lee. ulysses s. grant served as general of the union. the bloodied conflict ended four years later, almost exactly to the day, april 9, 1865. when the fighting did finally stop, lincoln's union forces had won. 600,000 americans died. slavery was abolished. the union held. question, is n from the mainland. ofofofofofof secede. item, texas. 18% would vote to secede. texas republican governor rick perry hinted at the possibility of a texas secession. "i believe the federal government has become oppressive. i believe it's become oppressive in its size, its intrusion in the lives of its citizens, and its interference with the affairs of our state." rich, what do you think of the condition of the union? >> i think it's pretty strong, john. i say vermont. >> why vermont? >> definitely. vermont other texas any day of the week. >> i say -- >> so the union is okay? >> right. >> this is semi-comical but semi-serious question. lot of movement, but there's going to be no geographic secession, that's out of the question. it was decided in 1865. but th

abc7's vic lee reports tonight on the 68-year gap between his death and burial. >> today was the end of a long 68-year mystery. the day army private first class simms came home with full military honors. his final resting place, the cemetery where his mother and father are buried. >> he is back home where he belongs with his family. 1938 and there he is. >> lily fishman brought her yearbook. they grew up with him. >> i went from the first grade all the way through high school with mervin. >> they both said the same thing, he was a nice young man. and like many of the young men, the 23-year-old enlisted in the army air force. in april of 1943 his cargo plane crashed over the hump. the term pilots used for the dangerous 500-mile route that crisscrossed the jagged ridges of the himalayas. in 2003, a private expedition searching for mia's found the wreckage and simms' bones. the man who lead the expedition said by luck his guide found a small piece of aluminum. >> i looked at it and here was the aircraft data plate. it was bent up. but this is the most important identifier you can find.

her experience and inspiration came from the civil and human rights struggles of the 1960's, as did ed lee's, my own, and their number of people in this room. personal history is important. her history, determination to deal with the complex histories in the world give us a lot of hope for the struggles facing our city. her soft-spoken manner, her campaign style, her work ethic, her focus and ability to connect with everyday citizens, plus, her truly amazing energy. she is everywhere and always on, are what will enable her to leave oakland to solving the almost but not quite overwhelming economic, social, and planning issues that we face. i need to give you one warning about our mayor -- telling jean kwan that she cannot do something just makes her work harder to prove you wrong. before she speaks, and i actually bring her to the podium, we will hear a very short clip that presents a side of oakland that you may not be aware of. >> i think what makes it special is something called the music genome project. 15 musicians have work force for almost 10 years. they listen to songs one by one and

he has solutions i think he's got a great chance but it let's be real here and unrealistic lee ifill watching m s n b c if you're watching fox news if you're watching c.n.n. you know listening to the radio i mean these mainstream media corporations these mainstream political analysts are not really taking him seriously and i thought about to ask you why you think that is why is it that the guy who seems to have sort of the the the least amount of corruption associated with the name i mean he doesn't have any major scandals that we can think of he doesn't have any overt ties to sort of the elites establishment that have been pointed out by anyone why do you think that you've been pigeonholed into this fringe category. well i mean you know i mean i know exactly but i think that those people are more a part of the system that has brought us to where we are now and change is difficult real change and we can all pay lip service if we like but to really make real change it takes some guts you have to be honest with yourself you have to recognize your mistakes and i think that's what ron paul offers and

abc7's vic lee as the story. >> among these being honored, a secretary, a lawyer, a financeer and a doctorre the good citizens who saved the life of lauren sheller on may 19, 2007. >> as i was backing away he kept slashing at me. although i had my arms up in front of my face. >> she was 15 when she was attacked at the twin peaks bakery by a violent parolee, scott thomas. he stabbed her repeatedly. the lawyer was in the bakery. he went to lauren's aid, but thomas began stabbing him. >> a stab in the chest up here, and then the one that punctured my lung over on the right-hand side. he left a knife in my ribs. >> financial analyst, jonah, saw him stumble outside with a knife still in him. >> he pulled the knife out. the assailant went for the knife. i kicked the knife away under a car. >> he chased him down the street and flagged down a cop, who made the arrest. sheller almost died when her jugular vein was severed. a doctor happened to be in the bakery. he saved her life by stemming the bleeding. >> i'm grateful that i had the opportunity to have made a difference in lauren's life. >> the s

here's abc 7's vic lee on the 68-year gap between his death and his burial. >> ["taps" plays] >> it was of a long 68 year mystery. the day army private first class mervin sims came home with full military honors. his final resting place, the cemetery where his mother and father are buried. >> he's back home where he belongs. with his family. 1938, there's mervin. >> there he is! >> lily fishman bought her yearbook from petaluma high school. she and betty grew up with him. >> i went from the first grade all the way through high school with mervin. >> they both said the same thing. he was a nice young man. and like many of the young men, the 23-year-old enlisted in the army air force. in april of 1943, his cargo plane crashed over the hump. the term pilots used for the dangerous 500 mile route that crisscrossed the jagged ridges of the himalayas. in 2003, a private expedition searching for m.i.a.'s found the wreckage and sims' bones. clayton cools who led the expedition says by luck, his guide found a small piece of aluminum. >> and i looked at it and here it was the aircraft data plate.

this photograph was taken lo 1880's and you will see the lower right, the founder. john lee is actually my grant grant grand father. you might think it's remarkable to be a descendant of the guy, but he had 21 lives and by my count about 2500 descendants right about now. let's go to the next. you probably all know the overview of the river. those that never heard of the colorado river let me give you facts. 7 states and two nations share it. the fastest growing part of the nation by percentage or numbers. including utah, arizona, and nevada and california just on sheer numbers. 8 percent of the land area in the united states and it has 60 million acre feet of storage and that's closest to the highest in the world relative to it's annual flow of 15 million acre flow a year. it's about five to 25 million acre feet. there are 35 million people served in an enormously complicated legal environment. what happens after 7 years of drought on the river. these are two parts that have 50 million of the river in storage and we started out with full reservoirs and you end up with these

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lee brown that came forward. he leads to third baptist church was created. the nag al park service called the underground railroad the most important movement of the 1970's. it's a loringer point that not only the larger name. the context of peter and ethics created here. we have five black oranges founded in 1952 that still exist today. we once again encourage you to vote in favor of it. on a more positive note is the actual anniversary of the first public school in california. part of the context was the first school board chair in san francisco and dedicate that had school on april 3, 1848. every year. we started at 10. during the opening of public education. >> the grounds committee last night. >> when i was in school in l.a., please believe me, i know more about john muir than i ever wanted to know. the days in whose life seems equally divine. that's from the eighth grade. they drummed that stuff into us. i knew who the school was named after. who he was about and why we went up there everyday. if we are going to put names on schools, they ought to mean something and children ought to know when they mown. it's insane that maybe that's the first thing

s for the coast. time now is 635. >> currently no hot spots to track. as lee said mentioned is certainly would be out there.o drive with extra caution through the bridges. that may turn lights have an activated and gusty winds are shaking the cameras are red. traffic is moving well up the incline. the strong wind advisory is in effect for the dumbarton bridge. you can see traffic is building into foster city but still a kid dry, 40 minutes from and to end. it is not a hot spot on the golden gate bridge. traffic is moving freely into san francisco about half an hour into the no. 8. traffic is flowing freely. all lot of space in between cars into walnut creek. the caldecott tunnel moving well. >>darya: 6:36 a.m. details, philip prego accused of kidnapping of tracy did guard and holding her 18 years in antioch has pled guilty. she was held in manhattan compound behind their house. he pleaded guilty to kidnapping and 13 counts of sexual assaults. you'll be sentenced on june 2nd for a maximum of 241 years in prison. his wife will be sentenced to 36 years in prison. the lawyer spoke out said that the guilty plea

bunch of contracts to murder people such as lee in iraq so now system guys are deciding to murder people senselessly with inflation and they prearrange all these s. and p. ratings and they cooked the books and the proof is in the dollar which is collapsing and they're going offline baby if you have anything in us dollars prepare to lose it all it's all going to. i'm so sorry any way station number thanks so much for playing the cards to report when i come back i'll be speaking with met so don't go away. more news today is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations are relieved a. mum. welcome back to the kaiserin for our time now to go to new york and talk with rolling stone journalist matt i mean matt welcome back to the kaiser report are you doing next all right that i want to talk to you about your piece the real housewives of wall street but first tell us what is tell for it's the term asset backed lending facility it's a bailout program that was created by the fed and it was ostensibly designed to help spur consumer lending you know it's was sort of at the end of t

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interim mayor ed lee handed a lives three candidate s last month for the new police chief of san franciscoterviewed with lee. there was a rum that they former chicago officer jody wees was up for the job however the paper contacted him and he said he never even applied. >>. >> driving while talking without a hands free device may cost you more thanks to a new law in sacramento. people caught on their cell phone without a hands free device could get find the first time, however, if they're caught again it becomes a moving violation which adds points to your record and it ultimately leads to higher insurance rates for your car. the bill would also increase the fine to more than $300.$3. we'll check your traffic and weather coming up after the break. >>> welcome back. we have showers coming through, now pushing into the south bay. peninsula getting a bit of break. san francisco high and dry right n now. more moisture before clearing. we're pretty much done with the very weak cold front, maybe a tenth of an inch in the east bay, that's where we saw the first rain this morning but about 3:00 p.

lee on march 15. he has not said if godown was among the three. >>> in bailey trial, they watched hour-long video. it showed bey laughing about the journalist. abc7'secilia vega reports. >> reporter: for the first time, the juror saw for themselves key piece of evidence in the chauncesy bailey murder trial. video that showed bey laughing about the murder. >> reporter: the video was taken days after bailey was gunned down in downtown oakland. investigators tricked the former leader of your black muslim bakery, his half-brother and associate recording them as they sat together in police department holding cell. in the hour long video they alternated from laughing and whispering. bey tells the court the night before they raided the house he took the shotgun used to kill bailey out of the bedroom closet and handed them over to the associates accused of carrying out the hit at their request. in the video he says he was not there when the fatal shots were fired. >> bey told investigators he knew he was recorded inside the holding cell but lied to confuse the police. but outside the trial the lawyer said it's unclear if he knew they were listening to the

s in the city. i have worked with the mayor, he is now my boss. i can call him a friend. the city is in very capable hands with mayor ed lee.ould like to share a personal story. i have boys admired and respected you. about -- i have always admired and respected you. about six months ago, i was of the sporting goods store in my boys. i ran into my buddy ed, now my boss, mayor lee. he was purchasing radios and batteries for himself and his loved ones. he will be prepared. i am very proud to be working for mayor ed lee. [applause] >> thank you, everybody. what she did not tell you was that i was looking for a hat with a light in front to find my golf balls. [laughter] this month began with a very serious event in japan. we all know that. the lesson we have learned is to make sure we are more ready. a lot of you are here. i know you personally. you have seen me, david chu, the fire chief, and others during or after a fire. you have seen us show that we really care. we care about the victims and what happens. we're always thinking about how we can be better prepared. that is why we entrust so much and thank the red cross so much

lee ann. >>reporter: former jesuit priest mcguire of chicago is serving 25 years in prison for sexually acts with two minor in the 1960's. he's also been indicted in arizona for molesting this man's 2 sons. jim would not tell us his last name. >> he did retreat in the phoenix area. i was a retreat organizer. >>reporter: documents have shown jesuit leaders knew for more than 40 years mcguire was a predator. and still allowed him to move around. in 1970 the president of loyola academ academy, a high school in illinois wrote his presence here has become positively ds destructive and corrosive. i consider it absolutely essential that he be removed from this community. the letter was written to one of the top jesuit in chicago. mcguire was then transferred to other places and from 1976 to 1981 he taught at usf saint iing echinacea us institute. members of snap survivors network of those abused by priest held a press conference in front of saint iing echinacea us church to reach out to other potential jim's. even though to date no student from usf has come forward. >> to try to tar us and sort of make it as if we are guilty o

will see cloudiness for the day, lee will call the partly sunny, a mixture of clouds and sunshine, a cold start to the day with readings only in the mid to to upper 30'sy valleys. for the afternoon, upper 50s and low to mid 60s with sunshine mixed with clouds. 65 san jose, antioch 67. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay, the school bus careened risk what their remains in the forecast monday, tuesday and wednesday. monday's like chancellor sprinkles or light green to the north bay. wednesday also a slight chance to the north bay but generally cool temperatures throughout. things beginning to warm up through the end of the week maybe by friday and saturday, looking at some 70 is perhaps even '80s for the bay. aha >>rob: this a good ideas are a dime a dozen, here is one whose time has appeared to have come. i [ jerry ] look at this! you got a state-of-the-art man-cave, but the savings account of a cave-man! hey sports fans check this out. [ beep ] oops, my bad. earn more with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking, baby! ooh, 3-d! instead of earning bupkus, your savings could be earning three times the national average!

s. your forecast coming up in a couple of minutes. first, the devastation in the south, the death toll = 369. 339. the second deadliest in u.s. history. plea springs, virginia. leepping apart homes. >> the cleanup is just getting started at this truck stop of of pea81 at glade sprins east tractor- trailer's were even a overturned. >> you see signs of progress but you also see the damage. in every direction and indication of how powerful, destructive this tornado really was. >> i just feel like.. it feels like somebody does dropped a bomb. >> demolishing homes, traffic signs, traffic lights, and flying debris over the interstate. and difficult to watch and even for this season reporter and even more difficult for the people that lived through it. >> when you think that it will happen to you. >> reporter: people are getting support from friends, family, and volunteers are going door to door. rescue crews are getting taken care of this elite organization is serving 1300 meals per day. >> you can see the gratitude in their faces. these are people there have been given to the committee so they need it. and they deserve it. >> they deserve it. how >> reporter: the vol

lee will enjoy the next few minutes. might have to do with peep martinis. >> i just try to be friendly. l.a.'s tell us about these. >> we have a pink peep and a jellybean martini. it's just a fun way to bring easter candy into the cocktail realm. >> you don't like that? >> i didn't say i didn't like it. i like it very much. >> let's talk centerpieces. >> in lieu of flowers, it's spring, easter, vegetables. a little garden on your table. you can use anything from a farmer's market, grocery store. love the carrots. >> adorable. >> greatest thing is you know what's for dinner later. >> you're going to make a soup. look at the place cards. they are actual seeds. this one has your name on it. >> how did you get those printed up? >> i took a real seed pack. i photo copied it. then i photo shopped the name. you can use a label maker. it's a fun way and sticks with the garden theme. >> this looks like a regular old egg, but it's much more than that. what is it? >> this is an egg fortune. you can break it. >> crack it? >> there you go. isn't that great? kids love to break eggs. >> it's like a fortune c

s. america has the ability to return to our productive time but only through leadership. i'm looking forward to the president's remarks. i hope he'll be a lee iaococca. i hope he won't play politics. all of us have got to decide to put everything on the table and make sure we prioritize america's future and debt our debt and deficit under control. i just had the georgia hospital association leave my office. i'll tell you the last thing i told them. they were talking about please make sure we don't cut this, that, and the other. i said, you know, medicine is 17% of gross domestic product, but it's 80% of our challenge in terms of medicare and medicaid with future years in terms of the deficit. we're going to have to put everything in on the table. we're going to have to rein in our debt. i fear the administration, through the health care bill that passed in december of 2009 and was signed last year in march is a bill that's overly per descriptive, -- per descriptive and disincentivizes competition. i hope that the president will be open in terms of bringing about competition, making our citizens consumers, making sure that we have the best d

jackson lee: well, i spent six or seven hours on the floor of the house some years ago, i guess the 1990's, when we were fighting against the inevitable doughnut hole, we held a vote open, i shouldn't say we, the republicans held the vote open for at least six or seven hours, i think we voted at 5:00 a.m. when the last arm was twisted. i think someone had a broken arm in order to ensure the doughnut hole was in. we of course have come back, democrats, and created the affordable care act and i tell you, every senior center think a have gone through since the famous passage of the affordable care act, seniors have said, thank you, thank you. if anyone has an 84-year-old mother, i just lost my mother, but our conversation centered around the enormous course of prescription drugs and how relieved she was to at that time to have had some relief from the doughnut hole. now as we watched our friends just a few -- maybe about an hour or so ago, i hope there was some camera view of the glee that was shown when there was a suggestion that we would shut the government down and in essence implode, if