to prosecute protests in yemen i'm joined by daniel pipes in philadelphia he's an author and director of the middle east forum and in washington we have edwin hall he's a former u.s. ambassador to yemen and he's also author of the book high value target countering al qaeda in yemen all right gentlemen this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want mr ambassador if i go to you first here i mean as we go to air here there's a lot of speculation some people say evidence that the the leader in yemen is opening the door to al qaeda to make sure he can stay in power in what looks like what most people are saying now is a civil war how would you assess that statement. well al qaeda in the arabian peninsula was a threat before this current revolution in iran then. it has become more of a threat since it started simply because it's operating space in the country has expanded but i doubt the president is intentionally exacerbating that threat he may think tactical advantage from that but i don't see that he has an interest in opening the door to al qaeda in any case i don't think

building a case after arresting a suspect in two recent pipe bombs. daniel garcia being held without bail at the county jail. took police and swat teams nearly eight hours to lure him out of his fairfield home on saturday. he was wanted for a pipe bombing three weeks ago and for questioning about another explosive found outside a newspaper in vacaville last march. neighbors say they weren't surprised by the arrest. they describe him as strange. >>> police searched the house, but aren't saying what they found inside. >>> nato admits that an air strike in libya went wrong and may have killed some civilians. libya's government says nine civilians, including two children, died yesterday when nato warplanes struck a residential area. this happened in tripoli. in washington this week, house speaker john boehner says that lawmakers may consider a measure to cut off funding to the operation. >>> it turns out osama bin laden and his network were strapped for cash. files taken out of his compound after navy seals took him out last month show al-queda was during to kid

>>> investigators believe a pipe bomb explosion at fairfield may be connected to the unsolved newspaper bomb case in vacaville. police are now looking for 29-year-old daniel garcia in connection with a pipe bomb that detonated under a car in fairfield last month. vacaville police were searching garcia's home on this when they found a pipe bomb and detonated it. garcia is 5'8", lives in fairfield bulls it known to frequent vacaville. in marsh, vacaville man was killed when an explosive device hidden in his newspaper blew up. >>> a billboard campaign combining race abortion is raising eyebrows, the radiant organization put up billboards saying black and beautiful, showing a baby, and directing people to their anti-abortion web site. they are targeting the african-american community because they have the highest abortion rate. organizers say they're trying to make the issue personal. >> we have to declear these children are beautiful and deserve to live, they have potential and value. >> alan: congresswoman barbaraley issued a statement saying the billboards are offensive, stigmatize people of color and perpetrate myths about parenting skill and the type of

choking smell of teargas still hanging in the air, he showed us the home he represents from pipe bomb suspect daniel garcia. broken glass covers the living room floor from yesterday's s.w.a.t standoff along with a search warrant allowing police to look for pipe bombs, smokeless gun powder, duct tape and computer equipment. >> did you ever see mr. garcia talk about pipe bombs or see any pipe bombs? >> no, i didn't. >> hicks who was arrested for obstruction of justice when he wouldn't come out says he barely knows garcia. >> i am not trying to obstruct justice. but he doesn't look like a man that has anything to do with a pipe bomb. >> fairfield police think otherwise. they cur under roughed the house for more than seven hours. garcia was a suspect after a pipe bomb exploded under a car in fairfield three weeks ago. police searched his home on thursday when he wasn't there, discovering what they believe was a pipe bomb. garcia returned yesterday, finally surrendering last night around 8. a 30 after police filled the home with teargas. neighbors say he was unusual, pointing to an incident several month

police building a case after arresting a suspect in two recent pipe bombs. 29-year-old daniel garcia being held without bail in the county jail. took police and swat teams eight hours to lure him from his home on saturday. he was wanted for a pipe bombing three weeks ago and for questioning about another explosive inside a newspaper in vacaville last march. neighbors say they weren't surprised by the rest. they described him as strange. >> christmas eve, like, at 3 a.m., he ran outside in the street and stopped here and was screaming military chance. >> police searched the house, but aren't saying what they found inside. >>> and with the city's murder rate at an unusually high pace, police will turn its attention to gang violence. the department shifting its focus from the metro unit to gang intervention. as of the weekend there have been 27 homicides in the city this year. the highest pace in 20 years. police believe half of the murders are gang related. >>> 4:45. fast-food restaurants and convenience stores are the source for a lot of litter, which ends up in san francisco bay. in a

police are looking for a man they say set off a pipe bomb under a car parked in an apartment complex last month. they issued an arrest warrant for 29-year-old daniel garcia. investigators found and defused another pipe bomb while serving another search warrant at a home. officers described daniel garcia as 5'10", weighs, 250- pound and blue eyes. >>> a convicted sex offender is about to be set free with no conditions. there was no evidence that the relationship that he had with another man in his group was sexual. prosecutors chose not to file a petition to keep him in custody because psychologists say that verse is no longer a sexual violent predator. he is free to live wherever he wants. >>> a man accused of using his shoe with a hidden camera to take pictures of women was arrested last month at the fairfax farmer's market after a man told police that a man was using a camera to take pictures up women's skirts. police found a camera in one of springer's sandals >>> firefighters in the north bay are on the scene of a stubborn fire in a railroad tunnel. the tunnel is low catted between geyser road and highway 128. it started burning in the unused

pipe-bombs. police are searching for 29- year-old daniel garcia. garcia is suspected of setting off a pipe bomb under a car in an apartment complex last month. neighbors say police showed up at a home on the 1600 block of quincy lane around 1:45 this afternoon looking for garcia. right now they are using a helicopter in the air to search for him. >>> a police chase near down san jose led to a fatal crash and what could have been a disaster with a gasoline tanker truck. it happened on east santa clara just west of 101 earlier this morning. that is where kutv's eric rasmussen is live with two investigators happening tonight. >> reporter: ken, san josi police are investigating the crash that ended when when a pickup truck slammed into this building back here. you can see friends and family of the man who died have set up a small memorial and the santa clara county sheriff's offices is investigating why he ran from deputies. of the in an instant this pickup truck turned into a missile, threatening the people inside and anyone in its path, including a ga

daniel garcia. they believe he's connected to a pipe bomb that exploded under a car on o may 27th. police have issued an arrest warrant for that house. we have a crew on the way and we'll bring you more information as soon as it becomes available. it's been thigh weeks since michelle le disappeared from her nursing rotations. today, volunteers spent another day searching for her. despite the fact that police say she's dead and the case is now a homicide investigation. kimberly terry has more on that for us. >> reporter: the search just wrapped up for the day, and le's family says they're overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from the community. yesterday 130 volunteers showed up to help. today the number jumped to 183 volunteers. this three-day search is being speer headed by family and friends of the missing nursing student. despite heyward police reclassifying the case as a homicide, they refuse to give up hope that she is alive. she was last seen at kaiser hospital. volunteers have been given instructions on what to look for and how not to disturb evidence should anything sus

the housemate tells abc7 news he has never seen any pipe bombs around the property. police arrested daniel garcia after a seven-hour standoff on saturday. officers first searched his home on thursday when he wasn't there. discovering what they believe was a pipe bomb. garcia returned saturday, finally sur rendering around 8:30 that evening. his roommate was arrested after refusing to come out. >> i'm not trying to obstruct justice or anything like that, but he doesn't look like a man who would have anything to do with a pipe bomb. >> admits he barely knows the suspect. he moved in nine days ago. inside the home, broken glass and search warrant. garcia became a suspect after a pipe bomb exploded under a car in fairfield three weeks ago. >>> a study of capital punishment in california shows taxpayers spent more than $4 billion to carry out 13 executions since it was legalized in 1978. that works out to $308 million per execution. study was done by a senior judge on the u.s. 9th circuit and a law school professor. they predict the cost of maintaining the death penalty until 2030 will wind up

recent pipe- bombings. 29-year old daniel garcia is being held without bail at solano county jail. took police and swat teams nearly eight hours to lure him out of his fairfield home saturday. he was wanted for a pipe-bombing three weeks ago...and for questioning about another explosive inside a newspaper in vacaville last march. neighbors say they weren't surprised by the arrest. they describe him as strange. "christmas eve 3 am he ran outside stre opped righ nd was screaming m >>> neighbors say they were not surprised by the arrest. they describe him as strange. >> christmas eve, like, at 3 a.m., he ran outside in the street and stopped actually right here and was screaming military chance. >> police searched his house, but are not telling us what they found. >>> with the city's murder rate at an unusually high pace, san jose police turn its attention to gang violence. the department shifting the focus of its metro unit to gang intervention now. as of the weekend there were 27 homicides in the city this year, the highest pace in 20 years. police believe half of the murder are gan

his housemate tells abc7 news he has never seen pipe bombs around the property. police arrested danielcia after a seven-hour standoff on saturday. officers first searched his home thursday, discovering what they believe was a pipe bomb, but not the suspect. this weekend, when police returned, he barricaded himself in his home for hours before finally surrendering after police fired tear gas. his roommate was also arrested after refusing to come out. >> i'm not trying to obstruct justice or anything like that, but he doesn't look like a man who would have anything to do with a pipe bomb. >> he admits he barely knows the suspect. he moved in just nine days ago. inside the home, there was broken glass and a search warrant listing bomb-making materials. police search began investigating garcia after a pipe bomb exploded under a car in fairfield three weeks ago. however, they are also trying to determine if he is tried to a pipe bomb attack in vacaville that blew part of an elder man's hand off. >>> shark warnings are posted along the marrin coast after a helicopter crew sighted a great whi

fairfield police arrested a man wanted in connection with a pipe bombing after a standoff this evening. 29-year-old daniel gars garcia, slowly following police orders, gave himself up after three hours. fairfield police, the highway patrol and the fbi responded to the residence. police say they were worried that garcia had bombs in the home. >>> yesterday police named garcia as a suspect in a fairfield pipe bomb explosion that damaged a car in may. the car's owner was not hurt. police aren't saying if they believe he is czeched to -- connected to a newspaper pipe bomb attack that injured a manna vacaville last match. >>> they're looking into the cause of a fire that detroit a pittsburg home. the home was fully engulf ed when firefighters showed up. fires damaged a neighboring home. it was so intense it sent up a large column of smoke that could be seen a mile away. three residents were taken to a local hospital after suffering from smoke inhalation. the fire marshal says a smoke alarm lettered residents to the fire which started in the garage. >> united airlines is slowly recovering testimony after a syst

his housemate tells abc7 news he has never seen any pipe bombs around the property. police arrested danielen-hour standoff on saturday. officers first searched his home thursday when he wasn't there discovered what they believe was a pipe bomb. garcia, excuse me, returned on saturday, surrendering around 8:30 that evening. his roommate was arrested after refusing to come out. >> he doesn't look like a man who would have anything to do with a pipe bomb. >> now, hicks admits he barely knows the suspect. he moved in nine days ago. inside the home, there was broken glass and search warrant listing bomb making materials. garcia became a suspect after a pipe bomb exploded under a car three weeks ago. >>> study shows taxpayers paid more than $4 billion to carry out 13 executions since legalized in 1978. that's $308 million per execution. the study was done by a senior judge on the u.s. 9th circuit court and law school professor. they predict the cost of maintaining the death penalty until 2030. it will cost the state $9 billion. >>> it's now 5:42. and buyers at an auction get an itch for marilyn

daniel garcia. broken glass covers the living room from from the s.w.a.t. standoff, along with a search warrant, allowing police to look for pipe bomb, smokeless begun powder, triggering devices, duct tape and commuter equipment. >> mr. garcia every talk about pipe bombs. >> no. >> hicks who was arrested for obstruction of justice when he wouldn't come out, says he moved in only eight days ago and barely knows garcia. >> i'm not trying to obstruct justice but doesn't look like a man having anything to do with a pipe job. >> the police thought otherwise. garcia became a suspect after a pipe bomb exploded under a car three week ago in fairfield. police searched his home when he wasn't there discovered what they believe was a pipe bomb. garcia returned yesterday, surrendering after the police filled the home with gas. >> he run up and down the street naked. other than that -- >> a neighbor says he spoke with garcia last year,. >> showed me an experiment to generate electricity so wouldn't have to pay pg&e. hooked up a bike with a battery and a generator. >> police confirmed they're investigate will go there is a connect with a bom

is also wanted for questioning about a vacaville pipe bomb left inside a newspaper on castle circle last march that injured a home run. >> reporter: daniela walked slowly out of his fairfield home and into police custody following a seven and a half hour standoff. >> after deployment of tear gas in the house our suspect surrendered and was taken into custody peacefully. >> reporter: but police say a possible threat remained. bomb units standing by just in case. >> obviously want to make sure we are safe. >> police surrounded the quincy lane house after he detonated an explosive device under a parked car in may. a second explosive device was found at garcia's home thursday but garcia was gone. police say he has a criminal history but won't say if he was arrested for making bombs in the past. police are also looking into whether garcia set off a newspaper bomb that named a vacaville man in march. neighbors though are not surprised by garcia's arrest. they describe him as strange, paranoid. they say he even those up on neighbor's doorsteps naked. >> christmas eve at 3 a.m. he ran outside into the streets and stopped actually right here. and

a fairfield pipe bombing suspect could be connected to a bombing in vacaville, where an explosive device in a newspaper blew up, terrorizing an entire community. this man was arrested, daniel garcia, at his fairfield home after a seven-hour standoff. john alston is in fairfield and spoke to his roommate? >> reporter: yes, and we got a look inside the house that police searched on thursday and yesterday after the standoff. we spoke the renter who lived there and some neighbors who say the pipe bop -- bomb suspect did strange things. with the choking smeal of tear gas in the asian jimmy hix showed us the home. broken glass covers the living room floor from the s.w.a.t. stand yawrvetion long with a search warrant allowing the police to search. >> did you ever see mr. garcia talk about pipe bombs. >> no, i depend. >> hix, who was arrested for obstruction of justice when he wouldn't come out, said he moved in eight days ago and barely knows garcia. >> doesn't look like a man would have anything to do with a pipe bomb. >> the police think otherwise. they surrounded the house for seven hours yesterday. garcia became a suspect after a pipe bomb exploded under a car in fairfield th

daniel garcia is being held without bail. it took police and swat teams nearly eight hours to lure him out of this fairfield home yesterday. he's wanted for a pipe bombing three weeks ago and another bombing last march. neighbors say they weren't surprised by the arrest. they said he's strange. >> he ran outside and streaked and stopped right here and was screaming military chants. >> police searched the house but they aren't saying what they found. >>> the man suspected of beating giants fan brian stow could go free this week. he has a parole hearing tomorrow. why this could lead to his release. >> reporter: giovanni ramirez could be set free tomorrow if a parole officer says a gun found wasn't his. the weapon had been hiding inside a laundry hamper duringtay rest of the suspect for the beating of brian stow at dodger stadium on opening day. >> the state has to show that giovanni ramirez knew there was a gun in the household, which he did not. >> he was arrested during the raid. >> there are going to be witnesses that say giovanni ramirez doesn't live there. >> but the parole revocation hearing isn't a trial, which means lapd detectives won't h

he is wanted for questioning about a pipe bomb left in a news paper in vacaville back in march that injured a homeowner. >>> 29-year-old danielarcia walked out of his home in fairfield last night with his hands over his head following an 8 hour stand off on quincy lane with the fairfield swat team and fbi authorities say he has a criminal history but will not say if he has been arrested before he now faces a probation violation in addition to bomb making charges. >>> a shooting in west oakland leaves one man dead officers found this victim off 19th after 10:00 p.m. last night someone shot this man several times. you may remember that double murder on memorial day in oakland when several people started shooting guns at a side show on international boulevard family and friends handed out flyers to raise awareness about the unsolved case, 28-year-old latoya kenny a mother from union city and a 29-year-old male were both killed. >> very possible the person that killed her doesn't even know. anybody out here shooting think about it it could have been your bullet that took this mothers life. >> the shooting was captured on video by

daniel garcia surrendered to police after they fired four rounds of tear gas into his house. the 29-year-old is suspected of setting off a pipe bomb under a car in an apartment complex last month. after taking garcia into custody, police say they found a pipe bomb and bomb-making materials inside the home. >>> a smoke detector is being credited for saving the lives of three people as a raging fire destroyed their home. yesterday afternoon, fire crews were called to this home on valley drive in pittsburgh. firefighters say they could see the smoke billowing about a mile away from the house. nine engines had to be called to the scene. >> the challenges with this fire is we had two cars fully involved when we got here. the winds were 20-30 miles an hour, blowing flames to the home next door. >> the fire started in the garage and appears to be accidental. firefighters say the smoke detector alerted the family who escaped from the home and called 911 up. >>> things are slowly getting back to normal for united airlines this weekend after a computer glitch caused passenger delays here in the bay area and across the country. this is