heather?o another high profile murder case, the appeals trial of american student amanda knox in italy. prosecutors are now asking the court to uphold her murder conviction and increase her sentence to life in prison. currently she's serving 26 years for the murder of her roommate that happened back in 2007. knox's lawyers are trying to debunk dna evidence and get her conviction overturned. next week, a lawyer for the victim's family and the defense team will deliver their closing arguments. a verdict is expected early next month. >> gregg: heavy rain has been pounding the northeast, causing new flooding in areas still recovering from tropical storm lee just about two weeks ago, not to mention hurricane irene. is better weather on the way? meteorologist maria molina knows. she's live in the fox weather center. hey, maria. >> unfortunately, no. we're still looking at a chance for showers and thunderstorms across parts of the northeast. the west, the entire eastern half of the western half of th

heather: okay.nk you so much, we appreciate you joining us, walid phares, thanks for the in sight. >> thank you. gregg: earlier we showed you mitt romney stumping for votes in new hampshire and not to be out done, rick perry the governor of texas is at a town hall meeting, in myrtle beach, south carolina. he's joined there by congressman tim scott. we're going to follow his remarks, let you know what he has to say, in just a few minutes. >>> a softball game with a different kind of a mission from the war zone to the field. a story sure to touch your heart. >> you have to do what you gotta do to get up and get moving again and, sports was actually one of my... the reason why i found the motivation to get back up and get back to my normal life. heather: a stunning twist in the story of the lockerbie bomber. a stash of secret documents now suggests that mabdelbaset al-megrahi was freed after a threat by muammar qaddafi, and he vowed to wage a holy war in he died in the scottish jail cell and top scotti

'' >> thank you. >> heather: fox news alert.han 300 homes outside of austin, texas. fires say it is completely uncontained. it is one of dozens of wildfires burning across texas right now in one case the flames turned deadly, killing a 20-year-old mother and her young baby. fires battling the flames through bone dry conditions caused by the state's worst drought in 50 years. now winds from tropical storm lee or former tropical storm lee, making firefighters' jobs more difficult. justice jones the lead information officer for the texas forest services joins us live on the phone right now. mr. jones, thanks for joining us. justice jones, are you there, can you hear me? >> yes, ma'am, i'm here. >> heather: thank you for taking time on a busy weekend for you. bring us up to speed. how many fires are you dealing with now and have things gotten better? >> we are dealing with 63 new fires across the state as of last night. that's just the fires in the texas forest service alone has responded doesn't count for the volunteers responded a

>> heather: she does.she wearing. >> reporter: my dress is by sherry hill. thank you. i have a feeling i will have to dry clean it before i give it book. >> heather: you look fantastic. >> reporter: flip-flops, can you see 'em? >> gregg: honest. >> reporter: that's how we roll out here. good to see you guys. >> gregg: new health report, every senior in america needs to hear and how it affects every american taxpayer. medical segment coming up. ♪ [ male announcer ] unlike some car companies, nissan is running at 100%, which means the most innovative cars are also the most available cars. nissan. innovation for today. innovation for all. ♪ innovation for all. motorcycles, boats, even rv's. nobody knows where he got his love for racing. all we know is, it started early. casey mears, driver of the number thirteen geico toyota camry. geico, saving people money on more than just car insurance. a living, breathing intelligence that is helping business rethink how to do business. in here, inventory can be taught t

you >> heather: congressman frost, i begin with you first.ic cantor? just a signal this is more political gamesmanship, one upmanship? what is this really? >> not at all. people have criticized president for being timid and not enough enough for the past couple of years. expression that fred knows. politics is not bean bag. this is a contact sport. nothing wrong going after and the home of an opponent. he will go other places, this is not the only place he will go. take the message to republicans and the public and hope congress does something. let the issues be joined. >> heather: but fred, isn't this really a message to eric cantor specifically? >> it's really disappointing to me after two-and-a-half years waiting for a jobs plan he comes out with a marketing campaign and goes in can't can'on apolitical vendetta agaie congressman. disappointing. he picked the wrong state. he picked a state bob mcdonald was elected governor by 18 points 12 mont months after obama carried the state by six. how did he do that? focusing like a laser on job crea

. >> heather: i'm heather childers. nice to have you with us. now a live look at the new york city hotel where these two fellows, josh fattal and shane bauer who were held for two years on accusations of spying in iran. we'll have the latest straight ahead. >> gregg: in the meantime, a stunning upset in the state of florida now raising the stakes on the campaign trail. last night republican presidential candidate herman cain beating out rick perry to take first place in the florida straw poll. cain scoring 37% of the vote and raising questions about perry's future. >> reporter: the race for the gop nomination just took on a different dimension with herman cain now winning that straw poll in florida, but the question for cain now a tea party favorite and former executive is whether he can capitalize on the win and build momentum. he doesn't appear worried about that offering this assessment why he won the straw poll. >> the message is more important than money. because i don't have billions of dollars, they keep under playing the fact that my mes

heather?eporting for us. we do want to clarify at the beginning we were talking about the $25 billion in government loan guarantees that went to energy companies along with companies like solyndra that was in 2008. >> greg: two american hikers jailed in iran for more than two years could be a step closer to freedom. the country's foreign minister said the countries are willing, quote, unquote, in the near future to commute the prison sentences for shane bower and josh fattal did not give any clear indication on when the two men could be released. the latest word out of iran comes just as international efforts intensify to see a 1 million bail for freedom deal for the americans. >> new reports from the front lines in libya. rebel fighters are plotting their next move after suffering a major setback in the qaddafi strong hold of walid. after being driven back after fierce resistance. david piper joins us from tripoli with the very latest. hi, david. >> hi, heather, yes, there is street-to-street

heather? >> heather: peter doocy reporting for us in washington.he state department issue ago world wide travel alert for all americans. it's in advance of the ten-year mark of the 9-11 attacks. the alert does not mention any specific threats. but says u.s. citizens should be aware that al-qaeda affiliates have demonstrated the intent to carry out attacks against the u.s. it also urges americans at home and abroad to be extra vigilant. >> heather: coming up, clashes breaking out as a group of neonazi protesters take to the streets. we'll have the details on what's happening here. and washington goes back to work next week with a long list of issues to tackle. go figure. but considering the high tension when is they left town, are they going to actually be able to make a fresh start? >> this is a bad piece of legislation. >> dealing with the white house is like dealing with a bowl of jello. ional needs can go up when you're on the road to recovery. proper nutrition can help you get back on your feet. three out of four doctors recommend the ensure br

hi, steve. >> hi, heather. you are right. republicans are criticizing the president even before they heard his speech. the speeches don't necessarily guarantee action, while some are suggesting the president raised expectations too high. here is michele bachmann, the congresswoman from minnesota. >> when the president made this extraordinary move to call 535 members of congress together in a joint session, he must have something pretty spectacular to tell the american people. he must be planning something on the order of i heard one commentator say he will have to turn water into wine for members of congress this coming week. it will really have to be something extraordinary to call that many members together. >> other gop candidates also speaking out on jobs and the economy. the front-runner, texas governor rick perry, said the president has spread what he calls economic misery uh across the country. mitt romney plans to unveil his own jobs package on tuesday, two days before the president speaks. and john huntsman of utah s

>> all right, thank you, mark. >>> this is a -- challenges, heather?>> all right, thank you, mark. >>> this is a remember them sculpture in oakland another piece of work was unveiled. a bronze sculpture of ruby bridges, the woman for whom the school was named. she was six years old and she was the first african-american student to attend an all white elementary school. bridges was on hand for the unavailing and told the students there she felt honored and grateful for the monument. that is the report for tonight. bay area news returns on monday. the coverage continues on-line at ktvu.com. have a great weekend. tmz is next ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] unlike some car companies, nissan is running at 100%, which means the most innovative cars are also the most available cars. nissan. innovation for today.

i'm heather holmes. >> i'm ken wayne. investigators have recovered critical clues inside a menlo park. the membrane technology building is red-tagged after yesterday's blast of the investigators say 56-year-old adrian martin was transferring a mixture of gases including methane from one canister to another when the gases explode. martin was killed. within the hour, the company identified the second employee injured as jenny he. cal osha investigators are looking at the possibility that the canisters were overpressurized. in the statement the company president expressed simpthink for martin's family and says, "mtr is cooperating fully with authorities and cannot comment further until reliable information is available." new at 6:00 tonight santa clara county officials released the 9- 11 call reporting a natural gas explosion at a customerino condo cupertino complex. >> do you see the flames? it's out of control. >> the owner of the condominium said she smelled natural gas before wednesday's blasted, but did not report it. n

i can't bring heather back.ther people. >> reporter: the florida legislature recently passed tougher laws on who can dispense oxy. still the d.e.a. says applications to open up new pharmacies in the state have skyrocketed, accounting for all half of all new applications, scott, nationwide. >> pelley: armen, thank you very much. we're pretty sure that george washington never slept there, but a man who would be president did, and we'll take you to plain creek, texas, next. you to plain creek, texas, next. and fruit & veggie has antioxidant properties. wi arthritis pain.e that's a coffee and two pills. the afternoon tour begins with more pain and more pills. the evening guests arrive. back to sore knees. back to more pills. the day is done but hang on... her doctor recommended aleve. just 2 pills can keep arthritis pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is lara who chose 2 aleve and fewer pills for a day free of pain. and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. with over 30 years of medi

heather has since died.heroic battle and became friends with the texas governor in the course of it. craig, how did that happen? >> after he signed the executive order and the news media picked up on the hpv, at the time it was simply just they tea ashed it to cervical cancer with women and we all heard the story, and heather was living proof of what he was trying to do. had she had this shot when she was young, and the proceeding shots she would have never caught cervical cancer and she would not have died of such a horrific cancer. we approached the governor's office, she wanted to do it. just to let them know that if he ever thought that she could be helpful about getting the word out on hpv, she would be more willing to do it. this was at the end of her life. she was weak. but she had great day dozen and bad days. -- she had great days and bad days. he called her up, and we went to austin and she testified in front of the committee that was deciding whether this should be one of the many required shots i

i'm ken wayne. >> i'm heather holmes.you'll join us again tonight at 10:00. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com (whirring) and now the kung pao chicken. ah, yeah. wow.

good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm frank somerville. it all started when a home under construction went up in flames. ken wayne is at the scene and tells us the homeowner might still not know tonight that his home is a total loss. >> reporter: firefighters dodged a bullet here tonight. all the conditions were here that firefighters thread. heat, wind, dry grass, hilly conditions. even though the fire did destroy this property it was stopped before it destroyed an entire neighborhood. it started at 4:40 this afternoon and quickly turned into several fires. >> we had a grass fire on the easement from the embers as well. we had our hands full. >> reporter: quinonez called 911 as the fire reached her neighbor's home and the embers reached her. >> it was burning my hair and burning through my father's shirt and mother's shirt. >> reporter: the father tried to keep the flames in check with a garden hose. >> the grass was catching fire. if i wouldn't have stopped it then, it would have burned. >> reporter: neighbors say the homeowner is out of

heather preparations are under way for tomorrow's hearings. there are these no stopping signs posted in front of the courthouse. same-sex couples tell us they plan to hold a protest on these steps. >> we were one of the lucky ones to be married with pride. >> reporter: they plan to hold these signs and join a dozen other same-sex couple. >> it's not fair in california to have marriage haves and marriage have notes. >> reporter: tomorrow opponents will be arguing before the california supreme court. the issue is whether the sponsors of the ban can appeal the federal court ruling that found prop eight unconstitutional. law professor roroy little said it's pred your already has a draft. >> i think they have a draft opinion that the proponents have the interest. >> it's about the initial process as a whole. and to make sure that somebody will be permitted to defend the vote of the people. >> reporter: the lengthy legal process is a deliberate reason by the court. >> it's important that you do it slowly. and let people get used to it. that's what t

heather. >> julie, if you take a look behind me.ou can see there's disappointment against the parents that are gathered here. they were looking for out right approval. instead the board agreed to approve the charter petition but with provisions. as the clayton valley high eagles prepare to face off against their next opponent supporters of converting the 53- year-old school into a charter high school prepare to face off against the school district. >> this is the way for us to take control and our teachers to take control. >> reporter: mom allyson says budget cuts have led to a decline at the quality of education at the school and fewer opportunities for students. she believes taking clayton valley out of the district will allow teachers to try innovative programs to restore academic rigor. >> one of the things for charter schools is you're released from the bureaucracy but you're also accountable. >> we were concerned about that. >> reporter: the school board president wants more details. >> how that educational program is going to

heather. >> julie, if you take a look behind me.'s disappointment against the parents that are gathered here. they were looking for out right approval. instead the board agreed to approve the charter petition but with provisions. as the clayton valley high eagles prepare to face off against their next opponent supporters of converting the 53- year-old school into a charter high school prepare to face off against the school district. >> this is the way for us to take control and our teachers to take control. >> reporter: mom allyson says budget cuts have led to a decline at the quality of education at the school and fewer opportunities for students. she believes taking clayton valley out of the district will allow teachers to try innovative programs to restore academic rigor. >> one of the things for charter schools is you're released from the bureaucracy but you're also accountable. >> we were concerned about that. >> reporter: the school board president wants more details. >> how that educational program is going to differentiate i

i'm heather holmes. >> fast moving thunderstorms brought lightning, rain, even reports of hail to parts of the east bay. our cameras took these pictures in dublin. you can see several flashes lit up the scheme most of the thunderstorm activity was in the past two hours and right now it's starting to taper off. here if dublin it was followed by a downpour. it came down very hard but didn't last long. the fire marshall said it sparked at least four fires, the largest near castle rock road. it's 75% contained. two other fires are burning on the east side and another near san ramone. we have a crew getting video now. >>> at least two high school football games were disrupted by the thunderstorm. in lafayette, the folks got a good look at lightning. everybody had to leave the field. some took cover in the gym. it's resumed. >>> and in mountain view our sports crew was at game between saint francis and palmo when the lightning started. we took these pictures has the fans left the stands. it happened at half time. mark was covering the game and said so far its only been delayed but they may st

i'm heather holmes. >> fast moving thunderstorms brought lightning, rain, even reports of hail to parts of the east bay. our cameras took these pictures in dublin. you can see several flashes lit up the scheme most of the thunderstorm activity was in the past two hours and right now it's starting to taper off. here if dublin it was followed by a downpour. it came down very hard but didn't last long. the fire marshall said it sparked at least four fires, the largest near castle rock road. it's 75% contained. two other fires are burning on the east side and another near san ramone. we have a crew getting video now. >>> at least two high school football games were disrupted by the thunderstorm. in lafayette, the folks got a good look at lightning. everybody had to leave the field. some took cover in the gym. it's resumed. >>> and in mountain view our sports crew was at game between saint francis and palmo when the lightning started. we took these pictures has the fans left the stands. it happened at half time. mark was covering the game and said so far its only been delayed but they may st

. >> it is monday september 5th hello, i am heather holmes welcome to bay area news at 7. another shooting in san francisco's mission district has left one man dead. it happened close to a commercial area full of restaurants and bars. and that's our top story tonight at 7. janet has been speaking with police and neighbors and joins us with information on the victims. jana. >> reporter: well, we are at 16th street and ga rareo and there are a lot of restaurants and bars along here. it's popular spot in the mission. and the shooting happened earlier this morning just a half block away. it was quiet this afternoon along camp street a residential area where police found a man shot to death by a tree. police got the call at 219 this -- 2:19 and a neighbor took a photo of the scene. >> there were five cop cars and ambulances, fire trucks and treat blocked off for like four hours. >> reporter: police say the victim was an african american man about 45 years old. officers say the man had been shot twice once in the chest and once in the head. some neighbors say they heard arguing

thank you. >> thank you. >> woodruff: heather boucher, i'm going the start with you, first.think can be effectiveç jobs, which is all the president was focused on tonight? >> so setting aside politics and whether or not he'll be able to get this passed through congress, i think the most effective piece, the pieces that earn the biggest bang for their buck are the investments in infrastructure and the extensions of the unemployment insurance program for the long-term unemployed. we know that over the great recession the extensions that we have done so far for benefits have kept about 1.6 million people in jobs each quarter because when you give money to people out of work, they spend that money in their communities and they keep other peoplejeñç jobs. so it not only helps those families, but it helps their communities and it helps job creation. that's what the president is trying to do. those monies spent on infrastructure and school rebuilding, those also have what economists call big multipliers, a big bang for your buck. you go out and start hiring folks, and they'll s

now i can go home happy. >> heather, that was pretty amusing. mostly just fascinating.u wrote -- >> catch you later. >> you wrote the routine for data, but his reactions are sort of natural. he senses -- and if there were an audience there, he would actually -- the sensors work so he can sense the audience's reaction. explain how that works. >> robots can learn through lots of data. in some of my work i've been using each member of the audience as kind of a data point for machine learning. in the reactions of a large group of people to a robot performer on stage, a robot could hopefully learn to be more charismatic effective communicator and be able to shape a performance for a individual group of people. there can be visual feedback which is kind of conscious or make an iphone app forgiving feedback along the way. i love that joke, you could rate things more like netflix style. >> and the robot, in effect, would incorporate the information and tell more of the jokes that you like and fewer of the ones -- sort of like pandora with the thumbs up or thumbs down. >> absolu

good evening i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. they shined into the sky, two towers of light. as new york and the rest of the america honor the victims of 9/11. tonight the rays of light a illuminate a reflection of home. it's been 10 years since 3,000 people were lost. >> my son, firefighters leon smith jr. who was the sunshine of my life. he gave his life so that others can live. >> reporter: in new york, survivors gathered where the twin towers once stood to read the names of those who died. it took more than four hours for all 2,983 names to be read. survivors spoke of and to those who died. >> my father sebastian gorkey who i never met because i was in my mother belly. i love you father, i love you for loving the idea of having me. you gave me the gift of life and i wish you could be here to enjoy it with me. >> reporter: two giant waterfalls were unveiled. around each waterfall was bronze walled etched with the names of 9/11 victims. >>> and there was a concert today in benefit of victims. denise graves is one of those who s

. >> reporter: perry was talking about heather burchan. he formed a close bond with her. spending time at her bedside in hospice, speaking at her memorial after she died. he did it all quietly, with no fanfare. but according to perry's own spokesman, perry signed the executive order on february 2nd, 2007, and did not even meet heather until more than two weeks later, on february 19th. as the legislature was debating overturning the governor's order. the most jarring moment of the debate came from the audience, scattered boos for a u.s. soldier serving in iraq, who said he is gay. >> do you intend to circumvent the progress that's been make made for gay and lesbian soldiers in the military ] audience boos ] >> reporter: we asked the conditions why none of them on the stage reacted to those boos. some said they didn't hear them, others said the debate was simply moving on too quickly. diane? >> jon karl on the fact check beat tonight. >>> and we want to tell you now about a highly charged moment of history and drama at the united nations today. a move to change the course o

know one of those people in his base we've been we had was and i know this is helpful but that's ok heather rogers thank you both for being with us much appreciate it republicans will likely fight the president's proposal to nail but this time president obama has a familiar ally on his side his base could have been clamoring for the sort of defense of the middle class for three years now there's a new ad from move on or gets up and running right now. i'm warren buffett's secretary and i pay a higher tax rate than my billionaire pots i'm lauren buffett secretary warren buffett's secretary i have three kids make forty thousand dollars a year and i contribute a greater percentage of my income and many billion is a million and most americans want congress to raise taxes on the wealthy but the g.o.p. refuses to do it why call congress and tell them restrictions on millionaires and billionaires so all americans pay their fair share you get the message to call congress. is time for a daily poll your chance to tell us what you think here is that is question will the buffett rule get past your choic

sir mark conservative strategist and associate at blueskin solutions blogger and heather stormont out karl fresh democratic strategist and syndicated columnist a car first dot com and brian darling columnist of human events contributor to red state dot com and big government dot com and director of government studies at the heritage foundation and well. let's get right into it the president gave a speech last night and he kicked it off by saying basically it was about politics his williams. this past week reporters have been asking what will this speech mean for the president will mean for congress how will it affect the polls and the next election. so how will it affect their polls the next election what's at stake here was wasn't it seems to me this was the opening speech of the two thousand and twelve presidential election. i mean president obama is the one who has the very negative crewel rating you know he has a lot to prove a negative approval rating in washington oh yeah but you know he's he's the incumbent he's the incumbent and he's trying to demonstrate to people that they s

heather cabot joins us to explain why on earth why good morning, heather. >> good morning.the first day of fall, and people are turning to the web to stay healthy. top of line for many people, the start of cold and flu season. yahoo! users are looking for home remedies where to get flu shots and the side effects. more than half of the queries are coming from senior citizens. not surprisingly, florida with the high number of retirees, tops the list of looking for flu symptoms. there's also a notable jump this year in searches for natural cold and flu remedies more so than the last two years. herbal, folk cures are on the rise this month. and while people are concerned with warding off sneezes and coughs, they seem to be relishing the cooler air. searches for the first day of fall are up more than 5,000% right now. and we're seeing a jump in lookups for how to roast pumpkin seeds, fall nail polish, apple cider, donut and crock pot recipes. pumpkin searches up 120% at the moment. and of course, with the days getting shorter more people are turning on the tube. the fall tv sche

good morning to you, heather. >> happy friday, guys.ong week, especially for folks in the northeast still recovering from tropical storm irene. the aftermath drove people to the web to look up the flooding in vermont, home generators, sump pumps and cell phone batteries. with the cleanup, back to school, and of course the upcoming anniversary of 9/11 it seems labor day is a mere footnote for a lot of f ternet users. normally the last weekend of the summer spurs tons of searches for holiday getaways and activities. but that's not the case this year. for the first time in several years labor day-related searches have dropped. but even if they aren't taking off for the weekend many people are planning to hunt down some labor day deals. lookups for tax-free weekends are spiking more than 700% this month. we're seeing lots of interest in sales and coupons. the top-searched coupons are for dick's sporting goods, target, grocery coupons, jcpenney and some folks are looking ahead to vacations down the road. cheap, all-inclusive vacation searche

. >> joining us is their web life editor heather cabot. hey, there, heather. >> good morning, guys.iversary of 9/11 looms large on the web this week as americans prepare to remember that horrific day. ten years ago when the news broke, people watched the tragic events unfold on tv. yet they turned to the web to look for ways to help. to donate blood, to send supplies, and to assist the families of first responders. a decade later we're seeing lots of searches for lesson plans by teachers and parents to help explain what happened to a new generation who never knew life before ground zero, the tsa, and the war in iraq. a wave of patriotism continues to grow with searches for american flag screen savers and songs like lee greenwood's "god bless the usa." and interest in conspiracies continues to bubble up especially with the significant anniversary just days away. also top of mind this week unemployment and president obama's latest proposal to put americans back to work. on the heels of the president's speech, we saw a jump in searches for all things obama, including his approval ratin

heather holmes, ktvu news. >>> the district's plan includes closing lazeer, marshall and santa fe. mayra cortez writes on ktvu facebook wall, i went to lazeer. i understand that budgets are bad but the closing option won't be sufficient. >>> tell us what you think on our facebook page at ktvu channel 2. >>> in a unanimous vote tonight the concord city council approve an expanded smoking ban in the downtown area. as we first told you last night the smoking ban includes a 20 block area. tonight's vote is the council's first on the issue. a second and final vote is scheduled for october 18th. if that vote passes, the ban should go into effect 30 days later. anyone smoking in public would be in violation of the ban. the offense would be a misdemeanor. >>> san jose city council finalized new rules and restrictions today for medical marijuana dispensaries. instead of the existing 490 collectives the new limit will be 10. and all have to grow the marijuana on-site. >>> a shush, a slap and now an apology. the dispute between two members of the salsalito council meeting members has been res

heather holmes, ktvu news. >>> the district's plan includes closing lazeer, marshall and santa fe. mayra cortez writes on ktvu facebook wall, i went to lazeer. i understand that budgets are bad but the closing option won't be sufficient. >>> tell us what you think on our facebook page at ktvu channel 2. >>> in a unanimous vote tonight the concord city council approve an expanded smoking ban in the downtown area. as we first told you last night the smoking ban includes a 20 block area. tonight's vote is the council's first on the issue. a second and final vote is scheduled for october 18th. if that vote passes, the ban should go into effect 30 days later. anyone smoking in public would be in violation of the ban. the offense would be a misdemeanor. >>> san jose city council finalized new rules and restrictions today for medical marijuana dispensaries. instead of the existing 490 collectives the new limit will be 10. and all have to grow the marijuana on-site. >>> a shush, a slap and now an apology. the dispute between two members of the salsalito council meeting members has been res

. >> i'm heather holmes. an eight hourlong standoff between a gunman and deputies came to an end this morning when authorities found the man dead. it started with a domestic disturbance at an apartment on the 4300 block of san pablo road around 7:00. deputies say the man barricade himself inside the unit with his wife and three children, a half hour later he let them go. over the next several hours negotiators tried to convince him to give up and at 3:15 this morning they went in and found the 43-year-old suspect dead inside. his name and cause of death have not been released. >> the police are investigating an accident where a driver was struck and killed standing outside a car. it happened just before 3:00 on westbound interstate 80. it's not clear why the victim stepped outside the car. the two right lanes the freeway were blocked for about two hours while officers investigated. >>> we are getting new information on an arrest in a shooting in east oakland yesterday. police now say they have a possible susp

heather it was a day of mixed emotions for the people who live here. the day of the blast they felt so helpless. today an act of picking up a shovel for many went a long way to help change that. the mayor talk -- tossed a first shovelful followed by a long line of neighbors, survivor autos we did survive. and you know, putting the dirt on the hole this, is like we beat the hole and the blast. and this is very important. >> eight people did not survive. 38 homes were destroyed when the 30 inch steel natural gas pipeline exploded from four feet underground and was thrown 100 feet. the giant blow torch roared for an hour and a half. today in a ceremony organize bid the city, residents got a hands on moment to face the place where the fiery monster emerged and tried to bury some of the pain along with it. >> this felt good. because i know the pipe is gone. the hole is going to be filled. i'm happy about that. it's closure. a little bit. >> once filled and the road rebuilt there is unfinished work in sacramento and washington to chaimpkt way pipelines are i

millbrae art and wine festival filling downtown also the weekend for walnut creek's family fest at heather >> blues and jazz with party marin city, music, food, arts and classic car show. >>> too much to do. >> and how is the weather going to be? >> it's going to be great to no matter where you are going. it's september in the bay area, warm weather and especially warm weather will be inland, today, tomorrow and saturday. cooling hits the coast on sunday. works into the bay and inland by monday. looks like we'll stay seasonal if not warmer than average even next week. >> so get lots of sunscreen. >> thanks for joining us today. >> who wants to be a million air is

heather holmes. >> boeing delivered it's newest plane the dream liner to its first customer today three years later than planned. the chief executive presented a key to the 787 to the president of the airlines in everett washington where it was put together. the dream liner is made using carbon fiber a strong light weight plastic that should make it more fuel efficient. >> it's the first new plane of the 21st century. the first significant day in how planes built. >> the airways plans to fly it to japan tomorrow. they have orders four 800 of them. >> the nation is facing one of its worst slumps in new home sales ever. buy the commerce department said that 168,000 new home was sold between march and august. that's the worst 6 month period since it started keeping records. analysts say buyers going toward foreclosures and short sales of preexisting homes. >>> macy's expects a good shopping season. it'll hire 78,000 seasonal workers, a 4% increase from last year. they will be assigned to stores as well as call centers and warehouses. >> california is overwhelmingly p negative about the pro

heather ishimaru explains why. >> reporter: the california nurses association is loading trucks with pickets and other gear getting ready to fan out over northern and central, california. 23,000 nurses from 34 hospitals will be on strike starting at 7 tomorrow morning. the nurses union says suter health is the main target. >> suitosuter all it cares abos profit margin. it made cuts in patient services that it doesn't think are profitable enough regardless of how that affects communities. >> striking for take aways from the communities. services needed like cardiac cath services. psychiatric services. mother ssh baby service. >> suter issued a statement saying we are deeply disappointed in the union decision to call the strike. we remain committed to providing nurses competitive wages and benefits. suter, kaiser and oakland children's hospital hired replacement workers. childrens says it will have to cancel elective surgeries. social woman nancy sabada says the independent hospital is struggling financially. >> double digit losses for a four year period. >> an r.n. h herself, she is c

heather, how did you find yourself in a foreclosure?southern californians, financed our home 100 percent with an interest-only loan, and we were doing great, you know, we had the income to pay it, but problems in our relationship cropped up, as soon as the home closed, and we split up. and so -- >> jenna: and that left you with a mortgage. i read your story. he walked away and he didn't pay the mortgage to prove a point, so here you are left with a house. >> yeah, he set out -- he set to teach me a lesson. i have a career in the financial services industry, so not only is not paying your mortgage unethical, it would also harm my career, and it got kind of nasty. i don't know if you've seen the movie "war of the roses" but it was kind of like that. gen jen i'm sure a lot of us have and that's not necessarily good, but you made it out so i'll get to how you did that in a second. danny, you're a special education teacher and you really taught yourself to be financially savvy on your salary. how do you do it? >> yeah, i think i was just ble

heather holmes. >> boeing delivered it's newest plane the dream liner to its first customer today threeer than planned. the chief executive presented a key to the 787 to the president of the airlines in everett washington where it was put together. the dream liner is made using carbon fiber a strong light weight plastic that should make it more fuel efficient. >> it's the first new plane of the 21st century. the first significant day in how planes built. >> the airways plans to fly it to japan tomorrow. they have orders four 800 of them. >> the nation is facing one of its worst slumps in new home sales ever. buy the commerce department said that 168,000 new home was sold between march and august. that's the worst 6 month period since it started keeping records. analysts say buyers going toward foreclosures and short sales of preexisting homes. >>> macy's expects a good shopping season. it'll hire 78,000 seasonal workers, a 4% increase from last year. they will be assigned to stores as well as call centers and warehouses. >> california is overwhelmingly p negative about the prospect or c

. >> reporter: heather some of the calls are just too graphic to air. the ones you will hear clearly detail the scary scene both inside and outside the restaurant. the time was 8:58. >> shooting where? >> in the i--hop -- >> reporter: carson city, 911 dispatch receives a first call and many more follow. >> i'm just a customer. he came in with an automatic. i'm looking in the window now. oh my god. >> reporter: one witness called to say she and her daughter were locked inside the bathroom. >> the woman talking -- because i am -- >> reporter: another gives details about the number of victims. >> was anybody shot? >> oh yeah. >> who? >> there were five or six people. >> five or six people? are they all inside? >> and one -- >> reporter: a man outside the i-hop was on the phone with 911 when suddenly he sees the gunman exit the restaurant. >> he is coming back out with a gun, hitting people in the parking lot. he has an automatic weapon, get out of there ryan -- [loud noises] >> he is shooting at us now. >> reporter: employees at nearby businesses also call

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life editor, heather cabot. good morning, heather. >> happy friday, guys.ding into a big night in hollywood this weekend the primetime emmy awards. there is lots of buzz on the web right now about which shows will take home the top honors for best drama in comedy. and "mad men" "friday night lights," and "game of thrones," and "boardwalk empire", and "the good wife." and it looks like internet users are rooting for "glee" and "modern family" "the big bang theory." "the office", and "30 rock," are getting a lot of buzz. and when it comes to leading men, hugh laurie of "house" is the hands down favorite. the top searched best actor on yahoo! and has more lookups than all the other contenders combined. all the drama contenders combined. as for ladies, mariska hargitay leads the pack. searches are nine times of julianna margulies. of "the good wife. "in celebrity news, kate plus eight's swan song, renewed interest in the reality star, kids and ex-husband. searches spiked, and more than 2 million people tuned in. afterwards they wanted to find her newly launched

heather holmes ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now from the family statement it went on to say quote we now all want nothing more than to wrap shane and josh in our arms, catch up on two lost years and make a new beginning for them and for all of us. >>> the two men and their families are expected to spend a few days in i am an before deciding their next step the country has ties to iran and the u. s. in a statement they hoped the release would lead to better ties between the u. s. and iran. >> wonderful news. we are thrilled. i could not feel better for their families. it's a wonderful day for them and for us. >> the release came just a few minutes before president obama addressed the united nations general assembly. it's not clear if that was deliberate or coincidental. in his speech president obama warned iran not to build nuclear weapons. shane bauer's co-workers at new american media in san francisco were thrilled today with the release of the two men. one friend told us he is sure they will want to breathe some fresh air and he wants to share that with him. >> after two y

tonight heather reports on other ways the one year anniversary is being honored. is. bishops tack out the white linen for friend friends they met a year ago. that's when todd and his recovery crew came to clean up what was left of the bishop devastated neighborhood. they are the ones who come in right after the fire trucks leave. >> we decided year ago we would get together on this day and have remembrance of our own with these people we all became friends through the whole thin thing.so good things always come out of bad so they are coming for lunch today. >>reporter: recovery temperature was hear for a month removing the rubble of 30 homes burned to piles of ash slow going but construction is under way on several of the destroyed and damaged homes. >> we know you put this much work and this much effort and boot on the ground that we did this disaster is part of us. for us it's kind of klesh to see the community back together to be welcome become by the resident. to see the rebuilding. >>reporter: as much as victims would like to forget what happened, today will be a

heather holmes ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now from the family statement it went on to sayuote we now all want nothing more than to wrap shane and josh in our arms, catch up on two lost years and make a new beginning for them and for all of us. >>> the two men and their families are expected to spend a few days in i am an before deciding their next step the country has ties to iran and the u. s. in a statement they hoped the release would lead to better ties between the u. s. and iran. >> wonderful news. we are thrilled. i could not feel better for their families. it's a wonderful day for them and for us. >> the release came just a few minutes before president obama addressed the united nations general assembly. it's not clear if that was deliberate or coincidental. in his speech president obama warned iran not to build nuclear weapons. shane bauer's co-workers at new american media in san francisco were thrilled today with the release of the two men. one friend told us he is sure they will want to breathe some fresh air and he wants to share that with him. >> after two yea

heather reports. >>reporter: ocean beach is about 3 and a half miles long. stretching from lincoln boulevard on the north to slope on the south. it's often gray and windy when the rest of the bay area is sunny. even then it's a major draw for all kinds of recreation. on sunny days it is spectacular. but difficult balancing act lies ahead. increasing erosion is forcing diverse stake holders to work together. planning the long-term future of ocean beach 50 to 100 years out. >> the problem is that change is coming to ocean beach whether we like it or not. about as claim at change sea level rise set in, the erosion pressure that we have been seeing is causing problems already is only going to get worse. >>reporter: spur san francisco planning urban research association is taking a lead in creating the ocean beach master plan. bringing together all the different local state and federal agency and user group with an interest in what happens here. for example there's the national park service. concerned about neglect infrastructure and the eco-system. >> i would li