there's mr. leon there. unbelievable. mr. mack lewis's family was there to say thank you but east baltimore should say thank you to mr. mack. he had a way of turning boys into men. this tribute is as good as it gets for a man who is as great as it gets. mack lewis way, the man who showed us the way. jamie costello, abc2 news. >> thank you. >>> in tonight's consumer alert, a new warning for new mothers. women who can't breast feed are turning to the internet and getting breast milk from mothers who have a surplus. but the food and drug administration is warning this is not a good idea. the fda says the donor is unlikely to have been properly screened for infectious diseases or contamination risk. that encourages women to use breast milk from sources such as the human milk banking association of north america where most donors have been screened. as you can imagine this is really a hot topic. we posted this story on our web web page and got plenty of comments. brenda wrote in, why does anyone think this is a good idea? you can'

leon on fire. >> reporter: another nape leapt into action first knocking mr. spencer to the ground trying to cover himself with the blanket. they had to strip the blanket and leon's clothes. the force shattered the windows of the building just basically two doors down. three adults and a child were evacuated and now being assisted by the red cross. i got a call into pg&e this morning. i'm going to keep trying them to see if i can get hold of them to see if they can tell me anything about what happened here. the fire department says they believe it's a natural gas explosion. since pg&e supplies natural gas at least most of it, going to see if they know anything about this and see if they can figure out a cause. live in oakland, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the san francisco man who says a priest sexually abused him as a child gets his day in court today. but not the way he hoped. the 44-year-old is expected to appear before a judge in santa clara county on criminal assault charges. he's accused of attacking the priest who says he raped him and his littl

mr. wiener who the lady is? >> yes, i do, sarah. >> for the record, this is leon the helmsley before she passed away. that is her dog troubled who inherited $12 million. trouble would be affected by this bill, by the amendment that mr. pomeroy suggested. we've got bills to pay but apparently trouble does not want to be part of paying those bills. we've got a lot of work to do in this country. we have a very big issue in front of us. there is a real philosophical debate. there are points where it goes beyond the debate and it is pretty clear. for me, going back pomeroy issue, the inheritance tax, trouble would not have to pay on the first $3.5 million. what ever gender he is, he would have to pay tax on the balance. i think the amendment that was proposed by mr. pomeroy is perfectly in order. i think we have to remember that this really is about reducing revenues to the united states and its effect on its ability to pay for bills whether it is national security interests, the wars in the middle east, or whether it is to assist people or on parole -- unemployed because the economy to such a dive when wa

year-old homeowner has been identified as leon spencer, right now all the utilities have been shut off to the property, that includes the gas and electricity. mr. spencer, we are told is in critical condition. we're told he's in severe condition with severe burns. this is what remains, actually of one of the houses. we're told that 20 windows was actually blown out of the apartment building just next door from the fourth. this was an absolutely terrifying scene. >> thank goodness for the neighbors. >> reporter: absolutely. >> that they found him. robert lyles, thank you. >>> three people from tracy who tortured a teenager for more than a year will serve at least 3 decades in prison. a judge sentenced lyle and shoe maker today. they admitted to holding the 16- year-old kyle ramirez while beating and starving him. two years ago kyle managed to escape the home and find help at a nearby fitness club. prosecutors got what they wanted, they still don't know what motivated the defendant. >> every we know, it defies logic and imagination to what they were thinking when, you know, you have a young man, starved in your home, shackled to your table and y

leon spencer who is now in critical condition in san francisco. you might recall originally he was taken to highland hospital to the burn unit. behind me is mr. spencer's house here on 87th avenue. you see the two big pieces of wood, one on the car and one to the left of the house? those are the walls of the home blown out by the explosion. a neighbor's two digital video cameras captured the explosion around 8:00. one giant flash of light and it was over. now we see what happened to the house and neighbors said what the explosion sounded and felt like. >> sounded like an earthquake. i'm sit thing way in the house watching the tv and like a boom. >> it happened so fast the whole house rumbled and you could feel the heat. >> reporter: it blew out the walls of the second floor and brought it down like a house of cards. the homeowner, the 61-year-old spencer was renovating the second floor. sounds like the explosion was caused by something most of us have in our homes. >> it sounds from everything, from the neighbors accounts that it was a gas explosion. >> reporter: one neighbor concerned about the homeowner but mindful about her safety gingerly

leon's face collapse. and when i opened the door i heard, "donna, help me." >> reporter: mr. spencer was actually living in the bottom floor where the top floor was b eing renovated. we're not sure when the last workers were up there that might have had something to do with the explosion. now, as far as we can tell, no other people have been injured. there have been a couple of people evacuated next door. there is an apartment building to the right of the building here that had a number of windows blown out. i just found out from a person living there, he came out and said he was up most of the night throwing away debris from t hose -- basically, blownout windows. coming up at 8:00. i will try to see if i can talk to somebody over there and to -- to get their perspective of what happened here. back to you. >> thank you, kraig. >>> 7:34. last night's explosion in oakland brings to find last september's pipeline explosion and fire in san bruno. a state lawmaker from the bay area is pushing for more c ontrols over pg&e in response to that disaster. democratic assemblyman jerry h

mr. foley was whip. we met with leon jaworski, who was the prosecutor in watergate. we also, each fellowship class gets to go on some trips, both domestically and internationally. our trip was -- we took three domestic trip or four domestic trips. we went to california where congressman leon panetta hosted us. we went to new york city, had a helicopter ride where we went over the old yankee stadium. we went to chicago. and i was able to get the class to come down to texas and we visited in texas. it is a tremendous program. since president johnson initiated it in 1965, over 672 young men and women have served this white house fellows -- as white house fellows. members of this body include in addition to myself, congressman -- former congressman campbell of california, senator tim werth of colorado and in the other body, senator dave karnes of the great state of nebraska. it's a great program that encourages you once you've been a white house fellow to be in public service or at least community service, either in the business world or in civic or in some cases elected

mr. blair created the africa governance initiative which aims at reducing poverty through improving governance in sierra leone rwanda and liberia. it's about an hour. >> good morning. it's my pleasure to welcome you to this very special event on behalf of the tony blair africa governance initiative. it's my pleasure to introduce you to nancy, president, founding president of the center for global development. as many of you know net is well known for her research and writing on a wide variety of developing issues and in particular for her to assistance that the policies and practices of the rich countries the emerging powers, the international institutions can make huge difference for good, or for ill, and the lives of poor people in the developing world. it's that vision that motivates our center, and i know it's the belief that we share with today's guest speaker. please welcome nancy. [applause] >> thank you very much, lawrence, forcing such good things about me ,-comcome and mourn partly about our mission center. i am of course very pleased, honor to have this opportunity to welcome and introduce the righ

mr. walker is a self-described a k tore who lost primary custody of his child for good reasons brought out during four days of testimony in the divorce proceedings. leon due in court in february. lester. >> thanks. legal analyst, ricky, is a former prosecutor and analyst. i read the statute. it seems to apply in this case, doesn't it? >> it's a gray area. we're talking about people who might be stealing trade secrets, looking to steal intellectual property, people looking to commit identity theft. that's what these statutes were originally about, not intended to have the spouse look into the other spouse's e-mail. however, if you read the letter of the law, might there be a prosecution? clearly, this prosecutor thinks it's serious enough to go forth with it. >> i know a legal standard you often here is expectation of privacy, e-mails. she had apparently given him permission on other occasions to read her e-mail. does that carry over? >> yes. i think it scarce over and in his favor. if i share a computer with my spouse, we have a husband and wife who share a computer, they may have different pass words. according to him she has a little list of all her