mother's day snuck up on us, clayton. >> clayton: have you shopped yet?here, all the gifts i'm about to show you, great gadgets and you can get them in time for mother's day. let's start with cameras, brand new from canon, their line of new power shot and are the l-series, popular and come in all of these different colors and, what is new about these, gps built into the cameras. >> why do i need that. >> clayton: you are on vacation and you can see where you took the photos, it shows up on a map and you don't have to do it separately and shoot high-definition video, in addition to the 12 mega pixels, the shots look fantastic and this has a touch-screen, do the whole touch-screen interface... >> dave: 12 megapixels is all you need these days. >> clayton: the laptop, the best one i've ever used, the mac book air, super fast, beautiful screen and battery life is fantastic and look at how thin it is. it fits into a bag, purse, incredibly thin and light and is super powerful and, the best laptop i've ever used. >> dave: almost the same weight as an ipad. >> cl

clayton sandell, abc news. >> and as clayton showed us there, the little town of reading, kansas, a scene of devastation this evening. and justin robinson from our affiliate kmbc in kansas city is in reading, at church where families sought cover. justin? >> trees down, homes destroyed. that's what many people are coming back to in this small town of reading in kansas. take a look here in the background. you can see what used to be a big grain silo until the tornado came through and destroyed it. with all this damage we see in the community, it's hard to believe there were so few injuries, but one reason is because they had such an early alert about the storms coming through. many people were able to go to this church over here, one of only two churches in town, the only sure of with a basement. at least 40 to 50 people gathered in that basement as the storms came through, keeping them safe. david? >> justin robinson, thank you. kmbc tonight. >>> well, from the sudden impact of the tornados to the slow motion disaster along the mississippi river that continues. tonight, a new concern abou

i want to introduce you to a couple just starting their new life together, angela and clayton.smith, angela kelso coming to us live from birmingham, a couple that just got married a week ago, but, guys, the weather had other plans for you. first of all, tell me what happened to your home, and is there anything left? >> no, there's nothing left at all. really the only thing left is about two interior walls and the closet that she was able to crouch down in, and that's really it. the roof, everything inside is gone now. >> guys, i have to ask just what that's like. you're starting, as we know, married couples who were together 50 years, you have challenges. this is going to be a pretty big one pretty early on in your marriage. ange angela, what is your reaction and your thoughts to having this happen just days after getting married? >> well, you know, you're married, this new life and now it's all new beginnings from every aspect of life. we'll pick up the pieces and keep moving with it. sometimes things are planned the way they're supposed to. >> you have to help me now and help

here's clayton sandell. >> reporter: after joining ted nugent for a bit of rocking out, mike huckabee decided that when it comes to a presidential run, he is staying out. >> my answer is clear and firm. i will not seek the republican nomination for president this year. >> reporter: huckabee is popular. ahead in many polls, despite never being in the race. he's now the latest republican to say no to running against president obama. thinning a pool of candidates and leaving gop voters with no clear front-runner. >> all the factors say go. but my heart says no. >> reporter: polls show 45% of republican voters don't like their current choices. speaking to abc's jonathan karl, even house speaker john boehner is lukewarm. >> you satisfied with this field? >> it's a wide open presidential primary. i'm not sure that we've seen all the candidates we're going to see. >> reporter: the short list includes former massachusetts governor mitt romney and former house speaker newt gingrich. contenders with political and personal baggage. >> i have made mistakes in my life. >> reporter: the gop's desir

it was simultaneously that they got a call from a cab driver saying they saw a car driving down clayton and fennel hitting a parked cars. almost simultaneously got a call from another caps saying that another car had hit a parked car on trade restraint. shortly thereafter san francisco police called in saying that they were trailing at one time that and crashed behind st. mary's hospital. we have video of that. at that point they took into custody at 23 lg mail who was admitted into the hospital with minor injuries. they said they took the blood sample for alcohol purposes and he was going to be charged a vehicular manslaughter charges. if you come back adhered life you concede that may sound like that and it is still cold. they collected their evidence. the fire department is picking up the remainder of the upper brain. a series of hits and runs and obviously this 23 year-old suspect in custody on vehicular manslaughter charges. >>darya: it seems like they're paid to the picture of the sky just kidding when ever was in this way in this case it was a pedestrian. >> reporter: and his bod

here's clayton sandell. >> reporter: after joining ted nugent for a bit of rocking out -- mike huckabee decided that when it comes to a presidential run he is staying out. >> my answer is clear and firm. i will not seek the republican nomination for president this year. >> reporter: huckabee is popular, ahead in many polls despite never being in the race. he's now the latest republican to say no to running against president obama. thinning the pool of candidates and leaving gop voters with no clear front runner. >> all of the factors say go but my heart says no. >> reporter: polls show 45% of republican voters don't like their current choices. speaking to abc's jonathan karl even house speaker boehner is lukewarm. >> are you satisfied with the field? >> it's a wide open presidential primary. i'm not sure that we've seen all of the candidates we're going to see. >> reporter: short list includes mitt romney and former house speaker newt gingrich, contenders with political and personal baggage. >> i have made mistakes in my life. >> reporter: the gop's desire for electable candidates led l

clayton as well. weak showers, they are on their way out of here, but yeah, interesting week ahead. day time highs right now -- or current temperatures right now, 67 napa. 52 oakland. 69 concord. cool along the coast. overnight lows tonight will be in the mid-40s and upper 40s elsewhere. patchy fog returns, super patchy tonight, tomorrow morning fog along the beaches, along the coast. clear and breezy tonight. chance of showers this bay area weekend. it is a long way out. but there is a chance. i got outdoor plans so we will watch it closely. it's worth staying tuned for. fog. we are going into monday, tonight, late. tomorrow mid-morning, early afternoon, there is your fog in san francisco. san francisco with fog. half moon bay, pillar point, the fog will be a player the next few days. this is the time of year we see it. the coastal fog that is. tomorrow warmer than today. you will see 80s in the central valley. cheese temperatures, warmer colors, will come our way as we roll into wednesday and thursday. highs tomorrow, 78 fairfield. 78 antioch. up from today. i don't think we will

here's clayton sandell. >> reporter: at this horse competition near los angeles, a number of riders areaking a pass. >> around 50 decided to stay home. >> reporter: they're staying away amid fears of an outbreak of an equine herpes virus that is making horses sick. >> without any warning you will have a horse that is showing paralysis or weak neness in the hind end or may be down and can't get up. >> reporter: it's highly contagious and can be fatal. at least seven horses have died and hundreds more exposed. >> folks should be heading toward the gate. >> reporter: officials say saturday's show at the l.a. equestrian center was perfectly safe but rodeos and events in colorado, montana, oregon and arizona were canceled to keep horses from infecting each other. >> i'm disappointed but it's for like the best for the horses. >> reporter: the outbreak is believed to have started earlier this month at a horse show in utah. so far infections have galloped across at least nine states. the bad news, the herpes virus spreads rapidly from horse to horse, but the good news is, people cannot catch it

this clayton home on the fairway of the oakcrest golf course was worth about $575,000 in 2007. it's on the market for less than $415,000. >> that's a big drop. and we're feeling that we're right about the bottom leveling point at this number. so this property currently today has four offers that came in on it. >> reporter: he says this home is a snapshot of the overall real estate market. not really either a buyer or a seller's market. more of a level playing field. >> the best deals that are found? >> are found in a more depressed market that are really like the east county, concord, clayton has done well. it has held its own pretty well. but still it has been depressed. >> reporter: for the most part, the best deals are the lower- priced homes that took the biggest hit in recent years. there are currently 99 homes, mostly in contra costa county priced under $100,000. >> you go to east county you will see that the property values declined as much as 50% on these homes, outstanding deals. but you look at competing for those properties. a lot of investors are stepping up and pur

and clayton sandell has more on the damage that started in oklahoma. >> reporter: spring has been a season>> go that way. go that way! go that way! >> reporter: one twister tore apart the small town of reading, kansas. one man was killed. >> other than that, all of the medical issues we have dealt with to this point have been stress related from the aftermath. >> reporter: the stress and shock of seeing more than a dozen homes destroyed and hundreds of others damaged. reporters given a tour of destruction came across a battered but still standing miracle cafe. >> we'll get it cleaned up. we'll get it back. if the building is gone, then i'll rebuild. >> reporter: in minneapolis, a tornado blew through this neighborhood. other funnel clouds were spotted in missouri and nebraska adding to an already unprecedented twisr lly.o cf1 o 5 toos in ap windows. >> many areas will get hit with to an already unprecedented twister tally. 875 tornados in april alone have killed 361 people. in topeka, kansas, hail the size of golf balls pounded the pavement and shattered car windows. >> many areas will get

the giants finally solved the puzzle known as clayton cershaw.the dodger pitcher beat them twice this year. the giants didn't even score a run. a beautiful night in chavez ravine. tahada finds the hole on the left side. the giants jump out to a 4-0 lead. matt cain dazzles, but they implode. it is 5-5. in the 9th, and have no fear, cody ross is here. he bails out the beard with a three-run blast and the giants go on to win it 8-5. they did lose mark daw rosa though -- derosa to the wrist injury. a's down 3-2 and matsui and a single to right. barton scores and tied at three. they go to extras in the 10th. it is a game winning sac fly and the a's fall a score of 4-3. the eastern conference finalsand the bulls and heat. wow, that's strong. this is even stronger. lebron james is most impressive. the heat even the series at 185-75. >> good game. >>> "nightline" is next. >> for larry beil, i'm sandhya patel. thanks for joining us. >> we appreciate your time. see you tomorrow. ♪ [ rock ] [ chattering ] [ man on tv ] 96309. [ man ] ♪ she got it, you got i

i heard that there was a full closure for willow pass road right around farm bureau from clayton road but in that shot we saw two vehicles of some sort drive right through that shot so at least some vehicles getting through the area. so far avoid it if you can and just go ahead and use port chicago highway or 242 over towards highway 4 as your all the nat around that scene. we continue to follow that also the slowing for westbound highway 4. that's expected coming through antioch. your slowing through livermore also expected but there is an accident westbound at north flynn road. still reported in lanes and that's adding to the slowdown as we descend upon westbound 580 towards the area coming into livermore. livermore and pleasanton moving smoothly. oakland also nice but volume picking up past the coliseum. we'll see slowing on 880 especially as you approach the 8:00 hour. back to you. >>> students in the palo alto unified school district will start school a week and a half earlier as of next year. in a close vote the board voted in favor of this move. the district says it will have s

louis in the clayton suburb a year ago yesterday where customers pay what they feel is fair.hey've since opened two more panera cares restaurants, one in dearborn, michigan, the other in portland, oregon. an idea we were happy to highlight originally when we first heard about it. we'll bring you a full follow-up report right here monday night. >>> one of the great names in baseball is gone. more importantly, one of the great players of all time has died. harmon killebrew, the pride of the minnesota twins, retired as the fifth leading home run hitter of all time. his career average was .256. a lot of folks at the time called him the killer. but pitcher gaylord perry called killebrew ma bell because he hit the ball a long distance. he's the fifth hall of famer to die in just the past year or so. he follows guys like feller, duke, and sparky to their great reward. it should also be noted that he died with the same grace he displayed on the field. he issued a statement when he entered hospice for esophageal cancer saying calmly and clearly, "i have exhausted all options with resp

yesterday, the board of education named clayton m. wilcox to the post. >> he has been a superintendent in florida and louisiana. he's currently a senior vice president for education in corporate relations at scholastic incorporated in new york city since 2008. if approved, wilcox would succeed elizabeth morgan who retired in february. >> time for the question of the morning. >> which is the one celebrity pet -- who would think of asking this question, which is the one celebrity pet most men said they would most like to hang out with? is it a, scooby doo, one of my personal favorites. b, mr. ed. too bossy. c, lovable lassie. put your answer on our facebook page. we'll share your comments in the next half hour. my diet? well yesterday i had an apple turnover. i know it's sort of my weakness. i always keep it in the house. well, that and boston crème pie, white chocolate strawberries, and mmm key lime pie. yeah, i've already lost some weight. [ female announcer ] yoplait light -- over 30 delicious flavors at about 100 calories. babe, wha

clayton sandell on that very question. >> reporter: as gas prices crept frustratingly up. >> $4.09 is ridiculous. >> president obama wants to drill down. >> we should increase safe and responsible oil production here at home. >> reporter: today in a partial concession to oil companies and efforts by house republicans, the president directed his administration to offer new oil and gas leases in the gulf of mexico and alaska's national petroleum reserve and streamline approvals for offshore drilling. >> these are investments worth making. investments that will save us money, reduce our dependence on foreign oil and protect the health and safety of our planet. >> reporter: it's the planet that environmental groups are worried about. major disasters in the gulf last year or even worse, in the arctic where conditions are tough and there are few resources in place to contain a spill. >> we need to understand what the impact of the oil drilling can be, especially if something goes wrong, not only on the environment but on the economy. >> reporter: the president's compromise comes just days a

for "good morning america," clayton sandell, abc news. >> it's hard case. have a right to shoot when you're being threatened. once he's down, probably not. for other stories, here's josh elliott. >> morning to cynthia and george. we begin with the latest blow to a shell-shocked japan. the first major storm of the season, a typhoon raking over the area ravaged by the earthquake and tsunami. workers have sprayed the damaged reactors at the fukushima nuclear plant hoping to keep radiation from escaping into the air. >>> meanwhile, the u.s. is apologizing for an air strike that accidentally killed at least nine women and children in afghanistan. the target? a building that had housed insurgents. president karzai warns that such errors cannot continue. >>> more now, the shocking finish of sunday's indianapolis 500. a rookie driver, within seconds of victory. when everything turned for the worst. >> he's got to get around the lap traffic. >> no! >> no! he hit the wall. >> this is the crash that begat the most stunning finnish the indy 500's century-old history. 2

heavier rain falling in parts of the concord area, towards the danville area, coming close, clayton, concord, dublin, these are all commute routes. san jose. we saw robert down there, scattered showers where he is. yellows are -- next to the radar, we are not seeing as heavy as rain as might indicate. ever green, campbell. there is more rain coming tonight. the commute is getting hit right now. traffic is slow. i will have the forecast for the next few hours as the heavier bands move through and then tomorrow, when more rain is forecast. tomorrow night into wednesday morning. keep the umbrellas handy. >> thank you. >>> an hour ago, the national weather service put out a winter storm warning in the sierra. a live picture for you. 20 inches of new snow. no major problems up there from the latest storm. a ranger said some camp recollection may have wokeb up cold but nobody was hurt. >> another picture to show you here. interstate 80. it's a slushy snow falling and it slowed down a lot of travelers. caltrans did not report chains required on interstate 80 or highway 50. >> pg&e is facing

clayton sandell has the report. >> it was a courtroom showdown, nearly nine years in the making. >> i told brian david mitchell today in court that whether he received his justice on earth or after this earth one day he'll have to be responsible for his actions. >> reporter: he was convicted of kidnapping smart in 2002. for nine months she had to endure daily sexual assaults. mitchell forced her to drink alcohol and smoke marijuana. he told her she'd be killed if she tried to escape. but inside this courthouse on wednesday it was elizabeth's turn to do the talking. poised and calm the 23-year-old faced mitchell and told him i know that you know what you did was wrong. you did it with full knowledge. i also want you to know that i have a wonderful life now. >> i was happy for the opportunity to say what i felt i needed to say. and i'm thrilled it's over. >> reporter: in a bizarre display, mitchell who mounted an unsuccessful insanity defense sang church hymns the entire time he was in the courtroom. while he heads to life in prison, smart is reclaiming her life, vowing to fight kidnapp

after that he crashed into a couple of cars at fell and clayton.en got into a crash with a couple of parked cars on shrader and then he was found at st. mary's hospital crashed into a flower pot. san francisco police had given chase toward the last accident trying to get this guy. he got out of the car and was taken into the hospital and treated for minor injuries but facing vehicular manslaughter. if you are trying to get through this busy part. masonic is closed and at least for a little while longer between golden gate and o'farrell. their investigation is still going on. >>> businesses in one stretch of san jose will be busy cleaning up this morning after another cinco de mayo celebration turned rowdy last night. fights broke out and at least one person was stabbed. amy hollyfield is live downtown with a look at what happened. >>> i'm on alum rock boulevard. a boutique and tax service building all got their windows knocked out. this is in the 1500 block next to highway 101. still shattered glass all over the sidewalk. crowd started heading this

kentucky derby scene, madison bumgarner catches clayton morrison swinging.ison bumgarner five hits and 5-k's and freddy sanchez and miguel tejada scores. but top of the seventh he gives up a double. that scores two and the game is tied two all. and flies out in deep right. rowan will score and giants back-to-back walk-off winners, 3-2 the final. >>> a's in kansas city where tommy lasorda. chad pennington three-one shot. we're tied at 3. mike aviles and we have a race to the plate. dives and tags. dyson left early but you can clearly see his foot on the bag but to no avail royals go on to win it 4-3. >> justin verlander pitched a perfect game. he walked one but the perfect game is gone. he grounds in to a double play. verlander with a no-hitter. verlander catches him swinging. detroit goes on to win it 9-0. >> to churchill downs to 137th running of the kentucky derby and hats on derby day making those at last weeks wedding look tame. 19 horses would leave the gate. uncle mo would have to withdraw. now, we go to animal kingdom. >> animal kingdom! roaring down

clayton road and the sierra all the way down to yerba buena road 2-5 degrees warmer than yesterday.ith the cloud cover getting thicker, i wouldn't expect these warm conditions to continue. we could set record cold high temperatures for the third day in a road. you can still see scattered clouds around. by noon, the rain is moving into the bay, heaviest along the coast as it moves from west to east. mid to upper 50s, but it will be there around 4. mid to upper 50s everywhere with light to moderate rain at 4:00. morning commute, relatively dry. evening commute, wet. tomorrow morning, scattered showers and those will linger through tuesday. drier on wednesday. warmer back to average by thursday and friday before cooler again this weekend. let's find out about that monday morning commute. >> good morning everyone. live doppler 7 hd showing you rain. crash in the south bay, at capitol expressway. but in contra costa county, pretty good ride, road work on eastbound 4 has been cleared. most commuters as you make your way southbound toward highway 24. south bay, 101 and 880 interchange. you

here where the hit and run took place along masonic between golden gate and turk, clayton, and fell, and straighter street. this is the honda which police say struck and killed the pedestrian crossing turk around 2:30 this morning. the suspect the drunk driver never slowed down striking the pedestrian going 60 miles an hour or more. his body flew half a block. the victim is described as a 55- year-old african american man. a cab driver noticed the body and called police. the medical examiner just took the body about 30 minutes ago. about three hours ago, paramedics took the suspect believed to be a san francisco resident to the hospital. he suffered wounds to his face and hands. police now have that man in custody. shortly before the arrest a short chase insued when they spotted the suspect. his car hood 45 flown open and the suspect was still driving. he nearly struck and killed an er nurse. she spoke to us a few hours ago. >> i saw a car coming in. hitting the corner very hard. there was no headlights or front grill. i was coming in the opposite direction as you are supposed to ent

along the way, that same car according to police crashed into vehicles that were parked at clayton add and fell, crashing into other cars, on 136 shrader. the man has been taken into st. mary's to be treated minor cuts to his face and charged with vehicular manslaughter. he is described as a 23-year-old male. the gentleman that was killed, 55-year-old. the street about to reopen but it's been a traffic interference to say the least, golden gate all the way up to o'farrell but it should be reopening fairly shortly. >>> san jose police are hoping for calmer cinco de mayo celebrations this weekend. last night, some shattered windows and started fights that resulted in one stabbing. amy hollyfield has our story. so cleanup underway this morning. >> the situation got out of hand on alum rock boulevard. look at the mess behind me, six businesses had their windows smashed out. one business owner told us he is upset that people who are out celebrating would do harm. the chaos started around 11:00 last night. police say there were several fights. there were people throwing bottles at police off

giants graped a 1-0 lead on colorado's clayton mortonson in the first.o it here in the fifth. fred sanchez with a solid shot scores miguel tejada at third. the giants had the 2-0 lead. madison took that lead to the 7th. he had had nothing but bad luck so far. he contributed to his problems when he threw away this come backer at second off the bat of troy. he has the bases full with nobody out. the rockies took advantage of the error. todd hilton took one the other way for a two run single of. but ramone ramirez came in and got the rockies out with no further damage. it stayed 2-2 in the bottom of the 9th with two on and nobody out. mike wants to bunt but franklin morals let's loose a very wild pitch. that sent rowan to third and sanchez to second. he swings away on morals' next pitch. a homerun and just about 30 major league ball parks. he settles for a walk-off sacrifice fly. the giants celebrate their second night in a row that they put the rockies away with a 9th inning rally. win this one 3-2 and have pulled within two games of first place colorado i

gets clayton swinging.nd the bottom five, 1-0 until freddy sanchez doubled to the center field gap. miguel tejada scores. and this scores two and the game tied 2-all. bottom of 9, runners on second and third. mike fontenot flies out to deep right. aaron rowand scores. the giants back-to-back walk off winners 36789-2, the final. >>> and former kansas city athletic players at the royals game. royals up 3-1 and chad makes up for his mistakes early in the game. three-run thought after aaron crow. bottom 9, bases loaded, no outs. this one in the air. we have a race to the plate. jared dice and tags. sweeney with the throw not in time. dyson left early but you can see his foot was on the bag. guerin was not happy and let the ump know but the royals go on to win 4-2. >> in toronto tiger justin verlander was a no-hitter in the eighth. two outs in the ninth. he gets davis swinging to end it. 7th no-hitter in tigers history. verlander's second and detroit wins it 9-0. >> to church hill downs for the 137th running of

the giants finally solve the puzzle known as clayton kershaw.n them twice this year. the giants hadn't even scored a run off of him until tonight. beautiful evening. so cal native freddy sanchez feeling right at home in the third. matt kane scores. he went 7 plus innings. in the second, miguel tejada. every night in the highlights now. the giants currently lead it 5 hen 2 in the eighth. a's and twins opening a two-game mini set. bottommation, a's down 3-2. cute lung lady watching matsui. game tied at three. the game goes to extras in the 1'0" after a derek barton throwing error. we have a rule in the sports department we never show sac flies unless they are the game winning run and that is what it its. the a's have one of the best pitching staffs in all of baseball. they have gotten better with the addition of local product tyson ross. mike shumann with more on him. >> swing and a miss. struck him out. that is seven strikeouts for ross. >> ross grew up as an a's fan. he was an all pac-10 pitcher in 2007 and 2008. his first full season in the big

clayton swinging. and the bottom of five, giants up 1. sanchez doubles to the center field gap.ow they lead by 2. the top of the seventh bum gartner gives up a double to helton. that scores two. tied. and the flyout to deep right. aaron rowand will score and the giants back-to-back walk off winners. 3-2, the final. >>> a's in kansas city where former kansas city athletic players at the game, including losorda. pennington makes up for his mistake earlier in the game, the three run shot. tied at 3 the bottom of three. and this one in the air. we have a race to the plate. jarrod dysontation. heading home, sweeney with the throw not in time. you can clearly see his foot was on the bag. bob geren not happy and let the ump no. but to no avail. the royals win it 4-3. blue jackets and tigers in toronto and justin verlander took a perfect game into the eighth. with one out he walked. the perfect game is gone. and edwin encarnacion. verlander gets former davis swinging. the seventh no-hitter in tigers history. verlander's second. detroit goes on to win 9-0. and churchill downs, the 137 ru

he hit some cars that fell in clayton as well as on schroeder streets.e started following him when they saw there was significant damage to the car. the hood was up. that was suspicious. that's when they started following him. and they found him with his car crashed then outside of the medical center. that driver is 23 years old. he may have been intoxicated. he is in the hospital with injuries after crashing into the medical center. he is going to be okay. he is going to jail. he will be facing charges of vehicular manslaughter. an unidentified 55-year-old man died here this morning. they want to wrap things up here quickly. there is a school nearby and they are hoping that things will be cleaned up here soon. >> takes time to piece it all together. thank you, anne makovec. >>> several arrests at least one stabbing. violence and vandalism marring cinco de mayo in san jose again this year. kiet do reports. broken windows are being cleaned up this morning. good morning. >>> reporter: you're looking at damage basically caused by small minority of people wh

hi, clayton. >> reporter: hi, rob and peggy.ronting the man she says put her and her family through nine months of hell. for elizabeth smart, it is a new beginning. >> today is the ending of a very long chapter and the beginning of a very beautiful chapter for me. >> reporter: a chapter in a story that began in 2002 when brian david mitchell kidnapped smart, then only 14, from her family's home. for nine months she endured daily sexual assaults and was forced to take drugs and alcohol. mitchell told her he would kill her if she tried to escape. in court wednesday, it was her turn to speak. "you took away nine months of my life that can never be returned," she said, "but in this life or next you will have to be held responsible for those actions and i hope you are ready for when that time comes." mitchell, who unsuccessfully mounted an insanity defense, simply rocked in his chair and sang church hymns as she spoke never looking directly at her. >> i think i was so excited to have this day finally here to be able to continue my ef

those cities include clayton, concord, pleasant hill and parts of martinez, pittsburg and walnut creek. >>> all right. "american idol" tonight your wife and i have some ideas. >> you've already made -- >> sal, i want to call out to all of our tweeters p cook news let me know who you think's going to get the boot. >> that's good. twitter's fun. steve and i are on twitter. we're trying to get dave on. he might come on in 2011. >> i'm listening to you, sal. >> all right. by the way we use these tools to benefit you as well. you can also send me traffic information or you can go to our website at ktvu.com to the traffic page. you can find me on twitter there. you can find traffic information there as well. let's go out to the live pictures. highway 4 westbound as you drive up to the willow pass grade in fact our ktvu traffic page on ktvu.com has maps just like the ones i use here on the air. let's go out and take a look at 92 westbound. you can see traffic is moving along very nicely. speaking of those maps, let's go to them right now. this is the commute on the peninsula. you can see the

willow pass way and clayton way. watch out for this. sounds like a single-alarm fire. fire crews are on scene. an abandoned building apparently an old bar. no evacuations necessary but may see smoke from willow pass road. so just something to watch out for. our wind advisory for the san mateo bridge was cancelled a couple of minutes ago so you're good to go across the span. all the other bridges are great including live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. no problems all the way down the eastshore freeway. from the carquinez bridge to the maze, and we still have a little bit of ongoing roadwork. some lanes blocked on the dumbarton bridge. but here as well one lane blocked on eastbound highway 4 from loveridge towards somersville. this should be wrapping up shortly. no big delays though. mass transit is on time. that's your traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> well, it has happened again. what got a passenger kicked off a delta flight? plus this. >>> it's a lot for students to handle right now. >> college students stretched to the max. now there's talk of yet another

. >> clayton swisher with aa aljaengineea al-jazeea al-jazee al-jazeera. you've singled out american special forces have gained doing repeat operations in iraq that helped prepare for their success in last week's raid and you also talked i presume about the enhanced interrogation methods that helped yield information that led to the courier which led to the compound mansion where bin laden was found. well, what if america hadn't pursued a war in iraq that alienated so many muslims around the world? and what if they had done the interrogations without laying a hand on the persons in custody, do you think it wouldn't have taken the united states 10 years to find more information on bin laden's whereabouts? and throwing on to that, the policies of the united states that have been pursued over the last at the point years, whether it's the unbridled support for israel and its very controversial policies in the region, none of them have substantively been changed by the united states. how do you see your role in looking at american foreign policy and whether dif

clayton police say these boxes are becoming a target for thieves. they say outgoing checks are being stolen from the mailboxes and cashed. thanks to computer programs, thieves can now change or check the amount and pay or use the account and routing numbers to create their own checks. postal workers say your mail can provide a lot of incentive for people. >> mail is a very safe way to send correspondence, but unfortunately there are attractive items that go through the mail, and that's what people are looking for. >> most residents we talked to say their banks were able to void the stolen checks before they lost money. police say the best thing people with non-locking mailboxes can do is pick up your incoming mail as soon as possible, and avoid leaving outgoing mail in the box. >>> the search is on this morning for a missing 14-year- old girl in san francisco. police say the parents of emma peacock woke up yesterday morning to find their daughter gone from their home. the parents are concerned because they say the 14-year- old has never run away bef

a call from one of our viewers who say it is 71 degrees already in clayton.is when to get even hotter this afternoon. check with the temperatures will be a around the 3:00 hour. 89 in san rosa. 84 in petaluma. 84 is well in san francisco. abc and upper 80s along the coast. oakland coming in at 85. 87 and the word. mid-upper 70's in that part of the day. over the hill with walnut creek at 89. it gets warmer the father said you had. andy degrees in pleasanton. one must offer and said they were we're looking for temperatures least. my degrees in campbell and san clara. 89 in san jose. this quantity cupertino at 92 degrees expected for your high. checking at the 74 custody of hot temperatures today. we will get another day to enjoy it. similar conditions in store with temperatures getting into the low 90s once again. friday, things change. will cool it off and at this point your mother's day forecast on sunday will be cooler. not getting out of the 60s. here is the ride shaking up. >> a mort traffic it showing up. still, no hot spots. it is good news for you. her

i would like to know whether there's a follow-up, whether we need to strengthen the clayton act for the justice department because we frankly feel there's no oversight. could you answer the question about the brutality case, excessive force and why there's not been a response including that in the police brutality case and then the status of the harris county jail. >> we'll try to get you answers. i might ask you about a budgetary increase given the nature of the things you've put on our plate. >> i can say, mr. attorney general, i am one of your strangest advocates and supporters. so i would expect no less from you. you can assure sheila jackson lee will not ask to cut the cops' budget 600 million or the fbi at 38 million. anything i would do is increase the funding for the department of justice because i believe in what you do, both in terms of your juvenile division, civil rights division and if i can add one more thing, i need to understand what you're doing with respect to redistricting and oversight in the number of cases coming forward in the department of justice. >> we'll certa

i would like to know whether there's a follow-up, whether we need to strengthen the clayton act for the justice department because werankly feel there's no oversight. could you answer the question about the brutality case, excessive force and why there's not been a response including that in the police brutality case and then the status of the harris county jail. >> we'll try to get you answers. i might ask you about a budgetary increase given the nature of the things you've put on our plate. >> i can say, mr. attorney general, i am one of your strangest advocates and supporters. so i would expect no less from you. you can assure sheila jackson lee will not ask to cut the cops' budget 600 million or the fbi at 38 million. anything i would do is increase the funding for the department of justice because i believe in what you do, both in terms of your juvenile division, civil rights division and if i can add one more thing, i need to understand what you're doing with respect to redistricting and oversight in the number of cases coming forward in the department of justice. >> we'll certain

jack clayton's history is to get things done, sometimes against all odds. i know we will have a tremendously talented caucus with a lot of energy and motivation. we have a clear set of goals we want to achieve. we will find every avenue we can to move forward with the goals. >> we will be watching with interest. thank you for speaking with us tonight. the collapse of liberal party and among the election is still being discussed. many questions are being asked like, how did the party lose 43 seats? what went wrong? what will become of the party? who will take over as leader? joining me from toronto is dr. carolyn bennett. she saw many fellow liberals from toronto down in defeat. thank you for taking the time. i will ask the question i am sure you have bounced yourself and many past year. -- you have asked yourself and many have asked you. what happened? >> the main thing was the orange crush eight into -- ate into what many liberals needed in order to win. in a lot of our ridings, there is a conservative court of 30%. when the liberal morality gets eaten up

i would like to know whether there's a follow-up, whether we need to strengthen the clayton act for the justice department because we frankly feel there's no oversight. could you answer the question about the brutality case, excessive force and why there's not been a response including that in the police brutality case and then the status of the harris county jail. >> we'll try to get you answers. i might ask you about a budgetary increase given the nature of the things you've put on our plate. >> i can say, mr. attorney general, i am one of your strangest advocates and supporters. so i would expect no less from you. you can assure sheila jackson lee will not ask to cut the cops' budget 600 million or the fbi at 38 million. anything i would do is increase the funding for the department of justice because i believe in what you do, both in terms of your juvenile division, civil rights division and if i can add one more thing, i need to understand what you're doing with respect to redistricting and oversight in the number of cases coming forward in the department of justice. >> we'll certa

anyway, i was talking to clayton and i was telling them i'm doing this research. and he says make sure you write about playing time. and i'm like blind to? he said blind time. he's really like an important guy in this. he's the first black person to it being invited to entertain at the white house. i was like okay, so when inside and did research on blind tom. it turns out that there's not a lot, but one woman has spent her entire academic career writing about blind tom. she wrote three books about blind tom. really important books, really good stuff. i track those down. two of them are out of print but i found that eventually. there's another book that has come out on blind tom. blind tom was born blind and his mother and father were both slaves. and when they were both sold to this one family called the greens, or the weekends, i hear all these different names. they sold into one family and they basically threw time and for a long the way because the family said well, we don't see how we can really use him but bring him along. so while tom's mother and father we