david jackson is at the foot of the mountain tonight and joins us live. david.s that we still have to go with the information that we still don't know initially know who or who the dead body was inside that cabin in big bear. it's not confirmed by lapd sources, who will have the final say on there. we don't know how long it will take place to find out what went on. we know the cab sin still smolderring -- smouldering and hot. >>reporter: investigators say it's still too hot to go in. >> it's not safe for them. they believe there's live ammunition and it's still smouldering. >>reporter: a single shot was heard inside. a man believed to be dorner never came out. law enforcement swarmed the argue after a home invasion and car jacking by a man matching dorner's description. that is when the bullets started firing. carter evans found himself in the thick of it. two deputies were shot in the exchange. one of them died. dorner had been on run since last week, when he alledgedly shot and killed two people, including a police officer. he had promised revenge since being

kpix 5's david jackson tell us us about a guy who attacks women just walking down the street. s right. two women have been attacked and beaten here in the mission district. two very unusual attacks that have taken place a couple of weeks apart. and now the police department wants your help. both attacks happened in the heart of the mission district. both in the early morning hours. and in each case, the attackers methods were exactly the same. a lone woman walks toward the man and is then grabbed from behind. no robbery. no sexual attack. just a beating with fists. police believe the same man was responsible in both cases. victims describe this hooded suspect. and tonight, women say the streets of the mission are dangerous at times. >> i feel like, when there's not a lot of people around, people will search for people who are just walking alone. i try not to leave places late at night. i call for a lift or, you know, i walk out in the middle of the street instead of walking next to shadows and bushes, or i'll walk with friends. you know, i have my, you know, tactics, i guess yo

live david jackson kpix 5. >>> if you shop online, watch out. some people say they have been burned on counterfeit products. david has more on how fake merchandise is being sold. >> i put it on my hair and it was hot and it started sizzling my hair and i could hear it. >>reporter: sandra is among the hundreds of customers who brought a counterfeit version of the hair straightening iron called the instyler. these woman bought it through amazon marketplace. >> you don't know what you're getting. >>reporter: james lee say's amazon's mark place is tricky because it no longer has a clear-cut definition on its site. you can only tell manage is from marketplace if the seller goes under any name other amazon. >> there's no law. it's the buyer beware. >>reporter: not every marketplace place seller offers bogus goods. some people can send goods directly to amazon warehouses. he says ugg boots are the number one knock offs. >> we think the about of fraud goods that were should to consumers were between 110 and $140 million this holiday season. >>reporter: d

live near big bear, david jackson, k pix 5. >> a lot has gone nonthat neighborhood today. you mentioned the two deputies, one wounded one losing his life in that gun battle. are they letting any of the residents back in? we saw lines of cars all afternoon. is anyone being allowed back? >>reporter: they have, ken. at first they weren't. it's important for people to remember a lot of people live up there. they have a population between 8 and 10,000 people total. traffic was backed up for a time. the we're standing on one of the main rods. they have opened it up to residents. if the search goes on tomorrow, it may be tough if they have bystander in the area but that remains to be seen. >> david jackson sorting live. thank you davis. >>> a bizarre discovery has policed stumped. they found a woman's remains. it started with a man walking around town with a skull. >>reporter: it must have a site, a man walking around, even thoughing off his recent discovery. >> he was going everywhere, all over the place like i've got skull right here. >>reporter: in downtown b brisbaine, it's t

joining us now is david jackson. he's live in northwest. david, thanks so much for joining us. let's talk about this breakdown and this was released by the obama administration. they say schools could lose about $533,000 and $1 million set aside for environmental protection would go away. >> education being the primary area where most of the cuts would fall. that's the area that president obama has been emphasizing the last several days. >> you take a look at maryland and you see the number is higher. schools can stand to lose $14 million and take a look at the defense cuts and get an idea how critical defense employees are going to feel this. 46,000 employees just in maryland would be furloughed. >> and also virginia. defense is probably the second biggest area that president obama likes to talk about. in fact, he's going down to newport news to talk about how these cuts will affect that industry. national defense and education are his two primary things. >> states would face, what was interesting, we talk about 14 million gone, plus an additional $13.9 million for children wi

but kpix5's david jackson tells us, police are telling us enough for now. david. >> well, that's right. if you look up and down the street, you'll see a lot of bars and restaurants. in fact, this has become a destination for a lot of people over weekends in particular. the walnut creek police is saying enough is enough. there will be no more bar liquor licenses handed out for at least another calendar year. walnut creek hit its saturation point. the town of 68,000 pours more alcohol than anywhere its size in california. in fact, there are downtown intersections with bars and restaurants on every corner. that's too much for a police force that has a total of 65 officers. that's 15 less than the city's budget calls for. the liquor license moratorium is for the public safety, according to police officers. but hugo, who got one of the last liquor licenses issued by the city, says there is no problem. >> we need that revenue. we need the people. we need the customers. we found two customers and provide what they are looking for, whatever it is. >> the city agrees

david jackson, kpix5. >>> tomorrow evening, president obama will deliver his fourth state of the unionddress. the white house says the president eats speech 's speech will serve as a bookend to the inaugural address. however, when the president stands before congress, his main focus will be on the economy. >> the core emphasis that he has always placed in these big speeches remains the same, which is the need to make the economy work for the middle class. because the middle class is the engine that drives this country forward. >> our sister station, kpix5, will air the president's state of the union address live tomorrow starting at 6:00 p.m., followed by a special edition of kpix5 news at 7:30. >> also the news tonight, a 31- year-old army veteran who grew up on a ranch in the high sierra received the highest u.s. award. david martin on the ceremony that honored eight men who did not survive an attack from the taliban. >> reporter: you have to see combat to realize how indefensible it was from an attack from east taliban fighters. just 52 american soldiers were down there, plus staff

reporter david jackson asks, which way will the church go next? >> reporter: the next pope is expected to have a decidedly easier path ahead of him. the sex scandal came to light under pope john paul ii. they say now look for youth, a conservative vision and most likely, a european. >> the numbers are really stacked toward the europeans. unless there's some kind of inspirational moment where someone kind of just steps out of the pack -- by that i mean someone who speaks languages, knows the global world, it's a very difficult job description. >> reporter: but maybe not difficult for cardinal natural olay, a french canadian. >> there is a cardinal mark olay, who is now currently the head of the office of bishops in rome. so we could have a canadian. >> reporter: 119 cardinals will vote in the upcoming conclave to select the new pope, most of whom were appointed by pope benedict xvi and pope john paul. both, staunch conservatives, so expect a conservative voice to be chosen. something young catholics accept. >> i feel like moderate is probably fine.

but as k-p-i-x 5's david jackson tells us, the drake's bay oyster company has one appeal left. >>> aoyster farm seems all but certain but the drake bay oyster company has all but one uphill battle left. >> reporter: a long battle outside of drakes bay in west marin. the government wants the oysters grown here to be removed and wilderness to return to the area. wilderness has been winning the battle in courts. the government wants the oyster company out by march 15th. out because the government believes the only oyster farm in california should be bulldozed back into that complete wilderness after 80 years in operation here. the oyster farm is owned by kevin lunny who's family and employees are set to lose everything. >> the type of wind down they have given us is a bankruptcy plan for our family, that is cheer, our people lose their jobs, they lose their homes, half of our staff that lives on the farm they are going to lose their homes, we lose one third of the state's oyster production that comes from drakes bay oyster company. >> reporter: and he says the bay becomes dirtier withou

live at big bear, david jackson, kpix 5. ken, back to you. >> an amazing few days. thank you for that. >>> we have breaking news tonight. shots ringing out about 9:00 this evening at hillside elementary school. we just talked to a neighborhood who told us he heard three shots and called 911. when police arrived they found a man on the school's property. he was -- he was killed. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. police will tell us only that they are investigating this as a homicide. >> coming up he's either the dumbest or most desperate crook in the bay area. the surveillance video you have to see. >> doctors say it's like the brain is on fire. the mysterious new disease striking women that makes them seem possessed. >> and how a bay area college student and his grandmas helped spark the newest dance craze. this is so sick! i can't believe your mom let you take her car out. this is awesome! whoooo! you're crazy. go faster! go faster! go faster! go faster! no! stop...stop... (mom) i raised my son to be careful... hi, sweetie. hi, mom. (mom) but just to be safe.

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in oakland, david jackson, kpix 5. >>> we now know what caused the fire that crippled the carnival cruise shim triumph. the coast guard said it was a leak in the fuel line return line. the oil hit a hot surface that caused a fire stranding more than 4,000 passengers off the coast of mexico last week. one of those passengers was an oakland woman who is back home now and tells kpix 5 the nightmare vacation still haunts her. >> i still kind of don't believe it happened and i didn't really believe what was happening when it was happening. >> reporter: alexis was one of the 4,200 people on board carnival's cruise ship triumph with college friends on what was suppose to be a fun reunion and also her birthday celebration. then came sunday's engine failure. >> so my roommates peeked their heads out in the window and there is white smoke billowing. it's like a big fog bank, but acreage smoke that smelled like chemicals and all the plastics in the engine room and the wiring. >> reporter: no electricity. conditions got bad fast. for the rest of the trip, she and her friends slept outside on the boat

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in oakland david jackson kpix 5. >>> the giants have named their opening-day starter, and it looks like cleans your jeans and won't torture your tanks. woolite washed clothes look like new, longer. was hanging with the a's in .. . >>> our baseball spring training coverage continues right here on kpix 5. dennis odonnell was hanging with the a's in phoenix. >> thank you. hello, everybody from the desert. the big news out of giants camp today for the first time in four years the pitcher not named will start the opener. matt cane will throw against the dodgers on april 1st and why do they call it spring training? let me show you. a machine was used to lift pop flies to a's today. problem was nobody seemed to be able to catch them, not even fwoel glover josh reddick. cheers rang out when a player actually caught a baseball. one told me he'd never seen anything like it but it turns out there may have been a reason. >> we had a little trouble with the machine. it was throwing up some knucklers up there. that was the sun field so there were different issues. over in the other field you wouldn't

david jackson, kpix 5.ck to you. >> thank you. >>> the fairfield man accused of killing 13-year-old genelle conway allen made his first court appearance today. kpix 5 reporter ann notarangelo talked with the man who found the girl's body. >> reporter: 32-year-old anthony lamar jones sat shackled as he was assigned a public defender and his arraignment was continued to next week giving his attorney time to look over the case. the district attorney's office announced it is charging jones with one count of murdering 13- year-old genelle conway allen of suisun and three specks circumstances, that it was during a kidnapping, during a rape with a child under 14. that means jones could face the death penalty. it's an emotional time and jones' family wasn't talking. >> flog to say. >> reporter: she was last seen at this intersection a few miles away from where her body was found a day later in a park. a man who found her february 1 came to first and said jones' soft-spoken demeanor surprised you. >> what did you th

>> you might be thinking of david jackson's piece in u.s.a. today, what if this was bush's drone policy? and the ren dig in guantanamo and all the things that happened in the bush administration where main stream were fired up and now they have been quiet. you leave it to folks like jon stewart to say, the obama people said that we would be fully transparent the bush administration. >> not at all. it is shocking to me if this had been george bush 43 or 41 as the liberal press would have had it front page of the newspapers. they would have been hitting at him all the time. i'm shocked they haven't gone after him. >> jon: the numbers tell the story. there was so much angst about water boarding and horrors. three people were waterboarded? >> now, we have killed more american citizens with drones than were waterboarded at least as far as we know. we have killed four american citizens with drones. look at the overall number of attacks. there have been 400 of these drone attacks, most of them under the obama administration with absolutely no transpa

david jackson is live at a bar in fairfield. david. >> liz, this is a little like being at the company's store. that's a bar right down the street from the bid riser brewery in narfield where they sfriktly maintain there's no watering down of any of their beer going on but it now may take a lawsuit to prove that true or false. >> the multimillion dollar lawsuit is over this tiny stamp. 5% alcohol by volume but a number of current and former budweiser plant workers say the beer has less that will since become bought out in belgium. a $5 million klass action lawsuit depends tell the truth oobt water lg down their bid. >> a number of them. i'll tell you that. and i will tell you it was jijs sho worked at a number of different plants. an hiezer bush has 13 brew ris throughout the united states and we have spoken with people at a number out of those places. >> tell a tail of comp rat greed, that the watering down is corporate policy. >> learn thad, in fact, there is a comp rat policy of bush of intentionally mislabeling and watering d

live at drakes bay, david jackson, kpix 5. >> a lot of people cheering tonight. david, thank you for that. >>> right now, police are in a standoff with a man who has been barricaded inside an east oakland home for about seven hours. the bomb squad is also there. and cops told neighbors they were serving a search warrant. a girl who lives in the house told us police came in and handcuffed a number of people. >>> now, here's how bad oakland's crime problem has gotten. some people aren't even bothering to call the cops anymore. instead, they're trying to solve the problem themselves. kpix 5's christin ayers on the diy detectives. >> reporter: it's 7:00. and half a dozen neighbors in arcadia park are walking the street. never has it seemed more necessary than now. over the weekend, one home on this block was burglarized twice in 24 hours, once while this woman's nephew was inside. >> when the men tried to kick into his room. it was very frightening. >> reporter: surveillance cameras captured these images of three young men casing the place, moments before the home was

david jackson recently toured the facility and found the owner is making an environmental push to stay in business. >> reporter: it has been a long- running battle in the remote shore of drakes bay in west marin. oysters versus wilderness. the federal government wants the oysters grown here to be removed and wilderness to return to the area. wilderness has been winning this battle in the courts. the government wants the drakes bay oyster company out by march 15th. out because the government believes the only oyster farm in california should be bulldozed back into that complete wilderness after 80 years in operation here. the oyster farm is owned by kevin lun any whose family and employees are set to lose everything. >> the type of wind-down that they've given us is a bankruptcy plan for our family. that's clear. our people lose their jobs. they lose their homes. half of our staff that lives on the farm they are going to lose their homes. we lose one-third of the state's oyster production that comes from drakes bay oyster company. >> reporter: and he says the bay becomes dirtier without

. >>> david jackson reporting. allegations that bud is watered down and we can't get a drop around here. >> now we know where the rain went. it's in your budweiser. problem solved. next case. oh, sports. not yet. here's what we have going on. we have had the driest start to a year since 1852. we'll talk about the impact. you have been dry and a high of 65 degrees. tonight, you drop down to 40. look at your power bill. these nights have been chilly. radar is clear, you've heard that before. it rained two times for the entire month and the snow pack is way down. top of the year was 136% of normal. currently 68% of normal. the snow pack has been haved in less than two months. here's a look at satellite radar. still raining up toward seattle. still raining up toward portland and still staying up there. another boundary will move through tomorrow, bringing back an on shore flow, keeping coastal temperatures 5 to 10 degrees cooler than what we will see inland because the flow of air is wrapping around this ridge of high

david jackson has more on this in a live report on wpix5 at 11:00. >>> the time is running out, there are just four more days until massive budget cuts kick in. so far, congress and the president can't seem to make a deal. the cbs reporter, major garrett, on how all of us could soon feel the pinch. >> reporter: budget cuts could do real economic damage, but was candid about when people would notice. >> these impacts will not all be felt on day one. but rest assure the uncertainty is having an effect. companies are preparing layoff notices. families are preparing to cut back on expenses and the longer these cuts are in place, the bigger the impact will become. >> one republican governor, nikki hailey, of south carolina, said cutting federal spending without jeopardizing key services is so easy, even her two children could do it. >> how many more times are we going to have to deal with these issues over and over again because of the finger pointing and the blame game that keeps on happening in washington? what i will tell you is, we heard today a whole lot of no. >> mr. obama endorsed a

live in santa cruz, david jackson, kpix 5. liz? >> david thank you. >>> and we've learned goulet was in the marine corps reserve from 1996 until 2002. he worked as a helicopter mechanic and with military police. >> we're also getting a revealing look at the man police say shot and killed an oakland rapper on the vegas strip. >> you see these? we call that the counting game right here, see what i'm saying? >> that's the suspect flashing a stack of $100 bills. joe vazquez has more on the suspect and the woman with him. >> reporter: he's a hustler, a criminal, a pimp, who posed as a photographer, and now it's his own images online that are getting a lot of attention. triple murder suspect, ammar harris, has an extensive online footprint with countless references to women, guns and money. in fact, this youtube video shows harris, nicknamed jayda, bragging over a huge lot of cash. >> [ bleep ] it's not a problem for me to keep going, but i don't feel like counting anymore. >> reporter: apparently he got tired of counting. now detectives

. >> now kpix 5 reporter david jackson is in southern california tonight. he'll have the latest in the live report at 11:00. >>> let's set party interest aside and work to pass a budget that replaces reckless cuts with smart savings and wise invest. s in our future. >> the other big story tonight president obama gives his fourth state of the union speech, and he lays out his plans for his second term in office. kpix reporter tells us he wants to increase the federal management to -- or the -- the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour. that'll bring a lot more troops home from afghanistan and wants to put more limits on guns. >> there's a speaker. >> in his first state of the union address of his second term the president focussed on the middle klass and millions of americans still looking for work and challenged congress to cut out the partisanship and help them. >> the american people have worked too hard for too long rebuilding from one crisis to see their elected officials cause another. >> the president emphasized his economic recovery program will not add

he wrote david jackson white house reporter from the "usa today" said we get this stuff all the time. is if that's true why don't we hear more about that. >> bob: do you believe they threaten the credentials? >> dana: sure. look what happened to local reporters in silicon valley when they wanted to cover the obama campaign event. they got shut out of it. cheryl atknson of cbs news, let alone what they do to fox. it's a tactics and it works for them but i don't think it represents the president well. plus, it's sowing a field of distrust that is going to hurt president obama. being able to get anything done. >> bob: the other arguments, i'm listening to, they are probably telling the truth. you can't believe that. >> eric: there are so many instances of it. hastings threatened by rahm emanuel. the david plouffe tweet. the reporter asking president bam a question using the sock puppet. the media is lapdog. they are so happy to be in the room. when they are ushered out of the room the other day, okay, we'll leave. do your thing. >> kimberly: they know bad things will happen if they don't

david jackson from "usa today" will be joining us later already at work at the white house. whitehouse, new senator from rhode island just re-elected, will be here in studio with us. and we're very excited. we have a lot of, you know, top flight politicians and analysts and political commentators. we've never had a sports celebrity in studio today. but he's here today. he is here today from the ravens. now wait a minute, i want to get my cheat sheet here. here it is. my cheat sheet. brendan ayanbadejo. >> you got it right! >> you got it, boss. >> bill: linebacker for the ravens going to be in. he raised a little dust last week when he said what we need is a gay jackie robinson in professional football so everybody can get over it. >> he's a super bowl champion. >> bill: absolutely. looking forward to that. he will be in with us in the studio as well. president obama says it is time to raise the minimum wage. guess what john boehner says. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> other stuff you need to know as you head out the door this morning, a big protest agains

kpix 5 david jackson found out instead of criminals, they want you to think ofcon doors. >> reporter:dadaquiet evening. it's small and proud. >> we have a lot of things going for a small community. >> reporter: the mayor handles that soledad has something that most small communities don't: its own new national park. the 59th in america. yellowstone national park in wyoming, the grand canyon, of course, the national park and yosemite national park in california. if you ask citizens which is the most spectacular of them all, they will point you here to pickles national park they are remnants of lava from an extinct volcano in the california coast range and they a mountain climber's heaven. >> and i have not done much exploring in the coastal range area. >> and that has the california cop door, nearly extinct and repopulating here. >> and you will you explain the con doors. we saw the white and feathers and to see them after hearing much about them. >> reporter: it was opened last week and soledad's mayor was there and saw his bigcon door. >> and he has to have an eight- to 10-food wing

susan page. >> you know, bill, i would say no one is david jackson's boss. >> bill: i'll tell him yound of march to his own drummer there at the white house. >> he does indeed. >> bill: how are you susan? haven't talked to you in awhile. >> i'm doing well, bill. i see you're doing well, too? >> bill: absolutely. the president, let's start in minneapolis. he had law enforcement officials behind him. and he said -- look, i need to support the american people but then he said a particular challenge to -- i need the congress too. >> obama: take some steps through administrative action. while these steps are important real and lasting change also requires congress to do its part and to do it soon. >> bill: is he going to get any help in that area, susan? >> i think the conventional wisdom has been gun control is going to be a very uphill fight this year. in congress. and yet he's not -- clearly not given up on it. this trip in advance of the state of the union, we'll see how much he emphasizes it in the state of the union too. there are some bipartisan -- there is some bipartisan action ta

. >> reporter: david miller is a jackson friend and former state legislator. did you see that coming? >> no, not really. i think it was a surprise to all of us. >> reporter: is there an acute sense of disappointment in that district? >> oh absolutely. at one point he was a shining star, young, good looking, articulate. >> reporter: over the last year the democratic congressman all but stopped working, disappearing for from public view for weeks over the summer and checking into the mayo clinic for what doctors there said was bipolar disorder. jackson says he also has a shopping addiction and in court he admitted buying everything from toilet paper at costco to a $43,000 gold-plated rolex watch, two elk heads from a nevada taxi determinist, memorabilia from martin luther king and jimi hendrix, fur coats home enseparations and more. all of it paid with money for his campaign. he was reelected by 40 points in november but then quit congress later that month. now, sentencing is set for june, scott, and jackson could get four to five years in prison. >> pelley: dea

david lee not in there to stop him. the knicks 109-105, over mark jacksonw york. >>> every time st. mary's takes the court, rest assured, deladova is going to end up in the highlights. a couple of his outside numbers. the gales are hot. they take 13 of their last 14. as long as they're not playing that team from spokane, they do all right. >>> stanford continues to underachieve at an alarming rate. colorado buffaloes in tonight. spencer with 19 points for the colorado squad. cardinal are down 2. dwight to inbound, on the baseline, jam it to tie it? no. watch the replay. he did not slam that down before the clock expired. end of story. stanford only 7-8 in the pac- 10. >>> no, he will not be remembered, or revere inned the same way joe montana is, except that they both end their careers with the 49ers by getting traded to the kansas city chiefs. all things considered, things with come to a good end for alex smith in san francisco. he conducted himself with class and dignity, and the 49ers send him it to a place where he will most likely start at quarterback.

david lee not in there to stop him. the knicks 109-105, over mark jacksont assured, deladova is going to end up in the highlights. a couple of his outside numbers. the gales are hot. they take 13 of their last 14. as long as they're not playing that team from spokane, they do all right. >>> stanford continues to underachieve at an alarming rate. colorado buffaloes in tonight. spencer with 19 points for the colorado squad. cardinal are down 2. dwight to inbound, on the baseline, jam it to tie it? no. watch the replay. he did not slam that down before the clock expired. end of story. stanford only 7-8 in the pac- 10. >>> no, he will not be remembered, or revere inned the same way joe montana is, except that they both end their careers with the 49ers by getting traded to the kansas city chiefs. all things considered, things with come to a good end for alex smith in san francisco. he conducted himself with class and dignity, and the 49ers send him it to a place where he will most likely start at quarterback. in return, san francisco receives the 34th pick in th

david russell joins. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> former congressman jesse jackson, jr. reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors. nbc news has learned jackson signed papers admitting violating federal campaign finance law. under the terms of the deal, he would plead guilty to converting campaign contributions to personal use. sentence could range from probation to some prison time. what a sad story. good kid i thought and i still do. jackson resigned from the congress back in november. we'll be right back. >>> i'm making crabby snacks and >>> i'm making crabby snacks and homemades. >> come on, dad, be nice. she is making crabby snacks and homemades. come on, dad! >> what are you so up about? >> you're very happy. >> no, you're so up, up, up, up. >> isn't that a good thing? >> no. you're up, up, up. >> up. i don't know what that is. are you taking the proper dosage of your medication? >> am i taking the right dose? of course i am. >> okay. are you taking a little too many or something? >> no. if i was taking that, i would be on the floor, dad. >> unbelievable movie. w

david muir in the middle east for us tonight. >>> and back here at home, a dramatic turn in the wheel of fortune for former congressman jesse jackson jr. mree pleads guilty to lavish abuse of campaign money and offering a tearful apology to his famous father. here's abc's seen yonior justic correspondent pierre thomas. >> reporter: today, congressman jesse jackson, jr. left court in disgrace, breaking months of silence. >> it's not a proud day. i'm sorry i let everybody down. >> reporter: the son of the iconic civil rights leader, and one-time presidential candidate, had been a rising star. even speaking at the 2008 democratic national convention. but today, jackson was in court weeping as a convicted felon. he turned to his father to say i'm sorry. jackson admitted to stealing $750,000 in campaign funds for personal gain. memorabilia from michael jackson, jimi hendrix and bruce lee. furs, home furnishings, a rolex watch worth $43,000. jackson now faces more than four years in prison, as part of his guilty plea, and likely will serve time. not a future jackson or his father ever expected. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> an

. >> jim cramer said david faber said it's 50, could be 50. >> bo jackson used to do that a lot, too, didn't he. he had a reason to. because he was the most unbelievable athlete of all-time. >> this is a global deal. i know we're woe is me europe, do i want to own a european cable company if europe's falling off the cliff? someone smarter than me says yes. >> john malone is smarter than you. >> hey, david. >> i feel so -- >> way to put a man down. as soon as he comes back. >> how about he's a close second. >> that's pretty good. >> i feel so much better. >> impact on markets of a del, lbo, if in fact that's what we get in the near term here. >> there was a moment where it would have been fanciful. it's too big. we heard that from you initially. it's too big. we may be in an ajr moment. >> i don't think so. listen, the reason we thought it was too big was because the equity check is when you would have penciled it out enormous. at the end of the -- when we see the deal, which we expect to shortly, we'll see that the equity check was far smaller. and so i don't think it argues for -- >>

they talked to jackson's former longtime roommate about this case and they declined to answer if they found his old car and after -- if it yielded any clues reporting live in san francisco david stephenson ktvu newsbreak >> reporter: >>> we just headed off kevin collins mother and two of the sisters and they will bring us today's thoughts on the new developments in investigation is a move forward later on in this newscast. >> a two alarm fire was caused by a space heater the fire broke out about 11:45 a.m. this morning in a house the 1100 block of keith avenue not far from euclidean news chopper to was over the scene as flames involved nationals that home and the fire was accidental and that was caused by a space heater that had been placed too close to a bed. no one was in the house at the time and people in nearby homes where evacuated as a precaution. authorities say crews encounter some tough conditions. >> there are a lot of trees, road access is narrow, you can we had to extend this hose quite a ways to get into the building and that made access challenging. >> the firefighters where able to quickly contain the fire and unfortunately -- fortunately, no one was hurt. >>>

quick reaction from paul begala, democratic strategist, david frum, the former white house speechwriter. when you hear this kind of stuff, jesse jacksonve years. what a fall from grace. >> well, it is worth remembering that there have been a lost questions about jesse jackson sr.'s financial fall. >> jesse jackson sr. is not an elected member of congress or gone to jail or been charged with anything. >> the way his old movement pushed money, was often very dubious. it's a story of history and he's turned some new leaves but they would approach local businesses, they would raise money -- >> he's never been charged with anything. >> he's never been charged with any form of wrongdoing and it's certainly not illegal to say i'll protest your store or your business unless you in some way pay money to the causes that i support and people who are allies of mine. >> the point you're trying to make, i want to be precise, you think jesse jackson jr. got into this kind of trouble because of his dad? >> no. when you say it's a fall from grace, some of the reporting suggests that what is happening is we have a political dynasty that has somehow bee

apple directly addressing david einhorn's comment that it had a depression-era mentality when it comes to cash. let's bring in eric jackson the news line. eric, i'm just wondering if you believe that something will be done with this cash, whether it be announced at this particular conference, or weeks after the shareholder meeting, and whether david einhorn played a pivotal role, in your view, of pushing this into the spotlight? >> yes, there's no question he did. and i do think we're going to get some answers on increased either stock buyback, or, you know, some form of the cash coming back to shareholders. but i don't think it will happen until the end of the month. basically, what's pushed this forward with einhorn is that apple has a shareholder meeting coming up at the end of the month. so shareholders have to vote on this particular measure around pressed stock. so he basically took that opportunity to kind of put this front and center. so i think basically between now and then, there's going to be a lot of back channel discussions, and i would expect some sort of shareholder friendly announcement before the end of