and we have danny smith here, digging away with dan smith. and he is -- you can tell them what you're doing there, danny. >> okay. if my voice can hold up. so what we're doing is difficult. we're digging into a well. and this well happens to be in the southwest corner of the church. now, it looks like that's just a coincidence, though. but we wanted to make sure that it didn't relate to the church. so wanted to make sure it didn't relate to the church. and we dig into it to see we can find diagnostic artifacts. it's here until 1817 and it shifts to another location over there. what we've been finding are artifacts later than that date, it looks like it's coincidence. it's a later well. it looks like it will date to the mid-17 century. still a 350-year-old well. we're actually widening the hole. the well is actually about -- it was a wooden barrel lined or cask-lined well, about 2 1/2, 3 feet in diameter, we're widening it in diameter to put a steel casing in here. we have 68 more feet to go. even though this doesn't relate to james fort in al

scene is worse slump is since nine hundred ninety nine off the sliding for a fourth month in a row dan smith at standard chartered told us low demand is to blame. but the last few months have been some minute you're so demand for gold is being pretty soft and explain the weakness so investors have been selling through us speculative positions and if you took a coin so i was for example in the u.s. at around about fifty percent from my home where they were a year ago so investors are being cutting back and india as well of course has been pretty lackluster through the first quarter this year and into april though in my eyes so you know one of the my consumers is. not really picking up as much gold as they had done in the past. lovers will get discounts on the computer games products with the world's first. debit cards but. they've been inundated with. the chords now before the official launch next week the cold will pay a generous four puts the interest on its balance as world the game involves launching further creatures into structures it's a really small the series of toys and baby clothes

meanwhile the price of gold the scene is this century off the sliding for a fourth month in a row dan smith of standard chartered explains. the last few months have been somewhat unusual so demand for gold has been pretty soft and that helps explain the weakness so investors have been selling through your u.s. speculative positions and if you took a coin so i was for example in the u.s. are down about fifty percent from my home where they were a year ago so investors have been casting back and india as well of course is being pretty lackluster through the first quarter this year and into april although it did pick up in my so you know one of the major consumers his gold there we're not really picking up as much gold as he had done in the past. right then europe today i hope to chew you with more of good news there well next hour hopefully you'll be doing with bill dodd good luck to you thanks daniel. in just a moment the headlines and then it's going to be julian our science to stay with us . there hasn't been anything good on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact on. the source

dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. both of the affected schools are in pacifica. the san mateo health department confirms it hit ocean elementary and/or day go elementary. nick smith has more. nick? >> carolyn and dan, good evening. san mateo county health officials tell abc news that they have a confirmed outbreak of norovirus at ocean shore elementary school. and now the administrators are doing all they can to stop it in its tracks. they have a policy here, if you throw up, you go home. >> and that's what happened to his son. they sent a lab sample to the state and it was confirmed there was an outbreak of the norovirus. but this dad knew something was up because the virus didn't stop with the son. >> my daughter got it, and she stayed home, same thing. . >> to date there are at least 105 students affected by the flu-like symptoms ranging from diarrhea to stomach cramps. tyler avoided getting sick because he listened to his teacher. >> you touch anything that might have germs and you have to go and wash your hands. >> most of the students who got sick were students at ocean shore elementary. but there were a few reported cases here at ortega elementary. adminis

dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. both of the affected schools are in pacifica. the san mateo health department confirms it hit ocean elementary and/or day go elementary. nick smith has more. nick? >> carolyn and dan, good evening. san mateo county health officials tell abc news that they have a confirmed outbreak of norovirus at ocean shore elementary school. and now the administrators are doing all they can to stop it in its tracks. they have a policy here, if you throw up, you go home. >> and that's what happened to his son. they sent a lab sample to the state and it was confirmed there was an outbreak of the norovirus. but this dad knew something was up because the virus didn't stop with the son. >> my daughter got it, and she stayed home, same thing. . >> to date there are at least 105 students affected by the flu-like symptoms ranging from diarrhea to stomach cramps. tyler avoided getting sick because he listened to his teacher. >> you touch anything that might have germs and you have to go and wash your hands. >> most of the students who got sick were students at ocean shore elementary. but there were a few reported cases here at ortega elementary. adminis

smith is live. terrible what was done there. >>reporter: absolutely began dan we are talk thousands of dollars worth of damage. the church was attacked by a vandal or vandal ins the middle of the night under cloak of darkness. >> i can't imagine what would make people do things like that. >>reporter: the things she's talking about is this. the damage done to holy cross catholic church. these photo given to receive news by a appreciate inter. they show so much damage that police are in the treating it lake an average crime. >> based on the language used we believe it might meet criteria as hate crime. >>reporter: police got a call to kilometer to the church before 7:00 a.m. on sunday. when they got here they saw what they are describing as unbelievable amount of vandalism. and language that seemed to target the church and catholicism as a whole. >> they are a coward to do this unthe cloak of night. if you have something to say, do it in appropriate manner. don't do it in this way. >> most pretty much done with spray paint. >>reporter: father joe ladies the churc

smith is live. terrible what was done there. >>reporter: absolutely began danh was attacked by a vandal or vandal ins the middle of the night under cloak of darkness. >> i can wha what would make people do things like that. >>reporter: the things she's talking about is this. the damage done to holy cross catholic church. these photo given to receive news by a appreciate inter. they show so much damage that police are in the treating it lake an average crime. >> based on the language used critereet hate cria as hate cri. >>reporter: police got a call to kilometer to the church before 7:00 a.m. on sunday. when they got here they saw what they are describing as unbelievable amount of vandalism. and language that seemed to target the church and catholicism as a whole. >> they are a coward to do this unthe cloak of night. ihave son appropriate manner. don't do it in this way. >> most pretty much done with spray paint. >>reporter: father joe ladies the church. he says the damage was devastating. most severely damaged this bass tichl font from 17 91 given to the churc

>> probably like will smith. i'm dan harris.st in terms of how much you love your pet. would you clone your dog or your cat? this guy did it for $100,000. he thought he was going to get just one dog. but he got three. are they anything like the original? we'll tell you in just a couple minutes. >> the lengths some will go through for their family. >>> plus, beliebers in disbelief. are justin bieber and selena gomez calling it quits? the strange tweet from her boyfriend, maybe. ron's been very disturbed by all that. >> ron has been looking at this. fixated on the deleted tweets. >> the teen drama. >> we're going to get you to the truth in "pop news." >>> and if you're feeling lazy this morning, this guy will definitely motivate you. he's juggling while swimming. he's doing a triathlon. he juggled the entire time. that's not the only thing he can do. we had him answering phones around the office this morning while juggling. we're going to get you to -- there he is, answering phones. we had him doing lots clerical work while juggli

. >> reporter: chris smith is dan's instructor. >> he explained what he wanted to do. orter: then smith was intrigued with the 10 sthou hours idea himself and offered discounted lessons. recently, mclaughlin broke 80, something only 5% of golfers ever do regularly. >> it's been two years so far and i've put in about 2800 hours, you know, i got 7200 hours left to make it on the tour. >> reporter: and you say that with a straight face. >> yeah. i have -- you know, there's no reason it's not possible. >> yeah, i mean, i think he has a shot, but -- >> reporter: david is a golf analyst for cbs sports. he played professionally for 21 years. >> let's go down to faifd. >> reporter: and widely radared as one of the sharpest minds in professional golf. he cautions that even if mclaughlin got good enough to still be lightyears from becoming the next tiger or phil. >> you either have that or you don't. it's an innate kind of ability. at the very highest level there are probably 1,000 or less. >> reporter: so dan mclaughlin is actually conducting an experiment about human achievemen

nick smith is live with the plan of attack. >> absolutely, dan. not only is it not safe, but they are fed up. tonight they took to the streets. >> this is what has the residents of the san antonio and the eastlake neighborhoods so upset. it is the working girls. the neighborhood spans international boulevard between the area is one of the most deaning russ areas for -- the most dangerous area. they want to address the sex trade in oakland. >> it includes catering to pros tiewsmghts. tiewsmghts-- p. >> she wants to have the hotels identified as a haven for pimps and prostitutes shutdown. 234* 2010, her office sued the national lodge and the economy inn targeting the two properties she says has had a stinging affect on those who profit from human trafficking. >> they are trying to get the court to shut these businesses down for a year so they can change their business model. >> there has been some progress. more than 20 security cameras were installed along international boulevard, a few aimed in the direction of the national lodge. >> it went throu

nick smith is live with the plan of attack. >> absolutely, dan. not only is it not safe, but they are fed up. tonight they took to the streets. >> this is what has the residents of the san antonio and the eastlake neighborhoods so upset. it is the working girls. the neighborhood spans international boulevard between the area is one of the most deaning russ areas for -- the most dangerous area. they want to address the sex trade in oakland. >> it includes catering to pros tiewsmghts. tiewsmghts-- p. >> she wants to have the hotels identified as a haven for pimps and prostitutes shutdown. 234* 2010, her office sued the national lodge and the economy inn targeting the two properties she says has had a stinging affect on those who profit from human trafficking. >> they are trying to get the court to shut these businesses down for a year so they can change their business model. >> there has been some progress. more than 20 security cameras were installed along international boulevard, a few aimed in the direction of the national lodge. >> it went throu

nick smith is live to begin our coverage tonight. nick? >> reporter: dan, i want to give you an how crazy things are. we just saw fights break out down the street. it looks like two men fighting down the street. this is one of the things officers had to deal with. there is still evidence of the demonstration that happened earlier. broken glass and broken containers on the street. you can still see officers across the street and near the bart station that is covered with graffiti. the demonstration started peaceful, but quickly turned as soon as night fell. look at some of the video that was shot earlier today. there were approximately 3,000 people at the plaza at the height of the demonstration. and by night fall most of the crowd has left. oakland police issued two order are -- orders to disperse. by this time the crowd shank to 300 people. -- shaw rank to 300 people. it was after the second warning from police that they started to move toward the officers and throw things, bottles, glass, liquids and paint. this officer was covered with what looked to be

nick smith is live to begin our coverage tonight. nick? >> reporter: dani want to give you an how crazy things are. we just saw fights break out down the street. it looks like two men fighting down the street. this is one of the things officers had to deal with. there is still evidence of the demonstration that happened earlier. broken glass and broken containers on the street. you can still see officers across the street and near the bart station that is covered with graffiti. the demonstration started peaceful, but quickly turned as soon as night fell. look at some of the video that was shot earlier today. there were approximately 3,000 people at the plaza at the height of the demonstration. and by night fall most of the crowd has left. oakland police issued two order are -- orders to disperse. by this time the crowd shank to 300 people. -- shaw rank to 300 people. it was after the second warning from police that they started to move toward the officers and throw things, bottles, glass, liquids and paint. this officer was covered with what looked to be y

josh with the 9th homer of the year off former a dan harris 1 nothing. 2 nothing in the sixth. smithoub of the night. cliff comes home.so does reddick. 4 nothing a's. ross was brilliant on the mound. split sirping -- finger fast pwawchlt hitting under 200 presently. right now the a's leading 5 nothing in the 9th. tvl general manager a role previously held by gm bob myer myers. on the court tonight. sixer fan in boston. game 2. boston ties at 69 over 3 minutes left. rhondo and garnet. chip on the rim. they let them hang around. holiday about sixers up by 2. then scoop to the hoop. phillies steals it ties the series a game appease fans watching out on big board. the elbow to james. suspension 3 week ago. hit the 3 but not a factor. kevin with authority. thunder up 15 at the break and blow it up in the third. west brook on the up with 27. do you remember rand with 3. 25 for the fv game not close at all. before takes game 1 t one, 119. tom hopes to be in london in the pool alongside michael phelps. mike has more on the swimming phenom from atherton. >> hear comes michael fell inspects la

broadway and 27th and dan officers doing their best to keep up with the crowd. >> sounds like you are moving pretty rapidly there. thanks very much nick smitheporting as you look live from could i 7 hd a sense of what's going on in the city. some splinter group have moved off and keeping authorities kind of on the run as they follow them around town in the downtown area right around frank ogawa plaza and city hall. authorities have controlled that intersection and kept them out of the frank ogawa plaza not allowing them to gather in large numbers. but then other groups are moving along onside street keeping police occupied. our reporter describe protestors trying to provoke authorities some sort of reaction. this may day protest is traditionally about worker rights but it has been co-opted by occupy protestors who use the dogs take over some of the streets in oakland and cause some problems and also in san francisco as well. stay here. we'll continue to follow this l as the hour progresses but let's move on to some of the other news and check back in as soon as we get you new information. let's go to the south bay for a few minutes. fire in

smith got so annoyed with a reporter. >> coming up in sports, >>> if you're going to do the sports for dan you ought to find a way to hangt the ballpark. >> that's going to be my next contract. i get to go to the games, the olympic, the super bowl, all of that. i did go to the super bowl. >> you did. >> we're talking baseball, finally, some significance this year for the nats and the o's. tonight, the pitchers dominated for both sides and in the end it was the oriole bat power that pre veiled. edwin jackson and the nats down 1-0 and straf striking out the first two he gets a strike out the side. 8 ks over eight innings and gave up one ring. jake was as good. top of the third, ryan zimmerman looking and nine strikeouts over seven innings for them and he did make one mistake, top of the sixth, desmond leading off the inning and that ball is out of here, folks, sixth of the year and tied at one and this one would go to extra innings. we're at the top of the 11th now. nick at the plate and took ryan matthews deep. did i say deep? i am talked about second deck deep, seventh home run of the year, a 2-1 lead. bottom of the inni

smith, has the story. good morning, rachel. >> that's right, good morning, shr and dan.l, nearly 50 years after these classic characters first hit shelves these are still creating a frenzy on the big screen and raking in the big bucks. so far this weekend that formula appears to be working. >> that's what we call ourselves sort of like a team, earth's mightiest heroes. >> reporter: earth's mightiest heroes are bringing in big dollars. >> when they come, and they will, they'll come for you. >> i have an army. >> we have a hulk. >> reporter: hulking profits is more like it. the movie featuring a team of marvel comic heroes pulled in $80.5 million on friday alone. it's on track to bring in as much as it $200 million this weekend. if it hits that epic number, it will be the biggest opening weekend ever knocking the final "harry potter" off that top spot. the secret, more heroes equals more money. >> i think "the avengers" have written a new formula, which is take all these heroes from all these different movies and put them all together which has never happened before. >> re

tm nick smith live in santa cruz tonight with more on this. nick, terrible. >>reporter: l absolutely, dan. police say that holy cross catholic church was danieled by a vand vandal or vandal ins the middle of the night under the cloak of darkness. they say that it was a cowardly mav and indeed an act of felony vandalism. take a look at the pictures that we received at 7 news a appreciate inter. they show just the accident of the damage. santa cruz police got the call to kilometer to the church just before 7:00 a.m. on sunday morning. when they got here they saw what has been described as unbelievable amount of vandalism. windows broken. doors walls spray painted. religious statue covered in bright paint and this baptist mall font given to the church founded in 1971 knocked over and broken. it weighs more than 400 pounds but it clearly didn't stop the individual or individuals driven to destroy it. father joe of the church says that as soon as parishioners heard about the vandalism they were asking what they could do to help. >> i just want things to get back to normal as quickly as possibl

linebacker scott fohita and will smith and anthony hargrove were also suspended ranging from three games to eight games. dan hellie will have a lot more on this coming up in sports. >>> also coming up, newly released security video shows exactly what happened moments before a deadly duck boat accident. there has been a dramatic resolution for the blind chinese dissident seeking refuge at the u.s. embassy. >> after yesterday's apartment fire in chevy chase, victims returned to find this and try to decide whether they'll be able to come home again. i'm erika gonzalez and i'll have more on this story coming up. >>> japan's tsunami swept away a prize possession. now the owner of a harley davidson that washed >>> the story of chen chong is far from over. he is the blind chinese dissident who escaped house arrest last week and sought refr refuge in the u.s. embassy in beijing. american diplomats oversaw several days of negotiations between chen and the chinese government. today it appeared the matter was settled but not for long. ian williams has our report. >> reporter: chen chang left the u.s. embassy this afte

smith. police found it in his garage with extensive front end damage with >>> wife of san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi is setting the record straight in an interview with the i-team's dan noyes. dan flew to her hometown of venezuela over the weekend to meet her and her son and talk about the domestic violence case against the sheriff. >> all these stories about pushing, grabbing, all that i was going outside that is not true, that never happened. >> where did that come from? >> i don't know. imagination of someone. >> you can see more of dan's exclusive interview with eliana lopez tonight on the abc7 news at 11. >>> we are expected to find out later this morning about the warriors are leaving oakland and moving to san francisco no confirmation or denial by officials. the owner of the java house at the piers said they are going to build an arena several tents and chairs have been set up for what looks like plans for an announcement. mayor lee has been pressing the warriors to build a privately financed arena in the city when their contract in oakland runs out in 2017. katie marzullo will have more in the next half hour. >>> white house is offering congratulations to spa

smith. police found it inside his garage with extensive front end damage. >>> wife of suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi has given her first interview exclusively to i-team. over the weekend dan noyes traveled to venezuela. she has taken the couple's 3-year-old son there to escape the domestic violence scandal that could cost the sheriff his job. >> it is important to give another side of the story that i think it is important people realize that we are human beings. >> dan's exclusive interview with eliana lopez will air tonight on abc7 news at 11. >>> spacex flight controllers in southern california are guiding a private rocket to the international space station now after making history with this morning's launch. >> and launch of the spacex falcon 9 rocket nasa turns to the private sector to resupply the international space station. >> rocket successfully lived off in florida -- lived off from florida the white house offered congratulations. this is the first time a private company has launched a rocket to the international space station. it will deliver 1,000 pounds of provisions. he compare it to winning the super bowl. >> he's the big -- i like the analogy because it is

smith. see you tomorrow. >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight. >> it's widely believed that cbs, nbc, abc, chocked full of issue wills not true. >> in the face of evidence dannying the national media tilts left. we will give you the facts mr. rather will not be able to refute. bernie goldberg will. >> they are racism and sexism in a back door attempt to make abortion illegal. >> bill: some far left democrats saying gender based abortion should be allowed in the u.s.a. that's what they do in china. we'll have a follow-up report on this incredible situation.

dan, this was a lot of commentary about how the parents handled this in the beginning, not speaking out forcefully enough. >> i don't think that is very instruct instructive. you see people like susan smithott peterson who go out there very publicly and you find they're involved. i think when you're told you can no longer see your children, your two other children, that is significant. they may be tieing to make sure they don't deal with a situation where the two older children are in some way at risk from him. i can't think of another reason you would keep them away? >> it could be coaching. i don't think that's enough to ban you from any supervised visits. >> totally agree. >> another thing, dan, if it was. let look an the bright side. if it was coaching, in other words to those not in the legal field, he's telling them what he thinks they should say to police, is that is the issue, why would he be coaching them? why not want them to just say what they saw and heard? >> i think thanty's right. that wouldn't be enough in and of itself to say that you can't have access to your kids. authorities are concerned. that does make you think long and hard about what else they know. >> both paren

dan smith is leaving our staff and going into the private sector, and pam smith will be taking over as our new staff director. i also want to thank janelle cristabudi for all the tireless work she has put in on this. i can't thank her enough for all of her hard work. elizabeth youngman, kathleen laird, kathleen wise, justine sessions, elizabeth donovan and edwin griffith. i thank you from the bottom of my heart for getting this legislation through. we would be repiss mist if we did not thank the congressional budget office for their knowledgeable and capable team willing to work around the clock to estimate the budgetary effects of this legislation. finally we owe an enormous gret of -- debt of gratitude to the legislative counsel's office, they worked long hours in assisting my staff in drafting this legislation and working out the technical issues. mr. president, this bill's passage is a victory for the millions of americans who need medicines or medical devices. a victory that would not have been possible without the dedicated work of our senate family. i want to thank all of you fo