=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=xx >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> good morning, topping america's money. according to census data. average net worth for a white household is $113,000. today the postal service is expected to release a list of 3600 offices that may close. they did this two years ago and only chose a handful for closing. in netflix is not adding subscribers as in the past. and mcdonald's is unveiling a slimmed down of happy meals today. it will get apples and fewer fries. hundred fewer calories appear on menus in september. that is america's money. >>> starting today walmart is renting out and streaming movies online. world's largest retailer bought voodoo.com and launched the streaming service today. 20,000 titles can be viewed on almost any device. you can rent a movie for prices ranging from a dollar to 5.99 or they can purchase movies for 4.99 and up. >> the officials defending u.s. government networks against cyber attacks is quit. they are not commenting about his departure but it follows several high profile attacks such groups as anonymous.

. >> and new study to convince every wife to start >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> a new push by the obama administration to increase exports could bring hundreds of new jobs to the port of oakland. they signed an agreement in oakland yesterday intended to generate more business for the nation's seaports. besides improving infrastructure at the ports they will reach out to other companies about exports and one is wine industry. >> 90% of the wines are shipped through the port of oakland. we see the increasing market for wine in asia, particularly in china as a huge opportunity for us to increase exports. >> the goal is national initiative is double the number of exports in five years. >> a new technology is promising quicker recovery times from surgery. unlike traditional joint replacement they are custom-made for each patient. >> as she strolls along the shoreline, she is enjoying far more than the view. >> that is not possible. i won't have pain free knee ever again, but i do. >> she had been suffering severe pain for more than a year. one option would be a t

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> good morning, topping america's money, big pickup trucks shall not selling and there could be price wars and later this year. biggest inventory is gm's pickup but not a problem for toyota prius. this year's should beat last year's. increase in prius sales was fueled by high gas prices. back to school sales are starting pretty early this year. one reason for that is stores are nervous about consumer spending despite the good spending numbers, last year consumers spent more than $55 million on back to school shopping. that is america's money. >>> police chief in grand rapids michigan says two hostages are safe after a man killed seven people and then himself in a standoff. he shot himself inside a home where he was holding two people last night. it begin after four people were found dead in a home and three others were killed in another home across town. investigators are still trying to determine the exact motive. >> obama administration has unveiled a latest plan to help certain homeowners in danger of foreclosure. to mis

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> it's 5:13 now. an apple website has been hit by hackers. a group has posted two dozen user names and passwords that were taken from apple's server. they say there could be further attacks on apple. company is not commenting on the breach. >> joe biden is going to have work on paring down his words now that he officially on twitter. he is now officially as vp. he says to think of the troops in battle. it will be written by his staff. >> and the shortcuts. >> and most followed user on google plus may surprise you. facebook chief mark zuckerberg has more than 21,000 followers, topping autousers. google plus spokesman says it's easy to explain why the competition is leading, he says he has the most friends in the world. he is has been the subject of a popular movie and he is better looking than larry. >> there has been debate or how often women should get mammograms. researchers believe they have a city that could help women make the best decisions. carolyn johnson has more. >> reporter: like a lot of w

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> billionaire carl eye ka than is raised his bid to buy clorox to $10.7 billion. that would come out to $80 per share. it sells glad bags and other household products. company rejected a previous offer from i con who the biggest shareholder. the board is reviewing the latest offer but did not give a timetable for a decision. >> plans to hospital up a new planned parenthood clinic may have problems. they have their sites on an empty office building their shelby lane. they need at least 27 parking spots and they signed a contract with rent a car to lease nine spaces but threats of protests from abortion opponents may force the rental company to back out of deal. >> we understand there are questions about it. as far as we know and we understand, it's a legally binding contract. >> an enterprise spokesperson says the contract never got approval because planned parenthood rescinded the original materials. >> a bay area council has proposed a solution over an impasse to high speed rail on the peninsula. they are urging the metropo

bundle home and auto at progressive.com. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> welcome back. fox news says its twitter account was hacked and is apologizing over president obama's assassination which was false. they say he was shot twice at a restaurant and that he passed away and joe biden was the new president. they have more than 33,000 followers. fox news called the tweets malicious and false and the hacking is being investigated. president obama is fine and will host 4th of july activities at the white house today. >> prosecutors in florida will get the final word with jurors before they begin deliberating in the casey anthony murder trial. anthony is accused of killing her two-year-old daughter caylee. her attorney argued that the toddler accidentally drowned in the family swimming pool. prosecutors contend that she was suffocated by duct tape by her mother that crafted elaborate lies. >> she took a child, she took a life and she put her in the trunk and forgot about it. >> you are going to ask you to see things that are not there and imagine fictional s

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> the phone hacking scandal in britain involved with newspapers owned by rupert murdoch is spreading. gordon brown accused of newspapers of employing criminals to obtain confidential information about his family and others. before brown took office in 2006 he and his wife discovered their infant had cystic fibrosis. the newspaper is accused of containing confidential information to break the story. >> they told me the story about medical conditions and this story, i was in tears. >> he told the bbc, they obtained confidential information on bank account and legal files. "good morning america" will have more on the widening scandal coming up at 7:00. >> back here. tech giant cisco confirmed that will be laying off employees next month. bloomberg reports that they on could cut as many as 10,000 jobs or 13% of its work force. san jose based company reported about $8 billion in profit last year but had a series of disappointing earnings. in a statement. they announced they will cut billion dollars which will include layoffs. >

only at denny's >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> good morning, 5:41 on the morning news. this is thursday morning. you see traffic winding around -- it's highway 24. that is one i use every morning. hey. no comments from the peanut gallery over there. highway 24, you see the lights streaming along and traffic is moving along okay. sue hall is monitoring. that is mike giving me trouble. >>> more muse. airline might owe you a refund but there is a chance you might not get it. faa lost the authority to ticket tax. unless they didn't adjust fares to inspire the tax. now, the irs is asking airlines to refund taxes to people who bought tickets before last weekend and just now taking trips. airlines are not required to issue the refund, only having to do it if customers ask. >> airlines regularly raise fares and adjust their pricing. that is just the way the market works. >> it's not fair. they should really do the right thing for their customers. >> you got ask to get that refund. industry says they need the money to stay profitable. >> with only four days to go u

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> good morning, topping america's money, longer unemployment. one in three job seekers have been looking longer than a year. long-term employment in the st worst in 70 years. >> european leaders have agreed on a massive bailout for greece. the package could make it easier to help their economy. >> the blistering heated in much of the nation could affect this year's corn crop. corn is used in everything so that would mean higher food prices. this weekend boy wizard versus the super hero. that is america's money, i'm peggy bunker. >> n.f.l. owners believe they came up with a ten-year contract with players and ready to open training camp but the players are not too sure about that. they didn't vote on the proposal and many haven't seen it. owner's vote was 31-0. there was the hope the players union would follow the owners and get the deal approved. some player reps feel they are pressuring them to quickly fall in line. >> i think that we all have an obligation to get a decision done because we're down where the time frame star

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> welcome back.tough one for us here at abc. bay area has lost a aviation icon. our aviation consultant ron wilson passed away over the weekend. he spent 43 years as at trusted spokesman for san francisco international airport. he loved it so much when he retired at 2002 he had more than a year of unused vacation time. he provided a gold mine of information lending his aviation expertise to help us better understand the story. they issued a statement, the name ron wilson was synonymous with san francisco international airport and its operations. he would have been 71 on july 29. >> a hotel maid is now speaking out for the first time. she spoke exclusively with abc news. she says she wants dominique strauss-kahn to go to jail. 32 immigrant has accused him of sexually assaulting her while working at a hotel. she did not know who he was until she saw it on the news. >> i was watching on the news and said he is going to be the next president of france! i said -- oh, my god! i was crying, they are going k

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> $10 billion, that is not enough for the clorox company. they also put in place a poison pill shareholders rights measure that makes the company less attractive. >>> the state attorney general's office has given the amazon the okay to gather signatures to put an initiative to the ballot aimed at killing california's law to collect sales taxes from customers. amazon insists it will hurt the company's ability to compete. the tax would generate $200 million a year. >>> budget cuts will affect traffic digits to divorces to lawsuits to make up for state budget cuts. presiding judge says they court is laying off 200 workers and as a result it may take a year and a half to finalize a divorce. lawsuits may take five years to get to trial. it will take several more hours to pay a traffic ticket. >> closed signs will hang on many of our courtroom doors. windows on clerk's offices will be shuttered and civil division will essentially be out of business. >> legislature cut $350 million from the state judiciary budget. san francisco

what they are revealing about the mumumumumu >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> good morning, topping america's money, more pressure on the white house debt talks, raising the debt limit, mood disfinancial service say it may downgrade the topnotch credit rating. ben bernanke says the central bank is ready to step in if the economy gets weaker but he told the house committee he expects to strengthen this year. >> harry potter movie is going to open midnight tonight, has sold $32 million in tickets. there is trouble brewing in minnesota for beer drinkers thanks to the government shut down there. brewing giant miller and coors have expired and the renewals have been laid off. they may have to remove it from store shelves. >>> the killing of an 8-year-old boy in new york city has shocked the entire community and the nation. he was walking home alone from day camp for the first time on monday and disappeared a search led him to a brooklyn home of a man seen on surveillance video with young child. they found severed body parts wrapped in plastic in his refrigerato

and they want to know if british tabloids hacked the phones >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> good morning, another warning about the u.s. credit rating. standard & poors says it's a 5050 chance it will downgrade the bond rating. >> minnesota governor and lawmakers have reached an agreement for a budget impasse. nonessential operations have been jut down since july 1st. >> this could be the final weekend for a borders bookstore chain. a judge as approved to auction off the company. deadline is tuesday. >>> and the city that is growing millionaires the fastest, is houston, second was los angeles with 9% more millionaires than last year and that is followed by new york. >>> parents are going to have more time to get proof had a their children received a whooping cough vaccination. they passed a bill where it's required where a child would be turned away on the first day of school. they have given parents another 30 days evidence of the vaccination. along with the loss of funding for schools of students not being in class after being sent home. >> don't ask and don

. ♪ >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> san francisco 49ers are reportingo training camp at santa clara today. both sides announced an agreement to the collective bargaining and nick smith joins us. some don't have to report until tomorrow? >> absolutely but they are excited to be here. they started to arrive around 7:00 this morning. we saw guys come in and out all day. fans are hoping that the 49ers will translate into win. >> joe couldn't wait to get to practice. during the lockout he and alex smith had been major forces behind their workouts at san jose state. >> it may be too is soon to predict what will mean bruce miller will mean this season but there is no question the quarterback of the future to finely be able to get with the guys. >> working toward the season and get ready. >> we couldn't wait to get over there when they told us the facilities was open. >> the first official practice is slated for tomorrow. but several of the guys came by the facility today to get a feel for things. he says he spent most of the time in l.a. training hard. noted f

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> welcome back.itors say the university of california officials on could do a better job of explanation to the public how they spend their money. auditors office begin investigating the university system last year after a request by state senator he island yee. they have to spend more money per student at four of the ten campuses and be more transparent in detailing how it budgets more than a billion dollars of year on other purposes. >>> a change to san francisco, for the city's homeless is being taken off the ballot. it was approved by voters and implemented back in 2004. it reduced the monthly cash grant to $422 to just $59 in exchange for an offer of housing. the housing came in the form of a bed and homeless shelter. a ballot measure proposed wants to exclude homeless shelters from definition of housing in the program. they are looking to come up with a better plan. >>> the power of google will be under the microscope in the chairman eric schmidt will testify at antitrust subcommittee. he is the

it's all mine. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> welcome back.t's 5:42. the bbc says rebecca brooks will testify tomorrow in front of a british parliamentary scandal and lawmakers are expected to grill rupert murdoch. the phone scandal has led to another arrest. london's police chief quit over his links to news of the world scandal. she was released on bail after spending 12 hours in police custody. >> brooks.... >> there is no way a reporter can come in with a kind of salacious page 1 story without an editor saying, who is your source? >> brooks is the tenth person to be arrested. papers are accused of hacking the cellphones of some 4,000 people in search of scoops. >> a new study suggests that when you are riding in car kids are safer riding in grandpa than with their parents. 50% less likely to be injured when grand parents are driving. researchers say they believe older drivers may drive more cautiously than parents do when the grandchildren are on board. >>> gold surges to a new record high. bloomberg business report is coming up. >> $50 inv

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld >>> two women of breaking into at least five cars in emeryville are under arrest. a witness shot video of the suspects and their car contacted police. they were taken into custody after the car was spotted friday evening in a target store parking lot. the 26-year-old raven stewart and 24-year-old lashay rodriguez are charged with multiel counts of possession of stolen property and burglar yeechl stewart's 4-month-old baby was with them. the mother faces child endangerment charge autos san francisco chapter of the naacp says a lawsuit against u.s. airways is eminent from deshaun marman's family. and this group ticketed today and says it plans to call for a national campaign against u.s. air. they're upset over last month's arrest at a u.s. airways crew accused him of refusing to pull up his pants. >> this kind of profiling of african american sales must stop this, is why there is a disproportionate number locked up. >> and a spokesperson tells abc 7 news it looks forward to quote, continuing the dialogue, and the airline has said

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepwor >>> the attack occurred by a crizly bear in yellowstone. park officials say authorities won't try to capture the female bear because she was defending cubs. it was the first fatal attack in the park for 25 years but the third in the yellowstone area in just over a year. >> the u.s. education secretary says. it's unfortunate and highlights the schools grading. they revealed 170 educators have cheated, by changing students' scores on tests. the cheating dates back to 2001, they said they were under a lot of stress to rank test scores. duncan says other schools face the same pressure but they are making progress without cheating. the superintendent said none of the teachers will ever work in atlanta again. >> u.c. berkeley earns it's academic ranking fire and square. they released annual ranking, harvard takes the top smart, ucla took the 11th spot. it's based on quality of education and faculty looking at number of staff won the noble prize. >>> women need to pay closer attention to the health of their heart. heart disease among

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> good morning, topping america's money, have gas prices hit bottom? they say for this summer, yes. it's dropped 21 cents and up a penny this week. >> sources tell "wall street journal" that twitter could be valued at $7 billion. >>> and nuts in china over cashews, the result of healthier eating and they are selgd selling worldwide. >>> roger clemens goes on trial as the latest prominent player to stand trial on criminal charges stemming from baseball's steroid era. he is accused of lying to congress. he denied ever using performance enhancing drugs during his career. brian mcnamee says he injected him with steroids during itself decade they worked out together. >>> president obama has summoned leaders of both parties to the white house tomorrow to reach a solution on raising the national debt ceiling. republicans and democrats are differing on the issue but a deal must be reached by august 2nd or the u.s. may be forced to default for the first time ever. they are pressing congress to reach a long term deal within two weeks

. >> and angst ling, givingqqqq >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> good news for you, a sighting of missing cyclist from berkeley. anthony michael martin was seen at a hotel in roseville. he didn't appear to be in distress and they consider the case a private matter. martin was first reported missing after failing to return from the berkeley hills last saturday. his found was found a ravine,. >>> watchdog group is raising concerns about the impact it's having on pg&e's natural gas pipelines. they say the utility is ignoring heavy construction around major gas transmission lines. heavy trucks cause constant vibrations that can compromise the integrity of the pipelines. they are concerned that it could lead to another explosion like san bruno's blast. >> it would take out all the homes, 575, instantaneously, just gone. >> pg&e recently revealed it misclassified 172 miles of gas transmission line by not taking into consideration urban development. >> marin county urban development will hold a vote on the funding for the smart train. they were deadlocked a pl

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> san francisco police have a lead on a sketch of the man suspected of killing a woman last seen a live leaving a bar in the south of market area. and found dead two hours later. and driving a small, red car. and state fish and game or anyone heading to lake tahoe area to avoid precautions to avoid encounter was bears sh. this shows problems people experienced when bears broke into homes and cabins. the current warning after a black bear tore a tent at camp richardson over the weekend. and there is a game wardens ended up killing the bear. >> and authorities warning people to stay out of the water in central california rivers, temperatures are making rivers fast, swollen and dangerous. 14 people have been rescuesed in just the past 24 hours. and this is including a risky mission overnight. and get ready, close roads. >> this video shows the frantic moments after a merced sheriff dive team boat cap sized during a rescue overnight. three rafters and four deputies toppled out of the boat into frigid river, sending emergency

z >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> investor carl icahn is raising his offer for clorox. it's now $10.7 billion or $80 a share that is more than his initial bid. the first bid was rejected a couple days ago. i con says he believes shareholders should decide whether to accept the offer. clorox acknowledged they got an offer and reviewing it. >> the department of motor vehicles says 60,000 of more than 2 million disabled parking placards may be sent to dead people. they conduct records every two years and it misses many of those people. overall one-third placards are being used illegally. >>> the latest rounds of debt talks are set to begin at the nation's capital in less than an hour. president obama has called democrats to the white house in talks about raising the debt ceiling. they would not say why republicans weren't included in the meeting. it comes as a new bipartisan plan has starred to emerge from the senate. it would cut the deficit by $4 trillion and has the president's support. ethics committee has named a washington lawyer as outside county to inve

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> a south san francisco grandmother daughter saved a grandmother's life. amy hollyfield joins us from south san francisco. >>> if you are caring for a five-year-old. do you think she or he could save you if you were choking. caylee did it. her grandmother was choking on a chicken bone. she takes care of the grandkid during the day and they had chosen kfc. caylee was the only one near her and chicken bone got caught in the grandmother's throat and the little girl slapped her on the back. >> she was choking. she couldn't breathe and she couldn't talk. and her -- >> i couldn't believe it at first. such a tiny girl had such a power punch in her. 6 i was so truly happy that i could breathe. i was extremely proud. >> reporter: leanne says her granddaughter is a who are and caylee told us she agrees. she thinks he is a hero, too. leanne wanted to go public with her story she wants everyone to know to teach young children what to do. this children is feeling very grateful right now. -- this family is feeling very grateful right how. >>

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> u.s.a., chants right now and they watchedhe women's team beat the french team 3-1 in the world sock are cup match. the incredible drama playing out on the big screen tv. amy hollyfield was there to watch the, site. and joins us with more. >> the crowd was on the feet when the goals were scored but now everyone seems to be focused on the finals. a dedicated crowd. it's very cold here at civic center plaza but those here can't watch say they can't imagine watching it anyplace else. this crowd was larger than the one over the weekend. u.s.a. fever appears to be spreading. >> it's very exciting to be out. enjoying soccer with friends. >> it's so fun and then you see it. you are like, i could do that. i just like it. >> we can't control the weather but soccer is an international game and this is an international city and the opportunity to celebrate women's sports and do something is free it's totally worth it. >> it was the game against brazil that took everyone's breath away 5-3. it all came down to the penalty kick. today looke

vick, how his mistake can=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=xx you can see >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> california senator dianne feinstein outlined her plans to try to repeal defense of marriage action. it defines marriage only between a man and woman. she believes public sentiment is opposing the law. she sits on the senate judiciary committee and they will hear testimony from same-sex couples who believe the law is unconstitutional. defense of marriage act oppresses them from filing joint tax returns and many other benefits that other couples do. >> many people are impacted precisely after the death of their spouse or when their spouse is seriously ill. this discrimination is just that plain and simple discrimination. >> in new york city a lottery will be held for couples on first day it will be legal. more than 7860 couples will be selected to get married on sunday. this is video of the celebration. after the senate passed the bill legalizing same-sex marriage last month. new york is the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage. >> republicans have moved toward voti

exchange between two young >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> california's unemployment rate rose slightly even though employers added workers. california added 29,000 non-farm jobs in june but the jobless wrait went to 12.8%. >>> a final chapter for borders bookstore. the company begin liquidation sales on all 399 stores. some of the stores could be sold to a rival company but most are expected to close outright. borders says it was hurt by online book sellers and discounters. >> controversial got milk billboard ads are coming down after a week of criticism. the board was trying to promote the idea that milk can reduce the effects of premenstrual symptoms. but medical experts are questioning the claims about milk reducing the symptoms of pms and some women felt the ads were offensive. the billboards will be changed out next week. >>> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. >> absolutely. let's show you what is going on, we have fog hanging around the coast and parts the bay. it does signal the change in the forecast. dramatically cooler today a

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> major league baseball is offering their deepest condolences after a fan plunged to his death at an a's game in texas. after a foul ball by josh hamilton, the fan tumbled 20 feet below to the concrete. 39-year-old firefighter from brownwood texas was rushed to the hospital where unfortunately he died a short time later. it was the second fatal fall at a major league stadium this season. >> president obama says the uncertainty whether lawmakers will raise the nation's debt limit. labor department says employers added only 18,000 jobs last month, that is the fewest added in the last nine months. this missed expectations by more than 100,000 jobs. unemployment rate rose to 9.2%. they blamed high gas prices. republicans used the report to slam the democratic agenda. >> where are the jobs? the stimulus selling binge and overwhelming debt continue to hold back a job creators around our country. >> we still have a long way to go and a lost work to do to give people the security and opportunity that they deserve. >> president obama

Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ@ñ >> closed captioning brought to you by mancinihow twitter deals with outside companies that build apps like photo sharing. >>> look for something awesome on facebook next week. mark zuckerberg says the company will do something next week speculation is that some kind of facebook app for apple's ipad and a photo ap sharing for the iphone. they say stay tuned for next weeks. >> scientists are hoping to revolutionize medicine with a bacteria. e. coli bacteria could one day living cells to be programmed just like a computer. dan ashley has more. >> reporter: imagine if the intelligence of a super computer could be applied to the building blocks of life? >> what we're trying to do is to be able to program a living cell in the same way you would program a robot or program a computer. >> synthetic biologists are learning to program cells that may pave the way to lead to medicines that are activated only when they sense a disease. >> a cell is very much like computer they perform logical operations. like a computer but it's biology a cell

we'll have the >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. everissue metro police commissioner paul stephenson denied wrongdoing and criticized for hiring the former news of the world editor as a pr consultant. earlier today rebecca brooks ceo of rupert murdoch's empire was arrested over the allegations of news of the world hacking in voice mails. casey anthony is keeping a low profile. just after midnight walking out of jail with her attorney. anth thee said nothing except thank you. she left the court with the shouts of baby killer. anthony's release comes 12 days after the death of her daughter caylee . >>> and the heat wave baking the central u.s. is not going to let up any time soon. heat advisoris and warnings are in place from texas to michigan and everything e everyone is looking for way to beat the heat. texas triple-digits for 15 straight days and forecasters are calling the heat unrelenting and saying no relief is in sight. >> dropping low flood stage and the town of mynot . the river has been above flood stage. breaking a high wat

only at denny's >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> topping america's money credit concerns thanks to the wrangling in washington over the debt ceiling they predict the federal government will lose its aaa credit rating. >> home prices are up again. prices are still lower than a year ago. also there are many foreclosures in the pipeline waiting to go on the market and bring prices down further. >> the parent company of dunkin' donuts goes public today and that is setting up a coffee battle with starbucks and mcdonald's. they hope to expand west of the mississippi where rivals have more source despite dunkin' donuts makes most of its money from coffee. army computer is opening above $400. second most valuable company in the world. >>> good morning. san francisco muni officials are holding a public meeting at the park branch library tonight at 6:00 to discuss a major project that involve closing the "n" judha street car line. they want to replace tracks on carl street. the san francisco examiner reports work also includes replacing overhead wires and street rep

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> students and parents could end up paying out a big fine if students cut class and get caught. the city council is considering passing a daytime curfew applying to all students during regular hours f they're not in class and caught in a public place they could be fined as much as $500. and this is depending on how many times they've been caught z parents can be fine fd they know their kids skip school. exceptions would apply, if a student was running an errand ordealing with an emergency. >> the former street preacher jentsed for kidnapping and raping elizabeth smart will not appeal his conviction. smart said she was glad brian david mitchell would not fight the sentence saying quote it's nice to seat defense do the right thing for a change. smart was just 14 when mitchell took her from her salt lake city home, rape herd and held her nine months. he had until today to file appeal. >> kidnap victim jaycee dugard's memoir about his -- her kidnapping and 18 years in prison will be released tomorrow she. spoke to diane sawyer in

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> a goodbye ceremony was held at walterhospital in washington, d.c. staff members and patients say the facility's closure in august will be bittersweet. it will be turned over to the state department and a district of columbia in september. most of the operations will move to two navy hospitals in virginia. government commission voted back in 2005 to close the hospital as part of a cost cutting move. it opened in 1909 as an army hospital. hundreds of thousands of war wounded have been treated there from world war i through today. >>> a legal victory today for supporters of embryonic stem cell research. they dismissed a lawsuit that threatened to end all federal funding of stem cell research. they say the research funded violated a 1996 law prohibiting taxpayer financing for work that harmed an embryo but the court decided with obama administration. researchers hope the research can some day cure parkinson's disease and other ailments. >> the father saved his little boy's life after he fell down a cliff. he was on hike when

>>údúdúdúdúdúdúdúdúdúdúdúdúdúdúú you can see >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworldf two gruaz from berkeley imprisoned in iran are hoping that a court hearing will end their ordeal. they are due in court on sunday what iranian authorities say will be their last hearing in their case. sara shourd was released last september on humanitarian grounds. hearing comes two years to the day they were arrested for hacking along the border. the trial was cancelled in the last minute in may without explanation. >> honeymoon appears to be over for ed lee who is poised to run for office he was appointed to. they are jointly calling for an investigation into campaign finance issues surrounding a committee. the main fund-raiser got money to gather employees' signatures at work. they recently got $112 million garbage contract from the city. the company says that executive has been disciplined. >>> in sacramento in the last hour, an independent citizens panel approved new maps for the legislative district. this independent panel came about after voters took away legislative power to

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> bay area has lost an aviation icon andhave lost a great friend. ron wilson passed away this weekend. if you don't recognize the name you probably say, oh, yeah, after watching this report by wayne freedman. >> reporter: san francisco international airport is a place where when all runs smoothly, it's out of sight and out of mind. just like this guy. if you have watched the news, his name and face will ring a bell. >> made arrangement for those passengers to fly on other airlines. >> he was the airport's trusted spokesman. he loved the place that when he retired in 2002 he had more than one year of unused vacation. why? because he would be there on christmas eve in 1994. >> the recession kind of hits the airline business like buying automobiles. >> basically ron was there and honest any time we asked. >> how did this guy get on the wrong runway? >> well, it's human error. >> he was a public official that actually trusted reporters. we respected him and he respected us. many reporters remember him from moments like this. we

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. ♪ ♪ >> a benefit concert tonight in sanco's mission district to help free two hikers imprisoned in iran for almost two years. they came to support the two people, sara shourd was not there. shourd was arrested along with the man but was arrested in september on half a million dollars bail. men are expected to stand on trial for espionage. they were arrested two years ago on the iran-iraq border. >> dozens of guns are off the streets of east palo alto. they were turned in the city's gun buy-back program. the buy-back program was established after a toddler was shot to death by a 12-year-old boy who found a gun in a garage. >> its safety issue. chances of injuring yourself with a weapon is greater than using it for self defense. >> tomorrow night abc7 will air the exclusive interview with jaycee dugard during a two-hour special. she was kidnapped when she was 11 yeersd old and held captive in antioch for 18 years by philip and nancy garrido. people in south lake tahoe have been waiting for the girl who disappeared from her ne

later, a massive delivery in outerspace and trash troubles >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> court hearing on the commutation case of esteban nunez. he had his sentence reduced from 16 to 8 years just before he left office. family of the man, nunez's son by the claim that using schwarzenegger of violating their rights by not up forming their decision. no word on when the ruling will be announced. >> president obama held a news conference hours before resuming high stakes deficit talks. the figure on national debt clock continues to grow. john boehner says the debt limit must be raised. meantime, rejecting a short time solution that quote pull off the band-aid. >> when it comes to the deficit president obama says we have to think big. >> now is the time to deal with these issues. if not now, when? >> he doesn't want a temporary deal to raise the debt limit, he wants big deal. democrats say house speaker agreed to put them on the table will letting the tax cuts expire. >> unfortunately over the weekend speaker boehner says i can't deliver. i can't produce on my

police say led to a crash right outside the firefighters' >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld >>> you're looking live picture from nasa tv. its spacewalk, the final spacewalk of the space shuttle era. two astronauts and nasa tweeted four minutes ago what they are doing is fixing a ground wire. the walk is expected to end in about six hours. normally it would be shuttle astronauts but instead it's two space station residents. atlantis as a four man crew, smallest crew and they didn't have time to train for the walk. they are retrieving a pump and installing a robot experiment. the final mission of atlantis has been extended by a day and is expected to return july 21. >>> a private funeral is just getting under way in southern california to tribute betty ford. michelle obama and hillary clinton and nancy reagan and george w. bush will be the dignitaries there later today. she died of natural causes last friday at the age of 93. she planned the ceremony before she died and she said for the people on the eulogy of a focus on on on alcohol abuse treatment. >>> a suv plow

. ♪ >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> a federal investigation is under wayer two planes collide order tarmac at boston's airport. both planes were on the taxi way and preparing to fly out. the wing clipped the tail of a smaller aircraft that provides regional service for the same carrier. both planes were significantly damaged. the crash sheared off the wing tip of a boeing 767. take a listen to the conversation between pilots and air traffic controllers. >> we're going to have to wait here for a moment. i think we hit it. >> absolutely, we're going to hold. >> they say they have lost hydraulics and cannot move at this time. is there any leaking? >> affirmative we have severe damage to the tail. >> frightening but no injuries. they say both aircraft have been removed from service for inspection and repair. >> ra lahood is calling for every airline to report the fees they charge and also the number of checked baggage and wheelchairs. airlines receive $3.35 billion from baggage fees and $2 billion for reservation change fees in the year 2010 without paying any

. ♪ >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> breaking news on the football frontn.f.l. lockout is over. moments ago n.f.l. players agreed with a deal. executive committee arrived at washington, d.c. hotel where they begin voting. owners and players finalized the terms earlier today. many training camps were will be open on wednesday. it may be early enough to save the entire pre-season except for the hall of fame game. >> an autopsy on amy winehouse has now established what killed her but more toxicology tests and results won't be available for two to three weeks. there was a family memorial outside the apartment and thanked them for their support. she was found dead on saturday inside her home. she was just 27 years old. five-time grammy winner shot to the top in 2007. she spent years battling drug and alcohol addictions as well as an eating disorder. they did not find anything suspicious in her home. >>> today michael jackson's mother and four children will announce a concert to honor the famous pop star. jackson died at his home back in june 2009. it will featu

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> there is a warning on airlines thatome terrorists could be putting explosives on. tsa say that people coming here from overseas, there may be more screening. u.s. security officials placing explosives inside people is not a new idea. >> and army psychiatrist will face a military trial in deadly fort hood rampage. major nidal hassan is charged with 32 counts of feayd murder and 13 counts of murder. they announced plans to seek the death penalty today. witnesses say he shouted allah akbar before he begin shooting. president obama will send condolence members to service members that commit suicide while in service. in a written statement, he says this is an emotional, painful and complicated issue that these americans served our nation bravely. they didn't but they didn't get the help they needed must change. >>> they have recording in which an incident had a six foot hole ripped off open part of the fuselage. that sent the plane on a terrifying descent. here is the frightening drama over arizona as pilots talk frantically

seven-day >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> new jobs are coming out of the disaster at santa cruz harbor after waves from the tsunami from japan made landfall on the west coast. dofsz boats sank or damaged last march and the city was awarded $1.4 million emergency grant. part of the money will be used to hire 57 temporary workers to help repair the worker. they are open for to anybody that lost a job due to the tsunami or laid off for 15 of the past 26 weeks. visit their website for more information. >> protestors took to the streets of san francisco today to show their solidarity with the people of bolivia. >> the answer coalition, says u.s. bombers have carried out 800 strikes in libya. instead of bombing tripoli the money should be used to create jobs, schools and housing and health care programs. >> during his first visit to afghanistan, leon panetta said al-qaeda's defeat is within reach. the former c.i.a. chief eliminating as few as ten of the top leaders could cripple their ability. he has endorsed president's plan to drawdown troops this summer and k

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> stanford researchers say environmental factors play a larger role in and studies suggests what happens during pregnancy or shortly after owe co-trigger the condition. >> the author admits he was surprised by findings. here is what we knew before this study. before, scientists estimated genes accounted for 90% of autism risk. and only 10% was attributed to nongenetic environmental factors. well, the study shows almost the opposite. >> all right. speed boy. all yours. >> kevin suspected there could be nongenetic factors in autism. his son, elliott was diagnosed several years ago. >> those of us who have children like this on the one side hope to find a cure. or at least a cause so that fewer children are subject to this. >> a new study suggests environmental factors must always be involved. nearly 200 set of twins were assessed. keep in mind that identical twins share the same set of genes so if one twin has a disorder, the other one will, too. >> so one has autism, the other one also has autism. >> based on past studies the

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> supporters of a measure to reform pensions of san francisco public employees has just six day owes to collect signatures to place on the november ballot. public defender stood in front of city hall, criticizing the mayor's deal with the police and fire union. he says that will cost the city $50 million more per year than his own plan. >> we're going to see more taxes, more hikes and more fees. and this is in order to cover costs. >> he says woe like to place the deal on the ballot. the spokesperson for ed lee told abc 7 news the mayor is moving ahead with the reform proposal, he vested. >> president obama made history today through social media holding the while the house first-ever twitter town hall. answering 18 questions submitted by users from a a.krogs the nation. the talk centered around jobs, economy and debt crisis. one asked the president what woe have done differently to handle the economic down turn. >> one would have been to explain it's going to take a while to get out of this. i think i did not realize the magnit

the news continues ininininininn >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> the spaceshuttle lifted off safely this morning at cape canaveral florida. that launch is the 135th and final one for the 30-year-old program. and this crew is on a four day mission. and restocking with spare parts, and food. >> and close to a million people gathered to witness the launch, there is a group packing the research center in mountain view to watch the takeoff. and many there were worried about the future of the space exploration, one veteran scientist offered another take. >> think about it. railroads did the same thing. and aviation did the same thing. government started it, turning it over to private industry. and in immediate future, nasa will continue to work on new events and plans to relay on the private sector or rent spots ton russian shuttles to get into space. >> bp said it should no longer have to make payments of the big oil spill in the gulf of mexico filing a brief claiming compensation should stop because the economy improved. the oil company points to tourism, and cr

and his, too. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> welcome back.bors in the hometown of two u.c. berkeley graduates detained in iran are rallying to free the men. they grew up in duluth minnesota. the families have created an organization that the two are not forgotten. it been two years since they arrested the three along the iran-iraq border. shourd was released on bail and humanitarian grounds for medical condition. she is now talking about the deplorable conditions that they are still in. >> the lights are always on. they have to sleep with something wrapped around their eyes. they are able to leave their cells for 40 minutes a day to go a larger cell so had he can exercise. >> bower's mother has given up her business to become an advocate for her son. >>> back here cutting classes could get expensive for students and their parents. if a contra costa city council passes a day time curfew tomorrow. it would apply to students only during regular school hours if they are not in class and caught in a public place they could be fined as much as $500

numerous 80s inland. t >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> urgent weekend talks to avert a federal default lasted less than an hour today. congressional leaders met with president obama briefly today, and just a few hours ago senate and house leaders met again but the meeting elbowed with no deal. yesterday house speaker john boehner broke off talks with the white house and today tempers continued to flair. >> listen, it's time to get serious. >> they have to ask themselves, can they say yes to anything? >> the nation's borrowing powers will expire unless congrats the debt ceiling by august 2nd. >>> budget cuts coming to california courts. $350 million have been slashed from the court system, amounting to about 15% of its budget. trial courts, appeals courts, and the california supreme court, will be affected. the plan includes a delay in most new courthouse construction and the suspension of a new computerized case management system. >>> well, laid-off teachers who once worked for the new haven school district are getting their jobs back. the "contra costa count

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> the head of news corporation has spoken about the phone hacking scandal that engulfed his company. rupert murdock and his son, james, told lawmakers they were not aware of practice of this phone hacking. the hearing was interrupt bid a protester who stormed towards rupert murdock with a shaving cream pie. his wife shoved the pie towards him. after a recess rupert murdock told the committee he had no intention of resigning. >> i feel people i've trusted, not saying who, let me down. i think they behaved disgracefully and betrayed the company and me. it's for them to pay. >> the company then heard from rebecca brooks, former editor of the "news of the world", where the hacking took place, she was arrested over the weekend for her role in that scandal. >> 16 people were arrested nationwide today including some in the bay area in connection with computer attacks by a hacker group. are accused of targeting pay pal in december after the site suspended paims to the whistle blower web site wikileaks. fbi executed 35 search warrants

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld.n. >>> a french novelist will file a lawsuit accusing imf chief dominique strauss-kahn of attempted rape. he was arrested in new york back in may on charges that he tried to rape a hotel maid. he denied any wrongdoing and was released without bail last friday after questions emerged about the maid's credibility. lawyers say they will file a slander complaint against the woman. >>> teams of federal and exxon mobil workers along the yellowstone river after tens of thousands of oil gushed from a pipe beneath the river bed. regulators warned of safety violations along the river last year. they are criticizing exxon for down playing the incident. >>> cleanup crews are scrambling to limit the damage to yellowstone river after an exxon mobil pipeline ruptured. it started when a 12-inch pipeline started to leak underneath the river. a change in pressure was detected and the line was shut off within six minutes. >> at this time we do not know it. this is very unusual event. obviously we have la

the newsúdúdúdúdúdúdúdúdúdúdúúúú >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> it's a sell, but a great time to buy this, weekend there is a great opportunity to find a bargain. there is a special auction happening tomorrow for homes. >> that is right. the home behind me here is typical of those auctioned tomorrow. it did not sell through a regular lifting. nor at a prior auction. folks running this event say it's a great opportunity for the public to find good bargains. >> this three bedroom home was once valued at $70000,000. now, starting bid is 169,000seds just one example of the 150 properties to be sold on saturday. >> the proevrts here come with a title and everybody been through the foreclosure process. >> trent is with auction.com, claiming it's events are different from foreclosure auction that's occur on the court house steps. events often dom fate bid professional investor autos is this a regular person to buy a house? >> that is the wonderful thing. you can see everybody from investors to folks looking to move up or down. >> the auction.com process, is it

. >> and camp canceled in the south bay, leaving children >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld >> u.s. coast guard called off a search for seven men who went missing after the boat sank off the sea of cortez. since july 4th, the coast guard combed more than 800 miles in that area without any sign of survivors of the accident. mexican authorities ended operations today but the families of the missing men, some of whom are from the bay area are not giving up hope, raising funds to start a private search of the area. >> and amazon.com wants california voters to decide if the state should collect sales taxes from yn line buyers across california. the merchants cut ties with california-base add fill yits after the governor signed a bill including online sales taxes. amazon hopes to get enough signature and a lot of brick and mortar retailers support the tax. >> it's just another blatant attempt by an out of state company to try to avid sclekting sales tax. amazon is demonstrating they'll go to any means possible to do that. >> so. >> if executives of the state, voters dec