the extent that they finally appointed one new member, who they have a high degree of faith in, dan richard, used to be on the bart board and is a consultant in washington. he has now become the governor's point person on a high-speed rail. collectively, they asked all three authors of these last standing bills that they would wait until next year to put these bills on our desk, because we need to get our hands on how we will deal with the project in the program. there is an urgent assessment going on at the highest levels of the administration, including the governor. we're anxious to find out what direction the governor decides to pursue coming out of the fall. there were any least two major, major policy bills that popped up during the last month of session. after the summer recess was over, everybody came back and were trying to move all the bills that were in their position to the governor. in the middle of that, ab 294 dealt with a special way of procuring highway design projects, called design sequencing, was amended on august 31 with less than two weeks to go until the end of sessio

dan wheldon. bowyer makes a move on the inside and takes the checkered flag. his first of the season. it's the 100th win for richard childress racing. >> we'll hear more from the raiders. ugly day at the black hole and still have a quarterback controversy. >> alan: competitors, start your thumb. immediate the >> alan: coming up in a half hour at 6:00, the race for san francisco mayor heating up. why at least seven candidates are now asking federal election officials to step in. >> remembering a worker killed at napa state hospital a year ago today and why employees say they're still concerned about their safety. join us for abc-7 news at 6:00. >>> finally, drives many parents crazy but all that texts teenagers do could pay off. tyler adams will be the youngest competitor in the national textoff held this week in new york city. the winner gets $50,000. he says he can text up to 60 words a minute and has a good shot at the prize.

dan wheldon. go to the final lap. clint bowyer and teammate jeff burton, neck and neck. boyer takes the checkered flag. the 100th win for richard childress racing, and our plays of the day at 11:00. >> alan: coming up, scaring up a big box office weekend. we tell you which movie tops the >> i realize -- set up cameras around the house, maybe capture something. >> alan: ooh, paranormal activity iii didn't just go bump in the night. it made a top of noise at the box office. the third film in the franchise made $54 million during opening weekend. the robot flick real steel dropped number two, footloose was number three, and three musketeers is number four and the i'd ides of march is number five. that's it for us at 6:00. see you tonight at 11:00. captioned by closed captioning services inc.

whtm's dan kerrigan reports from central pennsylvania. >> reporter: richard moyer is happy to be alivelack bear attacked him and his wife inside their newport home. >> really was nothing going through my mind other than my god we have to get the bear out of here. >> reporter: we caught up with the couple when they returned home from the hospital. they suffered frightening injuries. a bite under richard's arm almost cost him his life. >> a real deep puncture wound. within an inch -- if it would have hit that, i wouldn't have been here to tell the story. >> the bear was on him right here. our dog was in, in the mix with them. and -- i was just this, this is crazy. i just, reacted. >> reporter: it happened right here in her living room early monday morning. richard thought he was just letting the dog into the house until a black bear rushed in after it and attacked. angela stepped in. >> i saw him being attacked right here on the living room floor. and i, i tried to distract the bear. i don't know that i jumped on him or whatever. but i mean whatever i did was enough to make the bear turn

. >> and billionaire richard branson puts money to work in the bay area, creating hundreds of new jobs. >> good evening, i'm dan and a surprising earnings report from apple tonight. >> the hype over the new iphone hurt sales in the third quarter. earnings fell below expectations. abc 7's david louie is live in san jose tonight with the story. david? >> it was a record setting profit for apple this quarter. but investors were expecting far more from one of the super stars. apple executives kept talking about how excite they had were there was a $4 -- four million of the new iphone 4 s over the weekend but that hurt sales of the older

dan balz and al hunt continue their debate in new hampshire. tamron has a look at what's next on "news nation." >> great to see you. >> you got the orange memo. >> i guess we did. richardved in egypt 24 hours after an outbreak of violence between christians and muslims and why leaders are criticizing the government for not protecting them. plus the wall street protest is spreading further across the country, even across the pond. new reaction coming in from congresswoman michele bachmann who is going after the protesters. herman cain doubling down on his criticism. zachary from the daily beast will join me live. "news nation" is minutes away. uh, it is, yeah, it's a chevy volt. so what are you doing at a gas station? well it still takes gas to go farther. but you're not getting gas. true. not this time. uh, don't have to gas up very often. so you have to go to the bathroom? no. yes you do. thought these were electric? yes, it's a uh, a chevy volt. so what are you doing at a gas station? ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. it's pro-cool technology releases armies of snowmen masse

dan wheldon was laid to rest in st. petersburg, florida today. he died last sunday in a fiery crash. he was remembered as a driver with the heart of a lion. wheldon often likened himself to richard the lionheart and wore that image on his racing helmets. >>> louisiana governor bobby jindal is fairly well-known nationally but today it's voters in his home state who must decide if jindal gets a second term. voters are returning for a gubernatorial primary. he's expected to win easily. >>> republican presidential hopeful rick perry went hunting in iowa this morning, but this pheasant hunt was also about politics. perry took part in an annual hunt hosted by iowa republican representative steve king. king's endorsement is highly sought after since iowa hold the country's first caucus. >>> the state of nevada announcing just minutes ago that it has moved back the date of its caucus. it was scheduled for january 14th but nevada will now hold the caucus february 4th. new hampshire republican leaders had encouraged nevadian republicans to make that change. >>> kate edwards the oldest daughter of john and elizabeth edwards got married just a short time ago in chapel hill, north carolina.