. >>> mark kelly on the manhunt for an escaped prisoner. >> there's been a lot of commotion. we're near the hall of justice. near 7th and bryant right now. this is an escaped inmate reported shortly before 9:00 tonight last seen near columbus square street and folsom. he escaped near 5th and folsom according to these reports. here's what we know about this escaped inmate. the description is a 5'4" male, 165 pounds wearing only blue shorts. possibly only blue boxer shorts at this point. we're told that he escaped from deputies while he was being transported, possibly ditching the orange inmate jumpsuit that he was in which is why the reports are he was only wearing those blue boxer shorts at this time. a lot of commotion here near the hall of justice. we had a small brush fire 15, 20 minutes ago. the fire crews put out. that was taken care of. that's right along highway 101 the highway near the hall of justice. deputies trying to find this escaped inmate reportedly wearing only blue boxer shorts. >> mark kelly in san francisco. >>> earlier today san francisco's police chief wa

joining me now via skype from kazakhstan is mark kelly. nbc news and msnbc space and aviation analyst and a former astronaut and naval aviator. mark so they have dragged you back in for this final mission. what is going to be required of you during this year? >> well not only dragged me back in, but dragged me all the way here to kazakhstan. i've already participated in -- of ultrasounds and mris -- [ no audio ] happened today and i'll do that again while he's in space and after he comes back. these are studies looking at the change in the genetic material the change in my brother's dna from being in space for a year and the change in bone mass changes to the brain and the optic nerve. there's about ten -- there's a list of ten different research studies from different universities around the country. >> but aren't you going to have all sorts of physical advantages over him in terms of ability to exercise and the air that you're breathing or various things that are different? >> well certainly the air on the space station is really clean, a

tonight our mark kelly asked why did anyone think that was a good idea? >> san jose house on firement a man missing tonight. shots fired. then more trouble. crews forced to take >> tonight, san francisco sheriff's deputies admitted they made a mistake when they let a particular prison inmate go outside. alexander santiago gonzalez disappeared when he went outside taking out the trash. mark kelly asked why he was let outside in the first place. >> reporter: the sheriff i spoke with said he feels bad about this incident and he has started questioning those involved but the fact is, at this hour, that inmate is still out there somewhere. alex santiago gonzalez stripped off his origin jump suit down to his blue boxers and made a break for it. >> escaped inmate doesn't look good for the department. >> i don't think it ever looks good for any department. >> reporter: under sheriff's watch, he was supposed to take out the trash. but he was supposed to be under the watchful eye of a sheriff's deputy, but gonzalez escaped the deputy and made his way down the dark

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mark kelly by the way is the husband of former congresswoman gaby giffords. they're going to get from these twins. >> it will be fascinating because i think at some point man will be able to live in space or other planets at that time it will be interesting to get the early data on what that will do to us. >>> we're following breaking news. we learned overnight actress angelina jolie took another big step to cut her risk of cancer. >> a dirt bike collides with an suv in northeast philadelphia with tragic results and the driver of the suv gives "action news" his firsthand account of the crash. >> ♪♪ >> happening now on "action news," waking up to a wintry chill and seeing some flurries out in the western suburbs. but accuweather sees an extreme warmup on the way. >> like that. developing overnight angelina jolie's latest bombshell. the actress makes another bold decision to maintain her health. >> subway brawl has police looking for the young people involved. hear what police say started this all against one battle. >> good morning, 5:30 now on this tuesday ma

both she and mark kelly found themselves at across roads.re uncertain. and then came the shooting at sandy hook elementary in newtown, connecticut. >> we went and visited he newtown and visited a bunch of the parents afterwards. and you talk about tough. >> oh, awful. >> when you meet them you just feel like, you know it's kind of obligation to try to do something about it. >> not that they dislike guns. they are avid gun owners. in fact gabby has been learning how to shoot with her left hand now. >> there's no reason why we can't have, you know our right to gun ownership and at the same time do everything we possibly can to keep guns out of the hands of the dangerously mentally ill felons, domestic abusers, stalkers. >> they cowrote "enough" a book published by simon and shuster, a division of cbs. and they formed americans for responsible solutions. a political action committee that raised millions to push for gun control. >> congress is afraid of the gun lobby. tell washington it's too dangerous to wait. >> when a bipartisan proposal fail

. >> mark kelly went to the south bay to see what else people are doing to save water. >> san jose'se and garden expo is part home improvement, part tutorial on california's drought. >> i worry about it every day. >> reporter: looking for new ways to conserve water at home. even unconferencal ones. >> i am going to get a bucket and plant my beds and hopefully keep them hydrated with bathwater. >>> as they look to raise the cost of your water, now might be the perfect time to rip out the lawn. >> their bills are 3-400 a month. $300 to $4a month. the best bet, replacing the lawn, installing fake green could take a large amount of green from your wallet but an investment that looks good 25 years ago. >> you want perfect grass you will get it. it used to be shiny in the old days. >> reporter: as for plants, landscape architect has a ton of them. >> lavenders, different grasses. >> she admits a big hurdle is for people thinking a drought tolerant yard is a ugly yard filled with weeds. >> some of them do. a lot of plants california natives that have beautiful colors. >> reporter: jennifer

mark kelly says the vendors are worried about another year without federal water allegations. >> reporter this family turns out beautiful produce. >> oh we have plums, peaches, nectarines. >> reporter: but he worries there will not be enough water to pass the farm down to his boys. >> we are not sure yet how much water we are going to have. they are saying less than last year. >> reporter: using a network of reservoirs, dams and canals, the federally-run project can water up to a third of california's farmland. that is in wet times, not now. the drought is so severe the feds are not releasing a drop of water to central valley farmers for the second year this in a row. >> next month my fruit will not grow enough to help. >> that is her vision of the cauliflower. >> reporter: they started looking below ground. >> my parents are worried. so, right now they are looking for more land but with a better well, a deeper well. >> other farmers are doing the same. tapping ground water that is running low. >> it is very scary. >> and digging a new well is not cheap. the one they are eyeing could cost

mark kelly says the vendors are worried about another year of really low water supplies. >> reporter:t this family turned out beautiful produce. >> we got plums, peaches, nectarines. >> reporter: but they worry there will not be enough water to pass the farm down to their son. >> we are not sure yet how much water we are going to have but they are saying it will be less than last year. >> reporter: using a network of reservoirs, dams and canals, the federally run project can water up to a third of california's farmland. that is in wet times, not now. the drought is so severe that the feds are not releasing a drop of water to central valley farmers for for the second year in a row. >> they are not going to grow up to sell it. >> her version of the califlower. >> reporter: they are not relying on the water from the the government or from from the sky they started looking belowground. >> yes, my parents are worried. and, so, right now they are looking for more land but with a better well, a deeper well. >> reporter: other farmers are doing the same, tapping ground water which is also run

if he looks familiar that's because his twin brother very tired astronaut mark kelly, husband of retired congresswoman gabby giffords. they will compare how scott kelly's body responds during his year in space to mark kelly's body on the ground. compare things like muscle mass immune system and vision. >> rare opportunity. >> fascinating experiment. >> brothers in space. >> yeah. and on earth. >> that does it for us. nightly news is next. see you back here tonight at 6:00. >> good night, folks. bye-bye. >>> on this friday night, unfit to work. another stunning twist in the air disaster investigation. prosecutors say the co-pilot apparently hid an illness from the airline. torn up doctors notes found in his home. and tonight new scrutiny about how pilots in this country are screened. >>> judgment day once again for amanda knox, the american accused of murdering her roommate. high drama in a late-night ruling in italy. >>> bombshell report. where did fraternity members learn that racist chant caught on camera? >>> and making a difference for a little boy who inspired a movement. why so man

kpix5's mark kelly on why police think it could be the same guy responsible for all three crimes. >> reporter: friday afternoon, hayward high school lets out. police say as the 16-year-old victim walked home, the kidnapper pounced. >> the suspect got out of the car and pulled her into the car with him. >> lieutenant says the man had a gun, but somehow the girl managed to get away without getting hurt. >> she was able to flee on foot. the suspect fled the area in his vehicle. >> the first in a string of attempted kidnappings here in hayward happened in the seemingly quiet residential neighborhood a month ago. the victim then also a teenage girl. >> so we're certainly investigating the possibility they are connected. >> in the first two attacks, victims a 20-year-old man 5'7" weighing 150-pounds. and driving a white four-door car. the girls also managed to get away from the attacker. >> someone around, you know, trying to harm our children. it's very concerning. >> a psychologist at several hayward schools. and here's the girl's fears firsthand. >> they are very much afraid of what's g

kpix5's mark kelly tells us the two drivers sped off afterward leaving the dead and injured behind. skid marks paint a picture of those final moments. 3:13 this morning. at hillsdale and meridian, two vehicles heading westbound, several passengers in each. police say speed and alcohol played a factor when one vehicle lost control and hit a pole. three passengers were ejected, including a 15-year-old boy who died. harry says that victim was his good friend. >> rest in peace. he was a good person. >> harry and his friends came to the crash site this morning to pay their respects. >> i have known him for a couple years. he is one of the real ones. much love to him. >> this afternoon, people stopped by to clean up pieces of the crash. a shattered window, scattered debris. for this group, all reminders of the friend they had and suddenly lost. >> i wish i could have told them more. i wish i could have said one more good-bye. >> in san jose, mark kelly, kpix5. >> police say one of the cars in the crash was stolen. >> checking bay area headlines now, transients are being blamed for a fire t

mark kelly on what she said on an open mic that has students even more fired up tonight. >> reporter: as the protests began, the camera stayed on the region the. there was confusion about what to do. janet napolitano leaned over to a colleague and said, let's just break. let's go. let's go. we don't have to listen to this crap. hear it for yourself. >> let's just break. let's just go. we don't have to listen to this crap. >> reporter: this individual was one of the person protests 5% increases every year for five years. >> it's an insult to have her as the president. >> reporter: to make their point plowd and clear, protesters stripped down to their underwear revealing the words student debt on their bodies. she called what you are doing crap. >> i don't know where she's coming from personally. i'm assuming she has never had to deal with the issues personally. >> reporter: the uc president crap comment was a much different tone from this napolitano speech at the very same meeting. >> they want to be sure there are voices are being heard and i want to commit to them that their voices a

. >> it could have been a lot worse, but our mark kelly says this time the firefighters were ready. >> reporter: it looked straight out of one of daunte's nine circles of hell, busy morning commute and multiple vehicles collide inside the caldecott tunnel. one turns into a fireball. >> an explosion and i walked out. it was smoky in there. it was terrible. >> reporter: retired firefighter william tweety said this blaze is complicated. >> you don't know where the accident is inside the item. you'll have to approach it from both ends. >> reporter: but he said firefighters are trained more than ever to handle the pressure. in december caltrans shut down one of the four bores to practice an emergency response. >> you can have it even to the point of something is actually on fire. >> reporter: the first goal is getting people out of the tunnel. here firefighters shined flashlights inside the cars checking everyone escaped. then attention turns toward putting out the blaze. >> as the fire grew bigger, the smoke grew thicker. >> reporter: when crews built the new tunnel, they also did improve

as kpix5's mark kelly tells us, the issue is two gets to live there. mark? >> reporter: well liz, the city want to get rid of this parking lot and put in low income housing. but the neighborhood association here says they have enough of that in this neighborhood. they want to see middle class homes. this battery street high-rise, low income housing, and kiddy corner, they are putting finishing touches on the sampson apartments. also low income. they are now look at building a third low income project. carol is treasurer for the neighborhood association. she is not against living next door to low income housing, she just believes the middle class should have a shot at affordable housing too. >> you don't want rich and poor. why not have the middle class? that helps the whole neighborhood i think. >> reporter: she says the city comes up with one reason after another why their hands are tied and why this has to be low income housing. but the neighborhood has gone up against the city before and won. who can forget eight washington? >> it will create another park

i am mark kelly. >> and i am anne. it is a lovely morning. going be warm all around the bay area. >>> and now a live look, you can see plenty of sunshine, a little bit of fog there in the background, temperatures are warm, concord at 51-degrees. san francisco, 52. a little chilly in santa rosa at 42-degrees this morning. morning clouds and fog but sunshine for everybody today. and warmer, we have a bit of a warming friend this weekend. >>> funeral arrangements are still being finalized for a san show--for a san jose police officer, michael johnson. >> but people are still coming to honor him. maria is there on the toughest moment yet for the police chief. ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> a bright light among us was put out on tuesday night. we have not add an officer involved shooting since 2001 and we always say and hope and think that that is the last one. >> reporter: the police chief was off duty when he says he got the call he will never forget, that one of the officers was shot and killed in the line of duty. >> it is probably the hardest call i have h

mark kelly tells us the two drivers took off after the crash, leaving the dead and the injured behind. skid marks paint a picture of those final moments. 3:13 this morning. at hill h'sdale and meridian, two vehicles heading westbound. police say speed and alcohol played a factor when one vehicle lost control and hit a pole. three passengers were ejected, including a 15-year-old boy who died. harry says that victim was his good friend. >> rest in peace. he was a good person. >> harry and his friends came to the crash site this morning to pay their respects. >> he was one of the real ones to me. much love to him. >> hope whoever was with him, at least try to help him out or something, because that's bad how he died. he didn't die in peace. >> the crash is under investigation. police say the driver of the wrecked vehicle and a second driver fled before police got there. >> pieces of the car everywhere. it looks bad. >> this afternoon, people stopped by to clean up pieces of the crash. a shattered window, scattered debris. for this group, all reminders of the friend they had and suddenly

mark kelly live at the site in san francisco tonight. what happened? >> reporter: well, ken, the wild raccoon was found at this construction site. this is the sfmoma expansion. it made it its home a few months ago peering down the rafters watching him work. one of those workers decided he could not bear to see this wild animal trapped and euthanized. >> its calling was for me to let it go and that's what i did. >> reporter: todd sutton paid dearly for it. >> he didn't do anything for it. he was kind of trapped in our building. >> reporter: his company fired him accusing him of theft for supposedly stealing the cage itself from the job site. >> trapped in the cage, poor little guy looked pathetic looking up at me, let me out of here. >> reporter: surrounded by skyscrapers todd needed to find the nearest semblance of wilderness he could find. he came here to the embarcardero and let that wild animal free in a bush. >> i got that cage open and he scoots out pretty quick. he was free. >> reporter: that feel good for you? >> it felt good for me. >> reporter

in the mission, mark kelly, kpix5. >>> some claims tonight that cats are being trapped and then left to die under an east bay high school. animal rights groups say the district is boarding up access under the liberty high campus. killing the feral cats that have made the crawl space their home. cat lovers say there is a better solution. >> this is a door, that we one, we actually gave them. but they don't use it. but it is a door with a clear view. and it only goes in one direction. so the cat accounts go out. they see the light and go toward the light and get out, but they can't get back in. >> the animal groups working the school district in brentwood will bring their concern to a board meeting tomorrow. we reached out to district officials and so far, no response. >>> well, we are all a little guilty of spending a little too much time on our smartphone. tonight, we are learning it could have some serious effects on our health. cate caugurian on the conditions some doctors are now calling text neck. >> reporter: smartphones keep us connected but they are also tear our bodies apart.

mark kelly shows us the sudden rash of attacks has the community on edge tonight. >> reporter: friday afternoon, hayward high school lets out. police say as the 16-year-old victim walked home, the kidnapper pounced. >> suspect got out of the car an pulled her into the car with him. >> reporter: lieutenant jeff s snell says the man had a gun. >> she was able to get away on foot. the suspect fled the area in his vehicle. >> reporter: the first of a string of attempted kidnaps happened here nearly a month ago. the victim then also a teenage girl. >> so we are certainly investigating the possibility they are connected. >> reporter: in the first two attacks, victims described a 20 something-year-old man around five foot seven weighing 150 pounds and driving a door cars. the girls got away. >> someone around trying to harm our children. >> reporter: dionisia is a psychologist at several hayward schools and here is the girl's fears firsthand. >> they have very much afraid of what is going on in their community here. >> reporter: there are more cops patrolling the schools an educating school

mark kelly spoke with fire victims who literally had to run for their lives. >> you see black smoke up in the air. >> reporter: dead of night, fire breaks out in an apartment on the second floor. >> you see orange flames. >> reporter: theodore said he had no clue his building caught fire. at first, he ignored firefighters ringing his doorbell. >> our bell rings a lot at night and it is usually some junkie. tonight, it was the fire department. >> reporter: the unit where the fire started, flames have taken two lives. both men, 28 and 35 years old. firefighters feared losing more and gave it everything they had to keep the old wooden roof from caving in, but the large attic only fanned the flames. >> it feel like forever. felt like hours. >> reporter: the fire spread to an adjoining building where 20 people slept. >> we didn't smell any smoke or hear anything. >> reporter: when firefighters alerted benjamin garcia, he grabbed his dog and got outside. >> i went outside and i looked and saw the flames. >> reporter: for the 30 people who called these apartments home, artists and musicians,

mark kelly shows us. >> reporter: in serene sanol valley, a feat offing nearing is wrapping up. >> as a result of this project, the bay area is safer than it was a few days ago. >> reporter: daniel wade's job is to make sure after a major quake, you still get water from the hetch hetchy reservoir. but northern california's terrain makes that a challenge. >> our water system crosses all of the three major earthquake faults. >> reporter: they are ticking time bombs. making matters worse, all that hetch hetchy drinking water flows through one very old tunnel in sanol. >> it has not been taken out of service since 1966 because it is so critical for the service to the customers. >> reporter: but that is changing. the san francisco puc spent $340 million to build a brand new second tunnel and we went down for a peek. >> reporter: we are about 115 feet below the ground now. we are standing opponents top of the tunnel and it is pumping 63,000 gallons a min of water. >> reporter: david has headed the tunnel project for four anxious years. >> it is like waiting for a baby that was born. you are

mark kelly, kpix5. >>> what kind of person would abandon these bay area puppies?ecause of this woman, six lives will be saved. a require medical procedure happening tomorrow that could make bay area history. >> there is a new dating app out there tonight. it describes itself as tinder without the po >> tonight, a bunch of puppies left for dead are in need of good homes. someone spotted nine of these little guys near a dumpster in san rafael last night. somebody put them there. the good samaritan scooped all of them up and brought them to the marin humane society. >> the puppies are here, safe n good condition. they will be spayed and neuters and evaluated and put up for adoption as soon as we can. we have gotten a lot of interest which is wonderful. but we are trying to remind people we have dogs and puppies that need homes all year around. >> yeah, those pups appear to be a shepherd lab mix. >>> well, in just a few hours, bay area doctors will try to make medical history. we are talking about six people and six kidneys. >> i didn't realize it was going to be such

in san jose, mark kelly, kpix5. >>> and tonight, san jose police changed their website to this tribute to officer johnson. badge number 3718. well stay with kpix5 for continuing coverage of this story on air and on kpix.com. >>> tonight, it is all up to the jury. did silicon valley's biggest venture capital firm discriminate against a employee because she was a woman or was she not as qualified? our phil matier says whatever the outcome, the case is having an impact on the bay area. >> there are lots of facts and pouts. >> pout. >> was she being punished being too feminine or not feminine enough? >> reporter: lawyers had their final say before the jury. >> gender issues in silicon valley have been a secret too long. this is opening up the underbelly of the venture capital world. it is more segregated than the high-tech world. >> reporter: suddenly, the question of sex discrimination has gone high-tech. >> there is a case this week filed against facebook. a class action against twitter. all gender claims. around 73% of the employees in silicon valley high-tech companies are male leaving

in napa, mark kelly, kpix 5. >>> two bats in fremont have tested positive for rabies the first near a community center this month, the second found friday near an elementary school. a dog picked it up by the playground at niles elementary school. that dog is now under quarantine. health officials are warning pet owners to make sure their rabies vaccines are up to date. >>> california's water resources board has approved some tough new restrictions and here are some of them. restaurants will no longer be allowed to automatically serve water. customers will have to ask for it. hotels will be required to offer guests the option of not having their linens and towels washed every day. and people with lawns and gardens will not be able to water them for 48 hours after a rainy day. >> you see people's sprinklers on during the rain it's crazy. even the public sprinklers. when you're in a major drought and not doing commonsense stuff like that, it's irresponsible. >> water agencies will make sure their customers water their yards only twice a week. people who are caught watering more than that

in san francisco, mark kelly, kpix 5. >> 4:50. you might be using it >>> good morning. 4:52. taking a tour around the bay area today, temperatures slightly above normal under a partly sunny sky along the peninsula. highs upper 60s, low 70s. 71 degrees today in danville with sun/cloud mix. it will be breezy and cloudy in the northern portion of the bay area in the 60s. a slight chance of rain in windsor in the mid-60s. >>> what a difference a morning makes. this is a live look at the richmond/san rafael bridge approach all dry and no cars. where's all the traffic? somewhere around the bay area. but if you don't want to get caught in any delay you can always ride mass transit because everything is on time. a check of "kcbs traffic," it's all coming up. >> they're coming, liz, they're coming. >>> a waitress in anaheim is recovering after four people ditched their tab and ran her over with their car. some surveillance video shows the waitress chased down and confronted the customers in the parking lot where they ran over her. she was knocked unconscious. >> we made eye contact. a

and i think it's important for all of us to recognize that. >> reporter: in san francisco, mark kelly, kpix 5. >> police chief says that once the investigation is complete, he will fire any officers involved. >>> today u.s. secretary of state john kerry is starting another round of talks with his iranian couldn't part. the two diplomats are in switzerland but no one is promising any breakthroughs and coming up with the framework for a nuclear agreement. kerry and iran's foreign minister mohammed sarif are trying to meet a march 31st deadline. >>> hillary clinton and her e- mails will be back in the political spotlight this week. house speaker john boehner is expected to announce an investigation into clinton's use of personal e-mail while she was secretary of state and likely look at the decision to delete more than 30,000 of the messages. clinton says they were prief messages but she didn't tell anyone from the state department or the white house about it. all this is provoking sarcasm from republicans. >> i don't know what will happen in the senate. i think this is reminiscent as th

more now from kpix 5's mark kelly. >> we don't believe that anyone should be discriminated against. [ inaudible ] >> now i think we're reacting to an obvious misconception about what the law does. >> reporter: indiana republicans call the law the religious freedom restoration act. critics say it's just plain discrimination against grace. the president of san francisco -- gays, the president of san francisco state wrote -- seattle's mayor tweeted -- internet company angies list is pulling the plug on a big construction project in the heart of indiana. >> we believe that what -- what that bill does to our efforts to recruit good talent into indiana, significant. >> reporter: bainin's governor says the law gives business more freedom. not less. >> and it's about restricting the government's ability to intrude on the religious liberty of our citizens. >> reporter: mark kelly, kpix 5. >> san francisco mayor ed lee has already banned his city employees from traveling to indiana for business. >>> time now on this tuesday is 4:41. lots of people are complaining about the batter in the -- wate

. >> here is mark kelly with a lock at what else people in the city are doing to save water. >> reporter: san jose's home and garden expo is part home improvement, part tutorial on california's drout. >> i worry about it every day. >> jennifer roman is looking into new ideas to conserve water at home, even the unconventional ones. >> so i'm going to get a bucket and plant my new beds and hopefully keep them hydrated with bath water. >> and as bay area water districts look to raise the cost of your water now might be the perfect time to rip up a lawn. >> their bills are three to $400 per month. >> heidi leather says your best bet is to replace that with astroturf. she admits installing fake green in your yard could take a good amount of real green from your wallet but it's an investment that will still look good in 25 years. >> it looks perfect. i tell people you want perfect grass you'll get it. it's not an eyesore like the old days. it used to be too shiny. >> as for drout tolerant plants, landscape architect susan vogel has a ton of them. but she admits a big hurdle is getting people t

kpix 5's mark kelly shows us how they are fighting back. >> i live here forever. >> reporter: sylvia smith has called this apartment home for four decades living under three other landlords. but her newest one has this 70- year-old grandmother at the end of her rope. >> she is a big son of a gun. >> reporter: sylvia says when landlord ann swain bought 1135 guerrero last year, her rent controlled unit was $1,007 a month and she says it did not take long for the intimidation tactics to begin. >> she accuse me i sell drugs to the neighbors and marijuana for all the tenants in the building. >> number of things she is doing in these building that are straight out illegal. >> reporter: sylvia is not alone. these tenants also say swain is harassing them, stopping mail delivery, not depositing the rent checks. >> at one point she cut the internet cable, um, she didn't restore it for three weeks. >> unbelievable, you know? >> reporter: people from different walks of life but one thing in common, tenants with rent below market rate value. >> can't work with them. >> reporter: told they are get

they basically have control of me on the ground. >> now, what you might not have caught is mark kelly's a fast one on nasa right before his brother lifted off. charles bolton telling kelly on monday, he almost had a heart attack when his brother showed up without his mustache. he fooled all of us. it was the only way i could tell you two apart. the a.p. reports mark kelly was still clean shaven today, perhaps to keep the experiment as scientific as possible. if his brother had to grow a matching mustache, who knows what would happen to it that long in space. eart attack, it's my back. i mean bayer back & body. it works great for pain. bayer back & body provides effective relief for your tough pain. better? yeah...thanks for the tip! [ male announcer ] take zzzquil and sleep like... the kids went to nana's house... for the whole weekend! [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] zzzquil, the non habit forming sleep aid that helps you sleep easily and wake refreshed. because sleep is a beautiful thing. >>> i've wanted to be black, that's what i've wanted. i met an american and he was shocked that in

kelly: thanks for having me. markid "i believe the market outlook is improving and we have not said that in a long time." is that continued outlook continuing this year? kelly: yes, it really is. we are seeing stabilization, as we predicted one year ago and the large aircraft transport market continues to be a boone for us. mark: how much of rockwell is contracted? kelly: a little more than 50%. mark: the company has made a shift. resources are going from the government business to the commercial side. has that given you an ability to adjust to things that might happen in washington, for just defense or budget cuts? kelly: we like to have a balance between commercial and government business. we were already at the percent -- at 60% government when we started transitioning into this. we like to have that balance. it gives us the flexibly to sustain the resources that we have, and generally what we are doing is very common in oath markets. mark: how much did the sequester limit your flexibility? kelly: pretty significan

still have a lot to learn. >> mark kelly, jay barbree. that. >> very much appreciate it. they're not letting me but i will do this in the future with you guys. thank you so much. >> thank you, jose. >> you're welcome, jose. >>> in our to wall street let's come back to earth. investors focusing on new report on the economy and yellen and yemen. mandy drury, good to see you on earth. >> what a pity i would rather be up there in space. >> by the way, if they said to you there's a chance to go and come back obviously not staying forever, would you do that would you be be interested in going to mars? >> if there was a guarantee i come back absolutely. there's no guarantee with that kind of thing, at least not now in the current reality. talking of reality, stocks are little change now, but lower over the week jose. what else is lower, bond yields. we got some data showing economic growth in the fourth quarter was still only 2.2% whereas some were hoping for upward revision. 2.2% is less than half the 5% growth we saw in the third quarter. one

if he looks familiar, he's the brother of mark kelly, the husband of gabby giffords. -term space flight in twins. how kelly's body responds to mark kelly's body on ground. they will study muscle mass and immune system. >>> one group forced from a long-time home wants to go out with a bang instead of a whimper. how some cutting end artists say good-bye. >> it looks like something out of a capsule. >> reporter: behind the graffiti covered wall and rough exterior of this building, the palace for the art. for nearly two decades. >> some of my props here. >> reporter: this former industrial warehouse served as an under ground base it was founded as south base. they opened art and when i mentioned it to people, they instantly went back to their first raid their first hula hoop class. this is the art gallery. >> reporter: mike and his circus performance troop took the over the space and renamed it intermission. >> just perfect for circus. always housed, 12 different studios. >> reporter: he dumped tens of thousands of dollars trying to make the building legit. >> put together

mark kelly on the fast-food run that led cops right to them. >> reporter: police say this two women went on a car stealing spree. >> they could be linked to 25 additional stolen vehicles. >> jessica atkins of hayward and her partner made a mistake. the suspects were taking property out of one stolen vehicle and putting it in another. both women slipped past police that time. >> jumped in one of the vehicles and fled leaving behind the other stolen vehicle. >> the next day the same parking lot and odd behavior moving stuff from one vehicle to another. >> it is unusual they would be in the same place doing the same thing. >> they wouldn't get away. police tracked them to this home. out front the two stolen vehicles, same ones from the jack in the box parking lot. when they made the arrest, atkins put up quite the fight. >> it was drama like a movie. >> this screenplay has a tragic ending. both counts of vehicle theft. kpix5. >> a driver turned this pet clinic into a drive through. the driver was pulling in the parking lot and kept going right into the entrance on dell avenue. >>> tonight w

mark kelly is married to former congresswoman gabby girlfriends. the kelly brothers are taking part in a groundbreaking experiment with scott in orbit and mark on the ground over the course of a year and beyond. scientists will compare samples from the brothers on everything from their saliva to their bone mass to their chromosomes. now, the goal is to see how space flight affects the human body. >>> okay. >> all that excitement is from a student robotics competition out in fairfax today. the teams had six weeks to build a robot that can pick up recycling bins and stack them on platforms. there are 49 teams in total. some from our area and some as far away as brazil. they've come here to fully embrace their geekiness. >> this opportunity is great. kind of like just having almost our super bowl moment. >> competition lasts for two days. there's a whole lot of talent and creativity in that room. >>> parents, you know getting the best gear for your kids can help them play their best. >> it certainly can. athletes may soon though have a falls church se

his twin brother, retired as astronaut mark kelly. he has scroll tiered for the study. ng poked and prodded by researchers here while scott makes history in orbit. kelly won't be alone. several other crew members will rotate in and out during kelly's stay. >> all right. sanjay gupta. are you geeked out? i know you are based upon our e-mailing back and forth. >> i love this stuff. >> you've undergone some of the same training astronauts have gone through. i've been to space camp twice. no big deal. let's talk about this study between mark and scott. >> this started when mark was going to be the longest nasa astronaut to stay in space. we know what the human body does around the six month mark. there's lots of data what six months of zero gravity does. does that plateau then at a steady state or do things continue to change? is there continued impacts on the heart and eyes? don't know for sure how much is space and how much is the person. that's why you have this perfect control in mark and scott. >> let me hit pause on our conversation. we're going to listen in to nasa na