. >> heather: i'm heather childers. the white house in defense mode as dismal job numbers show up. one of the top economic advisors. >> gregg: billions of dollars in the red, the nation's most pop laus louse state of news how much illegal immigrants are costing the bottom line. >> heather: and it's being called a gift to casey anthony. they say the accused child killer could have a golden opportunity to apleel peel a conviction. we'll tell you why coming up. >> gregg: fox news alert. bloodshed along israel's borders. [ gun shots ] >> gregg: syrian television reporting as many as 20 people now dead. hundreds more injured after israeli security forces open fire on a crowd of pro palestinian protestors. those protestors trying to rush the border of israel on the anniversary of the 1968 arab-israeli war. israeli officials say they were simply trying to protect their borders. reena ninan joins us live from jerusalem. >> reporter: hi, gregg, they went on for eight hours, much longer people anticipated. at least 20 people are believed to have been killed along the border along with israel

. >>> good evening i'm heather holmes. and i'm ken prichard in for ken wayne. >>> thousands of united passengers were left stranded today, and ken da -- and debora talked to passengers caught up in the delay. >> reporter: it's better now than any time in the last 24 hours. the airline and the computers playing catchup all day. >> reporter: from the mouths of babes, the last 24 hours worth wailing about for united airlines and its passengers. this was s.f.o. last night as a massive computer failure planes and stranded travelers. fast forward to this morning, lines incredibly long because even though the technology was humming again, nothing else was. >> when it stops for 5 hours, all the airplanes stopped moving. they are not where they need to be. what they have to do is not only take care of all the passengers being rebooked but they are trying to reposition flight crews and airplanes to be in the right locations also. >> reporter: the boredom, the worry, the fatigue, all easing now. from completely idle to back on their

i mean this is where i think heather and i disagree.ost americans think they are a failure. we've really thrown the keynesian playbook at this recession. we had $2 trillion of additional spending over the last two or three years. we've got the federal reserve out, pedal to the metal on monetary basis doubled. you have qe 2 which is the fed printing $600 billion and then buying debt with it. so this is everything the keynesians have and here we are, in the third year of a recession. and we've got this kind of anemic growth. so i think most of these things have failed. and i think the keynesians need to be held to task for this. why didn't it work? why don't we have the job growth? here we in the third year of a recession with a 9% unemployment rate that is intolerable. >> brown: here we get to the brunt of where to go next, right. depending how you read what has happened so farp. you suggest that we ought to be doing more, i assume, more spending. >> more spending. and keeping on the path that we are on. i think one point i would really

heather you can jump in if you disagree.entual nominee will be on the stage tomorrow night? >> yes. i think that mitt romney is the potential nominee but i would say this, mitt romney is also the guy with the most po prove. he will be getting hit from every angle. and well he should. we talk about what this election will be about and definitely about the economy. but a theme in 2010 and theme again this year will be how does a candidate see the relationship between government and the individual? there is nothing that defines that more than the affordable care act in obama care. mitt romney created its model. he has a lot to prove. >> i will say that -- >> anyone on that stage -- go ahead, heather. >> i was just going to say that i hope the eventual nominee is on the stage because the american people need time to look at these guys and get to know guys and gals and know what they stand for. and not sort of go to the polls and see what has been trending on twitter the past few weeks. it is time to get this campaign started. >>

ktvu's heather holmes is showing us how the city is honoring those two fallen firefighters. >> reporter: you can see the famed coit tower tonight is glowing red in recognition of those two that risked it all to save others. before the world champion san francisco giants took the field tonight. >> i would like tonight to dedicate the first pitch to our fallen firefighters. >> reporter: san francisco mayor ed lee honored two champions of the fire fighting community. >> calling on those watching the game to honor the actions of lieutenant vincent perez and anthony valerio. >> they are all our heros and if i can to exhibit our deep appreciation to them and to

>> and hello again, everyone i'm heather holmes. >> we begin with developing nation out of benicia where a grass fire has been burning dangerously close to home. this is new video into our newsroom moments ago. take a look at this. the fire burning off of interstate 780 has grown to about two acres. the flames have shut down the northbound on-ramp at the east 5th street exit. the fire reached the yards of home on francisco court. fire officials say the fire was contained just about an hour ago and so far no injuries have been reported. ktvu news has a crew on the scene right now, gathering additional information, as soon as we'll get, it we'll be sure to bring it to you. >>> a father's day adventure took a scary days a dad and his children had to be rescued. ktvu's patti lee is live to explain the quick response and how this response came after the failed rescue of a man on memorial day.

has promised for these wars that it's involved in when you look at the budget heather i think you have to look at all facets of the budget however what the republicans have decided to do right now realizing too that is going to be controversial i mean we're having a hard enough time just suggesting to make moderate changes to one program but a bigger picture should these be cuts that are on the table i is this out of line and should foreign policy be brought into this i think good looking outside of politics sure i understand i think that the defense spending though is for the most part a worthwhile expenditure i don't think that we should look too closely how much we're spending on defense and my personal opinion i think that's a very noble thing to spend our money on that does not mean that there aren't cuts we have to there is so much that is put on each bill that we pass so many things that i would argue the average congressman doesn't know is in the bill what about two thousand pages of a bill and you know it's a long bill i think that sometimes they don't get it right i want to a

heather? >> in the equality verses corruption debate, i credit -- david strauss argues that the corruption concern has to be about equality for the following reason. as long as we assume that you give the money to the candidate of properly, not jim? full of cash, what you do in a campaign science cases that they can only give a certain amount of money to help the candidate win. it is not lining his pockets. it would be appropriate if you could calibrate and find it a good thing to contribute. if that is the case, why would we possibly worry about giving money to help the candidate win? we have to say that if everyone has one vote, the do not all have the same amount of money. i think the quality rational does animate current even now, when legislators tried to pass campaign laws and they know that the quality rational is not allowed, they really fall into the trap of talking about leveling the playing field. those are the terms of signal the real motivation behind this. all of the election is

good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. a 2 -month-old baby boy is dead tonight. the victim of a shooting attack as his family was leaving a baby shower in east palo alto. janine de la vega tells us police are hopeful they will find the gunmen soon. >> reporter: police went door to door in this neighborhood. officers say the family that was from redwood city was leaving a baby shower this morning at this yellow house when two hooded men approached the car. >> as they were leaving the party, the gunshot opened. they saw the baby was injured by a bullet. so they rushed him to the hospital. >> reporter: the baby died at the hospital, but his 3-year- old brother survived. >> it was just a regular sunday. to go from that and to hear everything that has happened here, i can say i'm in complete shock. >> reporter: investigators say this was a targeted shooting. witnesses describe one suspect as a latino man as in his 30s. the second suspect is a also a latino man in his 20s. weapons were found but are unsure if it was in connectio

heather ishimaru is live with us in oakland. >> in a class action lawsuit settlement approved by the federal judge. lennox fireplace will have to offer to send protective screens and pay 493 million in legal fees to the law if i weres involved. it is the biggest in the case so far and there are more coming. 21 month old wears compression gloves nearly a year after getting third degree burns in her san francisco home. >> we had no idea that fireplace can get 500 degrees and takes 153 degrees to cause a three and half burn. >> the brother had turned it on with a remote. the sitter had no idea and neither did the parents. it was too low to see. mom heard signy crying. >> i saw her and both hands on the fireplace and i thought why is she crying. fireplace hasn't been on in months and it is july . then i thought oh, my god. >> the valor fireplace came with a book let all in frenchh and no warning labels. i pulled her hand away and they were brown. and i started screaming. she had surgery that night in the burn unit and skin grav two weeks later. reconstructive surgionn said parents can't

we'll talk with lenny mccallister, a republican analyst, and heather magee, washington director for thec assembly member daniel o'donnell, he was pushing the marriage equality bill in the legislature. let me start with you, lenny. what do you think? is the president -- when he says that his stance on gay marriage is evolving, is that just a way of saying i'm going to say i'm okay with it but after i get re-elected? >> you know, i don't want to pin him down to that. i think this is a complex issue and i'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. he said something in 2008. he is seeing the winds of change come across america. as a liberal he may be evolve ing point of view on this. i'm not willing to say he's flip-flopping so much on this i think he's trying to find the sweet spot politically to save votes, but i think he is trying to find an evolving position. with that said, for him to come out in 2008 and say marriage is between a man and a woman and be caught in this crux, if you will, in such a violent state as new york state, he has a political hard spot he is in now. >> heathe

heather and ken, do you want me to talk about more rain for the second weekend of june?y. [ laughter ] >> we're done. i think everybody is done. >> the storm door is just about shut. >> good. thank you. >>> animal shelters in the east bay took part in a pet adoptathon at the oakland animal shelter. folks showed up for a chance too adopt dogs, cats and even bunny rabbits the event is sponsored by maddie's fund, which gives each shelter between $500 and $1500 for each adopted pet. shelter officials say money raised during last year's adoptathon was critical because of budget cuts. >>> well, coming up, the oakland a's try to avoid a weekend sweep in boston. >>> and the giants play another close game against the rockies in their attempt to get back into first place. john foesi and sportswrap is up fonzi and sports is up next. >>> good evening everyone and welcome to this early sunday night edition of sportswrap. players continue to land on the dl, runs come at a minimum, but the begins at continue to get incredible pitching, which translated into i atight win at at&t park. r

heather? >> in the equality verses corruption debate, i credit -- david strauss argues that the corruption concern has to be about equality for the following reason. as long as we assume that you give the money to the candidate of properly, not jim? full of cash, what you do in a campaign science cases that they can only give a certain amount of money to help the candidate win. it is not lining his pockets. it would be appropriate if you could calibrate and find it a good thing to contribute. if that is the case, why would we possibly worry about giving money to help the candidate win? we have to say that if everyone has one vote, the do not all have the same amount of money. i think the quality rational does animate current even now, when legislators tried to pass campaign laws and they know that the quality rational is not allowed, they really fall into the trap of talking about leveling the playing field. those are the terms of signal the real motivation behind this. all of the election is

i'm heather delisle. more protests and more deaths in syria, as security forces again opened fire on demonstrators. can this man prevent disaster in greece? a last-gasp grasp. and saudi women get behind the wheel in a bid for the right to drive. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> human rights activists say at least 12 people are dead ar syrian security forces opened fire on protesters. this as several governments around the world try to figure out how to up the diplomatic pressure. france wants suffer sanctions against the regime, and the u.s. has been trying to persuade russia to back a u.n. security council rest luge on the issue. the eants government demonstrations continue -- anti-government demonstrations continue. >> they have defied the government crackdown and rallied around cities in syria. reports posted online by members of the opposition say soldiers in tanks and helicopters opened fire on civilians, leaving at least 16 people dead. those reports could not be

in oakland, heather ishimaru, abc7 news. >> okay. >>> 4:45.oming up, a new stur vay reveals about the changing face of families in california. >>> the f.b.i. crosses a man off their most wanted list. james whitey bulger is captured. i'm john hendren. i'll have more on that coming up. >> plus, the first thing you need to ditch from your diet if you want to lose weight. >> the waiting is over this morning. harry potter awe for j.k. rowling believes -- reveals her next big thing. >>> welcome back. temperatures trending cooler across the country, low to mid-60s in seattle, and portland. minneapolis to boston. 82 in atlanta today. hot in dallas. phoenix 110. we have flight departure and arrival delays in new york. we have a chance of severe weather from kansas city, memphis, to new york today. there will be delays. the flight tracker will have them. you can, too. eric? >> thank you very much. >>> 4:48 is our time. members of the san jose city council are donating funds from their office budget to help keep domestic violence prevention program opera

heather and mike respectively will take up some of the major cases. i have asked heather to think about the public finance case out of arizona. and also, heather will have something to say about snyder vs phelps, which was one of the headline grabbers of the term. once we have talked about those cases a bit, we will move on to mike and talk about some of the other important first amendment cases on the docket. heather, may i ask you to drop in and start that out? >> sure. i want to thank you for inviting me. if you were thrilled with adrian's then minister of law decisions, fasten your seat belt current the first amendment decisions are the blockbusters this term. macomish is one of those that we are waiting for. this is a case involving the challenge to arizonas public finance system. if this challenge succeeds, a number of state financing systems may fall with it. if the court writes broadly, finance systems across the country are in jeopardy. a publicly financed candidate is eligible to receive additional funds in arizona if his opposition outspend

ktvu's heather holmes is live in berkeley and learned that a third fire may be connected. heather?d fire also happened about the same time just at the hill here on euclet avenue. it was small and the homeowner was able to put it out. the homeowner here also tried to fight the flames but with no success as they had already engulfed this station wagon. a charred frame is all that's left of the 1994 mercedes that investigators suspect was intentionally set ablaze early this morning. >> and it was just fire all over here. >> reporter: she and her husband were sleeping when they heard a loud pop. both came 0 outside to friend their car and garage door on fire. they grabbed this garden hose to try to quench the flames before they spread. >> well, it is scary for not only me but everybody else around. >> reporter: as firefighters were on their way flames 12 feet high were jumping up the stucco wall of another house on craigmont avenue. >> if it would have been on this side of the house which is wood the house would have gone up in flames. >> very difficult to have two fires in close proxi

. >> and hello again, everyone, i'm heather holmes. it has been decades since the san francisco fire department has endured this kind of one firefighter. tonight the department is dealt another heartbreaking loss. after a 40-hour struggle to save his life, firefighter anthony valerio died today from injuries sustained battling thursday's blaze. vincent perez, fellow firefighter was also killed. john sasaki was at san francisco general as the city's firefighting community was once again plunged into sadness. >> on a cold and dreary day the body of tony valerio was escorted out of san francisco general hospital. >> today we grieve the loss of another firefighter. >> reporter: news of his death two days after the fire that also killed his colleague vince perez has devastated the department all over again. >> it is likely difficult. you are mourning the loss of one and then to have another one very close from the same fire is challenging for us, painful for us. but we will be strong. >> reporter: the chief said in her 21 year career no oth

in oakland, heather ishimaru, abc 7 news. >>> as you can see from the picture where heather was todaynice day around the bay area. warm but not hot and spencer christian is here. really is cooling off. >> significantly. looks like the days of excessive heat are behind us for awhile. >> they'll be back. >> they will be back. lot of summer to go. a l the roof top camera here at abc 7 there is fog in the air and today there was fog up against the coastline. low clouds and fog bringing us the cooling effect. high temperatures today way low are than yesterday. high of only 54 pacifica. 98 antioch. quite a difference there. antioch was down 4 degrees from yesterday's high. pacifica down 20 degrees from yesterday's high. around the bay area significant drops in high temperatures today as we predicted, of course. right now look at 55 degrees in san francisco. 58 across the bay in oakland. the warm spot right now is antioch at 78. these are the highlights. increasing coastal clouds tonight. cooling continues tomorrow and this pattern of cooling holds through the weekend so we won't see any mor

i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken prithett in for ken wayne. it may be the beginning of the end for that congressman weaner. pressure is mounting for him to resign. he will seek help for admitting to sending k rated pictures for women on line. nancy pal and -- nancy pilosi is asking for him to step down. >> i made some pretty mysterious mistaking and i am trying to redeem myself and get back to normal and serve the people of michael congress. >> he made contact with a minor, a 17-year-old girl through twitter. but wiener and the police say the twits were in no way inappropriate. >>> the police are investigating yet another homicide. we have learned the identity. hector garcia was a san jose resident. as ktvu's all was -- alli rasmussen tells us. >> reporter: police woke up to find police tape along the street. >> we went for a walk and saw a lot of police officers. what's going on. are. >> reporter: investigators searched for clues to find out why a man in his 20s was found dead. it was a disturbing scene for this woman who has lived here for m

so i felt like, a light, red light, something. >> heather ishimaru, abc7 news. >>> 4:47 now. coming up, a virus hits a computer at san francisco city hall. and because of it, the warning now going out to thousands of water users. >> plus, getting the low-down on crime in your neighborhood. the new tool to help you find out how safe your neighborhood really is. >> and spelling showdown near washington. hear the word that determined the winner of this year's scripps national spellililililililililililililili >>> welcome back. a look at the high temperatures across the country. still steaming in the midwest. 96 in st. louis. near 90 in chicago. minneapolis. comfortable around boston and new york. low to mid-70s with light humidity there. we have mid-60s around seattle, portland is 74 degrees. no airports right now are experiences any delays but we have severe weather around the great lakes. delays may develop there. anytime you travel, whether it's thousand or over the weekend. abc7news.com. check out our flight tracker. here is eric. >> all right, thank you very much. >>> in the

web life editor heather cabot has the details. good morning, heather. >> happy friday, guys.ce for the white house made waves on line this week as republicans took part in the first debate of primary season. yahoo! users were multitasking while the candidates took the stage in new hampshire surfing the web while watching it live. a quarter of the lookups for herman cane, former ceo of godfather's pizza, michele bachmann next with 21%. and former massachusetts governor, mitt romney garnered 17% of search queries. while the gop contenders fought for attention, a former democratic white house hopeful made a splash this week when he smiled for his mug shot. yahoo! users wanted to see with their own eyes and scoured the web for john edwards' strange grin in the photo released by the u.s. marshall service. edwards stands accused of using campaign funds to cover up his affair during the 2008 presidential race. to other news moving the yahoo! search engine. casey anthony murder trial. women in particular are following the grim story online of the florida mom accused of killing her 2-

web life, heather cabot joins us with more. good morning, heather. >> happy friday, guys.a week it's been. shocking revelations, tearful departures, and new beginnings. let's start off with the washington sex scandal reminding everyone, not just politicians, that the web can be a transparent place. especially in the age of incessant tweets and status updates. new york congressman anthony weiner found this out the hard way. his admission he lied about tweeting lewd images to random women rippled across yahoo! this week. his mea culpa on monday fueled searches. for all the players and sordid details of the scandal. the term "weiner-gate" jumped 600%, as people tracked weiner's photos information about his wife and conservative blogger who broke the story. even a tawdry sex scandal couldn't overshadow the emotional farewell to the "today" show's meredith viera. look ups for the endearing tv veteran, surged more than 32,000% this week, as she said good-bye to her co-hosts, five years after taking over for katie couric. couric shared news of her own. word of her syndicated talk

after the break my conservative guest analyst daniel helper and heather servo will take me out. in our little over a liberal weekly debate. let's not forget that we had an apartheid regime. i think. even one well. we haven't got that says to feel safe get ready because of their freedom. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so bleak you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you saw you don't i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. for. fun. but about the big picture i'm tom hartman coming up in this half hour a man desperate to receive medical treatment robs a bank for just a measly buck so you can see a doctor in jail so we finally discover the republican health care plan and the nation's corporations are taking out a new form they're actually merging into a legion of decepticons aimed at destroying the reforms. it's was this time for the lone liberal when i debate to exploit conservative commentators on some of the big issues of the week on our panel tonight daniel helper on line editor

heather? >> well, julie, they are getting nowhere with the police.hua kaufman got an application on his computer that not only allowed him to locate his stolen laptop but also allowed him to receive pictures of the person using it. here are a few of them. a man seen in these incriminating photos last night he was arrested right here in jack listen done square. here he is curled up on a couch asleep propped up against pillows on a bed shirtless. buckled up in the deliver's seat of a car. and here he is standing in front of the camera at north county jail, arrested for possession of stolen property. >> however this technology definitely helped us solve this case. >> reporter: the technology is a theft tracking software called hidden. it costs $15 a year. it tracks the computer's location to within a quarter mile, snaps photos with the bolt-in web calm and monday stores online activity. joshua kaufman had installed it on his mac book before someone broke into his apartment two months ago and stoled it. he reported the theft to police but wrote on his bl

heather? >> reporter: that's right, julie. one of the biggest offenders was a window blind company located here. it's tax bill was $2.4 million. on its own it might not make a debt in the deficit. but consider this here are nine $1 bills representing the roughly $9 billion budget gap. if this company and all of the others paid the backtaxes owed the budget deficit would instantly shrink to $2 billion. >>> i think it's just disgraceful. are. >> reporter: little sympathy for those who fail to pay their taxes. silicone valley entrepreneur scott wellcheck is the bay area resident who owes the most, $2.9 million. >> i think the government should do everything that they can to pursue those people. >> reporter: the state is trying to get its share. publicly shaming tax scofflaws by publishing their top offenders as required by law. but naming names and getting paid are two different things. >> hey, i am looking for many akmanpour. >> reporter: another offender on the hook for $5 million. new owners had moved into his home in san ramo

heather? >> reporter: that's right, julie. of the biggest offenders was a window blind company located here. it's tax bill was $2.4 million. on its own it might not make a debt in the deficit. but consider this here are nine $1 bills representing the roughly $9 billion budget gap. if this company and all of the others paid the backtaxes owed the budget deficit would instantly shrink to $2 billion. >>> i think it's just disgraceful. are. >> reporter: little sympathy for those who fail to pay their taxes. silicone valley entrepreneur scott wellcheck is the bay area resident who owes the most, $2.9 million. >> i think the government should do everything that they can to pursue those people. >> reporter: the state is trying to get its share. publicly shaming tax scofflaws by publishing their top offenders as required by law. but naming names and getting paid are two different things. >> hey, i am looking for many akmanpour. >> reporter: another offender on the hook for $5 million. new owners had moved into his home in san ramone.

>> heather, we spoke with a doctor who wrote this article the weight that matters. he said hospitals need to improve their emergency care. here at sf general, doctors tell us changes are already underway. every day san francisco general takes in up to 200 patients in the emergency room. how long someone waits depends on the person's condition. >> it can range anywhere from as low as less than an hour to as great as 10-12 hours. >> reporter: to reduce wait times the hospital is building a new facility which will create an emergency department three times larger than the current one. >> the new er will actually be over there in the right to far right corner. >> reporter: doctors say er closures are increasing the burden on hospitals such as sf general which has seen 30% more er patients in the passed ten years. >> every moment we have is a moment that we can save somebody's life. >> reporter: ucsf surgeon john moss says his mother died after her treatment was delayed at a highly regarded bay area hospital not sf general. >> it was initially devastating. it was such a

heather? >> well, julie, they are getting nowhere with the police. joshua kaufman got an application on his computer that not only allowed him to locate his stolen laptop but also allowed him to receive pictures of the person using it. here are a few of them. a man seen in these incriminating photos last night he was arrested right here in jack listen done square. here he is curled up on a couch asleep propped up against pillows on a bed shirtless. buckled up in the deliver's seat of a car. and here he is standing in front of the camera at north county jail, arrested for possession of stolen property. >> however this technology definitely helped us solve this case. >> reporter: the technology is a theft tracking software called hidden. it costs $15 a year. it tracks the computer's location to within a quarter mile, snaps photos with the bolt-in web calm and monday stores online activity. joshua kaufman had installed it on his mac book before someone broke into his apartment two months ago and stoled it. he reported the theft to police but wrote on hi

>> heather, we spoke with a doctor who wrote this article the weight that matters. he said hospitals need to improve their emergency care. here at sf general, doctors tell us changes are already underway. every day san francisco general takes in up to 200 patients in the emergency room. how long someone waits depends on the person's condition. >> it can range anywhere from as low as less than an hour to as great as 10-12 hours. >> reporter: to reduce wait times the hospital is building a new facility which will create an emergency department three times larger than the current one. >> the new er will actually be over there in the right to far right corner. >> reporter: doctors say er closures are increasing the burden on hospitals such as sf general which has seen 30% more er patients in the passed ten years. >> every moment we have is a moment that we can save somebody's life. >> reporter: ucsf surgeon john moss says his mother died after her treatment was delayed at a highly regarded bay area hospital not sf general. >> it was initially devastating. it was such a

thank you, heather. >> and technical difficulties there with heather. other news coming up out of san francisco, democratic leaders at the state capitol announced just moments ago they'd reached a deal with the governor to erase the state's deficit this, plan relies on 4s -- $4 billion of unexpected revenue this, plan can be passed on a simple majority vote so it does not need republican support dexes say they'll vote on the deal tomorrow. >> and los angeles police detectives are examining video of giants fan brian stow night he was attacked. this video is posted of stow in a confrontation in the stands. the brief, low resolution clip shows a dodger fan pointed at a seated stow whose hands are raised. tmz says it's not the lapd's prime suspect in this case. and late today, abc 7's vic lee watched that video with stow's cousin, we'll hear from him at 5:00. stow remains unconscious tonight at san francisco general hospital. >> the dodgers owners filed for bankruptcy protection today. the owner faces a litany of financial problems including a civil suit fr

heather? >> in the equality verses corruption debate, i credit -- david strauss argues that the corruption concern has to be about equality for the following reason. as long as we assume that you give the money to the candidate of properly, not jim? full of cash, what you do in a campaign science cases that they can only give a certain amot of money to help the candidate win. it is not lining his pockets. it would be appropriate if you could calibrate and find it a good thing to contribute. if that is the case, why would we possibly worry about giving money to help the candidate win? we have to say that if everyone has one vote, the do not all have the same amount of money. i think the quality rational does animate current even now, when legislators tried to pass campaign laws and they know that the quality rational is not allowed, they really fall into the trapf talking about leveling the playing field. those are the terms of signal the real motivation behind this. all of the election is ridd

one of heather's good friends. a messy situation.ther rocker, michael jackson, may he rest in piece. we are talking about his incredible "thriller" jacket. could be the most famous jacket worn in a video. >> a lot of folks copied it in the 80s. a fashion statement. >> you have one. >> i will not deny or confirm it. it is going up for sale. it could get hundreds of thousands of dollars. maybe $400,000. worn during the epic "thriller video" and many people will be bidding on this. going up for auction on june 25th, by julian's auctions which sells all the good stuff. a lot of people will be watching the sale of the coat. you should put in a bid. >> really? but i have one. i don't need to put in a bid. >> that's all. >> good point. finally, do we have time for the paris hilton story? her parents evidently took out a credit line of $10 million on their home. rick and kathy hilton. if you think that means they're out of cash, evidently this happens all the time. it doesn't mean they're broke. but they did file for this $10 million credit

. >> i'm heather holmes. a second family tonight is mourning the loss of a loved one after a car crashed through a nursing home in san jose yesterday. we are live at that nursing home with more about the elderly woman who passed away today. >> reporter: we have learned that woman consider you can see the giant hole that been repaired. the 100-year-old woman was in this room and was hurt when the 90-year-old driver lost control of her car. you can stillest skid marks inside the room. the reports were that the injuries were relatively minor but the director said by phone today that there were complications. >> the fact she was 100, she was 100 she -- her injury was according to the paramedics and everything i heard the injury was slight. >> reporter: today family members of the other victim who died after the crash visited the nursing home to look at the damage for themselves. we spoke to the son and daughter of the 88-year-old who died yesterday following the accident. her family members said they are frustrat

live with deborah villalon. >> reporter: her on broadway, heather. on youth radio here oscar grant is remembered. but notice his image is plastered on plywood, put up for protection. when officer grant was shot and mehserle was charged protests erupted. >> what do we want? justice. when do we want it? >> now. are. >> reporter: later when mehserle got a ten month sentence protests again. >> we are not sure how this will play out. >> reporter: these merchants say they will be here whatever happens and that oscar grant's uncle said he will help watch their stores if needed. >> they never anticipated this and they never wanted this. we all want justice. but it is what it is. >> past protests have led to vandalism and burglary, cars set on fire and mounting damage. the city has sent out a notice warning the neighborhood. >> we will be okay. >> reporter: do you plan to do anything differently? no. >> reporter: but some businesses are boarding up. at this t mobile store it was a precaution by the owners. perhaps by posters advertising the march. >> i am ver

heather holmes shows us why people think that. >> reporter: these windows aren't the only ones that werebusted. >> it's actually very, it's very hard to hear that kind of news and see this kind of news. >> reporter: we were with dave christianson as he got his first up close look at the damage. he has seen pictures of the shattered windows and caution tape locking the entrance but seeing it for himself made him angry. >> it was a very deliberate destructive act. and it's hurting the community. >> reporter: the photo center on if bottom floor bore the brunt of the vandals. they struck sometime late friday or early saturday morning. >> this was hit here. >> reporter: in additional to the damage hoar, two more windows were shattered at the rec center theater. no word yet on the cost of repairs, but in these days of shrinking budgets it is an unwelcome expense. >> this strips away the center for people who really need the center. >> reporter: this is one of the last remaining black and white centers in the city. christianson says he hopes the incident was a random attack by someone who had t

heather holmes shows us why people think that. >> reporter: these windows aren't the only ones that werested. >> it's actually very, it's very hard to hear that kind of news and see this kind of news. >> reporter: we were with dave christianson as he got his first up close look at the damage. he has seen pictures of the shattered windows and caution tape locking the entrance but seeing it for himself made him angry. >> it was a very deliberate destructive act. and it's hurting the community. >> reporter: the photo center on if bottom floor bore the brunt of the vandals. they struck sometime late friday or early saturday morning. >> this was hit here. >> reporter: in additional to the damage hoar, two more windows were shattered at the rec center theater. no word yet on the cost of repairs, but in these days of shrinking budgets it is an unwelcome expense. >> this strips away the center for people who really need the center. >> reporter: this is one of the last remaining black and white centers in the city. christianson says he hopes the incident was a random attack by someone who had too

>> reporter: heather, heavy construction equipment sits here at the santa cruz harbor. it is the most visibly damaged area here. you can see the piers are still damaged. for the many hundred boats here recovery is still happening. >> this is what the harbor looks like. >> it hit a lot of new boats. >> this is what the wooden fishing boat made it through. >> the dock is starting to be ripped away. >> the tsunami demolished this dock and pushed the vessel into the rocks. now sitting high and dry it took weeks to get into the harbor's only repair shop. >> there was such a backup for it, you know, we kind of just kept nagging until we got in. >> we have over 60 people on the list that are damaged vessels. >> reporter: those vessels fill up this yard. in fact, a year's worth of work awaits. >> we are doing more of a triage, really, fixing the absolute necessities and trying to get people to be understanding and possibly come back later for the things that aren't so necessary. >> reporter: a necessity for the shop was also ruined in the tsunami. >> normally if these were in s