hugh doyle, the kirk's chief engineer, now lives new newport, rhode island e.r.a. tired commander in the u.s. navy and get is his medical care at the naval station's clip i can, which is run by the navy, of course. two years ago he went to clinic for his routine checkup and learned his regular physician had been re-assigned to the naval hospital down in pensacola, florida, and he had a new physician. lieutenant commander kon van nguyen. at his first appoint; doyle asked his new physician, i notice you have a vietnam yes name. how did your family get to this country? and the doctor responded that he really didn't know about the family's exodus since he was a baby at the time. moreover, his father died and they ever said anything about it. his mother only spoke vietnam yes and she never talked about it. doyle just happened to have a copy of the lucky few documentary on a dvd in his car. he went out to his car and brought it in and gave it to the doctor. he watch it and the next doyle bent walk for an appointment he said did you see the system he said i saw it but it

doyle. mr. doyle: thank you. i would like to ask unanimous consent to withdraw my amendment and i want to thank chairman wolf for his efforts in support. hopefully we can work together to achieve the goals of this amendment with language in the conference report or some other means. mr. wolf: if the gentleman would yield. mr. doyle: gladly. mr. wolf: this is one of the better amendments offered today. i will do everything i can to make sure this is in the bill. if the members would take the time to go out and look at the place where you can see all the companies that are being hit, the chinese are stealing jobs and so i thank mr. doyle and mr. murphy for offering this. i will do everything i can, i think the staff knows how strongly i feel. mr. fattah has been a great help on these issues. if it is ruled out of order, we will make sure that we try to put it in the bill. i thank both of you for offering it. mr. doyle: i thank the chairman and i yield back. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsy

says two members of its staff program, ginny doyle and natalie lewis were on board when the air balloon crashed into power lines. >> good morning, erin. >> reporter: ana and victor, the rest of the hot air balloon festival was promptly canceled and virginia police held multiple briefings throughout the day saturday as they combed through this densely wooded area looking for the remains from this terrible tragedy. >> we are now transitioning from a rescue operation to a recovery operation at this time. >> reporter: from a search and rescue mission to a recovery. virginia authorities confirming the terrifying hot air balloon accident was deadly for the three people on board. >> got a visual of the airborne hot air balloon, appears to be still smoking, still pretty high there. >> got a report that the basket has come off, so we're trying to find that right now. >> advise all units the airborne balloons aren't the issue, we

two of the victims have been identified as ginny doyle and natalie lewis, both members of the university of richmond's women's basketball program. >>> and the st. louis rams made history in the seventh round of the nfl draft. they picked michael sam, the first openly gay player ever drafted. sam cried and kissed his boyfriend he's got the news from the rams' head coach on the phone. he has been congratulateded by sports stars, hollywood celebs and even president obama. >>> all right, coming up in the cnn newsroom, a cnn exclusive, our correspondent makes a dangerous journey to speak to one of the girls kidnapped from those nigerian kidnappers and terrorist groups. you only see this story right here at 2:00 eastern time. >>> fareed zakaria, "gps" begins right now.

doyle was a basketball star at the school before becoming associate head coach. and doyle went up in a hot air balloon friday evening at a festival in virginia. witnesses say the balloon piloted by dan kirk of delaware, a licensed balloonist for at least 13 years clipped a power line, caught fire and crashed. on sunday, the university's baseball team paid tribute to their fellow athletes it cancelled its remaining games that the seniors would play. head coach tracy woodson. >> it hits you and you just never know if it could be you or someone in your family. so i hate it. i feel for them. i don't like situations like this. but you know, i had to make sure our guys understood. >> reporter: hot air balloon crashes in the u.s. are extremely rare. there have been 67 where someone died, according to the national transportation safety board, in the past 50 years. >> jeff: mark albert, thank you very much. the washington monument is re- opening. an earthquake in 2011 made it unsafe to visit. two and a half years later, it is back, even better actually now. they say it is

it's all part of a doyle drive rebuild project. abc7 news is live with what's happening right now with the mess. cornell? >> reporter: surprises. the evening commute is on, and commuters are noticing big changes the last san francisco exist on northbound 101 moved and it's throwing many drivers for a loop. chp is here to make sure no one tries an illegal u-turn. some did, resulting in accidents. now, last san francisco before san francisco for the bridge has moved about a thousand feet south of the tall plaza. it's part of the doyle drive construction project. otherwise known as presidio parkway. there is signage, but if you're not paying attention and need to get to presidio, you may miss it. caltrans concerned about this tonight. and don't want to see anyone doing anything risky. >> many who missed exit today had to do just that. go across the bridge and return. sky 7 was over the approach. concrete barriers and more or yank cones have been extended. to reduce the temptation of drivers if they want to make an extreme hard right i

let's check in with patrick doyle. mr. doyle, welcome back to "mad money". >> good to see you.view you as a new product story and i'll let you review the new products before we get to the numbers. >> we have the new specialty chicken and it's terrific and we're taking boneless chicken and putting pizza toppings and it's specialty chicken with the domino's twist. >> is it coming out hot? >> we're feeling good about it. we're feeling good about it. absolutely. >> when i listen to the quarter i hear a bunch of terrific things. the growth is good. india's even better. india is biggest? >> india is doing terrific. >> with the toppings, necessarily? >> right. >> and then i hear you point out, because this is the way you are, point-blank, listen, we've got the commodity basket wrong and it was rather tough because you predicted it down two and instead it's plus 4-6 and you took my breath away and i've always felt that the model is such that i don't have to worry that much, but that's a huge amount. >> it sure is. it sure is. >> what happened? you couldn't see it coming. >> no. we coul

doyle was a basketball star before becoming a head coach. they went up in a balloon friday. the balloon piloted by dan kirk of delaware, a licensed balloonist for at least 13 years clipped a power line, caught fire, and crashed. on sunday the university's baseball team paid tribute to their fill lowe athletes. it canceled the remaining games the seniors would play. head coach tracy woodson. >> it hits you, and, you no, you never know if it could be you or your family. i hate it. i feel for them. i don't like situations like this, but, you know, i had to make sure our guys understood. >> reporter: hot air balloon crashes in the u.s. are extremely rare. according to the national transportation safety board there have been 67 where someone died. in the past 50 years. mark albert, cbs news, richmond, virginia. >>> coming up on the "morning news," open for business. the washington monument welcomes visitors today for the first time in more than three years. this is the "cbs morning news." ng "cbs morning news" botox® is an fda-approved treatment that significantly reduces headach

ginny doyle, associate head women's basketball coach. and natalie lewis, the director of basketball operations. >> we have now located two of the occupants from the hot air balloon. >> reporter: in a statement, to abc news, university officials confirming that doyle and lewis took flight together at the mid-atlantic ballooning festival on friday evening. adding words can not begin to express our sorrow. >> we could see the two passengers inside of it. >> reporter: this morning, federal investigators are digging into the balloon's maintenance records and the pilot's history. as search teams resume combing the densely wooded area for the third victim. lewis' parents not giving up hope. the search continues for our beloved daughter. we remain hopeful. and ask for your continued prayers. family members identified the pilot as daniel kirk. according to kirk's website, he had more than two decades of experience. even owned his own tour company. eyewitnesses said after the balloon smashed into the power lines, kirk made several last-ditch effor

. >>> the third body of the hot air balloon explosion has been found jimmy doyle caught fire and bothhe university and the pilot was that third person on board. witnesses reported seeing the explosion separating the basket from the balloon. >> you can hear them screaming, police help us, oh, my g-d, we are going to die. >> doyle wrote they were supposed to go up earlier in the morning but it was too foggy so they waited now the missing malaysia airline yet like i thought. they think they may have come from the jet but it led them to know they are made with a man made device and crews are searching for the underwater maine and rye routine use has been resisted by commercial airlines because of the cost but in marsh stat they will cover the cost and administrate testify he is in dapville, with information about threatening graffiti at a school. that found at charlotte threatened to harm students on may 8th and that prompted increased presence at the school campuses around the city and kept the arrested who was affected by that message. >>> they are used to kicking off in downtown sacram

ginny doyle was associate head women's basketball coach.f basketball operations. in a statement to abc news, university officials confirm that doyle and lewis took the flight together at the mid-atlantic ballooning festival on friday evening adding, words cannot begin to express our sorrow. the tragedy made for a sad commencement day at the university of richmond. the balloon was coming in for a landing when it struck power lines starting a fatal chain reaction. >> we thought the balloon was going to catch fire and land in the field. instead it kept rising. >> reporter: the flames that engulfed the passenger basket created more hot air, sending the craft soaring skyward. witnesses report explosions and the basket plunged to earth. family members say the pilot was daniel kirk, a man with more than two decades of experience who made heroic efforts to save the doomed flight. this veteran pilot said there wasn't much he could do.ç >> when a flame comes to that magnitude, it will give a lot more heat and it will go up in the air and be out of c

seen here together on doyle's instagram account. before the flight in another photo posted on instagram, doyle wrote, quote, getting ready to go up in a hot air balloon today. tried at 6:30 a.m. but it was too foggy. we'll go up this evening. #anxiety. crews are still searching for lewis with her family saying in a statement, we remain hopeful and ask for your continued prayers. meanwhile, as for the investigation -- >> we will examine the man, the machine and the environment. >> reporter: now, lester, while hot air balloon accidents remain rare in the united states and the cause of this one is still unknown, interestingly enough, earlier in april the ntsb sent a letter to the faa recommending more oversight of the industry. saying, quote, accidents highlight operational deficiencies in commercial air tour balloon operations. such as operating in unfavorable wind conditions and failure to follow flight manual procedures. something to keep an eye on as we move forward. >> luke russert, thanks very much. >>> we go overseas now where e

doyle drive, the old one, was obsolete almost as soon as it was finished. in fact, the first redesign of doyle drive was drawn up back in the 1950s so in truth, it's taken more than half a century to get it done. but it's going to be spectacular. >> beautiful. >> thank you. >>> well, coming up in our next half hour, it's been an eyesore for months. why construction stalled at this bay area apartment after the city poured $32 million into it. >> and they seem like specks in the sky. how they are catching bay area drivers behaving badly from miles away. >> if you are faced with a life- or-death emergency, why you may not want to call 911. ,,,,,, ,, ,, ,,,,,,,,,, an eyesore. now-- nearly 5 years after >>> it started with tons of potential. then after $32 million it turned into an eyesore. now nearly 5 years after breaking ground in hercules, the stalled project could be getting a jump-start. ryan takeo reports. >> reporter: anyone who drives regularly on i-80 past the town of hercules has asked himself the same question. >> what's going on with that white buil

drive -- exit of doyle lane. if a driver misses it, it is a drive across the golden gate bridge before turning back. our cameras caught several cars trying to void that, including muni bus drivers who have known about the change for weeks. one driver was caught doing ton thinkable. >> she actually got out of her car on the freeway and move the traffic cone in order to make that illegal right hand turn. >> contractors try to prevent drivers from doing that, except our cameras caught even more bizarre moves. this suv decides to back up to make the exit. minutes later, the driver of the pick up realizes he missed the exit. so, he pulls over on the side, thinks about what to do, then gets out to try and make a deal with the chp officers stationed by the exit. his plan. >> contemplated to come and ask the officer if he can, you know, guide me back. i guess i just kind of had to go all the way around. >> reporter: that's right. you have to go all the way around. ken, there used to be a highway patrol officer in this me

#anxiety, writes jenny doyle, a basketball coach for the women's team at the university of richmond. hours later, spectators at the mid-atlantic balloon festival see a balloon burning after hitting a power line. >> the hot air balloon appears to be still smoking. >> the basket has come off, so we're trying to find that right now. >> advise all units that the airborne balloons aren't the issue. need to locate the basket. >> doyle and her co-worker natalie lewis were onboard the balloon with their pilot. >> he was taking every effort he could to manage the situation and extinguish the fire. >> reporter: but after a small explosion, the basket and the balloon separated. >> during the investigation, we will examine the man, the machine, and the environment. >> reporter: witnesses say as the balloon burned, they saw two people jump or fall. >> and you could hear them screaming, "please dear god, sweet jesus, help us, oh, my god, please help us." >> and today the university of richmond is holding their commencement, obviously honoring two members of the program who were also alumni of the

so the doyle drive replacement project can continue. kron 4's alecia reid tells us where to look for the signs, and how to avoid an unwanted trip across the golden gate bridge. this is the second phase of the presidio parkway project. get used to it, the current changes will be in effect for about a month. the merchant road exit has been realigned, so once drivers pass through the tunnel heading north on highway 101, it's important they pay attention to the orange sign that says the last exit in sf is 1000 feet, because soon after, cars wanting to exit before the golden gate bridge have to bear right. if not, drivers will be forced to cross over into marin county then pay 7 bucks to get back to san francisco. the construction project is transforming highways '1' and '101' - creating safety shoulders and a landscaped median between north and southbound 101. although this exit change is temporary, there will also be shifting roadway developments, alternate lane closures, and night work until the project is completed in 2016. reporting in

but was too foggy, will go up this evening, #anxiety, writes jenny doyle, a basketball coach for the women's team at the university of richmond. hours later, spectators see a balloon burning after hitting a power line. >> appears to be pretty high in the air. >> got a report that the basket has come off, so we're trying to find that right now. >> airborne balloons aren't the issue. we need to locate the basket. >> reporter: doyle and her co-worker natalie lewis were onboard the balloon with their pilot. >> he was taking every effort he could to manage the situation and en and exteinguish the fire. >> we will investigate the man, the machine, and the environment. >> reporter: witness say as the balloon burned, two people jumped, or fell. >> you could hear them screaming, oh, my god, please help us, please help us. >> reporter: the news that two university of richmond employees were killed comes this weekend as the university holds their commencement ceremonies. you can see them certainly adding a somber note to what would otherwise be a cause for celebration at that campus. investigat

#anxiety writes jenny doyle. a basketball coach for the women at the university of richmond.pectators at the mid atlantic balloon festival in virginia see a balloon burning after hitting a power line. >> the airborne hot air balloon. appears to be still smoking pretty high in the air. >> a report that the basket has come off and trying to find it right now. >> advise all units, the airborne balloons aren't the issue. we need to locate the basket. >> reporter: doyle and co-worker natalie lewis on board the balloon with their pilot. >> he was taking every effort to manage the situation and exteng wish the fire. >> >> reporter: after a small explosion, the basket and balloon separated. >> during the investigation, we'll examine the man, the machine and the environment. >> reporter: witnesses say as the balloon burned, they saw two people jump or fall. >> and you could hear them screaming please, dear god, sweet jesus, we are going to die. please help us. please help us. >> reporter: now all three victims have been found, investigators say they'll begin the search for the wreckag

our correspondent mark doyle has visited a government school in the capital, abuja, to hear how childrenel about their safety. >> reporter: it's become every school child's nightmare. even here in the relative safety of the nigerian capital abuja, the children's thoughts are with their kidnapped colleagues. >> i feel really terrible. because they're just like me. so no one knows how they are. [ indecipherable ] >> reporter: nigeria is a big country. schools like this are part of a reality, too. but the mass kidnapping has served to highlight the vicious war taking place between boko haram and the nigerian government. but boko haram have attacked targets here in abuja as well. so the head of the school says she follows the government's security advice. maintaining a firm perimeter of walls and fencing around her charges. >> schools are not fenced. before schools are not fenced. now almost all the schools are fenced. check in and out. >> reporter: the boarding school that was attacked in northeastern nigeria, its girls taken away, would have needed more than good fencing. it's in the middl

. >> the temporary realignment just went into effect on doyle drive as part of the presidio parkway project to add safety shoulders and landscaping. we're at the spot where the crashes are happening. >> reporter: i wish i could tell you that these were the last i had seen earlier this morning. a few moments ago we saw someone try to do an illegal u-turn. they stopped here, made a three-point u-turn to come back around. another person put their car in reverse to try to avoid going over the golden gate bridge. let's hope the authorities can put these fixes in place. they put these k-rails up this morning. they extended the concrete barriers farther out making it almost impossible for drivers who miss the exit to try to cross over busy lanes of traffic. today was the first true test for commuters with the new exit, a test many failed. here's some video you will only see here. here you see a mini-van illegally trying to turn right crossing over a fast paced lane of traffic. the driver makes it but narrowly escaping an accident. the prius doesn't. . >> oh, my gosh. >> we saw this illegal attempt

. >> they released a statement confirming that ginny doyle and natalie lewis were both on board. >>> one person has died after a small plane crashed happen in page, arizona. the plane was carrying a pair of french tourists and total of seven people were on the plane when it hit the ground and flipped over yesterday. the faa said it crashed 500 feet short of the tarmac. gusty winds may have played a role in the crash. >>> united air ryans flight to hawaii had to go back to the airport after smoke was reported in the cockpit and cabin. flight 96 took off from los angeles and had been up in the air for an hour when the smoke appeared. when the oxygen mask came down, that's when everyone realize dollars for the first time just how serious the situation was. >> we turned around immediately as soon as there was smoke and informed us at one point we might have to land off an island off the coast. get out the life vest, the whole deal. it was different. >> the boeing 757 safely landed around lax safely. none of the crew members or passengers were hurt. no word on what caused the smoke to app

doyle and many other crew members were caught up in the excitement and saw the possibilities. lien never anticipated a helicopter landing on us but we started talking about it. wouldn't it be great to grab a helicopter? wouldn't it be great to take part in this? be careful what you wish for. an attempt to advertise kirk's hospitality, the ship's first-class door keeper who bespoke rudimentary vietnamese began broadcasting on the air distress frequency cough can 87, the whole number of kirk, lands here. 20 minutes later, airman gerald mcclellan waived his first qe on to the flight deck with a load of refugees. seemingly brand new helicopter was the keeper, the trophies they would bring home. the following night which should have been the 30th of april 1975 commander paul jacobs, the ceo of the ship received a cryptic message from the task force commander was ordered to dispatch the kirk's whaleboat to pull alongside the uss blue ridge and was to take aboard a mysterious passenger. that passenger was a man named richard armitage, a 3-year-old civilian. when he came aboard he inc

the golden gate bridge, a few headlights southbound on doyle drive. so far, so good coming out of morin county and we're even beginning to see some delays already out of tracy. 205 and continuing straight on through the pass and drive time good between wind turbines and 680. we see slowing and then it picks up past that. here's a live look closer to the dublin interchange, 580 looks great approaching the dublin grade and the castro valley wide continuing to move well. no major accidents at the door right now. good news starting off this monday morning in a good day. here's a live look at the minutes freeway in oakland. we cruise right along to your downtown oakland exit. that's your latest kcbs traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> there's a new dispute over parking in santa clara. 49ers on one side and joe montana is on the other. his company plans to build a hotel and entertainment center across the street but that could eat in to the 789 parking spots the team is allotted. if the two sides can't come up with a solution, the niners threatened to b

look at this map that details where road work on doyle drive will mean changes beginning tonight when single lane closures will good into effect. then starting at 1:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, the ramp from highway 1 to 101 will be closed so traffic can be shift ted a new pattern. drivers on north 101 have to use the far right lane at the golden gate bridge toll plaza to access the last san francisco exit. this video shows you what drivers can expect. all vehicles in the left lanes will be forced to travel across the bridge. the new traffic pattern is expected to be in place for a month. >>> if you're in those running shoes you might have a refund. the company that makes them has agreed to pay $3.75 million to people who bought the glove-like shoes. customers filed the class action lawsuit over health claims be the shoemaker that said the shoes could prevent injuries and strengthen muscles. critics argue there's no science to back that up. the company denies any wrongdoing but will stop making health claims in its ads. >>> ahead, anything but the typical traffic stop for one police offi

as a doctor in southern west virginia, daniel doyle often treats coalfield residents. one of the clinics he works at is just outside charleston, so he's also been seeing people who were impacted by january's chemical spill. >> it's a huge population cohort study and it will take us 10, 20, 30 years - maybe longer - to know what the long term effects are. no question that it's an experiment, but mountaintop removal is an experiment. the water pollution that is taking place is an experiment. >> do you see the health consequences of mountain top removal on the people who live around it? >> definitely in the last eight years there's been a series of epidemiological studies finding clear association between mountain top removal and cardiovascular disease, heart attacks, birth defects, certain cancers and so there's a body of knowledge which coal companies are actively investing in discrediting by sponsoring their own research institutes to try to find flaws in this. this is news that people don't want. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> we're pretty far of

before the flight in another photo posted on instagram, doyle wrote getting ready to go up in a hot air balloon. tried it, but it was too foggy. we will go up this evening. #anxiety. >> we will examine the man, the machine, and the environment. >> that's luke russert reporting. investigators are looking for records on the balloon and the pilot and will release a report on the crash in about ten days. >>> president obama took time to congratulation the nfl's first openly gay player. in a statement he called michael sams's selection by the rams an important step forward in our nation's journey. the st. louis rams draft is in the seventh round. sam told us he is overwhelmed, excite and proud to join the rams. with each passing draft pick he was not worried, but thinking about how he was going to sack each of those quarterbacks. >> the breaking news we have been going to throughout the newscast. the firefighters are responding to a fire in san jose. no estimate on when the fire might be contained. the winds are really whipping around the bay area. we will have more on this in a couple of mi

but we have done, san francisco has got grants for doyle drive and mission bay loop in the past, and we have a regional proposal and canvas the region and we hope to be successful. and we applied for a planning grant to look at core transit capacity, and particularly transbay in san francisco and the caltrain corridor. and tonight we will have staff participating in an open house to talk about a number of different projects on columbus avenue, at telehi neighborhood. and the reason it's happening, there are a number of different projects, restoration that the city is doing, and tap project that you may recall on columbus to help the 30 and 8-x, and the transportation authority has done a sidewalk study. there is a lot of things happening, the purpose of this open house is to get community feedback on where the folks are on the different projects. and to try to come out on a consensus path forward on columbus street. and thursday is bike to work day, i look forward to see you all out there. there are convoys coming in from all parts of the city, starting from 7:15 to 7:45, and culmina

we are seeing more cars in both directions on 101 between marin and doyle drive. so the commute has begun to pick up a bit. they should have four southbound lanes in the commute direction and that one earlier accident in san francisco southbound lanes of 280 approaching monterey, all lanes have been open now for a while. so while it's still slow, we're seeing some improvement on our sensors. they were red showing speeds below 25 miles per hour. so it's picked up a bit. but still a little sluggish. and if you are traveling westbound 24, right before the caldecott tunnel in orinda approaching wilder there was an accident there. it was a work truck rear-ended by a car. it sounds like though no lanes are blocked, so that's some good news heading out to oakland from contra costa county. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." with the forecast, here's lawrence. >>> you know, could get to be an interesting day today, elizabeth, as we're seeing cloudy skies. there is a slight chance we could see light showers throughout the day. not going to be much. our hi-def doppler radar

the university confirming women's basketball associate head coach jenny doyle and director of basketball operations natalie lewis are two of the three people who died after their hot air balloon drifted into a power line, burst into flames and crashed on friday night. investigators finding two bodies 25 miles north of the university of richmond campus at meadow event park. though the identities have not yet been confirmed. as of 6:30 this morning, search crews are scouring the woods and fields, searching for a third body and debris. >> still looking for the basket. we continue to collect various items and debris throughout the afternoon. and as soon as we're able to locate and recover the last occupant, of course, we'll be notifying family members and let you know, too. >> well, doyle and lewis boarded a hot air balloon with a piled on friday night. during the balloon's attempt to land, it hit a power line and went up in flames. investigators believe the pilot trying to gain control of the balloon and stop the fire while two passengers jumped from the balloon. >> horrific thing i have ev

updating doyle drive in the approaches and off-ramps, just another phase, right now, it looks mightynice. >> the weather looks good this week but from the standpoint of air quality and the temperatures will be coming up moderate air quality tomorrow. getting the first spare the air day. unhealthful levels of partick hratss. easy for me to say. the air quality is not good in the east bay. better later in the week. tomorrow, sunshine in the area. starting off your morning. temperatures in the 40s, saying good-bye to the 50s after that. warm nights and there will be warm afternoons. in fact, in low 90s tomorrow, tomorrow is a transing eugz day. feeling warmer warm -- transitioning day. feeling warm. >>> winds out of the northwest. winning it 1 foot. sheer what happened today. high pressure off shore. combined with the low over nevada and moving into utah. like squabelling children. yes. creating a ruckus. easing up a little bit. on average, middle 70s, warmest spot of this time of the year. 54 in the city. now, tomorrow, well above that, 78 in san francisco, concord, 89 degrees. so, we

francisco exit on the northbound lane of doyle drive. it is an exit a thousand feet sooner than the old one and surrounded by concrete barriers. if a driver misses it, then it is a drive across the golden gate bridge before coming back. our cameras caught several cars trying to avoid that, including muni bus drivers who knew about the change for weeks. >> we kn about the change. >> to physically prevent people from doing this illegal move. >> reporter: but, did those barriers work income at 6:00, i'll show you the even more bizarre lengths that drivers will go to just to avoid crossing that bridge. and. >> i see that chp car behind you, linda. but this is a temporary setup. a lengthy temporary deal we will have to deal with. >> reporter: right. this is just for one month. then, after that, they're going to change this approach again. >> all right. one month of it. as we're looking with chopper 5 live over the commute. hopefully we will all get used to it soon. linda, thanks. >> reporter: okay. >>> a busy intersection in fremont has reope

it's just temporary for about a month as part of the doyle drive retrofit program. if drivers miss the exit, they will be forced to cross the golden gate bridge and then pay the $7 toll to turn around and come back to san francisco. >>> well, a lot of clouds over the golden gate bridge right now. a lot of clouds over the entire bay area as a weak system moves into northern california. here is our live camera looking out toward the bay bridge. winds not too much of a factor but a solid deck of overcast. even a little bit of activity showing up on live stormtracker2 radar. this is light up towards crescent city reporting some light showers, the most recent image, you can see some activity just offshore. most of this is not reaching the ground but we're forecasting the chance of a few scattered light showers across the bay area as we head into your thursday afternoon. here is a closer inspection of the radar. you can see the overcast towards santa rosa, fairfield, san francisco, and this activity just to the west as you can see offshore. but not much in the way of sign

a lot of other drivers you can see attempting this illegal turn on the doyle drive approach to the golden gate bridge. the new lane configuration has new terrifying results and now there are now barricades in place if they miss the new last exit in advance. >>> two suspects quickly nabbed after rich ripping a gold chain off a man's neck. police say escobar and panetta allegedly grabbed the jewelry sunday on washington avenue. they didn't get too far though. officers arrested them nearby. >>> happening told, world class cyclists just started the bay area leg of the amgen tour of california. this is the view from chopper 5 as the race got underway. climbing mount hamilton and as lawrence said earlier the riders will be contending very hot temperatures. and poor air quality. so drinking plenty of water will be vital especially since today's stage is the most difficult on the eight day course. after mount hamilton riders will head north along the eastern edge of livermore and then they'll pedal to the top of mount diablo. >>> a police confrontation ends with a home blown to pieces in new hamp

doyle posted this photo saying getting ready to go up in a hot air balloon today. will go up this evening. #anxiety. the university held a moment of silence during commencement. >>> donald sterling and his estranged wife are speaking out. he sat down for an interview where he spoke about his racist recordings saying, when i listen to that tape i don't even know how i can say words like that. i don't know why the girl had me say those things. i was baited. that's not the way i talk. i don't talk about people ever. i talk about ideas. i'm not a racist. i made a terrible mistake. am i entitled to one mistake? of course. am i entitled to one mistake? it's a terrible mistake and i'll never do it again. his wife has weighed in on her husband's racist rant in an interview with barbara walters. >> is donald sterling a racist? >> i have never heard him say racial things. it was horrible when i heard it. i mean, it was just degrading and it made me sick to hear it. but as far as a racist, i don't really think he is a racist. >> do you think your husband should apologize? >>

the body of genny doyle and the woman's basketball coach for the last 16 years and the former player herself has been recovered. so has the body of the balloon's pilot unidentified. another passenger, 24-year-old natalie lewis who coached with the university of richmond basketball's team is still missing. and investigators are now combing an area of thick woods in virginia looking for her. more than 100 rescuers are joining in the search effort down in caroline county. and the parents of natalie are quoted asking for prayers still holding out hope their daughter survived the scary accident where two of the people in the gondola were seen by people in the ground jumping or falling from the gondola while the pilot tried desperately to control the flames before the balloon separated from the gondola sending it crashing to the earth. the whole time people on the ground could hear helpless passengers crying for help and screaming that they thought they were going to die. back to you in new york. >> such a sad story. thank you, peter. peter, you have something special for somebody special

jenny doyle and natalie lewis were on board the balloon friday afternoon. both worked in the women's basketball program at the university of richmond. the pilot was the third pesh on board. witnesses reported seeing the fire before the explosion separated the baskets from the -- basket from the balloon. >> you could hear them screaming, please god, sweet jesus, we're gonna die. please help us, please help us. >> on instagram doyle wrote they were supposed to go up early in the morning but it was too foggy. so they waited until later in the day. the ntsb is now investigating. >>> new details this morning about the search for that missing malaysia airlines jet. searchers now saying some of the electronic signals detected last month did not come from the jet's black box like first thought. they still believe two transmissions heard on april 5th may have come from the jet. but an april kus tick an alittle sis of signals detected three days later has led them to believe they came from a manmade device. the crews are going to resume their underwater search today.

also in a statement you put out earlier together with congressman mike doyle of pennsylvania, you said this, we have also learned that higherups within the department of veterans affairs may have instructed officials at the pittsburgh v.a. not to inform members of congress about the existence of a wait list. that in effect would be lying to members of congress. what's going on here? >> we were very concerned about that. i talked to folks within the v.a. their version is, we wanted to wait until we got more information for you. i talked a few minutes ago with another administrator who said he wasn't told that information. this is some of the confusion within the system. i'll give them the benefit of the doubt they're trying to clean this up. but i think this speaks to multiply this throughout the veterans administration. they may not even know such things exist, the pressure in the eyes of the members of the country and the congress is on them. they have to take quick cleanup action. >> drew has a question for you. >> congressman, you've talked about this legionella outbreak as well at

. >> passengers ginny doyle and natalie lewis were friends and members of the athletic staff at the universitynd. family members identified the pilot as daniel kirk who had decades of peeks ernest. witnesses to the crash are still stunned by what they saw. >> and we thought that the balloon would just catch fire and land in the field but instead it just kept rising. >> you could hear them screaming please, dear god, sweet jesus, help us, we're going to die, oh, my god, please help us. please help us. >> collisions with electrical wires are a real risk of hot air balloon flight. the faa and the ntsb have been pushing for more regulation of the industry. both agencies are now investigating the crash. >>> sadly yesterday was graduation day at the university of richmond, and the chaplain led the families in a moment of silence for the two women who worked at the school and who died in the balloon accident. >>> well, the coast guard has pulled off a dramatic rescue to save two cruise ship passengers off the coast of north carolina. the man and woman plucked from the carnival "splendor" yesterday an

only be around for about a month or so as workers add safety shoulders and landscaping as part of the doyle drive replacement project. live in a very windy san francisco, nannette miranda, nbc bay area news. >> thanks. >>> new at 6:00, it's going to be a few more days before an apple store in berkeley reopens. an apple employee was out in front helping some customers. on friday, someone drove a car through the store's glass doors. see it right there. the suspect ditched the car but grabbed several iphones and computers. police still searching for the suspects. >>> coming up next at 6:00 -- the president gives a big thumbs up to one nfl team and one player in particular. there he is. we'll show you. >>> plus, the growing scandal involving veterans hospitals. lawmakers are determined to find out who is responsible. we'll have a full report straight ahead. >>> we're following breaking news in the south bay where a fire has broken out at a landfill. firefighters on the scene right now. so is kimberly tere. what do you see out there? >> reporter: i see a lot of dense smoke, and the fire is still

it's part of the doyle drive retrofit project. early sunday morning the familiar last exit just before the bridge will be shut down. that exit is moving about 1000 feet south to merchant road. it will last for about a month while crews add safety shoulders and landscaping of the toll plaza. >>> a rare animal now a san francisco zoo gets a rather unusual name. find out who got the naming rights, and the names connection to the animals native land? >>> when it comes to bay area athletics, tonight's the night to shine. top honors for some noted local sports figures dog: get four years dog: get four years interest-free financing on the entire tempur-pedic cloud collection. get a queen size sealy gel memory foam mattress for just $497. don't miss the memorial day sale. ♪ they just change boots.. that's why we made the all-new jeep cherokee. with an exclusive 9-speed transmission and 31 miles per gallon highway. so you can keep going. female narrator: it's posturepedic versus beautyrest it's posturepedic versus beautyrest with up to $40

mcdonagh, to doyle, to moore. >> i thought your sister lives in copenhagen. >> no. lives in amsterdam. my brother lives in montreal. >> what a family. >> very international family. thank you. empty net for the canadiens. they have to score. or they're done. henrik lundqvist, kenny calls him the king. off the coconut. the rangers are going to the stanley cup for the first time in 20 years. >> if you ever meet a hockey player, just add an "r" or a "y" and he'll think you're pretty cool. >> all right. >> too much fun. >>> some police officers in texas found themselves in a sort of strange situation. they were called to a store after two deer broke through a window and were running wild inside. >> as they ran back and forth, avoiding barriers and the cops, the deer left quite a few items broken on the floor. eventually, they were forced to run out the door. >> said it before. it's like a bull in a china shop. >> except it's a deer in an antique shop. >> exactly. it didn't knock over too much. >> it did a good job. >> it did a good job. >>> coming up next, it's "the puls

jenny doyle was a woman's basketball coach.he school said, quote, words cannot begin to express our sorrow. >>> meanwhile, in washington, a partisan battle breaking out over a select committee investigation over benghazi. many republicans say the panel is a long time going, but many republicans brand it a, quote, political stunt. as the debrate rages on, the pentagon seemed to have no doubts about the nature of the attack. leon panetta testifying about it last year. >> no question in my mind this was a terrorist attack. these arms show up that there's something planned here. >> they planned terrorist attacks? >> it's a terrorist attack, and i think others, i know hillary clinton and others identified it as a terrorist attack, and that was my view. >> joining us now is byron york, chief political correspondent for the washington examiner and a fox news contributor. great to see you. >> good to be here, eric. >> leon panetta is a longtime great democrat. he calls it a terrorist attack, but nancy pelosi is pretty harsh, calling th

. >> reporter: ginny doyle and natalie lewis were friends and both on staff at the university of richmond. lewis was engaged to be married. their excitement, even nervousness about the trip, evident in a number of tweets posted in the hours before the tragedy. one under the hashtag high anxiety. family members identified the pilot as daniel kirk. according to his website, he had more than 20 years experience, even owning his own tour company. the accident coming as the faa and ntsb have been pushing for more regulation of the balloon industry. both agencies are investigating the crash. >> industry groups have resisted further regulation. because most of the u.s. balloon mishaps involve just a few people, it hasn't been a priority of the faa or ntsb. >> reporter: natalie lewis' friends posted a message on facebook. it read, we are so much better for our time with you. today was graduation day at the university of richmond. a much less joyful occasion than many hoped it would be. >> all right, susan saulny tonight. susan, thank you. >>> overseas now. an eruption of gunfire caught on tape. t

seen here together on doyle's instagram account. before the flight, in another photo posted on instagram, doyle wrote, quote, getting ready to go up in a hot air balloon today. tried it at 6:30 a.m., but it was too foggy. we'll go up this evening. #anxiety. crews are still searching for lewis, with her family saying in a statement, we remain hopeful and ask for your continued prayers. meanwhile, as for the investigation -- >> we will examine the man, the machine, and the environment. the onscene investigation will consist of -- >> reporter: the ntsb sent a letter to the faa calling for an increased oversight of how hot air balloons operate within the united states. hot air balloon accidents are rare. the ntsb recently said they want the faa to have oversight specifically on how they're licensed, and regulated. >> thanks so much, luke russert. >>> developing now to cheers of, we are russia. separatists in eastern ukraine are turning out in large numbers today to vote on whether to split from the country, and create their own so-calle

here's a few headlights heading towards doyle drive problem- free from marin county and looks good across the san mateo bridge. that's traffic. back to you guys. >> because it's nice and early. okay, liz. 4:47. >>> there is now a last-ditch plan to try to save doctors medical center from closing. contra costa supervisors plan to ask private businesses and nonprofits for money to keep it open. so far not hopeful. how important is this one hospital? kpix 5 spent a night in the emergency room to find out. ken bastida reports. >> you know if you're a police officer you go to the crime, i'm an e.r. doctor i come where the doctor, the violence, the things that make me glad to do what i do. >> reporter: for a quarter million people, this emergency room is the last best hope when something goes wrong. >> when my mother got sick, we had to rush her over here to doctors hospital. not the ideal place come hang out. [ laughter ] >> but at least if you need to be here, it will be here. >> without a doubt. without a doubt this is the workhorse. we are the engine that drives healthcare in this community