there was also blood on leann's palm.e gun had been in her hand when the shot was fired, the gun would have prevented the blood from striking the palm of her hand and there was blood on the carpet underneath the gun and extra clip. >> if she had shot herself, the blood would have fell on top of the gun and on top of the clip. >> and by the dresser, there was a shell casing standing on end. >> and everything looked like it was placed. we swapped leann's hands and sent it to a lab to determine whether or not there was any gun powder residue that may have been left. that came back negative. >> forensic blood spatter expert dave woodford examined the shirt mick fletcher wore the day of the shooting. a chemical test found blood on the right cuff. using a stereomicroscope, woodford saw high velocity impact blood spatter on the right cuff. a fine mist of tiny blood particles had been driven deep into the fibers. >> to me, it was critical because there was no way that he could have been in the bathroom at the time of the shooting

leann melendez joins us from the bart station. leann?he infected person got on a bart train at this station last friday. it was a reverse commute meaning not too many people were on board. the person was on the train for only 30 minutes, the virus stayed on board for much longer. bart believes about 1400 people got on that richmond bound train. the reason bart recorded a two and a half hour window, the measles virus stays alive for at least two hours. >> it can stay active in suspended in air for up to two hour hours. that's enough time for that richmond bound train to get to richmond go back to milbray and go back to richmond. >> people who got on the train after the person got off could have been exposed. family members and friends of the patient have been notified. so has the person's employer in case co-workers may have been infected. bart commuters reacted to the latest case. >> you hear about a case you get a little scared. if it happens, it happens. if it's airborne, there's not much you can do. >> i think they should start encour

. >> i'm actually in san leann tremendous we'll show you fairfield in a minute. this parking lot normally bustling with container trucks coming and going. today there were a few trucks it's been that way for several weeks, in fact, activity here thanks to what's going on at the port has been cut by 75%. >> take your old wheel off, and you get a new wheel. >> thanks to the work slowdown at the port of oak land this man hasn't received a newports shipment in three months. >> for a small businesslike mine, there comes a point when it shuts you down and that's where we're at right now. >> the last he heard, the container was stuck at long beach, and he can't supply his customers, he won't be able to feed his family. >> i'm frustrated in knowing that an organization uses my family as a negotiating tool. >> we would unload four times as many containers right now as we are. >> dave weber is in much the same boat. sitting out in the bay on a container ship. weber's company the an ex-consolidation center supplies green coffees and teas to roasters all over the bay area cu

leanne? >> reporter: well, you know they tested hundreds of bars not once but three times. something very interesting is that some companies like for example see's had only one bar that did not pass the test but all their other bars did. some of the organic ones failed too. first, we're told chocolate is good for you, the darker the better. now tests do on hundreds of chocolate bars found some had higher than normal levels of lead and cadmium, two heavy metals. >> we sent them to an independent lab and had them tested for lead and cadmium. >> reporter: ghirardelli had two with high levels and two that didn't. these six chocolate bars also had a higher concentration of heavy metals. how they got intoes they bars is unknown, yet there are some ideas. >> one possible theory is that lead and cadmium from coal firepower plants, from gasoline, from pesticides get into the soil and get into the bean. >> reporter: another possibility is that somehow the lead is introduced in the manufacturing plant. the consumer health watchdog group has taken these companies to court demanding tha

all right, leann. thank you. we are getting new information about the th

we hear the same from leanne, for an addict, this is better than just good. >> doesn't the government always get the best of the best in and don't we want our people to be the best? i mean -- >> have you thought at all of kicking the habit? getting rid of it? >> kicking the habit i have now? i will never kick this habit. from what i was to what i am now -- >> in the future, do you see living without it? >> no. it's part of my life. and an adjustment. and just my -- i love it too much. >> 26 patients are currently receiving heroin. another 94 have been approved but their drugs have not arrived at the clinic yet. >> canada's health minister,rona ambrose tried to stop this program but the clinic sued. they have been prescribing heroin since the middle of december. this is an issue that will likely end up before the supreme court of canada and it could be years before the legality of prescribing heroin to heroin users is cleared up. >> any chance that this could happen in the u.s.? >> really doubtful at this point, john. people we talked to in the medical community and in the rehabilitati

all right, leann. thank you. we are getting new information about the the murder of a college student last december. joel ramirez was shot to death as he drove up to his home. police now say the 21-year-old was not the intended target of the shooter. they say that illegal operation was likely tied to the shooting. police say he knew ram ruz was innocent but withheld that on purpose. >> joel was not intended to be killed that day. we knew early on had we released the details there was a chance somebody else who was the intended target that day may have been killed. >> ramirez was studying to become a police officer. authorities are offering $25,000 in reward for information leading to the arrest of his killer. >>> a series of explosions rocked santa rosa today. it gutted a house, and killed three cats. police discovered gas containers in the house. they're often associated with making hash oil. neighbors say the blast woke them up out of a deep sleep. there's no water supply in the area, so it was tough to put out

leann is live in the mission with what they are doing to protect that building. >> reporter: and really the answer is nothing. in a few seconds we're going to show you video of that roof and then you'll understand why if they put a tarp over that roof, the weight of that tarp plus the weight of the water, if and when it rains will cause a collapse. from sky 7 hd you can see the extent of the damage to the building on 22nd and mission street. some of the third-floor apartments are clearly exposed. anything could cause this roof to cave in. the building is so unstable that today crews went in to put up emergency walls in case fire investigators need to return. that department hopes they won't have to. >> they were able to get everything they needed from the scene the day after. they're done with the physical investigation. >> the four alarm fire happened a week ago and displaced many residents. several businesses were also lost. witnesses are now being interviewed. today only three business owners were allowed inside to retrieve important items. these were located on the second floor and

in milbray leann melendez abc 7 news. >>> a small explosion inside a sunnyvale business this afternoon, left two employees shaken up. sky 7 hd was on the scene. authorities tell us it was an industrial accident. has matt crews entered the business and have declared it safe the business is open once again. >> pg&e stopped a gas leak this afternoon sky 7 hd was over the scene earlier. a construction crew ruptured that half inch line nobody was injured. >>> a woman was hospitalized after she was hit by a light pole near fillmore street and golden gate avenue. it happened just after noon, when a car was in a parking lot and crashed into the pole knocking over. she is expected to survive. this happened in san francisco. >> three arrests in a kidnap and rain ordeal a young woman endured for two months. you is someone has come forwards to contradict the alleged victims story. layer rah has the story. >> there is where this alleged crime occurred. a woman held captive behind these gates for two months. tonight we heard from someone who lives here, who told us the woman was here, but by choice.

leanne melendez abc 7 news. >> love her. >> the joy she plays with is fantastic. >> let's talk about the weekend weather forecast. >> drew tuma outside. a little windy out there. >> the weekend, the all-important forecast dan and cheryl. tonight, if you're headed out we're dry but it's definitely windy out here and temperatures feeling like winter. finally at the end of february. live doppler 7 hd will show you we're tracking moisture well to the east of the region. thundershowers popping up around sacramento, and we do have the chance tomorrow to hear a few claps of thunder across the bay area. the bigger story right now, certainly the wind gusting in oakland right now to 38 miles per hour. sfo, 29 niems hayward, 39 miles per hour. it's ushering cooler temperatures rr right now, a lot of 50s across the region. 54 at half moon bay. 58 in san jose. 57 in livermore, and oakland currently checking in with a cool temperature of 57 degrees. now, in terms of the winds as we head into saturday midday around noon, the winds will finally calm down. relaxing to generally less than 10 miles per

leanne? >> well, the affected person got on board a train at this station, the millbrae bart station. and he got the person got off at san francisco civic center station. as we know the virus stays behind for longer. bart directors say the people got off the train. knowing the virus stay as live two hours, bart recorded number of passengers for a longer period of time. >> because, like you said, it was a reverse commute, the number of people on that line is much lower. >> this month a linkedn employee traveled from february 4th-six. family members of the patient have been notified and so has the person's employer. commuters reacted to the latest case. >> i did have measles as a kid. and if that means i'm immune then i don't know. >> people should make sure kids are healthy. >> a lawmaker passed a bill to ban the exemption that exists. san francisco unified school board is considering doing the same. >> there sdoont seem to be a lot of science behind the fact it's a good thing. >> they're urgi

leanne? >> well, the affected person got on board a train at this station, the millbrae bart station. and he got the person got off at san francisco civic center station. as we know the virus stays behind for longer. bart directors say the people got off the train. knowing the virus stay as live two hours, bart recorded number of passengers for a longer period of time. >> because, like you said, it was a reverse commute, the number of people on that line is much lower. >> this month a linkedn employee traveled from february 4th-six. family members of the patient have been notified and so has the person's employer. commuters reacted to the latest case. >> i did have measles as a kid. and if that means i'm immune then i don't know. >> people should make sure kids are healthy. >> a lawmaker passed a bill to ban the exemption that exists. san francisco unified school board is considering doing the same. >> there sdoont seem to be a lot of science behind the fact it's a good thing. >> they're urgi

leanne? >> well, the 14-year-old boy has been identified as christopher gonzales he lives across the street from here. police say he tried to run cross the street to catch the bus to school, but police say he should have stopped. >> family members say the 14-year-old left his apartment early this morning to go to school. and he was hit by a car trying to run across. his friends remember him as someone everyone liked >> i hanged out and went to the park together we had a lot of fun together. he was a really good boy. >> a smart kid. good person. >> police say the driver was not at fault, and following the speed limit. police say no drugs or alcohol were involved. gonzales being rushed to childrens' hospital when suffering complications the ambulance took him to john muir hospital. gonzales attended eek grove middle school. the school district issued this statement. we're heart broken to learn of the hose today. a 14-year-old young man there will be a team tomorrow to support students and staff

leanne? >> well, the 14-year-old boy has been identified as christopher gonzales he lives across the street from here. police say he tried to run cross the street to catch the bus to school, but police say he should have stopped. >> family members say the 14-year-old left his apartment early this morning to go to school. and he was hit by a car trying to run across. his friends remember him as someone everyone liked >> i hanged out and went to the park together we had a lot of fun together. he was a really good boy. >> a smart kid. good person. >> police say the driver was not at fault, and following the speed limit. police say no drugs or alcohol were involved. gonzales being rushed to childrens' hospital when suffering complications the ambulance took him to john muir hospital. gonzales attended eek grove middle school. the school district issued this statement. we're heart broken to learn of the hose today. a 14-year-old young man there will be a team tomorrow to support students and staff

a hurricane you you can leanne task by any stretch of the manage. >> the biggest night in hollywood is another year. with ""birdman "taking the top prize. >> reporter: when the announcement came it wasn't much of a surprise, it was always inevitable that it would be either birdman or boyhood that took best picture when the director was crowned as best director minutes early that was an early indication, because best director and best picture offense go hand in hands. as for best actor michael keaton did stand a chance, but in the end he was overtaken by eddie redmayne. his performance as professor steve hawking has been described as absolutely phenomenal in the theory of everything. his speech was slightly clumsy, slightly awkward you can tell he's just getting used to being in the lime line in a big way on the stage at the oscars but he was incredibly grateful and dedicated his award to the family of professor steven hogging. as for best actor it went to julianjulianne moore, it was universally praised so her inning was no surprise. patricia arquette took best sporting actress and too

leanne?e is that o'connell high school is sharing its facilities with a continuation high school and there have been problems now, the meeting is just wrapping up and there are some disgrunteled parents. aracelli was shocked to receive this e mail that reads i just wanted you to know the school is on lock down. something with a kid, brought a gun to school. well, that is what we're hearing the police isn't telling us anything. just know i'm okay. and i love you guys >> i was worried but there is nothing i can do. >> the high school has been a mdel school but another school moved here while construction goes on at their location wells is a continuation high school for students who want to get a high school diploma. >> they never had problems you know? and once they moved, police have been in the school every week. >> the incident involved a student from wells the police report states the student was detained for possession of a deadly weapon with intent to assault the student resource officer

leanne?e is that o'connell high school is sharing its facilities with a continuation high school and there have been problems now, the meeting is just wrapping up and there are some disgrunteled parents. aracelli was shocked to receive this e mail that reads i just wanted you to know the school is on lock down. something with a kid, brought a gun to school. well, that is what we're hearing the police isn't telling us anything. just know i'm okay. and i love you guys >> i was worried but there is nothing i can do. >> the high school has been a mdel school but another school moved here while construction goes on at their location wells is a continuation high school for students who want to get a high school diploma. >> they never had problems you know? and once they moved, police have been in the school every week. >> the incident involved a student from wells the police report states the student was detained for possession of a deadly weapon with intent to assault the student resource officer

leanne. >> well we're here because there is a lot of talk about that fire today. the supervisor looking for hearings and a spokesperson for the fire department says the estimated damage following the fire is $8.6 million. karen broke down after being told she's not allowed to enter the building. there are years of art work inside of the studio. >> the work from my life. i'm 73. drawings from high school. works from college all of my items. >> inspections confirmed there is significant damage. now, an engineering company must come up with a decision to make the building safe. >> he said the city gave us only 15 minutes and now, the owner. 39 residents are staying at this shelter in the mission owned by the salvation army. one resident was taken to the hospital and says it's hard to sleep in this shelter. >> everything is gone. 70 years old not easy. >> today a nonprofit group brought new pillows for those displaced. >> there is a lot of fear about what the next step is. we're trying to do our part. so you can't fix that. we can give them something good today. >> th

leanne. >> well we're here because there is a lot of talk about that fire today. the supervisor looking for hearings and a spokesperson for the fire department says the estimated damage following the fire is $8.6 million. karen broke down after being told she's not allowed to enter the building. there are years of art work inside of the studio. >> the work from my life. i'm 73. drawings from high school. works from college all of my items. >> inspections confirmed there is significant damage. now, an engineering company must come up with a decision to make the building safe. >> he said the city gave us only 15 minutes and now, the owner. 39 residents are staying at this shelter in the mission owned by the salvation army. one resident was taken to the hospital and says it's hard to sleep in this shelter. >> everything is gone. 70 years old not easy. >> today a nonprofit group brought new pillows for those displaced. >> there is a lot of fear about what the next step is. we're trying to do our part. so you can't fix that. we can give them something good today. >> th

leanne? >> i asked the same question. why not put a tarp over the roof? those people that know more than i do about these things told me that the weight of the cart plus weight of the water could cause that roof to collapse so they're not doing anything to protect the roof for now. one person was fortunate to get her stuff out of there in time. karen arrived early, hoping to get inside of her damaged art studio. she was making a list of her most-valuable items after crews went inside arcs juster gave her discouraging news. he said a studio was in bad shape and stuff all over the place. she was allowed inside only for 20 minutes. these are the pictures of the damage. she had years of work inside. there was debris everywhere most of her cabinets, destroyed. >> looks like flood, hurricane, you know? and fire. but it wasn't burned. just water damage. >> with the help of the crew, they were able to retrieve slides and art work. >> i feel like i got the help that they could give me right now. but everyone has done a masterful job. >> from sky 7 you can see the

leanne? >> i asked the same question. why not put a tarp over the roof? those people that know more than i do about these things told me that the weight of the cart plus weight of the water could cause that roof to collapse so they're not doing anything to protect the roof for now. one person was fortunate to get her stuff out of there in time. karen arrived early, hoping to get inside of her damaged art studio. she was making a list of her most-valuable items after crews went inside arcs juster gave her discouraging news. he said a studio was in bad shape and stuff all over the place. she was allowed inside only for 20 minutes. these are the pictures of the damage. she had years of work inside. there was debris everywhere most of her cabinets, destroyed. >> looks like flood, hurricane, you know? and fire. but it wasn't burned. just water damage. >> with the help of the crew, they were able to retrieve slides and art work. >> i feel like i got the help that they could give me right now. but everyone has done a masterful job. >> from sky 7 you can see the

leann me len dez. >> the captured 26-year-old american aid worker was killed in a jordanian air strikeast week. she was taken hostage in august 2013. his parents saying they told us you treated her as your guest. so it remains your responsible. they remain hopeful that she will come home. >> the family would like to ask everyone out there to remember her in a special prayer and a meditation on their heart she returns to the family. >> jordan has made good on its promise of revenge after isis brutally executed one of its pilots. reports say jordanian war planes have conducted 56 air strike, most on targets in syrias killing as many as 7,000 isis fighters. >> russian backed separatists attacked ukrainian forces with a rocket launcher. it part of the ongoing military operations in the area. despite diplomatic efforts to secure a cease fire. government forces have come under fears attack in recent weeks. ukrainian forces retreat farad the city a week and a half ago and the down as suffered severe damage. >> and crisis topped the agenda at the white house today. the two leaders hope to work

leann melendez is covering the story.ner putting up emergency walls and red tag to allow investigators to go in. we'll have a live report on abc news coming up. >> meteorologist is tracking the jum upcoming storms. the last time we saw rain back in december. this could bring rain totals close to this record rainfall in some spots. drew has more now on the river causing the new storms. >> to understand the changes headed our way we're going to take you to 18,000 feet into the atmosphere. we look at this layer because storms are essentially born and grow here. this line is an atmospheric river. it dick tames where storms will travel. when that goes all the way back to hawaii. it gets the nickname the pineapple express. in a couple of days that's is going to move over the bay area. right on the heel ls of that storm, a second one will move in over the weekend and bring us another chance of rain. you can track the storms with you live on the abc weather app. it's a free download from itunes and dooled play. back to you. >>> i

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. >> and chad littlefield's wife leanne struck up a friendship on the soccer field with taya kyle. that is how they met, right? >> right. their kids played sports together. that is how they met. the two guys, you know taya testified they became instant friends, just, you know got along and seemed to mesh and had fun together and that as we know, chad would go out and help chris. so good friends >> two couples that should have been hanging out for many years after that, what an end. joining us now is judge alex ferar, helping us track this case for weeks. there is a look at what we saw earlier in the courtroom this evening. eddie ray routh gave nothing on his face throughout this process, appearing to be unaffected, by all of it. and how, just imagine what jennifer just described to us, the moment when chad littlefield's father, had to sit in that courtroom and listen to eddie ray routh say i didn't even know the guy's name i pumped bullets into him, i didn't even know his name he looked at eddie ray routh and says his name is chad littlefield and he spelled it for him. in a wish th

. >> and chad littlefield's wife leanne struck up a friendship on the soccer field with taya kyle. that is how they met, right? >> right. their kids played sports together. that is how they met. the two guys, you know taya testified they became instant friends, just, you know got along and seemed to mesh and had fun together and that as we know, chad would go out and help chris. so good friends >> two couples that should have been hanging out for many years after that, what an end. joining us now is judge alex ferar, helping us track this case for weeks. there is a look at what we saw earlier in the courtroom this evening. eddie ray routh gave nothing on his face throughout this process, appearing to be unaffected, by all of it. and how, just imagine what jennifer just described to us, the moment when chad littlefield's father, had to sit in that courtroom and listen to eddie ray routh say i didn't even know the guy's name i pumped bullets into him, i didn't even know his name he looked at eddie ray routh and says his name is chad littlefield and he spelled it for him. in a wish th

in san francisco, leann ma len dez, abc 7 news. >> they probably said what?f you're looking for love on valentine's day, this may help. how do you find that special someone is being introduced by friends. 24% of couple's surveyed say that's how they met. >> 15% say they met at school 13 met at work. 8% met at a bar or a party. 7% say they met online or through a dating app. >> yes. you have to take your phone out for that though. >> that is very true. >> thank you so much for joining us, for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now with cheryl and dan. >> i was upset about not being able to ride the cable cars. >> what you need to know about traffic trauma right now. >>> eye on the crime. what a new partnership feels like big brother. >> one controversial push to stop the spread of measles. >> warm enough out here for record high temperatures, more are coming, i'll let you know what your valentine's day and president's day are looking like straight ahead. >>> he's almost higher, another coast to coast trip for president obama, he boarded air

and joining us from the conference in maryland political journalist leann caldwell, who had a chance to sit down with arthur brooks. how did mr. brooks find himself the poverty guru of the right? >> mr. brooks is someone who actually has the power and the influence to convince republicans to talk about this issue. not only is he passionate about it and energetic, he's really convincing. but also he's head of one of the most influential conservative think tanks in washington, d.c. the american enterprise institute. in the five years he's been there, he's doubled their fundraising from $20 million to $40 million based mostly on his belief that poverty is an issue that the republicans need to take up. in addition, he has the ear of nearly every single potential republican presidential candidate and they are listening to him. >> so here's part of what i want to know then. when i listen to mr. brooks, it sounds like he's interest. ed in this question as a fundamental question of how the democracy and our economy works. but i wonder if the candidates with whom he is in conversation are rea

know, the family car to go out to dinner because since i hadn't heard from him -- well, first of all, leann chad's wife called me said have you heard from the guys? i haven't heard from them. so i called once and didn't get an answer. and then -- i believe so. i didn't get an answer. at least i think i did. but then i -- then i texted are you okay. i'm getting worried. it's kind of hard not to put some of it together that i haven't heard from him and i'm worried and i haven't heard from him and then a police officer shows up. a lot of times in the military there's rumors somebody got hurt or something's gone down but i knew from experience where you don't go to that place until you believe it until it's earned because you can borrow a whole lot of trouble. i did see him say hey, mark, what's up? like i'm going to believe the best. he said have you seen chris's truck? and i said, no, mark, i haven't. what's going on? and he said, he goes well i think chris has been hurt. >> what do you think the evidence was in this case that the jury was out less than two hour sns. >> well i think the prose

. >>> two people from maryland are in jail after a weekend raid gone wrong at wes leanne university -- wesleyan university in connecticut. wusa9 is back right after this. >>> good morning. i'm nick giovanni live in the newsroom. coming up 06:15, here's what's making up the headlines. at least 30 people are dead as a result of a avalanche in afghanistan. 60 homes were left buried under snow. we're told rescuers are still frantically searching for survivors should it be worded as an apology? a package is scheduled to meet for the first time to discuss what the prime minister should say in his world war speech. [indiscernible] meanwhile crews in california are still picking up the pieces left by a commuter train that wound up partially on its side yesterday. derailed after slamming into a truck that was left on the tracks. as danielle nottingham reports, the driver who abandoned that truck has been arrested. >> reporter: authorities began removing the wreckage of a metrolink train that struck a commercial truck in oxnard. the train derailed throwing three cars on their side. ted maloney

. >> first of all, leanne chad's wife had called me said hey, have you heard from the guys? i haven't heard from them. so i had -- i called once and didn't get an answer. then i texted are you okay? i'm getting worried. >> did he text back? >> no which is -- there's one thing about him about chris, is that he never wanted me to worry about anything and i never wanted him to so i also knew that if i said hey, i'm worried, even if there was something serious going on they were in a deep conversation that he would take the time to just be like all good babe you know call you later, just something quick. and a guy who chris went to school with who's a police officer pulled up to the house. >> was he on duty? >> he was on duty. >> he wasn't just there as a friend? >> correct. and even on duty sometimes he would stop by our house just to say hi or check in. >> so when he first pulls up do you immediately think something's wrong or are you thinking maybe he's pulling up as a friend? >> you know it's kind of hard not to -- not to put some of it together that i haven't heard from him

how many flowers do you estimate move through the store, leanne?r about 4,000 roses, and 3,000 of those are red roses and we sell out every year. >> every year, okay. soap, my question is always this: how many guys really think about it, and have like something that's pre-order and then how many walk in's do you get? what's the comparison there? >> so i would say there are about equal. we had i would say, 400 pre-orders this year. >> okay. >> we do delivery, walking distance, then we have messenger service do anything out of walking distance. and then we have pickups. so a lot of guys pick it up on their way to dinner. >> i want to show something that's very important right now. guys, i just learned about this. so when you buy flowers they die if you don't put them in water like right away. i didn't know this. >> yes, they do. >> so i'm sure you guys sale vases, cards, other things than just the flowers? >> yes we sell candles we sell like, hand lotions bubble baths we also are partnered with smooch i paper local stationary designer. we sell cards

speaking on the bbc, leanne woods says scotland will be the price of cooperation. >> julianne moore was winners at the bathtub awards in london last night. eddie read main -- redmayne one the best bathtub actor for his portrayal of stephen hawking. and the british -- best outstanding film was "boyhood. you can join the conversation on twitter. well done sam smith who won three of the big of four grammy awards. >> you are mean. it is monday. if you are an investor in european equities you can learn by looking at japan's experience, that is the message from our next guest. >> investors in eurozone stocks can learn a lesson from japan's quantitative easing row graham. ian, thank you coming in to see us. quantitative easing, the lessons from japan, these qe programs are designed to push down bond yields but you see a lot of -- >> that is the message, this isn't a u.s. style qe program and is not even a u.k. program. really you are using that exchange rate to keep the inflation expectations high. bondholders are not going to lose money but the people that really win out our equity holders. >

he leaves behind his wife leanne who is one of taya's closest friend and his little girl. bill: texas governor greg abbott weighing in on twitter. the jury did not buy the insanity defense. hashtag american sniper hashtag kyle trial. when the verdict came down. justice search offed for chris and the littlefield family to eddie ray routh. you think you had ptsd before? wait until the boys in the department of corrections find out you killed a texas hero end quote. bill: the littlefield family remained silent throughout this entire ordeal. martha: you look at taya kyle other night at the oscars. bill: with his dog tags, too. let's get to the other big news of today. iran now conducting large-scale military drills. look at this video we got in from the persian gulf. it shows the country's revolutionary guard firing a barrage of missiles at what appears to be a replica of a u.s. aircraft carrier. connor, is this meant to be some sort of warning to us? >> reporter: iranian officials basically bragging about it. one iranian general says this is an effort to show after iran's mil

leanne i was told you're going to wear traditional irish dress which is why dressed like this.rts. that said, you are the guy who does an amazing staff in hardware. and james follows in about 2007 went over to china, he did a fascinating article about what china make some the world takes. you are essentially one of the major figures in the article. you are mr. china. first off, what are you talking folks about pch international in general. >> at the company with product development expertise that we take an idea for a product. we take you right from the concept right through to the consumer. that is product development the packaging knowledge is takes consumer on time and possible. we work with jordache companies and also hardware startups. startups is a really exciting space. >> back in 2000 you are called mr. china and that was when used to build millions of things. are you still mr. china? you think you are? >> for anyone in china for quite some time, you know quick way you know very little about china. i know as little now is the first day. it's such a big place and it's so

leann dra bernstein, "sputnik international news."i'd just like to get your feedback on how you view what's happening in the congress right now, with the threat of sanctions, in the event -- it's pretty fluid i think, with senator menendez changing his position a little bit. just how you view that situation in congress with the threat of new sanctions possibly derailing the nuclear negotiations, and also if you could comment, is it normal for the president to be negotiating what is effectively an arms control deal without bringing it to the congress to be ratified? >> you ask some question, question important questions. number one i encouraged my friends in the congress to avoid supporting additional sanctions at this time. i think it's counterproductive. i don't think it will accomplish anything. i think it risks blowing up the negotiations. and i think what the congress, if i assume the best of the congress is that they are very troubled by the fact that these negotiations are extending sort of indefinitely. and yet i remind some of

this hidden hills gated community, kris jenner, kim and kanye, actually all the kardashian girls, leannants a new project. jenny wants a new block. i wrote this, though. oh, darn it. they took away -- i wanted to read you my line that love might not cost a thing but her real estate sure does. thank you. >> thank you. >>> hey, it's hump day, still not too late to get your workout on. if you need a little more help than just me reminding you there's always this guy. i have named him the push-up pooch. >> oh. >> keeping his master honest. barking out encouragement. occasionally licking the hand when you're doing a good job if that's great. and making sure there's no slacking off on this little guy's watch. get to it, everybody. it's still early enough. grab your cup of coffee and go. happy hump day. >> that is adorable. >> that's great. and he works for puppy biscuits. >> yes, and why not and a $17 million home also. >> "heat index" coming up. let's go to rob. >> hey, george, good crowd out here from some southern climates. how does this compared to l.a.? >> cold. really cold. >> stating t

with me now, nbc news political reporter leanne caldwell. thanks for being with us here.this decision? >> well i was -- i thought that they were leaning towards ohio. i thought it was going to be so interesting to have both the republican and the democratic national convention conventions back-to-back, one in cleveland and one in cincinnati perhaps, but the democrats took a different path and they chose pennsylvania. it's been a solidly blue state. last time pennsylvania voted for a republican presidential candidate was in 1988 and so it's definitely a blue state territory for this convention. >> talk a little bit about what goes into play as far as making a decision like this. you know that we know that tours are made. they consider the economic impact and all of that, but what do you think set this one over the edge? >> well i think that pennsylvania has been a -- a big friend to -- to democrats in recent years. the mayor of philadelphia, mayor nutter has been a huge ally of president barack obama and the democratic party. he is -- has played an instrumental role in cho