man followed by a message from sir elton john. he wished them success and thanked everyone who worked on the shuttle program for the last three decades. atlantis' crew will spend much of today transferring equipment from the module to the international space station. >>> it's 4:40. a controversial marriage pledge making its way around some republican presidential candidates. what it's calling for and who signed it. >>> and a look at some disturbing home video shot by convicted kidnappers phillip and nancy garrido. >>> good morning. 237 traffic there is moving along pretty well crossing 880. we'll tell you more about the morning commute coming up. >>> good morning. extensive low clouds, some fog, mist, drizzle. i mean it's a tough morning there for us. temperatures we will have sunshine later on but it won't be very warm. cool, breezy to windy. not much sun near the coast. 50s, 6 0z and inland areas low to mid-70s. >>> pg&e is responding to its latest pr disaster. it's assuring victims of the san bruno pipeline explosion that it di

you all of the men and women at nasa that worked on the shuttle for the last three decades >> elton john's hit "rocketman" was the crew's wakeup call. the crew spent the day unloading cargo on the international space station. items including a year's worth of food, clothes and other supplies. this is the shuttle program's final mission >> tomorrow morning, a live interview, "atlantis" crew will be speaking to us live during our 6:00 hour >> >> your thursday will look a lot like today, fog and low cloud, drizzle possible and terms concern below the average, nearly as cool as today. right now, coverage is pretty significant, out across toward hay ward moving into the 680 corridor. when you wake up in most bay area neighborhoods, there will be cloud cover, as there was this morning. the weather system to the north is way up here. it is enough to create the fog, a lot of fog to push inland, freudianer is down, air quality is better, but we are getting a lot of this, and a lot of this. tomorrow morning, less drizzle, plenty of fog. warmer as you head into your bay area friday. so a nicer day. o

you all of the men and women at nasa that worked on the shuttle for the last three decades >> elton john'setman" was the crew's wakeup call. the crew spent the day unloading cargo on the international space station. items including a year's worth of food, clothes and other supplies. this is the shuttle program's final mission >> tomorrow morning, a live interview, "atlantis" crew will be speaking to us live during our 6:00 hour >> >> your thursday will look a lot like today, fog and low cloud, drizzle possible and terms concern below the average, nearly as cool as today. right now, coverage is pretty significant, out across toward hay ward moving into the 680 corridor. when you wake up in most bay area neighborhoods, there will be cloud cover, as there was this morning. the weather system to the north is way up here. it is enough to create the fog, a lot of fog to push inland, freudianer is down, air quality is better, but we are getting a lot of this, and a lot of this. tomorrow morning, less drizzle, plenty of fog. warmer as you head into your bay area friday. so a nicer day. overnight,

in the break you are singing a song that elton john himself wrote in your honor.ly a lot of the people out here, too. they're all singing it to help us remember. >> so it was "philadelphia freedom". >> i played world team tennis for the philadelphia freedom the first year. elton used to come sit on the bench. ted hengley the designer from england made the uniform for us. we played a competition against bill cosby as well. he used to sit on the bench with our team. it's a co-ed team. that's actually my core business, world team tennis. so it's ironic because here we go. so anyway, we're going to a concert together. he said i want to write you a song. and of course i'm blurk by now. i thought he was teasing, right? joking. you must be joking. no, no, no, i'm serious. he said, what are we going to call it? i go, i don't know. i'm like so embarrassed by this time. and he goes, how about philadelphia freedom that sn that would be great. i love that. i love philadelphia. good. it's iambic. whatever. i went hey that would be a great gift to the people of philadelphia. of

nasa played the elton john classic rocket man followed by a message from sir elton john himself.e wished the astronauts success and thanked everyone who has worked in the shuttle program for the last 30 years. >>> we have a special treat tomorrow. we are going to get to talk live with the atlantis crew from the international space station. you can watch the ktvu morning news interview that is scheduled at 6:26. and we are very excited. >> i'm excited about this. >> talk to them in space live. >>> our time right now 6:37. sal, you're watching the toll plaza, aren't you? >>> we are, dave and pam. traffic is going to be busy at the toll plaza and in oakland in general approaching the area. backed up for about a ten minute wait or so before you make it on to the span. once you make it on to the bridge it's okay into san francisco. this morning's commute is looking good here in oakland although it has been wet out there. looks like it's beginning to taper off the wet weather. but you should still be aware of it as you drive. and if you are driving to concord and walnut creek traffic h

and william, harry and the queen's first california visit when nancy reagan, lucy and elton john threwa big studio party. >> we're meeting royalty tonight. >> jennifer aniston's hands in cement. >> justin timberlake and mila kunis, did the sex scenes make

nasa played the elton john classic rocket man followed by a message from sir elton john himself.ed the astronauts success and thanked everyone who worked in the shuttle program for the last three decades. >>> and tune in tomorrow morning because we are going to get to talk live with the atlantis crew. they are going to speak from the international space station. ktvu morning news begins at 4:30 and that interview scheduled for during the 6:00 hour. you and i. >> yes. i'm excited about it. >> talking to them live in space. >> we're a part of the space program. time now 5:38. sal is part of your morning commute. anything happening out there now? >>> not muchful ask them if there's any traffic up there, pam? >> there's some space junk flying by. >> just wondering. let's go out and take a look at what's happening. the wet roads are a big issue this morning even in the south bay we have some wet weather and roads are going to be a little bit slick. take it easy. so far though the commute has been cooperating. it's light and if you haven't gotten on the road yet you might want to plan

visit, though elton john and david and victoria beckham will homes here, they'll stay at the britishral's mansion, where they were welcomed friday night. next on the agenda, prince william plays in a charity polo match and they'll promote the british film industry for the british academy of film and television arts. so they've got the polo match tomorrow and on sunday they will visit an art center for disadvantaged youth here on l.a.'s skid row. >> thank you, gina. >>> marsha says when a burglar ransacked her bedroom, the thief made off with the container holding the ashes of her late mother. she said she was planning to spread the ashes along her mother's favorite hiking trail. >> to me, the value is not monetary, i just want it back. i don't want her dumped by the wayside. i'm hoping whoever did this and came in the house and robbed me, you know, has soon discovered that is no monetary value to them, and that they would hopefully try to return her. >> she says her neighbor's home was also burglarized on the same day. if you have any information about either of those break-ins, call

their close friends, elton john and the beckhams have homes here, they'll stay in l.a.'historic hancock park. tomorrow, prince william plays at a charity polo match in santa barbara, and then he and kate will ming well hollywood royalty at a party for the british academy of film and performing arts. nicole kidman and jennifer lopez among the celebrities that will mingle with them tomorrow. on the schedule for the weekend, a trip to downtown l.a.'s skid row as well as an attendance at a job fair meant for veterans. and then they fly home sunday afternoon back to england. live in beverly hills, nbc bay area news. >> makes you wonder if they'll get any rest at all. thank you. >>> some of the survivors of a deadly fishing boat accident in mexico with ties to the bay area are back home tonight. michael ing of belmont and lee ikagami of san martin with back with their loved ones. they not only endured the wreck but encountered another setback when their truck broke down on the way to san diego. they took a bus for the final leg of the trip. there's been wone confirmation f dea

>> elton john for you. welcome back to "the five." update on the story we brought you a couple days ago about democratic congressman david wu of oregon, resigning in the face of a sex scandal, but he's going to resign only after the debt crisis is resolved, if that ever happens. now we're hearing, guys, he will be getting, along with anthony weiner nearly a million dollars in benefits and pensions. clearly it pays to be a democratic corn dog. >> corn dog? >> we paid richard nixon $10 million with taxpayer money. this happens to be the law. they have a pension. you may not like it. i don't particularly like it. >> why don't they change it, bob? >> because you change it in the house, and that's full of republicans. let them change it. >> did you this in my cup? >> i did, bob. >> he put the tiger costume on. >> the man made $174,000 a year, but the benefits package he'll continue to receive as long as i guess he lives it's ridiculous. taxpayers are picking up the tab for little tiger's benefit. >> isn't this where we're in a debt crisis?

space shuttle atlantis received a wake up call today. [ music playing ] >> you know that tune, elton john's rocket man. the crew heard a recorded message from the singer who wished them success. >> a huge thank you to all the men and women at nasa who worked on the shuttle for the last three decades. >> they loaded up trash on to space shuttle atlantis. we will interview the crew of the space shuttle atlantis live tomorrow morning. the interview from space will be at 6:26 a.m. live from the international space station. >>> the army is suspending use of its new parachutes after a man died in a training exercise. seen in this picture. a square shaped canopy. the new design is supposed to slow the decent and reduce injuries from hard landing. after the death investigators found the packing process resulted in tangled loops and twists and improper folds that could hampther operation of the shoot. >>> it's just a tiny dog but wait till you see what this guy did to mail service in one bay area city. her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to

. ♪ ♪ i'm a rocket man >> the space shuttle "atlantis" awaken to elton john, first singing and then deliveringessage of personal thanks. >>> rupert murdoch built a media empire on the power of selling a scandal but now it's his mighty news corporation that is under siege from london to washington. a prominent u.s. senator jay rockefeller wants to know if u.s. citizens fell victim to sleazy or illegal news gathering so he is calling for an investigation amid reports that victims of the 9/11 attacks are among the nearly 4,000 people who had their phones hacked. the outrage is crushing. over the past week, the media giant has lost nearly $7 billion in market value. and the political damage is mounting. today, britain's prime minister meets with the family of a murdered little girl after a murdoch newspaper allegedly hacked her cell phone to gain an edge on that story. actor hugh grant who is both a vocal critic of murdoch and a frequent target of him explains why all of us in the u.s. should even care. >> rupert murdoch does own an enormous amount of your media with fox news and the fox station a

. >> jimmy: with elton john? >> yeah.ber, i was driving and i was so excited because i ran away from my security guards and i went to this strip mall in bel air, i thought, no one saw me and then my manager call med the next day and he was like, you had a fabulous performance at the grammys and then you're driving a plateless car with no license looking like a grandma. i was so -- i'm like, it's amazing! it's so fabulous. was not happy. >> jimmy: he was not amused? >> very angry. >> jimmy: got to be a little weird, because you're this big star and you, all these people work for yo but still, you've got people that say, you can't do this, youan't do that. and you kind of have to listen tohem, right? >> well, i think perhaps the reason we're all here is because i'm not very good at listening, am i? >> jimmy: yeah, maybe so. [ applause ] you are nominated, your hbo special, nominated for five emmy awards. will go you? >> yes. is that the award music? >> jimmy: and get ready, because also, you are nominated for the bowling ha

the wake up song today "rocket man" from elton john. waits time to get down to business, bringing supplies to the space station, carrying away trash for a return to earth. >> it's mostly broken things that need to go back into the ground. they want to know why it failed to make it better. >> the history making shuttle carries witness a yub universe of emotion. pride and also a major tug at heart strings. shuttle is no more, as a touchdown, next week. >> after getting back down to the ground it's going to hit us hard. i think we're going to have a hard time leaving the shuttle to do this walk around. >> there are going to be no more shuttles who fly, what becomes of someone who is known for his flying on the shuttle? >> it's now complete. we can end the assembly phase. now, we can do that ground breaking research to find new ways to treat diseases, and find out ways to help us to be able to stay in space, longer z couple days ago i had a chance to see california from space again. i can see the bay area, it was foggy, but i can see the ou

visit though their close friends elton john and david and victor beckum have homes here, they'll stay at the british general mansion where they were welcomed friday night by top state and city leaders. next on the agenagenda, prince william plays at a charity poo o match in santa barbara and then help promote the film industry. >> fun to watch. a concord woman is begging for the person who broke into her house to return her mother's ashes. marcia says that when a burglar ransacked her bedroom tuesday morning, the thief also took a white container holding the ashes of her late mother who passed away in 2008. she says she's planning to spread the ashes along her mother's favorite hiking trail so long as she gets them back. >> to me, you know, the value is not monetary, it's sentimental. i want her back. i just don't want her dumped by the wayside. i'm hoping that whoever did this and came in the house and robbed me, you know, has soon discovered that that is no monetary value to them and that they would, you know, hopefully try to return her. >> her neighbor's home was also burglarized

. >> the wakeup song today, rocket man from elton john.ime to get down to business, bringing a year's worth of supplies to the space station and carrying away the trash for a return to earth. >> i wouldn't call it garbage. it is mostly broken things that need to go back to the ground and take a look at it and know why it failed to make it better the next time up. >> it carries with it a universe of emotion. pride and being part of the shuttle program but a major tug at the heart strings. shuttle is no more as of touchdown next week. >> after we get back down to the ground after landing it will hit us really hard and we will all have a hard time leaving the shuttle and do the the walk around and greeting the people down there and closing out the program that way. >> now, that there are going to be no more shuttles to fly, what becomes of someone who was known for his flying on the shuttles? >> the space station is now complete. we can end the assembly phase. now, we are entering the utilization phase where we can do the ground faking resear

visit, though their close friends elton john and david and victoria beckham have homes here, they'll stay at the british consul general's mansion in l.a.'s historic hancock park. tomorrow, prince william plays at a charity polo match in santa barbara. and then he and kate will ming well hollywood royalty at a party for the british academy of film and television arts. >> here's a look at them stepping off the plane. gosh, she always looks so good, doesn't she? yes, she does. >> and as the royal couple continue their california swing, you can find complete coverage on our website. nbcbayarea.com. >>> an art heist worthy of a hollywood script may end serving hard time in prison. 30-year-old mark lugo now faces two felony counts in connection to the theft of high value picasso sketch from a san francisco art dealer. he allegedly just walked into the winestein gallery and then pulled picasso's head of a woman right from the wall and simply walked out to hail a cab nearby. the new jersey man was eventually arrested the next day in napa. we're learning lugo once worked as a waiter in new yo

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with music by elton john, the tune to "strong," the entire cast are flawless. elliott will move you and stir you. if it does not, my friends, go to the doctor and get your heart checked. curtain's up through september at san francisco's orpheum theater. >>> more tales of the city, an extended run at act theater in san francisco. swinging '70s san francisco is full of brilliant performances. highly recommend this weekend. >>> several fun holiday events happening in our area. alameda will have the second largest july 4th parade in the country. i'll see you there. or go down to half moon bay on the coast to see pooches on parade. look for a full list of all the things happening this july 4th weekend at cbs5.com, or do me a favor and yourself a favor and follow me on twitter. have a fantastic july 4th weekend! cheers. >> cheers, indeed. >>> as mexico's central gulf coast braces for more rain, the first tropical storm of the hurricane season has already left three people dead. you can see the high water left behind by tropical storm arlene. this week, choppers flew

though their close friends, elton john and david and victoria beckham have homes here, they'll stay athe british consult general's mansion in l.a.'s historic hancock park. tomorrow, prince william plays at a charity polo match in santa barbara, and then and he kate will mingle with hollywood royalty for film and television arts. nicole kidman, tom hanks and jennifer lopez are among the celebrities they'll be mingling with at the party. also among their stops are downtown l.a.'s skid row, and a job fair for veterans before they fly back home on sunday afternoon. in beverly hills, gina kim, news4. >>> we go back now to news4's darcy spencer, making her way out i-270 this afternoon in the midst of heavy flooding in that area, particularly in frederick. darcy, tell us again where you are, and what you are witnessing. >> reporter: pat, yes, sorry about that. the call just dropped out. we came out river road to the beltway to 270. very, very slow going. rain mixed with friday traffic, and you know it's going to take a long time to get out to germantown or frederick area. at some point the ra

the crew of the final shuttle mission woke up to a fitting tune this morning, elton john's "rocket man spend most of the day transferring equipment and supplies to the international space station. astronauts completed the final spacewalk of the shuttle era yesterday. the 160th spacewalk devoted to building and plain take the international space station yao back to our top story, the debt talks. president obama and lawmakers from both parties will meet to try to hammer out a deal to raising the nation's debt ceiling. republican leaders have refused to consider any tax hikes and the president says if there's no deal before the august 2nd default deadline he cannot guarantee that social security checks will go out. >> some people say the tea party's influence in the gop may be standing in the way of getting a deal done. our next guest has been called by some the godfather of the tea party, dick army, the former house majority leader, now chairman of the freedom works, also the author of "give us liberty, a tea party manifesto." welcome sir. thank you for being here. you have been at the h

. >> the rest not a perso there in had- >> the music from elton john. >> there is not a person that doesis show. >> diana ross is coming to town. she has not been here for several years into this friday september 16th diana ross is coming to the san francisco you will find out to be there and i will be there. you guys, thank you so much for making billy elliott, a lot. this is a movie i recommend. to get ready for the movie " the help " faugh. and also " to kill a mockingbird. there are some of the movies out there worth seeing. also " limited " and a movie with catherine deneurve, and do not miss it is coming alive at beef pat the = =prphean. >> what is the secret henry has the answer. henry's garden. >> today, we are going to talk about container gardening and issues of watering. >> let us hoffmahow much 22 water--and humanly possible. how much do i need to water. >> it is called the water saver. and look at how cool it this is. >> it is very cool. it measures the amount of water. it is necessary of showing you that this is a beautiful flower and a 5 gal. pot. >> it is also a number 5

the "atlantis" straights woke up to the -- astronauts woke up to the elton john classic "rocketman." astronauts are busy transferring supplies and equipment to the international space station and they it are stayed to return back to earth on july 21st. but first, tune into ktvu tomorrow morning -- i like that graphic there, it looks like star wars. we'll talk to the astronauts. at 6:26 on the morning news. >>> san francisco will be center stable in the 2013 america's -- in the it 2013 america's cup race. as many as 11,000 people could rush to southern marin every weekend to watch the yacht race. and while this will pump in much-needed revenue, the city is worried about the crowds. so far covalla point is the only viewing point. extra security will be brought in to all parts of the marin shoreline. >>> new this morning, a giant construction is it happening there it in minnesota. this is the metrodome. they it are busy out there. it it looks like they are having fun. they hope to finish the summer. you remember this, the cave-in. huge amounts of snow fell on the football field. the roo

. >> the atlantis crew blasts into their day with elton john's "rocket man." ♪ oh, no, i'm a rocket man> good morning, atlantis. suggestion success on your mission and a huge thank you -- >> the final launch of the atlantis is done. the hired men will be cleanup crews for the mission. they have a year's supply to unload and they will pack up some trash to bring back to earth. >>> the u.s. women, yep, they're ready to rumble, ready to devour those french cream puffs. that's what we're talking about, the americans taking on france in the world cup. soccer semifinal in less than an hour. the u.s. women's team has never lost to france. if they win, they play in the sweden match on sunday. good luck. >>> lawmakers for both parties head back to the white house today for the latest round on talks on raising the debt limit. but talks have stalled over efforts to cut spending. president obama pushed for the so-called grand bargain, $4 trillion in savings over ten years plus reforms in medicare and other hikes. republicans oppose any more tax hikes. led by vice president biden, $1.5 trillion in c

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yeah, this is a national contest being put on by music executives who have worked with elton john, boneven tyler. they're looking for an 18-year-old to 24-year-old male with that rat pack style and winner will receive a record and management deal. in the past three weeks, they've received thousands of video submissions on line and yesterday held an open call here in "new york, new york" city. so i went to check out the competition. >> sing some sinatra for us. >> ♪ come fly with me let's fly let's fly away ♪ >> ♪ if you can use some ♪ >> how too you feel you did just now for the judges? >> i felt i did pretty well. i was definitely nervous. >> ♪ i feel feel aglow just thinking of you ♪ >> do you feel you're a little young to appreciate sinatra. >> no, not at all. i feel like every generation needs to hear this type of music. >> do you have any sort of training? >> yeah, i've studied a little bit at berkeley college of music. >> ♪ every honey bee fills with jealousy ♪ >> david simone is the music executive picking the winner. what are you looking for? >> i am looking for a young guy who

this is elton john.wish you much success on your mission and huge thank you to all the men and women at nasa who worked on the shuttle for the last three decades. >> good morning, houston. that is absolutely fantastic. we are absolutely honored that you took the time to join the crew this morning and wake us up. >> the spectacle of yesterday's six hours 31 minute spacewalk by mike fossum and ron jeremy has morphed into what is essentially a blue-collar day for the 10 member on board. what this lies with all about and that is namely the transfer of almost a years worth of supplies from atlantis cargo module am a the raffaello multipurpose logistics module that was attached on monday to the earth facing port of the international space station through the use of the station's robotic arm. >> ron garan is continue to work on the waste and hygiene compartment which is the station's toilet. he is swapping out some air hoses and some other components of that particular device. >> that's the great thing about sp

i was very moved to hear the wake up call of music by elton john. was very grateful for that opportunity that was given to me. >> i would like to hear about the world cup -- the women's world cup. you have a lot of american friends around here. >> it might be difficult to answer your question in this environment. all the athletes, supporters, all the people, of that everyone would do their best. that is my wish. >> this is houston a cr. thank you, that concludes the event. >> kennedy space center, nasa headquarters, marshall space flight center, and is research center, and in japan. we are now resuming operational audio communications. >> today, huffington post editor in chief are yana huffington and tim armstrong spoke at the national press club. they discussed a merger of their two companies and the future of journalism. harrison portion of the event indeed here is a portion of the event. >> i happen to be in london when the scandal started, and it was amazing to see two things. first of all, how incredibly irrelevant the debate between old media