this 44-year-old san francisco man says he's accused of attacking his alleged abuser 65-year-old linder. >>> sheriff's investigators say the attack happened at this retirement center. witnesses say on may 10th around 2:00 p.m. the suspect lynch called and asked if linder was there. >> he used the name eric and sad that he needed to get in contact with father because he needed to make notifications. >> a half hour later he showed p and confronted him in the lobby and attacked him. >> he punched him in the face ad all over the body, and after the father goes down to the ground suspect takes off on foot. >> sheriff's deputy say it tookt using phone records they traced the call to lynch. his attorney says his client was sexually abused by him. >> when my client was 7 years od , he and his brother went on a camping trip, and father was the color. >> the attorney says it was bacn 1975 when he assaulted the boys. >> he sexually abused both of td forced them to have sexual acts with each other, and then physically tortured them as well. that's the history here. >> linder has never faced crimid

lynch assaulted his former jesuit priest that's gerald linder in los cados, that happened back on may 10th of this year. that's what the sheriff department says happened. >> he shows up in front of other people and starts attacking the father with closed fists until he actually goes down to the floor. >> reporter: we understand that linder did go to the hospital with injuries to his face and body. they were able to track down lynch through phone records, lynch's attorney told us just in the past hour that his client was abused by linder back in 1975 during a church outing in the santa cruz mountains. >> he took the two of them out in the woods, he sexually abused both of them, forced them to actually have sexual acts with each other and then physically tortured them as well. that's the history here. >> reporter: now bail has been set at $25,000. again he is expected to postbail and be out any time shortly. but we understand he's been charged at felony assault in this case. if found guilty that could put him in jail for four years. we are expecting mr. lynch to come out shortly and we

usf senior adam linder put it to the test. first a pickup game in his regular shoes. now the $300 concept 1 with the spring compression. >> i definitely got closer to the rim than with my other shoes. >> there is magic in the shoes. >> reporter: reingoldstone and his twin adam of los angeles came up with the idea of a spring launch pad in the forefoot much better they reasoned than something in the heel like other shoe companies tried. >> it's something that provides people a competitive advantage. >> reporter: sophomore abe rojas also tried them. both he and linder liked the shoes. both agree they were comfortable and lightweight. did it make you jump an extra 3"? >> maybe not 3". >> quarter inch. >> half inch to an imp. >> athletes have a little more athleticism a little more springs in the knees. i'm white. i can't jump as high. >> reporter: the nba may think so, too. players are banned from wearing them. unfair advantage. this may not propel a wearer to jump an extra 3", but what a marketing ploy to be banned by the nba, it should propel sales. that is not somethi

in a lawsuit, lynch accused linder of molesting him and his brother during a camping trip in 1975. the catholic church settled that case in '98 and awarded the lynches $625,000. the church also settled two other cases involving linder. >>> american officials suspect that al-qaeda's branch in yemen is responsible for sending two mail bombs to the united states. those packages were intercepted before they reached their targets, luckily. while the case unfolded yesterday, president obama was briefed by his national security team in the white house situation room. today, security is very high at airports across the u.s. >> reporter: security is tight at airports across the nation this morning, amid fears that al-qaeda could be launching a new wave of terror attacks. >> clearly, they are looking to identify vulnerabilities in our system and take advantage of those vulnerabilities. >> reporter: in this case, terrorists appear to have capitalized on vulnerabilities in how cargo flights are searched. many packages arriving in the u.s. on cargo flights are never inspected. >> there is no re

i thought we would have linder richardson join you. she has always been fighting for our diverse communities. she will put a human face on the development. i am blessed, linda, that you said yes. three great reappointment, a new appointee that will get us to the next level. i knew that i was losing the audience. talking too much. seven months old. it is always tough to keep any audience. thank you all very much for taking the time to be here. i want to thank my chief of staff as well. [applause] he has got some friends. i want to thank matthew for organizing all of this, getting you all here. thank you. with that, why don't we get to the formal part of the program. you can stand, you can sit, but all you have to do -- you have a choice -- is raise your right hand and repeat after me. what i will do is i will say i then everyone will state their name. and then during such time as you hold the position of -- and then we would just go down the line. each one of you will let us know what you will be doing in a more public manner. you will

ashley linder is with us. >> reporter: you hit the nail on the head. not as bad as it could be at this hour but it i going to be slow. let's take a peek. as you leave the springfield interchange, not too bad coming off the capital belt way. look toward the top of the screen. you see the mainline hitting the brakes very hard. those delays will stretch into newington. the pace picks up into lorton. then headed dow for 123. let's get some good news out there along 270, leaving it behind. no problems to report. capital beltway is starting to tea a little bit of volume right now as you make your approach toward river road. inner loop is starting to feel the heat. those delays will take you ward 270 and then continue around toward the slver spring area where it finally does open up, as you can see. jim and pat, back to you. >> all right. thanks. >>> there's more to come on news at 4:00 this afternoon. the fda dcides whether or not to give the green light to an experimental weight loss drug. >>> rumrs are flying about an >>> the shuttle discovery is good to g

adam linder put it to the test.st a pickup game in his regular shoes and now the $300 concept 1 with the spring compression. >> i definitely got closer to the rim. >> there's magic in the shoes. >> reporter: ryan and his twin adam came up with the idea of a spring launch pad in the foot, better than in the heel like other companies tried. >> it provides a competitive advantage. >> reporter: both of these two liked the shoes, growing they were comfortable and lightweight. did it make you jump an extra 3- inches? >> half an inch to a quarter of an inch. athletes have a little more athleticism. i'm white, i can't jump as high. >> reporter: the nba may think so too. players are banned from wearing them, unfair advantage it may not propel the wearer to jump an extra 3 inches, but what a marketing ploy to be banned by the nba. it should propel sales. that's not something the twins are shared about. >> banned by the nba. >> reporter: they are hoping it will make them jump all the way to the bank. linda yee. >>> lk in the h

investigators safe he phoned the rest home, got verbal confirmation that linder was there and then allegedly came to the rest home and called for him. when he came down, the beating took place in the lobby. >> he makes a phone call to the retirement center, asks for a retired father, whether or not he was there. he shows up in front of other people and starts attacking the father with closed fist until he actually goes down to the floor. that itself is to us, that's pretty vicious. >> reporter: so vicious. >> so at this point we deny the accusation. this is similar to the dallas episode who shot jr, there are so many suspects i don't know how could you narrow it down to one person. at this point we are denying my client had anything do with it. >> reporter: the priest 65 years old gerald lindner recovered from his wounds and was able to drive himself to a doctor's office or an emergency room and was treated. he has not been charged with anything. and he has also denied abusing anyone. however, lynch says that the abuse took place during a camping trip the two took together back in 1975. alle

they're trevor reece jones, robert rouling and carl linder represented by living dollar signs. 91% ofthe donations in august. 75% of this big, new ad buy we're never going to know who donated and most of the rest of it comes from three guys. ta-da! that's your senate this guy. the grassroots anti-incumbent tidal wave financed by 75% of the people you'll never know and 25% by mostly three guys. democracy. joining us to discuss the campaign finance is peter stone from the non-profit organization specializing in investigative journalism. thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much. a pleasure. >> can you put this new american crossroads/gps ad buy into some sort of historical perspective? how big a deal is this? >> what we are seeing this year on the republican side is really could be quite unprecedented. i mean, they have already raised tens of millions of dollars. american crossroads and allied gps raised $32 million thus far and they seem on track to reach their goal of 52 million. the chamber of commerce is trying to raise 75 million. they have spent about 20 million thus far. t

when you have countrywide financial giving a $50 million grant, the biggest sub prod linder, that is a real problem. i will do what i did as mayor. i will seek the expertise of people in the business community. i think that taxes should be a state where people can grow their businesses. i think there are some businesses that need to be better regulated. if we have better and clearer monitored regulations, of those who are developing the shell gas plant, i think there would be better air quality, less questions, less opposition to the development, more of a level playing field for the operators. if we had a system of effective insurance regulation in this state, you would see lower homeowners insurance bills. i don't think it means that every corporation is evil. i think they will play within the rules of the games that are set. >> more than once you have alluded to think you believe governor perry has claimed credit for in the area of bringing business to texas. what is your big strategy for attracting businesses to texas, if you are governor? >> your run state government well, and w

ashley linder, how's it looking?ill a very hefty lineup northbound to approach the 11th street bridge. delays are back to oxon hill. eun, back to you. >> thank you. this afternoon on nbc 4 ellen >>> 89 8:30 now on this friday morng. we should line up two by two and head for the ark here, it's wet. >>> this morni we're getting a glimps inside our offices, which one is packed with memorabilia, who's the neat freak? does meredith even know that she has an office? all will be revealed just ahead. >> it's not that bad. >>> and we're going to be heading into the kitchen to make a class italian meal, linguini with clams. >>> plus the cheapest family in america are back with us this morning to answer your budgeting d money saving questions. >>> but first let's see hello to a long friend of the the show. this year, the program is expanding to seven schools, tony, good morning to you. congratulations. >> thank you for having me on the show. >> not at all. let's start with the franke sinatra school of the arts that you started