leslie brinkley is live at the pacific stock exchange in san francisco. leslie? >> reporter: the stage has been set. and the anticipation is that wall street is set for a sharply lower opening today. especially given how asian markets fared today in reaction to the news about the u.s. credit rating downgraded on friday. nikkei lost 2.8%. market drop in hong kong of over 2%. the markets are already closed. pessimistic trading in europe. london and germany markets fluctuating between 1.7 and 2.5% down. some say it could have been worse. >> i heard the reaction in asia was better than expected. that's really because last friday we had one of the biggest of the years 4-5% in most asian markets. but today, we still have 1 to 3%. [ no audio ] >> that was abc7's leslie brinkley reporting. we will check back in with leslie later with more on a preview of what will happen when the stock markets open this morning. >>> with friday senate action to end the faa shutdown, construction workers can go back to their jobs this week in oakland international airport. the $31 million

leslie talked about the gold prices. they skyrocketed. price for up on of gold rose to $1700 in early trading. gold doubled in price since start of 2009. it typically increases in value as the appeal of the u.s. dollar weakens. >>> another major story we're following today. san francisco mayor ed lee made it official this morning, he is running for office he was appointed to. >> rivals in the race quickly issued welcomes and warnings. >> abc7's eric thomas is live with the latest. eric? >> as ed lee officially entered the race. there were four key words he kept saying over and over again. i've changed. >> i'm ed lee, mayor of san francisco, i filed papers to file for the mayor's ration this year -- mayor's race this year. >> that is what he did in basement of city hall afr seven months of vows and promises he would not run for mayor, he was not a politician and he was just doing a job that an administrator does. in fact, appointed to fill out gavin newsom's term. part of the deal was he would not run for mayor when it was all said and don

abc7's leslie brinkley is live at the pacific exchange with the latest. leslie?l street today. the stage is set with prediction of a sharply lower opening. especially given market reaction in asia to the tuesday that the u.s. credit rating downgrade announced on friday. in japan, the nikkei lost 2.18%. similarly, a market drop in hong kong of over 2%. those are final results. pessimistic trading in europe, the stsb is down 1.90 right now. germany is down 2.6. but some say it could have been worse. >> i heard reaction in asia has been better than expected. that is really because last friday we had one of the biggest in year between 4-5%. but today, we still have one to 3%. >> futures show the dow jones/industrials average slumping 242 points to 11,160 today. the u.s. stock market opened in just one hour. the standard & poor's announcement of dropping the u.s. credit rating a notch had investors holding their breath over the weekend. today is the day, this monday is the day reality hits. after a rough day last week it doesn't look good given what is happening in th

leslie marshall. great to see both of you. leslie, i'm going to start with you. we need to all come together. left coast, right coast. why is a bus tour really worth the president's time? i mean, he is traveling 115 miles today on a bus. doesn't he have something better today than traveling on a bus for three hours. >> no matter what he does somebody out there is going to think there is something better. when he sits behind the desk beltway people saying left and right is he not in touch with the american people. i honestly think after this debt ceiling debacle which is clearly what it was, a circus. i think it's essential and his responsibility as president to get out and to speak to the people so the people can hear him and he doesn't just hear the people via polls. clearly left and right, congress wasn't listening to what america wanted when it came to the debt ceiling. america really wanted a clean straight up or down vote. >> laura: no politics. >> he did this in the spring. did he three states. >> laura: no politics. i mean, okay. let's go to this mary kath

leslie talked about the gold prices. they skyrocketed. price for up on of gold rose to $1700 in early trading. gold doubled in price since start of 2009. it typically increases in value as the appeal of the u.s. dollar weakens. >>> another major story we're following today. san francisco mayor ed lee made it official this morning, he is running for office he was appointed to. >> rivals in the race quickly issued welcomes and warnings. >> abc7's eric thomas is live with the latest. eric? >> as ed lee officially entered the race. there were four key words he kept saying over and over again. i've changed. >> i'm ed lee, mayor of san francisco, i filed papers to file for the mayor's ration this year -- mayor's race this year. >> that is what he did in basement of city hall after seven months of vows and promises he would not run for mayor, he was not a politician and he was just doing a job that an administrator does. in fact, appointed to fill out gavin newsom's term. part of the deal was he would not run for mayor when it was all said and d

keep wishing, leslie. >> juan: thank you both very much. very informative.re ahead as the factor moves along this evening. bill o'reilly talks to a ucla professor who studied bias in the media and his results might surprise you. plus, hollywood actor ed asner admits to bill o'reilly that he is a socialist. that makes for some must see tv. we hope you stay tuned for those reports. thanks to the venture card from capital one, we get double miles on every purchase, so me and my lads earned arip to san francisco twice as fast we get double miles every time we use our card... i'll take these two... ...no matter what we're buying. ...and all of those. and since double miles add up fast, we can bring the whole gang! it's hard to beat double miles! whoa dude. [ male announcer ]et the venture card from capital one and earn double miles on every purchase, every day. go to capilone.com. what's in your wallet? go to capilone.com. diabetes testing? it's all the same. nothing changes. then try this. freestyle lite® blood glucose test strip. sure, but it's not gonna-- [bee

so, leslie, what do you make of it?ke you had alluded to, megyn, this is more fair game. i'm not sure how personal it is. but, you know, those on the right, love you large, but you guys are all into the character. character's a big word in your circles, and i think it's essential the american people know left and right what is the character of a man who is pro-choice for years when he's running for governor in the blue state of massachusetts and wakes up pro-life -- [inaudible conversations] megyn: i think lars is going to anytime that's fair -- admit that's fair game. that axle rod thing tying him to big business, they're going to do that. but the thing about weirdness, he's weird, and they're already floating out a couple of balloons on how they think he's weird, leslie. that's personal -- closer to a personal attack. >> that i agree. i don't know that he's weird. what scares me is mit has just shown a study that people who are not as informed as voters do vote on looks, and he's a handsome guy, so i think they should

leslie brinkly has more on the story. >> it is certainly the end of an era, but not the end of apple by any means. they will continue on -- he will continue on as chairman of the board. he is not disappearing, but reinventing his role at apple. steve jobs has been on medical leave from apple since early this year after battling pancreatic cancer and a liver transplant. he has turned the world into an i-world with i-pods, iphones and ipads. >> in many ways this is apple putting down on paper what has been the reality. >> they believe apple won't miss a beet as the -- beat as the successor takes the helm as the new ceo, a role he has tried out already. >> tim cook has been doing the day-to-day job while steve jobs was stild -- was still involved with apple. >> tim cook is not the next steve jobs. if anything he is the guy who has steve jobs' playbook and he will do what is in that playbook for the short-term. >> many see cook as more of the traditional businessman who will appeal to wall street. >> i don't see him as the kind of person who could ever have the focus and the maniacal ded

reporting live in the east bay, leslie brinkly, abc7 news. >> thank you, leslie. we will continue monitoring the situation throughout the night and bring you the latest on abc7 morning news beginning at 4:30 a.m. or anytime at abc7news.com. >>> a san francisco lawyer appeared in court today to face charges he sexually assaulted three women that he met on craigslist. the attorney is being held on $3 million bail, but abc7's vic lee spoke with that man's lawyer who claims this is not a typical sex assault case. >> reporter: michael huffman lives here in this highrise near aquatic park. authorities say all of the sexual attacks took place in his apartment. >> we are alleging he committed these acts against three different female victims, individuals whom he met as a result of contact that was initially made through craigslist. >> reporter: prosecutors say a 36-year-old woman was attacked here in march, a 19-year-old in june. earlier this month a 25-year-old. huffman is an employment attorney who specializes in cases where workers may have been wrongfully terminated a

>>> i'm leslie brinkley live in pacific stock exchange. the world is market and global stocks have take an nose dive. i have a live report. >> police are investigating shooting death of a man killed while driving on city streets. >> decision day for interim mayor ed lee. he has set a time and place to let everyone know whether he is ready to run for a full term. >> weatherwise, look at the thick clouds. we have drizzle and cool conditions. i do see a slight warming trend in our forecast. >> good morning. i'm sue hall in the traffic center. we have fog to affect the morning commute. we'll talk about that and look at the monday morning drive times. >>> 6:00 a.m. on monday morning. thank you for watching. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. from wall street to main street, worry is building ahead of the stock market opening in a half hour from now. this is the first trading day after the unprecedented downgrade of the credit rating. abc7's leslie brinkley is live in san francisco. >> just 30 minutes and counting until the stock exchange in t

hearing in sacramento august 23 to find out what cal osha said and try to get answers. >> in napa, leslie brinkley. >>> san francisco muni officials say they are weeks away from a plan to fire up to 48 muni drivers who are still working without the required commercial driver's license. the "san francisco examiner" report that some of the muni operators have been without a valid license for two years. despite the threat of termination, none have been fired. the new muni contract imposed in june gives the transit agency much more leeway in the issue. of the 48 operators without licenses some have let them lapse, some have let them suspend and others involved medical clearance issues. >>> this morning, san jose state university says 100 returning students who were bumped from dorms because of overcrowding are offered accommodations as a resort style hotel. the media partner, "san jose mercury news" reports the san jose state upper classman will have the option to stay at the clarion hotel, three miles from the downtown campus. the hotel has a pool, hot tub, spa, cable tv and weekly maid serv

abc leslie miller has more on the return. >> reporter: standing occasion for the former governor whoout of the public eye for months. he made his first speech after admitting he fathered an out-of-wedlock son with the housekeeper. addressing a business group in downtown los angeles, schwarzenegger didn't mention the scandalor marital problem with maria shriver. instead he gave rosy account of the years as governor. it comes in the midst of if divorce with shriver. the settlement is being worked out with attorneys behind closed doors. initially, schwarzenegger did not want to pay shriver spousal support. he changed his mind. he appeared comfortable with the crowd and made jokes about his future. >> i'm going to run in 2012. >> i'm going to run for president of the national body building investigation. >> only time will tell if he can win back support where he wants it the most, at the box office. >> hasta la vita and i'll be back. thank you very much. >> leslie miller, abc news. >> let's wait and see if he comes back. >> that is what he says. >> if you have 22-inch arms you are coming

. >> also were co-stars olivia wild, jason baitman and leslie man. >> and actually a bachelorette no more, that is right. jp proposed and they sat down with robin roberts to talk wedding plans. >> he's going to move to nork and finish up school. she's going to move to new york and find a place and get a job, we going to talk about weddings, maybe the end of the year. >> and despite some concerns from her tattooed sister, christie, ashley says her fiancee and sis are now very close. who is the latest celebrity to receive a star on the walk of fame? visit otrc.com to find out. >> and all right there is such a thing as a free ride for a little while. just head the fleet that is saving san francisco money and gasoline. >> and never mind your tattooed sister. a snake is one of the last things you want to see when driving but it's something a lot of people want to see on their computer autos then at 5:00 counseling with an agenda. a bay area city gets involved what is called deceptive marketing. >> 4:21, checking traffic in san jose. in 101 southbound. it's slowing down a bit. northbound t

leslie i'm going to let you take the first by the at this apple.it a campaign speech and if it was is it wrong for the president to be doing that? >> i wouldn't think it would be wrong for him to do that. i didn't hear any campaigning. i heard the president basically saying, okay, here is the next order of business. here is what we're going to do when congress gets back from their vacation. and quite frankly i think the president needed to do this because there are many on the left like myself that said, what did you do, mr. president? did you sell the store for some independent votes losing some liberal democratic votes in the process? and i think he cleared that up a bit by saying, listen, you know, it isn't just about the debt, and we're not over it. this is not over. by the way, it is about jobs, and lars, where are those jobs bills love. i know there is a heatwave, it's tough for you to work under such temperatures. shannon: we know the job polls, when you're talking to potential voters that is what americans care about right now. lars he's no

joining me now leslie marshal and lars larson. leslie is also a fox news contributor.resident obama is on tape saying these things. he's going to cut the deficit, cut the debt in half, keep unemployment below 8%, that projection that his administration came out with especially if they passed a stimulus they promised we'd never be at the level we are at now. and austin goolsbee to his consider goes on hannity and says let me contex tell you about those things. can this be used against president obama much as the read my was used against h.w. bush. >> i would never run for president but if i did i would say this is the plan i v. then again there might be some acts of god, which tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes coming up the coast right now. i hope all of you will be safe at fox, there megyn, that the president didn't expect. during the burke administration as well as the obama administration when you have gas at $4 a gallon that is going to affect the economy negatively. when you have a congress both sides that are not willing to bulge one bit and when politics becomes

leslie, thanks for being here. >> thank you for having me.ts are saying by almost 60% they want to see obama back in office. who are the voices of discontent you're talking about? >> i think that people who vote democratic and consider themselves liberal are going to vote for the democratic nominee, most of them. there's also a lesser turnout if there's less enthusiasm. but what i've been hearing, is that many people are muttering to themselves, you know -- >> what are they saying exactly? >> first that hillary would have been a better president. i think there's a perception that obama has not been tough enough, he's not asserted himself as a leader enough, and he's not voiced the case for his policies effectively enough, and that he really didn't understand the implaquable hostility of the republican party, which has said it wants to see him fail. >> we saw the numbers 59% they want to see the president back in office. they don't want obama to have a challenger in 2012. who exactly were you speaking to? >> i spoke to people from a 22-year-ol

leslie thank you so much for coming on and sharing a special relationship for you. him by your side now. rick, i think it's an incredible organization. good luck to you. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> thank you so much for watching today. i'll see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern, 9:00 a.m. out west. the first family heads to martha's vineyard for vacation. first the president has two town hall meetings in illinois today. the first expected to start at any moment. andrea mitchell will have more for you ahead on "andrea mitchell reports." thanks for watching. fiber one. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? um... try the number one! [ jack ] yeah, this is pretty good. [ male announcer ] half a day's worth of fiber. fiber one. [ jso i take yone a day men's 50+ advantage. as a manager, my team counts on me to stay focused. it's the only complete multivitamin with ginkgo to support memory and concentration. plus vitamin d to help maintain healthy blood pressure. [ bat cracks ] that's a hit. one a day men's. >>> right now on "andrea mit

leslie, clarifying that the agreement must be approved before the first construction permit is issued. to ensure that the agreement is in place before we go forward and authorize work on the principal projects. those are the recommendations recommended in this concludes my presentation. supervisor mar: let's open it up for public comment. there are no questions from my colleagues. please come forward if you would like to speak. i see no speaker cards. peter cohen? >> good afternoon, members of the board. i am here representing the market octavio cac. in the chair of that committee. i am very active in the upper market. i should know a bit about affordable housing. i have a couple of technical questions, our first priority is on site below market rate units. in the market batavia area there has been no formal housing of any kind. with the exception of octavia boulevard, there has been no affordable housing of any kind built in the market octavia, simultaneously built in the last quarterly pipeline report there are 270 units of housing proposed in that area. there is a critical need for

. >> leslie lenhart, union street association. we feel this is very good and we support it. i do of a question i would like to ask this gentleman. on page four, there is a typo or i am not quite understanding what this means. if you go to involving planning code and go down to the second paragraph within that unit, it says now all formula retail establishments require a use hearing before the planning commission even if there is already -- does that mean formula business? is that a typo? that is a typo. the union street association would like to go on the record as supporting this piece of legislation. president o'brien: thank you. next speaker. >> michael williams, union street neighborhood commercial district and others. having been involved in the legislation when union street first did a moratorium to get their lot -- their legislation strict about, i did a use survey. the restaurant business -- these buildups have been really strapped because of this micromanaging of our and cds -- ncd's. i attended one with the supervisor alioto-pier once, and she said we are doing thi

here is leslie brinkley. >> cancer researchers were shocked but they documented it in two medical journals? what is being called the most significant sflans decades. it works like this. blood was taken from leukemia patients and the t-cells the body uses to fight disease were removed. this inserted a harmless version of hiv into the cells and they were reinjected back into the patient. a single tchtd cell was capable of killing thousands of cancer cells and even killing new cancer as it emerged. so far two patients are cancer flee and one is in remission. goal now is to find out how long the remissions last. >> we know they hang and the body for some time that may be helpful but also hurtful. we have more to learn before we can say this is generally used for patients that have this particular type of leukemia. >> this could employ a kind of tumor attack road map for the treatment of other cancers including melanoma and lung cancer. they are calling the killer cells remarkable. >>> coming up, why no more classes will be added to a controversial war memorial in the east bay. >> a massive pol

>> reporter: leslie seymour was a self-proclaimed nice girl at "vogue" magazine who had to toughen up before becoming editor-in-chief at "more." >> it took me a couple of years realize, like, wait a minute, all these people who aren't so nice, they are moving ahead, i'm sitting back here. >> reporter: but why does mean translate to greed? the study suggested something pretty simple that people who became managers were just more willing to step on others as they climbed up the ladder. >> it would be really great if you could just sort of take care of the cockroach problem. >> reporter: and let's face it, we've all been there. >> i knew a whole lot of jerks that make a whole lot more than i do. >> what goes around comes around. >> reporter: ah, karma. software ceo lars dellguard admits he's a recovering workplace jerk, so he banned bad behavior for all of his employees. >> we have a policy people have to sign, a contract, an emotional contract, where they have to sign that they will not be a jerk in the workplace. >> reporter: ceo of johnson publishing, desiree rogers, prefers this inte

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. -- leslie brinkly has the story. >> they created armies of what they called serial killer cellsthat obliterated tumors super rapidly. cancer researchers themselves were shocked within three weeks time an experimental treatment was violently blowing away deadly tumors. they documented it in two medical journals in what is being called the most significant advance in cancer research in decades. it works like this. blood was taken from leukemia patients and the t-cells were resmofd. -- removed. scientists inserted a version of the hiv into those cells and millions of the genetically engineers cells were then reinjected back into the patient. a single t cell was capable of killing thousands of cancer cells and even annihilating the cancer. >> it takes principals we have been working on for decades and apply itself to patients and produces truly meaningful adults. >> reporter: so far two patients are cancer free and one is in remission. the goal is to find out how long the remissions last. >> we know the engineered cells hang around the body for some time. it may be help. but it may be h

pastor bell, judith gallardo, leslie marie. emily harris. >> good afternoon, supervisor mirkarimi. chairman mirkarimi. . thank you for waiting. >> i'm the founder of the recovery survival network. we have been surfing san francisco's ex-offender population from the corner of 16th and mission now since 1997. we know this population. we understand what this population needs. they trust us because we represent true cultural competency. there's a difference in having a contract and putting some refined words on a piece of paper talking about what cultural competency really means. cultural competency means having people of the same ethnicity and/or of the same mindset working with one another. our agency understanding the needs of this population has developed family of friends clean and sober living network. we are a california association of alcohol recovery resources certified in all of our locations. we currently have 10 s.r.o. master leases. we are extremely proud of the housing that we provide. the house we took older buildings and worked with some of san francisco's housing devel

as leslie brinkley reports, he now understands why employees are afraid to come to work. >> i object served an attack where a patient was attacking another, and five of the staff had to go in to intervene to bring this person down and medicate them. >> reporter: he was a former psych tech, but he was not so much shocked as he was impressed. >> i wanted a look at what was going on at the hospital. what i saw was you have really dedicated staff that are dealing with situations where they simply do not have enough help to get the job done. >> there have been 800 staff injuries here over the last two years including the murder of worker donna gross last october by massey. he was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison last week, but the assaults continue. patients attacking staff and each other just the other night. >> several police officers were hit and another was assaulted within 24 hours. >> they welcomed alan's visit so he could look at the quality and service the staff survive and better understands the complexity of the hospital. >> there was a swarm of hospital police officers t

leslie . went to see that i could not give you two. should just. subtract the good soldier. but in russia angie could face sanctions if found guilty of harassing the ref in their two one win over banana moscow the russian football union is investigating allegations made against the plays there last weekend well that much produced three goals during a weekend where a total of twenty five first scored in the russian premier league and it is time to enjoy them all one by one it is still. so listen live from place to live . play. live lives . some great action that in other news england cricket captain andrew strauss says his side will continue to were caught off to completing a four nil series whitewash. well off the phone with us the skipper was all smiles as you would expect if you're seeing his side beating me by meanings and eight runs during the series in england the world number one rankings from their opponents on strive said the fading was different a motion fell one angle and won the ashes two years ago. well i think i think in two thousand and maybe that's a bit there

keep me miss leslie. when they see that i could not get from using it for. a very intimate people who try to. show just. sides of the subjects. now the rugby world cup is fast approaching and russia hopes to bring back the melbourne rebels star as and as for their fallen woman match against gloucester on friday. i know louche said he should be fit for the clash and will feature in a team that will be pretty much the one to face the usa in the world cup on september fifteenth russia have lost all three of their warm up games in britain so far the latest ahead forty six nineteen lost the oscar race that's not who says he's pleased with his side's progress ahead of their first appearance to blow up. i mean while the coach of hosts new zealand believes he has a potent side for the tournament graeme henry announced his thirty man squad ahead of their trying nations clash with australia at the weekend surprise selections include the relatively inexperienced call insulate the twenty three year old will act as backup for fly half done caught a city of any city back

leslie. when they see that i could not be. using it for. me. should just. now in russia angie could face sanctions if found guilty of harassing the ref in that he won when. the russian football union is investigating allegations made against the plays last weekend well that much produced three go. a total of twenty five were schooled in the russian premier league and it is time to enjoy the mole one by one it is. i was a little. loud. i. believe. such. little. some great action then in other news england cricket captain andrew strauss says his side will continue to work hot off to completing a four nil series whitewash over india while after the final test the skipper was all smiles and you would expect to just sing this side beating me by meanings and they runs during the series in england to the world number one rankings from their opponents and strive said the fading was different emotion felt when england won the ashes two years ago. well i think i think in two thousand and maybe it's a bit there was a bit more motion because we went into game one all i

. >> like to thank kevin lesly from golden gate restaurant association. thank you very much. [applause]. thank you for coming. we will see you next time. >> welcome to culturewater. in 2001, the san francisco arts commission and tampa does go public library established an arts master plan for the city soon to be renovated branch library. almost 10 years later, the san francisco arts commission has integrated a collection of vibrant new artworks by bay area artists into five new libraries, and there is more on the way. here is a closer look at some of the projects. >> the branch library improvement program is a bond funded program undertaken by the san francisco public library to upgrade each of the branch libraries throughout the neighborhoods. one of the great benefits of this opportunity is that each of these branches has a unique artwork that has been created specifically for that branch, based on input from people who live near that branch, in the surrounding neighborhood. >> trur- minded. there was a lot of community support for the project. i try to make it about the tr

also joining us republican strategists leslie sanchez. she's a founder and ceo of impacto group., thanks very much. paul, first to you. it looks like there's no love lost already between mitt romney and rick perry. >> the optics, rick perry did not look too rattled. as we say in texas, this ain't his first rodeo. but when you compare the jobs records, you're really comparing terrible to awful. mitt romney was 47th out of 50 states. rick perry took over, unemployment was 4.2% in texas. it's 8.2% now. huge percentage of the jobs created have been minimum wage jobs with no benefits. he leads america in the percentage of people uninsured, percentage of children uninsured. i hope they fight it out between terrible and awful. >> half the jobs of the whole country? >> there's been a huge increase in the price of oil, which always drives employment in texas. bad for the rest of america, but very good for my beloved home state. and it's had a huge increase in population, which is also for good thing for texas. but when economists take a look at it, they say these aren't jobs you raise a f

. >> matt's mom nancy carlson page is a childhood development expert and professor at leslie universityher son, he joined her at the protest and she joins us now. nancy, he told a story. welcome to the program. >> thank you. >> told a funny story about how in 1970s you marched in and said my son is not going to take this test and you yanked him out of there. you know, you told the principal that's not what's going to happen. why did you do that? >> i've never been a fan of standardized tests. sometimes children remember things with more drama than really happened. >> my mom says the same thing? in that case, a terrific principal of the school who gave the option and i didn't really march in, but i certainly said, no, i don't want matt to have standardized tests. i don't think they tell you anything. you know, testing has a place in education, but the place it has is to inform teachers about how to work with children, what they understand, what they don't and how they understand it so you can develop curriculum base odden what you learned from the test. they're being used these days to e

and others warning it is leslie -- likely indirect paying less attention to how much we eat and exercise. >> and so watching television news is excepted. >> you can exercise. >> work out while watching us here, on the news. if you're heading out tomorrow it's going to be another beautiful day. coastal areas came down today coming up tomorrow. so there is a mild day along the coast tomorrow. here is a live look from san jose. it's sunny temperatures and a high of 80 degrees beautiful mild down there. take a look at the vantage point. you can see sutro tower. it's about 1200 feet deep tonight. it's going to remain shallo we're expecting earlier burn off tomorrow. and there is fog just sitting there few places seeing sun break through. cooler as a result. there is numbers right now you'll see someplaces have gotten into low 90s 61 now in san francisco and half moon bay. and stouj bay. and north bay 83 in santa rosa. low clouds and fog tonight warm inland tomorrow. it's going to be cooling down and this is not until weekend you'll feel a cooling trend. overnight, looking for fog just pushing

why do you think the jury felt that was enough to convict your son, leslie?nk when someone is arrested and taken to a trial, that people automatically think they must be guilty. it's kind of a preconceived idea people have. it's very hard to get past the fact that someone is confessing and chuck, in their mind, had confessed to this crime. >> kathleen, in a filing with the court the attorney general's office wrote, quote, courts look on recanted evidence with suspicion. how could that affect this case? >> i think that's true in a typical case they would. but this is completely different. the case was so flawed originally. this case, without the testimony of chuck erickson and trump would have been thrown out without possible cause to arrest ryan. i believe the recantation and the amount of alcohol that chuck erickson consumed, all of these things changed tremendously the evidence in the case. but ryan was convicted on these two witnesses, and now they've recanted. it's taken ten years to get this done. i've only been in it, i guess a year and a half. but no j

break this stone was a barrel that the banks have been into leslie my fear is that if we see some short term improvement in the share prices but as the fundamentals are. seen rather gloomy in the markets overall i think these measures will not have a long lasting effect the solution is definitely not concentrating on short term liquidity measures like the european rescue fund i think it's much more important to concentrate on structural reforms and that means bringing down debt levels to sustainable level and so far we have not seen this what we've seen is this kind of hectic crisis management and this. communication communication from the european central bank which basically says that everything is under control where all the good that you see is kind of panic management. and i think what is really required to stabilize the situation is the focus on structural reform i think this is what we have to do in the in the near future. well since last week's downgrade of the u.s. credit rating and concern over the european debt crisis people have flocked to buying gold as a safe haven to inve

break this down what's peril that the banks have been into leslie my fear is that we. see some short term improvement in the share prices but the fundamentals are. seen rather gloomy in the markets i think overall we will see a continued downward trend so overall i think these measures will not have a long lasting effect so these measures are not going to be effective on the short term possibly effective but of course it's all about the long term the end game and i knew what your forecast and. its aims of the eurozone debt crisis is your sweeping all e.u. countries one by one france is in its sights is that the next one to fall. well if you look at the fundamentals i think france is quite different from from the other countries but nevertheless france also has a debt problem the overall debt level is very high and now that the u.s. government debt has been downgraded here's obvious fear of who will be next in the game and we've seen the problems with spain in italy recently and i think it's quite natural that the markets at this stage are concerned about france as well

i'm leslie landhart, i'm the executive director of the union street association. i'm really not speaking with that hat on today. my members did not send me down here to discuss this. they're pretty disgusted about everything that happens anyhow with raising taxes. with the 1% -- i'm speaking from my own business. i have a small business. i've been in business for 33 years in san francisco on the same street, on union street, and i have seen nothing but -- especially since in 10 years, especially with rates of taxes going up, sales tax in particular. i've seen my business go down, down, down. i was thrilled to see 1% come off the state. that made it 8 1/2 percent rather than 9 1/2 percent. it's subliminal when people go buying. you might own a retail type business where you have goods to sell. people say they have much lovelier shops there and it's 2% cheaper. it's cumulative. i think san francisco has a very bad image with a visitor. i'm sorry to say it. that we are expensive. you can't park. all in all, you've heard it before, i know you have. i won't belabor the

become russia's president is going to fall of course if the constitution says so why not so my dear leslie compression president bush one with the mind i do not know whose name is in our public enemy. on the contrary if he's a believer on bodies here is god one should be doing even more than any other person is just like a christian i can't think of a suitable candidate where there is a system and most people russians would raising this question today is even inappropriate going to. start an african american with become the us president. that's why they are having problems now. for a. political machine in the cinema they are pursuing an incorrect policy regarding muslims are usually the hanging of saddam hussein no matter what kind of person he was was an insult to all muslims they hung him in the former president on a muslim holiday where thirty three when obama came to power he started doing what he could but i personally think is that he had a chance he would have made a sort of shock for what he's prevented from doing so as i see it it's illegal for one of us you want to make chechnya

and leslie off the government. run to whether we like it or not the twenty twelve presidential election season campaign is upon us i know you say that president obama is finally starting to talk about it but talk isn't good enough for you is there anything though that any of these candidates can say to convince you that you might have a chance in the next couple years. i want results or an order i want the results before i rush and i'm not willing to be well i've waited for years over three years i don't have another year left but i'm going to live in a time when there are already millions of there that are losing it we cannot run our community any further than we are it's trying to run need to equal the people that built america related to america and made it what it was if not that no warning that only. a message is. well run we certainly do appreciate you sharing very sincerely what's going on with you i think you speak what a lot of people are going for a long run to taylor who's not only unemployed but he's al

>> leslie is hosting a party. >> neighbors get tgt and report them. and get to know each other.ifference. >> neighbors like ted atkinsson say if they don't take initiative no, one will. >> we're not doing nu. we can do more. and that is just the bottom line. >> these parties are taking place around the bay area. and there is 30,000 people skekted to participate tonight. i got invited to have chicken dinner so i'm going to get in line right now. >> that does sound good. >> the search for a man who led police on a high-speed chase in the east bay has note turned up anything so far tonight. sky 7 was over the scene on broadmor boulevard. the suspect ran and this started with him driving the wrong way on interstate 580. and police say the suspect has a violent past but not saying why they started chasing him in the first place. >> and speaking of traffic, forget about being stuck in traffic. malgin getting to work in a pod. that is the idea of a transportation project being developed in the south bay. up next. sure, pulling the mold, ldntew, and grime from out of the porous caverns

leslie the oakland police department did tell me that they will provide increased presence in the parking lot before and right after the game. law enforcement officials said they will be active to make sure what happens in candlestick park last weekend does not happen here this weekend. in oakland i am dial plan. kron4 news. the friday commute on the bay bridge toll plaza, this is what's down traffic. right now things are looking pretty good. right now all of the fastrak plans are moving. we will be right back. >> kron4 has received numerous tips about something that has been taking place in the castro district. we have a warning. there is some cars and demeaning language in this report that some people might find offensive in this edition of people giving badly. >> this man is enjoying a pastrami sandwich on the corner of castro and the 17th in san francisco. i know what your thinking, what kind of iced tea is the drinking? this man is having a conversation before heading off to take care of some important business. let's just say he had some pretty colorful language. i thought that cast

leslie marshall and alan colmes. was the entire deal dumb. >> it certainly came off that wait a minute republicans, led by the tea partiers created a crisis that didn't have to create and then they take credit for solving the crisis that they created. when 18 times reagan, 17 times during bush raised the debt ceiling. never went through this before. never had a crisis. >> bill: why do 72% of americans think both parties at fault. >> they look at washington and see it as a problem. a whole problem. >> bill: you only see it as a republican problem. >> i believe in this particular case this was created by the right i can wingers who acted differently with this president than they did with any previous president when we continually raised the debt ceiling. >> bill: why do you think dennis kucinich wasn't branded a terrorist when he wouldn't compromise but the right wing were. >> gun imagery used by sarah palin and michele bachmann and whole bunch of right wingers because it's not one sided that kind of right wing violent

in the newsroom, leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >>> the news about jobs is not going over well on wall street initially here. since the announcement apple stock has fallen 5%. that is $19 a share or $18 billion in value in afterhours trading. $18 billion is roughly the same as the gross domestic product of paraguay as an example. >>> a police officer and security guard were wounded in a bank robbery at the wells fargo off fitzgerald drive as an armored truck drove up to pick up or drop off gas. >> reporter: a witness saw the gunman running from the bank. >> at first i thought he was okay but then there was something about him where i thought maybe he got hit. >> reporter: another witness was just walking out of the outback steakhouse. >> they let loose and shot him like seven times. i'm pretty sure he was pronounced dead on the spot. >> the chief of police said one of the robbery suspects was shot dead in the street and a police officer and a loom miss security guard were also wounded. >> my understanding is it was one shot that our officer took to the shoulder. he has been transported

if you look at these two boats, the mirage and miss leslie, that's what so many of these commercial fishingke. look at that rigging. they're strong. they can take it. the people in this part of country are used to these storms. they know how to deal with them. the problem is the leisure boats which are way across the harbor. again, things are calming down. but i really don't want to say that, because every time i say it i feel a gust of wind come up or something. this event is not over. it's not going to be a hurricane certainly but certainly not over either. >> is certainly not over. i understand, ron, you had a chance to talk with one of the boat captains while you were there? >> earlier we had a problem here, a situation where one of these boats came loose. we were here while the coast guard and some of the guys who work in this factory were trying to secure it to this dock here in front of me. i think we have some tape we can show you of that incident. also we talked to one of the captains who came here to secure his boat. here is how he described the conditions in the harbor. >> that's