and the family action cancel council stand for here's fowler explaining in his own words his stance on marriage who we are is the belief that the producers are going to say to me i'm on the right and if they're going to marry the raising of children is a good christmas i think it's good for everyone. all right so i make it pretty clear that he's soley for traditional marriage between a man and a woman and will he also happens to be a homophobe and in fact we try to look up information about fowler all we could find were clips of him spitting hate about gay marriage and homosexuality we can't change what marriage is are cannot draw a square circles and i cannot draw all round squares and i cannot make a marriage between two people of the same sex. you know i have to ask what's with all these pows in comparing gay marriage with things like beer or water or circles and squares and shapes but anyway getting off track now fowler is proposing a bill that would amend a current anti bullying lawn tennessee but rather than crack down on bullying he wants to create a loophole in this legislat

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> on www.ktvu.com you can read the research and learn more about morgallons. click on the link on the top of the home page. >>> shooting down a bill to delay the elimination of the redevelopment agency. they ruled lawmakers can eliminate the agency. the bill proposed extending the deadline for doing that till april 15 but today they said the bill doesn't have enough support to pass. >>> committee found the funds are being used correctly. $144million parcel tax for the school district passed in 2009. it generated $6.6 million. the tax was passed to retain qualified teachers, prepare student for college and maintain strong math, science and literacy programs. >>> firefighters responding to a house fire found a american grow operation inside. the fire was reported after 1:30 p.m. officers on the scene tell ktvu there were several marijuana plants inside the home. >>> a family of a toddler killed in rohnert park dropped its lawsuit against the city. they filed the suit after their daughter was struck and killed by a woman texting while driving in 2009.

john fowler explains how it works. john? >> reporter: doctors tonight say newborn tests and quick thinking saves their lives. >> reporter: at the hospital the twins thriving now. both have a rare disease called mma that almost killed them. >> the next day after they were born they started losing a lot of weight. >> we denied they looked sick. >> reporter: on day five a suspicious result from the screening program, some kind of disease. they rushed them to specialists. >> had it been another day, you know, they might not have made it. >> reporter: doctors alerted this hospital laboratory late on a sunday night, they needed to know what disease it was. the test normally take as week but in 2 hours they had this result, unique to mma. >> what happens with them, they become lethargic. go into a coma. >> reporter: he stabilized the girls and proposed what is thought to be the first twin liver transplant for mma. >> at the same time. they got the livers close to each other. and they both made it home for christmas. >> reporter: mm

reporting live in san francisco, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the united states spends more percapita on healthcare but new numbers so spending is slowing down. it increased 33.9% to $2.6 trillion. $8,400 a person. it is the lowest increase in 51 years. >>> shares of google took a hit today. motor rolla announced worse than forty quarter results. gogal stock fell 27 points. a loss of 4.2% for the day. -- google stock fell 27 points. a loss of 4.2% for the day. over all stocks were up. the dow jones industrial average closed up 32.77 points at 12,392.69. the nasdaq composite index rose 2.34 to 2,676.56. >>> at the state capital today facing a key issue facing california. its water supply. >> water drives the issue today. >> he discussed the economic recovery according to his remarks in sacramento. >>> a dispute over whether treated waste water could be used for snow. they gave the snow bowl resort in arkansas the go ahead to make snow with reclaimed water. but a group wants a more thorough study on that plan. >>> in the story julie read feeds tinal us. running out of -- feeds

ktvu's john fowler is live now in the winning city, richmond. john? >> reporter: this is the front game to the richmond field station, with today's announcement it could be the front door to thousands of sny jobs and much more. -- thousands of new jobs and much more. >> reporter: 120 acres between 580 and the bay. in four years it could be this. state of the art laboratories. boosters are thrilled. >> positive for jobs and positive for community and everybody in the country to see this happen. >> reporter: lawrence berkeley national laboratory officials said it took a year. >> the richmond site has the strongest combination. >> lawrence berkeley national laboratory recognized richmond for the jewel that it is. >> reporter: a half mile from the meanest streets, some call today's choice a transformational moment. >> next generation of scientific discovery. >> reporter: it all sounds good. before the laboratory can be built here there are a lot of problems. money. 300,000 square feet of labs a quarter billion dollars. existing hazardous conditions, plus

john fowler live tonight where people are still trying to sneak away with their bricks. >> reporter: we first brought you this controversy yesterday and here at the bridge you can see crews now put up a fence to keep people away from taking the bricks they say belong to them. the walkway was laid 25 years ago over 7,000 people paid up to $100 a brick. the district promised they would be permanent. steven feels betrayed. he wanted his brick. >> it's really the only thing i have left of my dad. i don't have a head stone. this was it. we were told it would be here as long as the bring bridge was here. >> so many untold storey that people come out and visit their brick. >> reporter: yesterday we showed you this couple who saw a news story and drove 120- miles to get their wedding anniversary brick. they were stopped. police also stopped mary from getting her brick. our cameras were there early this morning when one came back with power tools. >> my mother found out she just want the brick. she is in a nursing home. she wants it. >> reporter: again bridge officials stopped him. the distri

. >>> new at 6:00, ktvu's health and science editor john fowler live at the oakland international airportthe internet is now being used to track the flu, john. >> reporter: planning a trip to washington, d.c., chicago, las vegas, even san francisco? you might want to check for flu hot spots on your smart phone. travelers are at higher risk of the flu. the virus is airborne and symptoms unmistakable. >> you feel like everything hurts, you don't want to move. >> i felt kind of nauseated and extremely fatigued. >> fever and chills for seven days. >> you're tired, you can't do anything. it's horrible. >> reporter: in the bay area, san francisco has the most cases of flu according to an innovative google tracker. research shows when people search certain terms related to influenza. flu cases follow. here's washington, d.c. right now. the dark line trending above last year. check out chicago, same thing. and las vegas. >> it's exciting technology to be able to see where the changes in the epidemic are. at times when there's more illness in the community and you know there's more illness in the

we have had john fowler up there and you can see the winds starting to pick up.y will pick up tonight. more rain in the forecast and with live storm tracker 2, golden gate bridge, this cell right here moving on shore, we will see more yellows, they represent moderate to heavy rain fall and we will see reds, coming in as we head toward the evening hours, the early evening and the moderate evening hours. when i come back we will have the five day weekend in view. recheck storm tracker 2 and i have the computer model teed up and we will go lue it hour by hour tonight and tomorrow so you can get a feel. >> and the storm watch coverage continues. you can log on to the website for all the latest on the wet weather system, there you will seat five day forecast along with live radar maps of your neighborhood. >> san francisco sheriff will know more after this weekend about the case against him. expects say the case may ride or fall depending on the evidence prosecutors can offer. david stevenson spoke with the da today. >> reporter: san francisco sheriff will leash on mo

make sure their state had no gays so former state legislator and current christian activist david fowler proposed an anti bullying bill that would actually protect the bully if he were really abuse somebody because it's his religious or philosophical belief you heard right they want to make a law allowing bullying if the person says that they're defending their personal or religious beliefs and if you look up information about fowler it's pretty clear who he wants to be the target of the bully we can't change what marriage is are cannot draw all square circles and i cannot draw all round squares and i cannot make a marriage between two people of the same sex. yet he is a homophobe so you think the bills like those would be extreme enough to fulfill the state legislature's anti-gay desires but oh no no no no no they are going even further state representative richard floyd out of chattanooga has put forth a new anti transgender bathroom bill so this bill would actually restrict transgender people from using public dressing rooms and restrooms ensuring only that people of that designated s

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a fire badged a apartment building in san rafael last night.started at 7:30 p.m. even though it spread quickly, everyone who leved there got out safely. -- lived there got out safely. >>> bringing william sonoma back to sonoma. and new information about babies. why they stop looking into your eyes at 6 months old and switch to your mouth. what scientists think they are doing and why. >>> shoppers will be getting e- mails from zapoes about a security breach. officials said it had been hacked and 24 million customers could be effected. they said the hammers got ahold of names, e-mails, addresses, phone numbers and the last four digits of credit card numbers. the company is urging everyone to change their passwords immediately. >>> the city counsel is about to vote this week that could effect william sonoma which got its start there in sumoma. they are now based in san francisco but they want to reopen in sonoma. the vote is set for wednesday. >>> study is shedding light on men, money and dating. according to the research, the fewer women there ar

fowler is saying is the limits of this bill.ically any statement that doesn't assert an attempt to commit physical harm or harm to property, would be covered as long as it is couched in religious, philosophical or political beliefs. the way this bill is written is extremely broad and it provides basically an excuse for any type of bullying behavior. well, i'm saying that because that's what my philosophy is. it's not written to protect our students. it's written to provide a loophole. >> david, i'll give you the final word here. >> well, i think what got overlooked in the two instances she mentioned that described bullying, completely omitted from that was section a3 of the bill that talks about the hostile educational environment. the fact of the matter is the language of this bill mirrors what the courts have said and if there is a problem with the bill, then they have a problem with our courts and the first amendment, not with me. >> david fowler, michelle bliss, thank you both. >>> you might say jon huntsman barely has a pol

as john fowler says we had the only news camera at the bridge today when one family took matters intown hands. >> reporter: many visitors here in tears, late this afternoon joe from modesto with a hammer to get the brick he had done for his wife. >> eternal love, okay? that was my 10th anniversary >> we will kick them off. it's trespassing. there are no individual bricks being give ebben back. >> reporter: people bought them 25 years ago to raise money for the bridge anniversary. they found from the news they were to be removed destroyed. this brick honors mary's grandfather who helped build the bridge. >> we paid for it. >> reporter: dan showed us the letter promising his bricks at $75 each would be here forever. >> i think that the bricks should be given to us. >> the brick walkway has to come out. it's coming out to be able to regrade this area forpines with disabilities. >> i understand why but i hoped they would save them and give them to people. >> reporter: john and his wife spent half an hour with help searching for bricks honoring their now deceased parents. >> look at, reall

as john fowler says we had the only news camera at the bridge today when one family took matters into own hands. >> reporter: many visitors here in tears, late this afternoon joe from modesto with a hammer to get the brick he had done for his wife. >> eternal love, okay? that was my 10th anniversary >> we will kick them off. it's trespassing. there are no individual bricks being give ebben back. >> reporter: people bought them 25 years ago to raise money for the bridge anniversary. they found from the news they were to be removed destroyed. this brick honors mary's grandfather who helped build the bridge. >> we paid for it. >> reporter: dan showed us the letter promising his bricks at $75 each would be here forever. >> i think that the bricks should be given to us. >> the brick walkway has to come out. it's coming out to be able to regrade this area forpines with disabilities. >> i understand why but i hoped they would save them and give them to people. >> reporter: john and his wife spent half an hour with help searching for bricks honoring their now deceased parents. >> look at, rea

ktvu's health and science editor john fowler first brought us this report in 2000. >> reporter: san franciscoruggled at the turn of the 20th century, gold rush dreams had faded and pacific trade rim had just begun. people trapped themselves in san francisco by an economic recession. sould woman become america's first victims of -- some would become america's first victims of the bubonic plague. the conditions for the plague were perfect. the plague had devastated europe for decades but never before had it struck america ports. lack of access to health care combined to make the perfect conditions for the plague. what happened next is a remarkable story of bigotry, of heroism and cover up. chris scott has researched this little known but significant san francisco epidemic. >> there was a raging epidemic. there were people dying every other day of the disease. and most of them were present in china town. >> fear and prejudice also raged. city officials quickly labeled it a chinese disease, rice eaters disease and refused to acknowledge that it was a plague. they cut off china town from the rest

and john fowler is live at s.f.l. with some ideas that are poised for reality. jontels us they can save both -- john tells us they can save both money and is your ears. >> reporter: the u.s. burns far and away the most jet fuel in the world. and airliners are polluting and noisy. but today, we investigated fuel saving technology right here in the bay area. those big jet engines of today burn a lot of fuel. they're loud. next generation engines are already designed. and promise -- >> all three goals of reduced fuel burn, reduced noise, and reduced emissions. all the engine technology would be worthless if you can't get it on the airplane and achieve the benefit. >> reporter: at a nasa wind tunnel, steve smith headed a team creating this proof of concept wing and engine. a more efficient, quieter engine must be bigger. the problem is fitting it to a super efficient wing. its advanced shape promises a 20% fuel savings. you may see the real thing on airliners in less than 10 years. >> we're really trying to pioneer the future of aviation. we always have to get more

we go to john fowler in the north bay. we saw you at five. continues were getting bad. what is it like now? >> reporter: worse now. the wind has picked up and so has the rain. wind now 20, 25 miles an hour gusting to maybe as much as 30 and the rain maybe a quarter inch much an hour. i want you to look now at highway 101. chp in the last hour has reported 24 crash around the bay and they are also now in the last 15 minutes reporting standing water on highway 101 at lucky drive. we have not yet seen widespread flooding closures. the soil is so dry it's soaking up most of the rain. the creek this afternoon small but people aware of its power. >> i learned that the hard way. you can't be nervous, can't lay awake at night. >> reporter: six years ago this creek burst over its banking destroying structures and flooding stores along the after. >> i think lessons have been learned. >> reporter: this storm relieves worries for marin water users who get most of their drinking water from runoff. today's rain is filling area that were at their lowest in years. >> we haven't had any

talks have been ongoing for three days now and drag on past midnight into today but had word harrison fowler analytics firm credit write downs believes the eurozone is shooting itself in the food with its approach to the debt crisis. so you have the eurozone and then you have the wider it's not just about the eurozone in terms of their imbalances that have built up everywhere because ultimately the eurozone to the policy called us which basically means there they have a field policy in terms of how they're addressing the crisis they need to grow. this is about public sector debt when in fact it's about private sector debt and so that's really cause the same tactics to be applied in terms of austerity budget cuts etc and you know in as a result there's been lots of unemployment. the whole thing is going to pieces and they're thinking it's all about the budget but it's not. while top economists and politicians and gage and more talks to find a remedy to the ongoing debt crisis max and stacey are back to draw parallels between the recent shipwreck in italy and how financial chiefs handled the d

. >> robert fowler looks over his report.t says once he got behind in payments he just couldn't catch up. >> it snow balls. you just can't get there unless you can come up with a lump sum he hasn't had a card about five years, one possible solution? a secured card. >> but for those trying to rebuild damaged credit it's the best way to get back on your feet. >> the secured cards work this way. you deposit, say, 300s noodz an account that is held as collateral. in exchange for 300s ndz credit. there is a survey and the consumer group likes the one from gold one credit union. >> there is a card with no annual fee z you earn 1% interest on the amount you deposit in a bank account. >> joe also likes capitol one security card. he says you can put $49 and get a limit of $200. he knows not all are created equal of. his experience with some has not been good. >> i don't like them unless you can hook one through a bank were you have an account. a. >> there are a couple that wife give you one with no annual fee. it's probably best not t

rachel fowler speaking. hi, is this the spinal column? >> we'd like to order very much a... more of a casket scarf, rather than a casket spray. so, an abbreviated piece as we've ordered in the past. and they'd like to use red and white carnations and include a lot of greens and different types of leaves and things. make it very masculine. you'll see some of the caskets will have a different stain to them. a lot of times with the poplar caskets... >> my mother had a little stroke about a month ago and, of course, those things make you think more about what is going to happen and how you're going to arrange it, so i began to think more seriously about it. >>..something like the pieta copper and something like the newport stainless steel casket... >> she doesn't want water to be inside her casket. so, if she's buried in the ground and, you know, it's a wet season of the year, she wants to stay dry. she wanted a metal casket, and she has always talked about having it sealed and having the vault. and these are things, you know, that i do know

john fowler tells us about the screening that saved their lives. >> reporter: charlotte and sophia thrivingnow. >> being new parents kind of denying they looked sick. >> reporter: charlotte especially lethargic and sick. her heel stick revealed some sort of disease. the hospital rushed charlotte and sophia to specialists ists. >> had it been another day, they may not have made it. >> reporter: stanford reported to this lab, that test normally takes a week. but within 2.5 hours they had this result unique to mma. >> what happens to them they become progressively lethargic, they go into a coma and if they're not treated quickly, they die. >> reporter: doctors proposed to be the first twin infant liver transplant for mma. they were 14 months old. >> we enlisted them at the same time so they got the livers closely together. fortunately they both made it home for christmas. >> this disease can be confused for a common infection. the girls are well now but still need a shot. >>> a new report a man who was found all the way across the country. jude hunter was found in new york. it's not known how

john fowler tells us about the screening that saved their lives. >> reporter: charlotte and sophia thrivingnow. >> being new parents kind of denying they looked sick. >> reporter: charlotte especially lethargic and sick. her heel stick revealed some sort of disease. the hospital rushed charlotte and sophia to specialists ists. >> had it been another day, they may not have made it. >> reporter: stanford reported to this lab, that test normally takes a week. but within 2.5 hours they had this result unique to mma. >> what happens to them they become progressively lethargic, they go into a coma and if they're not treated quickly, they die. >> reporter: doctors proposed to be the first twin infant liver transplant for mma. they were 14 months old. >> we enlisted them at the same time so they got the livers closely together. fortunately they both made it home for christmas. >> this disease can be confused for a common infection. the girls are well now but still need a shot. >>> a new report a man who was found all the way across the country. jude hunter was found in new york. it's not known how

. >> reporter: don fowler has been in the trenches of south carolina politics for nearly four decadesomney wins saturday and rolls to the nomination but admits gingrich is a fierce competitor. >> he's a very bright man. i know all this business about he has baggage, but in spite of that he's done quite well. >> reporter: much has changed over the past week. a week ago, folks here, republican party operatives were saying this is a done deal for mitt romney. this is going to help him seal the deal. in just the past 24 hours, folks say newt really has a shot at pulling this thing out come saturday. if that does happen, if romney pulls it out on saturday, south carolina will have picked a republican presidential primary winner again, and they have done it every election since 1980. >> all right. craig melvin live for us. newt gingrich is picking up some ground there. we'll see what happens. thank you. >>> a rocky recovery on that grounded cruise ship off the coast of italy. crews are working on the surface, but the underwater search for 21 people that's still missing was suspended because

. >> don fowler has been in the trenches of south carolina politics for nearly four decades. romney wins saturday and rolls on to nomination, but admits gingrich is a fierce competitor with new momentum. >> i know all this business about baggage, but in spite of that, he has done quite well. >> reporter: folks over at the senator for republican leadership conference were here in carlston. a fellow named herman cain pulled up to me about halfway through. afterwards i asked him what he thought about the debate, and he said he didn't miss any of it at all in terms of being a part of it. he said he thought newt gingrich killed it, and he also said if you could get the nomination by just debating, he would be a cinch. >> just by aplay and standing ovations as well. craig melvin, who knows that state so well, thank you so much. >>> hold on to your seats. the latest polling in south carolina show newt gingrich closing the gap, but national polls might be behind romney's quiet confidence right now. let's bring in frank newport. romney is really trending down in the last 24 hours, you

. >> robert fowler looks over his credit report.id once he got behind in his payments he just couldn't catch up. >> it no balls on you and you can get there unless you can come one a lump sum. >> he hasn't had a credit card for about five years. one possible solution is a secured credit card. >> but for those trying to rebuild damaged credit it's the single best way to get back on your feet if you can't get a secured card. >> secured card works this way. you to deposit $300 into an account and it's held as collateral in exchange for $300 in consumer credit. and the consumer group likes the one from golden one credit union. >> they actually have a secured card that has no annual fee. what's more, you actually earn 1% interest on the amount you deposit in the dedicated bank account. try finding 1% interest in an ordinary bank nowadays. >> he also like the capital one secured card. he said you can put down as little at $49 and get a credit limit of $200. robert knows not all secured credit cards are created equal. in fact, his experien

. >> robert fowler looks over his credit report.sident said once he got behind in his payments, he just couldn't catch up. >> it snowballs on you and you can't get it there unless you can come up with one a lump sum. >> he hasn't had a credit card for about five years. one possible solution is a secured credit card. >> but for those trying to rebuild damaged credit, it's the single best way to get back on your feet if you can't get a secured card. >> a secured card works this way. you to deposit $300 into an account and it's held as collateral in exchange for $300 in consumer credit. consumer in action in san francisco did a survey of secured credit cards. and the consumer group likes the one from golden one credit union. >> they actually have a secured card that has no annual fee. what's more, you actually earn 1% interest on the amount you deposit in the dedicated bank account. try finding 1% interest in an ordinary bank nowadays. >> he also like the capital one secured card. he said you can put down as little at $49 and get a cre

. >> reporter: don fowler is a former head of the democratic national committee and in the trenches ofarolina politics for nearly four decades and all but certain romney wins saturday and rolls on to the nomination but mentioned gingrich is a fierce competitor. >> he has baggage but despite of that he has done quite well. >> reporter: a shift in momentum here the past week. earlier in the week there was that poll that showed mitt romney with a few percentage point lead. over the past three days, we have seen at least two or three other polls that show gingrich ahead and i've talked to a number of folks on the ground who are very familiar with politics in this state and nearly all of them, nearly all of them are predicting a win by newt gingrich here tonight. so, again, over the next ten, 12 hours a lot will play out here which is generally the case every two or four years. >> you got that right. we will talk about the nbc poll now in detail. it is shedding light on how south carolina republicans may vote today. 39% of registered republicans in south carolina say they prefer a candidate