reggie kumar tells us what the family of donald lee, the organizer of the fishing trip, plans to do now. >> reporter: donald lee is one of the seven fishermen still missing in the sea off the gulf of california. he had been organizing the trip for a year. they knew the search for the men would be called off eventually. he says he does not understand why the department of defense won't send divers down to where the mexican navy thinks the ship sank. >> they used very specific language by saying the capabilities to do this sort of dive were very limited and the capabilities were not available at this time. we're not going away. we're not giving up. if anything, i would say that we are more galvanized in our efforts because right now, we went from being sad to frustrated, and now we're angry. we do appreciate what the coast guard and everyone has done for us. there's just a lot of unanswered questions still that we would like find out before this effort's called off. for us, it's always been about the dive because we want to bring our fathers home. >> reporter: the family is now looking in

reporting live in san ramon--of their missing family member donald lee reporting live in san ramon i and teresa estacio. >> one of the other man said he had been in a bed waters before and when he went to his cabin at night the seas were very rough. >> i was probably in bed for one hour or two hours when nearly started to get rough. it was hammering it really good. apparently talking to some of the guys that were sitting outside we were taking water over the top of the boat. the back in was under water when i came out of my door and i saw the captain standing there and we were about a 25 degree list to port at that time in as the capt. have you put out any call to the coast guard to get us here? as he did i say anything to me he just stared at me. i walked outside did not have anything on but my underwear and of myself flotation device that we all brought with us. we went on to the deck, i saw the water was coming on fast i into the cooler that was sitting there next to me and i jumped over the side of the boat with the cooler and swam away from the boat and as i swam away, i noticed

in the meantime, one of donald lee's closest friend, a survivor from the boat is driving, as we speak back here to pick up his know bruce doesnt to do that. he's one of my dad's very best friends. >> mandy lee is talking about the difficult trip home for one of her dad's best friends. walnut week's -- creek's bruce marr survived the cap sizing of the fishing boat in the sea of cortez. at last word he is driving back from mexico. his yellow suv is parked in front of the lee home. lee is still missing. along with another close friend. >> i know that this is painful for him. he has to come here to his best friend's car and drop off his best friend's car. bruce is coming in and driving my mom's car back with, out my dad. >> mexican and u.s. rescuers continue searching for for the seven men still miss oogt coast guard and mexican navy have picked 1500 square miles to concentrate their search. >> beyond the search, the family is working with jackie speir to organize a dive team. >> if this can answer questions out there and bring closure, family just wants to know they can move on to a grie

richie tells us what the family of donald lee, the organizer of the fishing trip plans on doing now. lee is one of these seven missing men he lives end of this home, his son says that they are hoping to persuade the department of defense to change their mind and allow the coast guard to continue to search for the man, if the dot refuses the request the family may try their own search operations. >> we have researched the but we will need the cooperation of all families involved and find out where they are with it. we still need to regroup and find out what their thinking. it is definitely one of the options that we are investigating we do not know what is involved with something like this to my brother-in-law is looking into it, he has started putting a few contacts out there asking for help. the one of the things that we want to let them know the department of defense, we are not going away or giving up. i will say that we are more galvanize than ever in our efforts to pursue this because right now we have gone from being sad to frustrated and now we are angry. the one thing that we

. >>> family members of one of the missing men donald lee said today they had been speaking with congresswoman jackie spears office to see if the search would continue. >> reporter: federal investigators arrived this morning own spent the morning inspecting the charred plane before going ahead with plans to send it to a near by facility. the plane went down, then witnesses say it crashed into a closed unoccupied medical building. on board the howton family of santa cruz. relatives confirm that 44-year- old pilot david, wife and mother didi and son 12-year-old luke and 10-year-old ryan were on board the plane. >> everyone is in shock. everybody is processing it. but like i said they were holding on to some kind of hope that the boys weren't on the plane. but they were. >> witness ivan guerrero told us he felt anxious watching the plane burn. >> i felt anxious because i knew people were burning in there. all i could do was call 911. >> reporter: they will look at the plane, weather conditions and the pilot's expertise. >> we look at the pilot, his or her training, his or her experience, his or h

we recently spoke to may lee the missing fisherman donald lee is clinging to hope that her husband will be found alive. >> just thinking about not being with him it's horrible. i have to hold on to that. i have to hold on that there is hope. >> reporter: lee shared with us this video a similar fishing trip that her husband organized last year. this is the third time he took the trip. lee is on the far right hand side of a group photo that we are just about to show you right now. it was taken shortly before the group on board saturday. there he is right there. we will tell you what some people were able to eat that helped them stay alive and have the strength to swim to shore to be rescued. live in the newsroom i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we are learning more about the man confirmed dead in this boating tragedy. he's identified as leslie yee of series. he worked at the chronicle for 37 years before retiring in 2009. his family says fishing was his passion. they say friends tried to convince to go on this trip for years but he was always too busy with work and family before

>>reporter: one of the missing fisher maynes donald lee of san row money.aughter says she's been told the search will go on. navy officials says there could be more survivors because the weather and water are so warm. in the newsroom, this is 7 news. >> red cross is helping 12 family left homeless when fire swept through the apartment building tonight. took firefighters more than an hour to bringubk the fire and 12 unit complex under control. sky 7 flew overhead as fire crew from the park and neighboring city responded after 4:30 this afternoon. no word yet on how the fire started. but investigators are checking to see if fireworks were involved. one firefighters was treated for heat related injury. >> bart chief of police satisfies his officers acted in defense of their lives when they shot a man last night on train station plat for. chief says when officers approached the suspect he confronted them with a knife and bottle. within a minute after arriving on platform he says one of the officers shot the suspect. >> guy armed with a knife. guy used a bottle

. >> and that is a family of lon donald lee, still missing, that family would like if a dive team would go down to take a look at the eric. at this point there are no plans to do that because it's complicated and dangerous. i just got off the phone with the coast guard. today they told me 2200 square miles have been searched. they'll be back out there tomorrow, as for how long the search will continue, the coast guard spokesman told me they'll take it day by day. >> and investigators on a scene of a small plane crash in watsonville. there is a photo of the family there are two reports tonight. family and friends gathered and we begin at the crash site in watsonville remains have opinion taken out of here and have been removed. the national transportation safety board will take all of the pieces in place them in a warehouse, examining each one of the keys. the man behind controls of the mean was a 45-year-old and all them headed 26 miles west of yosemite. investigators from national transportation safety board and the federal aviation administration combed through debris, interviewing wi

he was at meetings with british quote knights templars with british intelligence watching them donald lee involved with them i predicted last week on thursday that they would start moving the terror threat away from muslims in europe or the united states over to quote white right wing al qaida people that won't go along with the new wars the banker bailouts the open borders all of this as a way to demonize it so i could see the shift in law enforcement training manuals i was being sent in different messages in the media that they were about to glimpse of this that i said that the attacks were imminent imminent on thursday and our report on that one around the world but it was even more imminent than i thought and it was almost instantaneous less than twenty four hours later this began and you've got multiple shooters reported by eyewitnesses that look nothing like a brave a dark hair but with norwegian features you have the police ninety minutes on getting there you have a facebook they altered from illuminati stuff to saying he's a christian conservative that's confirmed all of this is u

. >> frank we're outside the san ramon home of donald lee. one of his friends that survived the boat accident is expected back here at any time. that's his yellow jeep. he parked here before the fishing trip. this morning the group of friends who survived sunday's boating accident gathered together before getting in separate videos to make their way across the mexico border to come home. one survivor expressed mixed emotions. >> i'm always happy to go home, home is where the heart is. but we're leaving friends behind and the search. >> reporter: at 5:00 this evening, family and friends of the missing fishermen gathered together at the home of robert lee. they say this was the first conference call briefing with u.s. officials. >> so what have you found? >> we found lots of degree ma'am. we found ice chests, we found dead animals, unfortunately. we found degree. >> reporter: the coast guard estimates that the sunken ship eric is about 100 feet under water. family members say they would like the coast guard members to search the sunken ship to

among the missing is donald lee of san ramone. >> later pictures that show a story survival. the river rafting head adventure. >> fog returns to the bay area, how it'll impact temperatures. tomorrow's forecast coming up. >> i hope its one of those things that they did it as a last resort. >> questions tonight about why bart police shot and killed a man with a knife. could they have used a taser insaid? >> it was a gutsy move, 235 moves ago. our forefathers declaring independence from great britain and what it's meant since is uniquely american. . >>> a roll over accident in antioch. the driver lost control on a turn on hillcrest avenue. the car then went over the center median, through a fence and then hit a tree. one man was trapped inside the car. he was freed and take ebben taken to the hospital. >>> bart police outlined the circumstances leading up to last night's deadly officer involved shooting on a bart platform. as david david stevenson. >> reporter: police say it startedda as a routine call. a man with an open container of alcohol at the civic center station. it ende

. >> frank we're outside the san ramon home of donald lee. one of his friends that survived the boat accident is expected back here at any time. that's his yellow jeep. he parked here before the fishing trip. this morning the group of friends who survived sunday's boating accident gathered together before getting in separate videos to make their way across the mexico border to come home. one survivor expressed mixed emotions. >> i'm always happy to go home, home is where the heart is. but we're leaving friends behind and the search. >> reporter: at 5:00 this evening, family and friends of the missing fishermen gathered together at the home of robert lee. they say this was the first conference call briefing with u.s. officials. >> so what have you found? >> we found lots of degree ma'am. we found ice chests, we found dead animals, unfortunately. we found degree. >> reporter: the coast guard estimates that the sunken ship eric is about 100 feet under water. family members say they would like the coast guard members to search the sunken ship to

they're waiting to hear the fate of their neighbor donald lee, one of eight people still missing outf a total number of 44 passengers and crew members. a surprise storm swept them into the sea when the fishing boat, the eric cap sized. somehow, 37 passengers and crew members managed to get get to shore. some had life vests, some did not. 43-year-old michael ng was among them. >> he had to do some swimming. they had life jackets on. they did have time to put on life jackets, so that is a good thing. he's a strong swimmer, i'm glad. >> but current were strong and ng and two others held on to an ice chest. nearly 12 hours before they reached mexican authorities to report the incident accident dent. >> some people made it to shore by swimming and walked to town. >> the u.s. coast guard launched a rescue helicopter in hopes of spofting the missing from 300 feet over the water. the boat had just left saturday on what was scheduled to be saichl-day trip, charging $800 per person. >> they're going for yellow tail, and anything that is out there.

mae lee the wife of donald lee invited us inside their home this evening. while we were there she received a call from one of the survivors in mexico. other family members created a facebook page and twitter account to ask for help. they're finding strength in hope. >> just thinking about not being with him is too much sorrow so i have to hold on to that. i have to hold on that there's hope. >> all these guys --mily shared with us exclusively this video of a similar fishing trip with 62-year-old lee organized last year in san felipe. it was an annual outing to renew friendships. >> to him it was about comradery and be friends. all yearlong he would look forward to this. >> reporter: lee says her husband was a parks manager at an auto dealership before he retired. he says he always put the needs of his three daughters before himself. >> and it wasn't until the girls, we got them through college that he really started you know taking vacations and just enjoying life. >> reporter: this is the third time he took the trip on the eric. the vessel that capsized su

among the missing is donald lee of san ramone. >> later pictures that show a story survival. the river rafting head adventure. >> fog returns to the bay area, how it'll impact temperatures. tomorrow's forecast coming up. >> i hope its one of those things that they did it as a last resort. >> questions tonight about why bart police shot and killed a man with a knife. could they have used a taser insaid? >> it was a gutsy move, 235 moves . >>> a roll over accident in antioch. the driver lost control on a turn on hillcrest avenue. the car then went over the center median, through a fence and then hit a tree. one man was trapped inside the car. he was freed and take ebben taken to the hospital. >>> bart police outlined the circumstances leading up to last night's deadly officer involved shooting on a bart platform. as david david stevenson. >> reporter: police say it startedda as a routine call. a man with an open container of alcohol at the civic center station. it ended in his death after he allegedly use aid knife and bottle against two officering. the officers, one with six y

now we recently spoke to may lee wife of fisherman donald lee who is clinging to hope her husband will be found alive. he just put his daughters through college and excited to take a vacation. >> it was more about the camaraderie and being with his friends. all yearlong he would look forward to this. >> reporter: lee shared with us this video of a similar fishing trip her husband organized last year. this was the third time he took the trip aboard. now lee is in a group photo right here on the far right hand side. it was taken shortly before they got on board. the dive teams will be looking for the survivors passports and keys. many passengers drove down from the bay area and unable to get home now. coming up in our next half hour we will tell you why the coast guard is hopeful they will find more survivors. live in the newsroom i'm tara moriarty. >>> last night the richmond city council gave its approval if a city-wide id card program. christian katherine joins us now. >> reporter: it's a plan that sparked a lot of public comment here at richmond city hall. as you said that plan appro

mae lee the wife of donald lee invited us inside their home this evening. while we were there she received a call from one of the survivors in mexico. other family members created a facebook page and twitter account to ask for help. they're finding strength in hope. >> just thinking about not being with him is too much sorrow so i have to hold on to that. i have to hold on that there's hope. >> all these guys -- >> reporter: the family shared with us exclusively this video of a similar fishing trip with 62-year-old lee organized last year in san felipe. it was an annual outing to renew friendships. >> to him it was about comradery and be friends. all yearlong he would look forward to this. >> reporter: lee says her husband was a parks manager at an auto dealership before he retired. he says he always put the needs of his three daughters before himself. >> and it wasn't until the girls, we got them through college that he really started you know taking vacations and just enjoying life. >> reporter: this is the third time he took the trip on the eric. the ves

russell bautista who is from penngrove, donald lee from san ramon, gene liong from dublin and albert mien. we spoke with gene's family and they said he is a survivor and they still have hope that the 69-year-old will return alive. >> me and him were supposed to go together. and now so i offered to go for father's day and he went. >> reporter: leong said his father earn a purple heart in vietnam. gene loves fishing and was taking this trip to baja for the first time. now, yesterday the u.s. coast guard had sent a helicopter to assist the navy in the search. that plane returned and a second plane was sent from sacramento down to mexico to continue with that search today. and once again, those favorable conditions in terms of 80- degree temperature water, calm waters, still give us hope that the missing individuals may still be arrive. >> thank you, kristy seifkin live in the newsroom. >>> several families here in the bay area have received phone calls with good news from their loved ones saying they made it and they're okay. among the survivors are two men from novato. a wife has been

one is russell bautista from penngrove, donald lee of san ramon, gene leong of dublin, albert mien of twain harte. they were all close friends. and gene leong's family is still hopeful that the 69-year- old will return home alive. leong's son told us that his father received a purple heart in vietnam. he was taking that trip to baja for the first time. brian wong of berkeley is another one of the passengers who is still missing. this fishing trip was an annual familiar will tradition wong and his three brothers who did survive. now, we have just gotten word that a c-130 plane has been isn't by the u.s. coast guard from sacramento down to mexico. one was sent yesterday and return, another on its way. they will continue the search in the air and will we have heard of scuba divers to going under water to find something in the debris at 200 feet below sea level. >> thank you, kristy seifkin live in our newsroom. >>> in oakland this morning, the chief of police is planning to announce upcoming changes to his department. anthony batts will hold a news conference to discuss a reorganization

we talked to the family of the organizer donald lee family and ask them what they're planning on doing now. >> they had been organizing the trip for over a year he knew that the search would be called off eventually they are wondering why pay the department of defense will not send divers down to see what is going on the boat. >> they told us the capabilities were not available at this time we have not given up. went from being sad to frustrated we have appreciated everything the coastguard and everyone. we would like to of find out more information before this search was called off appeared >> the family is now looking into continuing the search on their own. >> we are trying to contact all the families and see where they are with this private search. >> they are asking people to e-mail their public official to put more pressure on so that the search will continue. you in total our web site is at kron 4 and click on meshing the fisherman. >> the wrong way driver on highway 1. it is now turning out to be a murder investigation. investigators are saying he rode at the wrong way on the h

we read of house of donald lee.onor of the yellow jeep is fine and will leave before all his friends are recovered the honor of their red truck he is still lost at sea his son-in-law and daughter are staying at the moment now. i talk to the son-in-law and this is we had the same >> a great man he loves his family he is a very proud grandfather he sacrificed a lot for his family growing impaccrocker basically had no vacations when the children are growing up in this was his passion he remodeled his some and then he decided fishing was and his new lobby. he wanted a bond with friends and then this happened the clock is ticking on them and is there search continues the window of opportunity closes at 2:00 a.m. on friday. they will willing to pay up pockets for investigators and helicopters to continue the search. with the current now they will direct even further south. they're talking to the coast guard and we need to bring our family members some >> police are still searching for a man that stole i rare picasso paint

twenty second time in a row he's currently two shots back with a whole host of plays including lee donald afterwards westwood said he was happy with his day's work. you have been playing well since the masses really. practice over the last couple of weeks. ago it was nice to refresh and looking forward to the next two weeks and sixty five was a good way to start those who is today now noticeable absentee from the tournament is us open golf champion rory mcilroy he's decided to rest the head of the british open however at twenty two the no norrish prodigy could still be playing in the foul day series which inspired him to become the major winner he is constantly the top off reports now on the youth development programme which has come to moscow to help produce a russian golf champion. british six time major winner cern nick faldo founded his serious in one thousand nine hundred six and it bled through of champions have already developed through the system including the likes of u.s. open champion rory mcilroy and yannis singh the youngest player meal of females in the morning to win four m

. >> reporter: ma h, di lee recalls her dad donald was at a fishing shop when he and bruce mar met -- mandi lee recalls her dad. and bruce is among 19 passengers who survived the ship wreck. many headed to the bay area. >> he has to come here to his best friend's car and pick up his car and drop off his best friend's car. >> reporter: albert mar was also swept away after winds capsized the 115-foot boat. >> the swim was really hard. >> reporter: survivor dave levine told his wife how he let go of an ice chest he and four others clung to to swim to land a few miles away. it took eight hours against strong current, determination and some luck. >> when he was swimming ashore, he took a stroke and when one hand came out there was a bottle of water in. then he took another stroke and he came up with another bottle of water. >> reporter: survivors are driving home today, two in their group missing but not given up on. >> my dad would not want it any other way. you know these are his best friend, and he has always thought us that we don't leave our friends side or our family's side. so it's

after carding a two under par sixty eight although there will be no world number one luke donald all number to lee westwood who both missed the cup well american glover was aiming to build on his own round of sixty six and could have ended a two as the out right leader if he had sunk busy goal he carded a seventy two leaving that fall under par and joining him at the top of the leaderboard is clarke the norm marshman had an eeg on five birdies including this one eighty post another sixty eight now four plays are a shot back and that includes martin kyra seen here it is steady round of sixty nine first round lead it always be almost along with chad campbell also tied in second place and say to the spaniard mika angle him in there he sunk a piece along part of the six before finishing on three under. them at a time lewis grabbed the headlines when he led on the opening day and although he has slipped down the field he's still only three shots off the pace and in contention. good form yesterday that's for the shot of the day we go to five time open champion tom watson he laid down a nearly marker for

minutes ago, we spoke to may lee and her husband, donald, is one of the seven still missing. she's holding out hope a she's still alive. so far her husband has been missing 72 hours. >> the time frame is over 90 hours when the both capsized. >> reporter: so you are still holding out hope that your husband would be -- could be alive because the officials say the water is still warm down there? >> yes. >> and the more they can go out and search the little high independent -- the little islands, the more hope we can have of bringing them home safety. now, today a search team will be diving 200 feet down to the boat to look for survivers' passports and keys. many passengers drove down to mexico and are unable to get home. rescue teams are coordinatinger arts -- coordinating with others as well. >>> last night, the richmond city council unanimously approved a plan for municipal i.d. cards. some say this will encourage undocumented workers to stay 234 richmond. christen calf ten is joining us live. he's in richmond now with all of 24. >> good morning. this was a topic that packed c

while world number two lee westwood shares the lead at the scottish open if he wins here he was following luke donald as world number one but for the moment he's tied in first place with mark to live from chile a great hit a sixty five. scotland's colin going race he's a top five finishes to qualify for his home major for a twenty second time in a row he's currently two shots back with a whole host of plays including luke donald but it was westwood who was happiest with his day's work. to have a plain old sense of mass is really. good practice over the last couple of weeks. wrote it's nice to refresh and thought the next two weeks and sixty five's a good way to start those two it's well noticeable absentee from the tournament as u.s. open golf champion rory mcilroy has decided to rest ahead of the british open however at twenty two the northern irishman can still be playing in the found a series which inspired him to become the major winner he's an icon something the top of reports now on the youth development program which is come to moscow to help produce a russian golf champion. british six time m

while world number two lee westwood shares the lead at the scottish open if he wins here he will as fellow englishman luke donald is world number one but for the moment he's tied in first place with mark two low from chile they both had a sixty five spot column going we need a top five finish to qualify for his own major for a twenty second time in a row and currently two shots back with a whole host of plays including lee afterwards westwood said he was happy with his day's work. have been playing well since and thus is really. good practice over the last couple of weeks the road is nice. because the next two routes and sixty progs a good way to start those who is today now notable absentee from the tournament as u.s. open golf champion rory mcilroy has decided to rest the head of the british open however at twenty two the norrish project could still be playing in the found a series which inspired him speak on a major when it is constant but reports now on the youth development program which has come to moscow to help produce a russian champion. british six time major winner certainly faldo founded his serious