i am cheryl jennings.very week we focus on a different topic affecting people who live in the bay area. today we are discussing the groundbreaking revolution that has swept over the middle east and africa and the influence of facebook and twitter on those powerful movements. people of egypt led the way with a political protest that ousted mubarrack in february. now middle easterners are tweeting away and rounding up people to try to overthrow the government. some cases they are met with deadly force. abc's wang filed this report. >> government tanks have moved in and parts of the capitol is on lock down after a predawn assault on demonstrato police fired tear gas can rubber bullets at demonstrators who were camping out in the city's central square. they are demanding greater freedom and more jobs. the hospitals were overloaded with people coming in with gaping wound and problems with tear gas and broken bones. hundreds were wounded. >> today they are pushed out in the street. don't look, don't look. >> abc

cheryl jennings visited with her at stanford. >> this 15-year-old is learning new things every day. she waits for a heart transplant at stanford. she's going school inside of the hospital. it's provided by the palo alto school district, helping her keep her mind off the situation. >> hannah had a complex surgical procedure done for people who are only born with one pumping chamber in the heart. >> it isn't working well anymore. her weak heart makes her feel tired all the time. >> some of the need to be replaced she comes in every few weeks for replacement therapy. >> while we're visit weg saw hannah starting to have a reaction to the infusion she had the day before. she tried to be brave, and just got worse, and it turned into a terrible migraine requiring medical intervention. but she's okay now. hannah is÷ú going to turn sweet 16 this year and the best present she can ever get is a new heart. she'slp a precious and living reminder for the need of organ donor autos this involves matters of death.÷ú very few of us want to approach those issues unless we have to. >> we want to encour

they try to learn about potential for earthquakes and tidal waves. >> cheryl jennings reporting thankou. >> the supreme court today said the first amendment protects rights to protest as military funerals. the court sided 8-1 with the baptist church, a group believes god is killing u.s. service members because of the country's tolerance of homosexuality. john roberts said the constitution protects even hurtful speech on issues to ensure we do not stifle the debate. >> what sk said and done is so offensive but a matter of public concern and a peaceful demonstration. and this is consistent with protected speech. >> justice alito saying the church group is only seeking public attention. >> upbeat report on the economy. the federal reserve's beige book says there has been modest to moderate growth and sights robust sales. on the down side price of crude oil closed today at more than $100 a barrel. and gas prices rose another penny overnight. and is now selling for 4:05 a gallon. a jobs report kept stock prices from falling. and ama conthreatened to receiver tie was 10,000 afill yates in c

cheryl jennings visited with hanna at lucille packard children's hospital at stanford. >> you do need- >> 15-year-old hanna is learning new things every day. she waits for a heart transplant at packard children's hospital in stanford. she's going to school inside the hospital. it's provided by the palo alto school district and helps her keep her mind off her situation. hanna has had a complex surgical procedure done for people born with only one pumping chamber in the heart rather than two. that procedure isn't working well anymore. her weak heart makes her feel tired all the time. she's coming into the hospital now every few weeks for replacement therapy. >> while we were visiting we saw hanna starting to have a reaction to the infusion she had the day before. she tried to be brave and tough it out. it turned into a terrible migraine but she's okay now. the best present she could ever get is a new heart. she is a precious living reminder of the need for organ donors. >> it's not part of daily life. it involves matters of death and very few of us want to approach those issues unless w

cheryl jennings has it morning's assignment 7 report. >> on the surface, lake tahoe looks about as tranquiler can. but at the bottom of the lake, there are three active earthquake faults and at least one is overdue for a big quake. >> in the geological sense, yeah. it might be a thousand years, it might be tomorrow. >> the last really big quake in the area is believed to have been about 500 years ago, near incline village. >> that last earthquake, the ground shifted vertically about 14 feet. if that type of earthquake were to happen again, then half of the beach would drop down internally 12, 14 feet. >> gordon sykes is an engineering geologist for the state of california, part of a team of top scientists of that been studying the tahoe fault for a decade. analyzing faults underwater is tough but several elaborate sonar systems are now making it possible. kent is director of the seismology lab at the university of nevada. the sonar is mounted on a boat. over the side. here's the gyroscope. >> it sends off waves that move off the bottom of the lake. this one shows the bottom of fallen leaf l

cheryl jennings has this morning's assignment 7 report. >> on the surface, lake tahoe looks about a tranquildy of water can. but at the bottom of the lake there are three active earthquake faults and at least one is overdue for a big quake. >> in a geological sense, yes. it might be a thousand years, it might be tomorrow. >> the last really big quake in the area is believed to have been 500 years ago, mier incline village. >> the ground shifted vertically about 14 feet. if that were to happen again half of the beach would drop down 12, 14 feet. >> gourd dan sykes is an engineer geologist with the state of california, part of a team of scientists that's been studying the tahoe falls for a decade. >> analyzing faults underwater is tough but several elaborate sonar systems are now making it possible. kent is director of the seismology lab at the under of nevada. >> it's more rocket science than geophysics. >> it's mounted on a boat. >> over the side, here's the gyroscope. >> it sends off sound waves which bounce off the bottom of the lake and scientists use that data to make very precise maps.

here's abc7 cheryl jennings with the details. >> gorge clooney's action thriller in 2005 is based oni.a.. he lives in berkely with his wife, kenna. they have a three-year-old dater and a bunch of dogs and cats. their lives are so different now compared to life in the c.i.a., living in war zones and always on the run from danger and always undercover with aliases. >> mine was riley. >> i was harold, but i used to keep about 20 passports in my pocket with different names. it was hard to keep up with different nationallalities. >> which is really transaggressive. you are not supposed to carry around several different names. >> dana was a by-the-book c.i.a. agent. robert said he did what he needed to top. first tom they met was an example. he was there chasing the terrorist group hezbollah from lebanon. dana was shocked by the car he was driving. >> i was trained to blend in, not attract attention, and go under the radar. he was driving a lime green car with orangeina wren down the side. >> i had my own philosophy. for me it was like hide it in the open and what spy would drive a billboa

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here's abc7 cheryl jennings with the details. >>> george clooney's action thrill area in 2005 was basediences of exc.i.a. spy robert bayer. he now lives in berkely with his wife and former c.i.a. partner, dana. they have a three-year-old daughter and a bunch of dogs and cats. their lives are so different now compared to life in the c.i.a., living in war zones and always on the run from danger. and always undercover with aliases. >> mine was riley. >> i was -- it was harold but i used to keep about 20 passports with different names. it was hard to keep up with the different nationalities. >> which is really transaggressive. you are not supposed to carry around several different names. >> dana was a by-the-book c.i.a. agent. robert said he did what he needed to do. the first time they met on a mission in sarajevo is an example. he was there chasing hezbollah, and dana was shocked by the car he was driving. >> i was trained to be -- to blend in, not attract attention, go under the radar. he was driving a lime green car with oragina written down the side. >> i had my own philosophy and for

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i'm cheryl jenning autos from all of us here we appreciate >>> tonight on "world news," hidden crisis. an iconic american, mickey rooney, tells congress he became a victim of elder abuse. and asks them to help the millions of others who may be suffering in silence. >>> free to hate? the supreme court rules those protesters who stalk military funerals denouncing gays have a right to do it. >>> terror attack. a gunman shouting in arabic opens fire on u.s. troops at an airport in germany. >>> and, made in america. the family who said we could take away everything in their house made overseas, stunned by the truth. tonight, we show them how it looks when we buy only from workers right here at home. >>> good evening. they are our parents, our neighbors and we learned today that by the millions they are vulnerable to a kind of invisible elder abuse. it was all brought home by the original all-american kid in the old time movies, mickey rooney, who is now 90 years old. he silenced the room on capitol hill of his story of financial abuse, bullying and shame. adding, if it can happen to him, i

i'm cheryl jennings. >> for all of us here, thanks for watching. >>> tonight on "world news," surviving cancer. the number soars. now 1 in 20 americans. tracking the progress and the new help for patients and families. >>> muslims under fire. a muslim congressman chokes back tears at a heated hearing on homegrown terror. >>> rising danger. severe damage has flooding spreading and powerful storms sending rivers over their banks. our reporter on the scene with even more heavy rain on the way. >>> and, made in america. the newest challenge in the middle of grand central station. and an even bigger reveal. the new jobs being sown in the u.s. right now. >>> good evening. not long ago, a cancer diagnosis felt like a death sentence. not anymore. huge numbers of americans, hundreds of thousands more each year, are surviving and living with cancer. numbers just released from the centers for disease control show that 1 in 20 american adults is now a cancer survivor, almost 12 million of us. we are catching cancer earlier and treating it more effectively. and ron claiborne is here with what it all

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. >> cheryl jennings, abc 7 news. >> you can join cheryl, don sanchez in mountain view tonight. go to "see it on tv" for details. coming up next, a bay area woman's tortuous effort to get giant playoff tickets. >> my husband said, wow, how can that happen. >> this ticket snafu that kept her f >>> as the new season dawns for the san francisco giants, thousands of fans are so giddy from last years' world series victory but for one dedicated fan euphoria went cold when she thought she had tickets for the national championship game. michael finney says be cautious when you go online to find event tickets. >> you remember the excitement, the thrilling torture as the giants inch ever closer to the world series. >> i was watching all the games on tv. and the more they won, the more excited i got. >> lori remembers it well. in four at at&t park, the giants play the phillies for the national league title and the bottom of the 9th, a dramatic tie-breaker. it scored the winning run. the giants were one victory away from the world series. fans were going nuts. lori was one of them. at home

cheryl jennings visited with hannah at children's hospital at stanford. >> 15 had than that is learningings every day while she waits for a heart transplant at packard children's hospital. she is going to school inside the hospital. it's provided by the palo alto school district and helps keep her mind off her situation. >> hannah has had an operation, its procedure done for people who are born with one chamber in the heart rather than two. >> it's not working too well so she feels tired all the time. >> it needs to be replaced. two weeks for intravenous repair. >> while we were visiting, we started hannah having a reaction. she tried to be brave and tough it out. she just got worse. it turned into a terrible migraine that required medical intervention but she is okay now. >> hannah is going to turn sweet 16 this year and best present is a new heart. she is precious living reminder of the need for organ donors. >> it's not part of the life experience. very few of us want to approach those issues unless we really have to. >> we want to encourage people to check their driver's license so

. >> cheryl jennings has the latest on the aftermath. this disaster hit japan. a massive tsunami unleeched by an 8.9 earthquake rocking the country just 15-30 minutes lerl i -- earlier. eye witnesses say shaking lasted several minutes. then continued on and off for hours, as after shocks rumbled from the epicenter north of tokyo. into the streets workers ran from office buildings. this woman said i thought i was going to die. it was enormous but the worst was still to come. waves now being estimated 20 feet high. powerful enough to keep cars and ships inland. sweeping near sendai. early reports say between 200 and 300 bodies have been found in the area. as dawn broke on day two smoke still filled skies from fires, including one in an oil refinery. nearby thousands of people who were forced from their home around a damaged nuclear reactor. crews forced to release vapors to release pressure. and with roads washed out and airports closed crews have been slow to reach the hardest-hit areas but it's believed death toll from the worst earthquake could rise from hundre