bureau is johnathon hutson. johnathon, apart from newspaper reports, tell us what happen papping in tugugly this week. >> sudan armed forces have been using russian made planes to bomb civilians. it is clear as bishop andudu. the government has a radical perspective on the islamic faith. but they are also willing to bomb muslims as they have in darfore now bombing christians and stamping out the people in the oil producing region. tens of thousands are displaced without food, water or medical care. armed men are searching house to house. >> omar bashir's regime is targeting christians and black africans, why? >> some muslims and arabs view him as inferior because he is black and christian. he chairs the outreach committee for the state of south courtfan on behalf of the anglican church. muslims and christians intermarry. they are living peacefully. armed men were searching house to house calling his name. he could be in a mass grave if he were not here in the united states having left before the violence began t

. >> johnathon bloom, abc 7 news. >> the national guard will patrol streets in the towns in massachusetts. governor patrick called on the guards men following the twisters that killed three people and injured two hundred. residents said they never saw anything like what happened. one twister sucked up the connecticut river. >> i have never seen this kind of damage or devastation in massachusetts. and many of the residents said to me, this is massachusetts, this is not supposed to happen here . it never has to our recollection. >> late afternoon tornados wreaked damage in 18 villages and cities. this was the deadliest tornados in 16 years and most significant damage in 1953. john kerry said it just doesn't happen there often in massachusetts >> puts our weather in perspective. >> ours pale in comparison to what they are dealing with there. but we are dealing with unusual record and we could be setting daily rainfall records to the weekend . we had a chance to enjoy the sunshine. we had a few showers in the north bay and pacifica and a live picture from san jose. temperatures in san jose 65

recently voted to tax and puts more cops on the streets to continue the war on other drugs in oakland johnathonme abc 7 news . >> a remarkable story from a fire house in livermore. >> that's where the light bulb burned for more than a hundred years and no sign offfffffffffff good news and bad news report on oil price. crude oil reached the lowest price since february . the bad news is. it is largely due to a lack of confidence in the world economy. and after six weeks of losses this was the first week that the dow has gone up. today the stock price fell by 24 percent. cal train said technology is monitoring the nuclear plants around the world. it uses ground sensors and allows officials to respond within machines of a quake. cal train renewed the service and it is also used in school systems. >> senators boxer and feinstein urged the national park center to put a center where chavez led the united farm workers union and now buried n a letter to the park service. they said the story of cezar chavez and his struggle to carry justice for farm workers is a story to carry on for future generation. h

. >> abc7 johnathon bloom is here with a report that affects almost all of us. >> first of all it mean that using a cell phone will give you cancer but it might. cell phone readiiation is possibly carcin genic. the announcement is a big deal to those who call cell phones dangerous for years. experts remain unconvinced. >> this is good news. >> the world health organization finding is not a surprise. she warned of the danger of cell phone radiation since her husband was diagnosed with a brain tumor. >> it was in the right frontal lobe. he had held a cell phone to his head since 19quen- 1987. >> doctors wrote it was probably it stemmed from mobile phone use. he suffers from health problems . now the cell phone industry can't deny the possibility that his doctors were right. >> one of the sound bites that the who said there is no link between cell phones and the brain tumors. they will not be able to say that anymore. >> there are skeptics. >> there is no cancer risk of using a cell phone. >> muller said there is no conclosive evidence and the numbers don't bear out. >> we know how to cal

johnathon bloom report that is neighbors are not happy about it. >> i am in the business of helping people. >> that's why the chiropractorments to turn the vacant doctor's office in an alternative health clinic and also a dispensary for medical marijuana. >> it is on the north side of the building and a single entrance right here and unarmed security guard and a cafe will be located on the forefront in front of the building with outdoor seating. >> cafe in front and marijuana in back and neighbors up in arms. >> we don't feel it is appropriate for this location. >> he passed out 500 fliers to the neighbors and there is a medical canab bis club. >> there are so many pot club in one corridor. you don't see it in pacific heights. you don't see pot clubs in other neighbors. they have zero and they're all here. san francisco's planning commission approved the club. the commissioner said there were no deprounds to deny it >> it is alternative medical treatment allowed by law. >> the location is on the right side of the law but just barely. >> they are required to be a thousand feet away from the

johnathon reports that it is a school on the mission to help students defy the odds. >> the principalpromise to parents. >> now, he can say he kept that promise. four years after it opened, kip king is having the first graduation and every graduate is headed to college. >> like, wow, this is really happening. i can't -- linda is graduating along with two sisters and they will be the first to attend the four year university and graduate with 60 class mates and many of them minority students for which college was a foreign concept. >> i didn't know what college was kind of. i heard of it. oh, college. that's where the adults go. >> they have gone from naive for which college is a word and critecal thinking, community minded passionate young adults. >> young adults who go to school eight hours a day and take part in the next day discussions . >> they assume the white population, a lot of them are rich. >> they are more worried about being called racist. >> yeah. >> teachers here say it is no coincidence that their students defy the awes. they learn to think of education not just somethin

. >> we are posting an interview in which congressman weiner lashed out for johnathon karl for askingtrageous question. knowing what we know now it is a fascinating interview. >> a late word from washington tonight. the chief economic advisor is stepping down. a arthur goolsbee served and will return as professor of economics in the university of chicago. in accepting goldsbee's reznition president obama praised him for steering the world oust a crisis. >> coming to court to face sexual assault charges he faced a mob. >> they were shouting shame on you at 62 year old dominique strauss-kahn who walked in court and pled not guilty to charges of sexual assaulting a maid. lawyers for the maid said she will testify at trial. a group of 50 hotel workers many in union form protested outside of the courthouse. >> we are doing our job. try to pull your pants up and not down. >> and strauss-kahn is under house reast and under armed guard. >> five american troops were killed in iraq today. largest single loss of life for the u.s. military in two years. the troops were serving as advisors when th

. >> in san francisco johnathon bloom, abc 7 news. >> coming up next new rules of the road whit comes to bicycle safety. >> and a siberian tiger ruling the roost atatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatata