>> flooding, jake. because we had the wettest august on record in parts of new jersey, before the storm. already, we've had six to eight inches of rain dumped on south jersey and the rain is continuing throughout the state. what i'm really worried about is flooding at this point and how to evacuate more people than the 15,000 we've already had to evacuate in shelter. in the short term over the next couple of days, my big concern is inland flooding and shore flooding and how we'll deal with folks that have to be evacuate from their homes and need to be sheltered. >> is there anything the state of new jersey needs from the federal government that you're not getting? >> not at this point, jake. we have fema representatives here at the regional operations at the intelligence center that we're working with. i'm calling secretary napolitano in an hour or two to make a further request of additional needs. so far fema has been very responsive. i spoke to secretary napolitano in the last 24 hours. she's offered

i'm jake tapper. and we will l t to our exclusive interview with republican presidential candidate jon huntsman in a moment. but first some news since your morning papers. libyan rebels say they're closing in on moammar gadhafi's stronghold on tripoli. a day after fighters launched their first attack on the capit capitol. heavy gunfire and explosions battled tripoli with reports of coordinated nato air strikes after firefighters captured the coastal town. >>> in egypt. protests continued outside the israeli embassy in cairo after a rare apology by the israelry government on saturday for the deaths of three egyptian soldiers. this latest round of violence began on thursday, when eight israelis were killed. the tensions sparked new violence as palestinians hit southern israel with at least 80 rockets and mortars since friday in response to israeli air strikes. >>> turning now to the race for the republican nomination. the republican candidates all certained their sights to the new hampshire. rick perry,

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jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm.are you wearing, jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ >>> all right. good evening, everybody. you don't score you can't win. that's what happened to the giants. rodriguez tonight they couldn't touch him. the astros, worst record in baseball, not a single name you would recognize in their starting lineup. were you not a relative. from the get-go. huff that plate. that's as close as the giants came. ryan 7 innings, 4 hits, 5 runs, two earned. gives it up to jb. 2-0 astros. that's all they needed. rodriguez with a bat doing his thing. giants lose 6-0. they are shut out on back to back nights and for the 12th time this season giants lost 15-21. arizona loses, giants 2.5 back. bochy, you don't score you can't win. same at the solseium tonight. only on the a's side. heritage night. watch josh willingham go deep. why is that funny? >> i was talking t

in an interview with abc's jake tapper, jake tapper asked him about the fact that he's only republican candidate supported the deal to raise the debt ceiling and what he said about another candidate's approach. >> you called congresswoman bachmann's position, a quote, crash and burn approach. would you trust a president bachmann to do the right thing with the economy? >> i wouldn't necessarily trust any of my opponents right now who are on a recent debate stage with me when every single one of them would have allowed this country to default. if we had defaulted, jake, this marketplace would be an absolute turmoil. people who are already losing enough as it is on their 401(k)s and retirement plans, it wouldld have been catastrophic. >> so let's bring in jake tapper. hosting "this week" tomorrow morning, and jake, jon huntsman clearly coming out swinging in his interview with you, is this what he needs to do now to make headway? >> it's his only option, he's not been able to break through in the polls. he's trying to cast himself an electable republican. this is an approach that did work

for "nightline," i'm jake tapper, in decorah, iowa. >>> that is our report for tonight.ou for watching abc news. we hope you'll watch "good morning america" in the morning. have a great evening, america. >>> up next on an all new jimmy kimmel looiv. >> the president's expected to get an earful from voters. that's an ear -- that's like ten regular earfuls. >> betty white. >> next week, i'm t

jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing, jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. president obama is back in ay >>> wall street down 466 after bad economic reports. >>> president obama is back in washington after a three-day economic road trip. he won't be there for long. this afternoon the first family leaves for a ten-day vacation but with the economy and the markets in turmoil as you saw, the president is taking some heat for the timing. it's a luxury fit for a president. 10 days at a multi-million dollar 28-acre beachfront martha's vineyard estate. >> sometimes there are days in washington that will drive you crazy. >> reporter: but president obama will unwind amid fears of a second recession and cries from republicans that he is out of touch. >> he said that he wouldn't rest until people went back to work in this country. and he has been on vacations and golfing

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jake, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, david. that's right. more than 16,000 iowans voted and the big winner with 28% of the vote was congresswoman bachmann from neighboring minnesota. right behind her was congressman ron paul whose libertataan message has a big grassroots following. a disappointing third place for pawlenty, governor of minnesota. a triumphant congresswoman declared victory in the straw poll. >> thank you, everyone. we did this together. >> reporter: earlier, the line of voters outside her tent was dauntingly long. then a performance by country star randy t tvis. attendees at the concert had to >> photo i.d. and tickets. >> reporter: paid for by the bachmann campaign. $30 a vote. >> we got tickets through bachmann to get in the tent and eat and stuff so that's probably who i'll be voting for. >> reporter: is it possible that she would pay for your ticket and then you would vote for someone else? >> i don't feel obligated. >> reporter: historically, the winner of the straw poll isn't necessarily the winner of the nomination or

jake tapper leading us off at the white house, thank you. and news of this possible american credit downgrade broke after the closing bell on wall street today, where the dow saw swings of more than 400 points. ending up 60 points, but closing the books on the worst week in almost three years. the question now, where will this market go? and what would this downgrade mean for your credit cards, the marriage and, of course, as i mentioned, the jobs. abc's bianna golodryga at the new york stock exchange all day long and has that part of the story tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, david. new concerns, fresh questions following a schizophrenic day of trait trading as investorsrsry to make sense of where the economy is heading, and now coming to terms with something that was once unthinkable. losing that fiscal damage of honor, that aaa rating. the downgrade would mean, for the first time in history, uncle sam's credit is not sterling. downgraded from the highest aaa rating to aa. it's a move that signals to investors around the w

jake has learned to have fun. it seems that his negative behaviors have decreased and he's choosing to participate and have fun instead of throwing tantrums and resorting to negative behaviors and attention seeking behaviors. and the last one, the camp appeared to provide a well supported and safe environment for kids with different abilities. after a month absence from his karate class that coincided with camp, jake returned to his private karate class where the instructor and i both immediately noticed that he demonstrated improved coordination, balance, and possible upper body strength. as an occupational therapist who has worked with persons with physical disabilities for 15 years, i'm fairly sensitive and knowledgeable in observing and assessing motor skills and i'm quite confident in this observation. so i want to thank mr. ginsberg for the dream that he had and for his visit that he came out to the camp and was able to experience and see the children playing together and working together in inclusive settin

jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing, jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ . >>> he has added a not guilty plea. norman welsh was freed on bail after undergoing a psychiatric determination to see if he was suicidal. christopher butler also pled not guilty and if convicted the two men could get life in prison. >>> state lawmakers are aiming at privacy rights in this high tech age. they drafted the legislation and if approved it would override a recent supreme court ruling. now the assembly unanimously voted for the protection and the bill now does to the senate. >>> facebook has big mandatory evacuation. the proposed campus would be located about a mile and a half away from facebook's campus and the new it 22-acre campus will provide office space for 2,200 workers. >>> the last astronauts to fly came here to the bay area to say thank you. they spent most of t

jake tapper on the ground in what is iowa for us., jake will be hoping abc's "this week" from iowa tomorrow. his guests will be republican presidential hopefuls, former minnesota governor tim pawlenty and minnesota congresswoman bianna? bachmann. >> that will be a heated show to watch. all right, josh. >>> well, now to another key early voting state, south carolina, where today texas governor rick perry will make it official. abc's david kerley joins us from charleston. and there was a lot of buildup to today, david. >> reporter: bianna, in just a couple of hours, rick perry will stand on this stage and say he wants to be the latest texan to occupy the oval house, and in doing so, he is turning the republican presidential race on its head. rick perry has been hinting for days that he will make it official, that he is a candidate for president. >> i'm very calm in my heart that this is what i'm supposed to be doing. >> reporter: perry chose charleston, south carolina, at nearly the exact time that iowa straw poll is under way to make

jake tapper is in des moines. hello, jake. >> reporter: good evening, diane. greetings from the iowa state fair. last night, the eight major republican presidential candidates intensely debated. tomorrow morning the iowa straw poll, after which some of those candidacies could end. into the iowa state fair today tore a tasmanian devil, as yet noncandidate sarah palin grabbing the attention of iowans and yes, the media. sucked up in the palin vortex as joked about last night on "the daily show" with jon stewart. >> we don't know if she's running. >> reporter: why this iowa jus before the straw poll? >> we have tried to do it the last cup ouple of years. finally, we incorporated the stop into our one nation tour. >> reporter: i don't know why you haven't thrown your hat into the ring? >> i still think it's early. too early. >> reporter: that's not the view of those campaigning hard here for months. not national front-runner mitt romney, who is not really competing here. and who last night focused on president obama. >> i'm not going to eat barack obama's dog food

jake has learned to have fun. it seems that his negative behaviors have decreased and he's choosing to participate and have fun instead of throwing tantrums and resorting to negative behaviors and attention seeking behaviors. and the last one, the camp appeared to provide a well supported and safe environment for kids with different abilities. after a month absence from his karate class that coincided with camp, jake returned to his private karate class where the inst

good evening, jake. >> reporter: good evening, diane. we're at president obama's last stop on his three-state, three-day tour of the midwest. he's been talking about the economy. tomorrow, he heads to martha's vineyard for ten days of vacation with his family. he goes to vacation with some bad news. a new low in the gallup poll indicates only 26% of the american people have confidence in his handling of the economy. that's why white house officials say that when he gets back from vacation, after congress returns, after labor day, he will deliver a major address in which he will make new proposals about job creation. this has really been the albatross around the president's neck, since he became president. there's been a net loss of 3.2 million jobs in this country. now most of those jobs were lost in the first few months of his presidency and now there is some job growth but it's anemic and not keeping up with the rate of population growth. diane? >> give us a quick sense of how the crowds have been. how big? how enthusiastic? >> reporte

for "nightline," jake tapper in iowa. >> but did she try the deep-fried butter? jake, come on.

diane. >> all right, jake. and our entire team is out in force tonight of abc news political power hitters. political consultant matthew dowd on the ground in ames, iowa, and "gma" anchor george stephanopoulos right here with me in new york. so when they walk on that stage, when they're on that stage, who among all of them has the most muscle on the number one issue, creating jobs? >> the one who is not on the stage. rick perry, the governor of texas. he starts out with the strongest case. here is his killer stat -- he will argue in the last two years, 37% of all the jobs created in the united states were created in texas. opponents will poke holes in that but he starts out very strong. you saw in jake's piece, mitt romney will tata about his 25 yearsed in the business world. but that can be a double-edged sword because even though he created jobs, he also cut jobs. >> well, let's go to matt dowd now. matt, you've known the governor of texas for 25 years. tell me what you see ahead for m in this race. >> well,

diane. >> all right, jake tapper, reporting from the beginning of campaign 2012, thank you, jake. >>> and the tenth anniversary of 9/11 is just more than three weeks away. today, the al qaeda mastermind who rose to power following bin laden's death issued a call for revenge. telling his followers "the time to strike is n n." abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross has the details. >> reporter: ayman al zawahiri is america's new most-wanted man. and with the 9/11 anniversary approaching, he had the full attention of u.s. officials today, with calls for attacks on the united states to avenge the death of osama bin laden. [ speaking foreign language ] "my brothers, the mujahedeen, hunt her down wherever you may encounter her," he said, referring to the u.s., calling it a murderous country. the new calls for attacks add weight to the concerns over the whereabouts of dozens of young men from somali and yemeni neighborhoods in minneapolis and detroit. u.s. officials say many ended up in terror training camps overseas and the u.s. has now lost track of them. a 2008 recruitment tap

good evening, jake. >> reporter: good evening, diane. well, the showdown over the debt ceiling has been averted, but the fight over the national debt and the deficit has only just begun. there was no official ceremony today. the president's signature came in private. earlier, as the bill made its way from the senate to the white house, mr. obama sounded less than enthusiastic in the rose garden. >> congress has now approved a compromise to reduce the deficit and avert a default that would have d dastated the economy. >> reporter: who decides what to cut? ms. of the deficit reduction will be proposed by a so-called super committee. it's an unusual process. a dozen members of congress who in november will prerent the entire congress with a package of $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction. congress will not get to haggle. it will be take it or leave it. an unprecedented way of trying to make tough budget decisions. >> the normal way we do business wassed adequate, we wouldn't ha $14 trillion in debt. >> reporter: and there is major incentive t

sounds like a recipe for disaster and disaster for jake. >> jake went home?golodryga filling in. josh is in your homeland. he went to greece. he w wt to greece for a little vacation. >> bring us back some good food. >>> good morning, hurricane we follow breaking news out of libya, where rebels s aim they have reached moammar gadhafi's compound. fighting has intensified. hurricane irene is gaining strength and on a likely collision course with the united states. the storm slammed puerto rico knocking out power to a million people. sam will have the storm's latest track in just a moment. >> 2011 is shaping to be the worse year on record for home sales. #. >>> there's information this morning on the death of amy winehouse, the singer's family said that the toxicology no illegal substances in her body at the time of her death. >>> turning to california, dramatic shootout, apolice officer was shot with a photographer-only feet away, capturing it all. we want to warn you that the video is graphic. here's abc's neal karlinsky. >> reporter: moments after the shooting

and music from jake shimabukuro. the cletones. ♪ it's jimmy kimmel live and now, moving right along, here's jimmy kimmel. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: very nice, thank you. welcome to the show. i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the program. thank you, cleto. thank you for watching. thank you for coming. welcome to the most romantic night of the year on abc. the season finale of "the bachelorette" and the night i finally make love to my guest chair. we've been flirting for years. tonight it's going to happen. after -- as you probably know, after extensive spit swapping with a pool of 25 men, ashley hebert chose the one she wants to spend the next 5 to 11 covers of "us weekly" tonight. it all came down to ben and j.p. they did things a little differently.y. last week, ashley announced she stopped using birth control. tonight they flew maury povich in. whoever made her pregnant was declared the winner. they did it the old-fashioned way. the winner or the guy she chose was j.p. i was hoping it would b b j.p. you know, j.p.

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abc's jake tap certify at the white house. jake, how is the white house responding to all of this criticism this morning? >> white house officials don't begrudge the president for taking time off. they point out in martha's vineyard still making policy decisions, when it comes to the economy, making decisions in the big speech returning from his vacation, robin. >> it'll be a working vacation for him but still republicans are really turning up the heat right now, jake. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. in fact, last night on fox news channel, former alaska governor sarah palin had this to say. >> he's a very, very tone deaf -- i can't believe he after three days in the heartland did not hear those things that i hear when i'm in the heartland and anywhere else across the u.s. and that's, of course, let's buckle down and let's be serious about getting the country back on the right track. >> reporter: robin, some of the actual republican candidates like mitt romney and former utah governor jon huntsman have also said they thi

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>> jake tapper reporting from washington tonight. and jake, as you pointed out, the president is turning 50 tomorrow, and it reminded us that only two other presidents in american history have been in the white house when they reached that milestone in their lives. you could see it on their faces. take a look here. this is teddy roosevelt, 40 years old then, a decade later, in the white house. you can see him, how he aged at 50. bill clinton, his boyish looks and brown hair at age 40. but then, hitting 50, in the white house. 2006. and, president obama as he looked before, and as the white house has changed him, on the eve of his 50th birthday. the last three years, and those experiences, etched on his face. >>> and now, our washington watchdog report. president obama isn't the only one heading out of town tonight. congress is heading home, too. summer vacation with pay. even though they left behind thousands of faa employees who are not being paid. and some of them are being asked to work anyway. all because congress could not reach

jake has learned to have fun. it seems that his negative behaviors have decreased and he's choosing to participate and have fun instead of throwing tantrums and resorting to negative behaviors and attention seeking behaviors. and the last one, the camp appeared to provide a well supported and safe environment for kids

jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm.hat are you wearing, jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ 2-alarm fire right now. this is at fernside an >>> we've got breaking news to share with you. this is redwood city. chopper 5 over a two alarm fire right now. this is at fernside and hastings in redwood city. a lot of fire apparatus. you can see a lot of smoke there. we believe that some sort of structure fire is there. >> at this point, we don't know a whole lot, except that it is causing some problems, in the area, and especially for traffic as well. and clearly, because of all of the fire activity, and as well as the smoke, and so we want to find out what is going on traffic-wise. and let's get to elizabeth. >> well, as you can see from these live chopper pictures, obviously a lot of smoke with this, and a lot of fire engines on the scene. so we know that there are streets blocked. y

jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. are you wearing, jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ >>> there is an all-out manhunt in orlando right now to get these bank robbers off the street. take a look. the three men stormed a bank with high-powered rifles yesterday afternoon and it was all captured on surveillance video as you can see here. they ordered the tellers and a customer to get down on the floor while they robbed the bank. it's unclear just how much money they got away with. no one, though, was injured. >>> meanwhile, the distinctive bank robber who's been robbing banks here in northern california is now in police custody. cynthia van holland was arrested earlier this week after allegedly robbing a bank in auburn. she's been dubbed the bad hair bandit. you can see why. she's suspected of robbing about 20 banks in the northwest all since december all while wearing different

let's go to jake tapper at the white house. that's the problem on the republican side but rank and file democrats aren't going to be too happy with this either? >> that's right, george. there's something in this package for everyone to hate, liberal democrats don't like the fact that this attempts to reduce the deficit with absolutely no tax increases and of course the threat of deep cuts in the social safety net programs. already a lot of liberals have said there's no way they're going to vote e r it. >> i know the white house believes and david plouffe was talking about it, that this is going to create the kind of pressure for the grand compromise, the grand bargain the president has been calling for, a final dealrom the super committee that calls for both spending cuts and tax revenue increases. what makes the white housese believe the house republicans who are dead set against any tax revenue increases right now would be more open to them in december? >> the threat of what would happenenf this super committee does not perfo

thank you, jake. i want to bring in "good morning america" anchor george stephanopoulos, who sat down with a headline-grabbing guy, donald trump. what did he have to say about all of this? >> reporter: he wants to play a role in this race. and he actually backed up perry on those comments about ben bernanke, saying he has a right to his emotions. and it's very clear, trump talks to almost all of the republican candidates and seems most taken with perry. >> well, i think he's a very impressive guy. i've spoken to him a number of times. he's going to come and see me next week. i think he's a very impressive guy. with a very good record. so, it will be interesting to see how he does under the spotlight. it's a big spotlight. but texas is a big spotlight, also. i think he's going to do very well. >> formemecandidate weighing in there. so, we've seen two days of rick perry. what else are you hearing out there? >> reporter: well, i think the other candidates are saying, you know what, this probably hasn't h

field our own jake gilbert or. the mainstream media has assigned their top presidential contenders and the american really american voter has been hammered by a character list from dumb and dumber mitt romney michele bachmann rick perry are constantly changing their soundbites to appeal to who are more of their talking with. ron these conservative policy is reliables obama's anti-war position and romney is a total big government it's highlife obamacare instigator in chief so i know you don't need any more convincing romney sucks. to rick perry michele bachmann just two years ago rick perry stood on the steps of the austin capital talking about seceding from the united states now he's saying how much he loves it here so what is it rick you love your country or are you going to leave it but what about this notion rick perry is a job creator let's think about that do you know what kind of jobs rick perry has created texas has the highest percentage of workers making minimum wage out of all fifty states in two thousand

jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing, jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ >> a big speech expected next month. president obama expected to unveil a tax cut, a job posting infrastructure ideas and how to deal with the long-term unemployed. the speech is expected in early september. >> fears of a terrorist attack on the tenth anniversary of 911. >> the risk that we are especially concerned of is a lone wolf terrorist act. someone with a single weapon and being able to carry out a wide scale massacres like this or that we sought and norway recently. when you have one person that is a deranged or driven by a hateful ideology, they can do a lot of damage and it is a lot harder to trace those wolf operators. we are spending a lot of time monitoring and gathering information. i think that we generally have to stay volatile. little extra vigilance during 911. keep

jake, you have an exclusive interview with former utah governor jon huntsman. you seem to bring out a side we haven't seen yet. >> huntsman on the hunt. he had some very sharp words specifically about rick perry. when i asked him about rick perry's comments in which he expressed skepticism about evolution and the science behind climate change. >> i think this is a serious problem. the minute the republican party becomes the anti-science party, we have a huge problem. we lose a whole lot of people who would otherwise allow us to wiwithe election in 2012. >> this is one of the points governor huntsman is trying to make. when candidates on the fringes, which is how he referred to rick perry, get the nomination, the re-election of president obama is almost assured. so he is very aggressive in this interview. i know you'll stay tuned to watch it. >> we definitely will. huntsman along with the other republican candidates seem to be focusing on perry. not so much romney, who, for all intents and purposes, was the front-runner. is there a sense perry is marginalizing r

i want to quickly go to jake tapper. the president said these economic problems that zarte&poor's talks about are imminently solvable and laid out his agenda on jobs and the debt. >> that's right. it is important for president obama to convey optimism for what is needed for the economy and his re-election. he referred to the dismissal of s&p, some agency. he said this problem cannot be solved if people draw lines in the sand and refuse to compromise. that is, in his view, what the republican party has done. you heard him lay out his optimism for a deficit he would be laying out specific recommendations for deficit t reductions and things for the economy, extending insurance benefits and the payroll tax cut from last year. in addition to that, george, an infrastructure back. these are ideas that need to take place for the economy. >> jake tapper. let's take one more look at the dow jones. still down around 400 points. right there. just about where the president began speaking. >>> as you just heard, president obama spoke

british authorities say 18-year-old jake davis is the notorious hacker e known as taupeaire. he's accused of several crimes including a conspiracy to take a british agency offline. look at this little guy. that's him? they say dave's laptop had a folder with passwords of 750,000 people on it f how did that happen, jake? he's free on bail, not allowed near the internet arngd he gets to keep the cool shades. >>> ford says it's aware of three fires and one injury from the problem. we're talking about f-150s, f-250s, and some lincoln blackwood, modelle years 1997 to 2003. ford says dealers will fix the problem for free. >>> time now for your punch line. after all that to real a deal on the debt, someone's going to take the heat. who is that going to be? >> obama changes from yes, we can, to yes, we cave. president obama turns 50 this week. if you'd like to get him a gift he's registered at bed, bath, and can i still blame bush. >> the president has got to be pretty upset about what's taken place here. >> i want to thank the american people. ite been your voices, your letters, you

jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm.t are you wearing, jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ >> looking at new video in the news room showing the hudson river cresting this morning. it's all thanks to irene which is downgraded to a tropical storm. welcome back to kd/ ktvu mornings. >>> even though hurricane irene is no longer a hurricane, it's a tropical storm. we continue coverage from new york city, i can see the streets still wet but a lot of people walking around. how are things in the city? >> you know what? things are beginning to get back to normal. the tourists coming out and looking around and saying is this what an american hurricane is? it didn't seem hike much in the middle of manhattan. the damage assessments are coming in. a couple hours ago, we'll pan in and push in to central park. a tree snapped, a large one, crews are out cleaning it up. you can see the crane th

jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm., jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ >>> newschopper2 on the scene of a construction accident at a new building going up on illinois street. now, this is closest to thirdant 19th street. but the -- and 19th street but the street that runs behind where the firefighters ended up parking their rigs is illinois street. this building is pretty large. it covers pretty much the entire wrong. it's going up here. apparently, this morning there there was a construction accident. we've heard three people were critically injure and taken to the hospital. this is breaking news. we just found out that another person was injured but not as seriously. firefighters are coming out of the building now. it looks like some of them have finished up their work. it looks like three people have arrived at general hospital. we'll follow this an have -- and have more

few days from now greater energy corporation is expected to be the main focus of our correspondent jake agree has more. this thought that energy corporation is largely central to these discussions is something the president or his self as champion quite recently and when it comes to these two countries are always in the background this issue of the denuclearization of north korea and russia heavily involved here in the six party talks are ongoing trying to meet that end goal because kim jong il himself will this is his third visit to russia his first occurring in two thousand and one and i was under the question of prime minister vladimir putin ben president stay for three weeks came back in two thousand and two it's the third time this time he's been barred by president better that's the first time these leaders are going to meet face to face and that's expected to occur next week in the russian republic the reason for this timeline while can tell you he likes the child by training space form of transport. trade him but this whole visit comes on the back of russia pledging fifty thousa

jake tapper, abc news, the white house.re thinking of them and praying for their families tonight. >>> thanks for watching. diane will be back tomorrow. don't forget to check out "nightline" later and i'll see you in the morning on "gma." have a good night. >>> breaking news from oakland on the murder of a 3-year-old boy. police deliver on a promise to solve the crime quickly. >> tonight how a down turn in the stock market could be a homeowner wind fall if you qualify. >>> a local man crashes in on the price of goltd. wisdom of selling family jewel autos the san francisco mayor gets put to the test for the first time on the campaign trail. >> good evening, everyone. i'm carolyn johnson. >> a big break in the east i bay tonight. police just arrested two murder suspects. >> and they're accused of the shooting death of a 3-year-old boy. the 3-year-old died after a stray bullet struck him in the neck. we're live with the latest on these arrests. >> there are a lot of quickly-moving parts out here, there was an update from polic