. >> britain's kreme elizabeth has arrived in australia for a visit. -- queen elizabeth has arrived in australia for a visit. she and her husband were met by the australian prime minister. the queen is expected to visit four city and meet with representatives from commonwealth nations. she is also going to meet with workers to help with the flooding in queensland. archaeologists say they have uncovered the remains of a viking chieftain buried in his boat in scotland. the 5 meter long boat is mostly rotted away and it has the bones of the viking warrior. the remains of his broadsword are part of the remains dug up by scientists. 1000 years ago, norse men raided scotland. many established settlements there. "should we bury you in a boat, too? >> [laughter] >> we will be back after the break. >> across southeast asia, the worst monsoon in living memory has brought torrential rains to cambodia, laos, thailand, vietnam. it has cut off homes and destroyed all important food crops and livestock. floodwaters continued to endanger the lives of millions of people. the united nations says 700 peo

bbc news. >> queen elizabeth has begun an 11 day official visit to australia with her husband, the sides of spending time in the capital, they will m travelelbour -- will travel to melbourne and brisbane. she also took a trip to see the annual flower festival. duncan kennedy is there. and i said, relaxing day? >> you are absolutely right. first up was the meeting with the first female government general. a lawyer and a businesswoman. she went on to a flower show. very much a slow, gradual move into her duties here. she is here for 10 days. she keeps reminding us she is 85 years old and unlike her first trip here, which is getting a lot of coverage, when the queen was here for 57 days, made 100 speeches. it is something like 75%, three- quarters of all australians. there is still an awful lot of interest in this visit, the queen remains a popular person here. >> what about the overall concept of a british monarch to being the head of state of australia? what do austrians make of that? >> it sounds like an anachronism and twenty first century, and some say it should not continue. we're a c

elizabeth has the latest. >> developing story in vacaville. it is really a mess. unfortunately the line of traffic is growing. they are not expected to reopen all lanes of interstate 80 in the vacaville area until 3 p.m. or a little earlier according to nick who is live out there. but it will be a mess for most of the day. westbound 80 at lagoon valley road. if you iraq look use fronttage road to get back on westbound 80 at texas. peabody to westbound airbase parkway or even longer southbound 113 as an alternate to westbound 12. again, it is backing up already for several exits. problems on the bay bridge this morning a three-car wreck on the "s" curve before treasure island. so sounds like emergency crews are on the scene, fire department is out there blocking a couple of lanes on the "s" curve where it all starts to slow anyway. so metering lights were off at last check. as you can see it is a slow ride already up the incline. past treasure island and the wreck, speeds improve heading into san francisco. but that's not the way you want to start off your morning

queen elizabeth has opened the commonwealth leader summit. she's drawn a tough action against piracy. the royal successals to enable a first born daughter to become a monarch ahead of any other brothers. nicholas winchal reports. >> it was one of those welcomes that tried to do everything. traditional in australia's heritage. contemporary in the way the heads of government came to the stage. >> the right honorible david cameron. prime minister of the united kingdom. >> for a moment it could have been a tv reality show, except of course that it isn't. >> for the commonwealth the relate is it needs to find a new relevance and confirm the 16 nations that have a queen as head of states they decide daughters should have equal rights to succeed to the thrown as sons. the queen, the head of the commonwealth urged the leaders that principal used -- >> and why is it necessary to make this change now? because queen's grand son william has married. >> well, i think the time has come to change the rules so that if the royal couple have a girl rather than

elizabeth has many years sort of in the wilderness. elizabeth has two children. hazel raises her family. she has three kids and she quickly has grandchildren and get involved in a number of -- a number of sort of hobby belly dancy, various new age kinds of things but also tries to get involved with the black community in certain ways. she starts working with unwed mothers and mothers with children in foster care. she works with underprivileged kids and takes them on field trips. again, the only cameras that are there are, you know, point-and-shoots that people happen to bring with them. there's no press coverage of any of this. her husband sort of makes fun of her for -- you know, for trying to -- still trying to atone for the picture but this is how she wants to live her life and she wants to be a role model for her children. and she's bothered by the fact that the picture keeps appearing with increasing frequency. every anniversary the picture appears and it's in all the history books and the fifth anniversary and the tenth anniversary and all of that. and no on

. >> queen elizabeth has landed in western australia at of the summit for leaders there to officially open the meeting on friday as to attend a tour of australia comes to an end. on wednesday, hundreds of people lined the streets of mel bourne to welcome the queen. >> even after nearly 60 years, it was a day to savor. in the center of mel bourne, the queen came across an endless line of people wanting to meet her. so many flowers that the british detectives had to lend a hand to gather them. one little girl had to make sure she did not misspell the queen. they went to a hospital where the nurses war i-catching pink. -- wore eye-catching pink. he was not quite sure whether she wanted to give the queen her posey of flowers. these former conjoined twins, who were separated two years ago, are now doing well. then it was onto a ride on one of mel bourne signature vehicles, a tram. a good crowd, a warm welcome, a successful visit. the character will change on friday when the queen steps into her role as head of the commonwealth to open the commonwealth heads of government conference. the se

first elizabeth has traffic. >> muni reroutes, construction on church and market so the j- church line will have bus shuttles in place between 18th and market and outbound 22 fillmore buses are being rerouted. we'll have more coming up. >> thank you. >>> oakland officials are telling protestors inspired by the "occupy wall street" movement that they must leave a plaza where they have been camping out. for the past 11 days, hundreds have been living in a tent city in frank ogawa plaza but now the city administrator has posted a notice to vacate on the city's website t cites several reasons for the decision and among them, fire hazards from cooking with open flames and a density of flammable material, rising frequency of assaults, denial of access to emergency personnel, poor sanitation, health hazards from the worsening of an existing rodent problem and physical damage from graffiti and vandalism. a long list there. as we were talking, it was a case of impeccable timing. on the day of a statewide earthquake preparedness drill, two minor quake shook parts of the bay area. the usgs says t

a big rig fire has shut down all lanes of southbound 101. elizabeth will have your detours and the latest on this big rig crash. >>> we'll be right back. she notices when my skin's rough. (announcer) gold bond ultimate softening lotion. with shea butter for soft healthy skin. gold bond ultimate softening. this stuff really works. hway 101 is co >>> if you are just waking up we are following breaking news of a multi-vehicle accident and truck fire. san francisco' fire chief speaking now. let's listen in. >> reporter: what was that truck carrying? >> it was carrying a cement material in two 20-foot trailers behind it. i'm being told that it's called type 2 cement. more to follow on that. but it wasn't hazardous. >> reporter: you had to bring in foam for the -- >> yes, for the extinguishment of the vehicle during the firefighting operations because diesel was in the fuel tank of the vehicle, the best way to extinguish it in our opinion was with the foam. but it was extinguished in a short amount of time. >> reporter: so the cab was on fire? >> that's cor

. >>> elizabeth has more on how this is impacting the commute and it's impacting it in a big way. >> yeah. that first train was set to leave about a half hour ago. we'll get to that in a second. the bottom line is that all rail service is basically suspended in all directions right there where the crash happened at oakland's jack london square station. they are setting up bus bridges between oakland and the next stop between the emeryville station. the train was set to leave at jack london square station 518 the first train. morning commute. they took the passengers put them on a bus and we think at this point that those passengers did arrive at the emeryville station and are now east on the rail headed for sacramento. so basically, a lot of rail lines share that same track will likely be impacted by this including the coast starlight and the san joaquin train. so we are going to be following this for a while. back to you. >> thank you. it is 5:05. howard jordan will step up to replace oakland police chief anthony batts on an interim basis. jordan will speak with reporters today. he

our reporter elizabeth has more. >> i have never done the things that they say i have done. >> a man the knox, the american exchange student turned convicted murderer was fighting for her future in the italian courts. sentenced to prison for really killing her roommate her appeal came down to a battle over-controversial forensic evidence in a case filled with allegations of sex, drugs, and jealousy. a witness for the defense testified that dna found on the murder weapon allegedly used to slash british exchange student meredith curshers throat, was not from her. now the judge later denied a prosecutor's request for further testing and and and our family, the break that they were waiting for for four years. >> there is no case now, so i'm hopeful by the end of the month will be able to bring a matter home. >> her parents stood by her side from the moment that she called home 2007 to say that her study abroad adventure had taken a terrible turned meredith was found dead inside of the italy apartment that she shared with them and knox, and and and oxen were then boyfriend were arrested a

. >> elizabeth has traffic. >> it has been impacting mass transit.have two separate bart delays right now. first they were doing some routine track inspection right after that earthquake hit. just making sure that the trains and track were all safe. they are wrap it up. so still about 5 possibly up to 10-minute delays systemwide. now we are hearing about a separate issue an equipment problem on the track that's impacting fremont. apparently major delays means 30 minutes just on the fremont line. so definitely delays on bart. looks like muni is back on time. a quick check following a couple of accidents. northbound 880 at 23rd, blocking one lane. just north of the coliseum. >>> facebook about to freeze. why it's launching a new project at the arctic circle. >> it's everywhere. >>> more on the east bay quake from this morning. the latest in a live report coming up state ahead. >> let's check the market which opened about 12 minutes ago. now, we know the big news that deal to stop europe's debt crisis and apparently investors like it a whole lot. dow up

let's get to elizabeth. who has covered this case from the start. good morning, elizabeth. reporter: good morning, george. four years after the murder of british roommate, meredith kercher, two years after amanda knox was convicted of that brutal crime, it has all come down to this. the judge and jurors are deliberating in that 15th century courtroom. they started about two hours ago. they did so after hearing one dramatic and emotional final plea from amanda knox herself. early this morning, a police van carried amanda knox from the prison on the outskirts of perugia that has been her home for the last 47 months to the mobbed medieval courthouse. her family made its way inside. her father and sisters first, then her mother and stepfather. the whole world watching, amanda was led in looking tense and nervous. she sat with the two italian lawyers who defended her from the start, who insisted this morning in a final closing argument, that because the crucial dna evidence whas been discredited, she must be freed. then amanda and her former boyfriend rose to speak. first, raffae

elizabeth has the latest. >> this is just coming in on our chp reports. a gas truck apparently in flames right now several other cars are also involved. so it sounds like all lanes are blocked right now southbound 101 rate there past the 80 split. so if you are coming off the bay bridge, again this is likely going to impact traffic for a while. in fact, chp just sent out an alert to tell drivers to avoid the area. it sounds like one person is trapped. this is going to be a big problem for the morning commute including the folks heading towards the bay bridge, so again this is traffic heading into san francisco. so we are going to watch this, again just coming in to the cbs 5 newsroom. elsewhere, the san mateo bridge if you're looking for an alternate this looks great all the way out of hayward towards the peninsula no issues here in either direction. and 880 is fine as well past the coliseum. all the way up towards downtown oakland. by the way, mass transit is on time including all bart trains into san francisco. we'll have more traffic a bit. in the mean

. >> elizabeth, has anybody -- elizabeth. boy. [ laughter ] >> wait a minute. >> over here! >> i didn't see her over here. >> one at a time here. >> it's because we look so much alike. >> that's it. [ laughter ] >>> happy friday, everyone. if you are headed out around the bay area today we have a great day coming your way. we are going to see more sunshine and nice weather outside toward the afternoon. just a couple of patches of fog to be concerned with some of it at the coastline a few patches snuck inside the bay and we are seeing visibilities down to a quarter nile napa and also into santa rosa. cool in spots especially in the north bay. 40s with the fog in the north bay as well 5. 5 degrees in -- 55 degrees in san jose. 54 in san francisco. 55 degrees in pacifica. this afternoon those temperatures up into the 70s and the 80s. 60s at the coastline. elizabeth, did i get that right? >> yes. >> mike our director said who do i want to be today? grace. >> i'll be frank today. >> he has the morning off. we'll trade roles today. early halloween for us here on the morning show.

. >> elizabeth has traffic. >> we're mixing things up. not in a good way. we are getting word of a multi- vehicle accident in concord right here westbound highway 4 in the commute direction as you past port chicago highway. three right lanes are blocked. debris in the road. one of the cars apparently leaking gas on the road so they are call for a flatbed tow truck right now. in the meantime our delays are growing behind it. you can see a long line of yellow sensors just behind port chicago highway exit. so we'll continue to watch that. so far, so good through antioch. the delays really don't begin until closer to pittsburg and, of course, on into concord. all right. road closure northbound 101 a ramp closure to westbound 380 until about 6:00 this morning. so just a heads up there. should be wrapping up shortly. in the meantime towards the bay bridge, it looks great no issues this morning. so far no metering lights, no delay into san francisco. you may find some lower deck roadwork should be wrapping up shortly there as well as you approach the decline secti

. >>> elizabeth has traffic. >> big problems involving chickens on the road.g mess in vacaville. we have the video of the scene taken a little while ago. westbound 80 by lagoon valley road they have two right lanes open -- whatever it is, they have two lanes open for traffic. so i know. i know. so it is backed up in the area. unfortunately, these delays are growing. this is really going to impact the morning commute. they won't reopen all four lanes until 3:00 this afternoon. so use the frontage road. use southbound peabody as an alternate. we'll talk about it in the 6:00 hour including earlier delays on bart to talk about, as well. in the meantime let's chen your forecast. >>> we are going to see lots of sunshine by the afternoon. again some mild temperatures very similar to yesterday. patchy fog right now but i think as we head into the next couple of days high pressure building in temperatures warming up and by this weekend guys we have 80s in the bay area. a weak offshore wind and beautiful weather throughout the weekend. >> looking good. >> you're all rig

in the meantime, elizabeth has traffic. >> thank you, julie. and we'll go out live towards the bay bridge. things are getting busier heading into san francisco. now, the metering lights are still off. they likely won't be turned on for at least another 10 minutes or so. but you can see that fastrak users get by just fine. slight delays in those outer cash lanes. elsewhere the nimitz 880 through oakland this still looks great all the way towards downtown oakland. nice smooth ride heading towards oakland airport. got an early flight out of town for the weekend. westbound highway 4 is starting to get slow through this stretch from hillcrest to railroad is really where it's bottlenecking. 580 brakes from the wind turbines to the dublin interchange slow closer toward vasco road. your drive time, almost 20 minutes between the altamont pass to the dublin interchange. grab your chains. if you are planning a trip towards the sierra, chain requirements for the second day in a row now on interstate 80 and highway 88. so of no chains are necessary on highw

but first elizabeth has traffic. >> we'll go out to westbound 580 for a moment. there was a full freeway closure in the westbound direction by harrison street. there were actually two accidents in the area. the latest was almost cleared. it sounds like one lane is still blocked right now. it is pretty sluggish in the area though backed up to at least park boulevard and growing unfortunately. 880 we have better news here. there was another accident in oakland northbound 880 at 66th by the coliseum. a four-car crash was cleared to the right shoulder so now it's just a little sluggish from hegenberger. let's go out to chopper 5 our third accident in oakland an injury crash near 7th and maritime near the port of oakland. so not as much of a traffic impact but you can see, it was a pretty bad accident according to these visuals here from our helicopter. a lot of emergency crews still on scene. we saw one person taken away in a stretcher and police are still out there doing traffic controls. again, this is 7th and maritime near the port of oakland. coming up, a check o

. >>> elizabeth has more information on traffic. >> great news about the businesses delay their start times so again if you don't have to be in and around downtown oakland, don't be this morning because again that hub where you see those police barricades are right there at 14th and broadway. freeway traffic is not impacted. this is live look at 880 through oakland where everything is cruising this morning past the oracle and all the way newspaper downtown oakland. but we have those street closures in effect. it is also impacting bart and a.c. transit. we'll tell you how coming up in a little bit. >>> thank you. 6:13 your time. the suspect in a highway homicide goes to court this afternoon. it will be the first court date for 31-year-old eddie hall. he is scheduled to be arraigned on murder and felony hit-and- run charges at 2:00 this afternoon. now, hall is accused of intentionally running down 51- year-old george lopez on his motorcycle on interstate 580 saturday afternoon. >>> a private hearing is set for today for giselle esteban. the union city woman accused of murdering nursing

and "20/20" co-anchor, elizabeth vargas, who has been leading our coverage on this story, was in the courtroom. and she's live from perugia this morning. good morning, elizabeth. >> reporter: good morning, dan. two different portraits of amanda knox were painted in court yesterday. prosecutors calling her a ruthless killer. defense lawyers arguing she's a gentle innocent, wrongly committed of murder. amanda knox is spending this weekend in prison, putting the final touches on that crucial closing statement she'll deliver on monday. amanda knox left the italian courtroom on friday. when she returns, it will be look the jurors in the eyes and make one, last final plea for her freedom. but we now know that someone else will be there to look the jurors in the eyes. the mother of meredith kercher, the 21-year-old amanda's accused of murdering, plans to be here monday, as well. she will not speak. but her lawyer said in court, that her one look to the juror will speak volumes, that knox should be kept in prison. in their last full day of arguments, the prosecution sought to remind the juror

britain's queen elizabeth second has a 10-day visit to australia. she is going to open the commonwealth. >>> beginning in january, people on social security will see an adjustment for a cost of living. >>> last year students took out an estimated $100 billion in student loans. the bank now reports that americans owe more on student loans than they do on credit cards. >>> officials in north carolina approved a stretch of i-85 to be named jeff gordon expressway in honor of the nascar driver. how do you say this? >> 50-cent. >>> say it again. >> 50-cent. >>> very charitable, apparently. now using facebook in the fight against hunger. part of the initiative with the united nations food program. the rapper whose name is 50- cent plans to donate a meal to a hungry child every time his site gets a like on facebook. >>> no more soda for 30 days. that is what howard county is now pledging to do to get people to put the soda down for 30 days. linda so, we are going to talk all about this. they want us to stop drinking all of this? >> reporter: not all of this

feeling of anger and frustration and that the middle class has unduly born the brunt of this economic recession, with the fighting that elizabeth warren has done, and her record in washington, fighting the banks and fighting to some extent the government, she is the candidate right now. >> so she could be the gutsy joan of arc up there that says i'm taking on the big guys. >> absolutely. >> she's the perfect, perfect democrat. she has a populous background that is rooted in her own experience. it's not an academic experience. she understands big finance and can relate to little people or other people. >> she's got to get out of that boston elite thing. it'll kill you, though. >> you know what, they took a poll and 13% said they were less favorably disposed to her, because of the harvard background. but that's a small number. you know, i'm not sure -- >> how do you beat that, my friend my fellow irish woman here. how do you beat that that drives most massachusetts people crazy? >> first of all, as david has pointed out, she's the won who went to a public university and a public law school and it's scott brown who went to the pri

wall street, the fear of anger and the middle class is unduly born with the fighting that elizabeth warren hasone and her record fighting the banks and the government, she is the candidate for now. >> she is gutsy, joan of arc taking on the big guy. >> she is the perfect, perfect democrat. she has background rooted in her own experience. itis not an academic experience. she understands big finance. she knows -- >> an elite thing will kill you, though. >> 13% said they were less favorably disposed to her because of a harvard background. >> my fellow irish woman here, how do you beat that rap, we are better than you that drives most massachusetts people crazy. >> first of all, she is the one who went to a public university and law school. scott brown went to the private schools. she doesn't come from a privileged background. we wring our hands over the state of education and how kids aren't making their s.a.t. scores. >> academic achievement and elitism and looking down on people and i'm better than you because i went there. in this democratic society, don't act like you are better than other pe

democratic front runner elizabeth warren has announced she raised $3.1 million in the third quarter. that's a nice haul. she claims 96% of her contributions were for $100 or less coming from more than 11,000 people in the state of massachusetts. warren's republican rival scott brown countered warren's news by announcing his campaign had raised $1.55 million in the third quarter. it's less than warren, but his total campaign cash now at a whopping $10.5 million. >>> disturbing new report about the treatment of detainees in afghanistan. the cover of today's "new york times" says the united nations has discovered torture at sites run by the national police. the 74-page report finding that nearly half of all detainees experienc experienc experienced interrogation techniques that are considered torture. the report also says the techniques were used at facilities throughout afghanistan and in some instances on children under the age of 18 years old. a pentagon official says the u.s. is reviewing the allegations in this report. >>> egypt's governing military leadership condemning a surge an

and no one has covered this story in more depth than our own "20/20" anchor elizabeth vargas. she has been on the case since day one, and she is in perugia to report again for us tonight. elizabeth? >> reporter: good evening, diane. the four-year odyssey for the knox family is finally over. a member of the knox family has been here every single day since her arrest nearly four years ago in perugia, italy, for the murder of her british roommate meredith kercher. they never wavered in insisting on her innocence and tonight in a dramatic hearing they got the acquittal they've been waiting for. the tension grew with every one of the nine hours of deliberation. then well into the night, the appeal judge summoned knox from the 13x13 foot cell that has been her home for so long. her family walking hand in hand made their way to the 15th century courthouse taking their place as amanda sat trembling before the judge speaking deliberately in italian, the judge rejected claims knox and her former italian boyfriend were part of a lurid sex murder. a stunning moment. the words amanda knox a

so queen elizabeth has four children. so charles was the first. and then there was princess anne. minute andrew was born, what happened was anne got leapfrogged by andrew. >> wow. >> and then when edward was born, she got leapfrogged again. so although anne is the second born, she's only fourth in the line of succession. and then remember that it's all the children of the boys. so it's charles first. and then charles' children. and then andrew and andrew's children. >> before they even get to anne. >> anne realized this. i don't know if you remember when zahra phillips got married. they're so far down the line. interestingly enough, the queen's third son and fourth child, edward, has two children. he has a little girl called louise who is the oldest and then a son called viscount severn. he leapfrogs his sister, louise. >> let's get to the news with what's going on right now because obviously everybody is watching kate and william. >> yes. >> they're on baby watch for them. they could very well have a boy. they could very well have a girl. >> exactly. >> if they have a girl, the b

her family by her side for four long years. "20/20" coanchor elizabeth vargas has been covering the storyood morning, robin. as you point out, since amanda knox's arrest four years ago, a member of the knox family has been in perugia every single day. the entire family is now hear from seattle, awaiting the verdict today. they sent their daughter here to pursue a dream. to study italian. within weeks of her arrival, the droem under t dream turned into a nightmare. i have been following the story for four years. >> i'm very hopeful. >> reporter: mobbed by international media, amanda knox's family came to hear her plead for her freedom. i don't want my future to be taken away if from me for smnomg i didn't do. when i first sat down with aman amanda's parents just after her arre arrest, they were just setting out on the journey. and the weekly visits to amanda in prison. >> cold. >> we have to go in with a strong front for her. >> she's written in one of her letters, i can see it in your eyes. you're sad. >> reporter: and how is she surviving there? >> she just doesn't understand why am i he

elizabeth has more for us. good morning again. >> reporter: good morning again.and two or three hundred protesters left over from much larger rallies over the weekend, not only here in london but all across europe and around the world. all of them drawing inspiration from the protesters that started in the united states. it is the "occupant wall street" movement in new york that got the ball rolling. this protest is a month old today' still going strong. in fact, the protesters say they have $300,000 of donations in the bank and plenty of supplies. over the weekend demonstrators turned out in the thousands in cities across the united states and all angry with bank bonuses and bailouts and high unemployment and lack of corporate accountability. in chicago 175 people were arrested and most were later charged with misdemeanors. overall, in the u.s., and across the atlantic in europe, the protests were peaceful but in italy, things got violent when a small, hard-core group of radicals infiltrated and orderly demonstration and burned cars and smashed up banks and busi

we have a team on this case tonight, beginning with "20/20" co-anchor elizabeth vargas who has covered this case from the start. and she's in perugia tonight. elizabeth? >> reporter: david, tonight could be amanda knox's final night behind bars. tomorrow morning, her local lawyer will make his closing argument in court and then amanda knox herself will make her much anticipated statement to the court. and then, it is up to the jury to decide her fate. while perugia celebrated its sunday rituals, amanda knox was alone in her prison cell, in the outskirts of town, putting the finishing touches on the impassioned plea she's expected to deliver tomorrow before she learns her fate. is she nervous about making this statement? >> yes. i mean, it's trying to put into words how to plead for your life. it's a pretty tough thing to do. >> reporter: will she be editing and writing right up until the last second, do you think? >> i think it's going to be relatively to the point. but there's some things that she definitely wants to say. >> reporter: tomorrow's decision is in the hands of this appeal

. >> i'm elizabeth cook, dana has the night off. is it you feel them? two earthquakes rattled the bay area. >> a 3.8 quake centered in berkely. it was an aftershock of a 4.0 quake from this afternoon in the same area. the epicenter of the main quake was directly under the clark kerr campus at uc berkely. >> reporter: my photographer and i were editing our story in the news van about this afternoon's earthquake, yet another earthquake happened. the news van rocking around 8:15 tonight with tonight's second earthquake. this one just happening along the hayward fault line. call it interesting timing, call it ironic, but these earthquakes today happened on a day when the state of california, businesses and schools were actually preparing for the big one. around 8:15 tonight, a round 2. >> scary. >> it was shorter. >> i'm just scared there's going to be a big one next time. >> all of a sudden, the building shook and i ran outside and it was over. >> reporter: people as far south as santa cruz, as far north as santa rosa, and in the sacramento areas reported

. >> i'm elizabeth wenger. frank has the day off. >> for the fourth time in less than a week, gunshots have ended a law enforcement confrontation in santa clara county, this time officers shot and killed an armed man in front of a school, on hillsdale avenue in san jose. stephanie chuang spoke with neighbors who woke up to gunfire. >> i heard gunshots. bam, bam, bam, bam. i heard all of these sirens. >> i just heard like a couple of gunshots, like eight, nine of them. >> reporter: the sound of gunfire echoed through neighborhoods on hillsdale avenue after 6:00 this morning. when san jose police confronted a man walking near a school armed with a pistol. >> immediately that suspect presents a weapon, does some type of activity with the weapon that the officer took as a threat. >> reporter: the officer opened fire killing the man. he died on the scene in front of the central county occupational school as students were arriving. >> scary. my neighborhood needs to come in and pray. >> and they can have everything blocked off

. >> and i'm elizabeth cook. dana has the night off. did you feel them? two earthquake rattled a large part of the bay area tonight. >> tonight at 8:16, a 3.8 quake centered in berkeley. it was an aftershock of a 4.0 quake at 2:41 this afternoon in about the same area. the epicenter of the main quake was under the campus at uc berkeley. juliette is standing by tonight. >> reporter: ken, while my photographer and i were inside of our news van putting together our story about this afternoon's earthquake, yet another earthquake happened tonight. it rocked our news van about 8:16 tonight as you said. geologists saying it happened near the heyward fault line. call it interesting timing, call it ironic. these earthquakes happening today when the state of california was preparing for the big one. around 8:15 tonight and round two. >> it was scary. >> it was shorter. >> shorter than the afternoon one? >> i'm scared there's going to be a bigger one next time. >> as for this afternoon's earthquake. >> all of a sudden the building shook and i ran outside and it was

senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen has more. >> reporter: any parent can tell you kids cane expensive and as the economy has gotten worse people are choosing to have fewer children. if you compare 2007 when the economy was doing well with 2010 we're talking about 300,000 fewer children. take a look at this graph and you can see the correlation. on the far left in 2002 until 2007 things were doing pretty well and that number is going up, up, up, people were choosing to have more children. it hit its peak in 2007 and then coming down ever since. and here's exactly how expensive children can be. it costs between $8,000 and $20,000 a year to raise a child depending upon how fancy the clothes are, whether they go to private or public school, all of that. if you look at the numbers this way, from birth to 18, the cost of raising a child is between $206,000 and $477,000 with housing, food and child care being the biggest expenses. now it seems that a lot of women are saying i think we're going delay this or not going to have a child right now and of course that makes sense for a l

elizabeth cohen has this weeks report health for her. >> reporter: what does laughter, exercise and enjoying somebody's company help you? it can reduce treasure. >> we can't live without stress but you need to learn methods to protect yourself. >> reporter: job number one, learn to relax. really relax. >> there's some specific breathing techniques. most are derived from yoga. it just sakes a few seconds to do that really change stress levels in the body. >> reporter: make your breathing deeper, slower and more regular. you can do it at your desk or in the car or whenever you think about it. another way to calm the mind and body is through daily meditation. and exercise is a great stress reliever. if you leave angry or upset a brisk half hour walk or some other form of exercise can relieve tension and elevate your mood. what else should you add to your list of stress bust sners. >> get good sleep. avoiding excessive use of caffeine. >> reporter: learning,000 relax and manage stress takes worth. it's worth the effort and can help protect your health. >> all right. it's october so there are ple

senior medical correspondent elizabeth cowen has this week's health for her report. >> reporter: whatenjoying someone's company have in common? they all can help reduce stress. >> stress can kill you, it can make you sick. we can't live without it, but you've got to learn methods to protect yourself from its harmful effects. >> reporter: job number one, learn to relax. really relax. >> there are some specific breathing techniques, most of them derive from yoga, that are very powerful methods that take a few seconds to do that really change stress levels in the body. >> reporter: simply make your breathing deeper, slower and more regular. you can do it at your desk or in the car or whenever you think about it. another way to calm the mind and body is through daily meditate. though it's hard to fit it into our day, exercise is a great stress reliever. if you feel angry or upset, a brisk half hour walk or some other form of exercise can relieve tension and elevate your mood. and what else should you add to your list of stress busters? >> be sure you get good sleep. avoiding excessive use