engineers and trooper andrew howarth of the queen's royal lancers, who died on 18 september; corporal matthew thomas from the royal electrical and mechanical engineers, who died on 25 september; rifleman suraj gurung from 1st battalion the royal gurkha rifles, who died on 2 october; and sergeant peter rayner from 2nd battalion the duke of lancaster's regiment, who died on 8 october. they were incredibly courageous and selfless individuals who gave their lives in the service of our country and for the safety of the british people, and we should send our deepest condolences to their families and to their loved ones. in the week since the house met, you can forces have completed the latest stage of restructuring. they are now over 8000 u.k. troops there and 20,000 american troops. we are predicting one-third of the home and population. that is the right proportion. i am sure the whole house would like to join me and bringing -- they have done an outstanding job. i am sure that the 60 air sold brigade will carry on that effort. the house would also like to send our sincere condolences to the family lind

thomas says he was obsessed perspective pornography when they dated. mckuhn is a retired prosecutor, law professor, and administrative law june. earlier this week, mark matthews the story how thomas' current life demanded an apology from anita hill in a voice mail. anita hill said they often talk about pornography when she work for him in the 1980s. she is currently working on a memoir. >>> all right. on to leigh glaser. they're dancing and singing in the rain. >> leigh: they certainly are, and even more wet weather is expected as we head into sunday. here's a live look from the high definition rooftop cam in san francisco. everybody is out there celebrating like mad. they're doing so with some wet sky and pavement overhead, and you can see the bands of moisture continuing to feed in. we actually had one system move the east of us. we had also break earlier in the evening, and now storm number two the moisture ahead of it starting to spill in towards the bay area. this system has been very mild. you should see the current readings. 60 in fremont. concord 6. here's the highlights. periods of rain, heavier rain expected on sunday, and then we get a little clear

televised standoff between supreme court justice clarence thomas and the woman who accused him of sexual harassment, anita hill. mark matthewste kgo reports that justice thomas' wife ginny left a voice mail message on miss hill's phone over the weekend, 19 years after the hearing, asking her to consider an apology and ending, "have a good day." anita hill says she will not apologize and stands by her testimony from 1991. >>> and, prepare for a double take. watch this. a united airlines 747 seems to kiss the golden gate bridge. it turns out what looks like a near-miss was actually by design. a heart-stopping optical illusion for a san francisco air show. >>> and coming up, we have a nostalgic farewell to the american father who ended the era of pretty, perfect families in those happy days. i know the best card you're holding. you do? your medicare card. [ laughing ] but don't let me or anyone see it except your doctor or their staff. and don't tell anyone your card or social security number over the phone. guard your card. [ woman 2 ] i hear unauthorized card use is a big source of fraud. the new healthcare law lets us crack

matthews has the story. >> the call was made to hill's office. the woman identifying herself as general any thomas left a message that so upset anita hill she called the cops. >> the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas called amita hill's office at 7:30 in the morning. she says good morning, it's jenny thomas i wanted to ask you to consider something. i would like you to consider an apology and some full explanation why you did what you did with my husband. give it some thought and pray and come to understand what you did, what you did, okay. have a good day. what anita hill in 1991 was to testify at championships thomas's confirmation hearing claiming she was sexually harassed. >> he spoke about acts he had seen in pornographic films involving women having sex with animals and films in group sex. >> the testimony rocked the confirmation hearing but thomas was confirmed and 16 years later in 2007, virginia thomas told abc news. >> an apology or a phone call. >> ten days ago, thomas apparently decided to prompt hill with the phone call. this morning, hill sent me an e-mail saying i filed

following up on a story that mark matthews broke yesterday, anita hill is refusing to apologize for the sexual harassment allegations against supreme court justice clarence thomasissued this statement saying i have no intention of apologizing because i testified truthfully and i stand by that testimony. as mark record, thomas' wife asked for an apology. she called it inappropriate but had nothing further to say about it this morning. >> i don't have any comment right now. >> you said it was unfortunate, it was inappropriate. do you still believe it's inappropriate? >> hill is now a law professor at brandies university. she says thomas harassed her prior to his supreme court nomination. >> a san francisco appeals court suspended a ruling that overturns the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. obama administration wants it repealed but overturning it now doesn't give the military time to develop new training procedures for allowing gays to serve openly. the government also argues it could put gay troops at risk if they reveal their sexual orientation and the valuing overturned by a higher court. >> you may have noticed this, people all over the country are we

mark matthews has description of what was said in this exclusive report. >> the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas called anita hill's office at 7:30 in the morning on a saturday saying good morning anita hill. it's jenny thochlts i wanted to reach across the air waves and the years and ask you to consider something. i would love to you consider' apology some time and some full explanation of why you did what you did with my husband. so give it some thought and certainly pray about this and come to understand why you did what you did. okay? have a good day. what anita hill did in 1991 was to testify at clarence thomas confirmation hearing telling senators that thomas had sexally harassed her while she was working for him. >> he spoke about acts seen and pornographic film involving such matter as women having sex with animals. and film showing group sex or rape skirngs testimony rocked the confirmation hearing. thomas was confirmed and 16 years later in 2007 virginia thomas told news. >> by look forward to receiving the phone call or that visit one day or apology. >>reporter: 10 days ago thomas dec

anita hill, of course, leveled those scandalous accusations against thomas his wife telephoned hill asking for an apology. mark matthewsod in one and cadaver dogs found the presence of human remains in both. elisa baker admitted to writing the ransom note and the investigation took a grim turn. >> the decision to focus this investigation from a missing child or abducted child will turn into a homicide investigation. >> reporter: investigators have spent days at this work site where zahra's father, a tree trimmer, had access to heavy equipment. cadaver dogs seemed to hit on a wood chipper but nothing stuck. throughout it all, adam baker has been here. >> he seems concerned. >> you don't believe him? >> i don't know how sincere his concern hifs. >> you don't believe him? >> i don't. >> reporter: zahra's stepmother is charged with felony obstruction of justice for writing the ransom note. her attorney says she told him she had nothing to do with zahra's disappearance. >> she's scared to death. she's worry about if her family's out here and still emotional. >> reporter: police have been back to the baker's home, seizing mo

matthews, thanks. >>> this story has certainly struck a nerve with many of you. here are just two of the responses you have posted on our facebook site. darline wrote this. it appears as if virginia thomas is a vi vindictive pers. and tyler counters with who really cares, it was a long time ago, get over it. >>> -to-s of people need to find a new -- dozens of people need to find a new place to live after a fast moving fire gutted their apartment building in downtown san francisco. one of our viewers captured these images as firefighters arrived at 5:15 this morning. crews called for backup all across san francisco. more than 100 firefighters ended up battleing that fire. an academy of starts student described what she lost in the fire. >> i had my portfolio, my books, my supplies, everything was there. i have nothing. i have to pretty much start over. >> the displaced residents can stay in a temporary red cross center inside the center at 6th and full some street. the building inspector red tagged the building where the fire started and it needs to be demolished. investigators don't know yet what started the fire. >>> police in watsonville released surveillance video of a man who shot a

thomas asked her to apologize. jake tapper has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. the first reporter to hear about the call was mark matthews from our san francisco station. originally, anita hill thought it was a prank and reported to it campus police. it was no prank. >> to tell the truth and the whole truth. >> reporter: since the hearings in 1991 -- >> my name is ameet that hill. >> reporter: -- she's become a profe professor. good morning, anita hill, it's ginni thomas. i would love you to consider an apology sometime and a full explanation of why you did what you did with my husband. give it some thought. pray about this. for some, that almost 20-year-old saga may be difficult to remember. the charges were explosive. in 1991 hill accused now supreme court justice thomas of sexual harassment. >> he began to use work situations to discuss sex. >> from my standpoint, as a black american, as far as i'm concerned, it's a high-tech lynching. were he and his wife reflected on those days with jan crawford. >> i think she owes us an apology. i look forward to receiving that phone call or that visit one day. >> reporter: this w