cecilia vega, "abc 7 news." >> presidio national park in san francisco is making plans to honor morehan 6,000 people from world war ii. they were mostly japanese-americans. heather ishimaru reveals the secrets of building 640. >> this warehouse across from crissy field sits empty and neglected but it has a secret history that is about to be told. in 1941 it housed the first class of the u.s. army's secret intelligence service language school training 60 people in anticipation of the war with japan. 58 of them were second generation, born here. >> the u.s. army knew that japan's war was coming, so collected the few second generation japanese that were bilingual. >> among those was 93-year-old tom sakamo who was 20 years old then. he had been drafted and found himself in desert anti-tank maneuvers when he was approached by the head of the school. >> they said s sakamoto, i would make you commissioned officer if you attend the secret school at presidio san francisco. that looked a hell of a lot better than being in the desert. >> the school was moved to minnesota after pearl harbor, whi

cecilia vega, abc news, new york. >> so, keep smiling america.th us for "good morning america." have a good day.

abc's cecilia vega is in washington tonight, where they're bracing themselves. cecilia? >> reporter: good evening, diane, here in d.c., these plows are lined up and ready to go. they spent the entire day doing practice runs all around this city. the nation's capital could see its first snowfall of the season by saturday afternoon. it's supposed to come at christmas. who has ever heard of a white halloween? >> happy halloween! >> reporter: but snow is coming to parts of the country where people usually don't have to wear parkas and boots to go trick or treating. >> the weather doesn't follow if calendar. the weather follows ingredients and right now, they're all available for a major east coast snowstorm. >> reporter: meteorologists say the same storm that battered parts of the colorado, wyoming this week and amarillo, texas, early this morning, is now headed east, where its cold air will collide with moisture coming up from the tropics. a classic nor'easter. >> heavy rain, ending as snow along the i-95 corridor. strong, gusty winds that will really hit southern new engla

>> cecilia vega reporting again tonight. have a great weekend. good to see you. >>> and it was ten years ago today, just after the 9/11 attacks, that the united states went to war in afghanistan. tonight, the death toll, more than 1,700 american troops killed. almost 14,000 wounded. near wli 100,000 men and women still there. abc's martha raddatz has been to that region dozens of times, as you know, and tonight, she brings us the story of beauty, difficult choices and answering the call. >> reporter: they share stories about their children like any other groups of moms. >> it was a lot of fun. >> reporter: but the challenges these mothers face, the sacrifices they make, are unlike any others. they have all served the country for nearly the entire decade we have been at war. what's the hardest part for you? >> there are those times when we're talking, she says, "you know, mom, i really wish you were here." you know, kiddo, i want to be there, too. i really do. >> there have been many nights of tears, of crying, of missing him, but it comes with th

cecilia vega, abc news, new york. >>> and we turn now to jobs in america and made in america. last night, we took you across the country to that home built entirely with american goods. we immediate every screw, every plank of wood. a kind of road map to creating nearly a quarter of a million jobs. and tonight, abc's david muir goes straight to the men and women who build those homes, to ask him if they will take our made in america challenge. >> reporter: it was a formula for creating jobs so intriguing we traveled 2,100 miles to bozeman, montana, to see it for ourselves. the flags flying. the ones painted on. and then the home with that own patriotic promise. we're here. the builder convinced it will pave the way for hundreds of thousands of new jobs right now. we made our way to the front door and inside, the first thing we hear. those three words -- made in america. >> every piece in here is made in america. every nail, every screw, every piece of tape. the paint on the floor. >> reporter: anders lewendal is not just a builder, he holds a degree in economics. and he also h

we begin here with abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: in las vegas, the protests are huge in houston. the frustration is in portland. the outrage has spread all the way to anchorage, alaska. this is a group of protesters that is growing in size and diversity. a number of college students are here saying they're not going anywhere soon. but on a sunday after, we are seeing a number of people coming out who have never been here before, from senior citizens to people with their children. like tom eck and his kids. one of his sons has been camping out for two weeks. >> it's hard to get -- afford food sometimes. i almost lost my house last year and i know a lot of people who . >> reporter: and will hopkins. a 30-year-old veteran of the iraq war. >> this is a group of people who are upset about the way business is being done and with good reason. >> reporter: protests continue today in the nation's capital. one day after marchers, including some anti-war groups, stormed the national air and space museum. guards pepper sprayed the crow and shut the museum down for the day. the camping and ma

>> cecilia vega reporting again tonight. have a great weekend. good to see you. >>> and in health news today, an earthquake in the debate over men and prostate cancer, and that simple blood test called a psa. 20 million men use it to find out if they show a sipe of risk. yet today, a government task force is saying healthy men should skip the test, arguing the treatments that often follow the test may not be worth the consequences. and there was a fire storm of response. here's abc's sharyn alfonsi. >> reporter: the psa is just a simple blood test. but the government task force suggests the test for too many men ultimately leads to more harm than good. here's their argument. a man takes the test and gets a positive result. further testing follows, revealing cancer cells in his prostate. more often than not, the decision is made to attack the cancer with surgery, radiation or both. but the panel says statistics show the man's cancer could very well have been harmless, and that the greater danger comes from the possible complications of treatment,

cecilia vega, abc news, new york. >>> and here's something that made us smile today. it's the arc of a double rainbow over london, england. take a look at that. and thank you for watching, that makes us smile, too. we're always on at abcnews.com. don't forget "nightline" later. and of course, we will see you right back here tomorrow night. until then, good night. >> there is a line being made right now. we will be there live to see what happens tonight. >> an iraq war veteran is a victim of court. >> potholes or pensions. the crisis facing cities across the country tonight facing san francisco voters. >> how far should the government go for the clean tech industry. the trade war looming with china. >> police confront a street full of occupy oakland protestors. will we see a repeat of this tonight? demonstrators are planning their next move. >> more than 100 protestors are already gathering at the plaza. some have been there all day. sky 7 hd is over head for us. we have heard the plans for demonstrators to regroup at 6:00. that is clearly happening. we begin our team

cecilia vega has a look at the movement and who is joining it. >> reporter: the anger is in las vegas. the protests are huge in houston. the frustration is in portland. the outrage has spread all the way to anchorage alaska. the movement to occupy wall street is now occupying street corners in more than 250 cities a cross the country. and it doesn't end there. there are now protests on every continent except antarctica. this is a group of protesters that is growing in size and diversity. it tends to be on the younger side. on a sunday afternoon, a number of people who have never come out before from senior citizens to people with their children. like tom and his kids. he has been camping out for two days and one of his sons for two weeks. they came close to losing their home last year. >> it is hard to get through sometimes. i almost lost my house last year and i noy a lot of people who have lost their house. >> and a 30-year-old veteran of the iraq war. >> this is a group of people who are upset at the way business is being done and for good reason. >> protests continued today in the

cecil cecilia vega has the details. >> reporter: the case has haunted hollywood for nearly a year.il accounts of more than 50 victims, hacked, including a-listers like actresses scarlett johansson, and mila kunis and singer christina aguilera. private images, in some cases, nude photos, made public. the fbi said they arrested the man behind it, 35-year-old christopher chaney from florida. >> chaney stole not only private and personal photographs of the victims, he also took financial information, movie scripts and conversations that the victims believed to be private. >> reporter: this is how authorities describe the scheme. chaney would break into a celebrity's e-mail account by using public information about their lives to guess their password. >> the number one way that people are hacked is that someone knows enough about their life that they're able to guess what their password is. >> reporter: and according to an indictment unsealed, chaney rigged the celebrity account so they would send virtually instantaneously a copy of every e-mail received, straight into his own account.

. >> reporter: cecilia vega, abc news, new york. >>> we're learning now details about what happened whenamily's boat capsized, stranding them in the middle of the ocean. seven family members managed to survive 20 hours in the water. unfortunately their matriarch slipped under the water. the 4-year-old little girl in the group kept up everyone's spirits by telling her mother everything is going to be okay. a rescue is coming. >>> a major, new study shows that many daily vitamins may actually cause more harm than good. the study looked at almost 40,000 women, ages 55 through 69, over the course of about 19 years and found that older women who took a multivitamin, b6, folic acid, magnesium, zinc or copper had a higher risk, with women taking iron, having a 3.9% increased risk of death. >>> meanwhile, another study is adding to the growing evidence that chocolate does a body good. swedish researchers say eating dark chocolate in moderation, which is maybe two chocolate bars a week, could reduce the risk of stroke by 20%. the benefit is believed to come from cocoa, specifically that found in

abc's cecilia vega is there. we have heard that police have postponed the deadline for the crowd to actually move. >> reporter: yes, josh. there are several hundred protesters out here this morning. and what happened, an extremely tense celebration, turned celebratory, as word came down they didn't have to clear out of the park. the protesters have been preparing for the 7:00 a.m. deadline to move out of the park. the city said the park needed a good weeks. a power-washing actually. they said the park had become unsanitary. protesters were refusing to leave. police were on standby, ready to move in. but as you said, last night, the protesters spent the entire evening cleaning the park themselves, hoping to avoid a standoff. there's tension here in new york city. but it appears there's tension mounting all around this country, with police in denver moving in overnight in riot gear on protesters. ten arrested overnight in seattle. back here again in new york city, the scene is a celebratory one. the cleanup goes on

abc's cecilia vega is in lower manhattan for us.ing. josh. protesters are calling this decision to let them stay there a victory. the drums you're hearing is the sound of the celebrating going on out here in the park this morning. but i also want to show you the number of uniformed police officers who remain out here. they are standing guard not allowing the protesters to march into the streets. this comes after a group of 100 or so protesters left this park earlier this morning headed down to the new york stock exchange. initial reports say a new york city police officer on a scooter hit an injured one protester sending that person to the hospital. there also have been a number of arrest, ten so far this morning in new york city. now, protesters here again are saying they have no plans to leave this park. park owners, meanwhile, say they're willing to negotiate with the protesters but still want to get in here and clean up, josh. >> all right, cecilia vega, you will be covering it all. >>> police moved in on protesters in denver an

cecilia vega, abc news, new york. >> great advice for everyone, celebrity or not. use something that is that obvious. >> yes, especially your pet's name. i like that. >> maiden name. anything like that. apparently, the agents working this case dubbed it, operation hackerazzi. for what the guy did. scary that he could get that kind of information posted online, enough to hack into an account. >> and that kind of hacking is on the rise for sure. >> scary. >> everyone can look out. >>> this is a story that sadly is far too common. bravery in the face of cancer. this time it comes from right inside our family here at abc. we want you to meet linda hertato. a health reporter on our abc station in tampa. breast cancer runs in her family. over the years she had all the tests to detect cancer at the earliest possible sign. she got the news from her doctor and made an emotional on-air announcement. >> i have spent my whole adult life in fear of getting breast cancer. i watched the disease ravage my beautiful mother. so when i was diagnosed with breast cancer about two weeks

abc's cecilia vega spent the day in the middle of the protest. >> reporter: it is a crowd that growsaily, in size and diversity. today, thousands of union workers marched in solidarity in joining a common cause, blaming bank greed for the country's economic woes. this afternoon, thousands marched from manhattan's foley park into the heart of wall street. >> america is fed up with being forced into poverty. >> reporter: thousands of members from the nation's largest unions joining the cause today, from auto workers to teachers, service workers to actors. >> it's what freedom of speech was designed for. >> reporter: just a few weeks ago, there were only a few dozen people here in this park off of wall street. but today, there are a few thousand. this is a protest growing not only here in this park, but online thanks to social media. online a web site is getting hundreds of submissions from around the county, people posting their stories of economic loss, claiming to be part of a middle class hurt by the recession. the protests are spreading from cyber space to streets all around the co

here's abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: this is a 1-year-old at ease with an ipad, her hand moving thehat about when she's given an old point, swipe, that doesn't work. she has no idea what to do with it. she's not alone. in fact, more than half of 5 to 8-year-olds have used devices like smartphones or ipads. 40% of 2 to 4-year-olds. even infants are now using apps. 10% of babies under age 1 have had some screen time. >> this is the reality for this generation. the genie is out of the bottle. >> reporter: and this generation of children is starting young, turning on computers for the first time at an average age of 3 1/2. just like hannah. nearly 4 years old who today showed us her favorite ipad apps, and her favorite game. angry birds. >> i made him go so far -- >> reporter: and while experts say allowing kids to sit and stare at a screen is not healthy, interactive games, especially when parents are engaged, too, could be helpful to developing minds. in fact, using a computer may not always be an imagination killer -- even for a child as young as three. >> by having tools to be able

modern day head out to us tonight with the nation's second fastest drop in unemployment, and abc's cecilia vegass us to steubenville, ohio. >> reporter: steubenville sits on a multibillion dollar industry, but you'd never know it driving through town. we have officially arrived in steubenville. one this town's lifeline, the steel mills that employed generations of families, now an empty reminder of what used to be. >> look at it now. look at it now. shut down, shuttered, really abandoned. deep below ground, hope for a new way of life. it is the largest reserve of natural gas in the eastern u.s. for years, it sat dormant. now, technology has figured out a way to access the natural gas stored in shale rock, which means a new industry rocketing into existence. and it's here that we met louis mcgowan. hi, i'm see seal yachlt nice to meet you. louis mcgowan grew up here, but had to leave years ago too find work in texas. the new jobs boom allowed this navy veteran to do something he never thought he'd be able to do. come home. feel like you're starting over? >> we are. >> yeah. >> no doubt about that

abc's cecilia vega with more. >> reporter: the case has haunted hollywood for nearly a year. e-mail accounts of more than 50 victims, hacked, including a-listers like actresses scarlett johansson and mila cue nice and singer christinaing aguile aguilera. private images in some cases, nude photos, made public. but today the fbi said they arrested the man behind it, 35-year-old christopher cheney from florida. >> cheney stole not only private and personal photographs of the victims, he also took financial information, movie scripts and conversations that the victims believed to be private. >> reporter: this is how authorities describe the scheme. cheney would break into a celebrity's e-mail account by using public information about their lives to guess their password. >> the number one way that people are hacked is that someone knows enough about their life that they're able to guess what their password is. >> reporter: and according to an indictment unsealed today, cheney rigged the celebrity account so they would send ve e virtually instantly a copy of every e-mail received s

cecilia vega, abc news, new york. >>> and here's something that caused us to smile today. it's the arc of a double rainbow over london, england. and thank you for watching, that makes us smile, too. we're always on at abcnews.com. don't forget "nightline" later. and of course we will see you right back here tomorrow night. until then, good night.

abc's cecilia vega reports on that looming standoff. >> reporter: so far, the occupy wall street protests have been mostly peaceful. with a few exceptional moments of clash with police. 700 arrested on the brooklyn bridge. pepper spray at the national air and space museum. riot gear in boston. and now, fears tonight that wall street protesters at the center of this nationwide movement could be headed for an ugly confrontation with new york police. the real estate company that owns the public park near wall street is demanding a cleanup. they say the hundreds who have been living there for the last month have created unhealthy and unsanitary conditions. police say all the protesters must leave by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow or they'll move them out. >> this is private property. the owner has a right to establish regulations and rules. >> reporter: but protesters worry this is all a ploy to destroy the movement. and tonight, protesters are vowing not to leave. >> i'm concerned that they're trying to get us to leave peacefully by saying that we'll be allowed to come back in. >> reporter: the push to

abc's cecilia vega reached her by phone and brings us the drama and what happened today. >> reporter: it is a frigid 74 degrees below zero at the south pole sudden, and it is here, totally isolated in a laboratory surrounded by nothing but white, where renee douceur may have suffered a stroke more than six weeks ago, and this is where she told us today by phone that she remains trapped. >> it's time for me to get out of here and get on with my medical treatment, and hopefully this is not some sort of degenerating disability. >> reporter: the company that runs the lab where douceur is stuck says it is trying to save her, but the deadly weather where even light winds are enough to stir the snow 200 feet in the air make it too risky to land a rescue crew and to get everyone out safely. this is a ct condition. it's the machine that douceur needs to get a clear picture of her brain and find out what kind of stroke they have. they've got them in just about every single hospital. they don't have one in antarctica. douceurary speech and vision are impaired. she says she needs to be in a hospi

abc's cecilia vega went in search of answers tonight. >> reporter: there is the image of steve jobs as healthy, young innovator about to change the world. and then, there is this. one of his last public appearances, frail, in a turtleneck and jeans that no longer fit. in the end, not even the billionaire genius could win the battle against pancreatic cancer, among the most lethal right after lung, colon and breast cancer. and it comes with a sad reality. nearly 37,000 americans will die from it this year. the type of cancer that steve jobs battled was extremely rare, affecting just 3% of pancreatic cancer patients. how difficult is it to actually detect this kind of cancer? >> well, the problem with pancreatic cancer is there isn't any good screening test for it. >> reporter: the earliest symptoms are loss of appetite, abdominal pain and then the onset of diabetes. the list of famous faces who lost their lives to this disease is long. luciano pavarotti, michael landon, donna reed among them. professor randy pausch shared the physical pain of it with diane sawyer. >> little bit tired, l

we begin here with abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: the anger is in las vegas. the protests are huge in houston. the frustration is in portland. the outrage has spread all the way to anchorage, alaska. the movement to occupy wall street is now occupying street corners in more than 250 cities across the country. and it doesn't end there. there are now protests on every continent except antarctica. this is a group of protesters that is growing in size and diversity. it does tend to be on the younger side, a number of college students who say they are not going anywhere any time soon. but on a sunday afternoon, we are seeing a number of people come out who have never been here before, from senior citizens to people with their children. like tom eck and his kids. he's been camping out for two days. one of his sons, for two weeks. they came close to losing their home last year. >> it's hard to get -- afford food sometimes. i almost lost my house last year and i know a lot of people who have lost their house. >> reporter: and will hopkins. a 30-year-old veteran of the

. >> i'm cecilia vega. good morning to everyone. happy halloween. >> welcome on board here. >> thank you. >> good to have you here. you know, dull, regular, run of the mill show. >> done up and ready to go. >> candy and everything. >>> it is actually not a very happy halloween for many kids here in the northeast. just listen to the numbers. two feet of snow in massachusetts. millions of people without power. schools and businesses closed from new jersey to maine. some towns are so worried about the downed power lines they're rescheduling trick-or-treating for friday. unbelievable. >> unbelievable. >>> also this morning, the book about the madoffs that has everyone talking is finally out today. ruth and andrew madoff are promoting it. they're, they were asked how is it possible that you could not have known about this colossal ponzi scheme. hear the answers ahead. >> fascinating look into their life we are getting through the book. >>> also, the world today hits a major milestone today. the seven billionth person will be born this ha

abc's cecilia vega is at the downtown manhattan encampment where demonstration that is began more thanweeks are still taking place. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. you don't have to look far to see how much support there still is for this movement. there's still hundreds of protest camped out at this park where it all started. >> all: we are the 99%. >> reporter: from seattle in the west, to philadelphia in the east, atlanta down south and places like cleveland and austin in between -- >> all: we are the 99. >> reporter: -- the movement that began as the occupation of wall street -- >> all: this is what democracy looks like. >> reporter: is now occupying streets and minds across the country. country. >> i'm not frustrated. i'm as mad as hell. >> all: occupy wall street. occupy wall street. >> reporter: in its fourth straight week, the camp-out in new york's financial district has spread throughout manhattan and beyond. >> banks got bigger. >> all: we got smaller. >> reporter: the movement now has steamed from coast to coast. >> there's something that's bubbling, there's something th

cecilia vega, abc news, new york. >>> not totally sure about that.hink it is better to go outside. >> play a bit. >> you have your whole life to sit in front of a screen. that's what you are going to do when you grow up. >> motor skills, mental exercises. all about balance like everything. now an app gap between lower income and higher income. big difference in technology. higher income kids get than lower income. so with everything comes a downside. >> downside. >> yes. >>> all right. coming up next, avoiding an unpleasant encounter -- with a skunk. >> get some expert advice on protecting yourself from a very big sting. that's coming up next. >> excuse me. that's coming up next. >> excuse me. a very big sting. that's coming up nevenlgts axt. >> excuse me.ab ♪ ooh that smell can't you smell that smell ♪ >> yeah, buddy. >> music is on the money tonight. ooh that smell, one of life's unmistakable smells, the skunk's spray. >> so horrible. this time of year people around chicago are smelling the smell, it ain't good. phil schwartz has the details. >> re

cecilia vega is here. >> hey, george, this really, really was a nightmare for these folks.hey were stuck on the flight. it wasn't just the passengers fearing jetblue. the plane, pilot, didn't hide his outrage either. >> reporter: more than seven hours, 123 passengers aboard jetblue's flight 504 sat trapped on a snowy connecticut runway. even the pilot begs for assistance from air traffic control, and blasts his own airline. >> look, you know, we can't seem to get any help from our own company. i apologize for this. is there any way to get a tug and a tow bar out here and get us towed somewhere to a gate or something? i don't care, take us anywhere. >> it was a nightmare. nobody wants to be stuck on a plane without water and access to a bathroom. the bathrooms were getting nasty. >> reporter: the nightmare began on saturday. after the plane took off in ft. lauderdale. after more than two hours in the air, the plane tries to land 12:30 in newark, new jersey, instead the plane pulls up. circles and the pilot is forced to divert. at 1:30, they land in hartford. the captain want

cecilia vega is here. >> this was a nightmare for these folks. they were stug on the flight. not just the passengers were furious. the plane's pilot, he didn't hide his outrage either. >> reporter: more than seven hour, 123 passengers aboard flight 504 sat trapped on a snowny connecticut runway. the pilot asks for help. >> look, you know, we can't seem to get any help from our own company. i apologize for this. is there any way to get a tug and a toe bar out here and get us to a gate. take us anywhere. >> it was a nightmare. nobody wants to be stuck on a plane without water and access to a bathroom. the bathrooms were getting nasty. >> reporter: the nightmare began on saturday. after more than two hours in the air, the plane tries to land at 12:30 in newark, new jersey. the plane pulls up, circles, and the pilot is forced to divert. at 1:30, they land in hartford. the captain wants to take matters into his own hands. >> my priority right now is a tug and a tow bar. if you just give me a we woulding shop, i'll be willing to make one myself. >> reporter: for the next 7 1/2 hour

cecilia vega has the latest. >> reporter: the shark attacks are terrifying the australian coast. now the government is on an all-out hunt to capture and kill the dangerous great whites. the usually serene waters off of austral australia's southwest coast look like a scene from a hollywood horror movie. they true to lure in great whites, hoping to catch the lethal maneaters before they strike again. the family of thomas wainwright grieves. he's the third man killed by a shark in two months. the texas engineer had been part of the team that capped the gulf oil spill. just five months ago, he decided to follow his dreams and move to australia for a new job. >> he loved the water since he was a little boy. >> reporter: that love included diving. he was diving alone, his two buddies nearby in a boat. his friends noticed bubbles and then his friend's lifeless body. they say a great white ten feet long surfaced, brazenly nudging their boat as they headed for shore. wainwright talked to his family the night before. >> you can't wrap your head around what happened. you just can't. >> we t

our cecilia vega has more on this. >> reporter: good morning, robin.uthorities arrested this man yesterday. he is now out on $10,000 bail. but if he's convicted, he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. this florida man, authorities say is the mastermind behind one of hollywood's biggest scandals. the fbi says 35-year-old christopher chaney hacked into the yahoo! google and apple e-mail accounts of actresses like mila kunis, scarlett johansson and singer christina aguilera. along with the accounts of 50 other celebrities. for nearly a year, chaney apparently taunted tinseltown, the fbi says. stealing not just movie scripts and financial information. but the private conversations and personal pictures of hollywood's a-listers. >> unfortunately, mr. chaney was able to access nude photos of some of the celebrities. photos that were, unfortunately, uploaded on to the internet. >> reporter: some of those photos, which we can't show you, ended up on gossip blogs and celebrity websites. but what may be the most shocking part of the case is not who is