michael finney, 7 on your side. >> good advice there. anybody here know anything about zumba, anybody here taking zumba classes? >> eye done one. -- i've done one. >> you know i wasn't talking but, right? it is him! [ talking over each other ] >> it was fun, i had a great time, i can't walk well today because my calves are killing me. >> folks are going to demand to see your moves i am >> i know you got rhythm, i want to see yours. >> one way to keep the wife happy, dance. >> tap dance a forecast. >>> 6:17. good advice by michael finney, no doubt. i was fun, i had a great time. always like being the only man in the class. :17 -- i'm kidding. here's some of the clouds spilling into the coastal valleys from the south from mount tamalpais. let's talk about live doppler 7 hd, you can see includes nothing showing up as far as wet weather, no mist or drizzle or drizzle and me. let's talk about what is going on as far as our temperatures, we are running in the 50s again this morning, we have one 60, the same spot most of the morning around redw

krystal ball and karen finney will join me on that. and on what michelle obama's doing on the campaign trail. >>> and last night we told you that your cell phone was spying on you and that law enforcement could get information without a warrant. tonight, we'll tell you what can be learned about you from the data that your cell phone is producing. >>> and in the "rewrite," the love/hate relationship between the religious right and. [ female announcer ] the power of green coffee extract is now in our new starbucks refreshers™ -- a breakthrough in natural energy. made with real fruit, starbucks refreshers™ are delicious low calorie drinks you can feel good about. ♪ rethink how you re-energize. ♪ get a boost of natural energy with a new starbucks refreshers™, in three re-energizing ways. try one on us, only at starbucks. but lately she's been coming in with less gray than usual. what's she up to? [ female announcer ] root touch-up by nice'n easy has the most shade choices, designed to match even salon color in just 10 minutes. with root to

krystal ball and karen finney will join me on that. and on what michelle obama's doing on the campaign trail. >>> and last night we told you that your cell phone was spying on you and that law enforcement could get information without a warrant. tonight, we'll tell you what can be learned about you from the data that your cell phone is producing. >>> and in the "rewrite," the love/hate relationship between the religious right and. eliminate gas from my budget. i don't spend money on gasoline. it's been 4,000 miles since my last trip to the gas station. it's pretty great. i get a bunch of kids waving at me... giving me the thumbs up. it's always a gratifying experience. it makes me feel good about my car. i absolutely love my chevy volt. ♪ [ female announcer ] letting her home be turned into a training facility? ♪ this olympian's mom has been doing it for years. she's got bounty. in this lab demo, one sheet of new bounty leaves this surface cleaner than two sheets of the leading ordinary brand. bounty has trap and lock technology to soa

you can contact michael on twitter at m finney and facebook.com/michael finney abc 7. >> this is getway friday. it's going to take time there.ç traffic on the left side of the screen trying to head east. folks on the right easier if making their ways to the peninsula. stay with us. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues right after this. >>> checking healthy living news could put women at risk for a formsofñr breast cancer that is particularly difficult to treat. a french study hints they are caused by so called e.r.tumors. the e.r.negative tumor as kt for a quarter of all breast cancer buzz tend to grow faster and not as responsive to hormone based therapy autos there is research indicating yoga helps stroke survivors improve balance. a study looked at patients undergoing treatments. and findings found yoga boosted confidence and reduced a fear of falling and works even if patients had strokes months, or years before beginning yoga. good morning america co-host robin roberts announced she'll take medical leave to undergo a bone marrow transplant. she's been digÑi nosed with mda, a blood, bon

ezra klein, karen finney and i will all try to count mitt rom flee's money. and crazy joe walsh is back in the rewrite tonight. since crazy joe never found the time or courage to serve in the military, he now considers it unfa that his opponent actually did. and he is attacking iraq war vet and double amputee tammy duckworth for not trying to hide the fact from voters that she served in the military. i know this sounds crazy. but this is crazy joe walsh we're talking about here. crazy joe is back in the rewrite tonight. nnounc er ] think your kids are getting a dependable clean in the bathroom? [ gasps ] think again. try charmin ultra strong for a clean with fewer pieces left behind. its diamondweave texture is soft and more durable so it holds up better for a more dependable clean. fewer pieces left behind. charmin ultra strong. lookin' good, flo! feelin' good! feelin' real good! [ engine revs ] boat protection people love. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> the obama battleground bus rolled into ohio where unemployment is going down and the o

michael finney is here now answering questions. there is amy s who asks are mystery shopping jobs legitimate? >> yes. but no one is asking to you do it. and no one is advertising for to you do it. there are people out there making money on this but there is a lot of fob phony, bad people out there trying to take your money there is the web site you are need to go. mystery shop.org. there are legitimate ways to make money out there. they're not the one that's write you through the mail. >> never pay money or cash a check for anyone. >> eileen asks how can you fight a ticket from a broken parking meter. >> this is a law that says if a meter is broken you get to park there as long as you could have been allowed. this is a big deal because that wasn't a state wide law before. now it is. and you're going to say that was broken. they're going to say tho. it wasn't. try to take a picture of it. and you've got a cell phone with us. there is a better chance. >> and there is one from judy m. i was wondering if publisher's clearing house is l

and you can contact me on twitter at m finney and facebook.com/michael finney abc 7, i'll answer questionse in just a few minute autos thank you. and let's take a look outside. there is low clouds that will have big changes in the weather pattern. >> taking a look at traffic this is 101 in san rafael moving along not too bad for a friday. and stay with us. >>> a fallen bay area marine was laid to rest today. >> he was buried with full military honors in san bruno thanks to persistence of a fellow crew member's family. >> james was born in oakland raised in redwood city and joined marines in december, 1942. in 1944 during a night time training mission his b 25 bomber crashed in the south pacific. he and other six crew members were killed and it took until now to find them and bring them home. yesterday, his remains arrived at sfo. today he was buried at golden gate national cemetery, his niece never knew her uncle but says she knows he and her father were close and for her it was bittersweet. >> i think part of it is maybe because my dad can't be here to enjoy this, but just the fact he's n

i'm taking your skies -- questions and you can contact me on m finney and facebook.com/michael finney abc 7. i'll answer questions right here live in just a couple minute autos and from mount tam you can see fog developing at the coast z not enough to cool us down significantly. i'm spencer christian and will have the accu-weather fo >> here is a look at what people are searching for today on google. top trending search, there are rumors of a sex tape involving former fry fri night lights star minka kelly. the third most popular search term people water. sustainable water bottle company owned by jeff holmes, the winner of the bachelorett. >> a woman recovering from a bizarre car accident that left even first responders wondering how she can possibly survived this. there is a 36-year-old was running errands and she didn't see this stop. >> the pole went into the front windshield and through the back, crushing her skull but did not puncture the brain. >> this first memory i have i woke up, i was chewing glass. >> doctors patched her skull with part of her hipbone and removed 200 splinte

you can contact michael on twitter at m finny and facebook.com/michael finney abc 7. >> outside we gook at 80 and 101. the skyway is slow on this monday, but not too bad. stay with us. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues in just a moment. [ mom ] to me, chex is not just a little bowl of cereal, it's kind of a big deal. to find nutritious and gluten-free cereals my whole family actually loves? well, the word "wow" comes to mind. and then a friend told me chex has five flavors that are gluten-free. even a cinnamon one the kids love. a nutritious cereal that makes everybody happy? like i said, wow. [ male announcer ] chex cereal. five flavors. good and gluten free. >>> checking healthy living news a study suggests spanking kids to lead to mental illness later in live. researchers found childhood punishment as spanking, slapping and hitting are associated with increased risk of major depression, mania, anxiety and alcohol and drug abuse. and that is a study in the journal pediatrics and research suggests the longer children spend in the womb the better they'll do academically. thisç journal fou

now is missouri congressman emanuel cleaver, chairman of the congressional black caucus and karen finney, former communications director for the democratic national committee. thank you both for being here. >> good to be with you. >> thanks, reverend. >> chairman cleaver, let me start with you. why did romney make this speech today? you hear my feeling. what do you feel? >> well, i don't know whether that were strategic moves that dictated this speech be made to the naacp and he would then offer something to the base. i'm not sure. i would choose to believe that he legitimately wanted to go to the naacp. i think that all presidential candidates ought to do that. even republicans who are not generally going to receive a great deal of african-american support. for variety of reasons we don't have time to go into on the show. but i do think that his advisers

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joining karen finney. this is a key line from the "vanity fair" piece.omney failed to list this bermuda entity on several financial disclosures, even though such a closely held entity would not qualify as an accepted investment fund that would not need to be on his disclosure forms. so karen finney, there's mitt romney hiding his money offshore and then hiding on disclosure forms that he's hiding his money offshore. >> that's exactly right. here's the problem. if you put these stories together with what david korn reported last week, the picture that emerges is clearly he has something to hide. on the jo it side, you say well, what are you hiding? the evidence seems to mount. and the campaign has no answers. in fact, as we've seen, we're cutting and pasting the same answer to everything. and at some point that's just not going to cut the mustard. at some point they're going to have to bh more forthcoming with all the questions you've been pointing out for several weeks now. >> ezra, we have a big board graphic here, map of the world, with some locations

. >> and michael finney is taking your questions on twitter and facebook and will answer them here live later on. you can contact michael on twitter and facebook.com. >> taking a look outside, at the skyway, there is the lower deck of the bay bridge, if you had to work today and you're about to leave to go home, it's looking good. light traffic on holiday wednesday. ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients, from nature valley. ♪ ♪ i was thinking that i hope this never ends ♪ [ female announcer ] nature valley granola bars, nature at its most delicious. >>> checking healthy living news the maker of oxycontin is beginning to test on med sichblt it's a highly addictive painkiller, and producers need to study to extend the patents and this insists it's not for financial gain but to give more informatio

julian epstein and karen finney, i do know where i am. good day to both of you. karen, mitt romney is having a fund-raiser with dick cheney tonight. all jokes aside here, but the vp getting all the love today is joe biden after his naacp speech. he was booed for ending his speech contrasting of course to mitt romney, who was booed for using a phrase, obama care. how would you rate biden's speech today? >> i thought it was like a ten plus plus plus plus. he was awesome. i was on twitter. it was blowing up. people were so excited to see joe biden there particularly because he did what mitt romney failed to do and that is he spoke from the heart and talked about vision, right? he said this is the vision that president obama and i have. i also think you cannot underestimate and underscore given joe biden's personal relationship with the naacp in his own work, lifetime, having

bob shrum, karen finney, and sam stein. thank you for your time.esday night, wendy was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, a very serious disease. he spoke about it publicly for the first time on his radio show today. >> it's been a real jolt to say the least. i mean, it shakes you to your bones. but she's a tough girl, and she went through surgery yesterday. the doctors feel like they got all of it. it was very successful surgery, but we got a long way to go. and you know, i'm going to be gone for a while. doing the radio and tv show isn't exactly what i'm thinking about right now. i'm going to be with my wife through all of this. >> all of us on "the ed show" love and respect ed and wendy, and across the msnbc family, we wish ed, wendy, and their family well wishes and to get strong through this particularly horrendous ordeal. you can hear the entire statement by going to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. if you want to send him a message, go to facebook.com/edshow or tweet him.

. >> and coming up next, finney's friday free stuff. >> stay with us.0 tonight we're on location with a film crew that is reenacting oscar grant shooting and those controversial scene already in the can. that sat 6:00. >>> i'm happy to fill in on friday. >> and there is finney friday free stuf let's see if you can figure out what the theme is. >> okay. >> well, that is... half of the theme. okay. here we ghochl is a new product from me from safeway only. it's open nature frozen entrees. they're 100% natural no. preservatives. here is the second thing i like. super localry. 290 calories. there is chicken alfredo, red curry. shrimp, they've got all kinds and this is where i'm seeing you're keeping up. there is a five day pass to studio mix in san francisco thchl is a new locally owned and operated health club. it's absolutely huge. 30,000 square feet. and there is yoga, cycling, boot camp, zumba for dan, here. and there is -- . >> that and tae bo. >> there is good locker rooms and so you can try it out for a week. you can try it. >> this is very hard it l

how michael finney made things right for a south bay couple could not stand their new couch. that is at 6:00. >>> there is a study finds as many as one of five seniors suffers from mental health or substance abuse problems and this care may not be there to address mental needs of baby boomers and found the focus has been on preparing for physical needs rather than issues such as depression. >> there is a nice honor for a bay area community college and skyline community college received a award for its spark point program. it reaches out to low income students. >> this is equity certainly was a theme we can find and believe in. >> there are other winners in san bernardino he was a pioneer advocate and was secretary of state condoleezza rice's father. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios i'llwait... yeah...eryday valuwell, yeah, bacon.on. and my eggs sunny side-up. no, umm, over-easy. the $4 everyday value slam. one of 4 great choices for $4 off

there and karen finney.rican moment. this was a moment when you have 25 u.s. servicemembers who have served the country, representing 17 countries, on their day, when they became u.s. citizens. this say moment -- >> and had the president of the united states right there saying we welcome you and thank you. and that is really an american moment. and you know, you don't want to see it become political. you just want to enjoy that moment for those people who have fought so hard for our country. frankly, they think they're getting a gift, but we should be thank youing them. >> and raul reyes, you have been at several of these ceremonies, i've been at one as well. when you look at some of the pictures, we have to go back to tape there, it's really hard to get the sense of the emotion. >> that's right. it doesn't do it justice watching it. i've done it in new york just from the courtroom. but to be taking that oath in the white house with the president, it's almost unbelievable because those ceremonies are so joyo

on twitter or facebook.com/michael finney abc 7. >> and nine minutes past four, there is a view of the commute. the skyway downtown left to right going to the lower deck it's just a crawl at this point. remember there is a giants game this afternoon. did you hear a lot of the traffic heading back to the east bay. it's slow going. and better for building pass, corporate card, verizon 4g lte phone. the global ready one ? yeah, but you won't need... ♪ hajimemashite. hajimemashite. hajimemashite. you guys like football ? thank you so much. i'm stoked. you stoked ? totally. ... and he says, "under the mattress." souse le matelas. ( laughter ) why's the new guy sending me emails from paris ? paris, france ? verizon's 4g lte devices are global-ready. plus, global data for just $25. only from verizon. >>> the consumer products safety commission is suing members of desk toys because the magnets in them are so strong. they've been trying to get them to stop selling the items in 2008. it started receiving reports of children swallowing the magnet that's can pierce holes and some children have acq

and karen finney, what he's saying there is, in the thousands of pages, there is stuff -- oh, you're over here tonight. there is stuff that the opposition can use against me. that's why i don't want to release them. >> and that's why nobody's going to give up on this story. like, how stupid can you be?! i mean, come on! but notice that he's also trying to say, it's not that maybe i did some shady things, as was in the time of, you know, dennis kozlovski and enron and tyco, where it was all about cayman islands accounts and incorporating in bermuda. no, it's about evil barack obama's campaign coming after me for the things that i might have done pip mean, it's an interesting way to try to shift. the other thing i would say, though, is the single most important thing that i think happened today that tells us, this is working and tells us how petrified team romney is of this line of attack and line of questioning, is that dennis -- is that john sununu went to defcon 1. when you are throwing out the racist xenophobic crap, you know they're terrified. i mean, that is the best sign that we

tonight's finney's friday free stuff taking you to wine country. >> i'm there!and coming up at 6:00 millions love the hot new book "50 shades of gray". there is a hotel offering their own version. the story tonight hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios >>> tonight finney's friday free stuff includes a trip to wine country. >> and let's go. >> we're going to go to it. okay. wine and cheese finishing up this long holiday week. >> yes. >> and this is avino is a company allowing members to get wine up to 70% off of retail. they're going to give you $10 credit towards an avino purchase and a wine tasting in st. helena. that is $35 worth of wine, you're going to get that. then, check this out,. >> what is this? >> from gourmet amor. this is a brand new gourmet shop over in hays valley. and what they've taught me is that i never want to go anywhere unless they have a wine excuse me air, cheese cave. and that is pretty good. there is a fre

michael finney has a new report that may make you think twice before you complain. >> temperatures nearing the triple digit mark inland. i'll let you know if the heat is here to day for a few more days. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> firefighters in eastern contra costa county dealt with a destructive blaze in afternoon that left two hopes damaged the fire broke out in a neighborhood not far from highway 4. the fire started in one home and quickly spread to a neighboring house before firefighters were able to control the flames. nobody was injured. but the rear of the homes were heavily damaged. >>> nearly a million rural californians will begin receiving their first fire fee bill two weeks from today. the state expects to collect 90 million dollars to help pay for fire protection in some of the rural areas. the average bill is $150 a year they will be made out by county, there are roughly 825,000 homes, barns, stables and out-buildings in the acres covered by that fee. >>> san francisco is considering installing parking meters around the zoo. the city says,

i'm sure karen finney will be able to explain it all to me. later. babe. got the jetta.ot really. i would've been fine with 0% for 36 months, but i demanded 60. no...i didn't do that. it was like taking candy from a baby. you're a grown man. alright, see you at home. [ male announcer ] the volkswagen autobahn for all event. we good? we're good. [ male announcer ] at 0% apr for 60 months, no one needs to know how easy it was to get your new volkswagen. that's the power of german engineering. to get your new volkswagen. this is new york state. we built the first railway, the first trade route to the west, the greatest empires. then, some said, we lost our edge. well today, there's a new new york state. one that's working to attract businesses and create jobs. a place where innovation meets determination... and businesses lead the world. the new new york works for business. find out how it can work for yours at thenewny.com. >>> in tonight's "rewrite," the man i introduced you to 15 months ago is going crazy. meet grover norquist. the president of americans for tax reform,

michael finney has the one common complaint found >>> good morning. we are almost there, friday is just in the offing. this is friday eve. you are looking live at the bay bridge from our rooftop camera you see the clouds mike has been talking. >>> bay area woman heading a class action lawsuit accusing wal-mart of discriminating against disabled customers. the center for independent living filed on behalf of janet brown from pittsburgh. the complaint says wal-mart has ignored complaints its point of sale months are not within easy reach of people in wheelchairs. a wal-mart spokes person says its gel is to make all machines comply with the americans for disabilities act. >>> streaming video from the internet to tv's, computers or tablets is easier than ever. there are a lot of choices. michael finney tells us there's a common complaint about some of these streaming services. >> reporter: good morning. new consumer report survey shows more people watch videos from their couch than in the theater there are dozens of services to choose from this report wil

. >> and michael finney is taking your questions on twit skbrer face book and will answer them here live a little bit later,. >> taking a look at traffic outside on a friday fight, oh, boy. bring patience. you might want to wait because you're looking at traffic approaching bay bridge and going south. a little bit bogged up there. so we'll be back with more in just a moment. >>> new concerns for women taking fertility drugs. a study find women who's used fertility drugs and have a pregnancy that lasted 10 weeks or longer showed a small increased risk of breast cancer saying the elevated pro dungs of hormones may alter the normal tissue and recommend women who use the fertility drugs talk to their doctors about increased cancer screening autos there is a major drug company removing certain labels from widely used centrum vitamins. and now, the company has agreed to drop breast health and colon health from the bottles saying the claims imply vit hins would prevent breast and colon cancer. they say it's illegal to make these prevention claims. pfizer agreed to modify language relating to he

i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >>>:15. don't be surprised if you see the occasional tv person shopping at the dollar store. >> i just bought two swimming noodles, for the pool yesterday. a dollar for two of 'em. great deal. >> send my wife in she likes to do it. >> water guns they had all sorts of hot weather related stuff. >>> still need it today in some areas, other areas getting a reprieve. beautiful sunrise from mount tamalpais this morning back towards the east gorgeous the way it is glistening and reflecting off the bay water. live doppler pretty thick fog along the coast 3/4 mile visibility at half moon bay. was not seeing reports of mist or drizzle, we are off to a dry start with live doppler this morning. let's talk about temperatures just updated these with the latest numbers, 61 fairfield, antioch and livermore 64, everybody else in the 50s monterey bay and inland fairly cloudy and low to mid 50s. by the afternoon hours, poor air quality once again spare the air even though it not going to be as hot as it was ye

i'm michael finney.new internet scams you need to know about. >> and flying high in the city of berkeley jie. and severe thunderstorms could slow your travel dow supply chef on your -- >>> seven on qlor side has alerted us about fishing scams where they create websites that look like real p cs. tonight a new warning. michael finney has a new con targeting the internet users. >> frantic is a good way to describe it. >> barbara rowe is talking about e-mails that sent shock waves through her lazy sunday morning. >> i had an e-mail from discover card saying my statement was available on-line. but i don't have a discover card. >> she opened the e-mail and panic grew. >> it said there was a balance of $10,600 some odd dollars. >> the e male said she -- the e-mail said she owed more than $10,000 and had to make a minimum payment. she could click here to make a payment right away. but barbara doesn't have a discover card. >> my initial reaction was that somebody had stolen my identity and opened a credit card, a

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i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >>> fog in the morning, sun on the way.ike is here with the forecast. >>> water weather also, checking to see if there are flight arrival delays because of the low clouds as we look down on from it mount tamalpais this morning you can see thicker, more moisture with it earlier, we ran into drizzle, terry did coming from the north bay. haven't seen any reports of any lately we have flight arrival this case into sfo running around an hour and 13 minutes san jose and oakland are on time. you can see moisture plume covering the better part of the eastern third of the state if you will, right through the central coast into the sierra where we'll continue to have a chance of showers even a thunderstorm this afternoon if you are heading to tahoe, yosemite, don't be surprised if you see lightning and hear thunder especially early morning to mid-afternoon hours. if you are hanging around here, stepping out now, mid to upper 50s. low to mid 50s monterey bay mid to upper 50s inland mostly cloudy conditions there and patchy drizzle. to

i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> good to know. >> hanging on every word. i can get to the store immediately. >> you still have 45 minutes to go here. >> it is important. >> it is the. buckle her seat belt so she can stay for rest of the rid >> italian, olive oil, i completely understand, yes i do. >> you gotta say here too bud. >> i was going to try to sneak out, guess not. sorry katie. >> i'll bring you some back. >> thank you. good morning, beautiful sunrise, sun breaking free of the east bay hills mount diablo on the right from sutro tower this morning, going to be another warm one around the bay to hot inland this afternoon. the reason why, because we don't have much going on outside. we have a lack of clouds and that means really no flight delays possible into sfo. the clouds we have are along the coast. what we're looking at on live doppler, put the umbrellas away unless you need it to shade you from the sun today. let's move on, we'll talk about those temperatures. look at 60s still holding on, fairfield, antioch, livermore, fremont, mountain view,

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i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> coming up next, the annual march of the penguins.ncisco zoo gets ready to hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios >> good morning, everyone. i'm terry mcsweeney. legs begin with a quick look at the weekend weather forecast a hot one on the way. here's meteorologist lisa argen. >> hi, terry. we do have fog. we have a sea breeze that will keep the coast cool but elsewhere around the bay the relative humidity is dropping and the temperatures will be coming up today. 50s and 60s to start that out. 50s and upper 70s by noontime. and inland we are talking upper 90s by about 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon. terry. >> thank very

michael finney will tellñ!> good morning many sacramento mayor johnson is hoping a major league baseball team can keep fans happy assuming the city loses the kings the task force announced yesterday it will shop for a team possibly the a's because they are shopping for a new home. the a's have had their eyes set on san jose but that territory belongs to the giants. sacramento has the triple a river cats team the minor league team for the athletics. >> whether it is your ipod or smartphone electronic devices aren't cheap if your vacation takes you near water or sand you want to protect them. michael finney is here with travel bags offering the best protection. >> reporter: good morning everyone! there are lots of summer hot spots that are far from tech-friendly. consumer reports has just checked out bags designed to keep you connected and protected. summer means time at the beach or the pool. you want to take your tech gear wherever you go, right? so what happens when your pricey piece ends up in the drain? you

i'm michael finney. coming up on 7 on your our cloud is not soft and fluffy.ud is made of bedrock. concrete. and steel. our cloud is the smartest brains combating the latest security threats. it spans oceans, stretches continents. and is scalable as far as the mind can see. our cloud is the cloud other clouds look up to. welcome to the uppernet. >>> an alarming trend in identity theft is becoming more and more prevalent. adults steal identities of children. here's 7 on your side michael finney to explain. >> the person got too much power. >> like a lot of children, ten-year-old riley loves reading the harry potter books. she sees a connection between what happened to her and what happened to harry potter. except hers was an i.d. thief. >> you are being put into a trap. it's really hard to get out. >> twice thieves have stolen her social security number. someone used riley's number to start home, gas and electric service and then defaulted on the bill. the other incident happened before she was even born. >> there's no checks. there's no checks by the bank, the

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karen finney and hogan on the frontal attack on mitt romney's vision for america. mitt romney picks up where john left off. >> i don't think the president, by his comments, suggests an understanding what it is that makes america such a unique nation. >> weighing in on romney's attempt to paint barack obama as un-american. >>> parallel track of influence from the muslim brotherhood and the highest levels of the federal government. >> and michele bachmann's witch hunt continued this morning, despite another firm condemnation of leadership. >> accusations like this being thrown around are pretty dangerous. >>> you guys are absolutely right, and it is -- it is a matter of national survival. let me -- >> that's right. >>> no matter how hard he might try, mitt romney has not rid himself of his tax return problem, and one of his campaign's favorite surrogates, his wife, this time actually made matters worse. first, a few poll -- a new poll reveals what the public wants. by a 17-point margin, americans believe romney should release more than two years of tax returns. even

i'm michael finney. 7 on your side is coming up. >> abc7 news is teaming up with sleep train to raiseupport for foster children in the bay area. for every new like on facebook a dollar will go to the sleep train campaign which buys things like food and school supplies for foster children. dan ashley looks at one organization that uses that to make a difference for foster children. >> all of these people have been through tough times that no child should ever have to experience and all of them ended up in foster care. >> i wanted to be with my family but i didn't want to go through being abused anymore. >> we can't show their faces but we can share their hope for a better future. >> my first goal is to go to uc college. >> go to cosmetology school and save up my money so i can have more money to put toward my career. >> these teenagers are aiming high thanks in part to a group called foster a dream. they focus on foster children 12 to 24-year-old and trying to give them some of the same support that families provide. >> things that will spark that idea of i can do better, things can be

i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> francis is here sitting in for lisa argen.er there work on your computer models. what's up? >> yes, i'm trying to get the latest on when the fog and low clouds will clear in your neighborhood. and to show you some of the sunshine we had to go way newspaper the mountain tops. here we see the low clouds and the fog kind of still cascading over the hills in the east bay. now the sun rose at 6:11. it will set at 8:21. check out, this is a really cool shot of the golden gate bridge. when do you see three lanes blocked off for marathon runners? carolyn and i were just talking about how impressed we are with these folks up so early in the morning and running from the ferry building out to the golden gate bridge and back. you notice traffic is actually flowing well. but quite a few folks. >> and great weather for them, too. >> temperatures right now in the 50s. this is good weather for folks running 26.2 miles. we will check out live doppler 7 hd, although i wanted to stay on that shot longer just because it was so cool. it's pretty q

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