to look at the freedman's bureau papers or military service record. austin you just find little scraps of information. so i find and add the horton copeland played. i don't know anything else about sportcoat and. if i am not sure it is 10, but i'm not going to say that it is headed. there have got to be indicators. if i see third copeland and a woman named betty older than hand-delivered espousal maybe i can date that is horton copeland and his mother. just thought those little pieces of information. one of the really great things when you do research is people's heart to send you stuff. so other colleagues who know about your work. people in my department. graduate students because they are out doing their research in the e-mail and say heather, i found this ad in this paper and i hadn't known about this newspaper. somebody said me a clipping that she found about a world's fair kind of exhibition or in old lock women placed information about people who had been lost during slavery. so this is in the 20th century. as she wanted people to remember that

after so many years of moving around. >> wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> that's a good man there. welcome home. >> a mother in north carolina ended up teaching her daughter a available lesson on graduation day. on the last day of class violet was sent home for wearing this dress. school officials say it was too short, but she wore it many times before. to cheer up her daughter, the mother wore it to the graduation ceremony. she wanted to teach her daughter to stand up for herself when she feels she has been wrongly criticized. >>> an el dorado hills family hopes a golden retriever found wandering through a campground is the very dog they lost while camping nearly a year and a half ago. murphy is a 5-year-old golden retriever and became separated during a camping trip in october of 2012. and then a couple weeks ago a stray golden retriever was spotted at the campground about 11 miles from where murphy disappeared. but is it really murphy? could a dog survive 20 months in the wilderness like that? the family says they are 99% sure it is him, but are running a dna test to be sure. th

after so many years of moving around. >> wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> that's a good man there. welcome home. >> a mother in north carolina ended up teaching her daughter a available lesson on graduation day. on the last day of class violet was sent home for wearing this dress. school officials say it was too short, but she wore it many times before. to cheer up her daughter, the mother wore it to the graduation ceremony. she wanted to teach her daughter to stand up for herself when she feels she has been wrongly criticized. >>> an el dorado hills family hopes a golden retriever found wandering through a campground is the very dog they lost while camping nearly a year and a half ago. murphy is a 5-year-old golden retriever and became separated during a camping trip in october of 2012. and then a couple weeks ago a stray golden retriever was spotted at the campground about 11 miles from where murphy disappeared. but is it really murphy? could a dog survive 20 months in the wilderness like that? the family says they are 99% sure it is him, but are running a dna test to be sure. th

freedman and st.ir are trying to teach people how to lock their bike properly to prevent thefts. cable locks by themselves are essentially useless. the best idea is to use a cable lock combined with a u lock so your cable lock doesn't end up like this. allie rasmus, ktvu. >>> 26-year-old nicholas wigg is accused of stealing credit cards and a phone. >> if he wouldn't have done the facebook thing, we would have never caught him. >> reporter: police were waiting to arrest him after he showed up. >>> beach visitors in santa cruz are being warned after a man stepped on a syringe in the sand. it happened on cowel beach. discarded needles are a big problem at beaches. the city has been trying to manage the problem. >> i think it's probably fair to say that over the year there's been a consistent problem all over the city with needles found not just in the beaches but also in parks. >> reporter: parks and recreation fishes say the group take back santa cruz cruz that beaches are chrom combed two or three tim

thank you is much, andy, andrew freedman at the washington update. the major averages gained just enough for fresh records on the dow and s&p 500 to check off a new trading month. stocks were initially lowered after the manufacturing index for may were lower than expected. but after a software error was defected. the measure was revised higher than even after it was changed a second time. here's how things looked when all was said and done. the dow added twoics to finish at a new record high t. nasdaq went down 5, s&p up 1. still good enough for a good time closing high. investors were encouraged about hearing a positive outlook on what's next for interest rates from chicago federal reserve bank president. speaking at a conference in turkey, charles evans says the increase in u.s. interest rates will depend on the outlook for inflation which is well below the fed's 2% target. so a rate hike might not come until next year or maybe not until the year 2016. this is the day, a day a lot of investors and techies have been waiting for. today marks the star

so if you take the bike, you will be followed by a police officer. >> reporter: officer freedman says it is still too early to determine just how much the program has helped lower bike theft in the city. >> you can't tell that there is anything that would differentiate these from any other bike. and you never will. >> he says the bait bikes are more of a deterrent. and ramirez hopes they're enough of a subtle reminder to thieves. >> i like the idea of making people paranoid about it. >> perhaps the bikes they're about to steal may not be a free ride after all. bigad shaban, cbs news, san francisco. >>> some hot weather and not much wind. the combination means it is another spare the air day for the bay area. the fifth one so far this spring. the hot steamy temperatures sent a lot of people to the beach this weekend. at least one inland location snapped a record topping 100 degrees and summer is still to weeks ago but maybe here to stay for a while. and the heat not stopping a fundraiser in the east bay. >> we have more at the country club with the golf tournament and fashion show. >>

after so many years of moving around. >> wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> that's a good man there. welcome home. >> a mother in north carolina ended up teaching her daughter a available lesson on graduation day. on the last day of class violet was sent home for wearing this dress. school officials say it was too short, but she wore it many times before. to cheer up her daughter, the mother wore it to the graduation ceremony. she wanted to teach her daughter to stand up for herself when she feels she has been wrongly criticized. >>> an el dorado hills family hopes a golden retriever found wandering through a campground is the very dog they lost while camping nearly a year and a half ago. murphy is a 5-year-old golden retriever and became separated during a camping trip in october of 2012. and then a couple weeks ago a stray golden retriever was spotted at the campground about 11 miles from where murphy disappeared. but is it really murphy? could a dog survive 20 months in the wilderness like that? the family says they are 99% sure it is him, but are running a dna test to be sure. th

chip in it so if you take the bike you will be followed by a police officer. >> reporter: officer freedmanays it's still too early to determine just how much the program has helped lower bike thefts in the city. you can't tell that there is anything that would differentiate these from any other bike. >> and you never will. >> reporter: he says the bait bikes are more of a deterrent. ramirez hopes they are a not so subtle reminder to thieves. >> i like the idea of like making people paranoid about it. >> reporter: perhaps the bikes are about to steal may not be a free ride after all. bigad shaban, cbs news, san francisco. >> glor: country star george strait says he's ending his run on stage and he went out impressively last night. 105,000 people turned out for his farewell show in arlington, texas. that is the biggest crowd ever for a stadium concert in the u.s. the previous record was set in 1981 by the rolling stones. still ahead, the hidden cashman, hidden no more. defiance is in our bones. defiance never grows old. citracal maximum. calcium citrate plus d. highly soluble, easily absorbe

officer matt freedman. >> tracking starts automatically and it's up -- uploaded to a website. where i can literally track the course of the bike. >> reporter: police have also used undercover surveillance video to watch over the bait bikes and it doesn't take long for cameras -- before cameras capture a theft and police capture the thief. when you look at somebody who's taken one of these bikes what's the reaction? >> utter shock. >> reporter: the mug shots then get posted on social media. >> it's my belief that people should know who's stealing their bikes. >> reporter: st. claire created this sticker to confuse thieves into thinking they could be stealing a bait bike. they're now 5,000 of them on bicycles around the city. >> in -- this could possibly have a gps chip in it. so if you take the bike, you will be followed. by a police officer. >> reporter: officer freedman says it's still too early to determine just how much the program has helped lower bike theft in the city. you can't tell that there's anything that would differentiate these from any other bike. >> and unifier

. >> wayne freedman abc7 news. >> san francisco north beach woke up in a singing mood. >> this is from the italian coach we need to yell for that. you know? push the team to win the best. >> all of that emotion got wasted in the end. but they had fun rooting the team. here are the matches tomorrow on our sister network. now, sunday afternoon, it's the match you'll want to watch. team usa versus portugal. and you don't have to miss a moment with watch abc. >> now back to our breaking news now. we want to take a look at the fire scene in core delia. we're hoping to establish a ground shot there. here we go. there is a live take a look and you can see how thick the smoke is. the lights going. tom, we have you on the phone. what has it been like? are there still flames? >> you know where flames might be, you can't tell because of the smoke. the wattel is probably the wind. so it's difficult to see as you can tell but you can feel the heat and everything else from the fire itself. >> thank you sense >> yes. it's every street and where you look. i think they're turning around from fire itsel

. >> wayne freedman abc7 news. >> san francisco north beach woke up in a singing mood. >> this is from the italian coach we need to yell for that. you know? push the team to win the best. >> all of that emotion got wasted in the end. but they had fun rooting the team. here are the matches tomorrow on our sister network. now, sunday afternoon, it's the match you'll want to watch. team usa versus portugal. and you don't have to miss a moment with watch abc. >> now back to our breaking news now. we want to take a look at the fire scene in core delia. we're hoping to establish a ground shot there. here we go. there is a live take a look and you can see how thick the smoke is. the lights going. tom, we have you on the phone. what has it been like? are there still flames? >> you know where flames might be, you can't tell because of the smoke. the wattel is probably the wind. so it's difficult to see as you can tell but you can feel the heat and everything else from the fire itself. >> thank you sense the activity? >> yes. it's every street and where you look. i think they're turning around f

after, you know so many years of moving around. >> from sassoon city, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> wow. >> i love that. >> great story. >> let's update the forecast, spencer? >> things looking good here. live doppler 7 hd showing sunny skies at the moment. and a comparison towards the golden gate at high temperatures versus today's. today wins. today up several degrees warmer today than yesterday only two in santa rosa. 13 degrees warmer today in san rafael. 11 degrees in oakland. san francisco, seven degrees so warming has begun. state wide, looking for highs into mid-90s in our interior sections of the state. here in the bay area, mid-60s on the coast. low to mid-80s around the bay. and here is the accu-weather forecast. warmest day of the forecast will be tomorrow, with highs into low 90s inland. gradual cooling approaching the weekend. >> talking about football, also soccer and football. >> american football. >> yes. >> as well as international football. >> yes. >> 49er open mini camp with a story being who is not interest there? the tight end for both deciding to hold out is the w

after, you know so many years of moving around. >> from sassoon city, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> wowove that. >> great story. >> let's update the forecast, spencer? >> things looking good here. live doppler 7 hd showing sunny skies at the moment. and a comparison towards the golden gate at high temperatures versus today's. today wins. today up several degrees warmer today than yesterday only two in santa rosa. 13 degrees warmer today in san rafael. 11 degrees in oakland. san francisco, seven degrees so warming has begun. state wide, looking for highs into mid-90s in our interior sections of the state. here in the bay area, mid-60s on the coast. low to mid-80s around the bay. and here is the accu-weather forecast. warmest day of the forecast will be tomorrow, with highs into low 90s inland. gradual cooling approaching the weeken >> talking about football, also soccer and football. >> american football. >> yes. >> as well as international football. >> yes. >> 49er open mini camp with a story being who is not interest there? the tight end for both deciding to hold out is the way to go.

wayne freedman is live with the story. wayne? >> words they're using of a regulator were an act of domestic terror. it's an act of terror that hasn't been solved whoever did it is at large. so california public utilities commission did have a hearing and security was on their minds. umber one of public relations take a negative, trying to turn it into a positive. that is what pg&e did today. >> this was a game changer for the industry. >> it's called guiding narrative more than a year now since armed attack on pg&e's metcalfe electrical transmission substation in south san jose. an attack exposing vulnerabilities state wide, and nationally. and today, the california public utilities commission held a fact-finding hearing about it. >> approximately 0100 hours, the at and t fiber was cut. >> from the director of substations there was new details about how 100 bullets riddled 17 transformers and other equipment. >> over the next 15 minutes, from 1:30 to 1:45, shots were fired from various locations towards equipment located in the s

wayne freedman is live with the story. wayne? >> words they're using of a regulator were an act of domestic terror. it's an act of terror that hasn't been solved whoever did it is at large. so california public utilities commission did have a hearing and security was on their minds. >> rule number one of public relations take a negative, trying to turn it into a positive. that is what pg&e did today. >> this was a game changer for the industry. >> it's called guiding narrative more than a year now since armed attack on pg&e's metcalfe electrical transmission substation in south san jose. an attack exposing vulnerabilities state wide, and nationally. and today, the california public utilities commission held a fact-finding hearing about it. >> approximately 0100 hours, the at and t fiber was cut. >> from the director of substations there was new details about how 100 bullets riddled 17 transformers and other equipment. >> over the next 15 minutes, from 1:30 to 1:45, shots were fired from various locations towards equipment located

in petaluma, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >>> still to come, they tell the stories of human kind.nd preserve america's cherished folk songs. >> and take a look at our sutro cam. mostly in the 50s bay area-wise but heading up to a fantastic day. lisa has all the facts and figures coming up in an figures coming up in an accuweather forecast. good morning nelly! woah. hey! have you ever tried honey nut cheerios? love 'em. neat! now you on the other hand... you need some help. why? look atchya. what is that? you mean my honey wand? [ shouting ] [ splat ] come on. matter of fact. [ rustling ] shirt. shoes. shades. ah! wow! now that voice... my voice? [ auto-tuned ] what's wrong with my voice? yeah man, bee got swag! be happy! be healthy! that's gotta go too. ♪ hey! must be the honey! [ sparkle ] sweet. >> songs tell stories of human kind from our greatest struggles to our greatest successes hand down from generation to generation. but in a day of mass produced music, is there still a place for folk music? ♪ we shall overcome >> they are songs that define a generation, or rally us to wo

but i wasn't prepared for the blowout vision of a call that started out when ceo gary freedman said hey pulled up to someone who said to him, "you might be the most misunderstood company on wall street." i only heard from howard schultz, ceo of starbucks, defining this calm or else their industry best 18% comfortable sale numbers and dramatic guide-up would seemingly be dismissed as a fluke. he knew he had to explain how this company is revolutioning the bricks and mortar businesses, so the increase in stock doesn't seem like one big short squeeze. i think he pulled it off, frankly, laying out a series of strategies about delivering the best, whether italian beding, thai silk, dealing with amazingly lower prices than everyone else. he is delivering the product that's unique to say the least. he has a show room to website strategy that might have every other retail beat. to put it altogether, you recognize that freedman is literally reinventing the model of luxury, his real $1.46 billion is not hyperbole. he made restoration harvard ware into a number one brand, people aspire to be so w

well, that's the story abc7 news reporter wayne freedman has.bay. >> let's take a moment to bend any preconceptions you might have of a perfect match. sabrina and daniel. they spent eight years together and even had a daughter, but the relationship did not work out. >> i wanted to settle down and get married. and he wanted to travel and do music. >> it's one of those where sometimes they had dreams when they were young and they get ruined later on. ♪ >> i love her very much. we have -- once we are parents. we have to be good parents. that was the biggest deal. >> or was until sabrina became very ill a year and a half ago. at 34 both her kidneys failed. >> she was miserable. >> she was on dialysis and hoping on a long shot that maybe she could find a transplant donor. >> there's over 85,000 people right now in the united states waiting for a kidney transplant. >> then sabrina got lucky and the donor she found? >> i was told that we were a perfect match and everything had gone perfect and well and it was a miracle. >> daniel has the last of his bl

well, that's the story abc7 news reporter wayne freedman has.y. >> let's take a moment to bend any preconceptions you might have of a perfect match. sabrina and daniel. they spent eight years together and even had a daughter, but the relationship did not work out. >> i wanted to settle down and get married. and he wanted to travel and do music. >> it's one of those places where sometimes they had dreams when they were young and they get ruined later on. ♪ >> i love her very much. we have -- once we are parents. we have to be good parents. that was the biggest deal. >> or was until sabrina became very ill a year and a half ago. at 34 both her kidneys failed. >> she was miserable. >> she was on dialysis and hoping maybe she could find a transplant donor. >> there's over 85,000 people right now in the united states waiting for a kidney transplant. >> then sabrina got lucky and the donor she found? >> i was told that we were a perfect match and everything had gone perfect and well and it was a miracle. >> daniel has the last of his blood work before

tom freedman, there's never been a unified message, i've worked here since 1989.i've never seen a worse communicating administration on a basic level. maybe somebody out there would be interested writing about it. not since i have been in washington, he says. >> well, you know, again, i respect those guys both tremendously and, you know, the closed control freak, i mean, you know, if you look at the newspaper any day or watch the news any day, i think it's pretty evident that we're not controlling the news or having it, you know, dictating what's in it. >> charlie: do you think it would be better if you were? >> people will assume we're more effective than we might want to be. i'd also note there's been a lot of talk in this space about clamping down and the chilling effect. >> charlie: the chilling effect. >> in the last two years, there have been more serious national security leaks to the media than in any time you and i can remember, and this is supposed to be in an era when there's a chilling effect. i'm when lynn downey came into my office. >> charlie: this

wayne freedman shares the next chapter in a courageous young man's life. >> it is an oval track and the center of the universe for a few adapting to a new normal. >> when troubles come your way you have to consider it an opportunity for joy. >> no feeling for yourself when the paraolympian track and field stars meet. does this look familiar? we told you the story of this kid from richmond who decided, decided to have the right foot amputated after a rare disease caused chronic pain. >> felt like someone hitting me with a hammer. >> the foot how is gone and replaced by "opportunity" as he and the family see it. >> he has plenty of courage. >> he chats with world-class athletes. >> jarod, nice to meet you. >> just because you have your leg amputated don't think of it as an ending, it is a new going. >> he aspires to lay wheelchair basketball. he got a closeup example of the work and dedication it takes to be a world class athlete at this level. >> go. >> the idea was to give him a people talk. you get the feeling, though, he doesn't need a people talk. >> what did you learn? >> it is the

doug freedman. >>> and the diabetes epidemic is growing at an alarming rate with nearly one in ten americans suffering from the disease. and that is why some of the world's biggest drug companies which are gathering at the annual meeting are gathering to get a piece of this huge market. >> reporter: diabetes affects 347 million people worldwide and that number is only getting bigger. in the u.s. alone, 29 million people have the disease. >> over the next couple of decades it could affect most of the global population. >> reporter: most people have adult diabetes, increasingly it is being diagnosed in kids. it is very expensive, costing the u.s. $225 billion in 2012, up 40% from 2007. the largest cost coming from hospital care and prescription drugs making it a big battle ground for drug companies, the growing number is $54 billion, growing by as much as $5 billion a year, dominated by a handful of drug companies all of which will head to san francisco this weekend for the annual meeting of the american diabetes association. novonortis has the biggest share, followed by lily, astrazeneca is n

wayne freedman has the story >> let's talk about football and life. not a pep talk.m jared leaf, differences >> we're sheltered until we have certain experiences to open our eyes you know? if you're confused maybe these pictures will refresh you. he's a linebacker who escaped by running through flames and smoke in a three-bedroom apartment. there was no time, no way out of the third-floor unit. >> ran out of the door. just basically ran through blackness, then, just red, orange. and just light and heat. and just ran through basically a wall of fire. >> jared emerged out of the other side intact, alive, aware and badly burned with deep burns on his face, hands, back and torso. all of ta from three seconds as it was... >> the first time we saw jared he was intubated and covered up, like a mummy. like the invisible man. >> for five weeks his mother slept in a mobile home in the hotel parking lot. she waited through the treatments and now, a recovery at home. it's two miles from the high school football field where jared earned his scholarship. he does plan to play again

officer freedman is the department expert on bike thefts he knows him better than anyone. >> he's a serialing bikes. >> three days ago, he was caught in an apartment building. a security camera captured him he jimmied the lock of the door and seized the electrical panel

officer freedman is the department expert on bike thefts he knows him better than anyone. >> he's a serial bike thief, making his living stealing bikes. >> three days ago, he was caught in an apartment building. a security camera captured him he jimmied the lock of the door and seized the electrical panel on the wall. and then takes elevator down to the garage. travis eveningelman is with the company. >> in the garage, is where criminals like to go because there are valuable items and less people walking around. >> another camera catches him inside of the car gage he appears to have two bicycles and bike wheels, he tries to open the garage gate. the security company is monitoring activities and dispatching their guards. their cars suddenly appear in the video the guards get out, take him into custody and call police now, the question, will he be on the streets again? soon? >> we'll charge felonies within appropriateness of the law. but then, we find these guys on the street a week later. >> but this time, it may be different the charge of breaking into a residential property is a serious f

wayne freedman has the story >> let's talk about football and life. not a pep talk.jared leaf, differences >> we're sheltered until we have certain experiences to open our eyes you know? if you're confused maybe these pictures will refresh you. he's a linebacker who escaped by running through flames and smoke in a three-bedroom apartment. there was no time, no way out of the third-floor unit. >> ran out of the door. just basically ran through blackness, then, just red, orange. and just light and heat. and just ran through basically a wall of fire. >> jared emerged out of the other side intact, alive, aware and badly burned with deep burns on his face, hands, back and torso. all of ta from three seconds as it was... >> the first time we saw jared he was intubated and covered up, like a mummy. like the invisible man. >> for five weeks his mother slept in a mobile home in the hotel parking lot. she waited through the treatments and now, a recovery at home. it's two miles from the high school football field where jared earned his scholarship. he does plan to play again,

live in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> thank you, wayne. coming up on abc7 news at 6:00 we'll take a look at what happened inside of mosconi center. >> other news, nearly six months after a 6-year-old sophia lu was killed by an uber driver, lawmakers are pushing for more oversight of ride companies a new bill forcing companies to insure drivers the entire time the driver is behind the wheel. the bill heard before the senate insurance committee. supporters under sacramento today to push for passage, but uber says insurance is not needed. >> effort is here to have the company act responsibly. to take proper precautions to make sure these don't happen. without them being held accountable, they don't have motivation to make change. >> the bill is a back room deal to go way beyond the scope of any other car on the road. currently. >> she was killed in san francisco on new year's eve after a driver hit her with his car. uber argued the driver wasn't carrying a passenger at the time. >> an oakland firefighter is now awake, and breathing after bein

abc7 news reporter wayne freedman is live with more. hi, wayne. >> it wasn't so bad getting to the track this afternoon. that track, racers all day long, increasing their this weekend they'll grow in popularity. like crowds, getting here will be a problem. there is driving fast, then driving slowly to watch them drive fast. >> will traffic be like on sunday? >> it comes with the turf. >> they put this four-door on any day of the week. we'll be adding an additional layer to it. >> steve page estimates 10,000 cars this coming sabbath. one reason why they urge anyone not going to find it mean mean less winding. the hassle seems a fitting tribute. >> we like this spot right here, because, why? >> my stroller is right there. >> the cars going 103 miles per hour right there. land cruisers, campers, and gearheads all getting along in an environment of death-defying decibels. >> spring becomes summer. might as well usher it in together. >> it's real nascar. >> for help navigating get waze on your smart phone. >> new anger over those tech shuttl

officer freedman is the department expert on bike thefts he knows him better than anyone. >> he's a serial bike thief, making his living stealing bikes. >> three days ago, he was caught in an apartment building. a security camera captured him he jimmied the lock of the door and seized the electrical panel on the wall. and then takes elevator down to the garage. travis eveningelman is with the company. >> in the garage, is where criminals like to go because there are valuable items and less people walking around. >> another camera catches him inside of the car gage he appears to have two bicycles and bike wheels, he tries to open the garage gate. the security company is monitoring activities and dispatching their guards. their cars suddenly appear in the video the guards get out, take him into custody and call police now, the question, will he be on the streets again? soon? >> we'll charge felonies within appropriateness of the law. but then, we find these guys on the street a week later. >> but this time, it may be different the charge of breaking into a residential property is a serious f

live in santa rosa, wayne freedman abc7 news >> in washington, d.c. today, investigators released a final report on what caused a deadly crash of asiana flight 214 at san francisco international airport nearly a year ago the national transportation safety board claimed pilot errors and confusion for the boeing 777 slamming into a sea wall. investigators say the pilots relied on auto mated systems. one pilot switched off a system investigators thought boeing for its plane. and found inadequate flight training and say the plane came in too low and too slow. we had a pilot new in this airplane. we had issues regarding understanding the automation. a lot of issues lined up. >> asiana tells abc7 news they've improved training and saying we again express our great sorrow for the accident, the loss of life and injuries sustained by passengers and crew. boeing disagreed saying the system has been used across several airplane models. >> ntsb faulted the san francisco fire department for not properly tree yaujing a passenger found in the yekage. investigators c

from san francisco, wayne freedman abc7 news >> sky 7 hd over the scene of a deadly train accident in mountain view today. a cal train spokesperson says a train hit a pedestrian on the tracks just after 10:00 this morning. no one on the train was injured. bus shuttles took passengers where they needed to go. train service had been restored. today's fatality is the fourth on a cal train track so far this year. >> fire crews pulled a pilot to safety after a plane crashed into a ditch in novato the plane flipped over, ending up in a ditch, partially submerged in water the pilot was not injured. crews attached ropes to the tail and were able to pull it out of the ditch. no word on what caused that accident. >> still ahead on abc7 news at 4:00, amazon styles up a new product. is the smart phone good for shoppers? plus... >> some world cup fans will do just about anything to get into a game. >> yes. new at 4:30, why the people were hired to take care of your loved ones say no one is taking care of them. >> and michael finney is taking your questions on twitter and facebook. he will answer t

the latest comes to us courtesy of an official, his name is brandon freedman and posted a series of disturbing defending his boss and bowe bergdahl. the first quote reads, here is the thing about bergdahl and the jump to conclusion mates, what if his platoon was long on psychopaths and short on leadership? then he went on to post four more consecutive tweets slamming bergdahl's soldiers. this is when the white house is accusing brazen american to swift boat hip and after harry reid said this about republicans. >> opponents of president obama seized upon the release of an american prisoner of war, that's what he was, using a moment of unity and celebration of the nation, and the chance to play political games. a safe return of american soldiers should not be used for political points. >> here with reaction, ruouudy giulia giuliani. we've been friends a long time and my favorite thing you did, all great stories, you were offered money and turned it down because of where that money was coming from. >> yeah, and what it was attached to. it was attached to a press conference that blamed the foreign

a lot of observers were saying then, when tom freedman wrote that nori is a jerk and the president'smism at that time. what was he thinking? >> i don't know. i don't get it. just days after u.s. troops left and it's true that he did not approve an agreement to keep them there. he's been on a tear to create a shia dominated state. it's tragedy there and the whole world is paying for that. >> do you believe all of that optimism since the u.s. withdrawal is justified that things were moving in the right direction? that he was working a crew and that democracy was really in play? >> he did a few good things. he cooperated with our surge forces in terms of getting with instability and conflict. during the second term there was real problem in bringing all iraqis together and working with them. our withdrawal has created a vacuum that's been filled by regional rivals. >> bambassador, you were there. you were in u.s. ambassador in iraq. was it really very legitimate to think this guy would do the right thing? >> yeah. kind of if i had the bad, i'll have the good. we were able to do a fair n

. >> let's bring karina freedman web analyst, she followed footwear apparel and accessories. great to have you with us. hi there. >> do you want to hear from the ceo digital is the top priority at this point? >> sure digital refuse are up 40% for the 84 clearly that, irworking. retail comps are up 10%. it is certainly helping the growth margin. the one thing mark hasn't mentioned yet is future guidance, so we're all waiting right now to hear what the actual forecast will be for first quarter. but it does sound like it could be positive at this point. >> so far, are there any holes in this that you can find? >> you know the emerging market number was a little lower than expected, plus 2. china, while that futures number at plus 6 was much better tan people were expected. it was offset 500 basis points ebitda market decline. they indicated they will get back to double digit growth there, but it would be copy. the other big take ape way we have is women's apparel, much stronger than we were expecting. that could be eat forward-looking lulu mark share. >> karen, let me ask you, i

. >> is sonoma county, wane freedman, abc7 news. >> still ahead on the saturday morning news we go behindcenes to the new abc singing competition giving viewers realtime results. and at 5:38 let's take a live look outside. view from our hd roof cam. the weather is great out there this morning but the sun will be up in a few minutes, and it should warm things up. lisa has your forecast in a few minutes. >> welcome back. the national park service is banning drones from federal parks and waterways. the unmanned aircraft of popular for the aerial images they capture but the park service yesterday said they are also a source of nuisance complaint and safety concerns. park service officials say the order to ban the advises except in rare cases of approval is temporary until permanent regulations can be adopted. 5:41. lisa with our summer forecast. >> looks really nice out there. mixtures of high and low clouds. temperatures in the 50s. here the exploratorium camera. 54 downtown. it will be 56 later on today. a really nice day downtown. getting warm inland. and not much change for the week ahead

it's a fundamentally conservative idea supported by milton freedman that eats away at inequality by investingore in americans. can washington get over the polarization enough to say yes to a good bipartisan idea? >>> next on "gps," the other crisis ukraine. will germany support tougher measures against vladimir putin? i'll ask the german defense minister when we come back. shingles affected me tremendously as a pilot. the blisters and the pain in my scalp area and down the back of my neck was intense. it would have been virtually impossible in that confined space with the rash to move to change radio frequencies. i would just stop and literally freeze up. i mean it hurt. i couldn't even get up and drive let alone teach somebody and be responsible in an airplane. when my doctor told me that shingles came from the chickenpox virus i was very surprised. for two weeks i sat up in bed because i couldn't lay down. i had the scabs all throughout the side of my head and into the upper neck region. i didn't want to do anything except go to sleep and have the pain be over. as a pilot that meant i was g

abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman reports from moscone center west. >> reporter: let's taught voice actions. they were predictable and prevalent today, both outside and inside san francisco's moscone center west. >> we believe voice actions will be most useful when they can invoke the best service in any app. >> you can't have an app for everything in existence. >> reporter: they were hardly luddites. no, angry san franciscans who blame tech developers for pushing up rents and driving working-class people out of their apartments. >> it's about making money. they want to make mob money, they don't care who's in the way. >> reporter: google is the symbolic villain and this is a perfect protest opportunity as the company hosted a gaggle of 6,000 developers. call them the haves. >> this is a world where there are haves and have nots. >> reporter: among nots, san francisco teacher claudia terati, who's been served notice in an apartment house owned by a google lawyer, jack hallpren. >> this group is funding my evictor. >> reporter: a group who looked at the protesters as a nuisance. >> t

. >> and now, today, there'll be a part of that show will be an interview tom freedman does with president obama. >> yes. >> about what is happening today. that will be part of the show. >> i have not seen that episode. i mean, i haven't seen that segment. but it's one of the first sit-down indepth interviews that president obama has done on change. i'm eager to watch it. >> again, the season finale of years of living dangerously premieres monday on showtime, and as always, good to have you on the show. >>> a quick programming note. this weekend "the stream" hosts a world cup edition. lisa fletcher talks about the impact of social politics on the field. >>> straight ahead from o.j. simpson to casey anthony. an inside act of acquittals. we may or may not see a tripple crown winner. we tell you about a stunt based on the front runner's nose. >> and n.a.s.a.'s journey to put people on mars got longer. big plans crashing down to earth. >>> few things have changed the landscape of the american legal system as drastically as o.j. simpson, drove his white ford bronco down the los angeles highway.

his name is brandon freedman. he posted a series of very defending tweets.e reads, here's the thing about bergdahl, what if his platoon was long on psychopaths and short on leadership. then he went onto post four more consecutive tweets slamming bergdahl's fellow soldiers. the white house is accusing that very same group of brave americans to swift vote him. >> opponents of obama seized upon release of an american prisoner of war using a moment of what should be a unity of our nation for a chance to play political games. it should not be used for that. >> here with reaction, rudy giuliani. >> how are you? >> we've been friends a long time. and i think my favorite thing that you ever did as mayor, beyond 600,000 people off of welfare and you turned new york city around, all great stories, but is when you were offered money and you turned it down because of where that money was coming from. >> and what it was attached to. it was attached to a press conference that blamed the foreign policy of the united states and israel for the 9/11 attack. >> it was a no-bra

. >> charlie: there are other economists like milton freedman who suggest it is "poisonous" to look at the distribution system. >> to me, it's a lack of confidence in democracy. it's not poisonous to have transparency and know more about income and wealth and how the different groups are doing. let me say right away, to me, showing our wealth to different groups is not to conclude we'll solve every program just by taxing the top. but if we want to avoid national debate and hatred between social groups we just need more transparency about how the different groups are doing. >> charlie: and more taxation of the wealth of the -- >> depending on what we have. depending on what we see. if what we see in the data is that the different income and wealth groups are doing equally well and that they're all rising at the same rate, then why would you need more -- >> charlie: and when have you seen that since the 1980s? >> well, i can tell you rising inequality is much less of a concern in europe than the united states. >> charlie: much less of a concern? >> much less of a concern, yes, because yo