as kron 4's dan kerman tells us the story wasn't so bad for travelers at sfo. >> reporter: beautiful weather in san francisco gave the people traveling through sfo an early gift. flights have been on time and some even early. making this friday before christmas an easy travel day. >> my second leg of my flight was peaceful. it wasn't a full flight. i got a row to myself. i took a nap. >> we expected huge crowds and we got to the airport two hours early and it was empty. we walked through security. >> security lines have been busy off and on but no huge delays. the same can be said for those waiting to pick up bags. >> reporter: what are you looking forward to? >> spending time with family. >> baking cookies. >> eating food. >> reporter: a smooth travel day for most. allowing those arriving the chance to look forward to the holiday dinner and for that that nontraditional dinner. >> we are having pizza. we have had pizza since children were born. >> sausage from minnesota. >> tripe. i am not one to try it but they love it. >>> couple of tip physical you are coming to sfo. if you are pi

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dan kerman is joining us live from the scene with the latest. >>dan: these are the buildings that caught fire because of the fire has not yet been determined. the fire broke out shortly before noon. it happened in the rear of vote 3 story building fuelled by strong winds. it quickly spread through the building to a single-family home behind it. it also spread to a 25 unit apartment building and a vacant school district building. >> there was a lot of water being poured from the exterior. >> these buildings are attached. if you do not get the fire, you are likely to lose the entire block. >>dan: at 3:00 p.m., some three hours after the fire broke out, it was out. >> it could have been worse if the fire would have happened in the middle of the night. it was not as complicated as it would have been if it were the middle of the night. >>dan: they hope to come back during daylight hours and hope to pinpoint the origin of the burning buildings. >>grant: mayor ed lee made a visit to the fire today saying that they are doing all they can to help the vic

tonight, dan kerman met in oakland family that barely escaped the tragedy. like when the wind blows and 80 for a tree on top of your house in the middle of the night. >> we heard a rumbling crash. she thought that it was an earthquake. we saw stuff all of the floor in the fog, that is strange and then, we realized a dream. >>dan: de amazingly, the tree falling did not wake up their children. >> it miss each of them by a few feet each, it went straight to the middle of both rooms. >>dan: the damage is extensive. here is a look at the bathroom which is right next to the kids' bedrooms. this is a closer look at where the tree made contact with the roof. >> it is amazing. >>dan: the roofs of the tree are very shallow. consider this, this is only half of the tree. the other half went over the top of the house and snapped, falling into the valley below. ironically, this family just bought this house and moved in four months ago. if they will not be sitting here tonight or any of the subsequent nights. repairs will soon get under way. dan kerman, kron4 news. >>pam:

dan kerman is joining us live from sfo and of state. >>dan: a big day of on time.hat is the key word today. we are here at terminal no. 2. for the most part, things have gone very smoothly. a good travel day for those traveling two days before christmas. beautiful weather in san francisco has given the 135,000 people traveling for sfo and early death. flights have been on time and some have even been arriving early making this friday before christmas and easy travel date. >> the second leg of my flight was peaceful. the flight was not full. i had an entire row to myself. >> we expected huge crowds. we got to the airport two hours early and it was almost empty. we walked right through security. >>dan: security has been busy off and on. >> i am looking to spend time with my sister and family. >> family and fantastic food. >>dan: in short, a pretty smooth travel day of writing those-just allowing those arriving to look forward to a traditional holiday dinner and for some, a non- traditional holiday dinner. >> we have always had keetsa. >> sausage. parking is full. if

in san pablo, dan kerman, kron4 is. >>charles: chp has had a special enforcement effort on the bay bridge to get drivers to slow down, details of that coming up. >>jaqueline: here is a look at our current conditions. temperatures are mild but we are expecting very cold conditions overnight. details on that coming up. >>pam: and dealing with the occupy protests is really adding up. for this city is spending a lot of money to keep an eye on the downtown encampment and clean it up. here are the numbers. $500,000 has been spent on officer: overtime. the department also pulls 20-30 officers from district stations each day to control the encampment. that means fewer officers helping in each neighborhood. public works has spent 47,000 clean up after protesters. parks and recreation has spent $50,000 after campers were forced out. jacqueline bennett temperatures are starting to slide as we head through the evening. we are still seeing freezing conditions in some places. temperatures are expected to slide overnight. temperatures

in oakland city hall, dan kerman, kron4 news. >>grant: today lucky supermarkets say they have learned of another store where a debit and credit cards of checkout machine was tampered with and more than five other customers have seen their accounts compromise. the list of bay area stores impacted started at 20. earlier this week, lucky said they found out about three more stores and had tampering. lotto, petaluma and sunnyvale. just yesterday, the store in san leandro from the total number of stores to 24. terisa estacio went to the >>stanley: of those store and found on the customers taking extra precautions with this lead to a trust hitting close to home. >>terisa: some shoppers at this lucky store were shocked to find out what >>terisa: this shopper knows some of the victims. >> i normally do not have a problem at the lucky store. >>terisa: other shoppers say they sympathize with the victims saying it only pay with cash. >>terisa: your not a victim? >> i only deal in cash. we were one of the lucky ones. a key to doing this so t

basically pay lawyers to delay as much as they possibly care because they know when the final decision kerman's the chances are very very high that they're going to lose this case and lose it on a massive scale they wasted he said you know i know i must sometimes mr lawyer prove to me that this person has died of cancer caused by texaco oil the point is they will not give well you can't prove that one particular case of cancer was specifically caused by texaco he's looked but and who had been operating here for over twenty years in that they must look at the same ones who had caused the destruction texaco. that would make. most of the highest level damages of the any environmental regulation the history of the world so that's real money even to an oil company i mean sixteen billion dollars is almost. when your when your profits of show. a company will not put up with blackmail because for the company and for me it is blackmail so they have an expert asking for unrealistic figures such as a belly and or sixteen billion or let them name whatever some they're asking for we're talking about an expe

as dan kerman tells us, it is the highest minimum wage in the nation. >>dan: soon minimum-wage employees in san francisco will have a little more change in their pockets. >> any little bit does help, especially with the economy being what it is. every bit counts. >>j.r.: beginning january 1st the minimum wage will go over $10 an hour to $10.24, an increase of 325 an hour making san francisco the highest minimum-wage city in the country. >> workers worked very hard. i do not mind of them getting the wage. >> some restaurant owners are ok with the increase but they admit that it does make things tougher. >> everything goes up every year periods >>dan: restaurant owners say they're raising prices is not an option these days. that is why some say, to pay for the increase, they may have to reduce the number of employees. >> city officials say san francisco is one of three cities in the nation to have its own a minimum wage. the other two are santa fe new mexico and albuquerque mexico however san francisco has the highest. >>jaqueline: it'll be very cold over

dan kerman was in the courtroom and has the story. >>dan: this briefing to reporters was all the barry bonds said as he arrived at federal court for sentencing after being convicted of obstruction of justice for making misleading statements to a grand jury investigating the use of steroids in sports. he could have been sentenced to 15 months in prison. the judges of for the probation department but instead was sentenced to two years of probation and 30 days of home confinement. 250 hours of community service and a $400,000 fine. if the judge said she believed the bonds tried to obstruct justice but said he did not succeed and that the public consciousness had changed about steroids. she also cited under sentences-just others' sentences in steroid cases, his charitable works and how his actions were an aberration to an otherwise lawful life. prosecutors disagreed is saying the bonds was well versed in misleading people citing his mistresses while married. bonds had engaged in misconduct for years and bonds had been unapologetic but the

dan kerman, kron4 news. >>catherine: lance armstrong says the sentencing was predictable. he says the church--the judge has so shown no appetite for sending athletes fit to prison and says he does believe that this case and others like it could put other athletes on notice. >> the investigation determine cell will look as ford's and forces of the sports leagues to step up and address the problem of doping in sports which really was not happening in the united states. had a great impact in that regard. if you are an elite athlete and new-line in front of the grand jury, that will put you through the wringer. at the end of the day, you get freezing, but a felony conviction is not a fun thing to have on your record, even if you are independently wealthy. >>grant: if the bonds' appeal is denied an he gazes on house of rest is confined to his beverly hills mansion, this is what he would be working well. there is plenty of room. six bedrooms, 10 bathrooms and plenty of outdoor options. place in basketball or tennis or maybe a swim in the pool to cool off. do not forgive the tram

dan kerman has been at the hospital where he was being cared for. >>dan: a very sad day at children's hospital in oakland. very few people are here but earlier in the day friends and family members related to the baby were here waiting for news, around 4:00 p.m., the bad news came. on this final day in the life of hiram lawrence, his father seen here in white and his mother in the blue were surrounded by an ever increasing number of family and friends and well- wishers. for all of the support and prayers. he fought for 11 days. >>dan: his mother surrounded by family met with supporters to announce his passing hand called for an end to the violence. >> i do not want anyone else to go through what i am going through. the shooting needs to end. i should not have to lose my son to a gun shot. >>dan: the family pastor says he was taken off life- support shortly after 2:00 p.m. after doctors performed one final tests. >> he was a fighter. everybody loved him. he was so cute. if this is his footprint. this is how i have to remember him because someone star

dan kerman is joining us live from sfo. >>dan: so far, so good. the good news is those storms they were just talking about have had no impact at sfo. many of the flights are arriving early. >>dan: at sfo on tuesday, the weather could not have been nicer despite weather elsewhere. flights were deported on time and many were arriving early which was great news for those coming to the bay area to celebrate the holidays. this christmas season the busiest travel they will be the friday before christmas. many decided that traveling on tuesday was a much better idea. >> it is great. there are no crowds of. >> thing and we had a great light. just as smooth as can be. >>dan: the teacher travel they will be on friday. again, it should not go as well as we of senior of the week but we did not know what the weather will be like here and other parts of the country and how that might affect travel. at least for today, it is going very smoothly. >>jaqueline: let's talk about the weather for the rest of the week. in new mexico with all that snow, it is now pushin

dan kerman, kron 4 news reporting from oakland hills.r: the wednesday storm toppled elizabeth street. this structure was under a major renovation when heavy winds pushed itself and the adjacent business. no injuries. ever the optimist says, they never ceased to the opportunity to go with plenty " of their design phase. in vacaville, plan b -- for their design. at >> craig skalar >> this crai >> in scotts valley, that is rob fladeboe reporting of downed trees. there were two different earthquakes. one at 10:3:05 p.m. at 6:3 and the other was 11:00 p.m. these small shop after a six magnitude shook the state november fete damaging to what homes near the buckley highway. that is where the strongest ever recorded in the state of oklahoma. there is been an increase in seismic activity since 2010. however, geologists say it is not out of the ordinary. sandusky is speaking out against the sexual misconduct against him. in an interview with the new york times he says that with the former penn state coach, joe paterno never spoke to him about any

as kron4 dan kerman tells us this to the highest minimum wage in the whole country.n servers and dishwashers and other minimum-wage employees will have a little more change in their pockets. >> i think a little bit does help. every single bit counts especially with grant in the way that things are now. >>reporter: beginning january 1st the minimum wage in san francisco will go over the $10 per hour mark up to $10.24, that is an increase of 325 per hour making san francisco the highest minimum wage in the country. >>reporter: while some restaurant owners are ok with the increase they admit that it makes things tougher. >> it is not just the minimum wage everything goes up every single year. >>reporter: restaurant owners say been raising prices is not an option these days. >> if i put $1 more or $2 more, all my customers will be complaining about it. >>reporter: that is why some say to pay for the increase they may have to reduce the number of employees. >>pam: maybe if before i had 10 in police i will have eight employees. >>reporter: city officials said the san franc

ideology why because the villain in the movie is an oil baron out to destroy the muppets theatre and kerman and his friends are determined to save their beloved artistic home but even though the storyline of the muppets movie really has very little to do with the oil industry g.o.p. t.v. spun it as a liberal environmentalist propaganda piece. is liberal hollywood using class warfare two to kind of break brainwash our kids. yeah absolutely and they've been doing it for decades but teaching our kids class warfare where are we going is china a second yes that is our old friend dan gainor on fox business accusing the muppets of trying to brainwash our kids with an anti-capitalist anti oil industry message joining me now to offer more insight on this issue is none other than dan gainor himself dan vice president t. boone pickens free market fellow at the business and media's dude and welcome back to the show it's a pleasure if you got a guy who's actually had to use the muppets personally but the people behind the people put their hands and pulled the strings on the muppets so why do you why do

wednesday to let in the observers or it will consider turning to the un security council for action this kerman says moscow speaking up for its un resolution on syria in the face of attempts by the u.s. and its allies to see the text in it changed but moscow insists its dollar balanced approach to solving the crisis of the draft condemns all sides in the ongoing conflict calling for the violence to stop while ruling out foreign intervention and sanctions washington though wants the blame for the bloodshed quote on the damascus authorities alone it also would acknowledge that the opposition is armed despite thousands of army defectors claiming to be fighting to bring down the regime eighty times columnist pepe escobar things western countries are looking to soften up the country before making their move. what's interesting is what the u.s. and nato countries consider and accept an acceptable is that the syrian government cannot fight an armed insurgency in their own territory the free syrian army they're getting weapons smuggled from the middle east to the borders in turkey any in jordan as well

dan kerman and it is in the oakland hills with the latest on the cleanup efforts there. >>reporter: that 8 ft. tree that the wind blew down on this oakland home remains where it was but not for long. crews plan on removing this beginning saturday. >> our plan right now is to stabilize the trunk laterally, will lie in the low from the backside and some temporary structures will be built and we will cut the remaining part of the tree off. >>reporter: crews cannot use a crane to help. >> a crane from the street would be booming out 100 ft. and as it booms out, it will begin to tilt and that is not safe. >>reporter: during the storm, this house got pelted with needles and snapped branches and out a homeowner is having them trim back even further to make sure that the house is stationed in other windstorm or rise. of course that homeowner is trying to avoid damage that looks like this. it really does not get any worse than this, the tree removal should take about five days again no one was injured when a tree fell. and once the tree is going, repairs to the house can begin. >

dan kerman is joining us on the fall with more on the story. >>dan: there are 23 lucky stores that were victimized . we do not know how many customers have been victimized. they installed highly sophisticated schemers on debit and credit card machines, those are the ones the checkout on. one in each of the 23 stores, the self checkout lanes each had one. people are advised, if you shop at a lucky store in the bay area to check your credit card statement and tracking the account statement for any unauthorized charges. >>catherine: let me ask you, there could have been plenty of people ripped off by do not know it yet, correct? >> absolutely. >>craig: >>dan: the people from the lucky stores say they have received phone calls from over 80 people. we do know that the u.s. secret service is investigating this and trying to determine exactly how the skimmers got into the machines and at what point they were put in. they were discovered last month and moved-judge removed shortly before thanksgiving. we do not know when their work in. until we know tha

dan kerman tells us this is the highest minimum wage in the nation.>reporter: soon, servers and dishwashers and other minimum-wage employees in san francisco will have a lot more change in their pockets. >>reporter: -- >> i think every little bit helps being an employee every little bit counts especially with grant and things the way they are now. >>reporter: beginning january 1st the minimum wage in san francisco will go over the $10 per hour mark up to $10.24. this is an increase of 325 per hour making san francisco the highest minimum wage in the country. >> all the workers they work very hard here. i did not mind them getting a raise. >>reporter: some restaurant owners are ok with the increase but they admit that it does make things tougher. >> it is not to some ways but everything goes up every single year. >>reporter: restaurant owner says raising prices is just not an option these days. >> i cannot touch my prices because if i put $1 or $2 more all of the customers will complain about it. >>reporter: that is why some say to pay for the increase

we are joined live by dan kerman with a look at the damage.: let me show you what a tree did to this house this the tree right here now let me pull out and show what happened at 1:30 a.m.. this tree came crashing down on top of this house built in 1934 inside a husband and wife and two young kids. this is what it looks like when the wind blows a 100 ft. redwood tree on top of your house. >> we heard a rumble and a crash i actually thought it was an earthquake we were in the back part of the house and my wife check on the kids and there was the fall of the floor and she thought it was strange to me realize there was a tree in the middle of the two bedrooms. >>reporter: up amazingly the kids remain asleep during the fall. >> they were both fined, it missed them by a few feet each is went straight through the middle of the two rooms so they were lucky. >>reporter: this is a picture up of the bathroom when the tree connected to the house. and this is a closer look at the tree when it hit the house this is not all the trees the other half fell over

dan kerman talk with him about barry bonds and his role in the over all federal probe into steroids.> i cannot believe that their bonds to get jail time. >>reporter: bellcoe founder victor is still a big fan of barry bonds. he says they he believes barry bonds was singled out among all the athletes brought before the grand jury. he believes too much money spent by the fed on the investigation but he admits that this has had a positive outcome. >> there has been an increase in awareness there has been a positive change there is testing in places where there was not before. >>reporter: still he believes that there are many baseball players that continued to use the illegal drug and he claims major league baseball for that. >> i do not mean that they're taking it as seriously as they could if they were, they would test windy athletes are using-- when the athletes are using this and that is in the off- season. i did not understand how others who did not cheat and use drugs like the family members of the athlete, the tremendous pain and suffering that cause them and if i had to do all ove

>>reporter: our team coverage continues with dan kerman who is live at the command center investigatorsng to figure out exactly what caused it is today >>reporter: as you can see we're on the golden gate avenue fire crews have not accounted for everyone who were in these buildings. they have accounted for all the people in the three buildings. we can show you where they believe the fire began, it is up here in the three unit victorian. it is a wood frame building and that is where they believe it started. >>reporter: the fire broke out shortly before 12 noon and the rear of a wood frame victorian and quickly spread through the building and to the 25 unit building on the corner next door. >> midway through it became too dangerous so we pulled crude out of the main fire building. >>reporter: some 45 minutes into the fire it was still raging and for the first time in six years, a fifth alarm was called green half of the city's firefighters to this location. >>reporter: if he did not make an aggressive attack you literally lose the whole lot. by 1:30 p.m. smoke and flames continued to pour

dan kerman will take a look at what could be coming.>reporter: the revenue between one and $2 billion less than expected there will be $600 million in additional cuts. among them, uc and csu could have a $1 million decrease they said it will not increase keys to students. also, the home support services for the disabled from the $1 million child care was cut $23 million and libraries or cut $15 million and. look for an additional $1.9 billion in cuts, among them $72 million from community colleges, $248 million from home to school transportation and one--and more than and up $1.5 billion to education. what the budget says that schools could reduce the number of school days but that is not practical because that would require reopening teacher contracts for less than has been indicated. you also can alley off teachers so it is unclear how the school district will make the additional cuts unless it has already been budgeted in and some have done that. now we should know that the department of finance forecast on tuesday. >>justine: time f

dan kerman joins us live from children's hospital in oakland where the boy's mother just spoke with the media. >>reporter: that is right is very sad news today we continue that hiram lawrence was moved from the i see you today around 2:00 p.m. for one final test on another floor. that test prove to be conclusive and the package--and the family's passage of as he was removed from life-support and pronounced dead at 3:05 p.m.. at 4:05 p.m. the mother came out to paint everyone for their support. >> i just want to thank everybody for all of their support and all of the prayers, hiram lawrence fought for 11 days. i do not want anyone else to go through what i am going through. i am standing here and not crying, it is hard but i have to be strong for my baby. this is my baby is footprint and this is how i have to remember my baby because someone wanted to start shooting. hiram lawrence is a fighter. he was active and busy everyone loved him and he was so skewed of the lady. taking family and friends and talk about her baby, the mother called for an end to violence. >> i do not want any viole

in oakland i am dan kerman with kron4 news.nts at open tech are mourning the loss of a recent graduate that was the star on their football team. frank thompson was on scholarship at the university of oregon when he collapsed at practice. he was just 20 years old. >>reporter: here in berkeley there has been a lot of talk lately. there are a team of counselors and health professionals dedicated to helping students who may be having problems with prostitution. >>reporter: here in san jose, the valley transportation authority approved spending $772 million much of it from over prove sales tax revenue to fund the extension from fremont to san jose with the arrival of federal funding in february construction could begin as soon as 2012. when the project is complete some 46,000 riders per day are expected to use this to and from fremont. in san jose i and rob fladeboe with kron4 news. >>gabe: i am at the westfield san francisco shopping center and now through the end of the month you can catch the greatest high tech holiday light show

we are keeping an eye on the conditions if you are headed out of town, let us go to dan kerman who isive at it and how things are going this afternoon >>reporter: things are going very well, let me throw some feel for you. the reason they are going so well is because the weather has been so nice. planes have been departing and arriving not only on time but many have been coming in early in that is a bit loose. it is true that lines are longer depending on what time you should look at the airport, but people are moving through it pretty quickly is that is the good news we to everyone and talk with this idea leaving her sfo when many that are arriving here from other destinations say that is a was an improvement or resume despite the fact that of days of for christmas things are moving very slowly. cotton burn and vinegar is pyramid >>reporter: concord river from our corporate why, what are you looking to the >> make cookies with my mom. >>reporter: that sounds good for christmas or any of time. now we continue below term parking lot as well, but if you want is can goals and parking in

dan kerman it with an open family that barely escaped tragedy.>reporter: this is what looks like when the wind blows and 80 ft. tree on top of your house in the middle of the night. >> we heard a rumbling in a crash i actually thought was an earthquake we were in the back corner of the house and then i went to check on the kids i saw the stuff all of the floor and i thought that was strange and i realize there was a tree in the middle of the two bedrooms. >>reporter: amazingly the roar of the tree crashing did not with the one year old with a three year old. >> they were both fined, it missed them by the--a few feet each. >>reporter: the damage is extensive this is a look of the bathroom right next to the kid's bedroom. and this is a look where the tree may contact with the roof. the roots of the tree are very shallow and consider this, this is only half of the tree the other has gone over the top of the house and snapped and falling into the valley below. ironically, this family just bought this house and moved in about four months ago. they wil

dan kerman spoke with the group's leader and also to the mirror to get her reaction.>reporter: backers of the petition to jerome mayor jean quan out of office have been authorized to begin collecting signatures to recall her. >> she is in the steel office and i haven't drowned and repair of >>reporter: oakland resident jean hazard is spearheading the job. the petition a recall is is that the mayor has ignored the city's most pressing issue, public safety. >> i have put together i think the first comprehensive plan and it got the sign off from school different, the district attorney and the probation office to make a concentrated effort in the 100 block. >>reporter: mayor quan believes that shooting is successful on the job and has been more successful when a previous marriage. hog--she says that she fights to plan and keep her job and while upsetting, the recall is not a shock. >> i am personally a little bit disappointed but i am not surprised. >>reporter: supporters of the admission to will have until the middle of may to gather about 20,000 signatures if they're ab

>>reporter: this is one reason why our foreign kerman spent the day going from store to store. >> i am always shopping for deals, you never leave out without shopping for deals. >>reporter: out here at the street you can see some shoppers in the distance, shoppers had a very busy day. i talk with the employees at the stores out here, some of them said their store was busier than christmas eve and others said that was not the case it the opinion on who you actually asked. deals between a 375% of.--deals between 30% and 75% off. >>justine: public transit are offering free ride on year's eve to encourage them to on the train instead of driving drunk. some transportation will be free that night into the early- morning hours on the rear first, bart starr trucks will not be free but it will provide additional service until 3:00 a.m. san francisco waterfront will be crowded each new year's eve because of the city's vaunted fireworks show that starts at midnight ride of the embarcadero. for people clearly fireworks show or other festivities in the area there will be a special muni metro servic

reporting live in the oakland hills i am dan kerman with kron4 news. >>pam: those pictures are amazing to see over and over again. our coverage continues from the santa cruz mountains. again, the main problem is all the trees down by high winds. rob fladeboe reports that the storm has taken quite a toll on scotts valley. fossils >>reporter: scotts valley seem to be in the eye of that storm that howled through the bay area most of the wind is gone and only a light breeze is moving through the trees. many of the trees are now on the ground. some of them like this one landed on homes and others on cars and still others gawking rose. no one was hurt when this tree crashed into the side of this home at the end of the street. but there is considerable damage to the rules as well as to the siding and one exterior wall. the crew said that it will take the better part of the day to get the tree down. they said that there are enough down trees throughout the mountains to keep them busy for the next two weeks. >>pam: look at this scene, the high winds on wednesda

dan kerman is a live tonight or the host of the show missed busters met with the homeowners a short timeporter: you have to see it to believe it. jamie hyman was here along with the host of niche busters. they went to this house and you could see the cannon ball right in the back that is where is shot through. they met with the family that lived in this house and they assure them that safety was a top priority and they will determine exactly what went wrong and make sure never happens again. about 3:00 p.m. it's busters host adams savage and jamie time and arrived in dublin to visit the family that lived in this home where a cannon ball shot through the front door and out of the back of the house. >> we are deeply sorry for this happening this the worst thing that we can imagine happening. the host -- >>reporter: the host say they're not sure what exactly went wrong but they believe it has to do with the positioning of the can. >> the canon was aimed at a street and low trajectory right into our barriers somehow wind upward. >> again we have not watched the footage of it so we do not hav

i believe that for years, he has thought that he is got away with this kerman >> mark: he will now bemurder charges with special circumstances. and in decision 2012 news three days to go before the iowa caucus and it appears that the race is mitt romney's to lose. he is watching as republicans and i would try to find an alternative. apparently he likes what he sees. he is looking with optimism and i wasted that rejected him for years ago but they're open to the possibility that he could be the gop's presidential nomination. his rivals are working in overdrive to emerge as the prime contender. none of them went after romney, instead they were focusing on each other and hoping that a strong showing in iowa we yield momentum heading into the primaries in new hampshire and south carolina. his latest gallup poll showing him pulling ahead of a fading of being rich and well ahead of the other gop can experience he is leaving the packed with 27 percent. gingrich has been on the december slide, he started a month with 34 percent support and not down to 23. ron paul, rick perry and michele bock

where's the discussion in the presidential race about where the real problems are in this country kerman no one is talking about them. they think the american people do not know. the american people know that we're in trouble in the war real leadership to address those problems, specifically with specific answers, specific things. and then have the debate, but not having the debate is not healthy for us as a nation. host: joseph ramirez tweet sen. -- tweets in: guest: a ilana so that i have been disappointed in washington since i've been in politics. i have been highly critical but i think it deserves it. just think for a minute. we have a farm policy where we have given far and made out to 16 different countries that alone more than $10 billion of our debt. we are borrowing money from foreign countries and giving them foreign aid. if they had enough money to loan us that money, why are we giving them? i can show you what is wrong. those of the symptoms of the problem. the problem is the lack of oversight. the lack of attentiveness of both the administration and members of congress in fi

dan kerman, kron4 news. >>catherine: plans williams is the co-author of the book game of shadows that explores the use of steroids in baseball. he does believe the case will have some impact on testing and put other athletes on notice. >> the investigation changed the way we look at sports yen has forced sports leagues to step up and address the problem with doping in sports. if you are an elite athlete in the line in front of the grand jury, they will flee to the rear. at the end of the day, you get probation but it is a process and a felony conviction is not a fun thing to have on your record. >>catherine: stay with us for the latest on the sentencing pending that appeal. you can always visit our web site www.kron4.com for our twitter and facebook pages. >>catherine: the funeral was a day for the one-year- old shot and killed in oakland. he died in his father's arms when three gunmen opened fire during the filming of iraq video in oakland. this year is surveillance video that caught part of this. hiram law