fowler has counseled returning iraq and afghanistan veterans and survivors of the ft.shootings. he says the key to saving relationships is helping those on active duty deal with their feelings. >> if you're going to be trained to shut off your emotions to do a great job, i think it's only fair to kind of train you to turn them back on. >> reporter: making a difference by serving on the front line and helping others who do. robert bazell, nbc news, new york. >> and that's our broadcast for this friday night and for this week. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. lester holt will be here with you this weekend. we, of course, hope to see you right back here on monday night. in the meantime, have a great weekend. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com western band association champions in3. a friendly white little kitty. maybe not little today. with a head larger than her small button eyes and nose. very cute.

john fowler joins us now.'s in oakland with the research. >> reporter: researchers say microbes found in northern california mud redesign life as we know it. due east of the bay area near yosemite, the sierra's volcanic lake, full of arsenic where these bacteria thrive. turning life science as we know it upside down. >> this is a huge deal. this is a phenomenal finding. we're talking about taking the fundamental life and replacing one of them. >> reporter: phosphorous the very like form of life is replaced by arsenic, it's the only life form known to do so. discovered by felisia wolf- simon. >> and if there's organism doing something different, we've cracked open the world to what's possible in other worlds. >> reporter: it's hard to overstate the impact of finding life operating by different rules. >> how is it that these organisms cannot be poisoned by arsenic at these high concentrations. that's a major research, how do organisms cope with toxins. >> maybe we'll be able to find et now, because we have more

john fowler, ktvu news. >> that is really something. we have put together a slide show on our website, ktvu.com and click on the slide show tab. >> new unemployment numbers out today show an unexpected increase in the nation's jobless rate. the labor department reported this morning the unemployment rate rose to 1.8% this month. employers only added 145,000 jobs. the numbers represent more than 15 million people without jobs. >>> lawmakers in sacramento are preparing for next week's special session to try to meet last week's labor shortfall. california is facing a $6 billion deficit for the budget that was passed back in october. governor arnold schwarzenegger will release his plan on monday. >>> also today governor arnold schwarzenegger administered the ceremonial oath of office to the california supreme court. arnold schwarzenegger nominated tammy satuco. she is the first philipina to take the post. >> i feel confidence that the governor and the attorney general has faith in my ability to see it out and carry it out. and i will with t

health and science editor your fowler, ktvu, channel 2 action news. >>> the first slide show on today's surgery on the gorilla, visit ktvu.com and click on the side shows tab. >>> a surprise visit. president obama makes a trip overseas. where the commander-in-chief was and why the diplomatic part of the trip was abruptly canceled. >> reporter: i'm live in san jose city college where it's win or go home for one of two football teams. it's the tcs open division, and we will have a live preview later in sports. >>> and i've got live storm tracker 2, a few showers showing up in the area as we move into the weekend, i have rain in your forecast. ocooer feoel cort eeit t totr r >>> i happily dedicate myself to that. >> the new chief justice of the california supreme court makes history as the first minority judge ever to lead the court. tawny can teal has been a judge for 20 years. the sacramento native is the daughter of filipino farm workers. at her swearing in, she remembered how her family would often visit the capital park after church, but never thought about going inside. they were sit

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new details are just coming in about a deadly bus stop along the peninsula today. coming up, we just learned about the woman who was killed today. >>> it's going to be different. >> the next two years, yes are going to be very challenging. >>> a bay area lawmakers are bracing for the power shift in washington -- how bay area lawmakers are bracing for the power shift in washington. >>> got out of the truck and just immediately told the bus driver stop. stop stop. >>> an eyewitness talking tonight about a horrible scene in palo alto today. he was watching as a bus hit and killed a woman who was crossing the street. it happened this morning, another woman told us he spoke to the victim as she was on the ground just moments before she died. maureen naylor is live with new information about that victim. >> reporter: in just the last half hour police have told us the woman who was killed in this intersection was a traveling nurse from cupertino. the driver who hit her was making a left hand turn on university avenue it hit her in the crosswalk. both the

but there are some things that you need to know to protect yourself and john fowler is live tonight in santa clara to explain. john? >> reporter: we're at ecs r efining. it's the biggest bay area electronic cycler. they go like this 24/7. i want to show you a tiny fraction of 150 tons of televisions. computers and electronic games, cell phones, things that they will smash, shift through and in some cases salvage just today. this is the busiest time of the year in the e waste business. >> people are buying things for christmas, getting rid of their old things. it's probably a 10% to 15% u ptick over normal months. >> reporter: in the bay area alone this month, people will throw away about 110 million tons of waste. landfills no longer take this stuff. we are in truth electronics, consumers. >> i've got computer, printer, tvs. >> we have a wii, we have a psb. plasmas. >> reporter: best buy stores o ffer a $10 coupon if you return old electronics for recycling. >> we're getting a new one we are gonna research where to recycle it. >> reporter: 75% of the waste ends up in asia and africa wh

reporting live, health and science editor, john fowler. >>> two airlines have bumped into each other today in st. louis. a u.s. airways plane clipped a united airlines plane. the airport says that no passengers were hurt. the planes were inspected for damage which appeared to be minimal but both flights were cancelled. >>> coming up next at 6:00, it's happened again, another large pothole this time it shut down an off ramp. even though the repairs are done, that ramp will not be open until tomorrow. >>> an on another bay area freeway, you don't see this every day. why all the money from one armored car had to be transferred to another armored car today. >>> it's like the wifi you find at a coffee shot but this time on a large scale. >>> what happened tonight at disneyland for the second straight day, it's something that is almost unheard of. those stories and more coming up next at 6:00. >>> and a troop believed to be controversial in china will perform tonight in san francisco. the dancers say they tell stories of virtue as they entertain the audience. one of the dancers is from pal

john fowler has the story. >> reporter: her story is uplifting. firefighters and sheriff's responded and they have a story to tell about the first question is how this 2-year-old cal fell into a were covered while. >> well, the plywood was rotten. it was not strong enough, so that's how the the cal fell. >> reporter: he said he held up her head and he would not let his blue button-down. >> this is a unique problem because of the terrain surrounding the well. >> reporter: they brought in a pump and dumped out thousands of pounds of water. >> it took probably a good 45 minutes to an hour to get all of the water out of the well. >> reporter: now want to? enrolled a crane and a buckaroo came with ropes. >> we employed the cowboy to go down pit he knew how to strap the cow up. >> she is on the hill behind us right now so it is a happy ending. >> reporter: they are now as good as it gets. he says his cows are not to be slaughtered and will live as pets and will likely remember this day for a long time. >>> all lanes leading into yosemite national park a

i don't fault admiral fowler for having somebody write that for him. that's why in the "new york times" i said the change will not come from within. that letter exemplified exactly what i'm talk abouting. they stay for three years,, -- >> host: the superintendents? >> guest: the superintendents stay for three years. they calm, make some mistakes, and leave. >> host: is that a plum assignment to be superintendent of the naval academy? >> guest: this is. a few years ago -- a few, i'm dating myself. mid '90s, early '90s, they added the star. we've heard of superintendent who passed over cno. it's kind of a consolation prize after the cno post. >> host: russ in lose is next. carolyn, good morning. >> caller: good morning. how are you? >> host: i'm fine, thanks. >> caller: because you say the academy is worthless, people in there or ignorant to that measure is what i have gotten out of you. if they are, then i want to know why they are not used on our border in our border security, and, you know, maybe they'll learn something as border patrol and keeping th

science editor john fowler, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> good news for san francisco in its bid to host the america's cup in 2013. the only city in contention now is new port, rhode island. today the head of that state's economic department raised doubts about whether new port could afford to host the race. he said new port would not be ready to commit to being a contender by the december 31st deadline set by the race organizers. along with san francisco an unnamed italian city is vying to host the next america's cup. >>> outgoing san francisco mayor gavin newsom launched a new plan to revitalize part of market street. the mayor says market street is effectively san francisco's main street. he wants to transform it from the embarcadero up to octavia street. the idea is to attract more people to shop but no word yet on what city officials plan to do. >>> an unusual joint offer food for marijuana. organizers say the effort paid off for the second harvest food bank in watsonville. from november through christmas eve medical marijuana patients at this marijuana dispensary received a complim

science editor john fowler, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> good news for san francisco in its bid to hosthe america's cup in 2013. the only city in contention now is new port, rhode island. today the head of that state's economic department raised doubts about whether new port could afford to host the race. he said new port would not be ready to commit to being a contender by the december 31st deadline set by the race organizers. along with san francisco an unnamed italian city is vying to host the next america's cup. >>> outgoing san francisco mayor gavin newsom launched a new plan to revitalize part of market street. the mayor says market street is effectively san francisco's main street. he wants to transform it from the embarcadero up to octavia street. the idea is to attract more people to shop but no word yet on what city officials plan to do. >>> an unusual joint offer food for marijuana. organizers say the effort paid off for the second harvest food bank in watsonville. from november through christmas eve medical marijuana patients at this marijuana dispensary received a complimen

holiday shopper samantha fowler admitted she couldn't handle back friday, but still found great deals. >> the sunday i went out it was quiet but it was freezing outside. i didn't go on friday. i have friends who work in retail, they said it was crazy and they were exhausted. >> one new trend is setting aside plastic and sticking to cash. economics professor says with the slow economy, many americans remain mindful of their spending i don't people's expectations of future growth probably aren't that high, even though they are better than they were last year at this time. >> he doesn't hold a crystal ball, but is confident the competent will continue to improve. the new shopping thrill, cyber monday, brought in a significant number of online shoppers. >>> black friday may have jump started the economy with all the holiday spending but some americans are still holding tight to their pocket books. president obama proposed a two year pay freeze for all federal employees. this proposal will save $2 billion and an estimated $60 billion over the next ten years. >> it is an important statement

here is john fowler's report from christmas day, nine years ago. >> reporter: they came this christmas morning to nature's own whapel by the sea, san francisco's ocean beach. some, such as engineer paul chan said this christmas seems different. >> i was just sitting here, it feels a little bit different. i think there are a lot of things that are going well for me and a kweisi mfume of things that aren't, but it's just nice to be out here c. cyclist david wulf said september 11th changed christmas for him. >> it's my toast to do at christmas and i'm going to bring that point up. we all fee very fortunate to have come through this incident and come through about our heads high as a country. >> reporter: the lynch family said their traditional christmas day dog walk at the beach took on a special memeaning this year. >> my traditions are going ooutlast anything. nobody could do anything to change nem. >> given what happened september 101th, i think it changed everybody's lives, especially mine and it's affected my kids and everybody that you talk to. i think just that you hold life more

rickie fowler and bubba watson, playing the part of santa claus, two-man team scramble today. poulter from the beach. he and johnson drop to 28-under. darren clark and guardrail -- graham mcdowell. they finish at 28-under. but on 17. dustin johnson, the birdie to go 30-under. he and poulter scramble to a 59 and win greg norman's shark shootout. what a day in the nfl. niners and raiders still in the playoffs. it's amazing. keep the faith. >> alan: at the movies, disney's movie loses the topppppppppppppp lightning fast. lightning strong. rizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. >> alan: the third smallment in the chronicles of narnia debuted in first place at the weekend's box office with more than $24 million in ticket sales. "the tourist" debuted in second place with 17 million, and rounding out the top three is tangled, that took in more than $14 million, bringing its total to 115 million since it opened over thanksgiving. that's it for abc-7lllllllllllll [ female announcer ] this is a strawberry pop tart... and this is a warm, fresh baked stra

ktvu science reporter john fowler has our report. >> reporter: the city hall glows red for 25 million worldwide aids deaths. at golden gate parks age memorial grove a moving ceremony. the campbells remember a son and brother. >> our family comes, like, every year to this. so it is kind of a big day. >> reporter: gloria brought flowers for lost friends. >> i am benefitting from the therapies. but you know, there is a tremendous loss that we have to honor. >> reporter: some recalled scarier times. >> it felt like a war. and as opposed to being surrounded by bombs and carnage, you were being surrounded by death. >> reporter: 30 years ago this street was ground zero for what then was a 100% rapidly fatal epidemic. today medical science has turned it into a chronic manageable disease. now the issue is aging with hiv. >> i've been positive for 25 years. i was diagnosed in 1985. >> reporter: 62-year-old kelly houston says three anti-virals keep him healthy. he volunteers for clinical trials. >> there is always the hope and always the possibility. and the necessity to figure this out. >> repo

ktvu science reporter john fowler has our report. >> reporter: the city hall glows red for 25 million worldwide aids deaths. at golden gate parks age memorial grove a moving ceremony. the campbells remember a son and brother. >> our family comes, like, every year to this. so it is kind of a big day. >> reporter: gloria brought flowers for lost friends. >> i am benefitting from the therapies. but you know, there is a tremendous loss that we have to honor. >> reporter: some recalled scarier times. >> it felt like a war. and as opposed to being surrounded by bombs and carnage, you were being surrounded by death. >> reporter: 30 years ago this street was ground zero for what then was a 100% rapidly fatal epidemic. today medical science has turned it into a chronic manageable disease. now the issue is aging with hiv. >> i've been positive for 25 years. i was diagnosed in 1985. >> reporter: 62-year-old kelly houston says three anti-virals keep him healthy. he volunteers for clinical trials. >> there is always the hope and always the possibility. and the necessity to figure this out. >> repo

in 2001 john fowler brought us a story of how that came to be. >> reporter: their planes were unreliable, under powered and unable to cope with bad weather. pilots risked their lives and many died flying the mail. but those pioneering airmail pilots shrank our world in the 20th century. in 1903 bicycle makers willber and oroville writing took to the sky in their airplanes. the first flight stunned the world. inspired people and inventories such as glenn curtis. it also set postal officials thinking. the first to act was here in northern california, post master je holmestead of petaluma. he asked a local race car driver turned aviator named fred weissman to fly the mail. he had this airplane now in the postal museum in washington, d.c. weissman has just flown his almost other identical airplane in the big aviation show in san francisco. that plane, the diamond is now at the pillar aviation museum. he had no air know nautical training but had built these airplanes after seeing pictures of the wright and curtis airplanes. >> instead of having today like a stick that you turn left and right

architects is joint venturing with fowler architecture to form the design team for the project. we are teamed up with the well-known cruise ship terminal designer out of miami. we are very excited about the news we heard this afternoon about the america's cup possibly coming and possibly helping us push the project forward into the next phase. to date we have completed about a third of the overall project phases for the project. we are very anxious to move into schematic design to kickstart this in the coming year. i want to introduce you to peter. peter will talk a little bit about the design on the project for you. >> good evening -- i guess it is evening now, commissioners. it is a pleasure to be back before you. i know it is late in the afternoon, so we are going to try to quickly orient you to scheme b-2, because i know at least two of you saw it before. commissioner crowley, we will try to get a quick review of how we got to scheme b-2. up on the screen now you see the general site plan. of note is -- can you get a pointer working, dan? can you point to pier 27? which is a

right next to the sports highlights with andrew fowler and time for spot mosco we understand. yeah that's right said they thought that qualified for the europa league come to believe but that could be taken away from them by you wife or her not impressed by the recent actions of their fans of more not in my. hello there thanks for watching the sporting this is what is coming up. the way forewarned could be kicked out of the europa league following crowd trouble in slovakia. new castle's new man alan pardew prepares for a baptism of fire in the english premier league. and free forming a russian makes history in the antarctic this death defying leap. thursday spartak moscow could be disqualified from the europa league after crowd trouble in the match against the u.a.e. for is waiting for a match report from the referee after players had to leave the field twice and so black air on thursday night spot that fans invaded the pitch in three flares in their final champions league group match the moscow side won two one to guarantee themselves a place in the europa league but you a fo

health and science editor john fowler, c tv u channel 2 news. >>> three major airlines say they're raising prices effective immediately. united, cont nental say they're boosting fares on many domestic flights and they say the move may anticipate rising fuel costs or in an attempt to recoup an estimated $100 million loss from flights canceled in recent days because of bad weather. >>> a leading index of home prices shows a shore one month drop in the bay area. the monthly shiller open price report released yesterday shows prices fell 1.9% from september to october but year-over-year the bay area's prices were up 2.2% in october. nationwide prices in the 20 largest metro areas all posted a decline in october. on wall street stocks flucuated in a narrow range and ended the day mostly flat on light volume and did manage to gain 20 points notching the highest close in more than two years. the nasdaq lost 4 points. >>> apple is a us coulded of violating privacy and fraud laws in a lawsuit that seeks to gain class action status. the company is accused of encoding iphones and ipads with devices th

. >> reporter: health and science editor, john fowler, ktvu. >>> some residents of san francisco alongth some in marin county are about to lose their super mark. delano is closing five of the seven stores. customers of the 24 hour store on 18th street near castro in san francisco said the store is going to be sorely missed. >> it's my all night refrigerator and i don't think it's going to be all night anymore. it's very sad. i've lived here for 16 years and they're like family. >>> an attorney for delano said the store owed a million dollars of unpaid rent. >>> and the community stepped up to help a school that was hit by thieves. the thieves made off with $50,000 worth of laptops and i pads. police say they have noment ises but police are investigating footage from campus security cameras. >>> the state agency has released the list of 40 bay area companies that owe the state back taxes. topping the list is a shipping company. c & jc usa incorporated. a cement company is said to owe $3 million. and dillan, dillan american foreign center -rpblgs we tried to reach the company, but two co

ok but it is russians by sarah fairfax they are so scared andrew fowler in zurich i thank you both very much. of course i would have more from our correspondents around russia and in zurich throughout the day as we countdown to wealth cup decision time which will bring you live here on our team. would be something really. what you want to get down to. is almost one beatles finally we sold loose on an international three song for the future of the downs making the world cup. final to be hosting the world's largest sports event live on the larger. question on the. the russian premier has outlined the stark choice ahead on european defense either moscow becomes an equal partner or it will be forced to put more missiles on russia's borders but the mayor puts in told america's prime time t.v. audience that shoring up weapons is not what russia wants auntie's going to change you can has more on the interview with veteran talk show host larry king. larry king started off with a question that is a big and make money not only in the west but also in russia will run for office in two thousand and

. >> reporter: health and science editor, john fowler, ktvu. >>> some residents of san francisco alongth some in marin county are about to lose their super mark. delano is closing five of the seven stores. customers of the 24 hour store on 18th street near castro in san francisco said the store is going to be sorely missed. >> it's my all night refrigerator and i don't think it's going to be all night anymore. it's very sad. i've lived here for 16 years and they're like family. >>> an attorney for delano said the store owed a million dollars of unpaid rent. >>> and the community stepped up to help a school that was hit by thieves. the thieves made off with $50,000 worth of laptops and i pads. police say they have noment ises but police are investigating footage from campus security cameras. >>> the state agency has released the list of 40 bay area companies that owe the state back taxes. topping the list is a shipping company. c & jc usa incorporated. a cement company is said to owe $3 million. and dillan, dillan american foreign center -rpblgs we tried to reach the company, but two co

john fowler reports. >> reporter: it's cell phone video from airport public areas. >> you can see airport security is kind of a farce. >> reporter: you tube video posted by 50-year-old airline pilot chris lou waving his notebook here. he says the tsa reaction surprised him. >> i up loaded the video to get the reaction from the you tube committee, community. >> reporter: the tsa has not addressed lou's claim that employees entered the airport by a simple card swipe. lou and his lawyers say it's a well known loophole that needs to be addressed that they've heard from hundredsover pilots and ground crew. >> who have all said unequivocally that this problem exists. >> let me make it clear that i have the up most represent of the pilots and crew. >>> california soon to be governor jerry brown will get to decide whether the pursue the sale of 11 state buildings. today the state supreme court denied governor arnold schwarzenegger final plea to allow him to complete the sale before he leaves office. arnold schwarzenegger says selling the buildings and leasing them back would save the state money.

john fowler reports. >> reporter: it's cell phone video from airport public areas. >> you can see airport security is kind of a farce. >> reporter: you tube video posted by 50-year-old airline pilot chris lou waving his notebook here. he says the tsa reaction surprised him. >> i up loaded the video to get the reaction from the you tube committee, community. >> reporter: the tsa has not addressed lou's claim that employees entered the airport by a simple card swipe. lou and his lawyers say it's a well known loophole that needs to be addressed that they've heard from hundredsover pilots and ground crew. >> who have all said unequivocally that this problem exists. >> let me make it clear that i have the up most represent of the pilots and crew. >>> california soon to be governor jerry brown will get to decide whether the pursue the sale of 11 state buildings. today the state supreme court denied governor arnold schwarzenegger final plea to allow him to complete the sale before he leaves office. arnold schwarzenegger says selling the buildings and leasing them back would save the state money.

john fowler is live tonight with our story. >> reporter: researchers found it in northern california mud. a tiny microbe that is so fundamentally changes the way people look at it it violates the rules of life on earth. due east of the bay area near yosemite, the volcanic bay where these extraordinary bacteria thrive. turning life science as we know it upside down. >> this is a huge deal. this is a phenomenal finding. we are talking about taking the fundamental building blocks of life and replacing one of them. >> reporter: in the bacteria's bna,phosphorous is replaced with arsenic. it's the only life form to do so. discovered by bay area geomicrobiologis, felisa wolfe- simon. arsenic is not arsenic to every living thing. >> how is it that this organism cannot be poison by arsenic at these high concentrations. that's major research in bio chemicals is how do organisms cope with toxins. >> maybe we will be able to look -- >> reporter: scientists may check again for arsenic based microbes. a more earthly use is to come up with an arsenic eating bacteria. arsenic is a major problem for

fowler. i picked the umbrella and i'll leave the crickets alone. go ahead, sir. >> two topics. on the health care ruling, the passage in which the judge says that the unchecked expansion of congressional power to the limit suggestion by the minimum coverage provision would invite unbridled exercise of federal powers. and this is not about -- just about health care, but it's about individual right to choose to participate. doesn't this indicate or validate a central argument of skeptics, which is that despite your intentions you can't require people to participate a lot like this? >> well, in a couple of port things for perspective, then. first and foremost, obviously the administration argued on the other side and i do think it's important to keep some good about the fact that there are now 20 or so cases making their way through federal courts. the court -- this was the eastern district of virginia. 115 miles away, the western district court of virginia ruled that november 30th, to uphold the same provision that the eastern district and its judge had ruled against. so i think

bubba watson and fowler were dressed up in santa suits having a good time.und in florida, the tournament hosted by the sharks, greg norman. on thursday, i was there and able to host their event, fund-raiser for an organization that works on finding a cure for kids cancer. if you've got a rare disease, they're pretty much a clearing house to get you in the right place. unbelievable event and greg norman does it great. he wears 11 million dollars -- raised $11 million for them. >> gretchen: justice has been served in the elizabeth smart kidnapping case, eight years later, a jury found mitchell guilty. here is what elizabeth had to say. >> i would like to say thank you to everyone who put so much work into my case and in helping me. today is a wonderful day and i'm so thrilled to be here. i'm so thrilled with the verdict, but not only that, i am so thrilled to stand before the people of america today and give hope to other victims who have not spoken out about their crime -- about what's happened to them. >> steve: what's next for the smart family? joining us i