a couple of broken bones. but the biggest bruises are to her ego. there was no point dwelling over it, it's done, it's gone, i've got to get on with my life and pick up the pieces. that means dealing with people saying i've done a stupid thing. >> the next day the zoo returns to normal. but fascinated rubber neckers flock to binky's little part of the world. everyone has an opinion. i think it's kind of sad that she didn't stay out of the fences. we're not supposed to be doing th

catherine, the self-taught chef, and the teenager made meals for three families dealing with serious illnesses and that experience produced the perfect ingredients. >> it came out of that simple idea of getting kids in the kitchen and cooking for kids that are sick. >> it has served 900 families, 130,000 meals. hundreds of adult volunteers deliver meals and oversee 250 young chefs but it is the teenagers that do the cooking, using food from their garden and local donations. this 15 year-old has discovered that she can make a difference. >> i can do something that i love and help others so that is very great. >> karen is fighting ovarian cancer and says that catherine and 13 do not just serve nourishing food but also encouraging notes that the tercel. >> i took this very deeply into my heart and that is my new motto, " everything is possible ". >> now she is sharing a recipe with several nonprofits across the nation. >> the deep as long as human beings is to feel like our lives matter, and that we are cared for and that we care for others. and this is just one big stew of that. >> so

>>catherine: a city with no end of problems and no lack of hope. citizens try to take back their streets in oakland, marching against violence in east oakland. >> the lights shine brightest and the darkest places. >>catherine: other residents are fighting against prostitution, giving police the license plates numbers of men cruising for sex. >> we want to get the understanding of their that they will not sneak into this neighborhood. >> da lin is in oakland tonight where the community is promising to take back the streets. >>da: oakland says at least 84 murders so far this year, that is up 10 percent compared to the same time last year. they say one way to get young people to stop the violence is to build a relationship with them. oakland used to this program three years ago but failed. they believe this time they have an unsecured -- community support to make it work. >> the pastor that you just heard from implemented operation cease-fire and boston it was very effective in stopping crime in the area. that is why the city of oakland asked him to c

catherine parrish: and that's because kids aren't at home.re in day care from six weeks of age. when we were all growing up, we grew up at home and were only exposed to our siblings and cousins, and so we weren't as sick at an early age. now moms go to work at six weeks or eight weeks of age for the child, and so kids get a lot more ear infections, a lot more colds. it may be impossible to avoid runny noses, but experts agree on some easy, yet important ways to give children a good start. catherine parrish: i think i start by telling them to enjoy their baby and love their baby. and then, in the very beginning, like in the first two months of life, to try exposing the baby to as few strangers as possible, to bring as few germs into the house as possible, nurture the baby, feed the baby regularly, not take the baby to the mall... not take the baby to the movies, because i have some very young moms in my practice who want to get back to the mall as soon as possible. and so, you know, i try and limit the baby's exposure to pathogens that might m

>> i think catherine orgman left, i am catherine ross. i am a long time resident, i live directly across the panhandle from masonic. i ride a bike. i have nevered own a car. anyone who is complaining about parking spaces, has been using the parking space i have not used in the 25 years in san francisco. i don't take up a parking spot. i don't have a driver's license, they can thank me after the hearing. but now masonic is my north/south route. and other streets go straight hill and dead end. if there was another option for bikes, we would take it. believe me. and the conditions on masonic are completely unacceptable, not just me but the people that have been killed there that i am totally heart broken about. and to me that takes such precedence over parking, and the fact that people are complaining about the loss of parking spaces, and in the light of the slaughter on this street. it's shameful of that priority. this is a great plan, i am extremely impressed what they have come up with. and it's no loss of muni speed. as experienced as i

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>>catherine: are there any risks?ery trust that has bought apple sox have made money. >> samsung has really caught up apple in design. what is next for apple? >> we're starting to see the fog rolling in over the golden gate. it looks like we will be waking up to some morning fog and low clouds but it will burn off pretty early. we are expecting a lot of sunshine and warmer temperatures inland. taking a look at where temperatures are sitting right now, we have 60s along the coast and '70s and '80s left over. by 8:00 p.m. temperatures for the most are will be dropping down to the '60s. will be waking up to a mixed bag of '50s and '60s tomorrow morning. '80s by the lunch hour and then all of this red on the screen by 3:00 p.m. indicates that we will also see some '90s it's on the east bay shore is mostly mid-70s. >> warm temperatures drop the week and keep a low '90s inland and low seventies for the bay, mid-60's for the coast in a gradual cooling as we head into the next or quit. >>pam: oakland mayor jean quan making he

imax guys are welcome back to the kaiser report time not to go to cincinnati and talk with catherine austin fitts katherine welcome back to the kaiser report max it's always a pleasure catherine also fits item number seventeen of the g.o.p. platform states quote the war on drugs and the war on terror have become a single enterprise your thoughts well i think they've always been a sit single enterprise looking at it from the design standpoint of the people who are running the planet so if you look at this from what i call mr global's point of view i think the war on terror was designed to take the war on the drugs to the next step in the in frankly the more interest never had anything to do. drugs in the first place so to me they've been single just you know the war on drugs had run out of political spray decor and now you've just given it new energy and so now you're being more obvious about merging it but to me it was one in the same along and the combined war really is the war on civil liberties i guess you could say and in the us i've met in a while but i understand you've got t.s

catherine, what are you learning about all of this? >>reporter: fox is told forensics will be analyzed to determine the type of won'ts, the origin of the weapons, and significantly whether the weapons were supplied to the libyan opposition by friendly governments to help take down qaddafi. four aways were confirmed but the officials in the united states remain in the dark. >> the only problem is we do not have a good visual of who they are. we are not sure what the standards of the arrest was, what information they had, we are working through that issue. >>trace: mitt romney is commenting about the president. listen, now. >> there were three other individuals in the tragedy beside the ambassador, and i would ask that you might each place your hand over your heart in recognition of the blood shed for freedom by them and by other sons and daughter whose is lost their lives for the cause of america and the cause of liberty and take a moment of silence together. thank you so much. thank you for memories of great men and women who serve thi

>>catherine: president obama is still using the hidden camera. for the victims of government dependents. >> i do not think that we can get very far. with people not taking responsibility for their own lives. >>catherine: these have been turned into a devastating political ads. with faces of families and veterans. >> there will open this presidency and it is not to worry about. >> matt from the is looking to " mitt romney to and to link deficit numbers. >>catherine: forget the election, they're already casting ballots. one example is this was early voting and the state of iowa. catherine heenan, kron 4. >>jacqueline: this warming trend is going to become significant. the highs for the inland valleys were quite warm. ninety-three's in antioch, livermore. with and 90's. 70's-93 in antioch but take a look at the coast. cool in daly city. 55 degrees in half moon bay with that really dense fog. it is not going to clear out. this is a live look at the golden gate. visibility is quite low. and at half moon bay, just one half mile visibility at this momen

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. iran's president often challenges and chastises western nations in defense of his country's nuclear program. but ahmadinejad's critics argue he's trying to build a bomb by allowing scientists to enrich uranium. but he says he's willing to put a stop to the practice provided other countries fill in the gap. >> reporter: ahmadinejad spoke to nhk in new york where he's scheduled to attend the annual meeting of the u.n. general assembly. he sought to dispel international concern over the possible closure of the strait of hormuz. the main shipping route for middle east oil. >> translator: iran has been maintaining the stability of the strait. we will never pose a threat in its waters. >> reporter: western nations have been demanding iran halt its nuclear project. iran had responded by warning it might close in the persian gulf. about 90% of japan's crude oil imports comes through the narrow channel. iran held a large rally last week. in a speech, ahmadinejad said iran would press ahead wit

it's september 24th, i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. chinese and japanese officials were to celebrate 40 years of diplomatic ties this week with a ceremony in beijing. but organizers have called it off. the two sides can't get past their dispute over the senkaku islands in the east china sea. the china/japan friendship association planned the event for this thursday. but the organizers said they wanted to postpone the ceremony for awhile. embassy officials sburinterpret that to mean it was canceled. the japanese government had ruined the atmosphere for the anniversary, the chinese say. china's leaders claimed the islands are chinese territory. chinese officials say former foreign minister and other leaders will still meet with japanese members of the association. the state-run xinhua news agency quoted saying that china remains committed to promoting friendship with japan. a senior japanese embassy official said that chinese want to use the proper meetings to reiterate their position and to urge the japanese to compromise. a japanese go

catherine thank you so much for weighing in on this topic that was a catherine mangalore and managing editor for reason thanks for having me. we talk a lot a lot about the future of war warfare playing out in cyberspace the what if military conflict will be more of a war of the minds well new brain science is could make this possible and agency of the department defense is research in ways to enhance military tactics by enhancing the mind be agency as darpa or the defense advanced research projects agency by making soldiers more alert to drugging the enemy altering the mind could change the battlefield as we know it details about what exactly darpa is working on the details in the book you see right there mind wars brain science in the military and the twenty first century the author is jonathan miranda he is also a professor at the university of pennsylvania has been following darpa's actions and joined us earlier to reveal what he's found out. in the ancient world you really couldn't do much to improve a war fighter except to give a brilliant speech if you were a commander in the on

>>catherine: in toronto, police found a human torso. they've woman has been identified, a single mother with three children. she disappeared in august. other body parts were found in other areas of the city. her ex-boyfriend has now been charged with second-degree murder. phi pham >>catherine: prince harry will not have the opportunity to get into trouble for a while. he has been sent back to afghanistan, serving four months as a helicopter pilot in the british army. his last four was four years ago. the royal family hopes this will help restore its public image after foes surfaced last month showing him frolicking naked. >>pam: despite news that the economy added fewer jobs than expected, wall street did close slightly higher than expected. the dow gained 15 points to close at 13,003 07. the nasdaq rose less than one point finishing at 3136. the s&p rose six points, nearly six points to 1438. >> is it possible to be fully employed and homeless at the same time? apparently it is. in santa barbara, we have the story of a bus driver and h

>>catherine: a very strange story out of china.he man poised to become china's next president has vanished from public view. he has not made a public appearance in 10 days. he has canceled meetings with at least three foreign dignitaries. there are all kinds of rumors including that he had a heart attack or with in a car accident. there is no official word on with china has accused japan of stealing some of its islands. officials are arguing that the supposed sale of some islands with the beagle is invalid. japan says it is a done deal. >> security cameras seem to be everywhere. if one caught the instant at which a man was driving at high speed and hit a utility pole. the man rest to get out and scramble away. he was not seriously hurt. >>stanley: for years, we have been taught the day to the right of the double yellow lines. it is a class that the raiders fans forgot to attend. >> everything left of the double yellow, all of these cars need to move. >> you can tell it's football season. that they are taking it dangerous for everyo

think again, catherine heenan has more. >>catherine: the big test is not surprising is immigration. the president obama visit included difficult questions about a 20 08 promised to tackle immigration reform. promise is a promise. and with all due respect he did not keep that promise. >> i did not keep that promise that i would get everything done 100 percent when i was elected president. i promised i would work every single day every day that i can to make sure that everybody in this country, regardless of who they are, with a look-alike, where they come from would have a fair shot at the american dream. >>catherine: mitt romney spoke at the same form saying that his is about being 100 percent america with the secretly taped comments at a fund-raiser in florida. seemingly dismissing the 47 percent that do not pickaxes. while in florida, he tried to get back into the groove. >> when it comes to the autonomy, the president has already flown and the white flight as surrender what he gets an incomplete. as you understand you have to take that course over again. >>catherine: it is the di

catherine heenan takes its inside that service.rmstrong was honored today at a memorial service in washington d.c.. more than 1000 people came to pay tribute to the first man to walk on the mend. some >> face looked down kindly on eyes when she chose neal's of the the first to venture to another world furious staff corfam >> today he prayed is saying thank you for his crew mates. >> we thank you for your servant, neil armstrong. >> armstrong died last month at the age of 82 after complications with heart surgery. >> here is a live look outside from the san mateo bridge. no fog in sight yet. >>pam: once again, kron4 gives you the best seat anywhere to watch one of the most exciting events of the year. we will bring you the sights and sounds hosted by mark danon and george rask. the blue angels live happens saturday, october 6th at 3:00 p. m.. current >>pam: thousands of the people in attendance to send off a chp officer who lost his life in the line of duty. the officer was killed by a driver during a traffic stop last week. today,

catherine, i will start with you.t do you think about the idea that the nfib said the optimism index rose to 92.9, but it was at a nine-month low last month? are small business owners getting optimistic? what do you think?. >> i know by small business owners are optimistic by nature. we are willing to take risks and hire people and create jobs. by our very nature we are optimistic. i'm here in washington, d.c. today because i think we can make the environment even better for small businesses and create new jobs if we just had a little tax certainty on the horizon. melissa: yes. melanie, do you agree with that? by the way, catherine, i love that point. you're right, in order to run a small business you have to have both courage and optimism. so you're right about that. melanie, what do you think? are small business owners getting more optimistic right now? >> well it is hard to say. as catherine said, we're here on capitol hill. we have 400 franchises out there. i have 12 of my own franchises talking to elected officia

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i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> warner: good evening from the time warner cable arena in charlotte, where the gavel came down just an hour ago for day one of the democratic national convention. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, it's the first of three days when the democrats make their case for a second term for president obama and vice president biden. >> woodruff: we'll take you to the floor to hear

catherine herridge in d.c. great catherine, thank you.wo americans who had been imprisoned in the african nation of gam bea are back on the american soil after jesse jackson stepped in and secured their release. he was serving a 20 years sentence. the one in the white here is a former university of tennessee professor who was serving a life sentence for printing shirts with the words end dictatorship now life sentence. each clearly thrilled to be back. >> when i was in my cell and called out and told that the reverend jesse jackson has security our release, i couldn't find the words to express myself. >> for a moment i thought maybe i was in a dream and i had to, you know, do a few things here and there to convince myself that it was real. >> well, reverend jesse jackson also managed to gam beaten president to spare the lives of prisoners who were due to face execution as they put it at any moment. the lawmakers in burma are apparently trying to learn democracy by watching old episodes of an american tv show. that's the word from the secr

>>catherine: the clock is ticking. it is still a very close race although new polls show the president has an edge in three critical states. today mitt romney tried to explain that by claiming that the president is not fighting fair. >> he is trying to fool people into thinking that i think things that i did not. >>catherine: romney did not do himself any favors when asked about the fact that his wife's plan was forced to make an emergency landing this weekend. he said, the biggest problem in a case like that is that the windows don't open adding, i do not know why they do not do that. it is a real problem. >> it is too early to say if there could be an outbreak of the stars respiratory disease. world health officials are sounding the alarm of a new killer virus. british health authorities are alerting the web avenue respiratory virus and a severely ill patients from a car. he was sickened by acre rotavirus fact that causes most common colds but also causes scars car. in 2003, stars killed hundreds of people, mostly in

it was two hundred fifty years ago the russian empress catherine the great purchased paintings from a german national that was how the hammock just story began the museum's priceless collection includes artworks by rembrandt the vinci care about you and many many others every year they attract tens of thousands of visitors from all corners of the globe and oriented just for you dr ross has been in charge of this for almost twenty years he's keeping up a family tradition as his father was in charge of the museum for twenty four years because. mr petrofsky thank you very much for being with us so it's a pleasure well first of all. we're only talking about that in the tax collection we're talking about one of the biggest collections of art. pieces in the world is it still expanding and what are the new new exhibits in your collection well we certainly have to expand their image you have to access something so just recently we have what we've managed to find some money quite a lot of money out of the ocean silver service. eighteenth century french would belong to russian ability and it be

>>catherine: tonight's most anticipated speaker is the oakland. he will argue that promised land to get the economy back on track is the one to stick with. >> the venue for the president's acceptance each other dead at from a huge football stadium to an indoor arena. i happen because of bad brother. cosher call or >>catherine: the president intervened to change things back to the labor. >>pam: of large land by michael who will be joining us throughout the election. let's start first with bill clinton. much hype leading up to his feet. >> i a.m worried that there is almost too much hype on oakland. >> he is great at taking complex ideas and reducing them to a very simple language were ordinary people can understand. democrats are hoping he can work his magic to draw the contrast between mitt romney and obama. >>pam: who is he really there to target? >> bill clinton brought back the middle-class and working-class people to the democratic party. they are hoping that he will be able to communicate with them again. cahow >> is there any chance that he

to be at a are as catherine heenan tells us, and anti-american violence >>catherine: outrage over this entire is on video insulting islam's founder. some of the worst violence today was in yemen. hundreds of protesters stormed to the american embassy, held back by security, but some managed to destroy cars, burn flags in the splendor of this equipment. as least for yemeni protesters died in the clashes. in egypt, where the anti-american anchor began on tuesday, protesters scuffled with police. ahead on fired teargas and doesn't call her. if protester said it won an apology from the president. >> an official hall did olive. >> the united states government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. famine and a long, hundredth street to america and converged outside of the swiss embassy devilfish american interests. anti-american violence keeps spreading. iraq is one of the other house cause serious see list yes, there is word of one arrests in the killing of four american embassy workers. aside from the ambassador we now know that american civil that shaw's vessels also self and the

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

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>>catherine: this is the president's big night.is born to make his case for reelection at the democratic national convention in north carolina. you are looking at live at one of his speakers. >> let's finish what we started and reelect president barack obama. >> i cannot wait to share my vision for the future. >> one person who most likely will not be turning it is the competition. once the dnc wraps up, both tickets will be in full campaign mode headed into november. there is not a day to waste. >> a number of big-name speakers have already stepped to the podium. the big names are warming up the crowd for the president, all making a case fair reelecting him is a must. >> a vice president joe biden is expected to speak tonight during the 6:00 hour. the president will take the stage sometime during the 7:00 hour. we will have a full recap coming up tonight at 8:00 p.m.. >>pam: joining me now, our political analyst is here. the president is under so much more pressure than he was back in 2008. what has to be his take-home message to

catherine thank you so much for weighing in on this topic that was i catherine mangalore the managing editor for reason. we reported how the former navy seal's book entitled no easy day has angered the pentagon the agency asserts the book contained classified information and the author matt bissonnette breached a non disclosure agreement the bestselling book has proven to be a hedge and now defense employees are officially allowed to read it as long as they read it carefully this is according to the washington post which got a hold of a memo that assures employees they are free to buy and read to buy the book and read it they don't even need to store it in a safe container but under one condition they quote shall not discuss potentially classified and sensitive and classified information who do not have the official need to know and an appropriate security clearance but the pentagon never said which parts of the book were considered classified so employees best keep.

kron 4's catherine heenan had the response. >> reporter: michellefirst lady michelle obama will speakuesday night, the first night of the democratic national convention. republicans are not getting the post convention bouts in the polls they hoped for. few are suggesting the republican national convention made them more likely to vote for mitt romney. mitt romney took the day off but republican vice presidential candidate paul ryan was in north carolina, bashing away at the latest campaign theme, asking voters if they are better off now than four years ago. >> asked americans to send them into a second term could say you are better off today than four years ago except for jimmy carter and president obama. >> reporter: he was in detroit telling voters to stick with president obama. >> you want to know whether we are better off? osama bin laden is dead and general motesers alive. -- motors is alive. >>> the democratic national convention kicks off tuesday night. former president bill clinton gives the address wednesday and leaders are trying to undercut that fact by arguing bill clinton

>>catherine: decision 2012.candidates showing that it is president obama getting a significant post- convention it lead with a 52% in an earlier poll the candidates were tied at 48%, each. >> for the first time since the month of april the democrats have raised more money than the republicans. it raised more cash than the romney campaign. the democrats showing these numbers. romney raised $111 million. more people money and h of august the average donation was $58. >> the president was back at the white house and romney was trying to diffuse the latest poll numbers of lasting peac-blasting the president about the jobs report. , i was surprised at the democratic national convention that the president did not mention unemployment. 47 million people are on food stamps. by the way, that is a record number and not a good record. when he took office there were 32 million people >> locking down key battle states president obama that we learned has opened up a lead in ohio but having a difficult time gaining ground in n

catherine, back to this debate about what was going on. it's my understanding that you have information that leads us to believe that there was no protesting happening before this murder happened. >> well, that's right, shep. intelligence source on the ground in libya tells fox news that there was no significant or sizeable demonstration when the attacks unfolded sometime after 9:00 p.m. in benghazi on 9/11. quote: there was no protest and the attacks were not spontaneous the source said. the libya attack was planned and had nothing to do with the movie. u.s. officials did not dispute the account but emphasizing a small demonstration at the consulate earlier in the day. this nighttime video shot on the 11th by the reuters news service does not show a large crowd rather it describes, quote, unknown exrebels guarding the entrance to the consulate. as to how many demonstrated small to the actual attack on the evening officials said that was part of the investigation, shep. >> shepard: what's the bottom line here, catherine. >> u.s. intelligen