but not the lanyard. last night the patient punched the psych. tech. in the face and grabbed his lanyard from behind like this. >> staff member sitting downed and the individual was able to sort of lift up on the lanyard to provide leverage and pull it against the person's neck like that. >>reporter: andy is the psychologist would witnessed the attack. he said when the alarm sounded, workers rushed to the staffer. the hospital tells us the system worked. the patient grabbed the employee lanyard and it broke off as designed. lanyard has this safety break away device in the back that splits in two. if enough pressure is applied. did he advice did break. but:00 kneel says the attacker then grabbed the 2 ends. >> if you grab like this it's like a professional choking device kind of thing patient was pulling. >>reporter: assemblyman allen represents nap a.he's a former psych. tech. >> i'm telling administration don't wear them if they don't want to. oral tern difference. >>reporter: like this. alarm that clips on to your belt a.system that the hospital is c

we have never had an incident where someone was smoked with a lanyard. -- choked with a lanyard. >> reporter: it is the latest upgrade. workers say there needs to be an alternative to wearing the strap. >> reporter: as of now? >> reporter: one worker described a lanyard at home that breaks away. >> reporter: the hospital is also looking at attaching the device to a belt loop. it is expected to last 8 months. reporting live, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> solyndra is settling a lawsuit with employees. the company told 850 of its 960 employees to pack up without warning last august. employees sued saying they are entitled to 60 days notice. they agreed to pay $3.5 million to those employees. >>> apple rested its case today against samsung. and now samsung is calling witnesses. it is their turn to defend theirselves. they are limited to 25 hours each to present their cases. >>> governor jerry brown attended a summit at lake tahoe today to keep the lake green and clean. governor jerry brown says it shows that progress can be made with collaboration. >> this is an incidence where people from

once in, any employee prefers the belt clip can use it instead of the lanyard. and there are some saying until then they'd prefer to die them around their belt autos we're looking at that. they're measuring against the belt clip and evaluated and we'll see what he can do. >> this hospital union reps say it should be a no brainer. >> it's their necks. it's our necks on the line. it's their necks right now. >> and a number of employees refused to wear lanyards and after advised by supervisors to wear them around their necks administrators decided to let employees come to work. there will be no action. i'm told, for refusing. >> thank you. >> there is a major warning from a fire chief after an overnight fire killed two men and officials say the amount of stuff in the house kept firefighters from rescuing victims in time. amy holly field has the story. >> there are temperatures saying there was so much stuff there was a hard time getting to victims. >> if this took longer than it normally would that would be free of the debris. took about 20 minutes to get the first

a patient tried to choke a male technician with a new alarm lanyard two days after the new measure. these are high tech alarms that are easily triggered. and there is staff members told us they were worried patients might try to choke them with a lanyard and that is what happened. >> this patient grabbed the lanyard at the only break away point and held onto it and that is the only thing that kept the staff member safe. >> now, last night alarm did work and helped arrive quickly and says it broke apart as it's designed to do. the technician was not seriously injured. >> a decision on whether ross mirkarimi should keep his job should end soon. abc 7 news is live at city hall with the story. some dramatic moment there, again, today. >> there were some that are mundane but critical for example, just up there they're talking about punctuation and city charter. and whether it has to relate to the sheriff's office. so they're being chairful because what happens to ross mirkarimi is uncharted territory. >> this is to give 17 years of public service to this city. nine years in the d.a.'s of

these lanyards are alarms that can be easily triggered. there are concerns the lanyards pose a choking danger. we are told that's what happened. the patient grabbed the lanyard and tried to choke the worker. he was not seriously injured. >>> police looking for a serial armed robber who they say threatened a pregnant clerk. his image was captured by a camera. police say this man is responsible for robbing five redwood city businesses in one week. maria torres is finding it hard to get past the terror she felt. >> he like this and here and put it here. >> he pointed the gun at your baby? >> yes. >> you're pregnant? >> yes. >> residents are passing photos of the suspect. crimestoppers is offering up to $3500 in reward money. >>> today the san francisco giants are expected to make a roster move to fill all-star outfielder melky cabrera's spot on the roster he was suspended for 50 games after testing positive for excess sieve -- excessive testosterone. the players' union filed a grievance, then dropped it after he admitted using the banned subs

it took one day before an employee was punched in the case fais by patient et who grabbed the lanyard from behind, choking the therapist. >> he's fun and released from the emergency room that evening. >> the executive director says investigators interviewed witnesses today and the psych tech told me he would rather not put that around his neck. >> and i'm helping to get another option. >> there is an option on a belt clip and after wednesday's attack the hospital ordered more clips so employees can have a choice. but the clips won't be in for 10 days and they're telling employees wear your lanyard, around your neck. >> i think that it's at this point acceptable to say to staff wear the lanyard as issued in the fashion it is designed to work. we're evaluating how to do that. >> they would not say it's a bad idea she isn't taking action against employees who refuse to wear them we're into the sending them home and not disciplining them, they're just being reminded the how it's to be worn so we know it will alarm. >> i talk wtd hospital employee who's tell me this is an unusual situation

and not the lanyard. this patient grabbed his lanyard from behind. >> this staff member sitting down. the individual able to sort of lift up to provide leverage to pull it against a neck like that. >> and there is a psychologist says the system worked. the patient grabbed the lanyard it and broke off as designed. and there is a safety break away that splits in two if enough pressure is applied. saying tacker then grabbed two ends. >> if you grab it's like a professional choking device. >> this assemblyman is a former psych tech. >> so i'm telling administration is don't require to wear if they don't want to. >> like this. there is a system they're currently testing. the hospital told thus afternoon they're expanding a pilot program and they say that they'll make alarms available immediate lie in sacramento state officials now taking blame for a dmv computer glitch forcing drivers to stand in line for hours yesterday while computers were down. first blaming it on the phone company. now they're saying it's

change in poll civil hospital employees will no longer be required to carry new safety alarms on lanyards. instead they can carry them on a belt clip. this change comes after a patient punched a hospital tech in the face on wednesday and then tried to choke him with the lanyard. this morning union leaders met with administrator who agreed to low the belt clips. >> it doesn't give my merit to say we told you so. i'm pretty disappointed that they don't listen to us before something happens. >> the tech was not seriously hurt. we are told the belt clips are on order and should arrive in a week. >> state transportation leaders trying to make sure that a five-day closure of the bridge doesn't catch bay area drivers by surprise. today caltrans gave the meeting the up close look at the plan for labor day weekend as crews planned to replace an expans joint. its part of a upgrade to make the bridge more able to with stand the strong quake. >> part of the work we need to do is a hundred foot concrete paver so that when cars go up onto the new el vacation they won't notifying. >> it starts at ten au

and administrators looking to wear the lanyards until new clip arrive. some are worried they'll be exposed to another tack. >> they're looking at and measuring against the belt clip and evaluating knots. we'll see what we can do between thousand and expansion of the pilot. >> cal osha is investigating and the agency fined the hospital $100,000 for the death of another worker in 2010. >> no improvement for california latest unemployment numbers. jobless rate remained the same as in june. there is a golden state added about 25,000 jobs in government and financial services and hospitality. but jobless claims offset gains and losses included jobs in construction manufacturing and transportation. >> and one of america's top credit reporting agencies plans to begin a review of the finances of city as cross california to see if any could go broke. the audit comes after stocks went into bankruptcy this year, moody's issued a report saying many cities fiscal problems put bond holders at right after this skpk notes some cities are considering bankruptcy to avoid m

but they don't like wearing the lanyard which if grabbed by a patient can choke you. the union says there's already been one incident. >> one of the rn was grabbed by a patient and he pulled away as much as he could and got away. >>reporter: but hospital authorities believe the safety risk of the new alarm are minimal. >> it does have a break away feature and we also think that the likelihood of something happening is very small. >>reporter: the lanyard does have this break away device in the back which can split in two if an attacker pulls too hard. but here's potential problem. if you grab it on the break away there's no way it is going to. >> as long as he holds on to it. >>reporter: workers are passing out petition asking the hospital to listen to their complaints. >> we want an option. something that ride on our hip. clip to our belt. >>reporter: this is a unit supervisor made available to us by hospital management. he says he has no equals about the alarm. >> person can be choked with a piece of clothing as well as the lanyards. >>reporter: state hospital admini

employees who wear lanyards now voluntarily. >> the security alarm system is the latest update. psych yatic was by a patient two years ago, and there have been several assaults. workers say there needs to be an alternative to wearing the strap. >> we have asked for them to postpone it until we can come up with a better alternative. >> one worker designed a lan yard at home, one that breaks off no matter what direction is pil pulled and the ends are shorter. >> it should break away on the back on a pull like this. >> hospitals also consider attaching the to belt loops. the pilot program is expected to last aibt about eight months. in napa, channel 2 gluz. >>> the legal battle between the girlfriend and estranged wife of late bay area artist thomas kin kad is back in -- the two sides are fighting over kin kad's 130 million $estate. girlfriend amy who you see here made a move today to claim some of kinkade ooeshgs original painting and 10 million dollars to establish a kin kad muse similar. lawyers for kin kad and estranged wife maintained the notes are not valid wils. an apeels co

will have a chip so that they know where each employee is and also they can receive data from the lanyard. >> darya: now we want to know about the temperatures will head over to erica. >> erica: if you want relief, go to the beaches, it looks like we have pretty cool conditions there. in terms of your temperatures right outside the door we have 56 in oakland, and we have a lot of cloud coverage coming from our roof camera in downtown san francisco but above we will see the sunshine into they will shape up to the court tuesday. temperatures could reach the triple digits. i will have your full details on what is in store. the move on to traffic now with george. >> george: thank you there, we still have no hot spots or any major delays. your drive time is now 11 minutes to get through the span. still, the heaviest traffic for the eastl the is to be from on high way for an interstate 580 your ride still looks good for the south bay peninsula and the north bay you will find no problems or delays. >> justine: this just in, mit romney is live in florida. as you can see from the pictures behind m

this individual was able to sort of lift up on the lanyard to pro individual leverage and pull it against the person's neck like that. >> and officials only saying because he was found incompetent to stand trial in a criminal case. >> san jose police made an arrest in a shooting they say was gang related. an 18-year-old was arrested last night on suspension of attempted murder and drug possession. it happened just after 2:30 in the afternoon. the 25-year-old victim being treated for nonlife threatening gunshot wounds. police arrested a suspected arsonist accused of starting a wildfire on wednesday at preserve in the palo alto foot hills. investigators believe the 50-year-old intentionally set five small fires burning four acres and being charged with felony arson. crews got the fire under control. no structures were damaged. >> update now on other wildfires burning in california. fire officials say the nearly 8,000 acre lake county fire is 80% contained, things looking better now than they did when sky 7 flew over the scene mob. monday. all orders have been lifted including one for the wi

these lanyards are alarms that can be easily triggered.there are concerns they pose a choking danger, strangulation hazard we are told that's what happened. the patient grabbed the lanyard and tried to choke the worker. he was not seriously injured. >>> public health officials and county coroner investigating the death of a newborn at marin general. the infant died march 3rd, after a nurse administered a labor inducing drug without a doctor's authorization. the nurse reportedly told authorities it was in compliance with standard procedures. marin general is not commenting. >>> police identified the man they have in custody for stabbing a homeless woman to death with a samurai sword. he's 37-year-old marcus reynolds of san jose he was taken into custody shortly after the murder monday night. prosecutors confirmed there's seven other criminal cases pending against him. >>> accused serial killer joseph naso requesting a new -- he announced in court yesterday that he has fired a second adviser after spending months arguing successfully he coul

they will begin wearing emergency alarm tags on lanyards some worry those lanyard could be a strangulationofficials say the strap has a safety break away feature and alarms can be attached by a clasp. two years ago a psychiatric tech at the hospital was strangled by a patient. employees have long complained about a lack of security and safety at the facility. >>> federal panel has given california until friday to come up with ideas to reduce the prison population, including early release. the deadline was made because the state probably won't meet the requirement of a court-ordered population reduction. governor brown's plan to move low level offenders from state to county jails is not moving fast enough. california has up to 8,000 too many prisoners to meet the federal mandate. >>> the realignment has created overcrowding at san mateo county jails. the number of inmates transfered from state prisons to the county jails is 15% higher than what state corrections officials projected. 170 inmates who would have served time in state prison have been sentenced to county jail instead. >>> state

a patient grabbed the lanyard and tried to choke a male tech last night. he was sent to the hospital. he was not seriously injured. >> the state is taking blame for today's -- tuesday's computer glitch at the department of motor vehicles. the glitch shutdown the system for several hours was blamed on at&t and verizon it was discovered that a router at dmv headquarters caused the problem. another router at the state failed that shutdown the network that links libraries, child services and dozens of other departments across the state. the state insists the two router failures were not connected to the multi-million dollar revamp from a few years back. >>> facebook stock rebounding slightly after dropping to an all time low this morning. shares plunged as 271 million new shares became eligible for on the first day that the post ipo lock-up period ended meaning early investors can now sell their shares. the stock hit a low of $19.69. down 20%. first day trading was marred by nasdaq glitch an an unimpressive earnings report followed cause the stock to spiral do

some workers say alarms attached to lanyards pose a strangulation danger.the hospital has been the site of several high profile attacks including the strangulation death of one worker. >>> google is cutting several thousand jobs. it is eliminating about 4,000 jobs at motorola business. about a third of 90 store locations. the company says changes will maybe the unit profitable but warned investors should expect business revenue to fluctuate over the next few quarters. >>> mitt romney's new running mate paul ryan heads out on his own for the first time today in the battleground state of iowa, as mitt romney continues his bus tour in florida. medicare is the key issue for the state's many retired seniors. romney's selection of ryan has put the issue front and center by his proposal to limit the cost of health care by pushing future retirees into private plans. romney has tried to distance himself ryan budget plan. >> the president's idea for instance for medicare was to cut it by 700 billion dollars. we want to make sure we preserve and protect medicare. >> t

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a patient grabbed the lanyard and tried to choke a male tech last night. he was sent to the hospital. he was not seriously injured. >> the state is taking blame for today's -- tuesday's computer glitch at the department of motor vehicles. the glitch shutdown the system for several hours was blamed on at&t and verizon it was discovered that a router at dmv headquarters caused the problem. another router at the state failed that shutdown the network that links libraries, child services and dozens of other departments across the state. the state insists the two router failures were not connected to the multi-million dollar revamp from a few years back. >>> facebook stock rebounding slightly after dropping to an all time low this morning. shares plunged as 271 million new shares became eligible for on the first day that the post ipo lock-up period ended meaning early investors can now sell their shares. the stock hit a low of $19.69. down 20%. first day trading was marred by nasdaq glitch an an unimpressive earnings report followed cause the stock to spiral do

. >> i literally went home, prototyped this product out of ribbon and gift wrap and created a lanyardadphone. the only distance i needed to clear was from here to here. i showed that prototype to my parents, convinced them that it was a good idea to remortgage their house and hand meet money two take to commercialize that product. >> he made what he thought was this great idea. i said, wow, it's a great idea. so then i said, well what good is it? so then he started doing the numbers. i'm a number person and i made him do numbers. he was do you know how many shuffles they sold? and if you do the math, and i said, do the math. what's your sales projection? how much do you think it is going to cost? where are you going to make it? what's your gross profit margin and i kept kicking back whatever he gave me and made him do better spread sheets. >> i did more due diligence work for my mother than i did raising money from dollar capital firms in the world. she made me too spread sheets, what if you wind up with too much inventory, what if the tooling isn't right the first time, what's the di

some workers say alarms attached to lanyards pose a strangulation danger.e hospital has been the site of several high profile attacks including the strangulation death of one worker. >>> google is cutting several thousand jobs. it is eliminating about 4,000 jobs at motorola business. about a third of 90 store locations. the company says changes will maybe the unit profitable but warned investors should expect business revenue to fluctuate over the next few quarters. >>> mitt romney's new running mate paul ryan heads out on his own for the first time today in the battleground state of iowa, as mitt romney continues his bus tour in florida. medicare is the key issue for the state's many retired seniors. romney's selection of ryan has put the issue front and center by his proposal to limit the cost of health care by pushing future retirees into private plans. romney has tried to distance himself ryan budget plan. >> the president's idea for instance for medicare was to cut it by 700 billion dollars. we want to make sure we preserve and protect medicare. >> the

they will begin wearing emergency alarm tags around their necks on lanyards some worry they could bestrangulation hazard. the straps have a safety break away features and alarms could be attached by a clasp. two years ago a psychiatric tech at hospital was strangled by a patient. employees have complained about lack of safety. >>> federal panel has given california until friday to come up with ideas to reduce the prison population, including early release. the deadline was set because the state probably won't meet the requirement of a court ordered population reduck had you shun. the plan to move low level 0 tpwepbders from state to -- level offenders from state to county jail is not moving fast enough. >> cutting a few months off a sentence does not affect public safety. >> crime is on the rise violent crime and property crime now more people coming out that shouldn't be here, early releasers? it is going to be huge. >> california has around 8,000 too many prisoners to meet the federal mandate. >>> realignment has created overcrowding at san mateo county jails. it says the number of

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a patient tried to strangle a worker with a lanyard. >> he's fine and was released from the emergency room that evening. >> and members of the biggest union have filed a grievance charging the new alarms are malfunctioning, many are defective and go off when there are no emergencies. the union says it's giving a false sense of security. >> they should pull them back and make sure they're working properly. >> abc 7 news learned the hospital was having so much trouble, with the new alarms in this section that they pulled them yesterday from staffers there and equipped them with old alarms, the subject of complaints. today, officials met with many of the 900 members. one big issue is that hospital is making staff responsible for charging the alarms. >> if not charged they're being sent home, docked pay because at larm is not functioning. >> and in sacramento, you lose half of the day. just getting it. >> and there has been more violent attacks here. a patient two, workers have been assaulted in three days. all victims were sent to local hospitals to be treated. officials tell us they'd l

they don't like wearing the lanyard, if grab candidate choke you. this union says there has been one incident. >> one rn was grabbed and he pulled away and got away. >> and hospital authorities believe that the risks of the new larm are minimal. >> there is a break away feature, we think likelihood of something happening is small. >> this does have this break away device if the back, it can split in two. but here is a phone shall problem. >> you can grab it on the break away, there is no way it's going to... >> no. as long as he holds on, yeah. >> workers asking the hospital to listen to complaints. >> we want an option and this unit supervisor says he has no qualms about at larm. >> person can be choked with a piece of clothing. >> and there is administrator tells us they're looking at a system attached to the belt loop. but workers wish the hospital would have delayed implementing these until finding an option like the belt alarm. >> still ahead here tonight, we're going to-to-follow up on a neighborhood fire that swept through 10 local businesses

land yards are alarms that can be easily triggered there are concerns the lanyards posed a choking dangeris what happened. the tech was sent to the hospital, he was not seriously injured. >>> in a few hours the cal football team will practice for the first time in the newly renovated memorial stadium this is video from last month. the renovation project starred in november 2010. officials expect -- started in november 2010. officials expect it to be completed on time before the first game september 1st. >>> at noon the national spotlight will shine on petaluma as that town's young all stars compete in the first game of the little league world series. this is yesterday in pennsylvania. today the team faces fairfield, connecticut shown live on espn. a viewing party will be held in petaluma with ticket sales helping to cover the travel expenses of the player's families, all seats $15. comcast, giants and a's shipping in -- chipping in $15,000 to make it possible for families to go with the kids. >> you know how earlier you were saying mike knows all you were right he even knows the game time

after reports that a patient punched a hospital technician on wednesday and tried to choke him with a lanyard>> don't gives any merit to say we told you so. pretty disappointed they don't listen to us before something actually happens. >> the technician was not seriously hurt. the policy change will take affect once the belt clips arrive next week. >> looking for a man who robbed and is a salted another man. investigators released this sketch today and description. armed robber is 25 to 30 years ol'. he hit a man in the head with a shotgun tuesday morning and grabbed the wallet and ran. anyone with information is urged to contact police. >> an ipad that was stolen ended up in the hands of a clown. kenny the clown. this is a picture . his real name is kenneth con. and he says this man gave him the ipad without telling him. he used it to download music before police tracked it to i tunes account. he is due in court monday. >> a traffic headache awaits drivers this weekend. latest on >>> crime crack down on the peninsula. dozens of arrests. road along with them this evening. live now to tell us

its directives, worker also no longer be required to attach their new personal security devices to lanyards but can clip them to their belts. >> it should have been on the belt from the beginning. it would be a nice change. >> from the side. >> reporter: workers complained earlier this week that a violent patient can grab one and choke someone and as we reported yesterday that is just what happened to a tech wednesday evening. >> we knew something like this would happen. we knew it was only a matter of time. >> reporter: the employee wasn't seriously hurt and cal ocea is investigating. union leaders met with the administration and got what they wanted. . >> i don't want to be strangled. i don't want anybody else to be strangled. i don't want an incident involving anything like that. >> reporter: the administration had insisted they were safe because if pulled the ends broke away but they were still a danger. there is one problem. the hospital needs to order belt clips and they wenta roy for arrive for a week. employees say they will feel better with the change. >> i hope that it's not us an

after reports that a patient punched a hospital technician on wednesday and tried to choke him with a lanyard. >> don't gives any merit to say we told you so. pretty disappointed they don't listen to us before something actually happens. >> the technician was not seriously hurt. the policy change will take affect once the belt clips arrive next week. >> looking for a man who robbed and is a salted another man. investigators released this sketch today and description. armed robber is 25 to 30 years ol'. he hit a man in the head with a shotgun tuesday morning and grabbed the wallet and ran. anyone with information is urged to contact police. >> an ipad that was stolen ended up in the hands of a clown. kenny the clown. this is a picture . his real name is kenneth con. and he says this man gave him the ipad without telling him. he used it to download music before police tracked it to i tunes account. he is due in court monday. >> a traffic headache awaits drivers this weekend. latest on plans to close down a bridge. >> we're with the police tonight and tell you about a new special team they have

meet emily which stands for emergency integrated life saving lanyard. >> what emily is a remote controlled floatation device similar to a jet ski but in a much smaller version. it is powered by thrust from the water shooting through the imterm jet. it is remote controlled. it will go at speeds of approximately 0 miles per hour. >> reporter: the small watercraft is fitted with a flotation device and it did k. get to people in distress much quick than a human t can keep people safe until rescuers get there. >> if you have multiple victims in distress, they can hold onto emily until you can sweeped a swimmer out. or if you have a rope attached, multiimle people have hold on and you can pull them back to shore safely. >> reporter: emily is now being used by a handful of communities around country. >> emily will run about 15 minutes on a fully charged battery. it goes out? just about any conditions. it can get over decent sized waves and heavy surf to get out to the victim in distress. >> reporter: the small watercraft costs around $10,000. emily doesn't replace a lifeguard or first responder.

the gentleman on the left side of the screen, blue shirt, a lanyard around this neck.e republican national convention's platform committee meeting this morning in tampa, florida. that's where they assemble and vote on the republican party's core beliefs. keep an eye on that guy in this next clip. >> okay. is there anything else? is there any other discussion on that section? >> poor guy. rolls his eyes. and then he struggles as hard as he can to stay interested before finally collapsing into his own hands. poor guy. in modern times, putting together a political party's official platform is essentially an exercise devoid of consequence. party platforms do not generally matter all that much anymore. and watching the process of a party putting together that platform is enough to put you to sleep even if you're part of it, even when c-span broadcasts it and you're in the shot. it's engrossing, like a formal committee of 100 collectively trying to work out a large sudoku puzzle together. is there any objection? objection. >> on page 7, line 10, appears to be a typographical

. -- lanyards. on wednesday an employee was able to activate the divisiveness of her.e fined more than $100,000 for safety violations. >>mark: the dow jones is up 18. . the gap is up. there is a rise on apple stock right now. we are seen that apple's shares are on the rides. >> the trial between samsung and apple are it is wrapping up today. samsung was asking for damages from apple and apple is asking for damages from samsung. >>darya: that take a live look from our mt. tam cam. we will be back any minute. >>mark: word from the safety regulators. they're investigating the nissan versa. there is a problem with the side airbag. there could be a pinch and is there a problem and that across the problem. if that happens as a light indicator on the dashboard. >> business week isreleasing t. cities. san jose is the 23 and 23 >> @ take a look. number one for the best u.s. cities is raleigh north carolina. >>darya: i will take number nine. there will be no more magic related services on e-bay. you can no longer buy blessings or prayer's or spells. also out is a psychic reading

there is a new-line revised on the lanyards their worn by the workers.s a constant signals location. and it makes it easy to read someone case of an emergency. >>darya: let's go to buy what. here is president obama and the -- /+ you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% on an ikea kitchen. officials say that there is a commission found that the domestic intelligence service could have done more to track down the gunmen. he admitted to bombing the government headquarters and an open fire. he is awaiting sentencing. what >> and other world store is the death toll is rising and are once-- iran. they had to earthquakes. one was 6.4 assault by six play 3. there were 36 after shots. thousands were killed. >> take a look at what happened after the u.s. this is your airship was crash by an oil tanker. incredibly no one was injured. because cause is under investigation. digamm >>darya: this is a survey done as far as congress and the economy. the future of social security is uncertain. since 2010 social sec

before the attack, employees were worried about wearing the lanyards and now they don't want to wearhem at all. >> nobody wants to wear it around their neck. if somebody pulse at it from the front it breaks away but if you pull from the back it's really solid. >> some employees prefer to attach those safety alarms to their belts but there are concerns those could be less effective during an emergency. >>> a family is trying to catch and save a pet peacock that was shot with an arrow. they also want to catch the person who shot the arrow. you can see the arrow in the bird's breast in this picture. judy reid snapped this photo before the bird ran off. she's worried about its health and has been trying to catch it before the wound gets infected. >> i don't know how she just keeps on surviving other than if it didn't hit a vital organ. >> reid owns about 40 peacocks which roam her property and she thinks the shooting was a deliberate act by someone who doesn't like the noise they make at night. she's offering a 500-dollar reward for the shooters arrest. >>> what's happening on 247. >> th

officials say the patient grabbed the workers's lan yard and then used -- lanyard and then used it it -- used it to choke him. we have no further information. >>> petaluma, pulling out all of the stops supporting their team who will play in the world series. alex savidge is live outside of the movie theater that will be showing the game on the big screen. >> reporter: well, good morning. the little world series is being played in williamssupport, pennsylvania -- williams port, pennsylvania. it prom -- williamsport, pennsylvania. they are expecting as many as 500 people to be onstand for this. >> called out! the game's over! [ cheers ] >> unbelievable! >> reporter: this past weekend, the petaluma national league beat hawaii to win the west region and then they headed off to pennsylvania for the world series. this is a team made up of 12- year-olds and 13-year-old boys. most of them go to petaluma junior high school. they are the first team to make it to the world series since 2002. it is certainly a proud moment for the twin brother of one of the team's stint coaches. he says the boys

emergency life saving lanyard. it helps lifeguards reach swimmers more quickly. emily provides a floettation device until human rescuers can get to them. emily made the first rescue in oregon last month, saving a father and a son. martha: wow! pretty cool. so tomorrow marks one week since governor mitt romney tapped congressman paul ryan to be his running mate. it is clear the choice has begun to reshape the presidential race. with the gop ticket enjoying a bit of a wave of momentum. look at this. governor romney and congressman ryan raised $10.2 million in campaign cash since that announcement was made. nearly $125,000 donors contributing to the campaign. 68% the total amount raised since last saturday has come in from brand new donors to the romney campaign. if you're raising money that's what you want to see, new donors coming and that is up 68% i should say. on the other side of the ledger here it has been a very tough week for joe biden as the incumbent vice president. maybe one he would rather forget. talking about reform on wall street, vice president taki

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