. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> ben bernanke tells abc news the economydoing better but he's still worried bun employment and housing market and says the recovery needs a few more years. congress approves start-up investment bill president obama is expected to sign it was backed by the high-tech industry and includes safeguards against online scams. annual cost of laughing index is climbing the cost of rubber chickens up 8%, sitcom -- tell -- [ unintelligible ] >>> 5:15. san jose city leaders are turning more of their attention to making badly needed street repairs. the city is facing a 293 million dollar backlog of street maintenance but can only spare 18 million dollars. the council agreed that more money should be used on fixing up major roads and streets around jobs and retail centers. the council says it will continue to consider solutions including parcel tax, sales tax or bond measure. >>> alameda food bank close to running out of food. officials say they will hand out the last of the food over the next few days the shelves will be bare after that

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> kristen: more taxes and less spending. best recipe for reducing the debt. they also forecast that short term interest rates will remain at current levels for another year. economists say the federal reserve should not buy more bonds to stimulate the economy, it has been working but no longer necessary. >> kristen: hunger games pulled in $155 million in opening weekend. >> huge made it third best ever. hunger games set a record for non-sequel taking in more than twice as the first twilight movie made. john carter was fourth followed by act of valor. >> katie: new personal commuting device you might see more on bay area streets. it's an electric bike but unlike any bicycle you have ever seen. here a drive to discover a speedy vehicle you can carry on your shoulder. >> reporter: it's called the yeik bike and faster than a speeding segway. they are arriving in the u.s. ron took delivery on this model. >> you are low to the ground. this is something right up my alley. >> he owns a high end custom auto shop where he is beginnin

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> small cars sell auto sales at highest level 16 up% -- up 16%. president obama is calling for an end to subsidies for the oil and gas industries. high gas prices are becoming a major campaign issue. republicans say more production is the answer. while some kids get cars for their 18th birthday justin bieber picked up his all electric car on yesterday he sells for more than $100,000. >>> caltrain riders you will soon have to pay a premium if you don't use a clipper card. directors approved a 25 cent fare increase as of july 1st. for those who don't use the cars. riders who purchase a day pass will pay 50 cent premium. 70% of caltrain riders use clipper. >>> yelp is waiting for reviews this morning. not from customers but investors as the san francisco-based online review guide begins offering stock on the new york stock exchange. yelp is selling more than seven million shares. investors can buy them for $15 a share above the $12 to $14 expected. the company could earn 120 three million dollars from its ipo. yelp founded in

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> the a's have two new suitors going afterone group is from l.a. and recently dropped out of bidding for the bankrupt dodgers. the second group is led by silicon valley executive who already owns a minor league franchise amid a growing belief that baseball won't challenge the giants' claim to owning the south bay meaning no other major league team could move there. >> it has been a year and day since the earthquake and sue me that kill more than 19,000 people in -- tsunami nay killed more than 19,000 people in japan. across japan yesterday people paused at the moment the quake struck. bells rang out one for each person dead and missing in the magnitude 9 quake. japan says it will be years before the country can recover. 325,000 people are still living in temporary housing. only two of the country's 54 nuclear reactors are up and running. >> [ unintelligible ] >>> apple's new ipad is a sellout. the bloomberg business report is coming up. >>> another week another possible game change race for the republican presidential nominati

.         i >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> good friday morning you see a wet bridge deck from the light rain and drizzle we are experiencing this morning. another storm system on the way could cause flooding. we are hours from it, mike will tell you more coming up. >>> you can't dampen ipadmania reaching a fever pitch this morning. bay area fans waiting to snag the upgraded model have been lining . sergio is live at the cap pell store. >> reporter: -- it has been a little drizzley this morning. the doors open here at 8:00 this morning. the first people in line right here they've been waiting since 9:00 last night. the crew the people inside the apple store they showed up -- they've been here throughout the evening, setting everything up for this launch of this ipad. while the first person got here at 9:00 last night, the line has been growing since we've been here. now extents half a down ellis at this downtown san francisco store. it has been a pretty drizzley morning. i talked with one guy who was here for the launch of the ipad 2 and is here a

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> rising recents home prices falling,ecents rising that may be the first stage in the housing market recovery backlog of foreclosures clearing up. the federal reserve policymakers at their meeting today are expected to leave interest rates at their record low bernanke has said decision spite signs of improvement the economy still needs the support. st. patrick's day on a saturday this year should mean more green. most of us too will wear something green. rising tide of laundry detergent thefts thieves load up carts with tide and make a decision ash for the door they pick tide because it is the most popular brand and easy to resell on the street that is america's money. have a great day i'm rob nelson. >>> 5:15. good tuesday morning. apple has already sold out of preorders for the new ipad if you order now you can expect a shipping delay of at least two to three weeks. lists predict apple maisel more than a million friday when -- we the third and latest version hits stores many expect long lines. the cupertino tech giant s

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. . >>> good morning. more fees are possible at bank of america. the bank may require many basic checking customers to do more business with the bank or pay new monthly fees. last fall bank of america came under attack for new debit card fees then retreated. ben bernanke testified the fed said it has been a good year for the economy all 12 fed banking districts report some level of growth in the first month and a half. bonuses on wall street shrinking down 14% last year. new york state says the sharp drop from the previous year at lowest level since the financial crisis began. consumer reports says the best automakers are subaru, mazda and toyota. gm and chrysler were at the bottom of the list. >>> san francisco mayor lee is expected to announce a big boost to the city's economy. macy's.com has leased 250,000 square feet of office space south of market. the internet arm of the chain is growing and expects to add 225 new jobs, doubling its workforce bay the end of the year. mayor lee says the city has alrea

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> gas prices may be peaking. prices in other regions could follow gas up a nickel in the past week. fasten seat belts buying an airline ticket could get bumpy booking flights may be cheaper after easter. >> goldman sachs lost more than two billion dollars of its market value yesterday shares plunged after an employee publicly quit calling the firm's corporate culture toxic and destructive. >> new jersey lottery winner will have to split his 24 million dollar jackpot with five former co-workers. he claimed it was his not part of a pool a jury disagreed and says he owns his co-workers four million dollars a piece. he says he was robbed. >>> new data finds foreclosures increased last month across half the states in the country as banks went after homes with paid mortgages. the increase occurred in 26 states where courts supervised the process. the other 24 states where courts are not a factor foreclosure rates declined. california posted the nation's second highest foreclosure rate last month. foreclosure activity h

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> that was the scene this morning. everything is fine, officials say they're conducting a charge scale emergency drill. the simulation involves dozens of volunteer victims and a dc 10 airplane with a clipped wing. crews participated in that drill, it's required every three years by the faa. >> this next report is real. a 2-year-old baby is on life support after police say he was severely beaten by his own father. the 28-year-old was charged with felony child abuse in a stockton courtroom ask arrested friday after showing up with little dwight at childrens hospital. the boy's mother says she and the baby were beaten by evans. doctors say if the baby survives he may suffer brain damage. >> three suspected gang members are headed to jail for a fight turning deadly outside of a pizzeria two years ago. the three plead nod contest to felony charges related to the death of a 21-year-old jesse wiley. castro was sentenced to four years on assault charges and vega convicted of and will be sentenced in november. >> ask there is a

at ski resorts as cold -- [ talking over each other ] >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> the dow highest close in four years index up almost 2% yesterday gaining 218 points to finish above 13,000. investors were encouraged by positive news from retailers, banks and the fed. the fed said most of the nation's big banks are in good shape to survive another financial meltdown one exception number three citigroup the fed says it needs more capital. there are still nearly four applicants for every one job opening that means workers don't have a lot of bargaining power wages are stagnant rising less than the rate of inflation last year. the encyclopedia brittanica says after 244 years it will no longer print a new edition instead focus on its online version. have a great day i'm rob nelson. >>> state senator leland ye wants to make sure the next uc berkeley chancellor isn't given -- last year he earned $416,000. senator ye has introduced a bill that would cap raises he says the state can't afford to do otherwise. >> we have major economic problems, home are being foreclosed

car that could put the blind behind the whwhwhwhwhi >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> optimism about hiring more and more ceos at large companies say they feel good about the economy and plan to hire more people. the report comes after the best three months of job growth in two years. many of those same ceos got paid better last year only an average of 2%, a smaller hike than 2010, 27%, still ceos now average 9.6 million dollars. president obama later today will call for end to the four billion dollars in subsidies for oil and gas companies. the administration is taking the first step toward allowing drilling off the atlantic coast. survey finds 84% of all employees who call in sick are sick. the others admit taking a mental health day suffering from a hangover or looking for another job. that's america's money. have a great day. >>> san francisco district attorney gascon is calling all sales of marijuana in the city illegal, according to a court filing. that stance could be a hint of a major shift in the city's marijuana policy. city law lous medical marijuana to

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> some changes will be coming to apple'smanufacturing plant in china. an audit found workers work excessive overtime. the fair labor association says, foxconn is committed to reducing weekly work time to 49 hours, the legal limit in china. the company promised to fix health and safety violates if the factories. experts disagree on whether -- in the factories. experts dis grey on whether the changes will last. >> i can't hold my breath. -- >> made an example to all of china's manufacturing facilities this kind of activity cannot continue. >> foxconn says it will raise salaries to compensate workers for reduced hours. >>> california police departments have been getting millions of surplus military equipment. nonpartisan project for the center of investigating reporting say they've been pouring through data to determine where much of that extra equipment has gone. dan ashley has more. >> reporter: the u.s. military requires a lot of equipment to conduct operations overseas. when military operations in iraq wound down last year,

japan's massive tsunami and eaea >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld>>> the senate has just rejected efforts to move ahead on a bill to repeal tax breaks for oil companies. before that the president held a news conference in rose garden to put pressure on congress to end four billion dollars in tax breaks saying americans are getting hit twice once at the pump and another by sending billions in tax subsidies. >> the president: with record profits and rising production, i'm not worried about the big oil companies. with high oil prices around the world. they've got more than enough incentive to produce even more oil. that's why i think it is time they got by without more help from taxpayers who are having a tough enough time. >> many congressional republicans say cutting the tax breaks would lead to higher prices and affect companies -- >> best buy plans to cut 50 full sized stores. instead they will open 100 small mobile locations sometimes next year the move will cut 800 million dollars in costs by 2015. the announcement as they post a 4th quarter loss

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> several antidomestic violence activists demanding ed lee force out sheriff ross mirkarimi, he was charged with abusing his wife. and pled guilty to a lesser charge of false imprisonment. >> activist say the trust has been broken and say if ross mirkarimi won't step down, the mayor needs to try to force him out. we're here to address what we think and we believe the mayor thinks the national embarrassment. >> this is the second time that this group gathered on the steps expressing their outage over sheriff ross mirkarimi. these activists are now demanding his removeal from office. >> we feel it would be improper for the san francisco sheriff to be overseeing programs and imposing sentencing on inmates. >> for now, he is back on the job and busy, we're told. >> just put out a plan yesterday. >> since there is no intention of stepping down, they're stepping up the pressure on the mayor. who can suspend the sheriff then under the charter ed lee giving reasons in writing to the ethics commission that would hold a hearing and pas

behind an unwanted new window display at an >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> an antioch family an counting their blessings and checking their insurance policy after an suv smashed into their home. the owner says the driver rammed into the master bedroom. thankfully nobody was in the room at time of the crash. witnesses say the man driving ran way after the crash. no word on whether police have tracked him down. >>> birth control battle in the capital this morning. -- vote was taken in attempt to roll back president obama's plan to make all companies and employers cover contraception. >> reporter: the bill failed by a vote of 51-48. democrats who succeeded in killing it say it is a victory for women. republicans say people's freedom of religion is being trampled. >> today on the floor of the senate we defeat add amendment that would have historically taken away -- something that women in this country have counted on for decades and that's the ability to make their own health care choices in the privacy of their homes. >> reporter: democrats were basking in

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> cheryl: supreme court is in the first day of the three-day hearings in health care. demonstrators made their case outside course. >> reporter: the bitter battle over healthcare has reached the supreme court. the affordable care act is the signature legislation of president obama's administration and the most controversial. law requires all americans to buy health insurance by 2014 or else pay a penalty. the central question for the supreme court is that mandate constitutional. if it isn't, what does it mean for rest of the law? two years ago president obama signed the legislation with great fanfare. >> health insurance becomes law in the united states of america. >> reporter: but before the ink was dry legal fight began. >> i'm confident the court is going to declare the new law unconstitutional. >> 26 states filed suit. their argument, congress doesn't have the authority to force an individual to buy something. if the insurance is mandate is constitutional there is no limit to what the federal government

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> sweeping changes to google's privacy policy going into affect and the biggest change that user koz see.. >> when you type a search you may know google keeps a record on that. same if you watch a video or post on blogger but records were sprai. now under the new policy, that is not the case anymore. >> this means if you signed in we'll treat you as a single use yir. >> google explained changes but critics say reality not cute. >> this is a spy poll six talking about how they're going to combine your information on services into one large, fat, digital dossier to market that to advertiser autos the group consumer watch dog says now, when you log into you tube you might see ads related to a search did you a week ago. that could be embarrassing says this foundation. >> search history is sensitive data imaginable that can kate everything from -- indicate medical symptoms to sexual orientation to sensitive thing autos pick a coffee shop, you're guaranteed everybody uses google. it wasn't hard to find users who had the willies.

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> cancer is the focus of debate in sacramento tonight. a bay area woman is joining a lawmaker in an effort to make sure what happened to her doesn't happen to anyone else. in sacramento we have the story. >> after years of normal mammograms amy colton was surprised to hear she had advanced stage breast cancer and results noted she had dense breast tissue. dense tissue and cancer both show up white. >> so i was really outraged that this information about my own physiology, this important, critical information was never shared with me. >> colton is teeming up with state senator joe simidian to introduce a bill to warn women with breast tissue to get further testing at the time they get results saying the law is needed because 40% of the women who get a mammogram have bbt. >> why won't you provide notice? it's assessed by radiologists and provided to physician. only person who doesn't get information is is the patient that. is wrong. >> california medical association says not all women with dense breast tissue need further testing a

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> an executive shared a blistering resignation letter with the world questioning the investment company's quote moral fiber and titled his letter why i am leaving appearing on the "new york times", he works in london and his letter accused executives of talking about exploiting their client. and dismissing them as quote, muppets. they called the corporate culture toxic and destructive. >> reason nothing changed is because incentives have not changed. >> and goldman responded with a statement saying quote, we were disappointed to read assertions by the individual that do not reflect our values and how the vast majority of the people think about the firm and work it does on behalf of the clients. >> there is now choices for women when it comes to screening for cervical cancer, new guidelines say it depends on how old you are. and they can add a second test for hpv starting at age 30. if both tests are negative, women can get chekd every five years instead. routine screening is not recommended for women under 30 years of aichblgt and

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> the cosmetics company loreal is giving $1.2 million to help end animal testing in the kos metics industry. the new partnership announced today during the society of tox koblg expo. the epa said money will go to the program. the project compares animal free methods against data collected from 0 years of animal tests. >> this is a great partnership, together i think we'll be able to advance this model and get to a place where we no longer need to test on animals. >> the money will be used to fund research into 10 chemicals used. right now loreal and other european companies are developing alternatives to comply with european union laws requiring a phase out of animal skin test big 2013. >> there was a joyful reunion in a kaiser hospital today that brought back memories to the patients and staff. this is a twin who grew up to have twens of her own at the hospital where she was born. >> little leanne and her brother have a story that goes beyond being twinned. their mom is a twin this, is video of her as a baby, and her brothe

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> terry: down to the city we go.hree people on the beach and one bug in the spider web which a spider put over our lens, right in the middle. a bug has been captured by that spider's web. mid-70s. lisa argen is moments away will have your forecast coming up. >>> one man is dead, thousands of people stranded as devastating floods move across parts of southeastern australia. this morning, the body of a 43-year-old man was found in new south wales after washed out swollen river. a man and his friend tried to drive across and they didn't make it. a creek burst and forced people to higher ground. water levels are expected to remain high for the next 24 hours before they start backing off. we're at the other spectrum noovy drop in the forecast for a few days. >> but we do have a drop monday night into tuesday. >> a drop? >> yeah, but i don't think the rainy season is over but warmer than normal temperatures. we're talking about temperatures in the sierra nevada, 54, 55 degrees. right now, tahoe valley airport, 32. truckee

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> 49ers appear to be in the running to become peyton manning's new home, you can see him getting ready to work out for the denver broncos earlier today, manning worked out for 49ers head coach jim harbaugh on tuesday, and espn reports doctors for the niners exexamined him. the niners have not resigned alex smith, smith enjoyed a break out season last year. >> and the rain did not stop people from lining up to get the new apple ipad today. abc 7 has more on who was willing to get wet a little to get their hands on apple's latest creations. wearing rain coats and holding umbrellas flooded through the doors of the store to get fingers on this. >> what do you have in sn. >> an ipad. a new one. >> sporting a better screen, apple's new tab blet makes your old ipad, well, less exciting. >> do you have an older ipad? >> i did. i sold it. >> you can get good money for old ipads. ebay giving up to $450 on the spot so will the web site gazelle, paying cash. amazon giving you $500 for the black verizon model but only as a gift card. s

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> police search aid beach for human remains after a fisherman spotted a paerns foot in the water. the fisherman called it nchl the coroner confirmed it's a human foot but no additional body parts have been found. >> there is a substance made three employees sick today and authorities say the workers complained of nausea and sore thots after coming into contact with the substance about 8:00 this morning. crews sealed off a four-block area this is a precaution, it turned out to be a nonhazardous herbal remedy from southeast asia. the incident pull mail delivery behind schedule. >>> a supermarket chain holding what is called a swap meat, willing to swap your ground beef with additive called pink slime and exchange it with beef with no additives. >> for many, big quandry is what to do with ground beef with spimpk lime? you can bring to it any fresh and easy, they'll exchange it for a package of their nonadditive ground beef no matter where you bought it originally. consumer reaction prompted chain supermarkets to announce maiz phas

you can see >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> breaking news right now there is a lock down at east avenue middle school. there some kind of police activity going on. it's affecting the, after school activities thchl is east avenue middle school. and we're going to continue to follow this for you in abc 7 news.com. and updates as needed. >> the lead singer of the monkees has died. he suffered a massive heart attack. he was 66. a bay area man who was his best friend for their reaction well. knew him as davy jones, load singer of the monkees but to skprich mia he was a good friend. >> he was a very fun guy. same on stage as off he spoke to jones yesterday. last month taking this picture of his buddy during a caribbean cruise, davy jones became a part of rock and roll history with three band mates bimed as american version of the kbraelts but a former rolling stones editor says they were not respected in the music industry they were a manufactured group. came to be known as prefab four because they were created as a tv version of the beatle autos still with their

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> chaos again today at this morn's university of california regents meeting. student demonstrators showed up in swimsuits and danced on chairs to protest the meeting held at mission bay campus, regents left the room after they were unable to control the rowdy crowd. three were arrested outside of the auditorium after police gave orders to disperse. the group accuses regents are trying to limit student participation. >> there are 300,000 student workers in uc system. we get 20 minutes to have a meeting during spring break. >> the meeting resumed. they considered supporting governor brown's tax initiative preventing tuition hikes. lieutenant governor newsom encouraged regents to sue the state to restore funding for public ed oox california democratic lawmakers staked their own version of a protest over the shooting death of a black florida teak. they wore hoodies in a legislative session today thrk followed yesterday's action by a representative when wore a hoody on the house floor. and. >> i can be trayvon martin. >> led by rod wr

team of volunteers freed a trapped whale in southern >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> bully a new documentary will be released. it attracted national attention because it would have kept young children from watching it. it shows school bullying and several families that were affected by it. it was started by a 17-year-old girl who was the victim of bullying. her online petition drew nearly 500,000 signatures. >> how big can you dream? that is the question today as mega millions mania grips america with the third largest jackpot, $363 million. amy hollyfield is live in san francisco at mark and castro. they are selling like hot cakes but you know they are. >> it's crazy out here kristen. they are going to sell 4,000 to 5,000 section compared to 1,000 when it's a typical jackpot. it's safe to say the mega millions fever has hit the bay area. >> seeing the figure in light seems to draw people in, even those that don't normally buy lottery tickets. >> that is a lot of money. >> this chevron sold a mega millions ticket with almost every transaction. dorothy got $20 wor

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> san mateo county sheriff released a search of a man who tried to sexual assault a san carlos business owner this week. and he attacked a woman from behind as she tried to open her business wednesday morning. the alarm frightened off the man but he did steal the victim's purse. >> a thousand health care professionals gathered today to talk about the affects of domestic violence on health, organized by a organization and one woman talks about teen dating violence and i had the opportunity to interview her. the 23-year-old was on abc's "the view". her ex-boyfriend raped her and came back and shot her in the face. she has been through 12 surgeries and has urgent advice for parents and teens. >> i expect not only parents to be more aware and to, you know, carry on conversation was their children not only when teenagers but when they're freshly in elementary school. you know? middle school. talk about relationships and not eenl relationships with, you know, a boyfriend girlfriend but families and people. >> and she says she e

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> three robbery suspects may be tied to 30 other cases. the 27-year-old, 18-year-old and another 17-year-old boy are suspects in cases in the bay area, jant cruz and san joaquin valley. arrested tuesday after an armed robbery in a shell station. they were stopped near the bridge after leading police on a chase. police say the proceeds were use toward a trip to disneyland and to buy rims from a stolen car. >> and there is a head of the fish and games commission is now facing ethics, accusing dan richards of accepting a gift of a hunting trip from an idaho ranch. during that trip richards shot and killed this mountain lion which then ate it which is legal in idaho but not our state. environmentalists are now calling for his resignation. officials can not accept gifts valued at more than $420. >> there is celebrity chef wolf dgs gang puck is considering a ban on the goobl foie gras. geese are force fed and it was our abc 7 i team report that first brought treatment of the animals to light n a letter that just surfaced he tells

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> eric: it's 5:13 now.t romney will leave the bay area this morning for more fund-raisers across the state. he made a campaign stop last night in the bay area. protestors waited outside a redwood city hotel to greet the candidate at a private fund-raiser. his vehicle was all they saw. the event was co-hosted by meg whitman. he is spending three days in california. he has spent $66 million so far on the primary race. >> kristen: his rival rick santorum will be raising money here. he is at the jelly belly candy company on thursday. he says he still thinks he can win the nomination. a recent poll of republican voters in california show santorum trailing romney by 19%. >> eric: jamba juice is reaching out to young unemployed adults and he hiring 2500 people. they'll be mentored and given the opportunity to fast track themselves to leadership jobs. >> we've always hired young people. we found a treasure trove here at treasure island. >> eric: some of the students tell us they hadn't finished high school. the ceo

the conditions and what you need to do to get there >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> live ammunition inside this burning napa county home forced fires to let it burn to the ground. the fire beganmow4 last night on mustang road. when firefighters started to hear ammunition they were forced to back off. the fire was snuffed out before 7:00 this morning. no one was injured. an elderly man was displaced. investigators are look into what started the fire and what kind of ammunition was in the home. >>> a rutgers university student has been found guilty of hate crime and intimidation charges after he bullied his gay roommate into committing suicide. a jury convicted him on invasion of privacy. in september of 2010 ravi used a webcam to spy on his roommate during an intimate incounter with another gay man. ravi then shared the video and began bullying his roommate about the encounter. sraf very faces up to 10 years and could be -- deported to his native india. >>> actor george clooney and his father were among several arrested this morning during a protease -- protest o

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> defense officials are denying that president karzai demanded in a meeting with defense secretary panetta american forces be pull out of afghan villages. the issue came up in that meeting and karzai indicated a desire to become an independent nation quickly. this after an american soldier allegedly killed 16 afghan civilians sunday that accused soldier has been moved to kuwait. president karzai also said afghanistan says it believes it can take the lead in security next year. those talks come one day after the taliban broke off political talks with the united states. >>> former illinois governor rod blagojevich has started his 14 year sentence at a colorado federal prison. blagojevich arrived at the prison a little over an hour ago. jurors convicted him on 18 counts, including charges he tried to sell or trade president obama's old senate seat. before leaving his chicago home this morning blagojevich told reporters he -- saying good-bye to his family was the hardest he's had to do. the second governor to go to son in recent years

. >>> a pilot's midair >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> a u.s. congressman received a reprimand for how he the made his statement this morning against racial profiling. >> the member will suspend. the member will -- >> these words -- >> the member will suspend the chair must -- [ talking over each other ] >>> representative bobby rush donned a hoodie during a speech on the house floor supporting florida teenager trayvon martin who as you might remember was wearing a hoodie when he was shot to death. rush was interrupt the presiding officer who reminded rush that wearing hats, including hoodies is not allowed when the house is in session and members need to remove hoods or leave the floor. >>> former president george h.w. bush is expected to endorse mitt romney. the two will meet tomorrow in houston planning a public appearance together. former first lady barbara bush has already endorsed romney publicly. >> newt gingrich reorganizing his campaign team. he laid off a third of his staff yesterday and now he will be focusing on the low cost social a

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> a teacher sex scandal is leading to tougher legislation to protect students from classroom predators. >> the disturbing case of mark burns the former schoolteacher accused of 23 counts of lewd acts on his students. it's inspiration of several bills to make it easier to fire educators coming with the urging of the los angeles mayor an toneo villaraigosa. >> unspeakable crimes must never happen again, anywhere. >> investigateors say he photographed blind folded students being feld his semen on spoons and cookies. investigators say the children thought it was a game. the 61-year-old had been investigated before but no charges were filed. republicans say state wide, union backed laws and contract clauses in districts presented administrators from passing along information after time. among proposed changes remove the four-year rule so evidence for complaints is held longer than the current four years, allow dismissal with no pay and strip pension and retirement benefits from teachers conjikted of a job related felony. he wa

britannica is doing for the first time in its 244 year hi >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> the pentagon says an afghan drove a stolen truck on to a british airfield into a ditch where it exploded it happened around the same time that defense secretary panetta's aircraft was landing in afghanistan. nobody was injured. >> he's the first senior american official to visit since the killing of afghan civilians allegedly by an american soldier over the weekend. he held a town hall with up is soldiers. his visit was planned months ago the trip is now taking a different tone because of incident in which 16 afghans died, including women and children it panetta said recent violence will not deter the u.s. from carrying out its mission he says the last few weeks have been challenging. >> that's the nature of war. to confront every obstacle. to face every barrier. to fight through every challenge. in order to accomplish your mission. >> meantime, the u.s. military showed afghan officials the surveillance video of the u.s. soldier accused when he surrendered it shows him walking up

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> for the first time since a deadly shooting spree classes resumed today at an ohio high school. students of chardon high returned. three were killed, two wounded when a fellow fire in the cafeteria monday the school reopening comes one day after charges were filed against the 17-year-old suspect who attended a nearby alternative school. the motive is still unclear. police say he may have known at least one of the victims. >>> six federal and state agencies announced a final plan for spending more than 32 million dollars to pay for environmental damage caused by the cosco busan oil spill. an oil tanker ran into a bay bridge tower in 2007. the money will be used to improve recreational uses of the bay and beaches, restore bird and fish life and improve habitat. the money comes from a settlement between the agencies and the hong kong-based owner of the ship. >>> san francisco-based online review site yelp is exceeding expectations. yelp stock was originally priced at $15 per share before the company st

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> firefighters narrowly escaped a dangerous fall when the roof began to collapse under them. firefighters in michigan were trying to let out smoke and gases when it began to give way they had to pull one of the firefighters to safety. no one was hurt and the cause is under investigation. >>> will new sanctions against iran's oil industry cause a big jump in u.s. gas prices? sources say president obama has decided it will not. the associated process the president has concluded there is sufficient petroleum to allow countries to punish iran. new sanctions law required the to make that decision by today and he must make it again every six months. the administration is hoping sanctions will convince iran to drop its nuclear program. >>> mastercard confirming massive theft. this occurred from late january to late february the crime involves a credit card payment processor also known as a middleman. it is a company that shepards transactions between retailers and banks and holds enormous amounts of data. card holders with concerns sh

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> anger growing in afghanistan obvious last weekend's shooting deaths of 16 civilians by a u.s. soldier. afghans burned an effigy of president obama and a cross today while students shouted death to the soldier who killed our people. taliban fighters opened fire today on president karzai's two brothers who visited the village where the shooting took place. president obama has directed the pentagon to spare no effort in conducting a full investigation. >> the president: the united states takes this as seriously as if it was our own citizens and our own children who were murdered. we're heart broken over the loss of innocent life. >> u.s. officials say the shooter is a married 38-year-old father of two. the trained sniper had three deployments to iraq before this deployment to afghanistan. he's accused of putting on his night vision goggles and methodically going door-to-door shooting citizens, including nine children, as they slept. >>> president obama is putting china and america's other economic competitors on notice they

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> white house says killings of afghan civilians will not affect the timetable of u.s. troop drawls. president obama called president karzai as soon as he learned about the tragic shootings. >> reporter: images are heartbreaking. children shot dead. men losing entire families in mourning. they killed a child said this mother. was this child part of the taliban? the man who officials say did it? an american soldier. a father himself. a husband, a 38-year-old staff sergeant who sneaked off base and went house-to-house gunning down anyone inside. >> we just don't know what motivated this individual. >> reporter: the staff sergeant is based in fort lewis, washington deployed three times to iraq. this was his first to afghanistan. days ago we were with general allen in southern afghanistan who was urging calm after six american service members were gunned down in response to the inadvertent burning of qur'ans. >> moments like these when you feel as though there is no trust or confidence that you down inside. you understand this

is really god's plan, why does this family rely on sc >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> the 49ers scored a major touchdown with the approval of a final financing plan. the total cost of the new stadium a whooping $1.17 billion. lisa amin gulezian is live outside the city council chambers with a break down of how this plan pencils out. lisa? >> carolyn, it really is a lot of money. but the city leaders say they are sure they can afford it. construction is underway. and now the financing for a new 49er stadium in santa clara is in place. here is where the money for the $1.17 billion state of the aired aired -- state-of-the-art stadium will come from. banks will fund $785 million. $220 million will come from the 49ers. $162 million will come from naming rights and licensing fees. and santa clara's agency calling it a good and solid deal. >> they make the 49er reis responsible for not paying for it. it will create limitations on all of our exposures. >> it was more debt, more problems and more liability. and i am worried we will become a laughing stock. >> stadium oppon

you can see >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> dinner doesn't normally come a message, but at alexzander's steak house they served up a statement. they don't want it to go into affect this summer. we warn you. we will show you video you might find disturbing. >> reporter: it is delicately plated at the steak house in san francisco. the dinner is in protest as a ban on the goose liver pate that takes affect in july. >> all will be donated to the chef's coalition to pretty much try and counteract the bill that is in place. >> but the restaurant's protest was met with a protest from the animal rescue league. >> we are here to educate consumers about the cruelty and to educate the restaurant that they shouldn't be serving this cruel, barbaric product. >> geese are processed for their rich livers. >> they engorge their livers naturally to migrate. it is a natural process of any bird. also on top of that, that's how they feed their young. it is everything they do naturally in the wild. >> edward baker came to the steak house specifically for this. >> i have to admi

." >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> in afghanistan tonight, the army sergeant accused of murdering 16 civilians has been flown out of the country reportedly to kuwait. also tonight the pentagon says defense secretary leon panetta was not the target of a terrorist attack in afghanistan today. the c-17 he was aboard was landing at a british airbase in kandahar province when a stolen pick up truck burst through the perimeter and headed up the runway. when the pick up veered into a ditch the driver bailed and set himself on fire before being taken into custody. it turned out the truck was not rigged to explode. >> just because there were no explosives in the car doesn't mean it couldn't do serious damage. anything hitting an airplane at a high rate of speed especially with the mass of a small pick up truck could do very, very serious damage. >> paw panetta's visit to visit the marines was unannounced. >>> a star-studded affair at the state dinner washington. stars like george clooney rubbed shoulders with richard branson and william buffet. 360 people were invited

bad app snell that'sñ >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld >> hostage drama today at orange county bank ended in shoot out happened in buena vista gunman took a female bank manager hostage. unmostly clear whether it was attempted robbery or personal dispute. marks man opened fire when he came out of the bank with her at gun point. man in critical condition. manager unharmed. >> security under scrutiny at philadelphia international airport after man drove his jeep through a fence this morning right out on to the main runway. he was arrested on the tarmac surrounded by planes within about 5 minutes but the airport was closeded for about half an hour. plane was trying to land as this happened and had to divert. the 24-year-old driver faces charges including dui and reckless endangerment. police say no link whatsoever to terrorism. >> police are still looking for the carjacker who slammed a stolen suv into an antioch hom home. take a look at this police say the driver crashed that 4 cars before smashing the stolen dodge durango into this house on

that's on "night >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld new wave of thaw spreading across the country when hundreds of people had the credit card and atm data stolen at lucky stores self check out stands. but also happening at bank and gas station. identity thieves found a way to could it using a device anybody can buy on the internet. elizabeth explains how easily it is done and how to protect yourself. >>reporter: florida. new yor york. georgia. california. over the past week crooks have installed tiny skimming device that is capture your account information at gas stations in every corner of the country. >> gas pump themselves aren't monitor normally located in stores. so they offer a bit of anonimity to some of the criminal actor. >>reporter: some gas station even started placing a steel across the pump to tell if somebody has opened them toen stall a skirm. >> it's difficult for us and time consuming for us to find the physical evidence we need to tie these criminal actors to the actual compromise of these cards. >>reporter: here's ho

you can see >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> there has been another incident of strange behavior in the air. a jet blue captain who was not at the controls started acting erratically and flipping switches in the cockpit. his copilot tricked him into going into the passenger compartment and then locked him out. now, the story from there. >> passengers in the aisle are holding down not an unruly passenger, but the captain of the plane. in the cockpit his copilot radioing an emergency and asking for an unscheduled immediate landing in amarillo, texas. a third jet blue pilot off duty and riding as a passenger sliped into the cockpit to help with the controls. the captain pacing the aisles pounding on the cockpit door. >> started banging on the door and kicking on the door trying to get in the cockpit. before that he was actually yelling it was going to blowup. >> a flight attendant screamed for help and as many as five passengers helped tackle the now shouting captain. >> he started to curse at me. he was trying to tell me, you better pray. so i said, you know wha

shooting of trayvon >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> over the last decade california police department have been getting millions of dollars worth of surplus military equipment. that's according to our media partner california watch, non-partisan project center for investigative reporting. they have been pouring through data to determine where much of the extra equipment has gone. >> u.s. military requires a lot of equipment obviously to conduct operation over seas. but when military operations in iraq wound did you know last year, local police departments were among the biggest beneficiary of the troop draw down. concord police got the 300,000 dollar armored personnel carrier for free. >> we are going to be using that inform our s.w.a.t. team. >>reporter: in the early 90's congress passed legislation that allowed excess military equipment to be transferred to local police departments when it noise longer needed. since 1997 concord police have received more than 5 26,000 dollars in military surplus. one of the reasons we do it is be

. >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> mostd about feature on a el i-phone being accused by the aclu being a spy for apple. the voice interface that allow users to speak command and get answers to question from his a female computer voice but incorporating to the aclu it's also sending personal user info to apple to stock pile cat a base. tech giant insist that information is simply giving it more context for command what you mean when you say call dad. mean time apple already sold out of pre-order for the new i-pad. if you order now there is a two to 3 week shipping delay. experts predict apple may sell more than 1 million tablet on friday when the latest version officially introduced. in comparison they sold 300,000 device on the day the original i-pad was introduced. >> big effort tonight to get the word out about a million dollar plan to elect try tie cal train. jerry hill and officials want to use high speed rail bond money and local trants important taition fund to convert cal train from diesel to electric power. they wil

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld.ht army staff sergeant accused of killing afghan civilians is back in the united states. today he was identified as 38-year-old robert bails. he is being held in an isolation cell in kansas. he suffered a head wound during a tour of duty in afghanistan and he may have been suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. he was reportedly devastated about being sent back into combat. >> your family was counting on him not being redeployed. so they were told his tour in the middle east was over and then literally overnight that changed. >> a ptsd diagnosis could take the death penalty off the table. the afghanistan president says he does not think that bails acted alone. >>> san diego police say they don't expect charges to be filed against one of the co-founders of the invisible children campaign. police took 33-year-old jason russell to a psychiatric hospital yesterday. they picked him up after he was found in the street in his underwear screaming at drivers and darting into traffic. ru

huh balloons and >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> first lady michelle obama is spending the night in the bay area after attending a fundraiser benefiting her husband's election campaign. dozens of donors turned out in golden gate park for this event. the firs lady was expected to raise $175,000 tonight. donors say it was an opportunity to hear a popular figure speak. >> i was hoping to hear from her and how she was going to support the young people who might not have the best opportunities right now. >> tomorrow morning the first lady will be in alameda to commission a new coast guard cuter. >>> mastercard and visa are talking about a massive theft of credit card data that could include 10 million accounts. it occurred from late january to late february. security experts say the crime involved a credit card payment processor. in other words, it was a middle man. it is a company that sheep perked transactions between retailers and banks and holds enormous amount of data. card holders with concerns should contact the financial institution that issued them the c

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> tonight the wife of ross mirkarimi is criticizing the criminal justice system. she approved an article a friend wrote on her behalf, hundreds of people who tworkd stop domestic violence under san francisco now for a convention. >> she says her friend has given her permission to reveal what the two of them have been discussing for weeks. arrest of lopez's husband, ross mirkarimi for domestic violence. >> i think approach over the last year has gotten worse towards criminal saigs in this case, yes. i think that it was heavy handed. >> she believes emphasis should be on early intervention. >> that program counseling and family support and therapies. >> in an aopinion piece in bay guardian newspaper she accuses activists of disempowering lopez by not reaching out to her. and lopez posted a link to her friend's story on a web site of a san francisco domestic violence organization that has called for mirkarimi to resign. >> there is la costa remain steadfast this is about victim safety and batterer accountability and message we

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> an auto repair shop is shut down leaving customers with no way to get their cars out. >> i was contacted by this guy from oakland really at a loss for what to do, he's a veteran, dealing with this from the hospital. he just had undergone a major operation. ronald david son served in the navy. and doctors amputated his big toe and he was about to lose some of the others. >> so my other toes are suffering because they don't have support. >> earlier he had taken his car in for repairs at i max in oakland. >> next day i called knox answer on the phone. following day i went by there the shop was closed. >> and this car sat behind the locked gate. the phone went unanswered skplt owner nowhere to be found. >> this looked like he just dropped off the face and abandoned the business. >> tax records tracked down the owner by phone and he refused to talk to us. we then called the bureau of automotive repair. >> we have a repair facility closed down and the owner evicted the tenant. >> the state located the property owner agreeing to op