. >> eric: let's rock, i'll roll. and dozens of flights are being cancelled today while inspectors continue to look for cracks in the fuselage. amy hollyfield is live in oakland's international airport. amy? >> reporter: there is no panic here. i did a quick survey of passengers in line. one says she too old to be nervous. another said he was too tired. the dominant emotion here is frustration. southwest cancelled flights and that is not a good sign how the day will play out especially since this morning's news that three more southwest jet airliners have small, sub surface cracks. when we told passengers, they looked at it as a good thing. see, they are doing a good job and inspections are working. >> there is a lot of flights that go out. it's all positive. got to get to minneapolis. >> here a shot of what started it all. five-foot hole that tore open in the cabin roof area after a plane left for phoenix on friday. the plane landed four minutes later at a military base. no one was seriously hurt. since then, southwe

i'm kristen sze. >> eric: i'm eric thomas. they will discipline a light train operator that drove part of his route with door wide open and passengers dangerously close. >> reporter: muni officials say even they were shocked by this run. take a look at this video. a passenger shot it and then posted it on youtube. the train is barreling through the tunnel with the door wide open. no one alerts the driver. you can see everyone stays calm. a spokesperson said no one pulled the emergency cord. they say it's a very rare occurrence. they may find it extreme but the riders don't. >> they open up sometimes in the middle of the route. >> no one was hurt in the incident and muni is investigating what happened. they placed the driver on a non-driving status and they do plan to punish him when they find out what happened. the system keeps running with the door open obviously as we saw. the safety mechanismisms they do have in place include a braking light and he also has a key that can lock the door. they insist it's a safe system. >> kr

>> eric: it's home opener. >> kristen: all right.have been counting the hours and home opener will take place this afternoon against the st. louis cardinals. live at at&t park and making of those garlic fries is underway. >> reporter: finally time for our world series champions to come home. they were power washing the sidewalk at 3:00 this morning. this city is definitely ready to see them come home and play. the they will play the st. louis cardinals today. first they are going to honor the champions. team officials will raise a banner here at at&t park just before the game. a radio station is broadcasting the show at public house. it's 5:30 in the morning. fans are already here and most of them are cherishing the 2010 postseason. >> it was magical. i watched the phillies last game and watched brian wilson strike out ryan howard. plates was bedlam. i want to start it out with the show today. >> reporter: the giants have said that their championship belongs to the entire city of san francisco. brian wilson says the fans are their fa

. >> eric: i'm eric thomas. we begin in antioch where stray bullets ended up in a young child's bedroom and empty stomach made the only reason the young son escaped injury. it happened around 9:00 last night. a man was hit and is said to have life-threatening injuries. he was rushed to the hospital. three bullets also went through the bedroom window on the house on the street. it was a nine-year-old boy that would be sleeping next to a bunk bed. the frightened bother says it was a good thing the child was eating in a room at the time. >> my xhirns room. how could it be a gunshot to a child's room? and i couldn't -- >> she recently moved from hayward thinking antioch would be safer. >> kristen: testimony is set for barry bonds trial and judge deciding as early today of a secret recording of bonds' surgeon that could be a blow to the defense. terry mcsweeney is live at the federal courthouse. >> reporter: mystery case is being checked out in a san francisco lab, if it's authentic the prosecution will try to get it

>> eric -- i've been in congress three months. he's been leading me since day one -- >> he's been there a lot longer than that. did you see him win anything before you got there? >> hey, lawrence, yeah. but i'm going to speak for my time here as a freshman member of congress. the entire republican leadership has been firm in where we need to go. it's like we'veo ourselves. again, the president hasn't even been involved. that's been embarrassing. the senate democrats have been in denial. the american people aren't, lawrence. they understand how serious this situation is. >> well, the democrats are involved, and the president has been involved, and the vice president, joe biden's been involved. and they have negotiated -- >> oh, come on. >> they've negotiated, as you know, they've negotiated behind closed doors with john boehner and other people in the republican side a cut package of $33 billion. is that something that you could vote for? >> you know, first of all, lawrence, again, just look at the symbolism. a while back president

. >> eric: i'm eric thomas. man accused of killing four women decades ago is expected to face charges today. meantime, police departments across the country are checking their cold case files to see if he could be a suspect. terry mcsweeney has more. >> reporter: investigators in new york are especially interested in this. they are taking a look at double initial cases, where the first and last names started with the same letter all four victims this man is accused of killing here in northern california were double initial victims. take a look at person we're talking about. 77-year-old joseph naso. he is believed to have done these killings between 1977 and 1994. he is 77 years old from the reno area with a history of arrests but they were himself petty theft. responsible for the murder of a woman in oakland, found dead in 1977. one in contra costa county in 1978. check out more double initial victims. pamela parsons and tracy trefora killed in yuba county. marin district attorney says items found in naso's reno

their sophomore year eric and dylan started doing these pranks' but eric called them the mission to get the grandiose about everything. he saw them as a big thing where we are showing people how to operate. they were just shooting off firecrackers, windows, a gain houses, something not new and nasty like blue wing mailboxes shot and so forth. and what's interesting to me about the mission is to see the progression with eric going from the ample to a petty thief to felony theft to murder. he didn't just start out a mass murderer. he had his own gradual criminal progression where if he hadn't done something like colin it's pretty clear he would have become a career criminal of some sort. but the sadistic streak so he wanted to kill people for very simple reasons, for his own aggrandizement, and because he enjoyed it. he wanted to have fun. you know, i would say understanding a psychopath doesn't take a whole lot to understand what it is. it's a very simple complex. it's hard to believe that it's true that somebody will kill someone until he wanted to kill hundreds of people but will do th

. >> eric: i'm eric thomas. on one month anniversary of the earthquake another powerful quake has rattled nerves and knocked out power in japan. it also caused complications at already crippled nuclear power plant. amy hollyfield has been following the latest information. >> about 250,000 homes and businesses have lost power but no major injuries have been reported. japanese scientists say the aftershocks had a magnitude of 7.0. it struck in the northeast about hundred miles north of tokyo. officials immediately issued a tsunami alert but the epicenter was inland they cancelled the alert. a series of smaller quakes continue to shake the region. the aftershock knocked the power out of fukushima nuclear complex. they evacuated workers there. they are there still trying to figure out how to stop the radiation from leaking from the plant. government is urging more people in the area to go ahead and evacuate over concerns of long-term health problems. the aftershock hit one month to the day since the huge earthquake

>> eric: welcome to assignment 7. today on our program. how stanford is trying to turn rubber into human skin that is sensitive to the touch. >> what if your streets are so confusing your mail can't be delivered? a couple finds out their address doesn't exist. >> eric: and meet the man who has been on california's payroll longer than anyone else. >> we begin in contra costa county where supervisors took one step in a long budget cutting process. >> i know this is tough but it's right thing to do. >> reporter: what supervisors did was vote to eliminate a longstanding vacation buyback policy for 300 top employees. mostly managers and supervisors not represented by a union. >> sad thing, it's probably only the beginning of a long series of other wehat we are going to need to do. >> reporter: until now managers could sell back up to one-third of their unused vacation per year. a district attorney told abc7 his deputy d.a.'s will be seriously impacted. >> now they will be forced to take that vacation time they'll have to replace them with one o

. >> eric: it's 6:00 a.m. i'm eric thomas. >> kristen: and i'm kristen sze. antioch police are investigating a shooting that has one man fighting for his life and has the potential to kill a nine-year-old, as well. the shooting happened around 9:00 last night on sycamore drive. a man was hit on the street. three more bullets went through a bedroom of a home. they ended up a room of a nine-year-old boy hitting a wall where he normally would have been sleeping on his bunk bed. his mother says it was a good thing he was eating in another room at the time. >> i feel very insecure. this is my children's home. how could there be a gunshot to a child's home. maybe in my room but not in my son's room. i feel insecure to live here anymore. >> the mother moved from hayward thinking it would be safer in antioch. >> eric: an online video showing a wild ride for muni passengers may end up being a hot topic as the board that oversees that transit agency holds a meeting today. amy hollyfield has more on the video that shows one of the light rail trains running while a door

. >> eric: i'm eric thomas. toppings the news, bart's board of directors is expected to approve a deal that would pay the agency's first female general manager a million dollars to resign. amy hollyfield is live in bart headquarters in oakland. she turned turned in resignation yesterday. >> she did and she is getting $958,000 as a golden gate pair chute on her way out. her last day will be next friday. in february the directors took a vote 5-4 to fire dugger but an attorney determined that that closed session meeting that they did that this violated state public laws. but yesterday, dugger announced she would resign. board members the almost million dollar payout seems ridiculous, 350,000 is for litigation and $600,000 is for severance pay but it's cheaper to defend a lawsuit and it's cheaper than losing a case. she has been there for 19 years a fact that is not lost on her customers. >> that is a lot to go away. i would want pay someone a million dollars to leave if they weren't doing their job correctly so som

. >> eric: april fool's day. thanks for joining us. i'm a eric thomas. >> kristen: and i'm kristen sze. jerry brown is trying to prevent a financial system. he says he will do it with or without republican support. it's the idea of taxing the rich. janelle is live in the newsroom. >> reporter: it's the latest idea to help solve the $26.6 billion budget deficit. i'll have more on that in a minute but governor brown has his own idea and that is overhaul the state's pension system. governor's proposal would limit pension spiking, boosting pensions with a big raise before a worker retires. pensions would be based on a worker's three-year average salary and not include overtime or vacation time. it would put a cap on benefits and limits on employees returning to government work after they retire. it would ban retroactive pension benefit increases and paying benefits to workers who have been convicted of employment related felonies. its reference to bell city officials who have been accused of public corruption. teachers will no doubt give t

. >> eric: it's 6:01. i'm eric thomas. >> kristen: and topping our news this morning, federal transportation officials are announcing to make sure the oil and gas pipelines are safe in the wake of the deadly san bruno explosion. terry mcsweeney has the latest. >> reporter: today, transportation secretary ray la hood is announcing program to repair aging pipelines to prevent deadly blasts like we had in san bruno last year and like allentown pennsylvania. they will announce new inspection requirements and giving the public better access about pipeline safety. there was a deadly explosion in january and killed one and injured six people. la hood wants legislation to increase fines for pipeline violations $100,000 per day to $250,000 per day and states have to lead wait on pipeline safety. >> we want state regulators to understand that they have the responsibility. they have to set the highest standards. we can help them do that through tljs that we want congress to pass to give us more responsibility to set

i'm kristen sze. >> eric: i'm eric thomas. big changes to medical marijuana dispensaries in san jose. they will vote on a regulatory framework that could make most of the pot clubs disappear. amy hollyfield is live in san jose with the story. >> reporter: 110 here to be exact and city leaders that is hundred too many. pot clubs have not been regulated in san jose and some of them have grown tremendously. city council will take a vote tonight on whether to set up a regular la teors and unions have decided they want a piece of the action. they jumping in in an effort to unionize the jobs at these pot clubs. >> these are good middle-class jobs. we have more than 200 members of the jobs. we want to see that grow so they can build their power. >> reporter: new group has formed given themselves a long time. the silicon valley cannabis koblgs for sense built. the city council has debated the issue of pot clubs for over a year so tonight could be a turning point on an issue that has been stagnant for quite some time. amy hollyfield, "

kristen sze is off today. >> eric: i'm eric thomas.onds is waking up as a convicted felon after a jury found him guilty of obstruction of justice. now, the question is whether he spend any jail time. terry mcsweeney is live in the federal building in san francisco. so what is next for the home run king, terry? our apologies we don't have terry's audio but we will check in later on for more of the story. big question is, will bonds' attorneys go back to court. >> janelle: he was found guilty on one charge and mistrial. >> deadlocked on three other charges. >> janelle: our other top story, a bart members wanted her out. dorothy dugger has resigned after agreeing a hefty surveillance package. >> reporter: almost one million dollars to go away. some bart board of director members said this is cheapest way out. dorothy dugger was voted out of office, it was a 5-4 vote but the board did this in a closed meeting which was later declared an illegal move so the vote was passed out with a message. so dugger announced her resignation yesterday. t

. >> eric: i'm eric thomas. dangerous pit bulls are still on the loose two days after they mauled a woman and her dog. third such attack by pit bulls. janelle has more on the story. >> reporter: the trail is cold right now and two dogs are still on the loose but this is a popular park, it's right in the middle of a residential neighborhood of san jose. if the dogs live around here animal control officers hope they know somewhere will no who they belong to. the pit bulls were running lose with no one else around. they first attacked her husky and then they attacked her as they tried to stop them. >> they didn't seem to want to attack me. i couldn't say for the next person that comes along but they didn't seem to be interested in me as a person. they were after the dog. >> reporter: wilson's dog's injury and wilson was rushed to the hospital where she had to get stitches. this is the third dog attack in san jose in the last four months. last one in january, a 78-year-old man was attacked by dogs. a month before th

. >>> i'm eric thomas acre. we begin in south bay where a pair of dangerous pit bulls are still on the loose two days after they mauled a woman and her dog. it was third such attack in four months. janelle wang is live in san jose with more on this story. >> reporter: eric, unfortunately the trail is cold and two pit bulls are nowhere to be found but the park right here in san jose is smack in the middle off of the berryessa neighborhood. animal control is hoping somebody knows who the dogs belong to. it happened around yesterday. they were running loose and they first attacked her husky mix. as she tried to stop them, they attacked her. attack went on for 20 minutes until the put bulls scurried off. >> these dogs did not seem to want to attack me. i can't say that would be true for the next person that comes along, but they didn't seem to be interested in me as a person. they were after the dog. >> reporter: unfortunately the husky's injuries was so severe the dog had to be put down. animal control if you know

. >> i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. we begin with another strong earthquake in japan just as the country marks the one month anniversary of the earthquake. amy hollyfield has the latest. >> reporter: people were seeing running and screaming when the major aftershock hit but so far there have been no major reports of injuries. video of the aftershock shows intense shaking. it 1:15 our time. it was 5:18 mountain japan. they declared the aftershock had a magnitude of 7.0. they issued an alert for a tsunami but then figured out the epicenter was north and they lifted the alert. this it came exactly one month after the major 9.0 earthquake. people in hard hit towns gathered for ceremonies. they have a moment of silence for the 25,000 people who were killed. >> i didn't want to remember. i lost four relatives. so honestly, i don't want to hear the sirens for prayers. >> one month past in a blink of the eye. when i see the ocean it looks like as if nothing happened, but when i see the debris, i'm a loss for words. i wish it ha

. >> i'm eric thomas. >> a man accused of killing four women decades ago is set to make his first court appearance today. police on the other side of the country are checking cold case files to see if he could be a suspect there. terry mcsweeney is live in san rafael. >> reporter: homicide investigators in new york are taking a real good look at joseph naso to see he might be involved in what they called the double initial murders where the victims all first and last names all had the same initial. the victims in northern california all had the first initial, first and last name. take a look at man accused of killing the four women. this is joseph naso. in nevada they have their own team to investigate 45 cold murder cases to see if he is involved. in he is suspect in the northern california killings including two in the bay area. he is from the reno area with a history of arrests but not what you might think. these are for petty theft but responsible for the murders of 18-year-old woman of oakland found dead near fairfax in 1977. another one, her body found in 1978. check out more, pam

. >> eric: we begin with the latest update on developing news. whereas we've been reporting, pg&e has spent all morning trying to get the lights back on for thousands of customers. at one point, more than 6700 customers were in the dark. the outage started around midnight after what pg&e calls an underground equipment failure at hayes and geoff streets. pg&e says they are not sure when the lights will be back on for 400 customers. >> brown is trying to prevent a financial disaster by revamping the employee pension system. janelle is live for more on the proposal and another proposal that seems to have universal support. >> reporter: taxing the wealthiest californians, the ones making over $500,000 a year the latest idea to help solve the $26.6 billion deficit. it has 89% of democratic support. 60% republican support and 79% of independents like the idea. of increasing the income tax on the wealthiest it could raise $2.5 billion a year. no word of governor brown likes the idea but he has his own idea. overhaul the state's pension system. the lates

eric galt. they are really trying to press this mean and they go to all the hotels and motels in the memphis area and try to find out if anyone named eric galt stevan enzus arnove the time of his assassination. and sure enough, they find this place, the motor hotel on the outskirts of months, a guy named eric galt stayed and checked in with a white mustang on april 3rd the night before the assassination. this is his registration card and noting that he lives at all to 608 highland avenue in birmingham alabama. but notice he mentions mccardle in alabama license plates. there with me one second. okay. so meanwhile other fbi agents go out all over the south jogging to find out any other eric galt chicken to any other hotels and they did find out that on march march 22nd eric galt checked into the flamingo hotel in selma, alabama, which was significant really only because they found out that very night martin luther king had been scheduled to give a talk there and began to seem he was sort of beginn

time for baseball. 6:00 a.m., i'm eric thomas. >> kristen: and i'm kristen sze. we want to start with wild overnight weather. it may have contributed to a crash in the south bay that sent a chp to the hospital and for a while shut down a business stretch of 880 in san jose. terry mcsweeney is live. >> reporter: here we are still cold and you can see the steam on my breath. this stretch shut down for about two hours this morning. everything is back to normal right now, but the accident that shut it down happened during this hailstorm. take a look at exactly what happened. a black pickup truck that pulled off to the side of the road. we believe it had a flat tire. this was near the stevens creek exit northbound 880. chp officer gets oust his vehicle when a white car came along and hit the officer. the driver of the white car arrested. we don't have the exact charge for that driver. that all happened around a hailstorm. >> another vehicle came from the slow lane and struck the officer and knocked him down. he is at the hospital being treated right now. >> reporter:

. >> i'm eric thomas. >> the giants and dodgers go at it again tonight. no problems reported in last night's first meeting of the rival teams since the brutal beating of a giants fan on opening day. >> and extra police presence and plea before the game help to keep things peaceful. >> he addressed the underlying tension. >> honoring the stow family, we ask that you respect our rivalry and you respect each other as fans. >> tonight's game was dedicated to bryan stow the giants fan that was severely beaten after a game on opening day. his friend matt lee was there. >> it was not a dodger fan thing. >> we need to be kinder and we have to remember this is just a game. it's competitive on the field but when it's done they leave it there. >> the crowd seemed to take on a different mood. >> it seems to be a little less rowdy. i notice there is lot less dodger blue out. >> but a dodger fan doesn't think he'll need his disguise. >> especially here in the crowd, you get jeers but it's nothing bad. it's nothing negative whatsoever. >> so far, so good. you hear thing

i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kristen sze. >> the 77-year-old nevada man charged with killing four women makes his first court appearance this morning in the marin county courtroom. investigators are looking into whether he may be connected to unsolved murders on the east coast. terry mcsweeney is live at the county jail in san rafael. >> reporter: california, nevada and new york, homicide investigators taking a look at cold cases to see if 77-year-old joseph naso might be involved in those cases. they know he killed a number of people. they believe he killed a number of people over the past 30 years. are there more to be found? take a look at the suspect, 77-year-old man, he is scheduled to make a first court appearance in san rafael at the civic center on four counts of murder, all known victims are from northern california, would are from the bay area. those would be 18-year-old ro rocks seen rogash found dead in fairfax, carmen cologne, pamela parse ons was killed in 1993 and one other was killed in 1994. and the district attorney says the case begin to crack open of last year, when

. >> i'm eric thomas. >> topping the news a chp officer is hospitalized with possible broken leg following a frightening crash in the south bay. the officer had stopped to help another driver who had spun out and crashed possibly on ice. terry mcsweeney is live near the scene at 880 and stevens creek boulevard. that is where the accident happened. >> that is absolutely right. we're maybe 200 yards away from that. first let me show you you about the chp officer, non life-threatening injuries, a broken leg and some injuries to his face but non life-threatening. when you see pictures, you may be surprised about that. let me show you right now what may have caused that accident. this was coming down at 2:00 in the morning, a report of a very severe hailstorm out here and ice on the road. now, take a look at the picture what happened after. that a black pickup truck was involved in some kind of an accident pulled off to the side of the road. chp officer pulled up, got out of his vehicle and see what he could do to help the person in the black pickup truck. that is when a vehicle came along and

. >> eric: i'm eric thomas. the san jose city council will finally take a vote today on a program to regulate pot clubs that have proliferated in recent years operate operating illegally. now live with the san jose with the story that includes a union angle. >> reporter: what a twist. san jose city leaders have reached their breaking point. unions are paying attention. they want a piece of the action. city leaders say there are too many pot clubs here and it's time to rein them in. they actually have more pot clubs than any other city. mayor chuck reed and council members want to cut down the number and restrict where they can operate. they would like to go from the 110 they currently have to ten. the they say clubs should be limited but they don't think ten is enough to serve the city. they are questioning how will you choose the ten that will get to stay. mayor has an idea. >> i would be happy to auction them off to highest bid other ebay but a request for proposal contest. >> all it will do invite the people

. >> and i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kristen sze. >> eric: following breaking news where firefighters are on the scene of a mobile home fire that injured four people. it happened just after 2:00 this morning at a mobile home park on east bay shore road. the fire was quickly knocked down but four people are being treated for smoke inhalation no word on cause. we'll continue to follow the story. >> kristen: southwest airlines is expected to cancel hunts of more flights as inspectors are looking for cracks in the fuselage of planes. lilian kim more on what think have since learned about an aging fleet of 737s. >> as they cut apart the damaged jet. think discovered metal fatigue cracks. >> we did find evidence of widespread cracking. >> those cracks can develop after repeated takeoffs and landings. they found similar cracks in three other planes after friday's flight from phoenix to sacramento. 18 minutes after takeoff the top opened up. it turned out to be a five-foot long tear but the plane was able to make an emergency landing at an arizona military base. >> we have no indication that

i'm eric thomas. >> kristen: and i'm kristen sze. today marks one month since the deadly earthquake and tsunami hit japan. it came with a major new aftershock that has rattled nerves. amy hollyfield is live in the newsroom where she has been tracking the latest developments. >> people were running and screaming when the aftershock hit. it made it tough to move around. here is video of what people went through. at 5:00 18 in the afternoon. japanese scientists put it at 7.0 while geologists in the united states say it was a 6.6 earthquake. we have heard of a landslide but we haven't heard anyone was hurt. it knocked the power out of the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. they had just made a major announcement about the plant. they are calling for evacuations to several towns beyond the original danger zone declared around the plant. they are now saying they are worried about long term effects from the leaking radiation. this all comes exactly one month after the major earthquake that is believed to have killed 25,000 people. peopl

eric? >> is it a holiday weekend -- it is a holiday weekend. this is good friday. >>> still ahead, job promotion congressman may be in line for in the obama administration. and groundbreaking for a big project on the peninsula and the payoff it will have for the bay area economy. the best little city in the americas. bay area community singled out for economic potential. #Ñ#Ñ >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> good morning, everyone. 5:11 on this friday. former long-time monterey county congressman and current cia director leon panetta is reportedly president obama's choice to be the next secretary of defense. politico says washington insiders believe he is the obvious choice to succeed current defense secretary robert gates who said he plans to retire. but politico says it's unclear whether panetta has been offered the job or would even want it. panetta represented monterey county in congress for 17 years. he later served as white house chief of staff and budget

it will be very impressive but don't look. >> eric: don't focus on it. take a look at the forecast and see what the temperatures will be like. >>> we have live doppler zoomed in on mendocino county and this is where it's falling right now. it's close enough to the north bay, one of two may stray down to your neighborhood in the next couple of hours. don't be surprised if you get a sprinkle or two especially in the northern part of sonoma county. the big story, it's warmer this morning. nine degrees warmer in napa and santa rosa and 5 in half moon bay and 3 in san jose. temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s. 46 at half moon bay. 44 in los gatos and 54 in antioch. this afternoon, a sprinkles in the east bay valleys, san jose, mid to upper 50s for the rest of us. the coast is going to remain cool during this warming trend, only 59 in half moon bay. monterey at 54. low 70s freorts of the bay and low to mid-70s as you head inland. watch out for the tree pollen as you head into this half n of. all of us get a chance of showers evening through monday morning

feed your fiesta. >> eric: good morning. nice view of san francisco that we don't ordinarily show you. how did you like the weather past couple of days? >> i love it. >> and lights in this picture but in other parts of san francisco, there is still about 6700 customers, laurel heights, hate neighborhoods that don't have power. pg&e is on it right now. no estimate on when power will be restored. >> kristen: attorneys from two states is asking apple and google to ban smart phone apps such at d.u.i. check points. they can help drunk drivers circumvent laws that is meant to save lives. a text trade group says lawmakers need to consider the implications of will the moving app. >> have burned your tanning tong on a scalding cup of coffee. it bothered two people so much they invented something and they also got it funded. here is lisa amin gulezian. >> entrepreneurs dave petrillo and dave jackson decided to do something about their coffee temperature dilemma by inventing coffee joulies. >> the temperature drops to a drinkable level

but eric was standing up for freedom in the best virginia tradition. we face a shut down today because the liberal majority in the house last year failed to pass a budget. the new republican majority did pass a budget 48 days ago but the liberal majority in the senate failed to act. citizens should call liberals and demand they pass a budget today. in conclusion, god bless our

eric? >> sue, thank you very much. 4:32 now. in the news, hazardous materials investigators have left the scene this morning at a redwood city apartment complex where a tenant may have prepared a toxic mix in the bathroom of one unit. earlier, other residents were evacuated from the building. police said they were called by the mother of a 15-year-old boy who barricaded himself in the bathroom of his apartment. three police officers and three firefighters had to strip down and be hosed off after being exposed to the chemical. >> we could be doing all of this and it turns out to be nothing more than a stink bomb. it could be something more seres you and we handle it this way because we want to be prepared for anything that could happen. >> authorities said the boy was passed out in the bathroom. the first responders tried to give him cpr before hazardous materials team ordered everybody out because of the toxic exposure. when we find out what the subject was, we'll let you know. >>> los angeles airlines flight from los angeles to

eric? >> thank you. >>> pg&e is facing another big deadline, involving the company record-keeping and whether the record keeping contributed to the explosion and fire in san bruno last fall that killed eight people. abc7's amy hollyfield is live at the public utilities commission headquarters in san francisco. amy? >> reporter: eric, a lot of people here in san bruno, which is where we are this morning have little faith that pg&e is going to be able to provide these documents. the big question is did pg&e violate the law. conventional wisdom is that pg&e will be found guilty and fined at least $400 million. but the california public utility commission will look in to whether the loss contributed to the disaster. at issue is the fact that pg&e didn't realize what kind of pipe it had in san bruno. the record on the computer showed it was seamless. when, in fact, it had been welded together. it is important because seamless pipe handles more pressure than welded one. authorities want the see d

yesterday attorney general eric holder made the announcement that collates shaikh mohammed the alleged nine eleven mastermind and four alleged coconspirators will be tried in military commissions at guantanamo bay and stead of in a federal civilian court in manhattan where the crime was committed to move it has many legal experts cringing as the theories debate of military commissions vs federal civilian courts has proven the latter to be more successful to deal harsher sentences and of course to even that that's been tested by time more than two hundred years worth of perhaps worst of all yet another flip flop by the obama administration one of their choosing to blame on congress who passed legislation barring the transferring of detainees from u.s. soil. who where and how to prosecute have always been and must remain the responsibility of the executive branch members of congress simply do not have access to the evidence and other information necessary to make prosecution judgments yet we have taken one of the nation's most trusted killed in terrorism. off the table and tied our hands

company will try to fill a variety of crew and management positions. >> eric: wow.that is a lot of ambition there. >> step outside if you can today. it is gorgeous right now. temperatures above normal. yesterday we were right around where we should be. you are taking a live look this morning at the emeryville marina. look at all that blue sky. gorgeous day with numbers continuing to climb. we have very light winds out there. look at the south bay, 67 in mountain view. san jose, 68 in los gatos and san rafael 57. but everyone will see numbers six to eight degrees above yesterday's readings. things will change rather quickly. from yesterday we're already much, much warmer. 8 degrees warmer in san jose. cooler air mass. we're making up for it. the warming continues throughout the day today. still more sunshine. we will need it. it will be cooler as a weak frontal system comes through bringing down the temperatures and then another system bringing down the numbers again. a chance of showers looking like thursday, opening day looks good but it looks cold. pacific satelli

company will try to fill a variety of crew and management positions. >> eric: wow. that is a lot of ambition there. >> step outside if you can today. it is gorgeous right now. temperatures above normal. yesterday we were right around where we should be. you are taking a live look this morning at the emeryville marina. look at all that blue sky. gorgeous day with numbers continuing to climb. we have very light winds out there. look at the south bay, 67 in mountain view. san jose, 68 in los gatos and san rafael 57. but everyone will see numbers six to eight degrees above yesterday's readings. things will change rather quickly. from yesterday we're already much, much warmer. 8 degrees warmer in san jose. cooler air mass. we're making up for it. the warming continues throughout the day today. still more sunshine. we will need it. it will be cooler as a weak frontal system comes through bringing down the temperatures and then another system bringing down the numbers again. a chance of showers looking thursday, opening day looks good but it looks cold. pacific satellite.

investigators don't believe the crimes are related. >> eric: still ahead. facebook goes where google won't >> and people doing extraordinary things to help save the environment. th >> eric: libyan rebels have rejected a cease-fire proposal. they say it didn't address moammar gadhafi and top associates and didn't respond to the aspirations the libyan people. african union mitt with gadhafi over the weekend and reportedly got him to agree to cease-fire. >> kristen: president obama will outline a broad plan tomorrow to reduce the nation's deficit. they are expected to call important cuts in medicare and medicaid. meantime, republicans are unveiling a plan to cut six trillion from next year's budget. unless they get the cuts they will block plans in mid may. this latest budget talk comes three days after the white house and congressional leaders reached a broad funding deal to avoid a government shutdown. >> facebook has struck a deal deel with china. they are reporting they have signed an agreement with the biggest chinese search

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>> reporter: it has been improved, eric -- approved, eric. congratulations. this is national hiring day at mcdonald's. break it down to local level. this mcdonald's on bay shore boulevard by oakdale has an opening, as do eight mcdonald's in san francisco alone. they are not just for crew. some are looking for the management positions. take a look at the pictures we have on the national hiring day at mcdonald's. 50,000 new employees. that is what they are looking for nationwide. 2,000 of those jobs will be in northern and central california. i was just checking out the opening here. it's about $9.79 an hour to start. here at this mcdonald's. it can really lead somewhere. >> 75% of the store managers started out at crew people. the people in the very top management of the corporation also started as crew. >> on wall street, it looks like the stocks will bounce back at the open. they were going to be down for much of the morning and now the futures indicate a jump up. recovering from the 140-point drop yesterday. that followed announce fire department the standa

i'm eric thomas. kristen is off today. in the news caltrain may have a plan to keep all the trains rolling a couple weeks after announcing the potential for big cuts to deal with a huge budget deficit. caltrain's board is set to vote on a proposal thursday. abc7's amy hollyfield is live at san mateo with the latest. amy? >> reporter: eric, this one really caught me by surprise. every time i covered this story, authorities talked about drastic cuts with no solution in sight. now suddenly they have a plan to save caltrain. it's great news for riders who were facing the possibility of no weekend service. trains during commute hours only during the week. state enclosure fare increases. it was bad news. now according to the media partner, "san jose mercury news" a new plan would save the current service and keep all the stations opened. passengers may have to pay more, but that's it. the money to save caltrain is likely coming from funds usually set aside for construction projects. they plan to have a special meeting this thurs

eric, good evening. >> good evening, brian. here in southeastern oklahoma, we saw some violent storms from thursday evening one coming through thch community. it's a small town, about 350 residents that live here. when a tornado of this magnitude comes through it affects everyone in the community and those storms continue to rumble tonight. >> a large tornado crossing the highway in front of us. >> storm chaser footage shows one of nearly a dozen tornados that ripped through overnight. this twister killed two elderly sisters. high school students huddled into a storm shelter as it tore through the building and picking up school buses and flipping them on their sides. >> it looks like somebody came and stepped on it. >> all the students survives, but seniors, three weeks from graduation, wonder where they'll stand. >> i don't see the possibility of having schools in these buildings again. >> reporter: at one point, the system dropped three tornados side-by-side. >> we got go, three -- >> reporter: in western arkansas, no tornado

i'm eric thomas. in the news this morning, a tough response from pg&e to demands it produced a missing gas pipeline safety document. state regulators asked for that after last fall deadly san bruno fire. pg&e now says the documents may never be found. that's not all they're saying. abc7's terry mcsweeney live at the san francisco offices of the state public utility commission. terry? >> pg&e is now saying that it is never going to find some of the documents about the older pipes. to test those pipes could make the pipes weaker than they are right now. take a look at video provided by pg&e about how those pipes would be tested by shooting water through them. utility says to properly test 700 miles of pipe is an expensive proposition. it plans to test 100 miles of pipe. that will cost between $100,000 and $500,000. that's per mile. pg&e says it would talk five years to do that testing. it would also weaken the lines because of the high pressure used in that testing. look at this video. truck loads of do

eric? >> thank you. >>> 6:00 a.m. on monday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm eric thomas. kristen is off today. >>> topping the news, 105th anniversary of the earthquake and fire that devastated the city of san francisco. memorials and remembrance were held this morning. abc7's terry mcsweeney was live at lotta's fountain where is now going to bring us more details. >> reporter: here at lotta's fountain this is where people gathered following the 1906 earthquake putting up notices saying, "have you seen my relatives? if you are still around, meet me somewhere." a meeting place following the earthquake. the earthquake remembered this morning as was last month's earthquake in japan, the 1906 earthquake was remembered with the sound of a siren. [ sirens ] that siren is to note the serious side of the '06 quake. 3,000 people died. most of san francisco destroyed by the fire. water mains were broken by the earthquake. firefighters did not have a water supply. now, that serious note followed by a song. "san francisco open your golden gate" to celebrate the spirit of san francisc

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we also have with us eric stackalbeck, from cbn.s the most -- stackalbeck on terror on cbn news. he broke the story about the 12th imam video and we'll go to him in a second. first, from undisclosed location, i want to go to re.ea. -- reza, tell me when you went undercover and you started hearing about the 12th imam and everything else, you actually heard plans for the destruction of israel and the west. and the return of the 12th imam. >> yes. first, thank you so much for having me. it's a pleasure to be on your program. i started to dispel the antigovernment activities with expansion of collaboration with the terrorist groups around the world. and their intention to ultimately destroy israel, because that's a key element. it's a mandate of century-old to take place so -- [ inaudible ] would return. the states here they promote this ideology, and just because they cannot understand it, doesn't mean it's shiria, these are people -- [ inaudible ] i assure you that the intent to attack israel, destroy israel, and looking for the glori