the federal aviation administration is investigating. we've seen investigators on the scene but they're not giving us any information about what could have happened. live in brentwood abc 7 news. >> thank you. an evacuation in south san francisco just has been lifted about noon today a strong odor forced evacuations just north of colma creek. two people taken to the hospital for breathing problems. >> now let's move you to the wernl. we've seen sunshine to rain and snow. first major storm of the season dropped several inches of snow and caught people by surprise, too. several drivers got stranded in the snow in placer county. roads caused many spijout overnight. the road now is open. let's take a look at road conditions this evening in the sierra. there you go, chains required over interstate 80 most of the day. because several inches of snow fell. sandhya? >> let's check out live doppler 7 hd. we have lightning strikes and moisture headed our way. here is where we've been seeing light showers around clear lake. check out this moisture h

. >> the federal aviation administration says seating in both plains had undergone maintenance. they have grounded eight 757s for inspection. >>> to politics where president obama and rival mitt romney will not be campaigning today, opting instead to prep for the first of the three debates that they will have starting tomorrow night in denver. republicans are hoping it will be a game changer for their nominee who right now trails the president in every battleground state. nbc's brian mooar joins us from washington with all of those details. brian, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. for both campaigns this debate brings both challenge and opportunity. as denver gets ready for tomorrow night's first presidential debate, so are the candidates. >> it'll be a conversation with the american people that will span almost an entire month. we'll get to describe our respective views. >> reporter: romney is hoping to pick up a few votes with an endorsement from football great john elway. president obama is taking the personal approach to nail down votes. >> this is barack

. >> the federal aviation administration says seating in both planes had recently undergone maintenance. the airline has grounded eight 757s for inspection. >>> republicans are hoping the first of three presidential debates tomorrow night will be a game-changer for mitt romney. right now he trails the president in every battleground state. a new quinnipiac poll out this morning shows president obama has an 18 point lead over romney among women. nbc's brian mooar joins us from washington with more on all this. brian, good morning. >> reporter: for both campaigns this first debate is filled can challenge and opportunity. as denver gets ready for tomorrow night's first presidential debate, so are the candidates. >> it'll be a conversation with the american people that will span almost an entire month. we'll get to describe our respective views. >> reporter: romney is hoping to pick up a few votes with an endorsement from football great john elway. president obama is taking the personal approach to nail down support. >> this is barack obama. >> reporter: and like romney, the president sees

. >> well, the federal aviation administration said seating in both planes had recently undergone maintenance. the airline has now grounded eight 757s for reinspection. >>> to politics now where president obama and rival mitt romney will not be campaigning today, opting instead to prep for the first of their three debates tomorrow night in denver. republicans are hoping it will be a game changer for their nominee. who right now trails the president in every battleground state. nbc's brian mooar joins us from washington with all the details. brian, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. for both campaigns, this first debate brings both challenge and opportunity. as denver gets ready for tomorrow night's first presidential debate, so are the candidates. >> it will be a conversation with the american people that will span almost an entire month. we'll get to describe our respective views. >> reporter: romney is hoping to pick up a few votes with an endorsement from football great john elway. president obama is taking the personal approach to nail down support. >> this is barack obama. >>

the federal aviation administration says both planes recently underwent maintenance work that required seats be removed and reinstalled. american said there could be a problem with the way the seats fit into tracks on the floor. >> this should not have happened. these seats are designed to withstand a great deal of force. and they are not supposed to come off their tracks. >> it's the latest problem for american, which has recently laid off maintenance workers as part of its bankruptcy proceedings. last week, the airline accused the pilots union of conducting an illegal slowdown that led to hundreds of flight delays and cancellations. industry analysts say if fliers don't feel safe on american flights, they could stark booking travel on other airlines. >> it's going to make me think twice about sending my daughter on american in a few weeks for thanksgiving. >> both the faa and american airlines say the loose seats are not related to the labor tensions. the two affected plaens were worked on by separate maintenance crews at two different facilities. "cbs moneywatch." predictions are in

the federal aviation administration said both planes recently had maintenance that required seats to be removed and installed again. inspectors believe that the problem could be with the way that the seats fit into the tracks on the floor. cbs5. >>> in the central valley, an am track train out of oakland collided with a big rig injuring more than 30 people. it happened around 12:30 this afternoon near the town of hanford. nick james on how passengers describe the impact. >> reporter: amtrak panic as families initially feared the worst. the chp says this big rig carrying cotton trash drove right through the crossing arms, despite the bells and warning lights, broadsiding the train. half a mile after impact, the amtrak came screeching off the tracks. they worried that the train caught fire in the first few terrifying moments. firefighters rushed to the scene south of fresno. some were treated here, but many were rushed to the hospital with injuries, described as bumps, bruises, breaks. nothing life threatening. >> people were jumping out of the train as fast as they could. other people

up to make their disapproval known to the forum and as it stands earlier this year the federal aviation administrationbetter known as the f.a.a. gave seattle p.d. permission to fly the drones under a set of strict guidelines however the a.c.l.u. is asking for even more restrictions so are the people of seattle making something out of nothing or should they really be concerned well joining me to talk about all of this is trevor tim activists for the electronic frontier foundation hi there trevor well we all know that these drones came came into being about a year ago or really started making spotlight about a year ago what's so new about the story. well this is kind of the first time of the public is getting its chance to express his feelings and know at the local level about these drones i mean the f.a.a. has been handing out these authorisations for about a year now as you said but now police departments are finally starting to at least put in plans to start putting them to use and i think people are really worried that their privacy is going to be invaded by these drones you know the argument is tha

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. >>> the federal aviation administration may fine u.s. air for allegedly putting a plane back into service, without completing the required tests. the faa said the airline discovered a leaking fuel pump in a plane. they replaced it, but didn't test, or inspect the equipment. investigators claim they flew the justice over 900 times without performing the required safety checks. >>> now you can get ktvu news to go. download the ktvu app, click on live icon, and you can watch all of our newscasts live on your mobile device. ♪ [ music ] >>> well, our weather pattern is changing right now. it has been an interesting past couple of days with the thunderstorms, the cold air, but things changing tractly by the weekend. as you can pick out, we have a few light showers showing up on live stormtracker 2. this happens to be the loop over the past three hours. the latest imagery, you can pick out activity moving into parts of san francisco. dark green, or sprinkles, or light showers. we'll shift to the maps here and head up to the north and the east.

the federal aviation administration says he didn't properly secure the straps. in may of 2011, 80-year-old laverne everett from oakdale plunged 13,000 feet in the air but barely made it to the ground alive after she slipped out of her harness dangling upside-down as you just saw. when asked about the punishment, she said it's ridiculous. >> regardless what was done, or didn't do or anything, he saved my life. and there's no way i'm going to say anything against him. >> everett became an overnight sensation when the video of her freefall was posted on youtube. the faa is proposing for a $2,200 fine. >>> it is one of the great feelings that comes with climbing a mountain summit. that sense of isolation in the remote wilderness. well, a bay area hiker recently found himself on an unnamed peak in the sequoia national forest. but while standing there, he found more than a spectacular view. cbs 5 reporter patrick sedillo shows us he found a penpal from the 1970s. >> this peak right here. >> reporter: larry wright was mountain climbing in the sequoias last month when a

. >>> the federal aviation administration is investigating two cases where seats came off the tracks.ts were removed and reinstalled recently during maintenance. >>> the american express credit card company reported today it will be refunding customers. the refund comes after a government investigation into charges american express illegally charged late fees, discriminated against some clients and lied about rewards. the company also agreed to pay almost $28 million in fines to regulators including the consumer financial protection bureau. >>> fed chairman ben bernanke today defended policies used to stimulate the economy. he listed other thing that is can be done. >> such as putting the federal budget on a sustainable path. reforming the tax code, improving our educational system supporting technological invasion. and expanding international trade. >> reporter: bernanke also rejected criticism that the federal reserve is laying the ground work for inflation and letting the government run up huge budget deficits. >>> get ktvu news to go now. download the ktvu app, click on the live i

. >>> the federal aviation administration may fine u.s.ir for allegedly putting a plane back into service, without completing the required tests. the faa said the airline discovered a leaking fuel pump in a plane. they replaced it, but didn't test, or inspect the equipment. investigators claim they flew the justice over 900 times without performing the required safety checks. >>> now you can get ktvu news to go. download the ktvu app, click on live icon, and you can watch all of our newscasts live on your mobile device. ♪ [ music ] >>> well, our weather pattern is changing right now. it has been an interesting past couple of days with the thunderstorms, the cold air, but things changing tractly by the weekend. as you can pick out, we have a few light showers showing up on live stormtracker 2. this happens to be the loop over the past three hours. the latest imagery, you can pick out activity moving into parts of san francisco. dark green, or sprinkles, or light showers. we'll shift to the maps here and head up to the north and the east. no

. >>> the federal aviation administration is investigating two cases where seats came off the tracks. seats were removed and reinstalled recently during maintenance. >>> the american express credit card company reported today it will be refunding customers. the refund comes after a government investigation into charges american express illegally charged late fees, discriminated against some clients and lied about rewards. the company also agreed to pay almost $28 million in fines to regulators including the consumer financial protection bureau. >>> fed chairman ben bernanke today defended policies used to stimulate the economy. he listed other thing that is can be done. >> such as putting the federal budget on a sustainable path. reforming the tax code, improving our educational system supporting technological invasion. and expanding international trade. >> reporter: bernanke also rejected criticism that the federal reserve is laying the ground work for inflation and letting the government run up huge budget deficits. >>> get ktvu news to go now. download the ktvu app, click on the li

not you federal aviation administration is investigating. bill: does the airline know why this is happening? >> there are a lot of explanations but no concrete answers. >> pilots say it may be the result of a union dispute. but the union denies it. amr filed for bankruptcy in november. they are claiming they worked without a contract for six years. the airline says the seats were installed by american airlines maintenance contractors and the issue does not seem to be tied to any one facility or group. they say there could be a possible issue with a certain model of seats and hugh they fit into the tracking used to secure the seats. but whatever the reason, a retired american pilot says passengers shouldn't worry. >> i know the incidents over the weekend could give people pause over flying our airplanes. but the pilots insure when we take off we have a safe airplane to get people safely from a to b. >> reporter: the faa says preliminary information indicates these seats are the result -- martha: president obama calling debate preparations a b

. >> the federal aviation administration says it is now investigating american in the wake of those looseter news for home owners. the housing market taking a turn for the better. it is positive. that's according to an exclusive cnn money survey. alison kosik has been following the story from the floor of the new york stock exchange. hi, alison. >> could it be? the housing recovery could really be taking hold, especially when you hear what these 14 economists in this cnn money survey say. nine say home prices are higher or will turn higher this year. just a few months ago only seven economists thought that. they're more confident now. home prices have actually gone up over the past three months. in this chart we're about to show you, you can see the small increase on the right of the screen. what that means is that we found a bottom with the housing market. other factors as well, sales of homes are picking up, home construction is rebounding. mortgage rates are also at record lows and that, of course, hopefully can encourage more buying. carol? >> we hope so. alison kosik at the new york

quote: >> reporter: well, luckily, all jets did land without incident, and i now the federal aviation administration and the airline are boast investigating, jenna. jenna: lucky they didn't hit turbulence or anything at the beginning. does the airline know why this is happening? >> reporter: well, it seems there's a lot of different explanations. american is releasing statements saying there could be a possible issue with a certain model of seats and how they fit into the tracking used to secure them onto the plane floor. company officials say the seats were installed by american airlines' maintenance and maintenance contractors, but add thish sue does not seem to be tied to any one facility or group. meantime, the transportation workers union blames the problem on work outsourced to nonunion shops. >> it's the first one of american's outsourced, and we're seeing it in the past couple weeks since this has begun, several aircraft have come in with problems. >> reporter: not the only issue the airline is facing, american filed for bankruptcy protection back in november and is currently in the middle o

the federal aviation administration said both planes had recently undergone maintenance work that requiredo be removed and reinstalled. >> and here we go again. in less than a month, another teacher strike in illinois is looming. this time, teachers in evergreen park want a new contract. and the deadline is today, to reach an agreement with the district. some issues at hand here, salary, benefits, and contract length. excuse me. i'm fine. [coughing ] >> if the teachers work the picket line, the students will be locked out of classrooms. in full disclosure, i'm dealing with a cold. >> it might be in full effect by friday afternoon. excuse me, thursday afternoon. >> well, you won't be alone. >> the weather will be just about perfect thursday and friday afternoon. >> is it? >> when i'm not shear, we're joking, i'm liking to be here. >> we have fun. >> just in the mornings. >> let's get to the weather forecast. definitely bring the umbrella here. kids have not headed out the door yet. they will be wanting to be ready for wet weather. some areas have not seen a whole lot overnight but i can pre

federal government to ensure aviation security at u.s. airports. sfo aviation management staff negotiated with the federal general services administration on behalf of tsa. as in the current lease the gsa prohibits federal leases from including rent adjustments based on unknown factors such as consumer price index. as the total amount of federal funds required for the lease need to be encumbered at the time the lease is approved. as a result the proposed five-year lease -- the rent is a flat rental rate, determined based on the airport's fiscal year 2013-13 approved rates and charges, as well as current operating costs and escalated annually. based on the five-year projected operating budget. that is how we came to the 1.4 annual rent, 1.4 million annual rent for the lease. as the budget analyst report does point out the lease before you, as well as the current lease, makes 52 parking spaces available to the tsa at no additional costs aside from the rent. this again is a function of the gsa prohibiting federal agencies from paying for parking above a rental cost. i'd be happy to discuss that further if you'd like. but the budget analyst does recomme