the last time bill fowler was at the social law library was in 2005. at the time he was the director of the massachusetts historical society and he joined gordon wood, pauline maier, ankiel redemar and me in a fascinating and fun discussion celebrating the 225th anniversary of the massachusetts constitution of 1780. the storyline of bill's newest book, "an american crisis," starts just a year later in 1781. there's an interesting bridge between the adoption of our massachusetts constitution of 1780 and bill's book that describes the uncertain war years that followed. i dug out a very interesting letter dated november 12, 1780. it was from soldiers encamped with george washington in new jersey. the letter is about the soldiers' view of the new massachusetts constitution ands the war. in part, the letter to the massachusetts legislature reads the undersigned officers of the troops of massachusetts in our own names and in the names of our brethren in the field declare that we highly respect and approve the new constitution of the commonwealth of massachus

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. the latest poll shows rick santorum leading republican candidates and expanding his lead. 36% of republicans favor rick santorum. his lead over mitt romney has grown to 10 percentage points. newt gingrich remains in third with ron paul behind him. >>> group of teens from california gathered at san francisco city hall today to announce plans for a march against bullying. some shared their emotional stories. the group hopes 10,000 people will take part in the march through san francisco in october. >>> a southern california lawmaker is trying to get rid of sugary sports drink. it would require vending machines be stalked with drinks containing 50% real juice. some drinks are as bad as soda. some warmer weather is on the way. ktvu's chief meteorologist bill martin joins us now. >> warm weather heading our way. it isn't going to feel like february tomorrow. temperatures into the 70s, possibly. that means concerns if you have allergies. you may have seen the blossoms on the trees. we go ou

. >> for some of tonight's results, i am glaing to be joined by donnie fowler democratic strategist and matthew del carl. welcome to the war room. it is the war room so, you know of course we have to have half eaten pizza, part of the symbolism of what you have to see in a war room. a good night for mit rom ney? >> a necessary win for mitt romney. >> if he had lost tonight, all bets would have been off. >> yeah, haley barbour was saying if mitt romney did not pull this off they would have to reconsider him. >> they were saying everybody has been saying that. the question is really the margin of victory, three points somewhat in the realm of where most of the polls that came out, you know, were suggesting it would be. the question is: is three points going to be enough to quiet the critics going forward? >> in politics, a win is a win and you have to look at arizona. >> that's for sure. that was huge. >> pulled off there. that was a winner-take-all state. >> everyone expected that. >> michigan won. three points going to be enough donnie, to quell the critics? >> the politics is not a win

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john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> good news for homeowners. the white house unveiled a new settlement with the nation's largest mortgage lenders. >> no compensation, no amount of money, no measure of justice is enough to make it right for a family who had their piece of the american dream taken from them. >> america's biggest banks, bank of america and citibank agreed to paid $25 billion for mortgage relief. it will reduce loan payments for those who owe more than their homes are worth. others will also get a small piece of the pie. california is getting a large slice. $18billion in mortgage relief. >> it will continue, criminal investigation, investigations into the fraudulent practices around lending. >> 11 million are under water on their loans and thisope lane helping 11% of them. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar is live with the story of homeowners who may get some help from this. >> reporter: indeed. as protesters continue to gather here that chase bank. 12billion of the 18 california gets will go to principal relief, cutting the money h

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democratic strategist donnie fowler, san francisco g.o.p. chair woman harmeet dhillon thank you so much for joining us. and up next, unconstitutional. california's same-sex marriage ban loses another leg to stand on. setting up a legal showdown that could reach the supreme court. california's lieutenant governor gavin newsom will be here with his view on the ruling. plus family. friends. even mitt romney's dog. opposition research is a no-holds-barred business. we're going to take you inside the world of political detectives. and the concession phone call. it is the classy thing to do. as long as you actually do it. a little later our brett erlich will explain. those stories and much more, all ahead on the war room. we will be right back. only one who thinks an amendment to the constitution may be in order. that's next on "the war room." mornin'. i guess i'm helping them save hundreds on car insurance. it probably also doesn't hurt that i'm a world-famous advertising icon. cheers! i mean, who wouldn't want a piece of that? geico. ah... fifte

. >> reporter: about 20 members of the fowler family gathered in a regional rehabilitation hospital into reintroduce themselves to interest this metro bus driver, james willfor, and to thank him with a commendation and a plaque. >> words can not express the level of appreciation, joyfulness and thanks we hold for you. >> reporter: this extended family is related to 54-year- old richard fowler, who, two nights after thanksgiving, was involved in a traffic crash that would have killed most people. >> the doctors gave him a 1% chance of survival. they told us that he would never awake, he would remain in a vegetative state forever. >> reporter: richard fowler would not have had any chance of survival if james willfork had not been driving on the route 34 that night in pennsylvania. the wrecked car caught on fire. >> i moved debris, pulled the seatbelt off and made room -- pulled the individual out of the car to a safe like. upon laying him down, i made sure i kept him company by talking to him, though he was not responding until a emergency unit arrived. >> reporter: since the bus was not

and i can fix him a nice dinner. >> richard fowler is slowly recovering from the accident. family members literally thank god that a metro bus driver who was willing to get involved came along at just the right moment. fox 5 news. >>> coming up, the countden to the oscars -- countdown to the oscars, a lot of buzz about the artist. it's considered a front runner for as ons can. kevin will be back with his predictions. >>> getting a break finally from the winds as we end the weekend and we are ending on a good note with all of the sunshine. the five-day forecast has interesting things happening and i will have the details and let you know what that weather will be like for those oscar attendees. we will be back after the break.  >>> some the top stories we are following this morning. north coreany -- korean leader if provoked. threat comes one day after the start of south korean military drills. they maintain the 12 day largely computer simulated war games are defensive in nature. >>> prince george's county firefighters battled a fierce house fire this

ktvu's john fowler is live with which schools got failing grades. john? >> reporter: this new report suggests that healthy, successful adults start as active children. [ singing ] >> reporter: pe for her first graders as important as academics. >> they have the fundamentals to live a healthy life by exercising. >> reporter: students say it is fun. >> run around and have extra time. >> reporter: also required. law says that schools must provide 100 minutes a week of pe to elementary schools. this shows in san francisco 80% of schools fall short. >> kids are getting 2 days of pe a week. breaks down to 11 minutes a day. 24579 is half of -- >>> that is halftime of what is required. pledging to hire more pe specialists. >> some schools make it a priority. >> reporter: brain scans show exercise boosts blood flow. studies show students benefit. >> helps classroom behavior, memory, concentration, discipline. and can improve academic performance. >> reporter: even when pe replaces academic classroom time, test scores go up. reporting live, john fowler, ktvu channe

ktvu's john fowler is live with the new way to get around town. john? >> reporter: a bicycle is a great way to get around san francisco. i am on one of the steepest hills in the city. and i can pedal up it with no problem at all. very easy because the bicycle has an electric motor that does most of the work. san francisco is poised to be the first city in the country to offer electric bike shared. >> reporter: driving and parking in san francisco seems to be getting worse. >> i always walk whenever i can't. always traffic congestion. >> reporter: bicycles can park anywhere but there are those hills. these folks pedal up 1 of the steeper grades. never broke a sweat. >> you are not huffing and puffing. you feel like you made it. >> reporter: they cost a couple thousand dollars. why not just borrow one? >> reporter: the folks who run the city car share program are getting a federal grant to operate 90 electric bikes. it is designed to show case even greener vehicles. >> i am a big advocate of electric vehicles. i might use that. >> takes all the hesitancy

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> twitter is teaming up with a russian company to feature tweets. the search engine covers more than half of the russian market. twitter says it will only provide yandex with public tweets. >>> our exclusive new ktvu field poll shows rick santorum has received a boost in california. an -- santorum has gone from 2% to 25%. mitt romney is still in the lead with 31%. support for newt gingrich has dropped in half since november. >> california's secretary of state says she's worried postoffice budget cuts will affect upcoming elections. the scheduled closure of mail processing offices will affect the election process. >>> bill martin joins us now from the weather center. if you liked today you're really going to like tomorrow. >> it's not often in february we start talking about potential for pollen suffering to start noticing things. tomorrow tree pollen is going to start to bloom. and if you're sensitive, there's a good chance you'll be sniffling. today was quite nice. we go outside, outside we have a few clouds filtering through the area. as we go int

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> officials say they reached a milestone, disposing 16- tonstons of medication safely. they say the program began three years ago to help residents. 9 collection sites are set up. the idea is to give residents a way to get rid of old medicine. >>> lawmakers changed their minds about cutsing funding for school buses. lawmakers modified a plan to cut $248 million in school transportation. they had included it in the state budget. they also approved a bill that allows the controller to borrow many from government funds. he says the action will not result in eous or delaying tax refunds. >>> opponents of a hotel project filed a lawsuit to block construction. 9 news reporter jade hernandez is live with why opponents say opponents would ruin the park. >> reporter: we want to show you a map. supporters of the lawsuit say the new development would harm what is already here. >> that block building, houses the trust office would come down down. >> reporter: the president says it filed a lawsuit because the new development isn't preserving what is already the

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news.trol pills are being pulled off the market, which ones and why. -- birth control pills are being pulled off the market, which ones is why. [people chatting] everyone, it's $37 a piece. paying with your smart phone instead of cash. that's a step forward. with chase person-to-person quickpay, you can send money directly to your friend's checking account. all you need is their email address or mobile number. don't worry honey, i'll show you. thanks everyone. so take a step forward... and chase what matters. . >>> american airlines told its unions it plans to cut 13,000 jobs. that will include maintenance workers, ground workers, and ma pilots and first officers will see the smallest reductions. >>> first lady michelle obama was in southern california today to launch the fresh works fund. it brings grocery stores to under served communities. she visited a new market in inglewood. many families don't have access to fresh food. >> if a parent wants to pack a piece of fruit, if they want to p

. >> about 20 members of the fowler family gathered at a regional rebill station hospital in marylande themselves to this metrobus driver, james willfork and to thank him with a commendation and plaque. >> words cannot express the level of appreciation, grateful innocence and thanks we hold for you. >> reporter: this extended family is related to 54-year- old richard fowler who two nights after thanksgiving was involved in a traffic crash that would have killed most people. >> the doctors gave him a 1% chance of survival. they told us that he would never awake, he would remain in a vegetative state forever. >> reporter: richard fowler won't have any h. any chance of survival if james willfork hadn't been driving the number 34 route along pennsylvania avenue that night. wrecked car caught on fire. >> i moved debris, pulled the seat belt off and made room and pulled the individual from the car to a safer location. pop laying him down, i made sure i keep the him company by just talking with him though he wasn't responding until emergency units arrived. >> reporter: since his bus was not

we begin with john fowler who is live in napa county this evening. >> as you said, fire officials have confirmed it's 50% contained and started right here at this agricultural burn that we've learned appears to be illegal. >> eagle scouts, knowing a thing or two about fire, i would say yesterday was not the best day to have a burn day. >> reporter: as helicopters and ground crews mop up his afternoon. officials told me there was no notification for a burn here. that's a violation. we've also learned a land scape contractor burned brush and stumps here. witnesses telling us no one appeared to be at the burn site attending it until it was out. that's another violation. winds were well over the limit for approved burns. >> conditions were right yesterday evening and we had a large wild land fire. >> reporter: winds are dying now and the air is cooling. firefighters just told me the 50% containment number likely will go up this evening. they say the unnamed contractor could be liable for possible criminal violations. john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >> cal fire told ktvu it may deploy it'

. >>> an unusual high tide today had ktvu's john fowler out on the bay.new at 6:00, he's live in foster city with a new look at the rising fees. john. >> reporter: experts say where i'm standing, 9 feet above low tide will be under water in coming decades. and california stands to lose billions in homes, business and infrastructure unless it spends billions protecting them. low lying foster city may be completely flooded by rising seas from climate change in the lifetime of today's children. >> i feel sorry for my kids. you know, that they have to inherent something that's broken. >> it's scary. what are we supposed to do about it? >> reporter: during today's extra high tide called a king tide, environmentalists took us on a boat tour to help bring awareness. >> what we can see is a glimpse of what sea level rise will look like in our communities and how it will impact us. >> reporter: this is the lefty odulle bridge by at&t park. the water is already lapping at the structure of the bridge. imagine that four feet higher. >> we need to get ready. we need t

john fowler live where at least one person said this could affect national security. >> reporter: lot people said this leak posted on youtube crosses the line. that it interfere was current criminal investigations. some people we talked to said hackers different from vandals. >> they hide behind their cyber curtain, they say you can't get us. >> reporter: after hacking businesses and even bart, government websites, stealing e- mails. >> nothing is safe. yeah. that's pretty much how i feel. >> they need to tighten security. voice over ip isn't a good thing. >> reporter: i found this e- mail posted to a popular hacker's site. an investigator forwarded to his home e-mail. it revealed the time, phone number and log incode for the call. hackers needed only dial up and hit record. agents from la and the east coast talked to european police. about details. >> is he a 15-year-old kid who is -- just doing this for attention and a bit of an idiot. >> reporter: my reaction as outrage. >> reporter: a retired agent who has investigated cartels listened to the recording. it reveals names, code name

danny fowler has advised campaigns from dick ephart to barack obama.lso here is republican advisor, jillian mannes. he runs mannes and associates literary agency. thank you for joining us in the war room. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> you have seen these results. donny i know you have campaigned and worked in florida. what do you think? is this a surprise at all. >> not a surprise over the last two days. definitely a surprise after the last week. the question is whether this is the beginning of the end of the presidential nominating season for the republicans or the end of the beginning. gingrich has promised a slash and burn complain and we're certainly not going to see a hope, and yes, we can complain in the general election. >> it will be interesting to see how he treats it in his acceptance or rejection speech tonight. you know, is he going to continue as he has been really over the past couple of days saying he is in it and in it all the way. and of course, florida being a winner take all states that means he is going to lose out on those 50 dele

investigative reporter at the heritage foundation center for media and public policy and richard fowler is a democratic star strategist welcome to you both guys thanks for having me so let's get started so it's santorum won big as we just showed his big thunder foster friess was there behind him we've seen a lot of these type guys really have they been at the victory speeches behind the candidates. but santorum is red white and blue fun pales in comparison to romney's i restore a future pac i think it's the red white and blue fund has spent two million dollars so far whereas restore a future romney spend nine times that over eighteen million dollars so here's what i said the millionaires and billionaires on the republican side they've chosen their person and that's mitt romney and i would be shocked if somehow they lose this race so i mean should i be shocked if romney is not the nominee at the end because about well i think that there's a bit of a declining marginal utility for these super pacs or for any any campaign spending period the underdogs i think tend to gain more from one mor

john fowler has investigated the product.t works and at what risk in tonight's special report. >> it's a ritual for most of us, a necessity for some. >> i do like the caffeine for certain. like i take a caffeine pill, that's all i had no cup of coffee. >> you do have to brew coffee or expresso or tea and then sip it. it takes a while to get your morning shot. >> kind of stings a little bit. >> what do you think? >> it tastes really not the best. >> reporter: called aero shot it went on sale in the east coast a little while ago. a $3 inhaler with a coffee cup of caffeine plus vitamins and flavor. >> that's interesting. >> reporter: it's unlikely to put coffee roasters out of business but it's a new twist on an old drug. >> caffeine, occurs natch occurs -- naturally in the seeds and leaves in plants. it protects them from fungus. caffeine it's a bitter white crystal and powder like this. >> if you look at other drug, we've gotten into more trouble with them as they've gotten more concentrated and easier to use. >> reporter: cal

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a piece of bay area history went up in flames today.ire damaged historical kelley house in kelley park. the house once belonged to a san jose pioneer family. firefighters say smoke and flamed damaged 60% of it. part of the front of the house and the roof collapsed. the cause is under investigation. coming up, robert handa will tell us what was rescued and the chances of the building being salvaged. >>> study found bay area residents are dumping trash into the san francisco bay. the report is considered the first comprehensive study of the volume of litter into the bay. there is enough trash to fill 100,000 kitchen barbage bags. half the litter is plastic, candy wrappers, chip bags, lids lids and straws, paper and foam. the rest are cans, bottles and other debris. >>> they are worried cut backs to the environmental protection agency's water testing program could engager beachgoers. california receives a half million dollars every year and uses that money to pay for monitoring the water. polluted water could cause illness. >>> no more rai

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> when the stars walk the red carpet this sunday that oscars it won'the kodak theaters. they agreed to drop all renss to the kodak theater and call it the hollywood and highland center. kodak is now in bankruptcy proceedings. >> sure that we see it, the kodak the name for the last time. >> the theater is marked with the kodak name still. no word if it will come down before sunday. >>> when firefighters arrived they found a colony of bees on fire. hundreds of be hives were burning. no word yet on what caused it. >>> we are continuing to follow developing news from napa. the wildfire that is burning. it is 50% contained. it is burning on soda canyon road and silverado trail. 35 acres have burned. there were 140 firefighters battling the flames. it is difficult to reach terrain. i was listening to a firefighter, he said by tonight they hope to have 200 firefighters on the scene. they have 2 helicopters dropping water. one of the concerns weather and we want to go to our chief meteorologist bill martin for more. >> i wouldn't call it hot but it is warm. tem

john fowler has investigated the product. it works and at what risk in tonight's special report. >> it's a ritual for most of us, a necessity for some. >> i do like the caffeine for certain. like i take a caffeine pill, that's all i had no cup of coffee. >> you do have to brew coffee or expresso or tea and then sip it. it takes a while to get your morning shot. >> kind of stings a little bit. >> what do you think? >> it tastes really not the best. >> reporter: called aero shot it went on sale in the east coast a little while ago. a $3 inhaler with a coffee cup of caffeine plus vitamins and flavor. >> that's interesting. >> reporter: it's unlikely to put coffee roasters out of business but it's a new twist on an old drug. >> caffeine, occurs natch occurs -- naturally in the seeds and leaves in plants. it protects them from fungus. caffeine it's a bitter white crystal and powder like this. >> if you look at other drug, we've gotten into more trouble with them as they've gotten more concentrated and easier to use. >> reporter: c

. >>> john fowler tells us why doctors initially thought they both had mad cow disease. >> reporter: the first case is a woman who lived in san rafael. family members say elene shaw fell suddenly ill last year, cognitive problems, a sort of rapid dementia. she died a week ago from cdj. >> without confirmation, i was a little upset, confused, ignorant and looking for more information. >> reporter: craig mccallister said they lived in england, raised a family when the mad cow disease boomed. >> we kept ourselves from the area where the disease was infected. >> reporter: spread by poor butchering. symptoms typically develop within 10 years but new reports from england suggest the latency could be much longer, now 20 years. >> i feel comfortable right now for myself but that's an open issue. >> reporter: some people worry there could be an outbreak here. >> why i don't eat a lot of red meat and i don't feed it to my kids. it's not surprising. >> anything we eat should be concerned where it comes from and how it's processed. so it is a concern. >> reporter: the county health officer has n

. >>> john fowler tells us why doctors initially thought they both had mad cow disease. >> reporter: the first case is a woman who lived in san rafael. family members say elene shaw fell suddenly ill last year, cognitive problems, a sort of rapid dementia. she died a week ago from cdj. >> without confirmation, i was a little upset, confused, ignorant and looking for more information. >> reporter: craig mccallister said they lived in england, raised a family when the mad cow disease boomed. >> we kept ourselves from the area where the disease was infected. >> reporter: spread by poor butchering. symptoms typically develop within 10 years but new reports from england suggest the latency could be much longer, now 20 years. >> i feel comfortable right now for myself but that's an open issue. >> reporter: some people worry there could be an outbreak here. >> why i don't eat a lot of red meat and i don't feed it to my kids. it's not surprising. >> anything we eat should be concerned where it comes from and how it's processed. so it is a concern. >> reporter: the county health officer has n

also as john fowler says one of the most famous singers in the world was honored for his signature song. >> reporter: there were poignant moments here in city hall. the san francisco's gay men's chorus entertained thousands celebrating 50 years of that ballad. there were many happy couples and some not so happy. >> it does hurt me that i can't get married in the city. >> reporter: activists brought signs and hearts for the yearly valentine's day protest at the county clerk's office. >> here to renew our bonds of love that are equal to any others. >> we can't issue dub [inaudible] at this time. >> reporter: they staged a sit in protest a week after the 9th court sided with them, a day after washington state made same sex marriage legal. >> momentum is on our side, time is on our side but the people still can't wek we have to refuse them until the stay is lifted. >> reporter: deputies briefly detained eight people, they got plastic bracelets instead of wedding rings. activists say they plan to return next year and every valentine's day until same sex marriage is legal. in san francisco, j

about whether mitt romney can regain his front-runner status matthew del carlo, joined by ronnie fowlerdoing patch strategies who worked in the clinton white house. welcome back to the war room to you both. thank you for joining us. let me show you a couple of slides so we can get our discussion going if you don't mind. so here was a poll today from the gallup organization, and u.s.a. today. and this just the 16th through the 19th. we have got santorum up by 10 points nationally. the real question is: do we even care about national polls at this moment? do we? matt? >> not really. we want to know what's going on each state. >> do you disagree? >> if you are raising money it's nice to be rick santorum and be in first place. he is running a lot of money. >> you use the polls for momentum and money. >> correct. >> maybe and to be able to buy your message, the three ms. here is what i think is interesting out of a conglomeration today. this is u.s.a. today and gallup poll. romney ends up losing some key groups. if you look at this last, you know, a couple of weeks ago, romney was at 32%. th

john fowler ktvu. >>> and the number of fatal shark attacks up hugely world wide.rsity of florida shark attack reports that there were 12 deaths in 2011, twice in number in 2010. nine were outside the u.s. many were in florida, scientists say the jump in fatal attacks may be because people are traveling to more remote locations where they're far from medical help when a shark attacks. >>> and the contra costa advisers looking at the amount for trash-pick-up. the fee would raise 8.7 annually to pay for programs mandated by the state and federal governments to control the pollution from run-off. the ballots will go out to people february 21, and you will have until april 6 to vote. >>> and looking at the fog today, a nice day after it burned off. we'll talk to chief meteorologist bill martin. >> yes, more fog on the way, the daytime highs in the upper 60s, tomorrow, warmer as we head to thursday, before that fog comes back in the picture. these were the highs from today, significant, big warmup from yesterday, five to 10 degrees in some places. we had rain yesterday

republican strategist matthew del carlo president of the del carlo group donnie fowler always here withat, great insight. coming up prisons are overcrowded and expensive, but should they be private? we will talk to a republican state senator from florida who broke party lines to say, no way. bad idea. later, brett breterlic. >> santorum and the downfall of western civilization. are you sure his middle name is bethany? if you say so. that and more on the war room. this is countdown south carolina. forgot the name of the show p.m. mornin'. i guess i'm helping them save hundreds on car insurance. it probably also doesn't hurt that i'm a world-famous advertising icon. cheers! i mean, who wouldn't want a piece of that? geico. ah... fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent oh dear... or more on car insurance. it gives me a healthy scalp and great looking hair. does it do anything else for you? no? no? yes. [ male announcer ] head & shoulders. 7 benefits. 1 bottle. >> now to the state of our states. the supreme court said today that it would weigh in on yet another hot-button issue this

republican strategist matthew del carlo president of the del carlo group donnie fowler always here withat, great insight. coming up prisons are overcrowded and expensive, but should they be private? we will talk to a republican state senator from florida who broke party lines to say, no way. bad idea. later, brett breterlic. >> santorum and the downfall of western civilization. are you sure his middle name is bethany? if you say so. that and more on the war room. >>this is outrageous! [[vo]]cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >>the rest of the media seems like, "ho-hum, no big deal." we've have no choice, we've lost our democracy here. just refreshing to hear. no other television show does that. we're keeping it real. so you earn 50% more cash. according to research, everybody likes more cash. well almost everybody... ♪ ♪ would you like 50% more cash? no! but it's more money. [ male announcer ] the new capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. what's in your wallet? woah! [ giggles ] an energizing fruit or relaxing mint flavor. new 5 rpm gum. stim

. >> reporter: about 20 members of the fowler family gathered at a regional rehabilitation hospital in maryland to introduce them to this bus driver and thank him with a commendation and plaque. >> word cans not express the level of appreciation, gratefulness and thanks we hold for you. >> this extended family is related to 54-year-old richard fowler who two nights after thanksgiving was involved in a traffic crash that would have killed most people. >> doctors gave him a 1% chance of survival told us he would never awake would remain in a vegetative state. >> he wouldn't have had any chance of survival if james had not been driving the wreck car caught on fire. >> i moved debris pulled the seat belt off and pulled the individual from the car to a safer location. upon laying him down, i made sure i kept him company just talking with him, though he wasn't responding, until emergency unit arrived. >>> since his bus was not involved in the accident james got back onboard and completed his route it took the family months to track him down, thank him and make the bus driver an honorary memb

john fowler. >> stocks surged on wall street today closing at their highest level since 2008. the dow finished the day at 13, 5up almost 24 points. the nasdaq closed at 2986 up more than 20 points. analysts say the rally is a result of a jump in consumerk. >> plans for biling a new san francisco campus for the sales force software company have been canceled. company officials say the 14- acre site they own in the mission bay area is to small. sales force said it will expand by moving in to space near its market street headquarters. though they say it plans to hire another 2,000 the move is sign as a blow to the construction business. >>> >>> google may be in for a fight over its new privacy policy. data protection authorities said today that google's explanation of how it'll use the data collect from users was to vague and difficult to understand even for trained privacy professionals. there is also word that microsoft may be ready to file a anti trust complaint with the eu about the google plus social networking service. >> more on the winter storm that's making its way towar

. >> reporter: richard fowler is slowly recovering from the accident and his family members literally god that a metro bus driver who was willing to get involved, came along at just the right moment. john henrehan, fox 5 news. >> and that is a great story. he normally runs the route 34 route going from the nailer road to the archives metro stop and is driving that route this evening. >>> and let's talk about the weather. we have had the roller coaster of events. >> absolutely. >> and when is it going to stop? >> and they're unbelievable and gusty winds. >> yeah. >> and some people driving, you can feel your car moving. >> and that started yesterday. >> i'm all ears. >> and the gusty winds made it feel cooler outside. you can so the camera shaking because the winds are strong out there and we're going to see clearing skies. begin with the weather headlines, saying the winds are going to improve and that is some good news. plenty of sunshine and unsettled day for midweek. we'll prepare you for that and another piece of good news, temperatures are on the rise and they'll be above the sea

. >> mike: bubba watson having fun as was rickie fowler.ans will boo you if you don't get on the green. levin from the beach. the leader by six going into sunday. >> that was your toyota sports report. tom brady's dad set don't -- down with me before he left for indy. a proud father he is. >> the worst kept secret. >> mike: i'm going with the giants. >> coming up, super bowl sunday is just minutes away but the betting is already in vegas, the odds and the big mistake already online. >> a new honor for the city of san francisco and why singles should pay attention. >> good evening. >> in tonight's headlines, pattie ganal on the right, says she and her friend norm ya are looking forward to coming home. they were kidnapped in egypt while on a christian pilgrimage. >> about 50 "occupy" oakland protesters marched through the streets of oakland, shadowed by police officers. the march was in protest to allegations of police brutality. >> you tilt crews with a suction creep in fremont, continuing to clean up the aftermath of aning a question duct l

. >> mike: bubba watson having fun as was rickie fowler.ans will boo you if you don't get on the green. levin from the beach. the leader by six going into sunday. >> that was your toyota sports report. tom brady's dad set don't -- down with me before he left for indy. a proud father he is. >> the worst kept secret. >> mike: i'm going with the giants. >> coming up, super bowl sunday is just minutes away but the betting is already underway in vegas, the odds and the big mistake already online. >> a new honor for the city of san francisco and why singles should pay attention. ♪ we were skipping stones and letting go ♪ [ female announcer ] nature valley granola bars, rich dark chocolate, toasted oats. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients, from nature valley. ♪ nature valley granola bars, nature at its most delicious. nature valley trail mix bars are made with real ingredients you can see. like whole roasted nuts, chewy granola, and real fruit. nature valley trail mix bars. 100% natural. 100% delicious. >> good evening. >> in t

. >> reporter: police say early sunday morning, 49-year-old bradford steven fowler broke into this home on the 700 block of allegheny avenue when the homeowner a 65-year-old man came home to find him. a couple of blocks away an officer spotted hollop and pulled him over. inside his vehicle they found some of the victim property. >> we are still not sure what he was looking for. that's still part of the investigation. >> reporter: neighbor paula lacant is worry had the crime here is escalating. >> it seems that recently things are beginning to pick up. >> reporter: this isn't the first time the victim's house has been burglarized. but there are only so many precautions residents can take. >> you can only do you know alarms and a dog, you know and just trying to be safe. >>> hollups now facing attempted murder and assault charges. he has an extensive criminal record. he is already on parol for attempted murder, rape and burglary. reporting live in townsend, andrea fujii. >>> andrea, thank you. police are still investigating but don't believe the victim was targeted. he is expected to make

. >> african americans have played baseball professionally, did it before that, back in 1878 but fowlere first black player to cross the color barrier for the lynn, massachusetts, black oaks. it was not until 1920 that pitcher rube foster organized the first national baseball league, the new grow national league. >>> tucker and i are very excited about this. we want to show you some new images from space. nasa released video by the grail spacecraft captured from the far side of the moon. thinks something that we have never seen before. we see very rugged terrain, video was captured by what nasa calls the moon cam which means calls moon, knowledge acquired

reporting live, health and science center, john fowler, ktvu news. >> scenes have change d there at the scene of the fire. >> big changes. last night we had a wind advisory. the winds were gusting to 25-35 miles per hour. today it's a different deal. different wind direction out of the south. it's a little bit cooler there but still up to 70 degrees. right now, 69 degrees. humidity up to 32%. that's the result of a bit of an on shore flow. humidity is basically doubled and that's good news for firefighters. a much better situation for firefighters in the fire area. when i come back in about 10 minutes we'll go right to tomorrow's forecast and look at temperatures that will cool even further with clouds in the forecast. >> all this unusually dry winter weather could be an early start for the start's firefighter aircraft. cal fire crews are already working on their fleet. coming up at 5:30, consumer editor tom went to the field near sacramento and tells us what he learned on how air fire is changing its strategy. >> authorities yesterday found more remains near the former property of deat

the lesson anaheim tiger woods was at monterey peninsula club would tony romo, a 23 year- old ricky fowler was finishing up his plea, he is known as one of the next big golf stars. here are some key teatime is for thursday. fifth round began at 8:00 a.m.. go over 1.1 million go to the champion. here is a shot of jim harbaugh and alex smith. >>gary: might produce a just told me that we should get an update on the weather. >>jaqueline: good for tomorrow. friday was the clouds with cooler temperatures. saturday morning could see some sprinkles. >>gary: here is our mean crank of the day. a company capitalizing on his dropped pass dumped thousands of other things are getting bars in downtown boston. once again, people would too much time on their hands. one more thing, we cannot get away from his wife giselle. brandon jacobs from the giants said, she needs to continue to stay cute and shut up. this cost of >>gary: and jeremy lincecum of 23 points and 10 assists. look at him. when jeremy win dan wheldon has emerged without any or stottlemyre. all and this kid is doing it. roth's >>gary: who is t

. >> reporter: fellow combat vet eric fowler also suffers from a severe case of ptsd.ours of duty in iraq in one of the most dangerous missions scouting enemy targets. >> a lot of times i'll find myself at home for all almost two days, you know, not really going anywhere. >> reporter: both eric and james hope an innovative treatment that was initially used for basic pain management can now be used to treat symptoms of ptsd. chicago area doctor eugene lipoom believes in injecting an anesthetic into a bundle of nerves in the neck could actually block pain signals from reaching the brain. >> when somebody sees a traumatic event or something happens to them, a certain part of molecule get secreted in the brain. that molecule makes a certain type of nerves sympathetic nervous system gets overactivated and new nerves actually grow. when i do the shot, this new nerf growth goes away. it's like reboot -- new nerve growth goes away. it's like rebooting the brain to the way it was before the trauma. >> the doctor uses a needle to find the spot. the whole procedure takes about 10

john fowler, ktvu news. >>> and republican lawmakers in sacramento today say they're trying to get newat changing pensions, one they say mirrors the proposal from governor brown. that calls for raising the retirement age to 67, use ago plan involving a 401k-style investment plan. after rejecting it last year republicans have apparently changed their minds . >> this plan is exactly like the governor's plan. we didn't want something out there to be criticized as being partisan. so you have republicans backing the governor's plan. >> and no word tonight from governor brown about the republican about-face. >>> and a new study showing that as baby boomers grow older they're posing a bigger threat on the road. one nonprofit group showed that 66% of the drivers make up 18% of the population, but 17% of the fatal traffic accidents. by 2025, the number is expected to grow to 20% or one in five accidents. topping the list of states with the older drivers, california, transportation officials say older drivers need to be properly checked. >> one of the things kids can do for older drivers is make

john fowler live inial plead what with technology that may reveal when you are thinking. >> reporter:gine the coffee shop of the future, a paralyzed person who can't speak carrying on a conversation, a machine reading his thoughts and speaking for him. think of your brain as voice recognition software. >> you are fundraising right? >> reporter: now words. >> the brain is sort of the best possible voice recognition. we just don't know how it works. . >> reporter: they say they are getting closer. they got intoed the heads of 15 volunteers planting -- decoding signals revealing the words people heard. listen to this. >> doubt. >> doubt. doubt. >> reporter: waldo. >> reporter: when picking between two words. >> it would allow us to do about 90% correct. >> they say the same general brain areas seem to light up when you think about a word. a machine one day may be able to read your mind. >> a communication, device or -- severely disabled paralyzed individuals. >> reporter: such as jackie's friend. >> she can have a machine she may want to like. right now she doesn't want to because she ca