is lisa stasi's daughter alive?d harry smith say they know because they represent john robinson's younger brother, donald. >> is john robinson's brother, donald, the man who's been raising lisa stasi's daughter? >> yes. >> nbc news learned that tiffany stasi grew up here, in this chicago suburb, with a new name and a new identity. tiffany stasi is now known as heather robinson. since 1985, she'd lived believing she was john robinson's niece. authorities now allege that john robinson set up a phony adoption and scammed his own brother by pocketing thousands of dollars in phony legal fees. investigators say that on the night lisa stasi disappeared, john robinson gave baby tiffany to donald robinson and his wife, freida. unable to have children of their own, the couple says they were overjoyed with their new baby girl and had no idea john robinson had orchestrated an illegal adoption. >> the john robinson that don knew was a caring, nice brother. the john robinson that is coming out now is not at all the john robinson

he's with lisa. >> lisa: lebron, we were shocked when derrick rose missed two then you missed your two. what happened there? >> guys tried to make them. we do it every time -- go down for both of us. >> lisa: i know you don't match up head to head against him but what is it like to be out here playing a game? >> great. as a competitor you want to go against the best and lead the team to victory. chicago has a great one in him and, you know, he put his team on his back and tried to make enough plays down the stretch and i tried to do the same thing on my end. >> lisa: first quarter, got my ipad. already up on youtube. tell me about that dunk. over john lucas who is not a short man. >> great pass by d-wade. without the pass i don't finish the shot. give all the props to d-wade and i just wanted to get it. >> lisa: the intensity level to not seem like a regular season matchup, what was the intensity level out there? it got chippy at times. >> you guys know -- you saw the eastern conference times and knew today we were going to have that type of feel. like i said before the game, same aspi

lisa is here with a check of the accu-weather forecast. >> lisa: not only that wind blowing things around very dry out there. so offshore event peek weigh very gusty winds, about thousand feet. so we'll reap the benefits of a warm afternoon but then a cold night tonight and will we see any rain? stay tuned. >> carolyn: we will stay tuned. also ahead the exclusive new app you can get us to help you as you make your way through bay area traffic. "and what's your name?" "oh, it's flo." "and what do you do?" "oh, i sell insurance like no one else." "oh, that's nice." "thank you." now, that's progressive. call or click today. >> janelle: the appearance of a wayward duck near sacramento, duck hails from southeast asia but somehow wound up in colusa. >> this time of year the colusa wildlife refuge is home to quarter million ducks but one duck that is getting all the attention. >> we have very rare bird. falcated duck. they are up to date with 20th century, it got posted 8:30 in morning, parking lot was full and we were getting phone calls left and right. >> it's extremely rare in california. the

lisa baden, how is the commute? >> no problems on the beltway now. a lot of construction in the tysons area. we go to virginia where we are rolling quietly. 395. good on the roosevelt bridge. memorial more of the same. at andrew's air force base, good. more to come, news chopper 7. now the news. >> 5:00 right now. our top story this morning before the republican primary. the polls are set to open in less than two hours now. >> however, some of the candidates have already turned ttention to the mud-slinging of the racism >> good morning. the stakes are high in the florida primary. the winner will get all the state's 50 delegates. candidates on the ballot, and each says they are in it to win the nomination. >> in the polls mit romney appears increasingly confident he will win the presidential primary. good, he's singing. ♪ america, america >> following the sing-along, the attacks on his opponent continue. speaker gingrich is not feeling excited these days. d a bit.n flailing aroun >> gingrich blames an attack add. >> there is nothing like 17,000 worth

lisa, what about the commute? we'll check in with lisa in a few minutes.et's go back to cynne and natasha. >> it is 39 degrees if you're waking up and joining us from warrenton. >> coming up, encouraging news about jobs. >> and also learn how apple is setting a new record when it whee wheeeeeeeeeeeee! wheeeeeeeeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! pure adrenaline. whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico, now mobile. download the new geico app today. whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! >> checking our top stories this morning at 5:14. the u.s. military freed a virginia woman and a danish man held captive by pirates in somalia. navy seals engaged in a shootout with the pirates. the bedford woman and her fellow aide worker were taken he or she imagine the october. they were not hurt. >> the president's state of the union focused on the economy and job creation. republicans accused the president of trying to divide america. >> a suspect is in custody after allegedly robbing a papa johns in bethesda. the suspe

suzy and lisa already had strong doubts. was still clinging to the belief that the woman in the bed was laura. may 30th, you all went to the hospital and your friend from the night before came to visit you. >> he and another friend. they expressed this concern that this young lady might not be laura. and my immediate reaction was, oh, come on, guys, i know my own daughter. it's laura. >> was there any anger on your part when they brought this subject up? >> no, it wasn't anger. it was an uneasy feeling. it was maybe a small bit of fear. >> don realized he had to resolve everyone's doubts one way or another as soon as possible. lisa stayed at the rehab center, don and suzy went home and made some difficult searching phone calls. you try to go back five weeks and find out how the bodies were identified after the accident. >> yes. >> tell me about the calls. what did you find out? >> i think i found out that there was some of doubt possibly. the accident scene was disastrous, you know. things scattered all over. and i found out

lisa? >> thank you. thank you all for coming today and the heritage foundation, also, is very pleased and proud to co-sponsor this event today. so i was asked to look at u.s. policy options in dealing with pakistan, the crisis state. clearly, the perpetual instability in the country, this escalating internal power struggle between the civilian and military leadership makes it really difficult for the u.s. to develop a coherent policy toward pakistan. and i think we have seen that with the response to the memogate affair. the memogate affair broke just before our thanksgiving holiday and then right after our thanksgiving holiday you have the strike on november 26th against the pakistani soldiers, this is a nato strike that killed 24 pakistani soldiers and sent u.s./pakistan relation into a tail spin. so this certainly has complicated how the u.s. has responded to what's happening to husain haqqani. on two occasions the state department has spoken out. i agree with chris that this is not quite enough, but

our meteorologist lisa argen is here with the forecast. >> lisa: good morning. we are looking at rain in the north bay. a couple spots right around the golden gate bridge. the bulk of the activity far to the north. it's going to take some time to spin to the south. we do have a wind advisory and heavy rain for the overnight hours. as you head on towards the game from any part of the bay area, you may run into scattered light showers. we should see the on and off light showers throughout the day today. they will pick up in the overnight hours. be prepared for the on-and-off rain showers with temperatures on the cool side, mid-50s in the afternoon lowering to the lower 50s by the evening hours. we've got more rain in the forecast for the beginning of your workweek. then after that, more sun to talk about. i'll be back in a few minutes. >> carolyn: sad news, former penn state coach joe pater no has died. the family announced his passing. he had been in the hospital for recent days what his family called minor complications from his lung cancer treatment. college st

lisa is a graduate of u.c.and has degrees in math, communications, theater and performance studies and committed to using her communication skills to help hyphen reach a broader constituency. let's give a warm congratulations to lisa. [applause] >> wow. this is really big. and really heavy. going to break it down. going to put it down before i break it. how are you guys doing? ok. well, just a few people that i would like to thank. first of all, definitely the a.p.a. heritage celebration committee, thank you so much for putting this on. i know it's a volunteer committee. so we definitely understand how that is. an all-volunteer run organization. and also, thank you to the panel of judges for this incredible honor. really, really just surprised and humbled by it. and with that said, i share this award with my fellow nominees, andrew and nikki. you guys are amazing. please continue to do everything that you're doing right now. because you guys are an inspiration to us all at hyphen. somebody very important that i

lisa is here now and we're talking about what it looking like a beautiful day. >> lisa: it's so clearut there. we have a lot of upper level wind from the east bay, oakland down along the coast. 30-40 mile-an-hour gusts and offshore flow is stirring things up. we're talking about a warm day and that is next. >> terry: also next the warriors get lit up by kevin durant and the thunder. larry beil has this morning's sports. [a hey guys, breakfast! ♪ [ female announcer ] if whole grain isn't the first ingredient in your breakfast cereal, what is? now, in every box of general mills big g cereal, there's more whole grain than any other ingredient. that's why it's listed first on the side. from honey nut cheerios to cinnamon toast crunch to lucky charms, get more whole grain than any other ingredient... without question. just look for the white check. >>> welcome back on this saturday morning. a clear day here in the bay area. emeryville and golden gate bridge out there. bay bridge off to your left. a fantastic day on the way. i get that from really reliable source who happens to be right now

lee says connection -- lisa's connection with these surt luck or destiny. she moved to san jose and was working as a litigation attorney for an intellectual property law firm and finishing the prerequisites for medical school. at least twice a day she would drive down meridian ave and go past a strange looking building that defined itself as indian health center. she would think to yourself, i should see if that place needs volunteers. one day she called, and of -- beloved physician we had identified a project for lisa and actor -- ask her to consider joining the board of directors. with leases unique legal and medical backgrounds, benefits from having both in a single board member we save some times. thank you. and her commitment and leadership have helped guide through more than a decade of growth and the challenges that come with it. her quick, usually irreverent and sometimes wacky, actually always wacky sense of humor enlivens the board meetings, and may leave her in the future to the stage at one of my agencies comedy jam event. lisa looks forward to

terry. >> lisa, thanks very much. the first big rain of 2012 welcomed by a lot of people, but not by all drivers. no huge problems to report this morning but there have been some flooded streets, downed trees and scattered power outages. we have more. >> we knew it was just a matter of time before the rain returned to the bay area and made rivers out of some north bay streets. >> it's great. we need it. >> everyplace is dried out so now it's time to get more rain and fill up. we need it. >> but it can be a pane if you have to be out in it. >> i came from sacramento today. it took me 3 1/2 hours to get to san rafael. >> a drive he can normally do it in an hour and a half. >> it's ridiculous. it's pouring and flooded and accidents everywhere. >> whiskey counted six during his trip. cars in fields, ditches, a slow commute all around. after all, it is the first good rain we've seen in a while, which for some was good for business. >> there was more work available because it was dry, i would say. >> daniel dahl was in cons

and lease that is part miami -- lisa is part miami on her mother's side. and part choctaw on her father's side. she earned a b.a. from cal state in 1986. in 1989 she graduated from uc- berkeley school of law and practice law before starting medical school in 2000. she graduated from stanford in 2006 and completed residency in anatomic and clinical pathology, also a stanford in june of 2011. she is currently a transfusion medicine, as well as serving as clinical pathology chief resident. lisa is very humble and the last person who would think of herself as an on song local hero. but it has been because of her sound th, unwavering and strong commitment that the agency has flourished. i am honored and proud and asked her to come up to the podium. >> i am not good at taking directions. thank you for those kind remarks. thank you also to my friends and families who have come to share the special evening with me. i was worried when i heard there was going to be so many people taking pictures, not only because the camera ads 15 pounds, but because the last time i

lisa what about the commute?i heard you mention texas so i'm thinking ♪ all my exes live in texas ♪ that's how quiet it is that i'm singing tunes about at state. singing happy songs about the drive out of manassas. good on 95 now. we'll take you over to the belt way and montgomery county. ♪ top that one, cynne and natasha. >> i don't think we can. you keep the title there. she is the "american idol" today. it is 4:42 and it is 40 degrees outside. >> coming up we're learning more about the discovery of a fight club in fairfax incumbent county. details on how that involves teenages. plus addressing concerns about crime in are you crazy? i would never go out without my covergirl. i want to look natural not naked! but look! with covergirl, all you need is 3 little things to make beauty powerful for you. lashblast for voluptuous volume, outlast -- to keep your lips beautiful and not come off if you kiss... simply ageless foundation to help you look young. see? just three. easy breezy beautiful covergirl. ♪ ♪ >> welcom

lisa is here now talking about this forecast. have the near forecast and the far forecast and they are a tale of two forecasts. >> yeah. the rain is winding down here. still breezy. we are looking at the snow picking up in the sierra nevada. heavy snow. a storm warning through 10:00. a look outside and it doesn't look too bad out there. we will still talk about a few showers today. more rain tomorrow. that includes the big game. i'll have the details coming up. >> all right. also next, the one thing jim harbaugh fears heading into tomorrow's nfc championship game against the new york giants. larry beil with the answer exci. ♪ beth! hi! looking good. you've lost some weight. thanks. you noticed. these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right -- whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multi-grain cheerios -- 5 whole grains, 110 calories. creamy, dreamy peanut butter taste in a tempting new cereal. mmm! [ female announcer ] new mult

lisa?ning on 95 and virginia where traffic is starting to wake up around fredericksburg to 395 beyond the beltaway. normal travel times in and out of baltimore 395 in and out of the baltimore county. and metro rails reporting morning service on time. >> 5:12 right now, 36 degrees. >> coming up on good morning, washington how the d.c. mayor is joining forces to commemorate the anniversary of the civil rights movement. >> and we have the reason for whee wheeeeeeeeeeeee! wheeeeeeeeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! pure adrenaline. whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico, now mobile. addownload the new geico app today. whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! >> protesters plan to up a the dourts mark the second anniversary of the citizens united decision. citizens say they will topic federal courthouses to protest the decisions to remove corporate spending on u.s. elections. it is expected to include people dressed like the justices doing songs

back to you, natasha. >> thank you, lisa. 4:32. story this morning, in less than three hours, the polls will open in florida. >> rick santorum and ron paul have vowed to stay in the race. >> mit romney feels so good he's singing. ♪ america, america >> polls show romney is the heavy favorite, but that hasn't stopped him from pounding gingrich depritch -- newt ingrich. >> gingrich, he's not feeling very good these days. he's flailing around a bit. >> newt gingrich plans pledges to fight on through the republican convention. >> we're just getting started. >> romney mocked gingrich's vow fighting. when t's usually the case you think you are going to lose. >> polls show conservatives want the party to nominate someone other than romney, so gingrich romney as tooabel moderate. printing upnking of a poster. it would say the george soros candidates, romney-obama, over here would say the american people's candidate, newt gingrich. >> romney is -- newt gingrich is not the only romney rival staying in. rick santorum was bang -- back after his

it's not going to be huge but it's a start. >> lisa, thanks very much.is joins us from new york to tell us what is coming up at seven on "good morning america." good morning, dan. >> good morning. breaking news overnight. this is really like a scene out of titanic. a luxury screws ship running aground off the coast of italy, flooding with water, forcing more than 4,000 people to evacuate. at least three people are dead. rescue crews are look for survivors after some people jumps into the water in a panic. the question is how did this happen and why couldn't they use the life boats? that's coming up. and also, it's finally starting to feel like winter in much of this country, especially the midwest and northeast. they got a huge hit of snow overnight. now the temperature is plummeting. we've been tracking the whole thing and we have the forecast this morning. and plus an incredible scene caught on tape near you guys. a mother and her two young children trapped in this mangled car as it teters over the side of a bridge outside of santa barbara. it's hard t

i have seen lisa where she is taking on jobs and dealing with problems. knowing in her work as a manager where she put on events, she will be able to address any concerns. i -- the neighbors should know they have a good team. president newlin: thank you. next? >> i moved to san francisco in june. i am the person who doesn't like bars. i dont' like to go out to eat. the first time i went i had the feeling that it was a person -- where a person felt safe. she is a kind woman who creates an atmosphere where everyone feels welcome. there is a great deal of interracial comfort. everyone makes friends. the music gives people another reason to be there. that is what we want. commisioner josepnewlin: thank . >> i was going for a walk and what is there along the street was music. there was an indie band. it added to the liveliness. not because it was a holiday but it made it more special. i have never been when it was skip's. i never felt intimidated. there is recorded music. it is live music. last time i went in i heard "new york, new york" being played there. ha

lisa washington is right smack dab in the middle of it. is at the bay bridge where the roads are a little slick this morning. lisa, good morning. >> good morning, frank. and yes the roads are slick. but remember at the top of the hour, i told you the rain had stopped at least for a while. it is back. so it is now rainy and windy again here at the bay bridge. let me move out of the way so you can see the traffic, that's actually building here. across the bay bridge. you can see, it is much heavier now than it was. the last time we reported to you. and as you said, because of the wind. and the rain. the streets are slick this morning. and so drivers will need to be extra careful as they make their way out. there is a wind advisory that was issued by chp. that is still in effect. so those high profile vehicles and everyone will really need to be aware of that. again, this is the traffic that is headed eastbound into san francisco. and you can see they are using their wipers. and it is not a heavy rain. but it is steady. and just enough possib

i'll explain coming up. >> thank you, lisa.lso coming up, the niners and the new york giants set to battle at the stick. mike shumann coming up with details in sports. excitement. excitement. we know everyone's looking for ways to save. why not save on car insurance? [ coin drops ] [ high-pitched voice ] thanks. [ normal voice ] you're welcome. get a free quote at progressive.com. >> we were talking about the weather back here. we got so used to it being mild but now people are like what? but like i said, it's january. >> and you know, i guess i could say enjoy it because we have a dry spell coming after this. we will be back into the mid-and upper 60s. another storm system is knocking on our door. as we head outside right now, it's quiet out there in lake tahoe where temperatures are in the mid-and upper 20s. most of the snow fell above 7,000 feet. but about a half foot fell at lake level. the snow levels will be at around lake level. but once again, a foot 1/2 to two feet at 7,000 feet. that's good news for some of the ski re

>> okay, lisa, thank you so much. lisa washington live in san jose. >>> 6:56.ee pipeline safety bills are being introduced today. this in the wake of the deadly blast in san bruno. one bill from assemblyman jerry hill would require the state puc to implement federal ntsb recommendations. another would force the puc to consider a utility's safety record when they set gas rates and a third requires the puc to set up a whistle blower protection program. >>> an iranian court has convicted an american man of working for the c.i.a. and has sentenced him to death. iran state radio reported the verdict and sentence today. the 28-year-old defendant from arizona is a former military translator. his fath area professor at michigan says his son was visiting relatives in iran when he was arrested. the u.s. state department in the meantime has demanded his release. >>> it is 6:56. and if you are about to commute westbound on highway 80 around the berkeley area, not looking good. >> you might want to wait a little bit. >> he is on it. >> unfortunately, it is causing pretty go

any other reports, lisa? know that we had interstate 70 west of hagerstown. >> prince george county has wires down, inner loop exit 17b. that is closed. there are wires down there. they're waiting for somebody to fix that. look what we found. some activity on the inner loop near river road is on the right shoulder. no delays. back to you. >> thank you. that's what we like to hear. 6:21 is the time. >> 28 degrees in frederick. >> the super bowl stage is set and it is a rematch from 2008. >> >> the snap. the kick is good. >> sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. sometimes it is even better to be good when it matters. the new york giants wonin it matters. yesterday's 20-17 and victory in san francisco sent them back to the super bowl for the first time since 2008. when they get there they will face the same team that they took down last time, did you england patriots. >> quite a rematch. the patriots' first had to get past baltimore. if a back and forth a thriller. the ravens kicker billy cundiff. the pat

lisa joins us and she was pointing out, subject as she forecast early on the bay bridge zbloot. >> lisa: did i say that? it doesn't mean we are out of the woods. showers in the north bay. a little break with showers this afternoon before next storm system gets underway tomorrow taking us right through the monday morning commute with heavy rain. details, next. >> terry: one thing 49ers coach jim harbaugh fears against the new york giants. larry beil has the answer in this morning's sports. exciteme. >> terry: hello everyone we are looking at beautiful shot of the sun breaking through this morning. looking te out at the bay bridge near the embarcadero. we're going to have some sun and then it will be coming back and lisa can fill in every one of those time slots in a few minutes. >>> this morning one of the biggest pro football in san francisco for 17 years. that is how long it's been since the 49ers went to the superbowl. they need to beat the new york giants. ed lee hoisted the flag at city hall. it was all lit up in niners colors and lee had a serious message for 49er fans. >> be safe.

thank you, lisa.> that's true. >>@park officials say they have replace add barricade that collapsed during a high school football game earlier this month. this weekend's kraft hunger bowl was the first to be held at the park since a portion of the railing came down. this is video shot seconds after the collapse. the railing gave way under the weight of the crowd. some students went over the edge and fell on players below, but there were no serious injuries. >>> a tv camera became an on-field camera during the inside goal in tempe, arizona. the camera that provides overhead shots for espn fell when the wire it was attached to appeared to snap with just a few minutes left in the game, which was between oklahoma and iowa. the camera bounced off the field around the 20-yard line and narrowly missed receiver marvin mcnut jr, who got tangled in the wires. the camera had to be dragged off the field, causing a delay of about five minutes. you don't see stuff like that coming. >>> the late start to the nba sea

thank you, lisa. good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler. breaking news in san francisco's richmond district where firefighters have been battling a house fire since 2:30 this morning. when they first arrived at 42nd avenue on balance bowa street firefighters reported seeing flames shooting out of a second story window. there is no word yet on any injuries as fire crews are still busy trying to get this under control. you can see just how fast this fire is burning. we will bring you more information as it becomes available. >>> this morning 49'ers fans are waking up celebrating. the team is now just one win away from going back to the super bowl for the first time in 17 years. the 49'ers advance to next sunday's nfc championship game, defeating the new orleans saints in a thriller yesterday. after jumping out to a 17-0 lead, the 49'ers found themselves trailing 32-29, saints, with just a minute thirty-seven left in the game but the niners were not done. with just nine seconds

follow me on twitter at lisa dcn. i'm really a geek, so i love this stuff. >> and we love you for it. >> lisa d., thank you so much. that will do it for me here. i'm brooke baldwin. now to wolf blitzer. >> the first contest of the gop campaign a day away. last chance for candidates to make an impact on iowa caucus goers. after playing it safe, mitt romney is not playing it win in iowa. we will look at how just might pull it off. >> romney, ron paul and rick santorum, all appearing at campaign events. in our next hour, we will go there live as the rallies jun fold. >>> after nearly a dozen arson cases just overnight and more than 50 cars set ablaze since friday. los angeles police announce arrests. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the situation room. >>> we're counting down the hours to the first voting of the 2012 presidential campaign. 28 hours to be precise, until iowa republicans gather at more than 1700 locations for their party caucuses and start picking their favorites. candidates have spent millions of dollars, logg

lisa baden standing by. a lot going on, on the roads.am caskey. >> its going to be a mild day. temperatures already rivalling afternoon average high temperatures. it will be warmer than yesterday. we have areas of rain right now moving through the district, southern maryland, 95 corridor has light rain south of the beltway. near winchester there's a little sprinkle in page county. a little rain moving into madison county. training for the first half of the day mild. 41 in aldie. berkeley springs, 35. 44 in warrenton. a few sticks of sunshine this afternoon, if i temperatures well into the 50's. low 60's farther south of the metro. locally around the beltway, 57. seven-day forecast in a few minutes. now, breaking traffic with lisa. >> a busy morning for drivers and alex of annapolis, 50 west /maryland. there's an accident that happened early this morning. mdot is on the scene. they are doing an investigation to see exactly what happened. they tell us they believe a vehicle was stopped. they did not determine whether it was in good travel

lisa washington joins us from the site of that fire. lisa, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, frank and grace. i talked to a fire capten who says it is believed that the fire starts at 1:45 this morning. it is a senior assisted living fam. may fair golden manor. and four people, as you said, have been taken to local hospitals. it is not believed that those injuries are very serious. the captain says this was a huge fire. when the firefighters arrived, they could see flames shooting from the roof of the building. now, in all, four units were damaged. and 16 people lived in those apartments. and the red cross will now assist them with finding a place to live. also, several streets in the area were blocked as a result of that fire. and are still blocked. parts of mckey road and alexander. this fire actually is off of mckey but it is near capital and madden here in san jose. again, as we said, this was a huge fire. more than nine engine trucks came to put out the flames and more than 50 firefighters in all, some of whom who are

lisa baden for the road, but first adam caskey. >> it is a cold start to the day. you will want to dress in layers and try to stay warm this morning. look at the numbers. we are not dealing with a wind chill factor. 22 degrees in mclean, 21 in bethesda, 20 la plata. 14 in warrenton and leesburg and 13 in stephenson city, virginia. widespread teens to start the day. we will be near 40. low 40's this afternoon with increasing late-day clouds. light rain possible around dinnertime and bedtime, a few sprinkles. that's lasting into the night and first part of the day tomorrow. afternoon sunshine tomorrow, 57. >> [no audio] >> we will check back with lisa in a little while. we begin with breaking news in northeast washington. police are looking for answers after a baby was found abandoned outside a home. >> the little girl was found around midnight. john gonzalez has the latest developments. there's a little change in the information we are getting. >> this is a fluid situation. perhaps a glimmer of hope in this tragic situation. in the last hour police confirmed and we

what we like to hear that, lisa.a new proposal related to the metro rail is sparking some controversy. robert brown now suggest ending the line before it reaches the airport. the route to 28 stop would be designated airport drop-off points. from there riders would be shuttled to a terminal. >> it seems pointless declared it halfway done. they will spend a great deal of money to get the rail that far they may as well get it all the way. >> brown said his plan would save $70 million and would cut off about two miles worth a try. board members oppose his plan even if it does save money. >> 27 degrees. 5:39. >> we have an update on the cruise ship disaster in italy. how the captain is reacting to reports he abandoned ship. i can mitt romney onto h >> parents of students at an alexandria middle school or on alert this morning. a suspicious man was spotted near the building. he has been calling out to children at clermont elementary school. also the national park service as some financial help. billionaire philanthropist d

the first three, lisa kicked out the troublemakers. she did it on her own. you will find claims we never hired security which isnot true. we have conditions we followed to the letter. they require us to close earlier than skips had to. one thing that i learned, my dad had a bar. twothings are essential to run in a bar. one is having a great relationship with the police department. he recommended for this permit. >> i would like to see that first. >> is there anyone else -- thing else you want to add? commisioner joseph: you are a new owner, we take that into consideration. are you operating without a permit? >> we dno'on't have entertainme. commisioner joseph: i wanted to be clear. i want to ask about the police conditions. you have eight staff and a load of 49. is that full time? >> no. it is what we are going to have when we have entertainment. we don't need the different elements when we have a band. >> how are you going to support people on 49? >> sometimes it will be a doorperson and bartender. >commisioner joseph: these are part time person. >> two of

thanks, lisa. >>> there's a new study from u.c. uncovered physical evidence that people who challen/w themselves intellectually could be decreasing their risk of developing alzheimer's disease and the clues are visible in their brains. here's health and science reporter carolyn johnson with the details. >> just finishing a crossword puzzle can be difficult once alzheimer's disease has set in but researchers have long suspected continuing activities during the lifetime can keep it at bay. a team at u. c. berkeley has taken that notion of use it or lose it a step further by studying deposits of plaques in the brain which is believed to be linked to alzheimer's. >> what the study shows it is not just a matter of protecting you from the effects of it, we think the cognitive activity may result in less being deposited. the doctor and his team traced the behavioral history of healthy adults and specifically how much intellectual challenge they have had from over the decades, everything from regular reading to doing crossed word puzzles.

thanks, lisa. well, if you think it's tough getting people to cooperate with doctors, how about working with a 400-pound gorilla? it's not a punchline. here's abcs dan harris on turning primates into patience. >> geno has a cushy life at disney orlando kingdom in orlando. he eats fruit in front of an adoring crowd with his three females and baby on hand. but geno has a bad heart. heart disease is a common problem with gorillas, especially males. >> and 40 percent of our gorillas have heart problems. >> the people at disney turn to human cordologist to help which suggested giving him ultrasound tests but that was not easy. >> you have to dart animals to do that. >> you are firing a dart gun. >> obviously that's stressful for the animal, stressful for the people. >> to get the best results the doctors said they needed gorillas wide awake and not sedated. but it's a little tricky to give a gorilla a checkup. you can't march up to a silver back like geno in a white coat with a stealth scope. then someb

this is lisa troya martin. thank you so much for joining us this morning, lisa. i appreciate it. people that don't know about restaurant week, tell us about it. >> restaurant week in baltimore county started two years ago. we have come together, all the restaurants to do 10 days of three-course prefixe deal. for lunchtime we do a $20, 12-cent lunch, three courses. dinner is $35.12. it's a great opportunity to come out, either try a restaurant for the first time or to come and try new dishes we've created for restaurant week. >> >> reporter: what is your restaurant. where did the name come from? >> it's a family name. authentic italian cuisine. we specialize in italian food. not any particular region but in the authenticity of the cuisine. so the different dishes we have you would find in italy and the recipes that we use are very traditional for that particular dish. >> reporter: perfect. we're going to talk to lisa a little later. she'll be with me all morning long. my new buddy. i'm loving this ambiance in the restaurant. it's fine dining. we have our check list, fine dining, s

thank you, lisa. coming up right after our newscast, good morning america.e are joined live now from new york with a preview. good morning. >> hey, happy sunday to you, carolyn. we have a busy show coming up. we are following the latest developments at the disaster at sea in italy. a man is found alive in the overturned luxury cruz ship a day and a half after it ran aground. we will tell you why the captain has been arrested. we are live at the scene this morning. and former penn state football coach pitino breaks his silence for the first time. why he says he didn't stop sandusky's alleged abuse. the man we waited to hear from finally shares his answers. we are looking into the skies this morning. a russian rocket is circling the planet and is expect today fall out of orbit as early as today. it could crash to earth with some very toxic cargo. but where and when, we are on the lookout. and we sent some of the most intriguing as scene on tv products we could find to three different moms for their seal approval. our mom testers are back. it's one of our favor

joining me tonight on our news panel are lisa vorderbrugeen, "contra costa times" political and governmenteporter, josh richman, bay area news group's politics reporter, barbara taylor, kcbs radio reporter. barbara taylor, there have been so many breaking elements in the story about the new sheriff, ross mrikarimi. what's the latest? >> well i think i would sum it up by saying it was the best of times. it was the worst of times, that line from "a tale of two cities" charles dicness because that's what ross mrikarimi's life has been like this week. it started sunday, after serving seven years on the board of supervisors he was sworn in as the city's sheriff, called it the best day of his life and now five days later he's been charged by the city's district attorney with three misdemeanor counts related to allegations of domestic violence, domestic violence battery, child endangerment and dissuading a witness. all of this stems from a fight that he had with his wife on new year's eve. now, suddenly his political career is on life support. he still says he will not step aside. he says he will

lisa is live where this man worked. lisa? >> reporter: he has been a teacher here at ob whalely elementary school for nine years. he most recently talk second-third grade combo class. they believe he sexually assaulted a child here on campus between august and october of last year. they will not say if it happened during school hours or if the child was even a student here. they do worry more victims may be out there because chandler was a teacher for so long. tonight the president of the west evergreen neighborhood association spoke with me about the suspect. as a community member he says he knows every teacher at this school including craig chandler. >> i was appalled to hear what he had done. it is shocking. i never would have thought that he would be a person to take advantage of a child. never would have thought that. >> the evergreen school district super inen 10 dent released this statement, quote, the district is cooperating fully with the san jose police department. 1k3* we want to assure the community that the safet

lisa is here to talk about the beautiful weather we're having. >> lisa: in fact, warmer, breezier andts making for pretty mild afternoon. take a look at emeryville. temperatures in the 40s. air quality is good. we've got mixing and we have warmer temperatures right through the weekend. i'll tell you about it next. >> terry: also ahead, we'll show you some of the big waves that have been lashing the coast and plans for this year's contest at mavericks. hey guys, breakfast! ♪ [ female announcer ] if whole grain isn't the first ingredient in your breakfast cereal, what is? now, in every box of general mills big g cereal, there's more whole grain than any other ingredient. that's why it's listed first on the side. from honey nut cheerios to cinnamon toast crunch to lucky charms, get more whole grain than any other ingredient... without question. just look for the white check. >>> a beautiful saturday morning it will get warmer and nice wherever you go. shot near the embarcadero, transamerica pyramid, bank of america building and couple clouds up there, but they are not going to make a den