from honda. >>> we're back with adam smith, kay henderson and gina smith.tates apart. kay, let me start with you about the dynamic of the democrat versus republican in the state of iowa. we tend to think of it as a swing state but it is not really. it tends to presidentially vote democratic. can the president count on this one or do you see trouble ahead? >> i think obama will face what he faces in every state in the country -- questions about the economy, questions about the state of affairs worldwide. and i think the obama campaign knows that. they have offices -- not just an office, but they have spread out across the state with campaign offices already in iowa. the democratic party is already trying to make the argument that a mitt romney versus obama match-up here in iowa would be problematic for romney because he hasn't spent much time here. he's only been physically in iowa three times in this calendar year. >> and so when you look at the dynamic right now, i know that iowa also has sort of a large pacifist streak to it. i used to live in iowa and th

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gina is asking others for help. her advice to other moms -- >> instead of beating yourself and looking at what you didn't do, look at what you did accomplish and love yourself for that. >> lisa siegel reporting. >>> taking down one of america's most wanted. >> the death of al-awlaki is a major blow to al qaeda's most active operational affiliate. >> the covert operation that killed an american-born terrorist. >>> they are going in deep to catch the bad guys. the elite fbi crime-fighting team under water. >>> he kept screaming and then next thing we heard dad say, help, help. >> lucky to be alive after his car plunged into a ravine. but a california man was forced to eat -- what a california man was forced to eat to survive, six days trapped in the wilderness. ,,,, so...what do you think? i'm not crazy about these light fixtures. kitchen's too small. what's next? 607 franklin st. ♪ sea bass... ♪ ooohhh! ♪ i like it. yeah, i love the kitchen. [ male announcer ] the epa-estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. perfect

now it's worked out fine. >> and michael and gina share their story now "the color of rain." love in the midst of tragedy. good morning. >> good morning. >> first of all i know watching gina that tape even after all of these years it's still so hard not to cry. >> yeah. no, of course. i mean he was so generous with that, for anyone to be able to say that to someone that they love and to be able to leave that kind of a legacy for their children of that kind of generosity, it just, it still breaks my heart. >> that matt would say that to your kids. >> yes. >> to whoever you chose they should open their arms up to. >> and that he trusted me enough to be able to say that to them, he loved me enough. i was very well loved, you know, and that's something you want to just share and pass on. >> in the moments of loss, when you lose someone who you describe as the love of your life, both of you did that with your spouses. >> yes. >> your former spouses, you know, it's hard to even imagine how you would find it possible to open up again anew and you did to each other, having both now l

it isn't that i have to love cathy less because i now love gina. kids have to love their late mom or dad any less because now they have new parents in their lives. love continues to expand if you open your hearts. >> you say that charlotte, your daughter, said to you, please don't marry someone else. >> she did, yeah. >> so how did you bring her around on that? >> you know, it wasn't a matter of consciously trying to change her mind. it was really just modeling that sense that you grow new hearts. you continue to look forward and she honors her mom by continuously being open to what's revealed next and being open in particular to love. >> and, gina, one thing in the book that comes through is humor, which you really have to lean on, right? >> absolutely. >> it has to be a pillar of support for you. >> it's usually important in those times. my husband, when he was very, very sick with cancer in some of those darkest hours sitting in cancer centers waiting for the doctor to come in and all those times, there was always humor. it brings levity. it's j

that leaves just into gina because she grapples with these problems every day. >> let me start by saying i feel far more at ease now in this prestigious venue after hearing "help" and "stocks -- "hell and "sucks." i can speak far more clearly to you now. in very humble being with these folks because these folks are architects. architects of technology and architect of cloud computing technology in and of itself, so i am humbled to be here with these gentlemen. i can speak from a -- i am release a purveyor of the technology that they implemented. i can speak from my role with the city and county of san francisco and how we are leveraging cloud and the benefits we are deriving from the cloud and why we made the choices therein. certainly, as tim alluded to, the choice to go to the cloud was primarily cost-driven, economically driven, no question. but also, we began to see that the city business, the city government was changing and the role of the city government was changing. the constituents in the city and county are very savvy, savvy computer users. san francisco is a gateway to silico

. >> reporter: he and his wife gina have run out of money and struggle to pay thousands of dollars inedical bills with no insurance. this year he had to ask his son for help. >> i figure, hey, you know, maybe you help me out with one of the utility bills, you know. i'm not supposed to be asking my son for help. i'm supposed to be helping him. >> reporter: gina says members of congress bickers over the jobs bill need to walk in her shoes for a while. >> if they were your shoes, how would they feel? >> they wouldn't feel very good right now. they would not. they would feel like something has to be done. >> reporter: a sentiment reflected on millions of american faces now. mark potter, nbc news, miami. >>> when our broadcast continues on a wednesday night, women's lives at stake in a fight over who should help them in what could be a very dangerous situation. >> reporter: a. >>> and later a tribute to an american giant and at the same time a daughter's tribute to her mom and a dream deferred more than 40 years. [ male announcer ] a simple gesture can spark romance anytime. and when it do

sorry. >> the only person i contact outside of this place is gina.with. >> the murray vampire clan soon disbanded after ferrell's arrest. its one-time leader like rod says he's denounced vampirism for good. >> i'm a straight-up christian, man, 100%. i do not practice vampirism for many years. could i take that away from myself? no. that's not ever going to change. it's a butterfly denying it was ever a caterpillar. i can't. >> now in his 30s with twin terms of life without parole, rod ferrell could win the dubious prize of becoming the longest serving convict in u.s. history. >> i have not considered myself to be a vampire for many, many years. i definitely have purged all of that from my system by contemplation. reflection. in my personal opinion, steer away from it or walk past it with caution, great caution. the hype is just that, hype. in real life, you'll find consequences, and the consequences, 9 times out of 10 will be your undoing. so before having to suffer them, don't. let it be a fantasy. let it stay a fantasy. >> what about the possibilit

"antes de empezar a criticar, es importante participar, pues cada voto cuenta" asi como gina, el martes ocho de noviembre miles de votantes acudiran a las urnas... en juridicciones como el condado de fairfax en virginia buscan personal bilingue para asistir a los votantes hispanos que tienen dificultad con el ingles... "dar informacion a la gente que viene a votar y tambien para ayudar con las maquinas de votar porque hay muchos cambios tambien en los distritos, pero tambien en las maquinas y en los votos de papel" se necesitan cerca de 3-mil voluntarios para que trabajen en 239 recintos electorales... siete son los centros de votacion con mayor numero de electores hispanos... como annandale, baileys crossroads, reston, springfield, entre otros... "es muy importante que aunque hablen poco ingles o mucho ingles,que tengan la oportunidad de hacer un ciudadano entero en votar" aproximadamente el 14- por ciento de los hispanos en fairfax es elegible para votar... "que hayan cambios que se puedan ver realmente los cambios, no solamente vivir en la misma rutina, sino esperar algo diferente, a

afternoon, we are expecting that judge robert greenberg will decide whether or not graphic pictures after gina murray died will be permitted. the prosecutor says they want to be able to show the jury these pictures when they served their case because they show how brutal this murder was and they show what prosecutors say was a premeditated murder. but defense lawyers say that they do not want these pictures show before they're introduced as evidence because they are prejudicial and they do not allow her to get a fair trial. in the meantime, they have been interviewing all of these potential jurors this morning calling them in one by one by one. it is still going on at this hour. we still expect up process to continue. norwood is being prosecuted for murder. she could face life in prison. we will bring you any updates as we get them. >> thank you. part of a busy road remains closed today hours after a car crashed. canal road is closed near arizona avenue. it was late last month that a car found -- that the police found a car submerged. the driver says he's worked -- he swerved to avoid a bear.

. >> last night's concert benefited the gina for missing persons foundation. gina disappeared 11 years ago after performing at an open mic night in los angeles. >>> u.s. troops that lost limbs in the war are getting help from haiti. haitian soccer players are thanking the u.s. military for helping them after the 2010 earthquake. lindsey mastis was with them on the field. >> we are amazed by how some play, the intensity that they use. power that they can pull with one leg. >> they are from haiti. many lost legs or arms during the 2010 earthquake. including macison pierre. he was at school when it collapsed. it was the u.s. military that came to his country's aid. now he and his teammates want to give back the only way they can. by sharing the game of soccer with other amputees. >> just because you lost one limb, doesn't mean life is over for them. >> we went to help them, now they are here to help us. >> a marine was in haiti for five weeks. shortly after he went to afghanistan and lost his leg in an explosion. >> having the haitians out here is encouraging to

gina kim, nbc news, los angeles. >>> coming up on "news4 at 4:00," the tsa debuts a new screening process quicker to get through. >> plus, blago needs cash and now his house is on the market. >> we are following the latest developments in a major bribery raid conducted today in d.c. and northern virginia. the fbi tells us the us is 3ek9s accepted tens of millions in kickbacks from government contracts. >> i'm liz crenshaw. an investigation into the installation of local hot water heaters left safety concernses. concerns. >>> a pass-through security. why some travellers are being [ schreiber ] if you did an internet search in the greater detroit area, you'd see bad news. companies are closing and houses were being foreclosed upon. however when there are negative things going on there is also opportunity. and for people that look for it like dave, they see the opportunity and they say i can make a difference here. there's a constant stream of negative news, about economics, and whatever. and so it's nice to inject some positive news coming out of ypsilanti. it's motivation to make you want

she was a guest youth analyst at the third anniversary women's pioneer awards ceremony and presented gina davis with the woman pioneer award. she was also named valedictorian of the changing program. [applause] last but not least, a nasalee, 18, spearheaded the 16th street bart installation about gender which infused her passion for art and activism. an asset is a second year career educator at the arid and engaging facilitator of the group trend magic rashid is committed to becoming a visible and zero allied to the transgender community. [applause] [applause] >> thank you, supervisor mirkarimi, kim, mayor. once again, we are all here to honor and the phenomenal accomplishments of these 15 new four years. it has been a blessing and give to work with these wonderful warriors. thank you all for sharing this memorable day with us in honoring the 2011 youth warriors. these 15 are shining examples of what it means to be a warrior and is a gift to myself, the family, friends, nominators, and importantly, to the city and county of san francisco. we all appreciate everything you have done. thank

. >> under arrest, coworker brittany norwood who police lured gina back to the store after closing timee detectives were shaken. the murder believed to be over a bag of clothing that norwood may have been trying to steal. >> why would you murder someone over clothes. >> if she needed it so badly for whatever. >> reporter: she would have bought it for her. she would have given it to her. she would have paid for it herself. >> the murrays are now preparing for the murder trial and bracing themselves for the likelihood that they will come face to face with brittany norwood and her parents. >> it's horrible for us, it can't be easy for them. >> her parents say she never spoke of a problem employee only of how she loved working at the store as ameninger. wjz eyewitness news. >> brittany norwood's murder trial is scheduled to begin october 24th. >>> a baseball fan makes it progress, he left the hospital today for a rehab center, still suffered brain damage when he was attacked on opening day outside dodger's stadium. he still has a long way to go, but he is talking and moving his limbs. two m

nbc's gina kim has the latest developments in the michael jackson trial. stay tuned. >> good morning. >> the prosecution today sought to establish that while dr. conrad murray was being paid to care for the king of pop, his mind was elsewhere. not one but three of dr. conrad murray's mistresses are called to the stand today. a houston waitress with whom murray was talk when he noticed something had gone horribly wrong. >> i was just talking. the next thing it was like i said hello, hello. i didn't hear anything. that's when i pressed the phone against my ear and i heard mumbling of voices. it sounded like the phone was maybe in his pocket or something. i heard coughing. >> at the time the married doctor was living with nicole alvarez the mother of his child, who signed for murray's drug deliverys and relied on him financially. >> back when your relationship with conrad murray became more serious, certainly before the birth of your son, was conrad murray living at your residence? >> yes. >> was he also providing financial support to you? >> yes. >> reporter

and obviously, we have become very close with the murray family, gina's family. -- jana's family. they have been supportive of us and we have tried to be supportive of them. >> thank you for being with us. >>> we are going to take a break and be right back. don't go away. >>> welcome back. it is really turning into a nice afternoon around here. temperatures climb into the low 70s for lies. 72, 73, with southwest winds at 5 to 10 miles per hour. this evening dropping back into the 60s under partly cloudy skies. overnight tonight low 50s in town with 40s by tomorrow morning, north and west. a few sprinkles this morning, the clouds have moved south and east. starting to break out, but the rest of us looking fairly sunny at this hour. so that is make fog a nice afternoon. so grab the sunglasses. going to be nice again tomorrow, but let me caution you right now. looks like a nor'easter wednesday. morning commute evening commute both look wet and windy. then a cooler finish to the week. under sunny skies, we have 66 here in town. low 60s in hagerstown to mid-60s, 68 winchester. that is

the vicious killing of lulu lemon worker gina murray. the woman accused went on trial. jury selection is underway, how did it go? >> reporter: very slowly, brian. they were hoping to get to 300 people and they put off what they hoped would be the young statements tomorrow and that is put off until wednesday. they have to bring in an additional 150 people today and tomorrow and and this is the problem. when the judge asked the potential pool how many had heard about the case, nearly everyone in the courtroom stood up. she sat next to the dappers as the judge went through a series of questions and some were mundane, like do you know anyone in the health and medical field. when the judge asked who heard of the murder, nearly everyone got to the feet. only 18 people never heard of brittany norwood or the brutal person show carried out. when asked who made up her means on the guilt or innocence of the defendant, 38 people raised their hands. britney norwood's parent arrived at the courthouse with a bag of clots for reporters. at one pope, the judge asked norwood to stand up

we will be gina cool start for your weekend mornings, patchy fog and plenty of sunshine in the afternoon, today 5 to 7 degrees warmer than yesterday. tomorrow another 5 to 7 degrees, so the jump, then it looks like mid-even upper 80 recess in time for the warmer spots come sunday afternoon. forecast highs expected for today, 75 petaluma, 76 novato, and those are your other temperatures. santa clara valley a nice day. 77 san jose. 77 santa clara, peninsula looking good as well, 74 expected san mateo for the afternoon, 72 san bruno, upper 60s for the city for the afternoon and widespread 60s expected along the coastline, your weekend in view for you here, again patchy fog to start the morning, afternoon sunshine, temperatures warming above average at some point. monday we take a slit dip. tuesday we do rebound and in this case a little bit of a too good of a thing possible, tory. >> uh-huh. >> it looks like next week we could continue with the offshore breeze, high pressure, maybe fire weather returning to our area. >> yeah, something to be concerned about -- >> yeah -- >> -- the -- >> --

on campus, gina update news. >>> the garden right outside of clark hall has caused a debate on campus. the oasis are going to be moved. and are raising some eye brows. jessica savage has more. >> reporter: you have probably stopped by the vegetation outside is of clark hall and wondered why it is there anyway. it was started in 2008 as part of the healthy campus of ky ser permanente and a few years later the -- was created to take care of the garden. sjsu student says the plans are there for social justice. >> we think it stands for something more than just being a garden, you know, there in front of the -- money has delayed getting an official plaque. >> we don't have that many funds to have the very official- looking plaque. >> a movement to beautify the campus has caused a debate between grow and the university over whether this should be. >> the faculty advisor says it is settled. >> i believe it has been resolved, and i think it is great to certainly move forward and look at how all of us can be involved in creating a very welcoming, warm and beautiful space. >> they're working w

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definitely not least, we have jeanette tomlinson, the cto of our very own, dear city of santa francisco -- gina, and sen. she has had a very daunting task of taking the legacy infrastructure of the city and moving that to a professional data center. but also, setting up a virtual private cloud and making a foray into the public cloud. she offers a unique perspective as a large government user on cloud computing. she was also the cio of the san francisco municipal transport station at 40, and she was also managing clorox's data centers previously. thank you for being here. with so much brainpower and prospective in this room, i will actually ask each of our panelists to take four or five minutes and give us a landscape of where you think of computing is today and where you see it going. am standing here with these microphones makes you feel like what rupert murdoch must have felt like this morning. i have no direct knowledge of the cloud. [laughter] let me make a small correction since my academic colleagues -- you're so sensitive to this. i am lecturer at stanford university, not a professor. t

. >> reporter: the state's attorney believes this case was premeditated and that gina murray was lured to the store by norwood. but the defense attorney took a different position admitting that brittany norwood killed jana murray and that it was not planned as the prosecution claims. >> in this opening stage to the jury, he asked him to keep an open mind and counted the prosecution's claims that he planned the murder. norwood didn't lure him to the store. there was a horrific argument in the fight and grabbed stuff in reach and stupidly caused jana's death. wood never mentioned self- defense but said that the attempt to cover up was enent. she got involved in a nightmarish situation. her story was full of holes because there was no premeditation and state's attorney john mccarthy told the jury that she died at the hands of the woman who used eight weapons to inflict 323 wounds and there is evidence she ran out of her coat to get ignored and described the scene to the jury and we talked to him after his testimony in which he described seeing blood inside the store. >> and someone is hur

best in the west the norwood home victory for gina moscow over sky plus the likes. of h.l. call for. titles on the line multiple world heavyweight boxing champion flood klitschko announces he's to face former cruiserweight great format in december. and odds on her own we catch up or bush is still professional lady golfer whose quest for a first l.p.g. aykroyd takes her to such areas this weekend. let's get going on the ice so where do you go and joint top of the continental hockey league the blue and whites talking the charts following a two on home win over petersburg the hosts opening the scoring midway the first period archon sure not doing it all himself but was nothing let's head straight for the second period after thoughts with the muscovite still pulling their lead for a let's see how the shelf company letting rip here. three minutes later the visitors would make the most of a five pound free card played so many mortensen netting here to the deficit issue on the style of needing to move on top of the kid shell. american sprinter to show them murray clear of to the f

the close of gina's good to the spitzbergen archipelago. for the world's northernmost joshua glenn presides over a ghost. town archie goes to pains on a group of village volunteers rebuild the palace from the ruins. particularly as you can break through this same place. where people are forced to stay. close up on the marquee. wealthy british sign on the sign. right. market. i know what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to the report. bringing you the latest in science and technology from around the world. we go to the future of coverage. yeah afghan war marathon runs into its second decade with an escalating insurgency and spiraling civilian casualties leaving the coalition struggling for a winning strategy. wall street movement builds nationwide and despite being dismissed as ad artists they're proving to be organized and it for the long haul. and it doesn't leading british lenders see their credit score dropped after the u.k. government says i

it because their extremist influences are too strong and the united states well i mean this again gina is easy it is extremely intrusive only she says it is it is in the stream of the soup kitchens and libraries. so we look at the muslim brotherhood the muslim brotherhood yesterday. ramsey go ahead you know let me just say something i think this is a very consistent in your view of the arabs and this is a very typical kind of right wing american view of this mainstream america really pretty and then a little bit know that let me let me just let me just finish my thought on how you and then you can jump in but i have to finish ramsey i had to finish my thought know people do go to bed people do go to bed thinking about democracy and arabs do go to bed thinking about freedom and their rights to express themselves and to have the only presenters at the parliaments the think about it they have earned it they worry about it the horrible lucian for it sick it's not about the money about poverty per se libya by the way libya in particular is one of the has the highest national g.n.p. in the e

and asked for and received permission from gina dillman to take the robbery victim into the theater. and warned him. >> there is no interfering you're under arrest. none of that. just a full on ass whipping. anyone found to be untruthful and lying in official police report is fired. >> he hadn't heard recordings made while it was unfolded. and in the criminal defense, here, his wife talks to 911. >> are you sure these are police officers? >> they're not dressed in uniforms. they didn't have id. >> the second sign worker called 911. and the dispatcher relays the message to police. >> he wanted to know if this was a real policeman. there is someone, i can hear people in the background. i asked why he think it wasn't real. the people in the back were screaming. >> detectives-heard talking to sheriffs dispatch. >> his family called and wanted to know if you're real. >> he knew. i guess a badge and id doesn't mean anything, anymore. >> dillman's trial set for next month. both sign workers willing to testify. just didn't want to go on camera. and the second worker saying both refused to sh

gina kim, nbc news, los angeles. >> history lands in carroll county. how you can take a ride on a bomber that helped deliver rick tri to the world war ii allied forces. >> and the real problem of starvation in africa to patterson park. >> temperatures on the cooler side, but again today we'll warm up with a lot of nice sunshine. details on the forecast for the we dry mouth is uncomfortable. it can also lead to serious dental problems. [ male announcer ] new act total care dry mouth is alcohol-free and has fluoride to strengthen teeth. stronger teeth and dry mouth relief. everybody knows the best place for a good time is mississippi. and that's only until they visited us in louisiana. which is a distant second to sunny florida. for beautiful vacation, nothing beats alabama. ok, we'll never agree on who's best. but we can all agree on one thing. the gulf's the worlds number one vacation spot. and we've gone all out to make this year the best ever. mississippi has wonderful people, great music, and the beautiful outdoors. louisiana's the best seafood you'

gina kim, nbc news. >> charles harris is standing by for "11 fitness." >> and the three nobel peace prize winners and the mission they are committed to. >> first check out our forecast >> another good morning here today after a great day today and the day before that. we're doing fine. we're on a roll here. keep it up through the weekend. radar nothing going on around baltimore and the mid-atlantic region. we go south to florida, rain again today down there. in fact, there is say lot more there than there was yesterday at this time. that's the forecast for today. we'll be watching that particular storm because we expect it to drift northward next week and possibly affect us. out west, norms in the plains -- tomorrows in the plains states. texas may get some squalor lines, but -- squal lines but they may put up with that to get the moisture. 54 at the inner harbor. a little less chilly than yesterday at this time. barometer way up. at the moment, the wind is calm. you see that first light of dawn there on the horizon. well, sunrise coming up at 7:09 this morningment we get 11.5 hours of su

gina kim news 4. >>> hundreds of occupy wall street protesters clashed with police in oakland, california. they fired tear gas into the crowd after the protesters refused to clear out a camp they set up in front of city hall for the past two weeks. at least 100 people were arrested. things finally settled down by midnight. they needed to clear it because it was creating a dangerous situation for the general public. hundreds of camps have set up including here in washington. >>> the afternoon rush hour is getting off to a rainy start. >> people need their umbrellas. doug kammerer is live in the storm center with more in store. doug? >> more rain in store, for sure. we are going to continue to see areas of rain throughout the evening tonight and more rain into the day tomorrow and really through the day tomorrow before a potential big storm for the weekend. out there now, you can see where the rain is. doppler radar showing the rain around the district, bethesda and prince george's county. buoy and laurel and up to the north and seven river. we are looking at rain in northern virginia, fauq

gina said i'm in hayward and that was stronger than the first one. and lisa agrees saying, i didn't feel the first one but i felt the second one for sure and i'm in richmond. you can join the conversation on facebook at ktvu channel 2. >>> officials at b.a.r.t. say they stopped trains for several minutes after both earthquakes today but did not find any damage. trains stopped the third time much earlier in the day when b.a.r.t. participated in the great california shake out. >> that was the announcement that the earthquake drill was over and the train was rolling again. b.a.r.t. stopped the train for one minute to mark the great california shake out. >> one, two, all right. in san francisco, mayor ed lee the fire chief and police chief also took part in the drill along with third graders. the drop and cover technique was practiced at cobb school. >>> and alameda homeowner had some broken glass and other damage from tonight's second quake. we'll take you inside her home at 10:30. >>> new at 10:00 tonight, police are warning parents and students about

in los angeles, gina kim, news 4. >>> firefighters decided to let a huge fire burn itself out. it's in a plant south of dallas, texas. it broke out at this chemical plant at 10:30 this morning. officials at the plant said everybody was able to get out safely. a nearby elementary school and college were evacuated. they found no reason to institute any further precautions. >> wow. it's an ugly fire. wow, it's cold here. >> wow! >> tell us it will not be this for the rest of the month. it's too soon. >> what does this mean for the winter? nothing. it does not mean anything for the winter that we started off with the coldest october so far in history. how about that? we have a long way to go. today is october 3rd. this is how it looked in pennsylvania. a little bit of snow there. the very cold air there made its way into pennsylvania through our area. we saw a light dusting there. also, closer to home in portions of west virginia. take a look at this picture. this is snow shoe, west virginia in the mountains to the west. they saw a dusting of snow on saturday. over nine inches of s

gina says, so, so happy, cried for joy. now they can focus on finding the real murderer.can join the conversation. >> and there the murder rate in oakland continues to sore and often, witnesses refuse to come forward to help solve the crime. a group of grieving mothers lost their children to gun violence, killers have never been caught. >> i found out about my son's death by watching news but only saw it that one night. never again. >> these mothers all lost their sons to gun violence in oakland. the cases have not been solved. they met with me at abc 7 studios to talk about need for witnesses to come forward. >> when this happens a lot of people know about it. you don't have anyone willing to come forward. so... >> they're afraid. >> because they're afraid. >> her 31-year-old son and his girlfriend shot and killed while sitting in a car. he worked in a halfway hougs and johnson's 24-year-old son was gunned down at a party this year. he was the father of a little girl. lorraine taylor lost two sons at the same time 11 years ago. twins were gunned down trying to get a stal

gina said i'm in hayward and that was stronger than the first one. and lisa agrees saying, i didn't feel the first one but i felt the second one for sure and i'm in richmond. you can join the conversation on facebook at ktvu channel 2. >>> officials at b.a.r.t. say they stopped trains for several minutes after both earthquakes today but did not find any damage. trains stopped the third time much earlier in the day when b.a.r.t. participated in the great california shake out. >> that was the announcement that the earthquake drill was over and the train was rolling again. b.a.r.t. stopped the train for one minute to mark the great california shake out. >> one, two, all right. in san francisco, mayor ed lee the fire chief and police chief also took part in the drill along with third graders. the drop and cover technique was practiced at cobb school. >>> and alameda homeowner had some broken glass and other damage from tonight's second quake. we'll take you inside her home at 10:30. >>> new at 10:00 tonight, lice are warning parents and students about a

lynette, your question comes from gina in ohio.balance, and she's asking if her credit score's going to be affected if she closes the account. first things first, you never want to open up 28 credit cards, right? >> obviously that can lead to unmanageable debt. a problem i knew about it from a decade ago. but typically i tell people not to close out accounts. if they have three or four accounts because it can mess up something called your credit utilization ratio, the amount of debt you've charged versus to your available credit lines. in her case, she has over two dozen credit cards, so it's probably not going to impact her too much to go ahead and close out some of those cards, reduce the temptation and also, frankly to possibly avoid any annual fees she might be getting charged for the use of those cards. >> david, you question from william in new york. william writes that his unmarried partner and he are going to relocate. they're going to move to california. his partner receives unemployment benefits in new york. the question

lynette, your question today comes from gina in ohio.credit cards, 18 with no balance and she's asking if her credit score will be affected if she closes the account. first thing first, you never want to open up 18 credit cards, right? >> no, obviously. they can lead to unimaginable debt. but frankly, typically, i tell people not to close out accounts. if they have three or four accounts because it can mess up something called your credit utilization ratio, the amount of debt that you charge. in her case, she has over two dozen credit cards. that's not going to impact her too much to close out the credit cards, reduce the temptation and avoid those and partner receives unemployment benefits in new york. and ll continue to receive those benefits in california until he's employed. >> he would still be able to receive benefits if california. he will need to register and check in with the unemployment officer in california. different states have different rules. the benefit may be different and there may be a delay in getting him up and runn

officers wendy ray and gina guerrero went back to the site. john helped rescue dozens of people from the burning hills, but he lost his life in the process actually shielding a child from the flames with his own body. his colleagues say the memories are still vivid, and the heroism can never be extinguished. >> a great man perished here. 25 people perished. they were all good people. john was my friend. >> i look back and think time has gone 20 years. i think about how he's looking down right now. he's probably saying, you know, you guys behave yourselves out there and be careful. >> the officer left behind a wife and three young children in 1991. those children are now grown and we're told doing well and, yes, still living here in the bay area. >> still ahead at 6:00, could steve jobs have saved his own life? the surprising decision that jobs reportedly came to regret. >>> i'm scott budman in santa clara. the tech awards kick off in about an hour. we're going to talk charity on a big scale. we're going to give you the first look at a silicon

. >> nbc's gina kim joins us live from los angeles.got the gist of what the defense was trying today to paint a different image than we've seen from the prosecution. >> absolutely. these patients were so vigorous and passionate in their defense of the former doctor saying even now after all that has happened, they would still entrust their lives to him. one of the patients even as he left the stand, kissed dr. murray and the defendant, of course, cried several times in open court. and all of this as you said, the defense witness testimony is trying to tug at the jury's heart strings. and show dr. murray as a man who was motivated by his patients' well being, not greed. >> if this man had been greedy, he never would have come to an area, a community 75% of them poor, on welfare and social security. >> reporter: next up are two medical experts that will take stand on behalf of the defense. one is a renowned propofol expert and the other is an addiction specialist. and court has already adjourned for the day because they didn't speck to b