(chuckles) 'cause, you see, there's only one electron in a hydrogen atom.and brightest, my sweet patootie. all right, let's begin. show of hands, who here is familiar with the concept of topological insulators? don't kid yourselves. i found another tweet from a student at sheldon's lecture.

it's--hydrogen--radioactive hydrogen, h3, highly carcinogenic. that's probably what's causing the cancer in the kids living around the reactors in germany. carbon-14, highly carcinogenic. xenon, krypton, argon are all emitted, and they say, "oh, it's just routine," like i could d say, "oh, you've just got a routine cancer, don't worry about it." that sort of thing. plutonium dodoesn't escae unttil there is an accident like a meltdown or an explosion like fukushima or chernobyl. three mile island had a meltdown. i remember when i first read a book about nuclear power and it was called "poisoned power" by dr. gofman and tamplin, my hair nearly fell out on the desk. i'd never read anything so dangerous...and i still got along with it. i can't tell you how indignant as a physician i feel about that, having helped so many children die of cystic fibrosis, the commonenest fatal gegenetic disease of chihildhoo, which will be increased by plututonium, having helped children die of leukemia. what are we talkiking aboutut? how precious isis life? we going t

. >> reporter: they plan to use a product similar to hydrogen peroxide. >>> new at 11:00, the city of oakland has its eye on prized bay area real estate. >> reporter: drive near a highway underpass in oakland, you're sure to see homeless tents lined up. it's what shawn passes every day. >> sometimes i get here in the morning and i hear from some of the guys, somebody got hit by a car or they overdosed and it's -- you start to become part of their community. and we're all one community. >> reporter: a community with a serious housing crisis. given oakland's growing homeless population, city leaders are committing $14 million to purchase another hotel similar to this one to provide transitional housing for the homeless. >> some may be single rooms. >> reporter: the city of oakland is receiving calls from hotel owners and realtors with potential properties. the transitional center would include job placement and drug rehabilitation. >> there is enough room and shelter for everyone. >> reporter: an bra structure bond us with approved by oakland taxpayers in november. >> we're going throug

. >> reporter: they plan to use a product similar to hydrogen peroxide. >>> new at 11:00, the city of oakland has its eye on prized bay area real estate. >> reporter: drive near a highway underpass in oakland, you're sure to see homeless tents lined up. it's what shawn passes every day. >> sometimes i get here in the morning and i hear from some of the guys, somebody got hit by a car or they overdosed and it's -- you start to become part of their community. and we're all one community. >> reporter: a community with a serious housing crisis. given oakland's growing homeless population, city leaders are committing $14 million to purchase another similar to this one to provide transitional housing for the homeless. >> some may be single rooms. >> reporter: the city of oakland is receiving calls from hotel owners and realtors with potential properties. the transitional center would include job placement and drug rehabilitation. >> there is enough room and shelter for everyone. >> reporter: an bra structure bond us with approved by oakland taxpayers in november. >> we're going through a ho

one of these is the hydrogen fuel cells, water vapor. as you may know, a number of states have made commitments to adopt zero emission standards for the auto industry and i know that fuel cells -- hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are one options that automatic makers are pursing to meet this goal. how is the industry working to ensure successful rollout of hydrogen infrastructure and i know the previous administration wasn't particularly supportive of hydrogen. i'd like to hear your thoughts. >> we're looking at all new technologies. the basic principle is that we want to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship. this is a new area that we are looking at. we've just gotten into office so we don't have a conclusion on that yet but we're looking at it. >> thank you. i'll yield back with 20 seconds to spare. >> thank you, mr. dent. madam secretary, there's a lot of interest so what i'm thinking is let's do another round and limit it to three minutes per question and answer. we've had multiple hearings, madam secretary, regarding next g gen prog

it's like hydrogen peroxide. >> reporter: if it works, this beach could reopen in a few weeks. if the bloom continues, it could be closed all summer just like it was last year. at lake temescal, i'm leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >>> three masked robbers are wanted for holding up a bank in walnut creek. police say the three men robbed the bank at gunpoint and sped away in a stolen pickup truck. officers found that truck but they're asking for information to help track down the robbers. >>> the search is on for a pair of robbers who beat a man with a hammer and stole his ukelele. the crime happened sunday morning. one of the robbers start add conversation with the victim. a second man attack him with a hammer. they took the victim's ukelele, his cell phone and backpack. >>> firefighters in marin county are working to contain a wild fire. it started around 10:30 this morning near kent lake. abc7 news reporter wayne freedman is live in marin county. wayne, firefighters had a tough time reaching the fire? >> reporter: they've had a real tough time. we're 38 acres. it doesn't appear as

toyota wants to launch its own purely electric car and is continuing to develop hydrogen fuel cells.has maintained its forecast that global growth will rise to 2.7% this year, citing a pickup in manufacturing and trade, improved confidence and a rebound in commodity prices. despite the good news, the world bank warned that political uncertainty and the threat of protectionism posed a risk to the global economy. lots more information on the website. there are lots of business stories on there and also more updates about the situation in london, following saturday night's terror attack at london bridge. this is an interview between karen bradley, the secretary of state for culture, media and sport, talking to bbc radio, saying that the government needs to work extremely ha rd government needs to work extremely hard to tackle this problem following the extremism on the internet. she was probed about that. lots of commentary on that and reaction from some of the social media giants to that. facebook saying it is doing all it can to tackle extremist content on its website. 0ur our technol

we drove down hydrogen dioxide levels by 20% and the levels of vitamin d and carbon dioxide levels by almost 20% reduction. isn't that our goal? my point is that texas which is the 12th largest economy in the world did exactly what i said. you can have economic growth and you can have the environment affected in a positive way. it can happen. yes, sir back second question i wanted to follow up. [inaudible conversations] >> i want to follow up when jeff is talking about climate change. just to be straight, you're saying. >> as straight as possible. >> you're saying that climate change is a fact but we need to have a discussion about exactly what has to be done about the climate change? not up for discussion, is part of it. >> i have no idea what you just asked. >> climate change, affected. >> you get one more time to assess question. [inaudible conversations] >> i'm putting it out this way, you're saying that climate change, man has affected climate change and the discussion is about what we do with that, not whether we affected it? going forward that is resolved back no, what i said w

are officials now say the cladding on the outside of the highrise may have given off talks of the hydrogen cyanide gas as believe the toxic gas was released by burning the insulation from that cladding so far seventy nine people are confirmed dead and many others still missing and presumed dead. well the leaks hacks and that's be a notch filling the headlines daily how does the world's most intensely secret organization handle threats to intellectual that we're not talking about the n.s.a. or g c h q we're talking our poll for his thoughts on a released recording of an internal apple security briefing is legal and media analyst lionel of media now lionel what do you have to say about this have you ever thought about what apple is actually apple is a secret. it is a secret what apple does a secret it was started on the secret steve jobs with the secret was there is nothing that we know there was not any a manufacturing company nothing compares to this may give an example actually if you ever get the chance to visit a google factory in a factory but office i've been to the one here in new yo

conducted 67 tests in the marshall islands and included the first hydrogen bomb test and infamous test of 195415 megatons, 1,000 times the size of the nagasaki bombs. tony was a 9-year-old boy fishing in the canoe with his grandfather when he witnessed the test 200 miles away. the sky turned blood red and he told the international court of justice in march of 2016. however, the marshall islands cases before the international court of justice were not about compensation for the effects of testing. when the cases were filed in april of 2014, tony said our people have suffered catastrophic and irreversible damage of these weapons and we vow to fight so that no one else on earth will ever again experienced these atrocities. tony also said in accepting the 2015 right livelihood award i have seen with my own eyes the nuclear devastation and i know with conviction that nuclear weapons must never again be visited upon humanity. this is not just an issue of treaty commitments or international law, though it is that and not just an issue of ethics or morality though is that, too. this is an issu

are hydrogen fuel cells. states know, a number of have made commitments to adopt zero emissions for the automotive industry. hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are just one technology option that lawmakers are pursuing. how is your the former with the industry to remove any possible injuries -- barrier injuries? newe are looking at all technology for its principle is we want to encourage innovation entrepreneurship. office so wento don't have a conclusion on that. we are looking at it. there's a lot of interest. we will limit it to three minutes. i think there has been some great successes. sbther it is issues like 80 or whethervelopment programs, i think those are issues that are looking like could successes and i want to get some feedback. i want to talk about the next .en advisory committee do you think that this body is an effective body to help guide our air traffic investments for the future? met individual members and it is about 35 members. deal ofer a great technical assistance. there are people that are st

so how oh is your department working with the industry to remove barriers of hydrogen in infrastructure?. >> we are looking at all technologies in the basic principle we want to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship this is a new area we are looking at we just got into office a we don't have a conclusion but we're looking at it stannic is a lot of interest i am thinking maybe another round of question and answer. we have multiple hearings regarding the next gen programs and there has been some great success with the private sector with their development or other revenue programs those are issues that they think better looking like a good success i'd like feedback but i don't think we have time to dave but talk about the next gen advisory committee with a public-private community deal think that body is effective to guide air-traffic investments in the future?. >> it is an advisory committee. i have met individual members but not with the committee in total yet. it is about 35 members they meet three times per year. they do offer technical assistance those that are a part of the avia

it's like hydrogen puraukside. >> reporter: if it works the beach could reopen in a few weeks. it would be closed all summer just like last year. i'm leslie brinkly. >> dozens of earthquakes hit the lake tahoe region. at least 28 small earthquakes rocked the area around 1:00 this morning. the largest at a magnitude of 3.9. a recent study by the berkley lab finds more quakes are expected as snow melts, fault lines can be triggered. >> we sflnow have a sales price. the house went on the market in 2015 for $4.2 million. since then there have been several price drops and in may it found a buyer. according to the agent representing the house it sold or $2.8 million. house it sold the house was built in 1976 by pouring special concrete on a metal frame. the interior as is destingtsive as the cartoon like exterior. >>> today the sacramento bee reports the isem blee passed a measure that would repeal the 1949 law that has many people moving the clocks forward and back. last year senators rejected a similar bill. >>> well, we had -- what did spencer say earlier? the latest sunsets? some

they are treating the water in the lake are hydrogen peroxide.the algae can cash rashes, eye irritation, and stomach aches, and be fatal for dogs. >>> looking at the temperatures from today, certainly, a big departure from last week at this time. 20 degrees, easily 20 degrees cooler. we have no -- so lower temperatures. so the forecast highs tomorrow, just like these. we talked about it earlier, not much change, but then high pressure's going to build back in, and that's towards the weekend. and temperatures will come up. you'll see that in the five-day forecast. at the coast, with that fog pushing inland, it's into alameda, berkeley, oakland, vallejo, working into a lot of bay area, so tomorrow morning, most of the -- they will have fog, even san jose. foggy in the golden gate, or bay bridge. you can see the haze, this was last week's pattern with the high pressure and the near record temperatures, and this was this week's pattern. air is rising, so it's not crested, not heating, it's expanding so it's cooling. that's why temperatures are signif

now, folk hydrogen sulfis who h they're the ones to review the contract and that it would to take that contract back. reporting live in largo, i'm tracee wilkins, back to you all in the studio. >> luckiest man in the storm center, at least. >> it's a beautiful day for golf. he's for the quicken loans tournament out there. looking good. >> nice backdrop, buddy. yeah, i mean, it's not a bad office, i've got to tell you that. it looks phenomenon. this is kind of amazing. you come out here and these guys play 18 holes. they come out here and continue to work. this guy -- who is that? he's been going literally for about the last hour and a half. so he must not have had a good round. maybe he had a great round and keep it up. it's nice afternoon. it is hot. we're tracking a couple of storms out there, too. most of the storms are back to the west, looking at those storms back along winchester right now. if you look near jefferson county, west virginia, you're seeing those storms. but notice down around t little bit of a storm, as they move over the mountains they're kind of falling apart. tak

water management officials say they are treating the water with hydrogen peroxide. that will break down the bacteria naturally and help clear it out. the algae can cause rashes, eye irritation and stomachaches. and can be fatal for dogs. >>> why does it keep happening>> a small body of water. the heat we had last week heated up the surface of the water.>> can't they prepare for it ahead of time. can't they treated as a precaution? >> they definitely eradicated at the last couple of years. we had so much heat that i think it's like a bacteria. it grows rapidly. maybe the he fired it up. we will low moor as the day goes on and they study it. for russ, the heat of last week is not a thing. temperatures are down and we're looking at a mild pattern at least two tomorrow. fog along the coast right now. that fog is going to do what it did last night which means a big push in those in the and bay valley's. that's a much cooler and mellower pattern with air- quality that is always good. and keeps temperatures and fire danger down. there are the current temperatures. there is

officials say they're treating the water with hydrogen peroxide. that will clean up the bacteria and break it down naturally. the algae can cause rashes and stomachaches in a can be deadly for dogs. >>> people in the livermore area are complaining that their tap water taste and smell them pleasant. the water district says compounds found in algae blooms are affecting the taste and smell but the water is safe to drink. the phone has been ringing off the foot off the hook. the water supply comes from a regional distributor the polls liver what -- liverpool's water from the sacramento delta >> were telling people the water is safe to drink. they're doing everything they possibly can to fix this issue. this is a tremendous algae bloom that were dealing with here. >> i definitely noticed that the water tasted odd and a little slimy and had a bizarre smell to it>> water agencies are asking customers for patients until the problem subsides>>> new details now. a potential active shooter at a military post in alabama earlier this morning. the rose -- the re

the east bay regional parks district plans to use a product similar to hydrogen peroxide to destroy the if it works, the beach could reopen in a few weeks. >>> now your forecast with mike nicco. >> feels kind of chilly in the hills. los gatos 49. woodside about 46, and everyone else near 60 in the south bay. danville, livermore 55. san francisco and napa, 67 in san carlos right now. santa cruz, cloudy. best chance for sunshine along the coast. if you're exercising, clouds to sunshine, extreme sunshine today, so if you're playing outside, remember you could burn in about 15 minutes. if you have yard work to do, comfortable all day with a nice breeze. all right, here's a look at walnut creek. you can see the sunshine sandwiched between the ground and cloud deck. it's going to keep you cloudy the next couple of hours, then it will jump out about 10:00. you'll be one of the first to see sunshine. extreme uv index. temperatures today, we'll focus on the warmest, 61 at half moon bay, for san francisco, about 86 in antioch. so a minor bump up from yesterday. we see our first signs of heat tomo

it's like hydrogen peroxide. >> reporter: if it works, this beach could reopen in a few weeks despite the rains and runoff, the algae reappeared. if the bloom continues, it could be closed all summer just like it was last year. at lake temescal, leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >>> happening now, firefighters in marin county are attacking a fire that's burned nearly 40 acres near kent lake. no homes are threatened by the pine fire and no injuries have yet been reported. cal fire crews are dropping fire retardant and using water from the lake. the fire is about 75% contained. investigators are trying to figure it what sparked it. marin county fire says it expects full containment around 6:00 tonight. >>> it's been quite windy around the bay today, probably doesn't help. >> spencer has a look at the forecast. >> it hasn't been hot today but it has been breezy. here's a look at breezes, we are going to give you a look at the gusts over the next 24 hours in the general area of the fire. we've seen the 10 to 12-mile-per-hour gusts in the last couple hours in that area. we'll see the gusts taper

. >> north korea saying they have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. >> it takes weeks to prepare suchthey were going to do nuclear tests and there's going to be sanctions that follow. >> reporter: what did kim jong-un get out of this if they throw americans in prison? >> it would blunt any kind of heavy pressure from united states if you have american hostages. like you -- maybe americans will not conduct a military strike. >> reporter: like a bargaining chip? >> yes, absolutely a bargaining chip. >> usually, what the north koreans have wanted is humanitarian assistance of some kind. food, rice, in exchange. >> reporter: former new mexico 2k3w governor bill richardson now runs a foundation aimed at rescuing political prisoners. >> reporter: but with kim jong-un, this new leader, we don't know what he wants. he stays silent. >> one of the very first things that i said to the warmbier family was that the north koreans will let otto come home when they are done with him. when he is of no longer value to them. >> reporter: journalist anna fifield heads to that notorious hotel in pyongyang

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to maximize use of renewable resources the jail installed five wind turbines and hydrogen fuel cell powernt it serves as a pollution-free source of electricity and heat. >> we wanted to be a leader in the area and do something good for the earth. >> in the jail's protective custody wing, an unusual church service might be doing some good for inmates who otherwise would be enemies. they are former gang members, gay men and accused sex offenders. >> they all sit together and it's -- it's very powerful. >> trust me this is not happening in other houses. but it is happening here. so you ought to be grateful to god he allowed you to be a part of what's happening here. >> they put aside race. they put aside what their crimes and classifications are. the things you just don't see in this institution. >> jimmy silva, known as jimbo is a gang dropout who in the past has followed the convict code that virtually requires inmates to assault accused sex offenders. >> whatever those guys did they have to answer for that. before when i was on the line, we would, we would do things to those guys. without

. >> the east bay regional parks district says it plans to use a product similar to hydrogen peroxidedestroy the algae cells. if it works, the lake could reopen in a few weeks. >>> starting this weekend, trees lining san francisco streets are no longer your problem. the responsibility maintaining those trees now goes from owners of a home to the city. in addition, the city will be responsible for any tree-related sidewalk damage. in november, 80% of voters approved making this change. the city will pay for the tree program by setting aside $19 million per year from its general fund. >>> warriors fans listen up, you can take your picture with the dubs championship trophy this week. the larry o'brien trophy will be on display all over the bay area starting tomorrow, and here it is. here's the schedule. the first stop is at dunk contest in burlingame from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., then a stop at another dunk contest store in san mateo from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. tomorrow. go to our website, abc7news.com, for times and places of other stops that it's making on friday, saturday, and sunday. >>>

found not only did it consist of ninety percent of water but also had compounds like methane and hydrogen some of the basic building blocks of life so that's very exciting because these plumes were able cannock activity underneath these frozen sea setting up the possibility of extreme life near one of these bill carrick the russians are happening because the water there is locally warmer similarly the hubble space telescope sauce similar plumes on a europa one of jupiter's moons so the idea that some of the building blocks of life are right in our own backyard sense is good i think you know increases the chances that we have intelligent life elsewhere in this universe fascinating and the and so we hear the terms earth like. or similar to earth are used in the media but i mean it can be misleading because we've never discovered any planet like earth so how similar are they really. right so when we see similar it means like similar in size similar in mass and similar in temperature surface temperature or atmospheric temperature because you know they're orbiting their star at the appropriate

to drop a 10 or 20 megaton hydrogen bomb on 25 miles fromt is the dmz. nuclear weapons just cannot be used on that continent to bring about any kind of result. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> this weekend on american history tv. today at 6:00 p.m. eastern, the disbanding of the northern confederate army of virginia. hademember, lee's terms surrendered his army. they had said nothing about declaring the confederacy defunct. there had been no peace treaty. as of may 9, jefferson davis remained on the run. 8:00, university of notre dame professor on the east texas oil boom of the mid-20th century and the expansion of u.s. oil businesses to saudi arabia and canada. geologists framed the idea of oil saying the american oil reserves were going to collapse by 1970, forcing the country into a difficult situation. this kind of apocalyptic year of america losing its oil sources will drive ex

they included the first hydrogen bomb test and 15 mega tons, 1,000 times the size of the hiroshima and nagazaki bombs. the sky bled red, he told in march 2016, the marshal islands cases before the international court of justice were not about compensation for the effects of testing. when the cases were filed in april 2014, tony said, our people have suffered the catastrophic and irreparable damage of these weapons and we vow to fight so that no one else on earth will ever again experience these atrocities. tony also said in accepting the 2015 right livelihood award, i have seen with my very own eyes nuclear devastation and know with conviction that nuclear weapons must never again be visited upon humanity. this is not just an issue of treaty commitments or international law, though it is that, and not just an issue of ethics or morality, though it is that too, but this is an issue of common sense. how could anyone common person walking down the road, street, ever permit the possession or use of such weapons. so i think that the marshal islands and tony richly deserve this award and i t