i'm cheryl jennings. we're going to start with a couple questions. have you ever taken the time to talk to somebody who is homeless a young person or adult. have you ever been homeless? today, you are going to meet a young woman who was formally homeless is now running for miss california. there are an estimated 2600 homeless young people. some of them got together to produce a sub service announcement. >> we are here to help. >> and that was produced by some of the young people who found ambassadors of hope and opportunity. here in the studio with me is the founder of ambassadors of hope and opportunity. zara babitzke and andrea perel son, now in the running for miss california! >> it's bin going for three years now. if you go to the kids, they always don't have transportation. talk about that. >> we talk about why it's important to meet the kids where they are? >> because they don't have transportation. it's easy for them to get to. so we try to do our best that they feel comfortable and is not stigmatized. >> we provide comprehensive survival serv

i'm cheryl jennings.oday we're talking about temptations and dangers of drug use that is teenagers face every year. a baseball slugger finally admitted steroid abuse, mark mcguire said he used steroids when he broke the home run record. >> not here to discuss the past but here to be positive about this. >> that was then when he refused to testify for steroid abuse. this is now. >> i was using steroids. >> frustrated by injuries, he denied using them for performance. they say he helped them get back to the field. it was an admission that hardly came as surprise. jose canseco that they juiced up in the bathroom together. others had share their suspicions. >> when he he picked me up from behind bear hug and i never felt strength like that that. >> they played together in 1990 but it does more than clear his name. >> it's like walking around with a straight jacket, you don't to have wear the straight jacket. hey, i made a mistake. >> baseball analyst says the announcement only helps his image and his chances

i'm cheryl jennings, bye-bye.

>>> welcome to "beyond the headlines", i'm cheryl jennings. economists marked in june that the recession had ended but many are still struggling to find a job. california comes close to be the highest of unemployment across the country. our show today is going to find out why our jobless rates are so high and organizations that hem you to find a job. but first, nannette miranda filed this report in june about the unemployment rate dropping 11.7% from 12.4%. >> the jobs is a mixed bag. good news, unemployment rate fell again to 11.7%. that is a drop almost a full percentage point since 2011 begin. it was higher in april. a much more positive picture an year ago when the jobless rates was at a near high of 12.5%. but for aircraft mechanic the bag nude. an employer shed 29,000 jobs in may, he was among those that got a pink slip but because of his unique skills. >> it's not too bad for me but a guy coming out of prison or people getting laid off from $8 janitorial job, where are you going to find another job? >> what we're experiencing right now.

cheryl jennings, abc 7 news. >> cheryl says now there is so much interest in south korea that severalschools are offering programs to teach the korean language. >> interesting. time for a last check of the forecast. it's warming up tomorrow. >> it is. a little bit of a cool down start agent 5:00 in the morning we'll see a little bit of fog at the coast. goitsing to burn back nicely and will remain much of the day. tomorrow will be absent that cooling sea breeze today, so temperatures will rise at the coast into mid-60s, 70s to 80s around the bay and up to 100 tomorrow. high temperatures will shape up to 100 in clear lake. and 99 in fairfield. and 98 in concord so we'll have toasty weather tomorrow, down south a little bit, 98 in morgan hill. 70s around the bare. here is the accu-weather forecast. pointing out tonight we should be able to see fire works in san francisco with a shallow marine layer. viewing should be pretty good. fire works will be visible through a thin haze, tomorrow, hot inland. warmer around the bay and on the coast getting cooler later into the weekend by. week's e

. >> and the news at 5:00 continues right now with cheryl jennings. >> the check that might not be in for a million californians unless the debt crisis is solved. and sensors talking -- clocking your speed on one bay area bridge. and the radio ads that could scare people from signing ballot petitions in california. >> good evening, i'm cheryl jennings, dan ashley is off tonight. the debt showdown in washington took a new turn tonight. the republican controlled house passed a bill to exend the government's authority to borrow money. now it's on to a hostile democratly controlled senate. the deadline just four days away. john? >> good evening, if it first you don't succeed, change the bill to try to attract more votes and try again that. is what the house speaker d now, possibly within minutes, the senate preparing to take up the plan tonight. >> a's 218, nays 210. the bill is passed. >> house speaker john boehner pushed his plan through the house. >> this house has acted and it is time for the administration and time for our colleagues across the aisle, put something on the table! tell

. >> i'm cheryl jennings. they just announced the arrest in the past hour. amy hollyfield jionks us from san francisco. >> the suspect has good taste. he flew to san francisco from new jersey. he stayed at the palomar hotel and arrested in napa. this the his picture and he invoked his right to remain silent. witnesses had said he was wearing loafers with no socks and the clothes looked like the man caught on the surveillance was wearing. the camera was mounted at a restaurant down from the gallery. the restaurant released the images of him yesterday and police arrested him in napa last night. they interviewed the cab driver who helped him get away and help him track the suspect but the surveillance camera definitely help them crack the case. >> obviously where we have video we're going to have a lot of success. i would encourage any business in the city anything you do in the way of installing video cameras to help us make our investigations more expeditious. our 48-hour turnaround on a crime like this is unbelievable police work. >> police recovered the pic

>>> good morning, cheryl jennings. >> i'm kristen sze kristen sze. >> he is not getting his five million bail reduced. mark lugo is facing charges in new jersey for stealing $6,000 worth of wine. >> good morning. mark lugo remains behind bars. the state's attorney call him a flight rick saying he was a threat to public safety and calling his crimes brazen and order immediately he surrender his passport. >> he appeared in superior court before the honorable sam fang. they ordered not to videotape the accused. he asked a reduction in his bail. he is accused of stealing art from a san francisco art gallery. the july 5th theft of this pencil drawing worth more than $200,000 is believed to seen here in this video. a man identified as lugo is seen walking up geary. street. he was arrested next night in napa. sketch was found undamaged but ready to be shipped. a police raid on his new jersey apartment turned up half a million dollars in stnlt artwork among the pieces was pi wasso art. he is also charged with stealing $6,000 worth of wine from new jersey store. in requesting the bail reduction h

. >> and i'm cheryl jennings. the bay area airline passengers that refused to not pull of his pants will not face criminal charges. >> college football play deshon marman says he was the victim of a discrimination. nick smith is live. >> this chapter of the sagging pan itself is over. san mateo district attorney told me today that the pilot for the your ways flight did everything right and investigators operated professionally in following through. it is his job as district attorney if there was enough to face criminal charges. >> in this case, they have decided not to file charges against college student deshon marman. >> i have read all the reports and arrived at the conclusion, this doesn't belong in the criminal courts. this does not need to take up our court space. >> they made it very clear they were happy with the d.a.'s decision. >> for the most part, my had a chance. >> he allegedly refused to pull up his sagging pants as he boarded a flight at sfo. marman said that crew members harassed him. the captain

>>> good morning, i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm kristen sze. some of the survivors in that boating accident are returning home with incredible stories and scathing criticism. >> terry mcsweeney talked to 73-year-old fisherman this morning. >> reporter: he knows few things life on the high seas, 18 years in the merchant marine, good friend is missing and feared dead and he said the problem out there last sunday morning was with the captain, not only did the captain get off the boat faster than anyone else, he did nothing to help the passengers and should face criminal charges. >> he is wearing the shirt that he got as a fishing trip. he woke up at 2:00 a.m. this sunday with the ship in big trouble. >> we ran out on the cabin door and we flew out because it linda heavily toward the port side. >> he found an ice chest floating by. it was at that moment his bad luck turned to good. >> ice chest that i picked up had two life vests in there and one bottle of water. that is luck. >> then he spotted a panga, a smaller fishing boat. they got on boat and

>>> i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm kristen sze. >> there has beachb another shooting on a popular trail. >> it was the third shooting and amy hollyfield joins us. the attackers may have knew the victims. >> that is the hunch at this point. that all the victims knew their shooters. they don't think people were walking the dogs and enjoying the trail are being randomly attacked and residents should feel safe. >> after a section of the trail closed again after police do another inconvenience. >> my grandchildren i won't let them walk the trail because of all the trouble they've had out there. >> last night was third shooting in two months, all of them took place in pittsburg. natural reaction is common thread such as gangs or drugs. they do believe that the victims all knew their attackers. >> it's not like people are sitting on the trail waiting for people to attack. each one separated, isolated incident. >> the victim of the first shooting the group of men flashed gang signals before shooting him. but the lead investigator says he has a hunch that it was gang-related. second shooting happ

>>> good morning, i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm kristen sze. >> richmond police suspect the shootings death may be related to a turf war. >> and there is recent worry about increase in violence. there is 19 homicides already this year compared to last year. >> but those overall crime numbers in richmond are down. as you said in 2010, homicide count was at 12, today, it stands at 19 but the lieutenant says they remain vigilant in serving the community and making it safe. >> it's scary. >> gloria has lived here all her life. the sound of gunfire is nothing new. >> i just panic, i stop in the middle of the street because lit up with ten police cars. three ambulances and everything. >> it was busy night for richmond pd because of two separate shootings. police are actively investigating a double homicide that took place around 10:15 in the 400 block of bissel avenue where three people were shot. a man and woman were pronounced dead at the scene. a female in her 20s was also shot. she is listened in critical condition. >> we have some kind of dispute between gangs in the richmond area. we

>>> good morning, i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm kristen sze. >> richmond police suspect the shootings death may be related to a turf war. >> and there is recent worry about increase in violence. there is 19 homicides already this year compared to last year. >> but those overall crime numbers in richmond are down. as you said in 2010, homicide count was at 12, today, it stands at 19 but the lieutenant says they remain vigilant in serving the community and making it safe. >> it's scary. >> gloria has lived here all her life. the sound of gunfire is nothing new. >> i just panic, i stop in the middle of the street because lit up with ten police cars. three ambulances and everything. >> it was busy night for richmond pd because of two separate shootings. police are actively investigating a double homicide that took place around 10:15 in the 400 block of bissel avenue where three people were shot. a man and woman were pronounced dead at the scene. a female in her 20s was also shot. she is listened in critical condition. >> we have some kind of dispute between gangs in the richmond area. we

. >> and i'm cheryl jennings. >> passengers jumped in to help the pilot after he was attacked and beaten. amy hollyfield joins us from san francisco international with more. >> some passengers say the men appeared drunk or high, but another passenger said one had a surgery and one was on painkillers. they tried to wake up one of of the men to fasten his seat belt. when he won't wake up she went to get the pilot and that is when the chaos begin. >> these two brothers had been acting like thisere drunk or drugged. as they were told to leave the plane, passengers say the brothers turned on the pilot. >> the guy was ill walked up to the captain and he just went, pow and slammed i am very hard. >> luis baez told the pilot when you fly to san juan, i will have you killed. according to the affidavit the pilot's vision was blurry after the punch but he continued to follow the men off the plane. inside the airport the men jumped the pilot. >> the captain had his whole sigh of his face was bruised and bloody but those two guys had him on the ground and they were beating the crap out of him. >> tha

i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm kristen sze. >> it's remarkable. woman is doing well to be recovering at home. the search for her begin yesterday evening when she disappeared while wind surfing near coyote point. we have live team coverage but let's gri begin with amy hollyfield at sfo. amy? >>> officers say adrenalin was keeping them going and they got a rush of excitement. take a look at this rescue video provided by the coastguard. >> she is just really tired and still really cold and kind of weak. but she feels okay. she is sort of like, she is feeling better. by tomorrow she will be back to her usual self. >> reporter: that was the husband of kathy in how she is feeling this morning after her rough night. we do have amazing pictures and the story of her rescue. i'm waiting to hear if that video is ready to go. do we have it? it is such a great story. the coastguard took amazing video of the rescue. 13 hours she had been in the water. i'm going toss it back to the newsroom where i understand they will pick up the story for me. >>> thank you so

i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm kristen sze. house republicans and democratic leaders are moving forward to raise the debt ceiling with four days left before the deadline. >> amy hollyfield has the latest. >> there is not a lost progress to reported today. even though the deadline is coming up soon. >> instead there is blame going around. back and forth accusations, president obama even stepped in almost as a disciplinarian to try to get everyone to straighten up. >> he said it's time for a deal on the debt crisis. >> there are plenty of ways out of this mess. we are almost out of time. >> social checks and government contracts. if the country defaults it will set off a string of problems. john boehner is having trouble getting his own party to vote for his bill. he has had several meetings with 25 republican holdouts. >> he says he can't do it job if you aren't there to support him. >> this is most important vote yet. >> the question is today's republicans break away from the shrill voice of the tea party. >> harry reid announc

. >> and on i'm cheryl jennings. >> the two suspects in the beating of bryan stow are due in a los angeles courtroom today to face charges against them. amy hollyfield joins us with more. >> reporter: because of this hearing we're learning more about the suspects. police believe they attacked two other people that night at the game, a man and a woman. we learned that from the paperwork that the district attorney's filed this morning and also they bragged to the fight with co-workers. here is a picture of them at the game that night. they had cellphone signals and pictures that put luis sanchez and marvin norwood at the game. they are charged with beating bryan stow. he has been nopt since the march 31 attack. he is charged with mayhem, assault and battery. >> the complaint is under-charged. if i was going to charge mayhem i would charge aggravated mayhem in and the alternative given the facts of this case, i would also charge the crime of torture that carries life sentence. >>> the arrest clears giovanni ramirez the man first accused in the fatal beating. police now admit they got it wrong

. >> and i'm cheryl jennings. and in overturning the law known as doma. >> feinstein is the author of the act that picked up the endorsement of president obama. the senate committee was divided along lines. >> it would overturn the current law of law the defense of marriage act. and would allow them to have the same benefits. she said it's equally point out what the bill would not do. >> it would not obligate any stated or locality to perform a marriage in the same sex or allow a state to recognize a same-sex marriage from another state. >> they passed doma to from. >>> it also requires the federal government to recognize marriages between a man and a woman. one witness says the support of doma by lxd officials appalling and baffling. >> some of our representatives and senators who are there to protect the minority are allowing us to become the victims of the majority. >> reporter: republicans pointed out that some states have passed legislation nations civil unions providing same benefits that heterosexual couple

. >> i'm cheryl jennings. they just announced the arrest in the past hour. amy hollyfield jionks us from san francisco. >> the suspect has good taste. he flew to san francisco from new jersey. he stayed at the palomar hotel and arrested in napa. this the his picture and he invoked his right to remain silent. witnesses had said he was wearing loafers with no socks and the clothes looked like the man caught on the surveillance was wearing. the camera was mounted at a restaurant down from the gallery. the restaurant released the images of him yesterday and police arrested him in napa last night. they interviewed the cab driver who helped him get away and help him track the suspect but the surveillance camera definitely help them crack the case. >> obviously where we have video we're going to have a lot of success. i would encourage any business in the city anything you do in the way of installing video cameras to help us make our investigations more expeditious. our 48-hour turnaround on a crime like this is unbelievable police work. >> police recovered the pic

. >> and i'm cheryl jennings. the bay area airline passengers that refused to not pull of his pants will not face criminal charges. >> college football play deshon marman says he was the victim of a discrimination. nick smith is live. >> this chapter of the sagging pan itself is over. san mateo district attorney told me today that the pilot for the your ways flight did everything right and investigators operated professionally in following through. it is his job as district attorney if there was enough to face criminal charges. >> in this case, they have decided not to file charges against college student deshon marman. >> i have read all the reports and arrived at the conclusion, this doesn't belong in the criminal courts. this does not need to take up our court space. >> they made it very clear they were happy with the d.a.'s decision. >> for the most part, my had a chance. >> he allegedly refused to pull up his sagging pants as he boarded a flight at sfo. marman said that crew members harassed him. the captain

. >> and i'm cheryl jennings. one person was killed and three others injured. the crash happened and octavia and oak. nick? >> reporter: good morning, more than four and a half hours after a klilgs disrupted the early morning commute, pa parts of octavia and oak remain closed. >> to be a pedestrian in this area and driving is dangerous. >> an early morning commute turned deadly in san francisco when this 18-wheeler collided with a sum csf shuttle van. >> there was a passenger that was ejected and landed underneath the vehicle and was fatally injured. >> they were headed north on octavia but it's not clear which driver is at fault. >> there is no indication there was any alcohol involved. >> the driver of the 15 passenger vehicle was one of three injured and taken to area hospitals with complaints of pain but no life-threatening injuries. residents of this neighborhood are frustrated and say accidents here are common. >> i called city hall, the whole neighborhood has called city hall and no one will listen to us. to change the timing of the lights here. >> we ha

. >> and i'm cheryl jennings. and in overturning the law known as doma. >> feinstein is the author of the act that picked up the endorsement of president obama. the senate committee was divided along lines. >> it would overturn the current law of law the defense of marriage act. and would allow them to have the same benefits. she said it's equally point out what the bill would not do. >> it would not obligate any stated or locality to perform a marriage in the same sex or allow a state to recognize a same-sex marriage from another state. >> they passed doma to from. >>> it also requires the federal government to recognize marriages between a man and a woman. one witness says the support of doma by lxd officials appalling and baffling. >> some of our representatives and senators who are there to protect the minority are allowing us to become the victims of the majority. >> reporter: republicans pointed out that some states have passed legislation nations civil unions providing same benefits that heterosexual couple

. >> cheryl jennings, "abc 7 news" >> california could face a serious flooding threat if the snow in the sierra begins to melt all at once. laura anthony has more. >> this past winter will be remembered for near record snowfall in the high sierra. while it's a bounty for the water situation, it could create big problems for those downstream. >> main area of concern is in the san joaquin river valley. >> dave is chief of california's snow survey. >> that what snows in the southern sierra, those reservoirs are full, they will have a major juggling act to get it down into the valley without inundating the system. >> already the rivers are running high especially in the san joaquin valley. state managers have released water gradually but if the weather gets too warm, too soon things could change. >> fit gets really hot, the flows will come down in a way to create flood issues. >> the former chief of flood operations for the army corps of engineers. >> we have a snow pack that is going to provide more water than we can deal with. it's going to fill all the rest advisories. >> they are goi

i'm cheryl jennings. >> and stay connected 24-7 at abc 7.com.rom all of us here, thanks for watching. we'll see you again at 6:00.

i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm kristen sze. >> it's remarkable. woman is doing well to be recovering at home. the search for her begin yesterday evening when she disappeared while wind surfing near coyote point. we have live team coverage but let's gri begin with amy hollyfield at sfo. amy? >>> officers say adrenalin was keeping them going and they got a rush of excitement. take a look at this rescue video provided by the coastguard. >> she is just really tired and still really cold and kind of weak. but she feels okay. she is sort of like, she is feeling better. by tomorrow she will be back to her usual self. >> reporter: that was the husband of kathy in how she is feeling this morning after her rough night. we do have amazing pictures and the story of her rescue. i'm waiting to hear if that video is ready to go. do we have it? it is such a great story. the coastguard took amazing video of the rescue. 13 hours she had been in the water. i'm going toss it back to the newsroom where i understand they will pick up the story for me. >>> thank you so

>>> good morning, i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm kristen sze. some of the survivors in that boating accident are returning home with incredible stories and scathing criticism. >> terry mcsweeney talked to 73-year-old fisherman this morning. >> reporter: he knows few things life on the high seas, 18 years in the merchant marine, good friend is missing and feared dead and he said the problem out there last sunday morning was with the captain, not only did the captain get off the boat faster than anyone else, he did nothing to help the passengers and should face criminal charges. >> he is wearing the shirt that he got as a fishing trip. he woke up at 2:00 a.m. this sunday with the ship in big trouble. >> we ran out on the cabin door and we flew out because it linda heavily toward the port side. >> he found an ice chest floating by. it was at that moment his bad luck turned to good. >> ice chest that i picked up had two life vests in there and one bottle of water. that is luck. >> then he spotted a panga, a smaller fishing boat. they got on boat and

>>> i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm kristen sze. >> there has beachb another shooting on a popular trail. >> it was the third shooting and amy hollyfield joins us. the attackers may have knew the victims. >> that is the hunch at this point. that all the victims knew their shooters. they don't think people were walking the dogs and enjoying the trail are being randomly attacked and residents should feel safe. >> after a section of the trail closed again after police do another inconvenience. >> my grandchildren i won't let them walk the trail because of all the trouble they've had out there. >> last night was third shooting in two months, all of them took place in pittsburg. natural reaction is common thread such as gangs or drugs. they do believe that the victims all knew their attackers. >> it's not like people are sitting on the trail waiting for people to attack. each one separated, isolated incident. >> the victim of the first shooting the group of men flashed gang signals before shooting him. but the lead investigator says he has a hunch that it was gang-related. second shooting happ

i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm kristen sze. house republicans and democratic leaders are moving forward to raise the debt ceiling with four days left before the deadline. >> amy hollyfield has the latest. >> there is not a lost progress to reported today. even though the deadline is coming up soon. >> instead there is blame going around. back and forth accusations, president obama even stepped in almost as a disciplinarian to try to get everyone to straighten up. >> he said it's time for a deal on the debt crisis. >> there are plenty of ways out of this mess. we are almost out of time. >> social checks and government contracts. if the country defaults it will set off a string of problems. john boehner is having trouble getting his own party to vote for his bill. he has had several meetings with 25 republican holdouts. >> he says he can't do it job if you aren't there to support him. >> this is most important vote yet. >> the question is today's republicans break away from the shrill voice of the tea party. >> harry reid announc

cheryl jennings, "abc 7 news." >>> program celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.here is a link to the website at abc7news.com. you'll also find information on the other stories on our program today. just look under the news links on the left side for assignment 7. >> that is all for this edition of assignment 7. i'm eric thomas. thanks for joining us. we'll see you next time. >>> next at 5:00, the bay area norj weekian community grieves that has shaken it's nation to its core. >> i feel this is a very high stakes game. >> senator dianne feinstein thinks she has

. >> and on i'm cheryl jennings. >> the two suspects in the beating of bryan stow are due in a los angeles courtroom today to face charges against them. amy hollyfield joins us with more. >> reporter: because of this hearing we're learning more about the suspects. police believe they attacked two other people that night at the game, a man and a woman. we learned that from the paperwork that the district attorney's filed this morning and also they bragged to the fight with co-workers. here is a picture of them at the game that night. they had cellphone signals and pictures that put luis sanchez and marvin norwood at the game. they are charged with beating bryan stow. he has been nopt since the march 31 attack. he is charged with mayhem, assault and battery. >> the complaint is under-charged. if i was going to charge mayhem i would charge aggravated mayhem in and the alternative given the facts of this case, i would also charge the crime of torture that carries life sentence. >>> the arrest clears giovanni ramirez the man first accused in the fatal beating. police now admit they got it wrong

>>> good morning, cheryl jennings. >> i'm kristen sze kristen sze. >> he is not getting his five million bail reduced. mark lugo is facing charges in new jersey for stealing $6,000 worth of wine. >> good morning. mark lugo remains behind bars. the state's attorney call him a flight rick saying he was a threat to public safety and calling his crimes brazen and order immediately he surrender his passport. >> he appeared in superior court before the honorable sam fang. they ordered not to videotape the accused. he asked a reduction in his bail. he is accused of stealing art from a san francisco art gallery. the july 5th theft of this pencil drawing worth more than $200,000 is believed to seen here in this video. a man identified as lugo is seen walking up geary. street. he was arrested next night in napa. sketch was found undamaged but ready to be shipped. a police raid on his new jersey apartment turned up half a million dollars in stnlt artwork among the pieces was pi wasso art. he is also charged with stealing $6,000 worth of wine from new jersey store. in requesting the bail reduction h

>>> welcome to "beyond the headlines", i'm cheryl jennings. we're talking about a very special and overlooked part of our community. people in foster care. according to public policy institute, in 2010 about 60,000 children under the age of 18 were in foster care. foster care is temporary for most children but many do not leave before they become adults. foster children were removed from their homes because child welfare departments or juvenile courts determined they could no longer safely with their birth parents. our guests are very dedicated today and helping them to find opportunities to build a healthy future. in the studio with us right now, is john burton, no matter always a senator. we also have rebecca taylor who grew up in the foster care system. this is really important show. 60,000, that is huge number and that number is down but sounds impossible. senator burton, can you set the foundation. >> it started out just to focus on homeless children. somehow i buchbld into the foster care issue. people don't understand that i was in publ

. >> i'm cheryl jennings. the police chief greg suhr will try to calm those that did not want to hear about the shooting. it ended with the chief walking out shaking his head. amy hollyfield joins with us more. >> some of the organizers of last night's meeting they are embarrassed how chaotic it was. the anger in the crowd is justifiable and maybe it was too early for a large meeting. little progress was made. >> the townhall meeting turned no a shout fest greg suhr couldn't finish his presentation or get through the question and answer questions. >> they were hoping for a civilized constructive conversation but they were shocked whether they got this. >> i understand the people are concerned and upset. there is no excuse nor instability. >> there was a room full of people ready the listen and some spoke on their behalf. >> if you disrespect me you are respecting all the people that are here to talk. >> we had the police chief and supervisor out here and we are more frustrated now before we walked into the doo

. >> and i'm cheryl jennings. one person was killed and three others injured. the crash happened and octavia and oak. nick? >> reporter: good morning more than four and a half hours after a klilgs disrupted the early morning commute pa parts of octavia and oak remain closed. >> to be a pedestrian in this area and driving is dangerous. >> an early morning commute turned deadly in san francisco when this 18-wheeler collided with a sum csf shuttle van. >> there was a passenger that was ejected and landed underneath the vehicle and was fatally injured. >> they were headed north on octavia but it's not clear which driver is at fault. >> there is no indication there was any alcohol involved. >> the driver of the 15 passenger vehicle was one of three injured and taken to area hospitals with complaints of pain but no life-threatening injuries. residents of this neighborhood are frustrated and say accidents here are common. >> i called city hall the whole neighborhood has called city hall and no one will listen to us. to change the timing of the lights here. >> we have

i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm dan ashley. hope to see you again at 6:00. >>> tonight on "world news," the hidden dangers in this brutal heat. what it's doing to so many americans, even as they sleep. ers facing a crush of patients tonight. even the crown of the statue of liberty shut down. this evening, the temperature inside that crown. >>> new warnings after that tragedy at yosemite. three people over the falls. and now an alert about a different weather extreme. >>> the walkout. the question today that sent chicago mayor rahm emanuel out the door. something other leaders have been asked about their chihildr before. >>> about face. those airport scanners and what they'll see now. and so many asking, what were they already seeing? >>> and the game changer. one of the wizards who changed the way america watched game shows. and what we never knew about that famous wheel. it had us spinning. >>> good evening. we begin this thursday night here with the deadly heat wave. on the move this evening, but slowly. 200 million americans

i'm cheryl jennings. >> it's a plastics plant meaning what is burning is toxic debris. >> that is whyeople are being told to stay inside that. order is for a mile-wide radius. and john alston joins us from the scene. >> there is some firefighters pulling up stakes. you can see 100 firefighters here at one point and we've learned three firefighters suffered minor injuries, did not have to go to the hospital. minor like injured knee but that was the extent on it. and this started at 1:00 behind macro plastics, workers were out there and macro plastics makes plastic containers made by injection molding. and those bins are used by agriculture during harvest times. there is a huge pile of those that started to go up in flames. and officials looking at the possibility workers might have, might have been responsible for what happened. >> this is one of the things someone told someone else on the scene. and it's

good evening, i'm cheryl jennings, there are several draw matic new developments tonight in the jayceevelopments case. new documents have been released in the wake of the exclusive interview by diane sewer. >> prosecutors released several pieces of evidence today from the jaycee dugard kidnapping case at the request of her family. they say they want to highlight mistakes made in the hope of improving the supervision and detection of sexual predators. the documents include this map showing a total of five victims of phillip gareed yoi. two incidents were previously unknown, including kipd napping and rape of a 19-year-old in south lake tahoe in june 1976 and akid -- attempted kidnapping of a woman in november, 1976. there is no explanation yet on why he would never prosecuted for either of the crimes. and officials also believe this 1978 hand written letter asking to rae dus his prison sentence for red federal rape and torture conviction n this letter blaming problems on years of lsd use and videotapes he tried to destroy with and videotaped in public, one of his neighbors spoke today a

. >> and i'm cheryl jennings. >> passengers jumped in to help the pilot after he was attacked and beaten. amy hollyfield joins us from san francisco international with more. >> some passengers say the men appeared drunk or high, but another passenger said one had a surgery and one was on painkillers. they tried to wake up one of of the men to fasten his seat belt. when he won't wake up she went to get the pilot and that is when the chaos begin. >> these two brothers had been acting like this were drunk or drugged. as they were told to leave the plane passengers say the brothers turned on the pilot. >> the guy was ill walked up to the captain and he just went pow and slammed i am very hard. >> luis baez told the pilot when you fly to san juan i will have you killed. according to the affidavit the pilot's vision was blurry after the punch but he continued to follow the men off the plane. inside the airport the men jumped the pilot. >> the captain had his whole sigh of his face was bruised and bloody but those two guys had him on the ground and they were beating the crap out of him. >> that

. >> good evening, i'm cheryl jenning. >> i'm dan ashley tlchl is a gun battle in a quiet town, killingnd the gunman. >> the deputy died after her ex-boyfriend came gunning for her z.her family in petaluma on liberty road. mark matthews is there with more. mark? >> we're outside of the rafshlg ranch house where this happened just on the outskirts of petaluma. a 28-year-old thomas edwin halloran came looking for the 22-year-old girlfriend who had broken up with him nine days where -- before. he sent a text threatening to kill her and her family. the family called a friend, a sheriff, and he came over to the house last night to give the family some advice on how to deal with the threats while he was there, at the house, halloran showed up with a gun. >> and he went outside to see and calm down the suspect. at that time, the suspect shot mathson twice, killing him at scene. after halloran shot him, he proceeded to look for the girlfriend who ran to a neighbor's house in the area. >> deputies say halloran grabbed the girl's mother and as he tried to shove the mother into a car, the wm's son

good evening, i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm dan ashley. lawmakers rushing tonight to introduce a second bill making it a felony to fail to report a missing child, or death of a child in a timely manner. >> this is prompted by the death of 2-year-old daily anthony. and she wasn't reported missing for 31 days and her mother was acquitted of the death. more than two dozen states are considering casey's law. people who watched the trial are demanding it and don't feel that justice was served. california is the latest state to jump on the caylee's law band wagon making it a crime to not report a child dead or missing within 24-48 hours, it could be a felony. the case of casey anthony stunned most people when discovering the florida mom can d.not report her 2-year-old's disappearance for 31 days and that he was waz not a crime. >> the first 48 hours of a child's disappearance are critical in dermg if that child will be found alive. >> when a jury acquitted casey, outrage spurred an online petition, urging state governments to enact casey's law,

. >> good evening, i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm dan ashley. death of a 14-year-old girl at her own sumler -- slumber party devastated a neighborhood. >> police believe the girl died after a drink was spiked and was consumed with her friends. and vick apparently police say she and friends were just experimenting. >> the investigation is still going on. but at this time, police are treating this as an accident and of course, as a tragedy. friends say takemi loved music and theater. the 14-year-old just graduated from middle school and looking forward to high school. and lived in this gated commute on a private street in santa rosa. saturday night, she invited three friends for a sleepover. assistant sheriff says her mother was awake and in the middle of the night. >> at 2:00 a.m. they woke up two girls were ill and vomiting. the mother cleaned them up, and didn't realize that this is nothing more than -- she thought it's food poisoning. they went back to sleep and tried to wake up the daughter and she was not responsive. >> investigators say

cheryl jennings is off. no good deed goes unpunished is an old saying that should never be true.ht, it s a man is shot in the head feeding the homeless with his wife and two children. abc 7 is live in oakland tonight with a story. first off, how is this man doing? how is sne its not looking g sadly he is on life support at a hospital here in oakland. police are calling these life-threatening injuries and possibly what is still to come now and we found out and he is known simply as brother john. and just about everyone out here knows him. at least once per week, he, his wife and two young daughters pass out home-cooked meals to the homeless. >> we'll have everything. starving whatever, he'd stop and give you food. >> he came out here to feed us last night. fries and fried fish. >> that meal of fish served in the shadow of the bart tracks and out of the back of brother john's van on 47th blg avenue may be his last. and this could be the last man brother john ever helped. >> brother john's van, he stopped and backed up. then, all of a sudden three shots. then, i ducked. then, two mo

. >> good evening, i'm cheryl jenning autos i'm dan ashley.as a tearful goodbye today to a bay area fisherman who lost his life after a charter boat sank in the sea of cortez. >> lesliey was the only one whose body was fouchbltd he several other california men are still missing. >> he said his father lived for 15 hours after the boat went down. and holding on to a cooler with two other survivors. and this exhaustion was too much. the 63-year-old worked hard as a delivery man. his family convinced him to go on a fishing trip with friends. woe never return. >> he probably won't like this big commotion about him. and he was a humble guy. >> today, families said he was passionate about many things, giants, 49ers and fishing. >> he loved his family. we'll remember him, the guy very witty and showed a lot of compassion for people. >> and the boat went down quickly with, no warning after being hit by a rogue wave at 2:00 on the morning of july 3. seven men, mostly from northern california are still missing. among them, craig's brother, brian. gary sa

. >> i'm cheryl jennings. people are presumed dead in yosemite national park today. >> all three swept over the water fall. horrified witnesses watched and helpless, they'll certainly never forget what they saw. we're live in yosemite tonight with the story. >> reporter: this appears to be a case of people not reading and looking at the warning signs, trying to keep visitor as way from the merced river, which is treacherous because of the snow melt now underway. the three frr the central valley. and they were part of a group of 10 here in yosemite yesterday for a day hike at vernal falls, witnesses say part of the group crossed a guardrail to pose for pictures at the river's edge, others coaxed them into coming back but a second part of the group, according to witnesses crossed the river making their way to a rock in the middle, 25 feet upriver from the falls. the strong current swept them towards the 317 foot water fall, quickly. >> one of the males lost his footing, started to slide down. the second male tri

. -- cheryl jennings is off this evening.family of a man when died while running from police may be planning legal action tonight. >> they're meeting tonight with a high profile civil rights lawyer. the 19-year-old kenneth harding was killed by a bullet to the head in the bay view district. tests show police claim they did not fire the shot, harding did, by accident. abc 7's vic lee is live with the latest on this story. vick? >> reporter: family members of kenneth harding met with reporters here in offices of well known oakland lawyer john burress. he is out of town. they say they're on a mission for truth, their words, seeking answers they say from the police department and they want investigators to turn over all of the evidence that documents they have, all of the evidence so they can seek the answers independently. well... the 19-year-old kenneth harding died from a gunshot wound to the head saturday, july 16th. police say he fired on two officers who were checking out muni fare evaders on third street. police issued a s

. >>> good evening, i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm dan ashley there.itical development in the shooting death of a man san francisco police are chasing. >> investigators recovered the gun, killing the seattle parole violateor kenneth harding junior in the bay view district two weeks ago. vick, there is a tip from the public that helped in this case, right? yes. cheryl. there are apparently numerous people in the bay view community who helped police. as you said this is a controversial shooting but now, police have rye covered an important piece of evidence today at noon a group demonstrated to protest the death. many believe did he not shoot himself despite test result autos we have to do our own independent investigation because trust all of the allegations. i believe police are putting up a gun. >> police say they found the gun and the police chief says a bay view resident told police where the gun was. >> as of saturday we received information we had the gun. we worked through investigations to contact a person and we're able to get it back. >> blurr