. >> when leland shell ton was 4 years old -- commencement speech at morehouse college. >> when leland shelton was 4 years old protective officers took him away from his mama. today he graduated from harvard law school. >> after graduating from city college in 2009 he went on to morehouse in atlanta, graduated with a 3.96. that is nearly perfect and now he is a member of a foster care policy group. we spoke to him on the phone. >> because of a kid like me can do what i've done and what i plan to do in life, i know there are many other kids in baltimore who can be the same thing. >> he was stunned to hear the president say his name and didn't know it was going to happen. he eventually wants to move back to baltimore and make it a better city for foster kids, more on this story tonight on our 11:00 news. >>> coming up next tonight on wjz eyewitness news at 6:00 a monster tornado touched down in the midwest, more of this video and the latest damage reports from the area. >> also new details about a home invasion that ends with police fatally shooting a hostage who is a college student, wh

you can see there is the 46 which is down along -- leland avenue. we tend to focus our foot beat activity along bike patrol and along the business corridors. they are very helpful and we receive positive feedback from the community regularly about the performance of our foot beat. they are very engaged and many of them will speak tonight about their relationships with the neighborhood. >> 46 on leland. we have an officer who is cantonese speaking and there are very many chinese merchants. they go to the asian community center and they will set themselves up there at 11:00 most days of the week so if anyone wants to talk to them they can have a regular meeting time otherwise their on patrol and talking with the merchants. i was there, and not many showed up here, nobody came. we grabbed the people from the center and did a merchant walk and met them at their businesses. they didn't want to close earlier to see me. i went to meet them and it helped to explain to me some of their concerns and i related to these two officers. like i said, 11:00 in the m

leland vittert is in israel keeping an eye on all of this. leland? >> reporter: john, we're just about five miles from the syrian border. israel is making it very clear and by words and actions they are not looking for a war but they are certainly ready for one if it comes. behind me the tanks that could be the tip of the spear if this turned here into a ground war. we have watched these soldiers today all tinkering with their tanks getting ready for a battle if it should come. more likely though there would be a battle from the air. that is why israel moved its iron dome missile defense systems up to the northern part of israel to intercept any missiles that would either come from hezbollah in lebanon or from the syrian regime themselves. that is what this all began over, which was missiles over the weekend. we had a number of israeli airstrikes into the heart of damascus. that is where sources tell us the syrians were in the process of transferring these missiles called fatah 110 missiles from syria into hezbollah. israel has said that is a red lin

martha: are we expecting to see more of this week, leland? >> reporter: well that is the big question. every time israel goes and bombs something inside of syria it is like playing russian roulette. at what point are they going to respond? will the syrians launch some kind of attack? will the hezbollah launch some kind of attack. we know for israelis there are weapons on the ground. the weapons are unloaded and taken there inside of lebanon and given to hezbollah. that's where the israelies are pinpointing these strikes as you try to destroy the weapons before they get to hezbollah. they say they will not allow that balance of power to change and hezbollah get more significant weapons, even if it means more attacks going forward and the consequences that come with them. martha. martha: higher stakes this week. leland, thank you so much. bill: president obama adding to this saying it will be unlikely u.s. troops will be on the ground anytime soon in that conflict. the president. >> i can not see a scenario right now which american boots on the

when leland shelton was 4 years old -- where's leland? stand up.vices took him away from his mama, put him in the care of his grandparents. by age 14, he was in the foster care system. three years after that leland enrolled in morehouse, and today he is graduating phi beta kappa on his way to harvard law school! but he's not stopping there. as a member of the national foster care youth and alumni policy council, he plans to use his law degree to make sure kids like him don't fall through the cracks. and it won't matter whether they're black kids or white kids or brown kids or native american kids because he'll understand what they're going through and he'll be fighting for them. he'll be in their corner. that's leadership. that's a morehouse man right there. that's what we've come to expect from you, morehouse, a legacy of leaders not just in our black community but for the entire american community. to recognize the burdens you carry with you but to resist the temptation to use them as excuses, to transform the way we think about manhood and set h

jenna: leland vittert live in jerusalem. leland, thank you. jon: back to our top story, three women kidnapped in ohio in separate incidents roughly a decade ago are free this morning. at the time two of the victims were teenagers. police allege three brothers held their victims captive at the home of one of the brothers. all three are now under arrest. investigators have now years worth of evidence to pour through while still trying to respect the traumatic ordeal these women suffered. >> as far as investigations, you know, we believe we've got three suspects. we're going to charge those suspects. we believe he have the people responsible for that. so right now, we want to let them spend some time with their family and take this process very, very slow and, respectful to their families and to the young girl's needs. jon: bill gavin is former assistant director for the fbi in new york. he is vice president of guardsmark, an international security services company. first, bill, your personal reaction. sometimes those of us in the media, people i

five miles from the syrian border, leland vittert, fox news. >> bret: a senior u.s. defense official confirms that north korea has moved ballistic missiles away from the coastal launch pad. the two missile batteries are being returned to garrison ending weeks of tension on the korean peninsula. this comes one day before the south korean president arrives in washington for a meeting with president obama at the white house. the officer in charge of preventing and responding to sexual assaults in the air force has been arrested and charged with sexual battery. lt. colonel jeff extra is accused of fondling a woman in virginia city parking lot over the weekend. he has been chief of staff of the sexual assault prevention branch for two months. he was removed from that post today pending the outcome of an investigation. as far as one broadcast network is concerned. the philadelphia abortion trial is not happening. that's later in the grapevine. and up next. we'll go to philly to try to figure out where the jury is right now on that trial. side effects may include headache,

. >> the leland's says that, despite the fact that the u.s. does have -- the legal analyst says that, despite the fact that extraditions have a agreement with italy, in america, and you cannot be tried twice for the same crime. >> tonight, we asteroid you thought about amanda knox and what she told diane sawyer. lexi italian government might want to let it go at this this point. she was found not guilty. it seems like it is a lot of money being spent on a trial that seems to have been resolved earlier. [indiscernible] there will be absolutely no doubt about her and since -- about her innocence. >> we posted the same question on our facebook page. as you many watched from home, here are a few comments. while it's important to note that, since returning to seattle in 2011, she has largely avoided the public spotlight. she has been studying at the university of washington. >> let's turn to another big story at 11. addresshan directly whether the team should change the redskins name, rg3 targets a broader issue of political correctness. >> a large

what's the post-morehouse plan, leland?i'm starting at harvard law school in the fall. >> after that? >> after that i plan on pursuing a career in public interest law especially child advocacy. my particular interest. >> we're saving this tape, because you strike me at the kind of guy that might one day decide he might want to be president of the united states. no? >> i can't speak to that. >> look at that's already got the answers down. >> dr. wilson, i want to talk to you about reverend kevin johnson's criticisms of the president, and you're familiar with this at this point, and that philadelphia tribune column back in april, he talked about something a lot of folks have been talking about with with regards to president obama. especially his second term. he wrote, in some, when one compares the first african-american president to his recent president saysers, the number of african-americans in senior cabinet positions is very disappointing. clinton, seven, bush, four, obama, one. obama has not moved african-american leade

leland told wbz says he wants to hold elected office some day to help children here in baltimore. >>> someone in florida is a whole lot richer tonight. the only winning power ball ticket was sold 30 miles northeast of tampa continue $30 miles northeast of tampa continue it is worth 600 million. someone purchased the ticket here. no word on if it's an individual or a group that went in on a bunch of tickets together. we should find out soon enough. florida is one of the few states that does not allow their winners to stay anonymous. so that person will get a lot of phone calls from long last friends and family. can you only imagine that? >>> still more to come on our eyewitness news tonight. a paragliding crash. crews hoist a man from a cliff. >>> a college student held hostage and accidentally killed by police. >>> and speaking out, an officer shot during the search for the boston bombing suspects. now he is breaking his silence for the first time. . >>> mall shoppers react to the video. that story is next. >>> we are heating up for the work week. i'll have the details coming up in yo

leland vittert on the ground in jerusalem.es this mean for syria's neighbors, neighbors like israel, leland? >> reporter: exactly, bill. we've seen this go from a popular uprising inside syria to a sectarian civil war. now we're really on the verge of a regional war. the s-300s that have been delivered according to president assad have the ability to shoot down not only military jets operating inside israeli airspace but also commercial airliners. this is something the israelis say is truly a game-changer. president assad going public in an interview aired in couple of hours, this is him doubling down trying to stay in power. shows he has friends willing to help him. hezbollah he acknowledged has fighters inside syria trying to help him in the delivery of the s-300 missiles saying russia will continue to stand behind their friend. bill: israel says it will not allow this system to become operational. what are the options for israel? >> reporter: there's not a light. right now they're at a bomb, no bomb decision point, attack,

you see how lovely leland street looks. do you like it? >> yes. >> beautiful, isn't it? we are going to continue. we have a library that is going to be opening up in june. that's right. so i will see you all there at the library. there is a lot of activity going on. it is important we remain connected and engaged. >> would you mind if we were to pull the seniors together and translate for me in a mini meeting? >> yes, sir. >> what we are going ready to do is we are going to have a quick little mini meeting to -- because we didn't translate my short message before. >> i just want to say i want to welcome everyone to the event. >> we have folks in visitation valley only talking with visitation valley. we have folks in bayview again only talking in a very small corridor of 3rd straight and the merchant corridor. we don't have people talking to the hill merchant association, doing patch. all these fragrmented conversations are happening, largely talking about the same thing, crime, keeping the streets clean, supporting sbaubs. that is something i made a concerted effort on t

so you can take leland to railroad avenue to get open highway four. >> it is 4:40. mother nature lends a hand, and the progress firefighters are making in ending the danger of a huge southern california wildfire that forces thousands to evacuate. >> there is a fan creating a huge problem. what is being done to end one k-9 craze. >> a new club planned in the heart of san francisco's castro district is stirring new debate this >> covering benicia, san ramon, san mateo and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone, it is 4:44 with a picture on the rooftop camera at the embarcardero and mike has the full forecast and leyla gulen has traffic. >> southern california firefighters say they are confident they will have the massive springs fire in ventura county fully contained today. the 28,000 acre fire is 75 percent contained with cooler temperatures and moist air helping firefighters and allowed homeowners to return. in riverside near banning, 650-acre vegetation fire is 75 percent contained. temperatures in southern california have dropped 20 degrees

leland vittert is live in jerusalem with all this.irst of all, be careful and second of all, what is going on? >> appreciate it, tracy. we always try to be. a lot of people are saying try to be careful with israel. they seem to take calculated risks here. calculated risk in the middle east have times to spin out of control. the risk that israel seems to be willing to take they are willing to risk starting a war to make sure that hezbollah, the iranian-backed militant group in lebanon, doesn't get very sophisticated weapons from their friend in syria. >> smoke still rises from the rubble of a syrian weapons depot that once housed precision-guided fatah 110 missiles headed for lebanon in the south. sources confirm the weapons arrive on cargo planes like these from iran. they are transferred by ground to the militant group. [explosion] second time in a week israeli bombs destroyed them enroute. syria called the attack an act of war. despite their own civil war they will respond. this is israel's insurance policy. their tanks are forward

leland, thank you very much. bill: certainly us did. a bit of context on syria with the uprising in the third year. more than 80,000 died in the fighting. the civil war is creating a refugee crisis along the way. nearly 1 1/2 million syrians left the country to escape the violence. more than a million since last september alone. martha: just about an hour from now president obama will take off for the jersey shore. that is his destination today. he will get a first-hand look how the area is recovering from superstorm sandy as businesses there struggled over the weekend to cut the ribbon and get started for a great summer. it was a little bit cloudy over the course of the weaken and cold but he will tour the area once again with governor chris christie. last october as you may remember in the days after that horrific storm, governor christie well companied president obama to new jersey. republicans criticized him for embracing the president so close to the election. the governor said that he was and is just recognizing the president's he

uma, back to you. >> leland, thank you very much.esident obama's news conference with the turkish prime minister. the president could face some pretty tough questions over some three big commodity verses. -- controversies. we'll nope eeeeh... oh, guys let's leave the deals to hotels.com. ooh that one! nice. got it! oh my gosh this is so cool. awesome! perfect! dad to the rescue. the perfect place is on sale now. up to 30% off. only at hotels.com gregg: a fox news alert, we are awaiting the beginning of a joint news conference with president obama and the turkish prime prime prime minister erdogan. mr. obama is facing a barrage of questions, though, on a trifecta of scandals. welcome to our new hour of "happening now," i'm gregg jarrett. uma: the primary focus of the visit, the brutal civil war in syria, turkey's neighbor. the latest, turkey blaming agents of syria's regime for the huge car bombings killing more than 50 people in a turkish border town. four suspects rounded up. turkey, home to some 400,000 syrian refugees. chief white

in 1884, it also killed leland stanford jr., prompting his parents to begin stafford university. >>>se moments in san francisco's usually quiet valley. police evacuating an apartment building, calling in the bomb squad when a man told officers he had a bomb. officers with the psych units had been looking for this man. things escalated when neighbors called to say he had returned to his apartment building on cesar chavez them started making threats so they shut down the streets. police didn't find any explosives. neighbors say this is the first time he's made wild threats. >> it is a little bit terrifying thinking that you live next to somebody who could have a bomb in their apartment. >> police stay man will remain in custody on a psychiatric hold while they figure out if any charges he should face. >>> a political mess in florida might mean a super bowl for the bay area. it won't be official until may 21st. a decision by florida lawmakers tonight put santa clara in the driver's seat to host the 2016 super bowl. two sites as you might know were still in the running as of this morning

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and fox news reporter leland vittert just got a first-hand look at israeli ground defenses should syria try to retaliate. >> israeli soldiers spent the day tweaking their tanks, making last minute adjustments and getting them ready for battle. we are just five miles right now from the syrian border. and if there was a ground war, this would be the tip of the spear heading in. more likely, a war in the air and that's why the iron dome missile defense system has now been laid out across the north to protect against missiles from hezbollah or from syria. >> shepard: bottom line an already complicated situation is growing more complicated by the day. especially it appears for the white house. ed henry is live there this evening. ed, it seems like conflicting signals on whether this red line has been crossed. >> that's right. because of that question, the president last august had suggested if chemical weapons were used by the syrian government, he suggested at least at a news conference last summer that that would lead to some sort of u.s. military intervention. when i pressed him at the ne

in 1884 it keeled teen leland stanford, jr. founding his patients to found stanford university. there are just a few u.s. cases a year. >>> she admitted it. a morgan hill preschool teacher could get jail time after pleading no contest to putting sleeping pills in toddlers sippy gups. 59-year-old debra gratz of holster faces up to three months in jail for each of the five misdemeanor counts of attempted child endangerment. as part of the settlement deal, the court dismissed five counts of assault. she had worked at the kiddie academy since 2007. back in march another employee saw her put something into the children's water cups. they were confiscated before the children drank from them. police say gratz admitted to putting an over the counter sleep medication or sleep aid in the children's drinks to make them take longer naps. >>> in san francisco now, how did this happen? investigators are trying to find out what caused the van to crash into a home today. this was in the twin peaks neighborhood this morning. a van with three people inside had gone over the cliff. one person in t

kron fours alecia reid tells us what senator leland yee is proposing. >> the senator was to introduceislation that will ban three-d clearance. check out this youtube video this is a plastic gun that and fired 38 caliber bullets. >> a three dimensional printer made the parts. once assembled, the fire or worked perfectly. >> senator yee said this could be potentially deadly use for the wrong reason. that is why the manufacturer of guns that are invisible to metal detectors and can be made without a background check must be illegal. >> also, 3-d machines are used by businesses to make plastic parts. if an individual can't afford to buy what it can be as simple as downloading the design for the gun called the liberator and creating its on the machine. it will be anonymously produced and untraceable. >> senator yee says the new technology has the means to create assault weapons including high-capacity magazines and low or receivers. >> in the news room alecia reid kron 4 news. >> proposal to name san francisco international airport after the late supervisor harvey milk is being dropped. sa

. >>> leland yee is planning to introduce legislation that would ban using 3-d printers to make guns. this is after a company is now claiming they got downloadable designs for printable gun parts on its websites. there are efforts on a national level to outlaw those guns. 3-d printers are a new technology. but the office supplies store chain staples recently announced it will start selling them next month. >>> caesar's palace in las vegas, banning gamblers from wearing the google glasses. a casino spokesman points to nevada gaming rules that prohibit computer recording devices. the glasses allow users to get on the internet, take pictures and record video. that device will be banned from concert performances from the hotel as well. >>> 7:15. contra costa county is on track to lose two more fire stations because of money problems. the board of supervisors approved the plan to close station 87 in pittsburg in july. the board did not say which other station it could close but that would happen next january. the fire chief says the station closures would save $3 million. three other stati