mark matthews, abc7 news. >>> meantime, breaking news in oakland. police are searching for a man who flashed a gun at a woman outside kaiser hospital a short time ago. a man in his mid 30s got off an ac transit bus and started a conversation with her. he lifted up his shirt and showed her a gun in his waistband then took off. there's a heavy police press expense in the area now. >>> stinking -- stunning new s in the trial accused of beating a priest. william lynch testified he punched father gerald lindner for allegedly molesting lynch and his brother. katie marzullo is live outside the courthouse. >> reporter: it is a long and detailed story right out of the gate the d.a. related her case against william lynch. then lynch took the stand. right away he admitted that he did hit father jerry lindner. he said, "i don't want to insult the jury." his attorney took him back to 1947 to that camping trying he -- trip he took involving families that where he says he met father jerry as they called him for the first time. he went into graphic testimony about

mark matthews, abc7 news. >>> meantime, breaking news in oakland. police are searching for a man who flashed a gun at a woman outside kaiser hospital a short time ago. a man in his mid 30s got off an ac transit bus and started a conversation with her. he lifted up his shirt and showed her a gun in his waistband then took off. there's a heavy police press expense in the area now. >>> stinking -- stunning new s in the trial accused of beating a priest. william lynch testified he punched father gerald lindner for allegedly molesting lynch and his brother. katie marzullo is live outside the courthouse. >> reporter: it is a long and detailed story right out of the gate the d.a. related her case against william lynch. then lynch took the stand. right away he admitted that he did hit father jerry lindner. he said, "i don't want to insult the jury." his attorney took him back to 1947 to that camping trying he -- trip he took involving families that where he says he met father jerry as they called him for the first time. he went into graphic testimony about

. >> abc7 political reporter mark matthews is at the prop 29 -- yes on prop 29 gathering in lafayette. >> the size of the crowd has shrinking, but don't let that fool you. the attention to the proposition has been nationwide. big tobacco ponied up $47 million to quash this measure that would add $1 per pack, the voter support began falling after tobacco financed ads and started hitting radio and television. tonight the early returns showed the state evenly divided at 9:00 with 8% of the pray sinks -- precincts reporting. the measure was winning 50 tw to 48% -- 52 to 48%, but it was 54 to 49 and by 10:00 it was close to 50/50. the former state legislator is the co chair on the yes on 8 campaign. >> i expected that it would be a toss up. i don't believe we are going to know until every ballot is counted. first of all it is a low turnout. secondly we are sort of david against goliath. >> tobacco taxes have been proven to reduce smoking. opponents say prop 29 would hurt the economy by taking $735 million a year out of pockets of california smokers. >> i am hoping that it is a no. this is

. >> abc7 political reporter mark matthews is at the prop 29 -- yes on prop 29 gathering in lafayette. >> the size of the crowd has shrinking, but don't let that fool you. the attention to the proposition has been nationwide. big tobacco ponied up $47 million to quash this measure that would add $1 per pack, the voter support began falling after tobacco financed ads and started hitting radio and television. tonight the early returns showed the state evenly divided at 9:00 with 8% of the pray sinks -- precincts reporting. the measure was winning 50 tw to 48% -- 52 to 48%, but it was 54 to 49 and by 10:00 it was close to 50/50. the former state legislator is the co chair on the yes on 8 campaign. >> i expected that it would be a toss up. i don't believe we are going to know until every ballot is counted. first of all it is a low turnout. secondly we are sort of david against goliath. >> tobacco taxes have been proven to reduce smoking. opponents say prop 29 would hurt the economy by taking $735 million a year out of pockets of california smokers. >> i am hoping that it is a no. this is

reporting from lafayette, mark matthews, abc7 news. >> thank you.hichon alters term limits from members of the state legislature. >> it has passed. it reduces the total number of years for legislators from 14 to 12, but allows spawmakers to spend all of them in the senate or the assembly. >> and here is a look at some of the measures voters in the bay area are deciding right now. san francisco measure a will open the city's garbage contract to competitive bidding and losia wide by a wide margin. >> and coit tower is getting support. measure b is leading. it would prioritize funds raised at coit tower to preserve the fragile frees scows there. >> and voters overwhelmingly voting for ut cking -- for cutting pensions. >> abc7 news reporter quintana is live at city hall. >> this is pitt that pitted the mayor and a majority of the city council here in san jose against city unions, a coalition of city unions. the voters had to decide how much they would allow the city leaders to modify employee pensions. the san jose mayor pushed to put it on the ballot a

mark matthews, abc7 news. >>> here is reminder, stay with us at 9:00 for the latest election coverage and results. you can also go to abc7news.com for continuous up to the minute returns as soon as the polls close. we'll tweet results throughout the night and follow us on twitter. >> new details in the sexual assault accusations against pablo sandoval. we know there was a meeting in a bar on thursday night. that stretched into friday morning. from there was a he said, she said kind of story. he is playing tonight for the single a team and karina rusk has the latest. >> sheriff investigators say the woman accusing pablo sandoval of sexual assault was with sandoval and small group of people thursday night at club in downtown santa cruz, they confirm this is where the third baseman was hanging out before he left early friday morning. >> he was downtown in a small group along with her. though went to the resort in aptos. >> more than just the two of them? >> correct. >> the 21-year-old claims it took place at sea scape resort in aptos and reported it 4:25 friday morning. >> she contacted

in oakland, mark matthews, abc 7 news. >>> in sacramento tonight the governor finally has a budget plan on his desk after all sorts of compromise and arm twisting. it includes big cuts and an assumption about a voter approved tax hike and prompting all kinds of unusual political jockkying. nannette miranda reports from sacramento. >> it is outrageous. >> reporter: using just majority vote powers democrats gave governor jerry brown's temporary tax hike measure a leg up on the november ballot and passed a bill giving all constitutional amendments like the governor's tax proposal and bonds top billing. since the water bond will delay until the 2014 mexico election critics call it a tricky maneuver. >> it will be the number one place on the november ballot. >> reporter: voters tend to mark the yes box for measures high up on the long ballot. a boost the governor's tax plan could use since support has been sliding in recent opinion polls. the ballot jockkying also appropriates $1,000 to the secretary of state to make the change which made it an a easier to pass budget bill. democrats deny an

billion contacts a year of people's money, there will be mistakes, unfortunate events, take me, mark matthewsose i have a $10,000 tax debt, but a $500 mandate debt, there will be mistakes that will be confused and you have to pay the irs. >> right, mark matthews, thank you very much. we warned you how obama care will lead to the government coming into my house, who will save us from being dragged into a stagnant european style entitled economy. 20 new taxes are coming folks, 20. that's incredible. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. drive around town all the time doing errands and never ever have to fill up gas in the city. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. the last time i went to the gas station must have been about three months ago. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. ♪ last season was the gulf's best tourism season in years. in florida we had more suntans... in alabama we had more beautiful blooms... in mississippi we had more good times..

and there is a mark matthews live in san francisco. mark, long lines formed all afternoon. >> and there is last of the long lines. it's disappearing into the terminal here that, is good news. ferry service estimates 12,000 to 13,000 passengers crossed the bay today and this is because of the shut down. just a half horg ago stretching there and back and there were free pins being handed out sm. grumbling about the web site crashing today and the votes that -- boats that loaded thup morning couldn't get out of the area over in alameda because the dock couldn't handle boats being pulled into service. so this has been a trying day. >> one dock, only two sides. sending three, four boats there is a standoff. >> we missed the 8:30 perry. making it at 9:30. i left at 7:00. so just maybe two, three hours to get here. >> and is there a quick commute home? >> i hope so. thank you. >> and there is a long morning and they're adding an extra boat to get passengers out from san francisco, back to oakland and that is helped some, as we can see the line

that is where mark matthews is tonight. >> these are some of the same folks at oklahoma city bombing investigating that as well as attack on the pentagon on september 11th. they've been called in and when they do show up for an investigation there is a resolution wait rate goes way up. >> the fire was so intense, that when it was over, only a single story remains. three floors of the building still under construction. and they're now just a heap of ash and metal. >> we're pulling ate part. >> the national response team's leader says the nrt will start the lifting tomorrow, and today, they're photographing and mapping the building. and this is a process offer every investigation looking for how the fire moved. >> i will tell you that there are fire patterns to look at. we're going toke through layer by layer and see if we can't find of cause of the fire. >> there are eight more here from local offices saying it will take until sunday and investigations go, this one ranks among the most difficult because there is so little left. >> this is like a puzzle, hopefully this will tell whaus

more on that tonight from abc 7's political reporters mark matthews. >> reporter: solyndra reported 1,100 workers laid off. >> the day they threw us out the door, they cut off our benefits and gave us nothing. >> workers at the time said they he suspected the company had been hiding the fact that the pams weren't selling. production continued even as the panels were stacking up inside the factory. the managers never did talk about or anything else when the ceo and cfo were called before congress to explain what happened to the $535 million government loan they both refused to answer. >> i have been advised by counsel. >> reporter: republican members of congress cried cover up. you new thes yolks you knew titanic was sinking. the company was hiding the actual number of layoffs and labor department documents obtained by the bay citizen the actual number is estimated at 1861. 761 more than solyndra said when the company closed. the labor department has known the real number for nearly a year. you remember when fbi agents raided solyndra, carting away boxes of paper documents. later that mont

reporting from sap bruno, mark matthews abc 7 news. >> capitol hill next where senate leaders say they have reached a deal on freezing student loan rates for another year. they are still deciding the mechanic how the proposal will weave through congress final day before lawmakers leave washington for the july 4th holiday. >>> well today the pentagon did something it has never done before. recognize the service of gay and lesbian troops. historic event came 9 months after the repeal of the military don't ask don't tell policy that had prohibited gay troop from serving openly. the policy forced more than 13,000 plus service members out of the arm forces. officials say the change allows those who protect this country a frame they have long deserved. >> for those service ns members gay and lesbian we lift add real and personal burden from their shoulders. they no long verify to live a lie in the military. they will no longer have to somehow teach a child to lie to protect the if her father's career. >> the president and defense secretary panetta delivered taped messages for this event. >>

dow jones plunged 274 points and there is mark matthew was a look at implications and race for the white house. >> first and foremost it's bad news for the obama campaign. five months out from election day, the economy going south. >> in minnesota the president tried to spin numbers. >> our businesses have created 4 almost $4.3 million new jobs. >> at uc berkeley, the former labor secretary called it more yendus. not wout some hope for the administration. >> last year we had a job slump and came out of it. by the end of the year, things were looking good. >> the president doesn't have until the end of the year. henry brady studies how, and when, voters engage. >> i think we're at the point they're starting to pay attention. and white house has to really hope that june figures for june, june coming outlook better but it doesn't look like they will given the trends now. >> he says he expects the slow down will be reflected in the poles. -- poll eyes expect the next poll to show you maybe downward trend for obama. this is right really bad news for the obama white house. >> and there is a re

there is mark matthew was details of the news conference today. >> there is is the first time we've had a chance to talk to jean kwan. while away it's revealed her plan, her 100 block initiative was based on faulty information. a study found violent crimes are more wide spread and not just concentrated in the areas identified bit mayor. >> good afternoon. i understand you have questions for me. >> the mayor began admitting she made a mistake. and and there is information about murders and violent crime being concentrated in a 100 block area of the city. and there is responsibility for repeating it many times. >> and i probably should take more time to analyze and read it myself. i didn't. >> there is a strategy that is a good one. she's now saying 100 blocks referring to particular areas of oakland rather than specific blocks. >> we think we have a right to the right plan. it's the right team. >> and the mayor says it's showing results. but the fact is that violent crime, murder, rapes, assaults and part one crime sup 20% in oakland. >> there is why we've been trying to supply these str

. >>> mark matthews will be reporting on the president's visit. ther to of one of abc7's top scholars. -- how one student has battled cancer to become an inspiration. >> at 5:00, local college students who won major national award for technology that could one day eliminate the dead batteries that pollute landfills. those stories and more later. >> mike has a final check on weather. >>> maybe solar today instead of batteries let's show what is going on the next couple of days. today back to and -- back to average. we drop two to six degrees friday morning clouds. calmer and warmer sunday through tuesday look at that inland heat might be air conditioning weather once again. >>> i feel like we should do final traffic. [ laughing ] >> you have to wait until tomorrow morning for that from all of us here, thanks for joining us. >> who wants to be a millionaire is next. great idea. so we'll switch to u-verse tv and internet... that's just what we need... i got accepted into juilliard. [ dad ] that's great! can we talk about wireless plans? now we can vi

. >>> mark matthews will be reporting on the president's visit.at ther to of one of abc7's top scholars. -- how one student has battled cancer to become an inspiration. >> at 5:00, local college students who won major national award for technology that could one day eliminate the dead batteries that pollute landfills. those stories and more later. >> mike has a final check on weather. >>> maybe solar today instead of batteries let's show what is going on the next couple of days. today back to and -- back to average. we drop two to six degrees friday morning clouds. calmer and warmer sunday through tuesday look at that inland heat might be air conditioning weather once again. >>> i feel like we should do final traffic. [ laughing ] >> you have to wait until tomorrow morning for that from all of us here, thanks for joining us. >> who wants to be a millionaire is next.

mark matthew, abc7 news. >>> we caught up with some ferry pangs from the east bay as they arrived in san francisco and they made the best of a bad situation. >> had to make a different plan tried to go through the tunnel, crazy, san francisco driving didn't look like a good idea, within to the alameda ferry, used to live there very easy, next to last on the boat, i was lucky, about 50 people got left behind. good morning and bad morning at the same time. >> normally, i take bart every morning, ride my bike i heard there was a fire and uh-oh do we do? off we big long line i made it on there's people that didn't make it on. >>> it is a good way to go passengers said they enjoyed the ferry they are hoping to take bart back this afternoon. >> no problems at the bay area's new ferry terminal a couple of terminal just opened last week many witnessed the crowds for the east bay ferries heading into the city so they decided to)l$& take this as an alternat. the baylink ferry has add add extra 11 a.m. departure from vallejo going to stop at at&t park for giants fans before the ferry heads to t

mark matthew, abc7 news. >>> we caught up with some ferry pangs from the east bay as they arrived in san francisco and they made the best of a bad situation. >> had to make a different plan tried to go through the tunnel, crazy, san francisco driving didn't look like a good idea, within to the alameda ferry, used to live there very easy, next to last on the boat, i was lucky, about 50 people got left behind. good morning and bad morning at the same time. >> normally, i take bart every morning, ride my bike i heard there was a fire and uh-oh do we do? off we big long line i made it on there's people that didn't make it on. >>> it is a good way to go passengers said they enjoyed the ferry they are hoping to take bart back this afternoon. >> no problems at the bay area's new ferry terminal a couple of terminal just opened last week many witnessed the crowds for the east bay ferries heading into the city so they decided to)l$& take this as an alternat. the baylink ferry has add add extra 11 a.m. departure from vallejo going to stop at at&t park for giants fans before the ferry heads to t

mark matthews is live to explain why. mark? >> this got heated today. the mayor back from a trip having tochl plain how this statistic is based on faulty information. just back from brazil this, is the first time the mayor addressed the controversy that blew up in her absence. the fact the initiative for fighting crime is based on faulty information. >> i probably should have taken more time toan lies the data. i didn't. >> this turns out murders are spread out over a greater area. mayor kwan stands by the strategy for police enforcement in certain parts of the city. this now identifies top 10 area autos there are limited resources. we have to do the best with what we have. >> assistant chief says crime is up for the year but has been trending down for the past few months. >> that is why it's important for us to stay the course. >> critics contend there are other crime-fighting strategies. gang injunctions and curfews. >> people know this plan ain't real. she didn't support the curfew ordinance. >> saying police administration support for the mayor's pl

an area many now refer to as ground zero that is where mark matthews is tonight. >> crews just pullednts ago. you can see behind me

mark matthews is in daily city with that part of the story for use locals telling me traffic is up a bit but business not so much. big spike in expectations. and at the tournament, merchandising tent is full of people buying 0dzs hats. >> there are 100,000 hats and by sunday they'll be gone about but what about outside? in community? >> i know when we had the open in tori pines the city was very happy. and a study determined direct spending was $73 million for food, entertainment, and lodging. >> and we were staying at the hyatt regency in. >> in the airport area. >> but what about the city chosest to the event? there are buses transporting spectators and the bart station. so we know 250,000 or so fans will pass through. >> and they're please stand by, this is a testing to b be -- going to be dropped oof all they're going to have to do is go to west lake. >> the west lake shopping center is just blocks. but in dapne's greek cafe, no sign of increased order autos nothing major. >> and same story at burger mifter. >> hoping there would be golfers realizing that it's good res vaunts in

. >> and there are mark matthew was the new policy and reaction to it. >> and as you know economy is the number one issue in this race for the white house. >> the president says it make nose sense to expell talented young people but as he spoke, students occupied offices around the country in protest. >> and we're going to stay here until he gives an order to stop deportation. >> in berkeley minority students applauded this plan. >> yechl i know a lot of people will be impacted and there are friends. >> she's talking about classmates at stanford. >> they're asking students that i know that are undocumented there now, studying. >> and he adds this issue will drive voters in november. >> and we're looking for hope. >> there is movement growing over last 24 hours, i feel like it will be huge. >> this afternoon, mitt romney saying the president overstepped. >> this makes reaching a solution more difficult. >> and that is repeated by the chair of the gop. >> this could be more devicive in the long run and less helpful to the country than if he passed a law. >> so this is talking about the

mark matthews takes a look why money matters so much. >> president came to san francisco for a $35,800und table with a small group of donors at the spears street tower. then off to a $5,000 plate lunch at merchants exchange. to see how money matters, look what happened last night. supporters of prop 29 saw their lead disappear, campaign buried under an avalanche ads paid by big tobacco. scott walker fended off a recall that at times opponents shut down the state capitol. walker the first to survive a recall as a governor he did it by orders of magnitude. just a week ago the chair of the democratic party was so confident that walker would be defeated. >> it's given obama to do the dry run we need of our massive significant dynamic campaign. >> if last night was dry run for november, the president is in trouble. >> i'm not sure if terrified is the right word. i'm very worried. >> she was wearing her obama cuff links and hoping the wisconsin election is not a harbinger to come. >> what we know is that one side is spending can be enormously effective. when both sides are spending a lost mo

mark matthews joins with us more. >> in west lake, expectations are high because we're just blocks from the olympic club course. but the way the transportation was set up there is fear that spectators would pass the down by. shuttle buses were the way to get in. and they bypassed businesses at west lake shopping sent skbrer a week ago the owner of burger mifter told me he had concerns. today he's a happy man. >> we have exceeded expectations and it was awesome. we were packed all day, nonston. >>> there are others. >> west lake did very well. >> joseph west lake did better than that. there is one tournament player stop by. >> we saw john peterson. and he really enjoyed this restaurant. >> tampton inn reported a great weekend. and last monday, there was 400 thousand items printed with olympic club logo. a week later not one of the 100,000 ball caps was left. >> there is a fantastic week. one of the best ever. >> today, usga marked down remaining merchandise to 50% but only until 5:00 tonight. >> going out of business and there are a bunch of junior prob -- programs we support. and our in

. >> we're obviously having technical difficulty was mark matthews' microphone, we'll get it straightened out later on at 5:00 and 6:00. moving on. authorities called off a search for the body of a yolo county man who apparently fell into san francisco bay after attending the giants game, he reportedly fell off pier 32 around 10:45. the coast guard launched a helicopter and police and fire personnel searched by land this, is video of the search this morning. authorities say the man and a friend just returned to their car at the end of the pier, the friend got inside and he suddenly noticed his friend was gone. authorities say search teams faced many challenges with this. >> this is a current running fast, then, you know cohave been pulled out quite a ways. now, they're going into the water they may be able to get a better idea if cohave gotte gotten -- gotten snagged on something. >> they called off efforts around noon today. >> san francisco police will be under cover again at the giants game and the officers are dressing in dodger blue to root out trouble some fans during the series. la

mark matthews is here with a controversial plan for making it in america. >> there is congressman mike honda's idea. he figures one way is to give could be assumers an economic ensentive. so he's proposing a national rebate and money back on certain items made in the usa. last year the president asked steve job what's would it take to make iphones in the united states? and this entrepreneur says it's the wrong question. >> the government should not northbound the business of picking company autos the chairman and co-founder of the company that makes advanced build prog ducts tell meez there is another way to get companies to build things here. >> not just u.s. companies but companies from all over the word to hire our people and add value to goods here. >> kevin helped author a bill that could pay consumers for buy prog ducts built in the u.s.. >> when you're giving incentives to build here, people find a way. >> this is a tax credit up to 20% of the cost of the item. >> this is to the for me to pick. >> i asked who would pick prot ducts. >> we'll look at having a group of scientists a

mark matthews talked with a veteran who was a guest of honor at the event. >> christopher sits next totor health as he cut the ribbon on the new mental health center. he took his turn at the podium along with congresswoman. >> most veterans won't accept help even if they know they need it. at least here the veterans won't feel like they are imprisoned or something. >> his blunt assessment and all the other thank you speeches seemed off kilter but he knows what he is talking about. he was a patient in the old v.a. center. >> i was not going outside. i was staying at my home. >> when he came home from two and a half years of combat he says he began to withdraw. his family acquitted him to get help but in the old v.a. center it felt like a lockup. >> there were only three times when you go go out during state. >> they walked around the brand-new facility, pointing out the outdoor spaces and the furniture and windows, the chairs, rather than plastic. windows instead of blank walls. >> to be able to look out. >> the 90,000 square foot center was designed to give peace of mind. >> the work t

in lafayette, mark matthews, abc7 news. >> thanks very much. let me take a moment to point out the obvious. you see on the bottom of your screen as this hour progresses are a variety of election result throughout the bay area and the state. we will keep you up-to-date with others we aren't talking about specifically. you can watch the bottom of the screen. california voters are also deciding on term limits and whether to modify them. at this moment prop 28 is passing with 66% of the vote to 34% of the vote. only 8% of the precincts reporting still. but at this moment it looks as many voters in california want term limits at the state legislature level. now one local measure that is garnering a lot of attention is measure b in san jose. that would cut pension benefits for city employees. right now measure b is passing with 71% of the vote in favor of measure b. no, 29%. this is supported by the city council and mayor chuck reed in san jose. part of an ongoing battle to control costs in the city of san jose. abc news reporter sergio is live in sa

here's mark matthews. >>reporter: merchandise stand at the u.s.s so full of stuff last monday hard to imagine they didn't come close to signature all. >> we definitely exceeded that. it was far beyond our expectation. we had to remen issue product every day last week. we probably brought in 80,000 pieces of merchandise overnight during the week to keep up with the demand. >>reporter: on saturday when temperatures topped 80 degrees they sold out of hats. on sunday in the fog it was jacket and sweatshirt. >> outer wear flying out of here on sunday. >>reporter: it was quadruple what they sell at normal u.s. open. today until the doors close at 5:00 o'clock everything was half off. >> stuff that maybe i don't need. i didn't know if i needed it until i came in here now i need it. >>reporter: all tenths coming down this week. today u.s. ga guest were invited to play the course. olympic club says the course will be open to members on friday. at joe of west lake tournament spectators and players stopped by usually busy bar was packed. >> evening rush exce

mark matthews heard from opponent and supporters. >>reporter: san francisco bar on columbus owner janet clyde calls the law a blessing. >> i am just so grateful that this law has passed because again it helps us have certainty in managing our health care cost going forward. >>reporter: when i pressed her to say how the law impacted her hiring she pointed to toney her 60-year-old bartender. tony only working one day a week. >> we are a small business. we only need so many people to operate. >>reporter: clyde supported the law based more on the feeling that fit helps her employees it will help her business. down the street at this store owner believes the law will ruin his restaurant. >> doesn't work in france. doesn't work in portugal. doesn't work in ireland. doesn't work any wlishtion when i pressed him to say how the law is impacting his busy said it's coming. >> it's in difficult visible. you don't see it now but later. >>reporter: romney called ate i don't know can i recall. >> businesses across the country have been asked what t

abc7 news reporter mark matthews talked with an iraq veteran who was a guest of honor. >> christopherod next to the secretary of health as he cut the ribbon on the new $54 million, 80-bed mental health center. he took his turn at the podium, along with a congresswoman and anna aschu and zo lofgren. >> most veterans don't want to actually accept help even if they know they need it, and at least here the veterans won't feel like they are imprisoned or something. >> his blunt assessment among all the other thank you speeches seemed a little off kilter, but christopher knows what he's talking about. just last week he was a patient in the old v.a. mental health center. >> i was not going outside. i was just staying at my home. i wouldn't talk to anybody. >> when he came home from two and a half years of combat, he said he began to withdraw. his family convinced him to get help, but in the old v.a. center it felt like a lockup. >> there was only three times we could go out for the day for about a half-hour. >> the army mechanic walked me around the new building, pointing out the outdoor spa

fvl mark matthews with a look at the implication ins the rest for the white house. >>reporter: in manipulate society the president trade to spin the numbers as best he could. >> our business have created almost 4.3 million new jobs over the last 27 months. >>reporter: but at uc berkeley under secretary called the jobs report horrendous. not without some hope for the administration. >> last year at this time we also had a job slump and we came out of it and by the end of the year things were looking very good. >>reporter: the president doesn't have until the end of the year. political scientist studies how and when voters engage. >> we are just at the point where they are starting to pay attention and the white house has to really hope that flt figure for june which kilometer out in july, june july and august look a lot better but it doesn't lack like they will given the trend writ now. >>reporter: he expects the economic slow down will be reflected in the poll. >> even rate now would i expect the next poll the show you maybe some downward trend for obama. this is re

today the va cut the ribbon on new mental health center in palo alto. 7 news reporter mark matthews talk with iraq veteran who was a guest of honor at today events. >> christopher stood right next to the under secretary for health as he cut the ribbon on the new 54 million dollar 80 bed mental health center. [applause] he took the turn at the podium along with congresswoman l and love green. >> most vet rant won't accept help even if they know they need it and at least here the veterans won't feel like they are imprisoned or something. >>reporter: his blunt asymptoms amid other thank you speeches seemed a little off kilter but christopher hurt knows what he's talking about. just last week he was a patient in the old va mental health center. >> i was not going outside. i was just staying at my home. i wouldn't talk to anybody. >>reporter: when he came home from 2 and half years of combat, hurt says he began to with drawchlt his family convinced him to get help. old va center it felt like a lock up. >> only three times when we could go out during the day for about half hour. >>reporter: to

more on that tonight from abc 7 news reporter mark matthews. >> at the tournament even on a practice day, the merchandising tent is full of people. buying 30 dollar hats. >> we have 10000,000 hats in inventory and by sunday they will be gone. >>reporter: outside in the community. >> i do know when we had the open down at torrey pines that the city was very happy and that was kind of at the beginning of the economic downturn. >>reporter: independent study of that san diego event back in 2008 determined direct spending was 73 million dollars. for food. enter tanment. and lodging. >> we are staying in san francisco at the hyatt regency. >> staying at the wreck at sutter. >> out at the airport area.what about the city closest to the event. shuttle bus transport from the lot and bart station so we know 250,000 or so fans will pass through daly city. >> look i mean they are going to at that time shuttle bus. go from coleman bart station. dropped off at the olympic clu club. >>reporter: david is a daly city council member. >> all they have to do is to walk here in west lake or go to joseph

of mark matthews has a fact check. >> if your one of the more than 250 million americans who alreadyill keep your health insurance. this law will only make it more secure and more affordable. >> fact check that's not complete i true. most americans have the health insurance plans through their work. and companies will be free to switch coverage plans just like they can now. they can even drop the health insurance coverage though unthe health care law they would have to the pay a 2,000 dollar per employee tax for doing. that lets look at what mitt romney said. >> obama care raises taxes on the american people by approximately 500 billion dollars. obama care cuts medicare cuts medicare by approximately 500 billion dollars. >>reporter: fact check. in taxes romney left out the fact that most of the money will be coming from people making more than 200,000 dollars a year. and that a large majority of americans will not see any direct tax increase at all. on cuts to medicare the law doesn't cut the current medicare budget by 500 million but does reduce the growth of medicare by 500 billion

mark matthews tonight with a fact check.grainy strobe like effect the ad accuses the president of spending tax dollars to enrich his friends and family. >> inspector general said contracts were steered to friends and family. >>reporter: fact check that's false. in a report to congress the inspector general never said contract were steered to friends and family only the office was investigating that possibility. along with a bit of other possibilities. in the 14 month since then no cases of that kind of fraud have been filed. contrary to what the ad suggests. >> more than 15 billion dollars have gone to company like solyndra that are link to obama and democrat donor. >>reporter: that's misleading. 16 billion dollar figure comes from a book by conservative writer former advisor to sarah palin and research fellow at the hoover institution. fact check.org find he overstated the amount by 6 billion dollars adding that one might expect healthy percentage of owners of green energy company might lean democratic since some of the loa

abc7 news reporter mark matthews talk with an iraq veteran who was a guest of honor. >> christopher stood next to the secretary of health as he cut the ribbon on the new $54 million, 80-bed mental health center. he took his turn at the podium along with a congresswoman and zo lofgren. >> most veterans want to actually accept help even if they know they need it, and at least here the veterans won't feel like they are imprisoned or something. >> his blunt assessment among all the other thank you speeches seemed a little off kilter but christopher knows what he's talking about. just last week he was a patient in the old va mental health center. >> i was not going outside. i was just staying at my home. i won talk to anybody. >> when he came home from two and a half years of combat, he said he began to withdraw. his family convinced him to get help but in the old v.a. center it felled like a lockup. >> there was only three times we could go out for the day for about a half-hour. >> the army mechanic walked me around the new building, pointing out the outdoor spaces, the windows, the furniture

of mark matthews tonight with new policy and the reaction to it. >>reporter: president said it makes no sense to expel talented young people from the country. even as he spoke undumented students occupied obama campaign office around the country in protest. >> we are going to sit here until obama signs executive order that stops deportation. >>reporter: that from the office in oakland. berkeley minority students applauded the president plan. >> yes i know a lot of people that will be impacted. i know personally friends. >>reporter: she's talking about classmates she has at stanford. sanchez is entering his senior year at harvard. >> there are quite a few students i know that are undocumented that are there now studying. >>reporter: and he adds this is an issue that will drive latino voters in november. >> we are looking for hope. chance for better life. >> just looking at the facebook news feed the movement on immigration has grown increasingly over the past 24 hours. i feel in like it will be it will be huge. >>reporter: this afternoon mitt romney

our mark matthews was telling us what a crawl that was.w walnut creek i-680 there it is backed up from 24 to 680, 60 backed up to 4. someone who lives in that area, i can tell you this is a nightmare scenario. >> we'll take a short breaeaeaek >>> good morning everyone. our breaking news coverage continues. bart is not running across the bay or underneath the bay actually from east to west or west to east, a fire at the west near the west bart station has knocked out heck cal service there until they get that back there is -- electrical service there until they get that back there is no way if get transbay service 50,000 or so commuters who normally take bart transbay tube cannot do that alternates are driving yourself, a lot of people seem to be doing that or trying to take an ac transit bus which is turning out to be harder than it looks or taking one of the ferries. ac transit is honoring bart tickets the ferries are not. this is 12th and bring where terry mcsweeney is right now. you -- 12 and broadway where terry mcsweeney is right now.

political reporter mark matthe matthews tonight with the fact check. >> ad begins saying the president approved the message then blast mitt romney years as governor of massachusetts claiming that he presided over one of the worst economic records in the country. >> when mitt romney was governor massachusetts lost 4 40,000 manufacturing jobs. rate twice the national averag average. fell to 47 in job creation. fourth from the bottom. >>reporter: fact check. that's misleading. massachusetts did lose 40,000 jobs under romney but it lost even more the year before he took office. under romney massachusetts didn't fall to 47 it climbed up from 50. by the time he left massachusetts was ranked 28. >> instead of hiring workers from his own state romney out sourceed call center jobs to india >>reporter: fact not. not exactly. what romney did was veto a measure that would have prevented the state from doing business with a contractor who was relocating state customer service calls to india. democrat control the legislature could have over ridden romney veto but didn't. veto was supported by leadin

the story tonight from mark matthe matthews. >>reporter: rochl came to slin are plant in fremont to criticize the president stimulus spending and by association the president handling of the economy. >> free enterprise for the president means taking money from the tax first and giving it freely to his friends. >>reporter: the government investment in solyndra says romney is a symbol of serious conflict of interest. >> independent inspector nel looked at this investment and concluded that the administration had steered money to friends and family l to campaign contributors. >>reporter: inspector general report found that the loan guarantee for 5 35 million dollars was rushed but the ig failed to find that it was done for political pay back. billionaire george kaiser was an instance investigator in solyndra and backer of the obama 2008 campaign. today our calls to reach george kaiser were not returned. mane while the romney campaign singled out steve wesley as obama bondler linked to solyndra. but wesley says his only link was tha

pitch gets away, and matthews fails to cover the plate. mark teixeira crosses home. the only winner tonight, that guy, see that outfit? happy camper for some reason. here's johnson talking about the offense. >> offensively, we come up a little short. only thing that really concerns me, got to get zim going. need to get zim in a happy place. such a great athlete and a talented player, i haven't had much conversation with him about it. but i'm going to sit down with him and try to figure it out. >> zim is 1 for 13 this series. >>> atlanta, will stay in the park. jones scores the first run of the game. orioles had four hits all day. here's the reason. adam jones, hot shot to short. throw beats jones to the bag. let's take another look. 22-year-old rookie with a full dive. great throw, but not good for the birds. the starter very good. 7innings, 6 hits, 2ks, including dan uggla there. also gave up no runs. delgado, you committed the infraction, sir. and the orioles shut out the braves for the second straight day, 2-0 the final score. >>> coming up, the heat is on in miam

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matthews doesn't even cover home. mark teixeira scores. yankees sweep nationals 5-1. >> you got to tip your hat nova. he pitched a great ballgame. my guy pitched a great ballgame, tough lineup, kept us in the ballgame, offensive just coming up a little short. >>> after two poor performances this weekend nationals released brad lidge. the two time all-stars allowed three runs in friday's loss in new york and was a losing pitcher on saturday. the nat enacted ryan mattheus. >>> orioles closing out their series with atlanta. baltimore getting it done everywhere. mac reynolds gets the -- mark reynolds gets the bird on the board first, but their defense was just as good. pitcher to shortstop to first gets the double play, baltimore shutting out the braves two days in a row, 1 1/2 games behind new york. >>> after the first two rounds we seemed poised for a tiger woods weekend. he started around three in the final pairing tied for the lead, but the tough course of the olympic club got the best of his yesterday shooting 5- over and today he hasn't

>> certainly both -- matthew specifically and luke more subtly claimed that she is a virgin. marks nothing. and john says nothing about it. and the reason that both matthew and luke introduced that particular aspect or they have a tradition that states that about mary is because they're reading the jewish bible in greek. >> the jewish bible in greek. what was the language that the -- that was translated, the original language? jesus spoke in aramaic, correct? >> probably. >> and that was first translated into hebrew? >> the jewish bible is, for the most part, in hebrew. there are a few parts in aramaic. >> then it was translated into greek for the common man. >> for the greek-speaking common jew in minus 200. >> ok. now, it's your contention, is it not, that when the translation occurred between hebrew and greek there was a mistake made. what was the mistake? >> you know, that's augustine's contention too, i'm in good company. >> you mean the saint? >> yes. yes. >> of hippo? >> yes, one of my favorites. this is something that greek-speaking christians were aware of as early as 150

mark wahlberg whose best friend us a potty-mouth teddy bear. "ted" is expected to debut with $40 million. >>> channing tatum and matthew mcconaughey star in the maleama, "magic mike." it is based on tatum's early days as an exotic dancer. it will be a big hit with females and should take in $5 million. >>> tyler perry returns as a loudmouth grandmother in "madea's witness protection." experts say it should fall in line opening with the others, in the $20 million, to $25 million. >>> the weekend fourth release "people like us," expected to bring in only $5 million to $7 milli million. >> because we have never heard of it before. being so hot, a lot of people will look for some place to go. >> we have to weave that in, meteorologist, bill karins. >> i am also the economy guy.ç >> i see. trying to steal my job. i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc. "way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> the affordable care act is upheld by the supreme court as president obama gets an unlikely push into the history books from chief justice john roberts. the question is, will we hear much more over the next four months of the presidential cam

matthew sang an emotional duet. >> ♪ and say good-bye >> man, you guys know how to do something powerful in front of an audience, don't you? joining us now is lieutenant colonel marks son matthew. thanks so much for being here. >> thanks for having us. >> tell us about that moment you were in front of 200 national guardsmen on flag day? what was that moment like? >> it was emotional. it turned into a little bit more after the first of june when i found out that the chemo that had been keeping my cancer somewhat stable, it's never been completely stable is not working anymore. so -- >> as we said, you have stage 4 untreatable now cancer. yet it sounds like from the speech that you gave which so many people found motivational and powerful that you've decided not to give up. you've decided to soldier on, if you will, and you have all sorts of inspirational messages for people. why -- why aren't you just staying home, you know, with your family in this sunset now? >> i like that question. you know, i personified my cancer and all the implicaticoms that came along with my surgery by calling him buford. i talk about that in the speech. i think there's a lot we can learn

matthews, the tornado ?iefer we tokyo -- survivor we spoke to yesterday has been moved to the rehab center. he survived and he credits his life to his friend mark kenard. keith, keep it up. we'll be right back. >>> before we leave you, kelly joins us with look at what's coming up at 11. >> a baltimore woman struggles to survive after being shot in the neck. she was driving last month as she was driving home. doctors say she is paralyzed from the neck down and can't speak. she's at a rehab hospital. the family is working with doctors to get a new computer that would help her even more. >> i can't understand what she be saying. i say what you say? because i don't read lips but i be trying to. >> the shooting happened in northeast baltimore. they're making progress but right now they have no suspects. an exclusive look at how she's doing. >> christian schaffer is telling the story. >> to the west some showers. if you live along the chesapeake you'll get higher than normal high tides. >> we'll see you at 11. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new