a traffic stop, a high speed chase and then shots fired 37 this minivan full of kids. tonight, the split-second decisions in a moment of crisis. and a message from the cop who lost his job after an incident gone wrong. and first lady, 50. happy birthday, michelle obama. after five years in the white house, the mom in chief still has some surprising new views to share. >> kbeeng. and thanks for joining us. you're used to hearing about shark attack, but a new trend might just be more alarming. feel attacking sharks. there's a new breed of daredevil on the open seas and they're treading dangerous waters, grabbing sharks, riding sharks. and experts say it's shark, not human, who are paying the price. . >> reporter: there's a lot of dumb stuff out there on the internet, and this might be the dumbest. a fun-loving australian fisherman cage diving with a bird cage. he was trying to create a viral video to promote his clothing line. >> i turned around and i seen the shark coming for me and i just threw the bird cage right behind my legs and saved him from grabbing my legs. i h

the guy in the minivan has a su shovel just as the guy with the knife falls on his butt. now they have a war of words with their knife and shovel held in position. >> what's wrong with position? >> was he really going to stab this guy? >> going to murder a man in a ditch because i cut you off? >> he could murder him and dig a hole with the shovel. >>> you're about to witness a really tense moment caught on camera in rochester, new york. this is the crew from engine 5 and they're working on a 58-year-old man named artie who just ran into a utility pole. >> come on, baby. >> you can do it. breathe, breathe! >> come on, fight. >> two of the guys were able to get into his car, unbuckle him, pull him out. he was purple, he wasn't breathing. they believe he also had a heart attack. now, there is quite a crowd around witnessing these guys do their work. >> you can do it. come on, baby. >> you you hear all these people in the background cheering this by on, cheering on the guys from engine 5. >> come on, baby. come on, buddy. come on. we have stuff for you to do today. >> all of

now, the silver car starts chasing the minivan, pulse in front of the minivan, cuts him off and the guy gets out of the silver car. no, i'm not stopping for you. the chase is on again. these look like potentially snowy, icy roads. >> good thing the guy doesn't have anything to do. >> the minivan skids down. >> now you think guy in silver car has had enough. oh, no. >> guy with knife gets out of silver car. >> looks like he's ice skating on the van. >> the guy with the knife falls and busts his butt. now they just stand and have a war of words with their knives held at the ready position. >> what's wrong with people. >> was he really going to stab this guy? >> are you going to murder a guy in the ditch because i cut you off? >> he could murder the guy and dig a hole with the shovel. >> the shovel was there. >> give it a hard go, baby. >> you're about to witness a really, really tense moment caught on camera in rochester, new york. this is the crew from engine 5 in rochester. and they're working on a 58-year-old man named artie, who just ran into a utility pole. >> come on, baby, come on,

one of them, elias montoya, fires three shots, as the minivan takes off yet again. watch as he lines up with the white line on the road and appears to aim at the left rear tire. >> i'm not shooting at a human being. i'm shooting at a tire. >> reporter: those gunshots cost him his job, montoya says the dark tint on the van's windows prevented him from seeing the children, ages 6 to 16. when you found out that there were in fact children in that minivan, what did you think? >> my heart sank when they finally stopped. i couldn't believe that there were that many children in there. >> reporter: the 53-year-old father of three says he never would have pulled the trigger if he knew that. still, state police fired him last month for violating their use of deadly force policy. the driver, 39-year-old oriana ferrell, is awaiting trail on charges of child abuse and fleeing police. she's pleaded not guilty. montoya just wants his job back. but, can the public trust your judgment after you fired on a minivan with kids in it? >> i'm sure they will because they know me. they know

with her five children in the minivan. >> open the door! open the door!t that point two more officers show up for backup. one of them, eelas montoya, fires three shots as the minivan takes off again. watch as he lines up with the white line on the road and appears to aim at the left rear tire. >> i'm not shooting at a human being. i'm shooting at a tire. >> those gunshots cost him his job. montoya says the dark tint on the van's windows prevented him from seeing the children. ages six to 16. >> when you found out there were in fact children in that minivan, what did you think? >> my heart sank. when you finally stopped, couldn't believe there was that many children in there. >> the 53-year-old father of three says he never would have pulled the trigger if he knew that. still, state police fired him last month for violating their use of deadly force policy. the driver, 39-year-old ouran na farrell is awaiting charges on child abuse and fleeing police. she pleaded not guilty. montoya just wants his job back. >> can the public trust your judgment after you f

a mother driving with her five kids in a minivan was pulled over for speeding.way. when she was stopped again, chaos ensued. >> get back, get back! get on the ground. get on the ground. get on the ground! get on the ground! [ screaming ] >> no! >> get on the ground. >> get out! get out right now. get out. >> get him out. >> open the zero. >> open the door! >> open the door! [ gunshots ] >> the police officer, elias montoya, was fired last month. but now he is breaking his silence, saying he arrived after the children were back in the car, and all he saw was silhouettes of heads. and thought the police were outnumbered. so he shot at the tire. >> when you found out that there were in fact children in that minivan, what did you think? >> well, i -- my heart sank. when they finally stop and i was on the passenger side at that time, seeing them get out at gunpoint again, i couldn't believe that there was that many children in there. >> can the public trust your judgment after you fired on a minivan with kids in it? >> i'm sure they will, because they know me. they k

bus collided a with a minivan. the injuries were not serious. abc 7 route updates on the story as soon as we get information. >> a vigil for the two people killed at the mall in columbia. hundreds gathered to remember rihanna and tyler johnson, gunned down as they worked at the zoo means skate shop. days after the deadly shooting, police say they had found no connection between the victims and the gunmen. >> and man accused of leaving her daughters alone in a car, reginaties tell us coleman locked the girls in the car and went to the mall to have her makeup done. temperatures were in the teens. she is charged with child neglect. children are in the custody of relatives. >> republican leadership is on immigration reform. john baeder's legal ship -- leadership team introduced at a leadership pretty. >> police have arrested two people in connection with the suicide bombs. more than 50,000 police officers and soldiers are in sochi two guard against attacks. officials warn the greatest threat is to soft targets in the city. >> a bombshell from an ita

the minivan he shot at had a mother and five children inside.he says he had no idea when he pulled the trigger. when you found out that there were, in fact, children in that minivan, what did you think? >> my heart sank. i couldn't believe that there was that many children in there. >> reporter: montoya himself a father of three says all dispatch told him was to respond to an unruly driver. >> get out of the vehicle right now. >> reporter: he pulled up on the scene after the october traffic stop had already escalated. police say the driver, 39-year-old oriana ferrell from tennessee kept fleeing the officer who pulled her over for speeding and that her 14-year-old son scuffled with police. >> all i see is silhouettes of heads and what went through my mind was that we're outnumbered. >> reporter: he said the minivan's tinted windows prevented him from seeing who was actually inside. when the driver started to flee again, the 53-year-old says he lined up with that white line on the road and shot at the tire. >> i'm not shooting at a human being. i'

. >> the do not have much to go on but they're looking for a gold colored van or minivan. live, i'm roz plater, abc 7 news. >> we have developing news coming out of the u.k. a u.s. helicopter there crashed, killing all four people on board. shot the videot seen here from the scene. there is ammunition on board the chopper. they blocked off the area. the u.s. defense official says killed are members of the air force. >> republicans will try to make changes to the bill extending benefits to long-term unemployed. the white house insists the extension doesn't need spending cuts. a half-dozen republicans joined democrats in advancing the measure today. harry reid will need to clear a second 60 vote hurdle to bring the bill up for a final vote. >> the super bowl party might be missing something this year. >> a scary discovery made inside of a glen burnie home. while police found during a raid. >> michelle obama is about to celebrate a milestone birthday. >> michelle obama is about to i can only send one of youhday. to cover the game in new york. who's got what it takes? game on.

the officials released a statement on their website they say someone from a minivan parked in front of the entrance poured two buckets of gasoline onto the door that said it's a lie it. con con tv network phoenix. released photos of the fire on its website the consular officials have condemned the arson attack in a college of violent crime and they say cause severe damage to the facilities and pose a threat to the safety of staff and residents living nearby. they're urging u s authorities to bring those responsible to justice as soon as possible rescuers on imported chinese helicopter had finished picking up passengers from an ice like in the aunt arctic ocean the russian research vessel has been stranded for more than a week. it begins as on december twenty four during its voyage from new zealand seventy four researchers terrorists and two crew members were on board. that chinese help the team after ice breakers and by the australian maritime safety authority failed to reach the ship because of strong winds and heavy snow the helicopter arrived on thursday for my chinese icebreaker af

according to the konsle when a when 18 minivan got out and poured two buckets of gasoline on the front of the consulate building here and set it on fire. police say people were inside at the time, fortunately no one was hurt. this fire was knocked down pretty quickly and police and investigators arrived while a consulate spokesperson urged the government to provide protection for personnel and property and i wanted to show you something out here. you can see there is camera that is pointed to the front of the building so it's very possible that they may have capture who had may be involved. i have calls tine san francisco police. i'll let you know what they had to say. >>> this morning authorities are trying to figure out how a human skull ended up in an oakland park. police found it near children regional park after receiving several dahls, police are not saying too much but say the skull was, quote, right throughout in the open. >> ontoing coverage on a fight to keep their daughter on a ventilator. the attorney for the family says he is working the phone lines to get the girl moved t

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a man in a minivan. >> i feel safe living here.an that, not anying different. >> the suspect is described as a white man in his 20s with a mustache, he was last seen wearing a hoody and black pants. >>> also tonight, churchgoers in vac sreul are standing by their pastor who has been accused of pretty serious sins. pastor mark lewis was arrested this month for arson after allegedly trying to burn his ex- girlfriend's house down. lewis has been charged with fraud as trying to use church for collateral as part of his bail. the police broke down the doors of the church. >> they are getting nit picking and chewing on things -- anything to put him back in jail. >> people making accusations against our church and our pastor. and god will prevail. >> no word if the police found anything. >>> royal caribbean's explorer of the seas is docked in the u.s. virgin islands after hundreds of passengers and crew got sick. the liner left new jersey on thursday and supposed to make several stops in the caribbean. the u.s. health officials boarded the

the doctor looked at him, at his eyes, they took my legs, arms, and brought me to minivan. >> they were police? >> they were not police. they didn't say anything. they just talking to each other, like take this, take that. >> yuri's body was found days later in a forest. it showed signs of torture. he had frozen to death. they think he was taken by militia, who the police are allowing to terrorist th terrore protesters in they're calling the police to leave their post and join the protesters. in two areas outside of the capitol they've heeded that call and they have begun to resign. >> each of the police officers have just resigned. the crowd shouts glory, they said on friday that all the police were now with the people. >> the police must move to help the people. i'm glad that it turned out this way. the people pushed them to make this decision, and they took it aside. if only they could do the same thing in kiev. >> there is no sign of that happening with beatings, arresarrests. the battle lines are still drawn. >> ending syria's civil war are now under way in switzerland. negotiators

. >> the doctor looked at him, at his eyes, they took my legs, arms, and brought me to the minivan. >> they were police? >> they were not police. they just talk to each other. >> his body was found days later in a forest. it showed signs of torture. they had frozen to death. but some believe they were taken by militia. >> the opposition leaders started to reach out to the police calling on to leave their post and join the protesters. and certainly in two areas outside of the capitol they heeded that call and gun to resign. >> this is the west of the country. each of these police officers have just resigned. the crowdshout glory as they leave the glory. all the police were now with the people. >> the police must move t for te people. if only they could do the same here in kiev. >> but there is no sign of that happening. with reports mounding of beatings and arrests, and of but traditionality at the hands of the riot police. an easy truce may be holding but the battle lines are still drawn. al jazeera, kiev. >> afghan president hamid karzai reiterated his refusal to sign a peace agreeme

chrysler introduced the minivan about 25 years ago. a lot of automakers have gotten out of that sector and pushed toward smaller suvs as family haulers. cruiser, like others saw sales decline and it ended its natural length. , the from twitter government bailed out chrysler and turned over the keys to the plan to fiat. what kind of business movies that? that?iness move is government is stupid. is any of this debate playing out on capitol hill? guest: strangely, no at the plight of auto dealers did get a ton of attention, and there have been hearings about delphi retirees. that was a former unit of gm and the retirees lost their pension benefits, but congress, in the aftermath of taking these two big losses as said well, and that was five years ago. it was a big issue during the 2012 campaign, but by and large it was more shrugging shoulders and moving on. department of transportation got a new secretary this last summer, anthony fox. any changes in policy that he has been pushing? guest: he made his first policy speech last week here,

the chinese consulate as office says someone in a minivan pulled up, poured two buckets of gasoline on the door and set it on fire around 9:30 last night. the fire department headed out in about 10 minutes and you can see the damage here. the consulate spokesman called the arson a violent crime targeted at the chinese consulate. he calls it a sabotage of a vile nature and a, quote, despicable attack. now, you can see the door here, the damage to the front door. that has been removed. all parts of the investigation. there is also a security camera out here, also sure to be part of it. in the meantime, the chinese consulate is urging the u.s. government to do a better job protecting its facilities and its personnel. live in san francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. >> police say that no one was injured. >>> an uncle of jahi mcmath says the family is getting closer to moving the brain-dead teenager to a facility in new york. >> we do have ground transportation and a plane that's ready and as soon as our facility is ready to receive her, we will be moving jahi. >> in order for the girl to be mo

you don't like the minivan better? >> i like this one the best. >> reporter: don't touch anything.ce. the natural habitat for this car is really a few miles away. rodeo drive in beverly hills. people are looking. people are pointing. even there, everyone wanted a selfie. >> can we take a picture in your vehicle? >> yeah, go ahead. but just try taking a rolls royce up to the drive through window at mcdonald's. >> i'll get a quarter pounder with cheese, please. do you have any gray poupon? never mind. just regular. the people from rolls royce kind of grit their teeth when they hear the phrase from that ad. >> would you have any grey poupon. >> but of course. >> it has a lingering effect what some people have in their minds when you say rolls royce. and, you know, but in reality, you know, we want to be a more approachable brand. >> reporter: as approachable as any car worth a quarter million bucks can be. put it this way, if i won the lottery, i would buy one. i'm david wright for "nightline" in los angeles. >> thanks to david wright and his adorable daughters. coming up next this fa

the pursuit ended when a minivan slammed into the pole in northeast washington just before 6 p.m. at least one prince george's county officer pursued the man on foot. at least one gunshot was fired but police spokes woman says investigators are trying to determine who fired the shot that injured the robbery suspect. >> it is not clear at this point whether the suspect was hit by a police officer's weapon or possibly that suspect mistakenly shot himself. he was shot in the groin. >> reporter: the suspect who was not injured was taken into custody at the scene. police say the armed robbery happened at about 530 p.m. at a liquor store. both suspects have to have an extradition hearing here in the district before they can be taken back to maryland to be charged. live in northeast washington, jackie bensen. >>> police are trying to find whoever it was that shot a 19-year-old kid in southeast d.c. the victim was found this afternoon howard road. he had been shot several times. police believe there was only one shooter and have not identified the victim. >>> a local church is trying to d

he's narrowly missing the minivan. speeding up to the hospital entrance. officials are saying, we want to commend this bus driver. the child was in the hospital for three to four days. but you have to say, good work to the bus driver. >> glad that nobody else complained or whatever, you know? that's the moment, we've all got to ban geer, do this, save back, the great rtm ipad mini giveaway. >> monday's buzzword, telling you how to enter and win. >> you have to be 18 or older and u.s. resident to enter. >> stand by for the return of the rtm ipad mini giveaway. >> guess what, steven? tech time for people who are looking for true love. >> we all are. >> you're thinking how would you use technology to find true love, because it's the heart, right. >> right. >> now it's the underwear. it's the bra that will tell you whether or not someone is in true love. this bra will only open up if the girl loves you. >> how does the bra know? >> to tell us how the bra might know, we'll bring in our true love. >> and bra expert. >> zack. hey, zack. >> hello. >> is this real

the minivan, still pretty ungainly.ac has einvolved, an example of form meeting function. >> will there be a new product in the years ahead? >> there's always new products in every year. you know, so that's something you can always count on. you can always bet that there's something around the corner. and that this team and the team that we are represent that's not in the room are very hard at work. if you went office by office here on this campus right now, you would see things that would blow your mind. >> show me. >> that i can't do. but that is the heart beat of this place. >> for "nightline," in new york. >> we're going to have to pick david muir's brain. our thanks to him. and thanks for watching abc news. "good morning america" tomorrow and as always we're online at abc news.com. [man] no one told her,right? [son]hi! [mom screams]

the white minivan finally pulled into an outlet mall in tannersville, pennsylvania. it turned out to be a boosting team made up of three women. after several forays into the store, they spotted our camera, so guginsky, assisted by local police, moved in for the arrest. they were all illegal aliens from columbia. this one was a fugitive, having jumped bail on a california burglary charge. another had been arrested for shoplifting just four months earlier and deported. but somehow, she got back into the united states. because shoplifters are not considered serious criminals, they rarely spend much time in jail. >> these groups predetermine and have plans if somebody is arrested. if a team of eight goes out, and two of those people are arrested, it's the responsibility of the other six to get the money together to bail them out and get them back out on the street. >> then, he says, they disappear, traveling to another city, or assuming a new identity. the few cops who follow these groups say they have effectively carved out a criminal niche for themselves, exploiting a

you're a minivan guy. >> i'm looking for a minivan. >> it's a great car.oom. it's awesome. >> never had one, did you, joe? >> no, shoot me first. >> three children, never had a minivan. >> anyway, lebeau, paul, thank you. >> enjoy the weather. hope you make it back. you should probably be happy you're not making it back at this point. coming up, if one of your resolutions for 2014 is to eat healthier, then jamba juice may have the right stuff. james white's going to tell us about new push for the smoothie. >>> and a wicked commute for many of you on the east coast. but if you have a snow day, stick with "squawk" because we're coming right back. look at that live picture of time square right now. 0 that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. call today to request a fr

so we piled them into a couple minivans. >> reporter: 150 buses out of the fleet of 1,500 wouldn't start this morning. >> replacing batteries. fuel lines have been freezing and air brakes, some of air lines have been freezing. >> reporter: in neighboring prince william county the probable was also mechanical and road condition -- problem was also mechanical and road conditions. icy road indale city were posted on facebook. this mom kept her children home. >> if it's your child's bus, it's a problem. >> reporter: in falls church surae chinn, wusa9. >>> our extremely cold temperatures are causing another problem for area drivers, water main breaks. that story tops our look at the most important moments in your world today in 90 seconds. >> the 16-inch water main broke from the front yard of this business. the water rushed out over rockville pike leaving about 40 townhomes and a dozen businesses without water. >> it's the worst winter storm to hit the texas gulf coast in years. schools are closed. power is out. ice on the road was an unusual sight in austin, texas, where the normal daytime

i want you to notice this minivan across the street. the driver of tha car had been involved fight with somebody in the home got mad and left and, bam, rammed the guy's car. but do you know what, he wasn't done. according to the people who posted this video, he rammed that car 20 times. >> geez. >> yeah. >> smashing up his own property in addition to the other giveuy. it doesn't make any sense. >> at some point you are wondering is he trying to create another parking space for this car. >> blind rage. >> it's not going to be hard to find the guy either. he's the one with the damage on his own car. >> on the video he's finally done ramming that car, do you know what for kicks and giggles apparently he wanted to hit another car and he did. and apparently the guy got away at the scene of the crime and you can see the guy's running after him throwing rocks going to chase him away. >>> we jump from malaysia over to russia. this car accident already happened, the dash cam video picked up by a third car. apparently there was a collision betwee

last night before 9:30, chinese officials say someone drove up, got out of a minivan and poured two containers of gasoline on the front steps of the chinese consulate and lit it. the building at laguna and geary briefly caught fire before san francisco police and fire department arrived on the scene. chinese officials say no one was injured. and the person or persons responsible were able to get away. today, the damage is plainly visible. consulate security camera right outside of the doorway may have caught the entire act in progress. chinese officials call arson a violent attack and are asking for an increase in security saying it put chinese consulate staff and nearby residents at risk. >> we're strongly condemning this despicable act. >> reporter: some who came to do business at the consulate told us they were disturbed when they saw the damage. >> that's terrible. i don't think it should happen. i think the department should find who did that. >> reporter: now, it's plainly visible that the federal authorities have a lot of resources out there. we've seen a lot of investigators not only l

the chinese consulate's office says someone in a minivan pulled up, poured two buckets of gasoline on the door and set it on fire at around 9:30 last night. the fire department had it out in about 10 minutes. but you can see the damage here. the consulate spokesman calls the arson a sabotage of a vile nature and despicable attack. back out here live in san francisco, you can see there is a security camera that is point squarely at the front entrance so that is sure to be part of this investigation. in the meantime, the chinese consulate is urging the u.s. government to do a better job protecting them t-mac mac kpix 5. >>> let's get a check of traffic and weather. everyone still in the holiday mode, right, liz? >> a lot of folks are but someone is going to work because we finally spotted a slower drive time. so this is probably our heaviest traffic right now is through the altamont pass and the livermore valley. about 17 minutes. so it's still definitely lighter than normal. and the heaviest traffic right now is approaching north flynn out to that north first street exit. they did clea

it affects 36,000 cars trucks and minivan. fabric used in the seat doesn't comply with u.s. safety code and could catch fire if these seat warmers over heat. the affected vehicle are the 2013 and 2014 toyota camry, avalon, sienna tacoma and control a and country there have been no report of fire or injury.so far toyota not issued a recall. >> we all love happy ending tonight we have one. poodle that was rescued from the trash at san francisco recycling center last year has new home and new owner tonight. more than 250 dog lovers put in application to adopt gem but animal control officials decided that she should go home with someone who helped rescue her and that person, employee patricia who took gem home today. she will do her best to spoil this little dog. >> really cute. >> all right let's get a check of the forecast. we had our written today. >> we can. any more coming though? sandhya is here with the forecast. >> there is more coming. writ now we see some moisture. it is finally starting to reach the ground. a lot of this is just moisture up in the cloud. seeing a few

a man was sitting in his minivan when another man walked up and shot hum several times.last report, the man shot was in surgery. >>> san jose university warning people to be cautious after two women were groped. the first incident happened outside the event center just before 7 on saturday night. police believe the same man on a bike groped another won about 2 1/2 hours later near hoover residence hall. the victims were not hurt. students who spoke with kpix 5 say the campus, though is generally safe. >> i feel really safe living here. i've never worried about it in a group. >> reporter: this doesn't shake your faith? >> no. we know to stay in groups and not be by ourselves, other than that, not really anything different. >> university police say about 1:00 yesterday morning, two men tried to grope a woman near mccrory hall. she was able to fend them off. >>> church goers in vacaville are standing by their pastor, accused of trying to burn husband ex-girlfriend's house down. mark lewis was investigated for arson. he has been charged with fraud for trying to use the churc

reporter: this is a picture of the fire burning at around 9:30 last night after someone pulled up in a minivan, poured two buckets of gasoline on the door, and lit it on fire. the fire department headed out in the about -- had it out in 10 minutes. the damage is mostly exterior and today all consular activity is running as normal. >> my mother-in-law's passport was lost so we need a new one here. >> reporter: but he was shocked at the scene outside. >> that's bad. feel sad about that. >> reporter: as investigators review surveillance footage from a camera outside, the chinese consulate is asking the u.s. to step up security for the building and its personnel. >> the plex protection of the consulate. >> reporter: so far, nobody has been able to tell us if there was or there was not a threat about this beforehand. live in san francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. >> some new details this morning in the crash that killed a 6-year-old girl. san francisco police have filed charges now against the driver who plowed know a family on tuesday night. he is identified as 57-year-old [ non-english language ] o

officials released a statement on their websites they see someone from the minivan parked in front of the entrance. forty two packets of gasoline onto the door and set it alight hong kong tv network phoenix released photos of the fire on its website the gaza officials have condemned the arson attacks they call it a violent crime. they say cause severe damage to facilities and her sister add to the safety of staff and residents living nearby there's us authorities to bring those responsible to justice. as soon as possible i am. the things researchers say they need. just a little bit closer to understanding how people fall in love. they made their discovery by watching fetch the researchers good male and female kill a fish in a tank they separated them with a design that an error in this into the sea now sending around a fountain and salad the females brain determines that preference is for meeting. the researchers found they can make them accept course it more readily by artificially controlling the near south asia takes sixty seconds for females except the courtship of males they have

it affects 36,000 cars trucks and minivan. fabric used in the seat doesn't comply with u.s. safety code and could catch fire if these seat warmers over heat. the affected vehicle are the 2013 and 2014 toyota camry, avalon, sienna tacoma and control a and country there have been no report of fire or injury.so far toyota not issued a recall. >> we all love happy ending tonight we have one. poodle that was rescued from the trash at san francisco recycling center last year has new home and new owner tonight. more than 250 dog lovers put in application to adopt gem but animal control officials decided that she should go home with someone who helped rescue her and that person, employee patricia who took gem home today. she will do her best to spoil this little dog. >> really cute. >> all right let's get a check of the forecast. we had our written today. >> we can. any more coming though? sandhya is here with the forecast. >> there is more coming. writ now we see some moisture. it is finally starting to reach the ground. a lot of this is just moisture up in the cloud. seeing a few

the consulate released a statement claiming a person emerged from a minivan and poured two buckets of gasoline on the front door before setting it on fire. in the statement describing the fire as, quote, a violent crime, they urged the u.s. government to provide protection for all consulate personnel. >> a story only on nbc bay area, an interview with the lone survivor of a deadly house fire christmas day, the san francisco man is opening up from his hospital bed about the life he and someone else built together. jean elle has the story. >> the two of us helped each other forever and we built this beautiful store which celebrated its 28th year. >> patrick talks about building a life with his partner of 30 years, rand david sapp. he is recovering from severe burns to his hands after their home caught fire christmas night. >> i heard this thump upstairs and raced up and i tried to go in but it was way too hot. and then he lurched out and i was able to take him down the stairs. >> the 59-year-old sapp did not survive. friends are shocked. >> have a lot of friends, one of my best. >> he w

but the chinese consulate said a person emerged from a minivan and started the fire. the consulate is urging the u.s. government to help provide protection for all consulate personnel. >>> this wasn't the first time. another attack at the same chinese consulate in san francisco. this one back in 2008. a group of people poured a flammable liquid on a gate in the rear of the building. the fbi doesn't believe there's any connection between the two attacks. >> it's what the city of san jose did not want to see. a homicide to ring in the new year. a man was found shot to death early this morning on east san antonio street. you see the map here. this is near the 101/680 interchange. two people came across the body and called police. there aren't suspects in custody at this hour. this is the first homicide of the year in san jose. it follows three consecutive years of an increasing homicide rate in the bay area's biggest city. >>> oakland is investigating its first homicide of the year which struck a nerve and angered a community. a 13-year-old boy gunned down, just blocks f

the person who set the fire is seen getting in and out of a minivan. >>> at ktvu.com, we have continuing coverage of the chinese consulate fire including an unedited look at that surveillance video. you will find it in the top story section. >>> we have new information on the fire at a memorial in santa rosa honoring andy lopez. the wooden altar was built to remember lopez. the 13-year-old boy shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy back in november. investigators now say the fire early yesterday morning was an accident. it started by a burning candle. earlier there was speculation that the fire was intentionally set. volunteers now plan to spend this weekend rebuilding that memorial. >>> new details on the fiery crash that killed paul walker. the coroner released a report staying the car he and his friend were in was going in excess of 100 miles an hour. both walker and row cause died from traumatic injuries and burns. >>> crews are still watching out for hot spots in a fire that started in a marsh area east of the village shopping ulmall in core ta -- shopping mall in corte madera. it qu

affected model include the camry, hybrid, avalon, corolla subcompact, sienna minivan, tundra, trucks sold since august 2012. there have been no reports of injuries or fires and toyota is asking the ntsb not to require a recall of the vehicles that have already been sold. >> 4:45. a major shake up at microsoft. a new report out this morning says the company may name a new ceo and the chairman and founder bill gates could step aside. for more on the rest of the news before the bell, turn to morgan brennan at cnbc. >> good morning, scott futures are lower after stocks rebounded on thursday with the nasdaq and s&p 500 both recovering all of wednesday's losses. investors cheering positive earnings and better than expected report on fourth quarpter gdp. the markets are still on track to break their four-month winning streak. look for data on personal income and spending, labor costs, manufacturing and consumer sentiment. the dow rising to 15848 t nasdaq up 71 to 4123. amazon is counting its prime numbers, the on line retailer is considering an increase of 20 to $40 in the annual fee it cha

the consulate official says someone got out of a minivan, splashed two buckets of gasoline on the front door, then set them on fire. the flames caused major damage to that door but no one was hurt. the chinese consulate did release a statement. here it is. it calls a suspected arson attack "a violent crime targeted at the chinese consulate institution in the united states." federal agents will meet with san francisco police in about 90 minutes from now. they will examine the surveillance tape as they continue to search for suspects. >>> happening today -- the california supreme court will decide whether to grant a law license to a man living in the u.s. illegally who graduated from law school and passed the state bar exam. 36-year-old sergio garcia was brought to the u.s. illegally by his parents when he was a toddler. he applied for citizenship in 1994 and is still waiting for his application to be processed. his effort to get a law license is supported by state bar officials and california's attorney general who says sit senship status is not a requirement to receive a california law

that's when the suspects crashed their minivan and then bullets started flying.one of the suspects was hit in the groin. at this point investigators don't know whether or not he was shot by an officer or actually shot himself. he was taken to the hospital and a second suspect was also taken into custody. >>> a judge has denied a request to delay the arraignment of former virginia governor bob mcdonnell and his wife maureen. the due are -- two are due in court tomorrow morning

. >> >> we are hearing the friend tick 9-1-1 call from a minivan full of people speeding out-of-controlt is your emergency? >> we need help, we are coming off of 80 on a side road and we lost our brakes. >> you her the call are saying the van brakes were not working in the newly released tapes. the accident happened last month along interstate 80. the van crashed into another car before cashing fire. a 90-year-old woman was killed and half dozen others were injured and the c.h.p. is still looking into what went wrong. >>> we are following breaking news in san jose where a fire races through a home. next at 5:00, the battle firefighters face to keep the flames from spreading. >> new troubles for a poultry plant with it being forced to shut down. >> berkeley school leaders are forced to improve the maintenance of a high >>> abc7 news begins with breaking news. >> the news comes from san jose. an early morning fire raced through a home near east san antonio street. the family escaped after being awakened by a smoke detector. firefighters worked quickly to keep the flames from upping to oth

year's eve party he and his friends were walking down a street in north portland when a man in a minivan or small suv pulled up and offered a ride. the son and the friends declined and the man drove away but made a u-turn, hit him from behind the driver hasn't been found. mcmahon suffered a broken pelvis but doctors expect him to survive. >> the man accused of kidnapping and killing sierra lamar may enter a plea. garcia torres was arrested in may of murder charge those lamar's body has never been found. lamar disappeared on the way to school. garcia torres has been delayed several times because lawyers are sifting through evidence in the case. he's also charged with carjacking and attempted kidnapping related to attacks on three women in 2009. >> new details about the deadly shooting of an 8-year-old girl in oak last last year. two women say he admitted to killing the girl to avenge a friend's murder. darnell williams of oakland is accused of knocking on the door where 8-year-old alisha was having a sleep over and then opening fire. she was killed. two other children and a woman were hur

that's when the suspects crashed their minivan and then bullets started flying. no officers were hurt but one of the suspects was hit in the groin. at this point investigators don't know whether or not he was shot by an officer or actually shot himself. he was taken to the hospital and a second suspect was also taken into custody. >>> a judge has denied a request to delay the arraignment of former virginia governor bob mcdonnell and his wife maureen. the due are -- two are due in court tomorrow morning in richmond. they'll face arraignment on a slew of crupg charges. they're accused of accepting illegal gifts like luxury vacations, large loans from businessman jonny williams who was seeking special treatment from the state. the mcdonnells deny any wrongdoing and say the loans and gifts were legal. >>> everything is fine now but what a scary day on the university of oklahoma campus. school officials sent out a twitter alert after rorserof shots fired in the architecture building. police responded to that scene but found no evidence. classes were in session at the

it shows a minivan pulling up just before 9:30. the man at the entrance, then the flash. >> poured two bucks of gasoline on the front door of the consulate and then set it on fire. >> reporter: hours later, the damage, doors blown often hinges, busted glass, a scorched in a sat and balcony are still evident and the clean- up is still ongoing for consulate officials. as is the investigation, which is being considered a mere criminal act not a terrorist one by the fbi. >> we have not received any responsibility or notes or demands from anyone at this time. >> reporter: the fire brought a swift response from the u.s. state department. >> we take this incident very seriously and the bureau of diplomatic security is working with the fbi and local authorities to investigate and apprehend the perpetrators. >> reporter: and beefed up security provided by san francisco pd. there were workers inside the consulate when the fire started, they were unharmed. also working, the consulate's own security cameras which reps say have even crisper pic

the security camera across the street after a person drives around for a while and then parks their minivan and gets out and throws fuel on the building at about 9:25. this is at erie and laguna street here in san francisco. we also have another image, chinese central television. a spoeshgs e spokesperson for the consulate called it a very violent attack. now, the person in the van took off, and the building was closed at the time. in fact, it closed at about 5:30, but a handful of workers were still inside. no one hurt, though. san francisco firefighters knocked this down in about ten minutes. this is actually the doors where the guests would come in and out. the upper window also burned. they're thinking that someone may have thrown something through there as well. the consulate now working>f"z the police and the fbi, and they say they are urging authorities to make sure they protect diplomats andhe property. >> we contact the relevant department on the u.s. side, and we urge them to provide adequate protection for the personnel and the consulate, and we got positive feedback from the u.s

a consulate spokesperson says the someone came out of the minivan parked in some of the building and poured two buckets of gasoline. this is not the first time this happened. in march of 2000 and 82 men set fire to the middle security gate outside the consulate. >> bart's the board of directors are set to approve a new version of the contract. the current proposal has been agreed to by negotiators. it does not include the controversial and costly paid family medical leave provision, which both sides had risen we signed off on, but the district later called it a mistake. now the district has sweetened offer. the new agreement will expand bereavement leave provisions, it gives employees more options when paying family medical leave cost. >> a criminal investigation could be in the works is morning in the jahi mcmath case. the 13 year-old is still in children hospital on life support. a court order to keep her on a ventilator for a few more days. the teen suffered complications after she had surgery. charles hospital " and says that the family is holding on to a false hope. the family s