though it was nearly a three-hour drive to get here, jerry bonds' sr. feels it is worth it. >> when a person is down you really have to be there for them. so what we try to, relay back to jerry is that we hope he will get out of here sometime soon. and then when he do get out, you know, to pick up where he left off. and show these kids they're not just coming up here for nothing at all. >> i mean -- i'm anxious, man. i want to see them so bad. i wish i could touch them and hug them. i guess it's better than nothing. >> finally, the waiting is over. >> what's that? how y'all doing? look at you. >> see him and smile him. >> how are you doing in school? >> good. >> what grade are you going into, eddie? >> the hardest part is like seeing him behind the glass. and when he's in here and stuff. so i really want him to get out. >> when his kids can't hug him like i told him he is hurting his kids. you know i can stand the hurt. sometimes the kids can't. >> what's happening, dad. how you doing? >> staying strong? >> yes, sir. >> thank you for bringing them up fo

the group also asking lawmakers to reject governor jerry brown's plan to sell billions of dollars in bondsgin construction there. supporters have already shaved $30 billion from the price tag in hopes of actually getting it through the state legislature. >>> a fight over phones back in court. our business and tech reporter scott mcgrew has new information coming out of a legal battle between oracle and google. >> one of the interesting things we learned was that oracle thought about making its own smartphone but rejected the idea some years ago. both larrys are in court, larry page of google and larry orrison of oracle. some court drawings for you of yesterday's testimony. larry ellison testifying in that fight over phones on tuesday. now at issue whether google oracle money for using oracle's java software in its phones. >>> wall street shares in apple recovered on tuesday and doing well this morning after five straight days of decline. apple reports its profits next week. there's been some uneasiness over whether the company can keep record profits going. >>> ebay reports after the closi

bond awaiting trial. >> and now at home it is time to check on traffic. jerry have the details. >> not a bad actor in. in eight years bonds. southbound on 395 on the duke street, heavy traffic. and down toward quantico. innerloop in montgomery, slow traffic near three and 55 and georgia avenue. to 70 northbound, delays on and off heading toward germantown and 80-urbana. this is blocking the ramp here. the crash on the north down baltimore washington. >> coming up on abc 7 news, a walk to remember for this veteran honoring his fallen comrades and raising money for a worthy cause. >> how much bigger can "the hunter games" get? i'm arch campbell with entertainment news coming up. >> which airlines will get you and your luggage on time the most? the latest airline quality reports. we want to protect the house. right. but... home security systems can be really expensive. to save money, we actually just adopted a rescue panther. i think i'm goin-...hn shhh! we find that we don't need to sleep that much. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >> it was a

from there, jerry brown will ask lawmakers to approve. bonds on the project can start later this year. >>> law enforcement agencies are on the look out for what they call zombie drive -- zombie drive. this is part of distracted driving month. now, police, sheriff deputy, the chp, they are all out there looking for people on the phone, talking, texting evenp eating behind the bells. they are watching you. police say interest that can lead to eats an accidents. off the driver couldn't really with. 52,000 cry takes were issued during this -- citations were issued during this crackdown. >>> let's check in with sal who likes to keep a close eye on the commute. >> what if your friend is circumstancing you with an inane binner -- banner. traffic has improved a little bit. i think we're doing pretty well with the south bay. it's slow. but it is improving. we showed you a little bit of traffic slow -- slow traffic in san jose. northbound 85 looking slow at 17. that's about it all. this is a look at 880. however, we do have some slow traffic between hayw

the group also asking to reject governor jerry brown's plan to sell billions of dollars in bonds to startonstruction. the $68 billion project linking san francisco to southern california's schedule to be completed by 2028. >>> 5:54. it looks as if yeah has's new ceo might succeed in turning the company around. scott mcgrew joins us. you say that's a surprise. >> yeah. yahoo has lots of ceos and none of them were able to do it. but we are seeing the smallest bit of evidence that the newest new ceo, scott thompson, may have accomplished the impossible. if you look at the numbers right by sort of squinting and using a strobe light you will see that yahoo's revenue increased for first time in 13 financial quarterses. in a lot of way it is money sir relevant. what this does is this makes eight lot easier to resist the potential of new board members like this man, jeff zucker. there you see a guy named daniel that desperately wants to put zucker on the board at yahoo. scott thompson's little victory this week may have accomplished a little bit of breathing room. twitter getting a big thumbs up

bond hearing monday. >>> the casting call for an acura super bowl commercial featuring jerry seinfeld is at the center ofkin color. >> i want it. i would love to have the first one. >> i'm so sorry, mr. seinfeld. you are number two on the list. >> who is number one? >> that guy. >> okay. >> the document, first published by tmz, the casting sheet for the car dealer, requested an african-american actor who was in their words nice looking, friendly, and not too dark, end quote. tmz says it obtained the casting document from an african-american actor who did not fit the profile. the website reports that someone involved with casting the commercial says the skin tone restriction was in their words because lighting and special effects would get tricky. in the meantime the grio has published a statement from acura which reads in part we apologize to anyone offended by the language on the casting sheet. the statement also says we are taking appropriate measures to ensure such language is not used again in association with any work performed on behalf of our brand. >>> a mcdonald's employee was arrested in south

bond. >>> the child sex abuse case involving former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky took a flue turn today. at today's pretrial hearing both sides blamed the other for delays in the case. meantime sandusky's attorney is now backing down from a motion he filed in march asking the judge to drop all charges. michelle franzen has more on the trial that is expected to begin in a couple of months. >> reporter: jerry sandusky walked into court this morning where defense attorneys were expected to present arguments asking a judge to dismiss all child sexual abuse charges against him due to what they called lack of sufficient evidence. instead, defense attorney joe amandola asked the judge to withdraw the motion for now. he said until the evidence is more concrete. outside the courthouse, he says he is still concerned the ongoing investigation that includes grand jury testimony won't give them enough time to prepare a defense at trial. now set to begin in june. >> we're ready with what we have. the problem is what we don't have and what we don't have right now is any additional di

jerry sanders. thank you so much. jewulianne reed is standing by. jonathon k. post. they surrendered the passport and offered a gps monitoring device. the state comes back and says no bondllion dollars. were your surprised by the request or what the judge decided? >> i wasn't surprised by the request. you saw the set up for it when they were talking with the zimmerman family. they plead indy jens. he's a disabled veteran and not working and the wife is retired. they wereç setting it up that they would set a low bond because they don't have the mean. the state obviously because they fought it and fought it in such a lengthy manner, you knew that they were going to ask for a high bond or no bond some of none of that was surprising. i'm a little surprised. i think it's a little loi but kendall coffey is the expert. he thinks it's in line. >> you know, i was making notes and furiously underlying things around that's how dismissive the judge was. he said it was garden variety. he said the domestic violence case didn't strike him as overwhelming which i thought was interesting. one other thing i thought was interesting was the hint of the prosecutor hint of having more. he s