coastguard says the alameda cut are should be in range to launch a rescue helicopter. last night a c-130 crew was able to drop supplies to the crew but stormy weather prevented rescuers from reaching them. a coastguard spokesman says the weather is better this morning and rescuers hope to reach that yacht in about an hour, by 10:00 this morning. the boat is one of ten yachts headed to the bay area, part of clipper round the world yacht race. they say four boats have already arrived. >>> the rain may be clearing out this morning but the bay area faces high winds and dangerously high surf along the coast. pg&e crews are working to clear away downed trees, mudslides and burned out transformers, all of which triggered power outages yesterday. electricity is expected to be restored to the last few customers in about half an hour. by 9:30 this morning. tomas ramon begins in hayward. >> high winds knocked down a power line that caused an outage in downtown hayward around 7:30. 4300 people were left without power. many stores and businesses were forced to close on a normally b

see how the coastguard had to step in. we'll show you the pictures coming up. >>> the coastguard has rescued two injured sailors from a yacht which was crippled by a huge wave saturday during a race around the world. that rescue boat reached the battered yacht about 200 miles off the coast of california. the injured sailors are a 50- year-old woman with a broken rib and punctured lung and a 29- year-old man who has some sort of pelvic injury. they were receiving medical attention on board that coastguard cutter. two other sailors suffered less serious injuries. >>> they invented the joystick and the gps. no, we are not talking about appear, but the u.s. navy. today the military opened their doors to give us a rare look into one of their research labs. the 50,000 square foot facility includes environmental test areas that replicate a desert, jungle, a highland forest, even coastal waters. they even test their latest robotic inventions. photojournalist greg geist takes us in. >> reporter: behind each door is a different envi

. >> reporter: at the coastguard air station at international airport you can see the crew of the rescue helicopter after recovering the victim of this crash. >> three people have been rescued. two by a coast guard helicopter. one by an international guard helicopter. international guard helicopter picked up a deceased person. >> they continued their search but there are still four people that are missing. the yacht that ran aground is called the low speed chase. it was part of the annual cruise race that left from the yacht club. according to the yacht racing association website, the skipper of that yacht is james bradford but the coastguard has not released any information about anyone aboard the yacht. >> i heard mayday calls. >> mark was charter on the farallon islands and was not part of the race when he heard the distress calls. it was tough day to be out on the water. >> the waves were 10-15 foot. it was treacherous. waves coming from different directions. >> search crews are using helicopters and boats. they were still looking for itself four people that are ambiguous missing. >>

>>darya: of the coastguard has stopped looking for the four people lost what that accent for a yachthe doral drive closures may affect traffic. . >> >>darya: 6 people at a killed by tornadoes in the midwest this weekend. >>mark: the coast guard say it is very unlikely that the four people throw from the boat and a yacht accident of the weekend are still alive. >>darya: over the weekend the volunteers arse still conducting searches for sierra lamar. >>darya: over thenine night the coastguard suspended search is for the four people that were lost in the accident. one body was pulled from the water and three people were rescued. well as could tell us more about why this search is called off. >>will: the coastguard search for 30 hours a 5000 square miles him is very unlikely for at them to still be alive. people are showing up at a yacht club. or talking soon as someone who is going to tell us the reaction of how they feel about because guard cut calling off the search. >> we're certainly from me with the conditions out there and the probability of survival is slim. the coast guard is a

a coastguard climbedairplane dropped medical supplies.are using a helicopter to try it again today. it is one of 10 yachts sailing yachts around the world. a competing team shot this video. it features a wave of angry enough to make the most stalwart sailor seasick. this is not the end of the race. the team has two weeks to fix the boat and set off on hopefully smoother seemsas. >> more potential rise after a rowdy night for students. this was the scene downtown last night after the university can get the win against lo uisville. more than a dozen people were arrested. thankfully, no one was seriously hurt. >> facing charges after a mid- air meltdown. while her husband was clearly distressed, he was not intentionally violent. he is charged with interfering with a flight school after officials say that he acted oddly with the the flight crew. >> 48 hours from now, we should know who has won primaries in maryland, d.c., and wisconsin. hitting the campaign trail and the talk-show circuit, mitt romney showed a commanding lead. rick santorum i

coastguard began firing rounds at the ship in an attempt to sink it.tguard said it will not affect the shoreline and will be naturally dissipated by the wind and weather patterns. >>> in new york three tugboat workers are okay tonight thanks to the same ferry captain involved in the miracle on the hudson rescue in 2009. it happened in new york harbor this morning. captain mohammed gouda rescued the three members after the statue overturned on the statue of liberty. workers on the tugboat were trying to lift something on the train when it tipped over. >>> fired for being guy, that's what one employee said and he has the paperwork to prove it. >> irs audits increasing, what you need to know to keep uncle sam off your back. mm, ththese artisan bagels are so tasty. hey, w what do you thk "artisan" means? it's latin. for what? really, really good bagels. dunkin's new artisan bagels are as authentic as it gets. soft, chewy, and delicious. grab one today. honey, that's my cup of tea. yours is over there. oops. dunkin's iced tea is freshly brewed to delicious

now that the coastguard temporarily shut down ocean racing. >> where'll a bunch of our best sailer get together. >> reporter: he says it's too soon if at the timerring will be mandatory. but ors hope the accident will make it more safe on the water. >> something serious happens, people eye's open up that i understand take a second look at what they're doing. so good can come out of this. >> kron 4 news. >>> a high school football star a s dead following a stabbing in free month. he played for a high school as a line backer. the futi was named rob johnson defensive play career of the year. >>> it certainly was another warm day today. highs were up another several degrees. in our inland valleys when was 8 8. in the south bay it was are also pretty warm in the low 80s. close tort coastline temperatures didn't warm as much because we had our sea breeze anyone place. right now temperatures fairly mild away from the coastlines. still 69 degrees. but close to the coastline it's only 58 in oakland. that's going bring us fog. where'll patchy and dense fog for the coastline our bay shores. into

coastguard all his medical conditions and that one probable cause of the accident was the pilot's degraded performance from using impairing prescription medication. he wound up serving ten months in prison for violating the rules. more than 55,000 gallons of fuel oil spilled from the cosco busan. pilot took over on for him told him how bad it was. >> the spill killed thousands of birds, affected marine animals and halted crabbing and fishing. >> company that owns the cosco busan pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and falsifying documents. they paid a $10 million fine and $44 million toward the cleanup. i called john koda for an interview and reached his wife and he last not returned my phone call. >> eric: federal budget action is falling on nasa but ames is being spared. >> nasa's budget has been cut by $59 million but the leaders are accentuate go the positive. >> this year will man curiosity the rover ever on mars and continue to develop critical tests on the james ware space telescope. >> but it's the telescope that is creating a tidal wave of budget cuts. the the successor to th

coastguard looked for debris near midway island, they found nothing on this flight, but it highlights how difficult it will be to find huge fields of debris from the air. this was taken by the russian research boat by the hawaiian islands. this size and scope of things to come. >> large massive debris, we don't know how much is floating, how much is just under the surface. how much is broken up, but we do know there is a huge amount of it and stuff you don't normally find, cars and houses, telephone booths. >> two scientists separated by thousands of miles are trying to figure out when the debris will hit. >> to be prepared and have a plan. >> they must be treated as early warning that something more dangerous is coming next. >> dan ashley, "abc 7 news." >> that does include the possibility of human remains. that may wash up as well. they have established a number to call to report debris that is expected to have come from the japan. it's at the bottom of your screen. we also posted on abc7news.com. >>> every year, millions of people have their personal information stolen in a data br

the united states coastguard say they have no choice. it has no lights or communication systems. there are fears it could still have diesel on board. the effect of pollution is minimal. and the fuel would quickly dissipate. >> for more on that, i am joined by petty officer from the u.s. coast guard and alaska. thank you for joining us. which meant it did the u.s. coast guard used to sink this -- which method did the u.s. coast guard used to sink this method? >> we utilize a high-powered cannon to puncture holes and cause it to take on water and sank. -- sink. >> did the u.s. coast guard seek the permission of the japanese government and the japanese ship and air before it a bit of this operation? -- ship owner before it took on this operation? >> we did contact them. there was no interest. at that point, it was considered a derelict and a hazard to shipping. we needed to act accordingly. >> now that the ship is sinking, what is going to happen to the debris? >> the ship sank at 6:15 alaska time. it sank in over 9,000 feet of water. there has been a little bit of fuel. it should q

coastguard rescued three more soldiers on the ground and in the air used a special helicopter to hoist 1,500 lbs. bush to have the bombay this evening it was the last time they were able to mission they're protected wildlife and the fair lawn islands their homes the largest seabird colonies south of alaska and the birds are expected to lay eggs last week of the recovery efforts didn't work today crews had to wait until october to access the wreckage as of coke's cbs five. >>> and we follow developing news out of san bruno ps of cowshed equipment man brought down power lines across the train tracks. crews are doing work in the area when this happened about two hours ago 98 is avenue crossing the lines appear to be cleared from the tracks is trained to slowly began moving to the area again pg&e says roughly 600 homes in san bruno and south san francisco were affected by the outage some say the service has been a storage now estimates on time the power would be completely back on. earlier today in east bay couple narrowly missed by eight bidding his buy live wires is semi truck talked to

the coastguard says it's much smaller now and is breaking up about 130 miles southeast of new orleans. >>> thousands of people are expected to get a little dirty to help clean up the potomac river tomorrow. the 24th annual watershed clean- up includes more than 300 different sites in d.c., maryland, virginia, pennsylvania and west virginia and it's all coordinated by maryland's also ferguson foundation. that foundation says last year's clean-up netted more than 450,000 pounds of trash. that is roughly the weight of 35 average size elephants. 2,000 tires were among that trash and if you were to lie them end to end, you would have enough to stretch across 7 1/2 football fields. that's a lot of trash. >>> the smithsonian is getting ready to shuffle around some shuttles. we'll tell you how to get a glimpse of discovery before it reaches its new homecoming up. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. you just put one foot in front of the other, and you know that you're

and speang of the international space station, when the coastguard saw was played got -- kasab was playedas wit us in spirit. dan was with us in spirit. [applause] i also want to looforward to what she and the shuttle fleet have helped to make possible. the we are embked on an expired -- exciting new space exploration journey. and we are relying on american ingenuity and know how. nassau is partnering with private industry to provide crew and cargo to the international space station, while developing the most powerful rocket ever built, to take the nation are the never before into the solar system politil -- the source system. the shuttle fleet was amazing and we have learned what we will apply to the next generation of space transportation systems. even now, the shuttles have been at transferred to the space center for early testing of the heavy launch vehicle that will take us further into space than ever before, to an asteroid and on to mars. the shuttle and space that we had in order was something we could accomplish it regularly, although i will not say routely, because every time a

. >> there was a yacht accident off the coast of california and the coastguard has called off a surgeec baldwin will be in our region. these stories coming up with the top of the hour. >> at 5:45, a series of tornadoes touched down over the weekend in the heartland. the damages are likely to run into the tens of millions of dollars/ >> a small oklahoma town was hardest hit. diana alvear has a look of the devastation. good morning. >> good morning. the strongest tornado was reported in kansas, with the second strongest if was the one that caused all this damage behind me. i am standing in front of what used to be a carpet store. the huge truck turned on its side is now rammed into the wreckage of what remains there. by far the biggest tragedy of all were the five people killed in woodward, including three children. there were 136 twisters reported throughout the weekend. kansas was hit hard. a hospital in iowa took a direct hit, but everyone there survived. residents are starting the difficult task of cleaning up what is left behind. i want to point out that this was a destructive week

the yacht racing association of san francisco bay said that a coastguard capt. is asking for an independent investigation of that accident. yasser says permits least suspend it out and so that investigation is complete. will be back a minute and >>justine: good morning were taking a look at where the shuttle enterprise is going. it is on top of a jumbo jet set. is passing the bridges in new york. and is going to be landing in about half an hour at jfk airport. will keep you posted in the kron 4 newsroom. >>james: let's take a look at the mt. tam cam as take a closer look at where bursting some colder temperatures. north bay and east bay are getting cooler weather the looking for upper '30's and low 40's. there's 50 in san francisco and 51 and daly city. at noon time respecting widespread '60s and that about 3:00 the yellow will begin to grow and will takeover and the lore '70s. the warmer spots will be as far away from the bay area's you can get irian let's give you a closer look. beginning in the south, looking for upper 60s closer to the water and warmer to th

waves it rolled it over tossing several crew members overboard and then running the boat aground coastguard video shows three people being rescued from the wreckage one person was killed four others are still missing officials suspended the search for survivors last night an aura businessman booked a vacation cruise to the antarctic instead he stranded on the disabled ship waiting to be rescued 74 year-old bob bonifas said that the ship had engine problems and has been stranded since last tuesday he is traveling with janis christiansen who is from suburban batavia they say that the ship as 73 passengers including 16 americans the ship is docked in port at south georgia island near the antarctic peninsula i spoke to bob he said it's been a frustrating experience of bonifas says they are not in any danger and they have plenty of food and water to last until a replacement chip arrives coming up next at noon cleanup is underway after more than 100 tornadoes sweep through the plains states >>the trial for norway's mass killer gets under way with him confessing but pleading self- defense and late

coastguard some shows search and rescue crews hovering above the pacific ocean. the coast guard worked with the international guard using several patrol boats, helicopters and a coast guard cutter. half >> we will run a certain pattern within the search area that maximizes the chances of locating the object. drama as the search area expands it becomes that much more difficult to locate someone within that area. >> how long an individual can survive depends on a number of factors. >> the physical condition, their height, weight, male or female and other physical variables as well as what they are wearing at the time they went into the water in the the environment to conditions like water temperature, air temperature and was the wind is doing. does different variables allowed us to make some of the approximation of how long an individual could function in the water and survive. >>mark: looks like a nice forecast. >>erica: for the weekend we will see some eighties around the bay area. it looks like the low clouds will stick with us throughout the rest of the morning

coastguard said one collided with much larger vessel during the 125-mile trek. three crew members are confirmed dead a fourth is missing. the race passes through big shipping lanes and coastguard said it's possible that a much larger ship to hit a sailboat and not even know it especially at night. they have suspended issuing permits in races in response to two earlier disasters, one that killed five people april 14th and another that injured two people on march 31st. today's race had already obtained permits. >> heather: investigators now looking through a survivalist bunk they are washington. peter keller, he appears to have killed himself inside in hiding for a week police say he killed his wife and daughter. officers had to blow off the top of the bunker with explosives because the hideout was apparently rigged with booby traps. more than a dozen guns and gas cans and stacks of ammo, it took him eight year to carve it all out. >> gregg: we have an update on extreme weather story we broke here yesterday. straight line winds sending a beer tent crashing on to a

mexican navy joining the coastguard for the missing crew member.oat was participating in a race from newport, california to ensaneda. i'm gregg jarrett. now back to stossel. legal every. >>> our government adds thousands of new laws ever year. the feds added 80,000 pages of laws. and state and local laws we're drowning in rules. >> this could lead to the police locking me up. given the police have the power to lock me up, or shoot me, it's important that we be able to keep an eye on them. >> fortunately that is easier today even our phones have cameras and camera is a powerful tool, watching the watcher. >> you are going away. >> the problem is that often the watchmen don't want to be watched. >> a highway patrol told pete stop your rv. pete is an activist to that likes to videotape encounters with authorities. >> turn that camera off, please. >> how come? >> turn it off for me. >> he had broken no traffic laws but he was suspicion of his big trailer with new hampshire plates. he filmed the encounter. i would like to keep everybody accountable and

coastguard are is still searching for the missing members. >> the bay area yachting community came together to remember victims of the deadly yacht crash here. one was a visiting scientist from ireland. he worked at lawrence berkeley national lab, a memorial service was held for him at st. mary magdelene church. he was working on energy reductions in buildings. >> he was extremely talented and extremely promising young scientist. he is lost. >> carolyn: he is one of five crew mechanics who died during a race when waves over took their boat. it crashed into the farallones. three others survived. >>> funeral services will take place next weekend for one who represented contra costa in the state legislature for some 24 years. boatwright died at age 82. he was elected to the state assembly in 1972 and then the state stat in 1980 but his proudest achievement was making california the first state in the nation to require protocols for dealing with sudden infant death syndrome. funeral service will be held next saturday morning in martinez. >>> still ahead, why the state's of the lottery computers

>>> a coastguard rescue ongoing the slowing part of it caught on tape falling into the pope crash of a california coast and today's search for the missing the sailor. severe weather turning deadly in the midwest in the areas under state of emergency this morning and the debate over st. safety following a fatal bike crash and sent francisco's district. thanks for joining us this morning. >>> and to take a look at the weekend weather pattern or with left of it with cloud cover in fog reckon its way into the bay area today and cooler temperatures this morning giving way to some clearing from east to west and about warm about across the interior. mid to upper '40's to up the bay and temperatures back to near normal of the beginning of the week. >>> the weather forecast to some of the best news of the day. developing news right now off the coast one sailor is dead and four others are missing men after their yacht ran aground near the island's the eight member crew was taking part in a race from san francisco bay around with ways running 10 to 12 ft. when a larger waves of for people off o

two crew members from a storm battered yacht were rescued by the coastguard about two weeks ago. 400iles out to sea. the next leg takes them into panama hopefully on smoother seas. frances dinglasan is here. what a difference a day makes. >> it's a little breezy. >> they need that. >> and i think you're going to like what we have in store for you today. sunnier conditions. warmer temperatures and i'll have accu-weather seven-day forecast coming up. >> terry: also next, near perfection, mat cane flirts with history. the gem in the giant's opener. >> terry: on day when forecasters are warning of storms from texas to minnesota, three tornadoes have touched down near oklahoma city. >> oh, god, here we go. it's a tornado. oh, god! help me. >> a storm chaser clearly got too close, twister hit his car, albeit a relatively small twister. they warn more powerful storms are expected to hit the midwest later today. a 24-hour warning is first one in a long time in that area. we had one up in sacramento. >> it's crazy. i can't believe that. we have such extreme weather. we're not use to that in t

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this is coastguard video as a rescue three of the survivors.t ran aground as it turned back to rescue four members. month person was killed and there are four others still unaccounted for. the coast guard has resumed the search, their crews in the air and in the water. first >>ysabel: police found two bodies at a busy shopping center yesterday, fell a vietnamese man and woman were found shot to death in front of the subway shop at this for small off of east capitol expressway. police have not released the relationship between the two in there was a toddler also found unharmed in side of the vehicle belonging to one of those adults fear e.f. this week, cruz and santa clara county will go back to the two different reservoirs near the sierra lamar home. she is the market held tv did it have been missing for more than four weeks. and this is video of volunteers yesterday fairing nearby field. they're looking for any clues that they could connect to her disappearance. nothing was turned up in the lead of search of volunteers say they are getting a b

coastguard rescued those british soldiers. they were seriously hurt.re were two other crew members on board that didn't get those serious injuries. that yacht was one of 10 boats competing in the clipper 1112 round of the world yacht race which started in britain, but that yacht was forced to use emergency steering to make it to port. >>> still to come on 9news a local organization tries to provide affordable and safe homes for elderly folks in d.c. we visit sarah's circle in this week's hero central. >> and she's a one-woman media sensation now struggling with her own network. after the break oprah opens up about her worries and her accomplishments >>> national museum of american history kicking off a month long celebration today of jazz music. it is the smithsonian's lent annual jazz appreciation month and today's highlights included -- 11th annual jazz appreciation month and today's highlights included a tribute to tap. visitors were able to see jazz, tap and dance collections and hear stories about the legendary vaudeville duo stump and stumpy. >>>

and speaking of the international space station, when the coastguard saw was played got -- kasab wass with us in spirit. dan was with us in spirit. [applause] i also want to look forward to what she and the shuttle fleet have helped to make possible. the we are embarked on an expired -- exciting new space exploration journey. and we are relying on american ingenuity and know how. nassau is partnering with private industry to provide crew and cargo to the international space station, while developing the most powerful rocket ever built, to take the nation are the never before into the solar system political -- the source system. the shuttle fleet was amazing and we have learned what we will apply to the next generation of space transportation systems. even now, the shuttles have been at transferred to the space center for early testing of the heavy launch vehicle that will take us further into space than ever before, to an asteroid and on to mars. the shuttle and space that we had in order was something we could accomplish it regularly, although i will not say routinely, because every

and speaking of the international space station, when the coastguard saw was played got -- kasab wasst guard meer was with us in spirit. dan was with us in spirit. [applause] i also want to look forward to what she and the shuttle fleet have helped to make possible. the we are embarked on an expired -- exciting new space exploration journey. and we are relying on american ingenuity and know how. nassau is partnering with private industry to provide crew and cargo to the international space station, while developing the most powerful rket ever built, to take the natio are the never before into the solar system political -- the source system. the shuttle fleet was amazing and we have learned what we will apply to the next generation of sce transportation systems. even now, the shuttles have been at transferred to the space center for early testing of the heavy launch vehicle that will take us further into space than ever before, to an asteroid and on to mars. the shuttle and space that we had in order was something we could accomplish it regularly, although i will not say routinely, be