this is at the legion of honor in lincoln park. >> timothy is going to come back, thank you very much, "impressionists on the water", go see it. we will be right back. @@ today there is only one park for every 14,000 americans.@@ connection to nature is a righú that the trust for public land is fighting to preserve. from boulevards to ball fields and ponds to playgrounds,p together we have saved over 3 million acres of land.@ a park is a gift that is worth protecting.@ help support the trust for public land@ and the gift of0parks today. >>> we are talking in the summertime about the fine art museums in san francisco. two great shows going on now. devincorn, he grew up around here? >> he did, one of his first art experiences was at one of our museums in 1936 his grandfather took him to see his first exhibition. vincent van gogh and his vivid memory of this examination, that introduced then send them go to the american public was that the poor group going through was laughing at these paintings as not being art and even the towards guide was laughing. i find the story fascinating becaus

and just south of lincoln park zoo. play now have a big obstacle in their path. someone was apparently using it as a fourth of july launching pad, scorching the artificial turf. >> we have kids from all over the united states and this week is one of our highlights because we are right near the lake. this field, four soccer players, is one of the most desirable to be at. this is sad. >> the $2 million field, paid for with taxpayer money, could cost tens of thousands of dollars to fix. >> the city landmarks commission approved a plan that would nearly double the amount of ad space at wrigley field. advertisements may cover some of the most iconic parts of wrigley field. the plan includes putting a corporate sponsor on the clock on the center field scoreboard. in addition to the proposed videoboards that would go over left and right fields, more signs could be attached to the scoreboard's lights. the cubs say they need to add revenue in order to pay for renovating the stadium. again, inching closer to final approval. >> a

>> through lincoln park. >> okay.t and enjoy the cup and go out and see the impressionist. thanks for joinening us and enjoy the summertime and we will be back next month. ♪ [ music ]♪ ♪ [ music ]♪ >>> welcome to bay sunday i am your host and we begin with the pitch if you have an idea for the show, we would love to hear from you. go to kpix and scroll down to bay sunday. what better way to end the day than to read a book with your child. >>> where did the inspiration came from on this book? >> well it started off as a journaling exercise to document her fascination with tails

lincoln way. mission street, six parking places plus one for the disabled. lincoln way proposal, one, just one for the disabled. mission street is on a diagonal san jose and mission on either side and they are relatively quiet at this point in the city, other other points they're congestioned. lincoln way, a state highway, and lincoln way a main artery. there were no pedestrians walking near the gas station the 10 times i was there. lincoln way, multiple pedestrians because there are sick bus stops, three on 19th, three on lincoln way. there is the golden gate park. there is a church across the street. there are major corridors of business. and there is jefferson elementary school with 475 children going to school every day from the middle of august to the end of may. mission street, one bus line on mission and one tram on san jose, but no stops made after the actual gas station. lincoln way three buses on 19th, three buses on lincoln way. mission street, convenience store relatively small and this proposal would be to triple the size of the current convenien

that someone vandalized the landmark splat stepping green paints on the statue of president lincoln. the park police believe it happened before 11:00 our time and they checking surveillance to get a description on the vandals. the memorial will be closed until the park service can clean up that paint. >> fisherman is doing just fine this morning after a dramatic rescue off the coast of new york. john aldridge was in the atlantic for 12 hours with no life jacket using rubber boots to stay afloat drifting 40 miles. crews from five states searched 780 square miles before finding him. >> he did suffer hyperthermia but he did not lose his sense of humor. amazing. >> the sunburn is not something we have to worry about right now. >> not here. this is always the area that clears out last. you can see the clouds from the emeryville marina all the way back to the golden gate bridge. if you are on the water we have a small craft advisory. both seems are in town so i have the baseball forecast and the gilroy festival and tahoe will have thunderstorms and we have a cooling trend, a lot to talk about. >> g

park. sometimes they stop right at 19th and lincoln. i also -- i have some questions about the design of the actual station. so, it seems to me that the only route that you can take into the gas station is via 19th avenue. lincoln, if you try to turn on lincoln before 19th avenue, it could be a nightmare. you would back up traffic for blocks. i'm envisiontion cars can only go in 19th avenue which means they can only pull in at that point. how are they going to wash their car? ~ it was raised earlier, how do you maneuver that? do you have to make a circle and go back? what if you decide to just wash your car as opposed to getting gas? the back up, even the procedure you have to go inside to pay, these are issues that can really make things a little nuts. also, i guess drying the car is part of the issue. parking, if you're just going to go into the store, these are used a lot now for convenience foods. i work with childhood obesity, so, i'm not for that. [speaker not understood]. anyway, there's more parking space. how is that going to w

park police are investigating a case of vandalism at the lincoln memorial. authorities say a visitor discovered green paint splattered on and around the lincoln statue around 1:30 a.m. local time. park police saying the chamber of the memorial will reopen once national park service crews finish cleaning the statue. no word yet on whether surveillance cameras captured that vandalism. >>> a ruling related to the 2010 bp gulf oil spill. halliburton pleaded guilty to destroying evidence in connection with that disaster. that blast killed 11 workers and caused millions of gallons of oil to spill into the gulf. if a court approves this, the company will pay the maximum fine of $200,000. halliburton will be on probation for three years. now, the company also voluntarily donated $55 million to the national fish and wildlife foundation. >>> speed at the moment is at the center of a probe into the deadly train derailment in spain. by all accounts, the train was going too fast when it entered that curve in this breathtaking video. it derailed sending cars flying off th

in the san francisco county fair building in golden gate park on 9th avenue at lincoln. i wanted to say that my work with the recreation and park department and others have led to a number of community benefits besides hiring locally from the neighborhoods around the park that are the most impacted by the concert, the three-day concert, but also other benefits like supporting the smaller merchants and local businesses along the inner sunset or the inner richmond areas and the outer richmond areas around balboa around the festival site. also efforts to createv an opportunity for community-based groups around the park that bear the brunt of the impacts of the three-day festival each year and the several days to set up and clean up as well. this event, job fair is the result of a number of negotiations between my office and another planet entertainment. we have [speaker not understood] many san franciscans and others who live around the park will benefit from jobs that will be created temporarily for the festival, but thes also other events planet does in the future. i also

an officer found green paint splattered on the base of president lincoln's statue and the floor. park police are checking surveillance video to see if they can see the vandal. >> brawl cooling trend for the weekend and i will have the newest numbers for the neighborhood in the seven-day forecast. >> seven, a look at the bay bridge toll plaza but it is not friday lite with a sig-alert and three overturned vehicles. more on that to come. >> a fisherman is fine after a dramatic rescue off the coast of new york. he spent 12 hours in the atlantic with no life jacket, and he used his boots to stay afloat. he fell overboard and drifted 40 miles. he joined the coast guard crews searching 780 square miles before finding him. he did suffer hypothermia and a bad sunburn. a start-up is taking on google map with an app including all cities and 15 million businesses across the country. rather than just giving directions, it helps people create and share maps of the best polices to go and puts photographs and comments from twitter on the map. the video is from city maps. >> the morning news continue

park police found at the end of a lincoln memorial that has the landmark closed this morning. >>> you did it. you made it to friday. a beautiful weekend shaping up across one of the most beautiful parts of america. in the bay area, temperatures in the 50s and 60s, headed toward the 80s, not too hot. we drop off your full forecast in moments. >> they went and did it, messed up your friday morning commute. this is the bay bridge, heading up the incline is the backup at the toll plaza as well. this is the problem for the east bay. >>> mike, much less of a mess and problem, we give you a live look from the south bay over san jose, the color pallet this morning, pastels. . it's friday. july 26. this is "today in the bay." >>> it is 6:00, almost 6:01. good morning to everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we have new video to show you of a high-speed chase that ended in this horrific crash in martinez overnight. the chp say it started when officers tried to pull over a two-door toyota for driving reckless before 1:00 this morning. the driver led office

vandalized the national landmark splattering green payment on the statue of president lincoln and its face. the park police believe it happened before 11:00 last night our time and committee are checking surveillance video to get a description on the vandals. the memorial will be closed until the park service can clean up the paint this morning. >> northern california pot farmers are under arrest accused of much more than growing marijuana. financial difficulties are mounting for a south bay ambulance provider and possibly cannot pay their bills. we will have traffic from leyla gulen and the latest on this incline situatio >> back at 6:40. do you love garlic? keep it to yourself! i know you do. use breath mints. 86 today, and 84 tomorrow, and the festival is 80 on sunday. we could have storms sunday and monday. los angeles is 80. storms possible in the sierra with 90's and unlike last weekend no record highs. in los angeles, storms are possible but cooler than average. leyla gulen? >> we have a picture of this backup through berkeley which is absolutely jam packed because of an early sig-alert that

. >>> the lincoln memorial defaced. what national park police are doing to catch the person responsible for throwing paint on the statue of an american icon. >>> now to julie haener in the news room. >> is it a money grab by greedy lawyers or a push to protect patients? >> it's very important that these laws change. >> the fight over how much money should go to victims of medical malpractice. >>> bolts aged by decades in just a few weeks, only on 2, the massive lab experiment to see if the new span of the bay bridge can withstand the test of time. these stories and more coming up at 6. >>> the house ethics committee has extended an investigation of republican michele bachmann. she faces allegations of making improper payments to a campaign aide. bachmann denies any wrong doing but has said she will not seek reelection to the house. >>> one of america's most beloved icons came under attack. vandals sprayed paint on the lincoln memorial. >> it's obviously disappointing that someone would disrespect something that's for the public that much

though lincoln memorial is temporarily closed, park service workers clean up the green paint early thisng but authorities say the damage to the monument is not permanent. u.s. park police are reviewing security camera footage but so far no suspects have been identified. in cleveland aerial castro pleaded guilty in a deal to avoid the death penalty, he had been awaiting trial on 1,000 counting quitting kidnapping and rape of three women he kept captive for more than did the. castro will spend the rest of his life in prison without parole. those are your news headlines. back to lori and dennis. lori: a battle royal brewing over who will replace ben bernanke. federal reserve vice chairwoman janet yellen, a former secretary larry summers and rich edson is in washington with the news that the white house is remarking. rich: senior administration officials saying we should and expect the president to narrow down his choices and submit something or a nominee until sometime this fall when all these budget battles are happening in washington but wouldn't you look a what the report as been lately

the lincoln memorial remains closed after authorities say someone splashed paint on it. parkice say a patrol officer spotted the green paint. the memorial will remain closed until crews can clean up that mess. investigators say they will now review surveillance video to try to track down the person responsible. it's just horrible. >> what kind of garbage is that? a bunch of idiots. >>> 5:47 right now. christina loren is back with cooler news for us and a nice way to start the day. >> i like my job. i get to bring all the good news to the table. 5:47, but i went to school for it. we have a good looking day shaping up. really my job, i can put it on auto pilot. temperatures won't fluctuate all that much. what i can tell you is we're going to average highs for this time of year, and that means it's not going to be too hot today, especially in your inland cities. 5:47 starting with a live look. downtown san jose, waking up to a pretty sky overhead. plenty of mid-level and low clouds overhead. let's take you to the golden gate bridge, show you what we're waking up for here in the

park police in washington say the lincoln memorial is temporarily closed after someone splattered green paint on the statue and the floor area. police say the apparent early this morning. no words, letters or symbols were visible in the paint. police say the memorial on the national mall will be closed until a maintenance crew from the national park service can finish cleaning up the paint. that's expected to happen later this morning. >> we will take a quick break. here is a live look. we are watching the fog on the james lick freeway. we would get an update on what is happening on the bay bridge when we return. tststacked with a savory sausag. ststacacked with freshly crac, ststacackeked with ham, stacke, ststacackeked with bacon, and . itit's's c called the big waffl. hohow'w'd d i come up with a sa? i i dudunnnno, it just came t. to save big during sleep train's triple choice sale.chance for a limited time, you can choose to save hundreds on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. or choose $300 in free gifts with sleep train's most popular tempur-pedic mattresses. you can even c

lincoln. the memorial on the national mall will be closed until the park service can clean up the paint. that is expected to take a few more hours. >>> in a story you will see only on 2 ktvu has learned about a possible threat emergency responders and passengers face after asiana flight 214 crashed. one source tells ktvu 45 pounds of yellow phosphorous was in the cargo bay of the jet. >> we dealt with an engine fire and we did have come extension into the aircraft. could phosphorous if it was there lead to worsening conditions, absolutely. but to my knowledge we never saw indications of that. >> the ntsb sent us an e-mail saying the shipment was yellow foster which phosphor. the ntsb has new information about the airline's jet that had is a nose gear collapse. there is video showing sparks flying as the plane skidded down the runway. it appears the nose gear hit the runway. that is the opposite of what is supposed to happen. >>> an investigation into spain's worse train disaster is focusing on the train's engineer. the train was going twice the speed limit when it crashed last wednesday.

parks police in washington, d.c. are talking to new witnesses in the lincoln memorial vandalism case. those witnesses may help solve the mystery of who threw green and white paint on the famous statue. tourist jamie says she spotted a group of young people around the time of the vandalism attack. her friend's son saw soda cans and bottles with paint in front of the statue. >> it was laying in the mid of the floor. with the paint just coming out. and there was white footprints coming up to it. >> u.s. park police officers have surveillance video as well of the vandalism in progress but they have not released that video saying it could hamper the investigation. >>> today president obama will honor the 2012 world champion's san francisco giants. the white house ceremony will celebrate the giant's world series sweep of the detroit tigers in october. this is video the last time they were honored just two years ago. the 2012 world series victory may seem like a long time ago to many violence giants fans as many people know san francisco not having a great year. last place in the nl west. >>

lincoln either going westbound. so that would be the way it would be handled. >> you're correct. >> and then for staff, on the issue of parking places, are you in agreement we could add two more places without causing a problem there? >> the department would need to work with the architect to determine whether parking spaces can be accommodated without impacting the queue for the project. i mean, i think we definitely would be able to get in one more additional parking space adjacent to the currently proposed spaces. if the commission decides, you know, it wants a total of four parking spaces, that would have to be designed with the architect. >> for the maker of the motion, could we give staff the flexibility to at another one if it can be done successfully? >> yes. >> on your motion, we have the two one is handicap and we would add one more regular one and possibly two if it's possible to do it. >> i don't want this to be at the expense of the buffer which keeps the queueing for the [speaker not understood] away from the residential. i could see there is one place commissioner antonini sees where i can draw it rather than g

lincoln memorial. fortunately, police acted fast and they are hopeful it will all come out. a parks service spokeswoman called this heartbreaking which of course it is. police are combing at surveillance video from last night. >>> because people now record everything every day we have a new look at what it was like to be a passenger on that southwest flight that collapsed its front landing gear by landing nose first at laguardia on monday before skidding down the runway. that was a rough ride. the airport was closed. while the passengers all exited, there were injuries to several of them. >>> haliburton has admitted to destroy evidence in the deepwater horizon oil spill disaster. they've entered into a misdemeanor deal with the feds. they built the well for bp. the case has to do with computer simulation testing that was later destroyed. the disaster pumped almost 5 million barrels of crude oil into the gulf. >>> the cocreator of "the simpsons" decided to give all of his money to charity. sam simon is dying of terminal colon cancer. he's unmarried, no children, has been active in ca

lincoln's chin and base. caution tape was wrapped around the memorial. nobody has been arrested but park police confirm the memorial is under 24/7 video surveillance. >>> parents in san jose are turning to clergy to keep kids far away from gang violence. a unique task to keep kids safe and learning over the summer. >> these san jose children come from a neighborhood where it's not always easy to learn. >> get out if you can is what it's known as. >> we have violence, addiction issues. >> so many murders and having to bury so many of our young people education has suffered for generations here. kids have suffered for generations here. >> despite all that catholic church activists aren't getting out, they're getting all into a new kind of summer school in san jose is. it's a partnership with the city of san jose to create safe places to learn inside the city's most gang impacted neighborhoods. >> we have a role to play. it's not just to leave it up to the schools. >> books to not guns. >> the pastor one of six parishs in the program is $5 a day to those who can pay and free to those who ca

park police in washington said the lincoln memorial is temporarily closed after someone splattered greenon the statute and the floor area. here is a picture we just got an of the incident. the vandalism was discovered earlier this morning. adjutancy, no words, letters or symbols were visible in the paint. the memorial on the national mall will be closed until a maintenance crew from the national park serviceanfinish c. that's expected that later this morning. >>darya: right now as we keep our eye on what's happening and brazil. he is visiting a prison right now this morning. look at all of the people who have come out to get a glance. we will be right back. [ man ] we have a go for auto sequence start. t-minus 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... ignition. [ male announcer ] launch your internet experience on at&t's newly expanded advanced digital network and connect more wi-fi-enabled devices at home. [ female announcer ] call to get u-verse high speed internet starting at $14.95 a month. or ask how to get your choice of a kindle fire hd, sonos play:3 or xbox 360 free with other qualifying internet offers.

. >>> the lincoln memorial is expected to re-open later today after someone splattered green paint on the base of the statute in washington, d.c. the vandalism occurred overnight. u.s. parkice say the vandals did not write anything but got green paint on the floor and at the base near his foot. crews spent the morning cleaning up the mess. >> it is not permanent. it can be cleaned. we have very good historic preservation crews right up there now cleaning it as we speak. >> a suspect has not been identified either. and a motive remains unclear. >>> local employees are preparing for the possibility of more protests this weekend. there was violence and vandalism in downtown oakland hours after the not guilty verdict in the george zimmerman case in florida. and oakland's acting police chief is vowing to do everything possible to keep the peace this weekend. next week the oakland city council will consider banning the so-called tools of violence and make it a crime to carry hammers, clubs, wrenches and other items during demonstrations. >>> now to our continuing coverage of the bart negotiations, we are just days away from a strike. the talks started up again but there are gr

lincoln memorial is open again after a temporary closure when green paint was found splattered on the statue this morning. the memorial is closed for -- was closed for nearly 12 hours for cleanup. park police say no words, no letters, no symbols were visible, but there was lots of paint. it does appear intentional. they're reviewing security camera footage to try and identify any suspects. luckily there's no permanent damage. >>> juror b2 of the george zimmerman trial -- b29 of the george zimmerman trial went public with her first name today, maddie, and her opinions saying george zimmerman got away with murder. why? she says it's because of the way florida law is written. >> it was hard. a lot of us had wanted to find something bad, something that we could connect to the law because all sick of us -- let's not speak for all six of us. for myself, he's guilty. because the evidence shows he's guilty. >> maddie says she's having trouble sleeping after the verdict. trayvon martin's mother says it's devastating to hear a juror thought her son's killer was guilty but wasn't able to convict him for lack of evidence. she spoke to the national urban league conference today. >> the verdict i

someone splashed green paint on the lincoln memorial early this morning and investigators say it was no accident. the park serve working to clone up the sight. joining us is carol johnson. carol thank you for the time today. what can you tell us about the status of the investigation? >> i can't speak to the investigation, that is under the park police and we don't talk about the security issues, but i can tell you that sometime in the middle of the night last night, somebody splashed green paint on the stat u and it is on the stat ow and pedastal and floor. we have a historic preservation clue cleaning sdpup there is no perm nept damage. >> that is excellent. millions of visitors come to the national mall every year. i have to ask you, i live in dc, and i was under the impression that there was cameras and officers out patrolling. who is keeping an eye on things in the middle of the night and would is there have been videoer and officers in that area? >> there is surveillance video and this are officers a signed, but again, going to do with security that is police. >> and i remember my god son to come and

park police say that green paint was splattered on the lincoln memorial statue and on the surrounding. and they say that the damage is not permanent that it will be cleaned and it is going to be okay, which is great but who would do that? who would do that? we have to believe there are cameras that would pick up who would do that and guards that we see there. so we're going to get to the bottom of this, kelly. we're going to find out who defaced abraham lincoln at the memorial. kelly: kind of america's favorite. martha: amazing place. kelly: want to talk about president obama taking to the road this week for a series of speeches, pushing his agenda for fixing our economy. the president warning that a quote, inequality of opportunity could undo any progress but our own bill o'reilly says mr. obama failed to explain why that so-called inequality exists. o'reilly blaming weak economic growth and little incentive for businesses to pay workers more. but he says that's not all. >> and then there is the cultural problem. even if there were plenty of jobs, most employers are not going to hire

park roads for commerce or transporting things. they wanted to keep it for recreation. so for a long time i thought maybe they used that streetcaroline on lincoln way, used the rail, somehow put the cars on some kind of fladbed rail thing, brought them out to the edge and dragged them across the sand, perhaps on sleds or something. i finally came across what heyman did in an article. he actually somehow talked the commissioners into using the golden gate park roads. so he -- remember, the apparatus, most of the machinery, is taken out of these cars which makes them a lot lighter. they're mostly wood at this point. they're probably brought out, pulled by horses through golden gate park road. then in 1892, the great highway gets improved. then he's only got maybe half a block of sandunes to drag these cars on to his land. now, once you get these cars kind of sitting in the sandunes and somebody buys a lot three blocks away, i don't know exactly. again, i think they must have used some combination of sleds, horses, block and tackle. you know, we're not exactly sure. >> but maybe only a few blocks instead of the great distance. >> right. maybe cree

park police this morning are trying to identify the person who vandalized the lincoln memorial. police say late thursday night, early friday morning, someone put green paint on the statue, its pedestal, and the floor. the paint was discovered yesterday and the monument was closed while workers cleaned up the paints. >>> in response to the recent vandal imp, the national parks foundation is asking people to donate to the national park service cleanup efforts. they say vandalism is a common occurrence among the 400 national parks across the country. >>> some big names in music rocked candlestick park last night. ♪ ♪ >> mixed emotions for concert goers, leading up to the demolition of the stick and the one thing fans will definitely not miss. >> a cooldown is spilling into the bay area for the weekend. i'll have a look at temperatures, coming up. ♪ . ♪ >>> for more than 50 years, thousands of fans have gathered at candlestick park in san francisco, but not long now before the stadium will be demolished, with a shopping center set to take its place next year. the venue commonly refe

lincoln statue were splattered with green paint. the vandalism was discovered overnight. >> the park service is disappointed this national icon was damagedon it. it is not permanent damage. it can be cleaned. we have very good historic preservation crews right up there now. they are clearancing it as we speak. it will be back in the shape that it was. >> police are looking through surveillance videos to figure out what the rest of us are wondering. who does this kind of thing? we will keep you posted. >>> energy company halliburton admits to destroying evidence relating to the worst oil spill in u.s. history and has agreed to plead guilty. the justice department says halliburton destroyed computer simulations showing the number of devices needed to cap the broken oil well with different from what bp had installed. the people at the explosion in 2010 killed 11 workers and spilled an estimated 200 million gallons of oil into the gulf of mexico. >>> southwest plane's front landing gear collapsed on landing and now we know why. it could be pilot error caused the crash landing. we will tell you about it next in the newsroom. (girl) what does

lincoln memorial was splashed with green paint last week. erin mcpike, i'm mad. what's going on? >> reporter: there are two new incidents today. one is a statue at the smithsonian castle and some parky guards, noticed some green paerent yesterday an they're trying to figure utility if it's tied to the lincoln memorial vandalism. they don't know. and today a second site at the bethlehem chapel in the crypt level. the police are investigating that. we don't know if any of these incidents are related but they're investigating. >> i know they were looking at the surveillance tape. nothing so far? >> reporter: nothing so far. but they will release the video if they think it will help them catch who did this, brooke. >> thank you very much. for the first time in years, face-to-face talks between the israelis and palestinians are to take place tonight in washington. secretary of state john kerry has pushed very hard for these talks. some might say it's become kerrey's personal priority. but kerry warned today no guaranty of success. >> it's no secret that this is a difficult process. if it were easy, it would have happened a long time ago. it's no secret, therefore, that many difficult ch

experts are testing the paint to see if it is the same type used to vandalize the lincoln memorial and two other national land parkssucceed robert mueller, who is stepping down in september after 12 years. >> and there's more fallout from anthony weiner's sexting scandal. the former congressman falling to fourth place in the democratic race for mayor in new york city. he led that poll a week ago. on monday, he brushed aside his critics. >> i know not terribly interested in what people who are not voters in new york city have to say. >> a majority of primary voters do want weiner to get out of the race. >>> and he asked to pay legal bills as he fights sexual harassment. he has refused to resign but promised to enter rehab for behavioral modification next week. >>> state highway officials have a good reason for releasing this video. trucks repeatedly hitting and scraping a bridge in downtown minneapolis. one truck right after the the other. they want to close the under pass so they can lower the pavement. it's 8:05. let's go back outside to matt, savannah and al. >> natalie, thank you so much. >>> let us get a check

and park police are using video at the lincoln memorial to help with the investigation there. but so far officials are not telling us what exactly is in that video. and again, authorities are not yet linking this vandalism with the similar m.o. with the green paint and so a lot of unanswered questions about why this is happening. still park police saying that they are stepping up patrols at landmarks here. >>> thank you very much. you heard about this one, a new mystery stomach illness. doctors are baffled. at least 350 people reported infections in 14 states. dr. sanjay gupta is in atlanta with what we need to know about this outbreak. good morning. >> good morning. >> this is like real, it's spreading. at first we thought it was discreet, and now it's going through more states. what do we know? >> and it's been going on since mid june, as well. so people hearing about this maybe now for the first time. but it's been out there for some time. and it's been a little bit slow in terms of figuring this out. having covered a lot of these types of outbreaks, usually you have a bett

in washington, lincoln memorial is temporarily close as please investigate an early-morning randall is an attack. u.s. parkpaint splattered the statue and the floor of the memorial. the damage is not permanent. preservation crews are planning a memorial. police have no suspects at this time. in cleveland a plea agreement will give him life in prison without parole. spears of the death penalty. castor pled guilty to 937 counts, including kidnapping nd rape of three women. he kept them captive for more than a decaae. a second juror and that trade on martin try was speaking out saying she feels she let the parents down by according zimmerman. the 36 year-old woman said that zimmermann got away with murder. they cannot find enough evidence to convict him under florida law those are your news headlines. let's get you back today and,. connell: thanks. dagen: thank you. following the latest developments in the criminal case against sac capitol. connell: adam shapiro now live outside court said lower manhattan with the latest. >> reporter: of course you have the attorneys and the representative of sac capital plea

it is closed between lincoln avenue and eighth street and will be open around noon. delores park will be filled with the sound of classical music today. it will perform the annual concert in the park. the performance is free and it starts at 2:00 p.m. >>> more than a decade but thanks to you tube. a drumming grandmother is getting a second chance. >> tell her you are not rocking out at home. >> a year and a half. 63-year-old, mary walked into the coalition drum shop across wisconsin and let her play. she was instantly hit with the employees and customers. they uploaded the video and it is titled grandma drummer now has more than 1.6 million views. >> it has been awhile. i wonder if i know how to use them. and i am hoping i am okay with them. regardless whether i am good or not. or as good as i used to be. >> just need to be able to do it again. >> i think she remembered how to use them. >> she performed with several bands. and the they it even gave her a set to take home. she she can practice. >> i like the drum stick twirl on her fingers. >> very smooth. >> very smooth is rosema

lincoln memorial is open today after it was va vandalized. somebody splattered green paint on the bottom of the statue yesterday. the memorial was closed for nearly 12 hours for cleanup. the park police are reviewing the security camera footage to identify possible suspects. fortunately know, there is no permanent damage. >>> and a man will soon receive the military honor that is the highest military award, ty cart ler be honored at the white house for his heroism in one of the most intense fights in afghanistan. he was based in lieu wis mccord in washington state, but his father is in antioch and join s us. >> it is unreal. very enjoyable and i'm so proud i can hardly stand it. >>. >> reporter: ty carter's father can't be more proud of his son and more grateful that he is alive. on october 3rd, 2009, a battle in northeastern afghanistan, 300 insurgents attacked the army post, and carter runs for cover in a humvee. >> my son was basically in one of those that you see rolling down the window when the insurgents come in and he pop, pop, shoots two of them and then rolled up the window and then pop, pop, and it had hit the bulletproof glass where he had been shooting out of and h

lincoln memorial is closed after someone vandalized it. kay hall campbell is in washington, d.c. right inside the memorial. what can you tell us what happened? >> reporter: pam, i did just speak to a national parks spokesperson. there is no set timetable as to when the park or rather the memorial could reopen. if you take a look behind me you can see where tourists are still here. there is police tape at the bottom of the stairs. you can also see some officers and park workers on the stairs. they just put up the barriers a short time ago. if you look past the barriers you can see some of the workers up there the cleaning crew showed up there 40 minutes ago with a pressure washer. i do believe i hear the motor running on that right now. i do see people working on the floor. we know some of that green paint was splattered on the floor. you can see the close up of that green paint. we are talking to a lot of tourists out here. they are frustrated with the crime. >> you know it's obviously disappointing that someone would disrespect something that is for the public that much that they would degrade it and deface it. >> reporter: and also we got word a few minutes ago that the u.s. parks police will

. >> the lincoln memorial, the national cathedral, our national treasures splattered in green paint and now a 58-year-old woman in custody. the park police talks to cnn straight ahead. >>> plus, your car hacked. >> here's where most of the ecus in the car are. >> under the hood and over the top. >> if you look how much gasoline we have right now. i can pretend we have a full tank. >> how they do it and how easy it really is. >>> and "blurred lines". ♪ it's a smash single played on radios across the country. ♪ the song of the summer, but should it be? you're live in the "cnn newsroom." ♪ >>> that's going to be in my head all day. good morning, thank you so much for being with me, i'm carol costello. a sleepy central florida community sounds more like a war zone when propane tanks start exploding. one resident said it sounded like bombs were going off at the plant that refills propane tanks. 53,000 tanks with more than a million pounds of propane are housed at this facility. now this morning thousands of those tanks are scattered across the property and the surrounding area, unbelievably, only eight plant workers were taken to the h

lincoln memorial, hit last week. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, george. in fact, there are some serious questions for the national parke this morning about how a 58-year-old homeless woman, wielding just a can of paint could do such so much damage to monuments so dear to this nation. it's tourist season in the nation's capital. and this is not what they came to see. >> i think it's pathetic that people want to destroy and mess up national landmarks. >> reporter: it started last friday. green paint spread along the base, lap and leg of america's 16th president, one of this country's sacred spots desecrated. the lincoln memorial where martin luther king had a dream. >> that disturbs me as an american that someone would stoop that low to do something like this. >> reporter: and it didn't stop there. more green paint on the smithsonian's bronze statue of joseph henry, one of the foundation's founders who started the national weather service. and more desecration at the national cathedral, where the historic organ used to play at president woodrow wilson's funeral again splashed with green paint. but here a break in the ca

lincoln memorial was vandalized overnight. kyla campbell is live in washington d.c. to tell us what police found on the famous statute. >> reporter: u.s. parkice tell me right now there is no suspect, no one is in custody, but they do continue to review that surveillance video that was captured overnight. take a look for yourself at the green paint splattered on the statute of ncoln. it was discovered just around 1:00 local time by a security guard. these preservation crews you see here have been working for hours. they tell me they are using nontoxic citrus based to remove the paint and not disturb the memorial. we are all blocked off from the chamber, and the u.s. park workers tell me they're disgusted by this vandalism. >> you know, it's obviously disappointing someone would disrespect something for the public. >> this is such a national treasure that permanent damage would have just been devastating. >> reporter: the spokeswoman says that they hope to have the chamber open to tourists at some point today but right now there is no guaranteed timetable as to when that could happen. live in washington, kyla campbell ktvu channel 2 news. >>

because over the weekend, park police discovered more green paint doodled at the back of the statue in front of the smithsonian castle, after discovering green paint thrown on the lincolning. police have yet to determine if all of these incidents are connected, but the good news is that officials say that in all of these cases, the green paint can be cleaned up rather easily. >> so we don't know if this is one individual doing this or copycats. >> it could absolutely be a copycat crime. >> that's what's going on. thanks very much. >>> the fbi says more than 100 children have been rescued in its largest ever undercover crackdown on child prostitution. it uncovered one especially disturbing trend. pimps cashing in on increasing demand surrounding major sporting events like the super bowl and the ncaa final four. our crime and justice correspondent joe johns is joining us. he's got details. what is the fbi saying about this sting? >> wolf, it was the fbi's largest operation to date in a decade of crackdowns on the use of children in the sex trade in some of america's largest cities. it's a human tragedy, and frankly a little shocking that so many examples of this were bro

lincoln memorial is closed this morning after an apparent act of vandalism. green paint splashed on the base of the statue. paint was also spilled on the floor. the monument won't reopen until the park department cleans up the mess. >>> halliburton pled guilty to destroying evidence in the deep water horizon disaster. the energy company will pay $200,000 fine. halliburton was bp's cement contractor on the rig that exploded in the gulf three years ago. >>> "the washington post" says new jersey governor christie is blasting libertarians. he says a strain of libertarianism going through both political parties is dangerous thinking. christie's comments come after the house narrowly voted against cutting money for the nsa. he suggested lawmakers explain their positions to the families of september 11 victims. >> "the boston globe" says former patriot star aaron hernandez appears to be holding a gun in photos released yesterday. the grainy pictures from his home surveillance system. taken shortly before and after his acquaintance was shot to death. hernandez was pleaded not guilty to murder in the death of oden lloyd. >>> facebook stock surgings, investors confident they have figured out

park officials say it could be open by later today. and if you haven't seen it, go. take your children. such a beautiful sight and beacon of our democracy. it shows lincolnted in a column to mash -- marble building. a question as well, why green paint. they're working on that. rick, back to you. rick: definitely one of my favorite spots on the mall. i hope that get that cleaned up soon. thank you so much. jenna: going to turn back to news overseas. a lot of rising tensions in egypt, massive protests happening right now in cities nationwide for both pro-military and muslim brotherhood supporters. and this comes as we learn from egyptian state television that the military is charging the ousted president, president morsi, wees by imagine the and cooperating with terror groups including hamas during his escape from prison back in 2011. so a lot of breaking news from egypt. we're going to bring in a former cia operative and a fellow with the foundation for defense of democracy. he just wrote an editorial for "the wall street journal," one of the things that you point out in your editorial is that it might be popular belief that seeing these uprisings on the

the national park service said although vandalism across parks in the nation may not be completely unusual, it is the first time that the lincolndedication back in 1922. mike, clayton, aly, back to you. >> alisyn: elizabeth, thanks so much. we hope they get those perpetrators. over to. >> mike: michaely, thank you. a lot of you are going to say this as you are watching, i knew it do traffic ticket quotas really exist? an alabama police officer says yes. and that is what his own objection to the practice got him fired. he said he didn't like it. now he is out. the auburn police division is denying his claims but these secret recordings that you are going to hear during this segment from an alleged supervisor tell as very different story. listen to this. >> officer will have 100 contacts per month minimum. 40 of those may be warnings and traffic. those divided between traffic citations, non-traffic citations, field interviews and custodial raes do not be one that does not get to 100. >> mike: there is justin handers. welcome to the program here. former police officer in auburn. the person we were listening sergeant neil he was on