i don't really believe anybody in the newsroom said that. but i do think what people say is that on balance, it's better to make an effort to have this kind of newsroom diversity. and to represent different ideas and points of view. and that -- you know, i've been on the end of running a magazine and trying to achieve that. and, you know, it's pretty hard to do. and, you know, you have to put effort into it. you have to -- >> it's hard to do for liberals. [laughter] >> young lady, would you please keep quiet in the first row? >> yeah, come on. >> but it's worth doing, to get to the question -- to the question that we're here to answer. democracy has to be nurtured by the civic institutions that we depend on to inform us and to do that nurturing. part of that subsidence is providing information in an unbiased way, as unbiased way as possible. but inevitably, inevitably, some value judgments about what kind of society we have and want to have, have to be made. now, anticipate newspaper, the "new york times," the guardian, you know, any of the

newsroom. the question is what took so long? >> reporter: in some of the most scary cases, pilots, including one on a medical flight, had to go it alone and land outa -- without a controller leading him in. the new rules announced yesterday, require that controllers now have a minimum

many community newsrooms' still rely on volunteer labor, and broader economic issues. we want to encourage the members of our audience here at the public library to drive this discussion. this is your chance to ask these experts what is happening to the news that you depend on to make your day to day decisions. our conversation tonight will include five elements -- we will talk about the quality of reporting available to the public and move on to what is being done to create sustainable newsroom jobs. we will talk about creating a new system that enjoys constitutional freedom of the press, celebrates the diversity of our communities, and enjoys the economic independence needed to support ethical journalism. i would like to introduce my coast -- co-host of the evening, and she will be introducing our panelists. >> thank you, rose. it is a privilege to stand up here. we are not used to looking this good. we can go to radio in pajamas. i would like to introduce our panelists for today. we will start back from the left. executive producer of the "daily mandarin and cantone

newsroom with how the president is responding. allison. >> reporter: dave, in about an hour president obama will host a town hall meeting at a community college in virginia. and this is what is motivating his event today. this is a live look at the nation's debt clock. you see it ticking up past $14.3 trillion. today the president will try to explain why the government needs to cut some popular programs to deal with the debt. and even though a big fight is looming his spokesman says there is hope for democrats and republicans agreeing on a strategy. >> everyone agrees now on a target for deficit reduction. $4trillion over ten to twelve years. that's significant. >> reporter: the president will spend three days this week touting his plan at town hall meetings. ego to palo alto tomorrow and reno later this week. reporting live from washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 6:16. state school districts are now drafting policies aimed at reducing the number of minorities and special education. now the state say

i mean, i think about this very much in newsrooms because most michele and i spent our careers in newsrooms which have very low number of people of color, and it's my pet peeve, for instance, in a store would happen in an african-american community they would look around -- in fact, most african-americans got hired in newsrooms because there were riots in the '60s. i'm not going there. who can we find? that's how we got in the door. but the point is that at some point you want to know that everybody in the newsroom is capable of doing a story. the other night in the newsroom, at the newshour, we were given -- there was a report that came out about estrogen and women and menopause. and i said, why don't we try assigning that to a guideline for a change just to see how that feels and we did and he was like, okay. where's my sensitive jeff vibe and he pulled it off. of course he could pull it off. and that's a question of him assimilating instead of us always having to pick up the ball. >> hi. >> hi. >> i'm lucky enough to have been in two educational experiences with administrations very inte

newsroom with the breakdown. alison? >> reporter: dave, the house comes into session in just a couple of hours. let's get to a live look at the senate floor. senators are just getting to work for the day. we do expect to hear more grumbling about the budget today from republicans who wanted bigger spending cuts and democrats who say the cuts go too far. senate majority leader harry reid said the cuts would be painful, the list totals nearly $40 million. here's the breakdown -- this could have an impact locally as the deal cuts $3 billion for high-speed rail projects, millions for first responders, and millions for the wick program that provides food subsidies to low-income women and children. money for headstart is going up. the centers for medicaid and medicare get more money to implement health reform and the pentagon budget goes up by about $5 billion. the department of veterans affairs is also the only other agency that gets a boost. the voting on this year's budget starts in the house tomorrow. reporting live from w

this video just coming into the newsroom. they have on the bottom tsunami warning issued that has been lifted now appear the aftershock were screaming and people lost power, this is after last week's quake their power has not been restored jetty there. this quake happened hours after people in japan bowed their heads to mark one month since the massive quake and tsunami. we will be right back. ♪ let's see you fly now! [ laughs ] look, more frequent flyer red tape. not on my watch. let that family fly! [ tires screech ] i just wanted to use miles to take my family on vacation, but -- let me guess -- restrictions through the roof. that's right. not anymore. rapid rewards has your back. [ male announcer ] join rapid rewards and enjoy unlimited reward seats, no blackout dates, and no red tape. ♪ [ woman ] the first time i smoked, i was 13.g breaths ]tape. i was in a hurry to grow up and wanted to look cool. big tobacco knew it, and they preyed on me. i'm here to tell you that big tobacco hasn't changed. they continue to profit...

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>>> good morning, i'm a amy hollyfield live in the newsroom. japan has experienced another major aftershock. second within a week. very, very latest coming up. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live at at&t ballpark where the hopes for the ballgame to go on and just the ballgame to go on, no retaliation for a giants fan beat in l.a. >> hopefully the temperatures will remain on the cool side but all the tempers. we'll talk about the forecast in a minute. sprinkles in the north bay, a better chance on wednesday and some warm weather for the weekend. >> quite a few overnight accidents, it's looking pretty good on the roadways. live shot of bay bridge toll plaza. no slowing at this point anywhere around the bay area. >> kristen: hope you had a nice weekend. i'm kristen sze. >> eric: i'm eric thomas. on one month anniversary of the earthquake another powerful quake has rattled nerves and knocked out power in japan. it also caused complications at already crippled nuclear power plant. amy hollyfield has been following the latest information. >> about 250,000 ho

janelle is live in the newsroom. >> reporter: it's the latest idea to help solve the $26.6 billion budget deficit. i'll have more on that in a minute but governor brown has his own idea and that is overhaul the state's pension system. governor's proposal would limit pension spiking, boosting pensions with a big raise before a worker retires. pensions would be based on a worker's three-year average salary and not include overtime or vacation time. it would put a cap on benefits and limits on employees returning to government work after they retire. it would ban retroactive pension benefit increases and paying benefits to workers who have been convicted of employment related felonies. its reference to bell city officials who have been accused of public corruption. teachers will no doubt give their thoughts on the proposals. >> everyone has to contribute to find a solution but not ought to be on the backs of educators who are retiring on a very modest pension. >> reporter: it's an idea that hasn't been presented before, raising taxes on the wealthiest residents. in a new poll, 89% of democra

nbc's lisa myers in our washington newsroom tonight has more on this. lisa, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. as you said, this controversy began when "the new york times" reported that despite $14 billion in worldwide profits last year, general electric paid no federal income taxes for that year. in fact it got a $3 billion tax credit. that has created an uproar. two liberal groups have demanded that ceo jeff immelt resign as chairman of the president's new council on jobs and competitiveness. they have started a petition saying if immelt won't resign, the president should fire him. they say one of america's biggest corporate tax dodgers should not lead the effort to create jobs. today immelt defended ge saying taxes were unusually low in the last two years because of losses during the financial crisis. >> we lost $32 billion in ge capital as a result of the global financial crisis. our tax rate will be much higher in 2011 as ge capital recovers. like any american, we do like to keep our tax rate low. but we do it in a compliant way, and

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newsroom. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, after tsa began more intrusive pat-downs last fall, it said that children under 12 would receive a modified version of the searches. now an official says tsa is looking at making further changes in how children are treated. it's a response to continuing expressions of concern from parents, the latest coming in that internet video. tsa says it was made a week ago at the airport in new orleans. it shows a girl, said by the unidentified parents to be 6, getting a modified pat-down. the woman doing the screening uses the back of her hand part of the time and also runs a hand around the inside top of the girl's waistband, explaining every step in advance as the child's mother watches. the mother later called it groping. tsa says tonight that the screener followed the existing protocols and that tsa administrator john pistole is aware of this video. in a written statement tsa says pistole has been pushing the agency to move away from the one size fits

. >> we have been doing the same here in the newsroom. we'll find out. you'll find ou first, anne makovec live in san francisco. >>> hundreds of people paying their respects to a prominent restaurant owner killed last week. dancers and musician led the funeral procession for jesus campos as it went to saint elizabeth's church. he was shot near his mexican restaurant early friday morning in a robbery attempt. mourners who attend the funeral say the restaurant owner will be missed. >> he helped a lot of people. he reached out. and if people reached out to him, he would help them. he was just a loving person and caring. >> there have been no arrests in the crime. >>> a terrible tragedy. a young mother drives a minivan with her children into a river. how one of the children escaped. >>> a 6-year-old frisked at the airport. why the tsa is defending this controversial patdown of this little girl. >>> showers throughout the bay area this morning, now a break. we have a sun break in this live shot from mount vaca. still seeing cloudy conditions out there though.

paul chambers is in our newsroom. >> reporter: ken, 37 bay area students go a chance of a lifetime.they were given abopportunity to go on a historic tour of colleges at the same time a firsthand lesson of their heritage. proud parents and family members held balloons and signs, welcome, back these high school juniors and seniors and today they land added sfo after the trip that took them across eleven states in 16 days. >> we flew to houston and drove to the different college and we caught our bus in cincinnati. >> reporter: this year the students went on a tour of 17 historically-black colleges. the mission of young scholars program is to take the students from underserved and underrepresented communities and give them the ability to game eligible for colleague degrees. after meeting with colleague leaders they received multiple offers and partial or full-ride scholarships. >> i was accepted to about 15. i received five scholarships. i started high school not knowing what i was going to do. i wasn't even thinking about a four-year college. >> reporter: the students also visited man

let's now go back to our newsroom. we bring in our legal analyst steven clark. take it away, were you surprised at how this jury, the jurors came to their -- this decision today? >> i was, raj and this is why. the government's obstruction case was based on bare yip bonds committing perjury. to get to obstruction you would have thought the jury would have found him guilty of perjury but they didn't do that. they took the next step and convicted him of obstruction of justice which means they looked at his entire grand jury tell, felt he was not forth coming and he impeded the investigation. the defense will hotly contest this verdict, say it's internally inconsistent and the legal fight for barry bonds is not over. >> who won here as it stands now before we get to appeal, about of we get to a retrial if we do. does the prosecution walk away thinking they have a victory here? >> both sides take away somewhat of a victory. certainly they spent a fortune prosecuting the case, had he taken a plea bargain it would have been in the same direction as we are right now. so

i filled the candy bowl and put it in the newsroom. like bees to honey the news team could not resist from anchors to editors they came one after another. >> really hard to it have just one. >> three musketeers... >> reporter: what to do? researchers found out of sight out of mind. if the candy bowl is okay, the secretaries ate less. if the dish boosts how much we eat, maybe it's time to bring the fruit bowl back in vogue. now, back to the candy. two pieces of dove dark chocolate, yum. my favorite, that's 84 calories. if you eat two pieces every workday for a year, with two weeks of vacation, that's 250 days, bringing the total to a whopping 21,000 calories. without exercise or cutting calories somewhere else, that would mean an extra 6 pounds for the year. >> oh. >> so i apologize everybody in the newsroom. >> full disclosure what did i put out there today? >> i did, a bag of those wonderful clementines. >> i offset you. >> i was impressed. >> they didn't go as fast. those went quicker. >> i can't resist the peanut butter filled ones.

vic is in the newsroom to explain. vic?porter: well, mary, four passengers and two flight attendants passed out. this after the pilot on board declared an emergency and landed in dayton, ohio. the oxygen masks were dropped after the flight attendant became dizzy. airline officials were pleased with the way it was all handled. >> obviously, we did what we were supposed to do. and like i said, this had a very good result. >> there are conflicting reports about whether cabin pressure or a mechanical issue caused the dizziness. mary, back to you. >> american airlines is still working to get the passengers on that flight to chicago. >>> the job market is moveing in the right direction. this morning, they released the march unemployment numbers. alison harmelin reports for wjz from wall street. >> reporter: betty knows from experience that the labor market is improving. after searching a year and a half for a job she found work in the financial industry. >> it changes the way i feel. it changes the way i think. it changes, makes

ktvu's tara moriarty joins us now from our newsroom. she tells us that the killing was just one of two overnight shootings in oakland. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning, pam. police are trying to piece together how a woman was shot and killed on a playground. two people dropped the victim off. she was bleeding from two gunshot wounds. medics performed cpr but unable to save her. when police questioned the people who brought her to the hospital it led them to an area near poplar park. late last night officers scoured the streets with flashlights looking for clues near 30th and union. witnesses say they heard more than a dozen shots just before 10:00. now inspectors are still unclear as to whether the victim knew the people who dropped her off at the emergency room or not. then early this morning just after 1:00 police responded to yet another shooting on 45th and international boulevard. one male was shot. he is expected to survive. and police say they do have a suspect in custody. we will continue to monitor these shootings

in the newsroom, abc 7 news. >> health news.vy rain this winter and spring have left millions of allergy suffe sufferer struggling these days. bad enough the california opt optometry association offers advice to help patients protect their eyes. it can be miserable this time of year. here's health science reporter carolyn johnson. >> as spring days go it's a good one for mona. this time of year she usually suffers allergy so severe she has trouble getting out of bed in the morning. >> i have really itchy eyes. i get a film over them when i blink. some mornings when i wake up they are kind of stuck shut and i have to use come froze get them open and look u up. >>reporter: she turned to san francisco optometrist l who says chronic itching can lead to more serious condition unrelated to the original allergy if patients are constantly rubbing their eye. it's a problem especially common among children who may have dirt or other germs on their hands. >> they are at risk of infection or spreading infection if they end up having a bacte

lillian is in the newsroom with more on this. >>reporter: database for animal abusers was considered in the state senate last year but never went anywhere. advocate in san francisco however are hoping the idea will gain traction in the city. with the idea of it later expanding state wide. members of san francisco commission of animal control and welfare discuss the idea for the first time tonight. it was well received by commissioner and members of the public. employee with the city department of animal spear heading proposal. about database would include and animal abuse and possibly even those who have only been investigated of animal abuse and neglect. but unlike the megan law sex offender rental industry this database would be accessible to shelter rescue group and breeders. >> they do it one time and 2 or three years later they come back get another animal, same conditions, even pl worse sometimes and trying to prevent that from happening again and more animals should not be treated that way. >>reporter: but as they say the

in the newsroom, abc 7 news. >> solid as iraq.bay area man building a stone wall l old fashion oned way. >> and can't take his eyes off san francisco emergency that had workers wond [ male announcer ] for 5 bucks, you can get a sub. or...you can get all this. s $5 everyday meals. like two pieces of original recipe. your choice of sides, biscuit and a medium drink. 5 for 5 bucks every day. today tastes so good.  >>> we will be on the look out. pay attention to what you are doing. chp and more than 200 state police agency today began month long track down on distract the drives. increasing patrol looking for drivers who ignore the ban on hand held phone call and text message every day on the road more than 350,000 california drivers ticketed since the phone ban took effect in july of 2008. nearly 6000 more have been cited for the texting ban that took effect 6 months later. but they are going to crack down. >> water leak force evacuation today of several floors of the bank of america b

newsroom. >>> time now 5:05. well, in just a couple of hours testimony resumes in the barry bonds perjury trial. ktvu's tara moriarty is in san francisco. she tells us about a secretly recorded audiotape and some other new surprises. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. you know the jury was actually dismissed yesterday because one juror called in sick because of kidney stones. he's a 60-year-old from antioch and he is expected to return this morning. but in case he doesn't an alternate will then step in. now the other big news was the revelation of this secret tape. now yesterday when bonds arrived here at the courthouse he appeared relaxed, very confident. but minutes later he along with everyone else discovered that prosecutors had this unexpected piece of evidence. and if admitted it could be a big blow for bonds' defense team. bonds' former business manager had been missing this tape for six to seven years, but apparently found it sunday. he says it was on side b of a microcassette. basically it's

newsroom with a new poll that shows how frustrated americans are getting. allison. >> reporter: pam, this washington post poll shows that 57% of americans now disapprove of how president obama is dealing with the economy and it could threaten his re-election bid. here is a big reason for the pessimism. this is a live look at the u.s. debt clock. america is running a nearly $14.3 trillion deficit. today the president will outline his vision for bringing it down. we talked to an analyst with the group taxpayers for common sense who says neither democrats or republicans have put forward a serious proposal yet. >> we're going to have to put everything on the table. we're going to have to look at defense spending, entitlement programs and reforms there. we're going to have to look at all the tax breaks. >> reporter: president obama will spend three days this week touting his plan that includes cuts to popular programs. today he hosts the town hall meeting in virginia and then goes to palo alto tomorrow and reno later this week. live from washington d.c., alson b

newsroom to explain who's hiring. allisonson-- alison?> reporter: dave, let's get right to the numbers. the rate is down 8.8% from march, from 8.9% the month before. the economy added $216,000 jobs. now, all of those jocks were in the private sector, especially in business services, healthcare, the leisure and hospitality industries and manufacturing. job losses continued in local government where budget cuts are forcing layoffs. at a hearing on the report, some noted the unemployment rate is much higher for minority groups, the unemployment for african- americans is up higher. but the head of the labor bureau statistics could not say why. >> it's absolutely true that the unemployment starts out high with these groups. >> reporter: president obama is expected to weigh in on this report in about an hour. >>> the unemployment rate is triggering a jump in oil prices. the crude jumped cents, to more than $107. that's because more people working usually means there's more people driving to and from work, increasing the demand for gasoline. >>>

>> reporter: no comment. >> this is mike over here in the newsroom. these are what you are allowed legally to do but not necessarily any of these ar advisable. they want you to keep your eyes on the road, that's the most important part. >> reporter: correct. but this is where the confusion is. as i was saying, there's some things you're allowed to do that clearly distracts you. here's another one. you've got the voice memo setting on the iphone. you can go -- you're now allowed to use your voice mail to put in a memo, but if you have a tape recorder, that's complete thely legal. talking into this to record a voice memo, illegal. talking into a tape recorder to record a memo, legal. there's confusion. both clearly have a level of distraction, but it's almost like there's an arbitrary rule. >> i was holding it like that doing nothing and i got a ticket. so i know what you're saying that you're able to look at some things on it. i don't think you're able to do anything at all. >> you get out there with an officer, it's your word against his, you'll have

live in the newsroom, grant kron 4 news. >>jacqueline: i've been keeping my eye on the golden gate bridge, clouds increasing rate now this hour so cloudy in the north bay. he will see mostly sunny skies, the cops finally turned a pushover. was it a look at our greater picture, you could see the tail end of the system continue to push down to the south. it is critical in gate bridge right now and the cloud cover will continue to slide south into the evening. it's been breezy through the evening and breeze the conditions. it's still sing when speeds in the 20 mi. an hour range and a number of locations including the north bay, coastline, oakland and hayward and still breezy elsewhere. here's what we will see as we head into this evening. increasing cloud cover this evening the rain starting after midnight tonight. tomorrow scattered showers and thunderstorms, small hail and lightning possible tomorrow. by thursday clearing out and temperatures dropping overnight into the 30's. we'll talk more about the rain in your extended fo

. >>> the bar that's been here for decade, >>> we are getting laid word into the ktvu newsroom about a hazmat incident on the way right now. we just got off the phone with alameda fire. they said two separate alarms sounded at the plant about 8:35 indicating the presence of chlorine gas. about 25 employees evacuated on their own. fire officials say they are on the scene right now and are investigating. >>> a popular bar in san francisco is about to change ownership. the eagle tavern is one of the city's oldest gay bars and the city is rallying to save it. supporters are looking for help now from city hall. amber. >> reporter: we're inside the eagle tavern. even on a tuesday night it's busy. but the mood is somber as the iconic bar is scheduled to close at the end of the month. >>> about 100 supporters gathered on the steps of city hall this afternoon to fight the bar's closure. the concern now is when it reopens under new ownership the bar won't cater to the gay community. one patron says it gave him a safe environment. >> the bar is what kept me alive. as a teenager i tried to commi

we received calls from our newsroom from up and down the peninsula and even people in the east bay. bill martin is tracking who felt it. but let's begin with amber lee near the epicenter. >> reporter: we're at pedro point shopping center. behind me a cafe and other businesses in the area lost power. the businesses let the customers know they close up

noting the lack of hispanics on the panel, how do newsrooms address in-language content and sourcing? try to get people in the community, the poor and marginalized, to interact with digital journalism? >> and journalists need to know more than one language, it is that simple. you need to be able to interact with members of your community that you normally would not be able to if you were restricted by language. that is what i tell my students. i always tell them to minor in spanish, not just because it will make them better reporters, but it will get them jobs in a wider variety of markets. so i do believe that is incredibly important. if you do not speak the language, you find somebody who does. you have them help you. if you were to cover communities, for example, who speak mandarin or cantonese, and you do not speak a word, that is not necessarily a limitation. action--- definitely be part of a journalist's training and anyone who is of having will have a better shot at telling stories. -- multilingual will have a better shot at telling stories. >> we are out of time. i want to tha

. >>> we are getting laid word into the ktvu newsroom about a hazmat incident on the way right now. we just got off the phone with alameda fire. they said two separate alarms sounded at the plant about 8:35 indicating the presence of chlorine gas. about 25 employees evacuated on their own. fire officials say they are on the scene right now and are investigating. >>> a popular bar in san francisco is about to change ownership. the eagle tavern is one of the city's oldest gay bars and the city is rallying to save it. supporters are looking for help now from city hall. amber. >> reporter: we're inside the eagle tavern. even on a tuesday night it's busy. but the mood is somber as the iconic bar is scheduled to close at the end of the month. >>> about 100 supporters gathered on the steps of city hall this afternoon to fight the bar's closure. the concern now is when it reopens under new ownership the bar won't cater to the gay community. one patron says it gave him a safe environment. >> the bar is what kept me alive. as a teenager i tried to commit suicide twice coming from a born again

. >>> julie haener is in the newsroom to look at some of the stories we're working on. >> police chiefys he's setting an example. and he tells ktvu why he's saying no we know it comes to one part of his pay. >>> and the statement the white house sent out today about violating the rules and how the chronicle responded. >>> plus uc berkeley graduate sarah shourd talks to ktvu. >>> the person saw a group of about 30 tourists who were dangerously close to the geyser taking pictures of each other. the web surfer called the park and rangers rounded out the tourists before an eruption of 230-degree water burned them. the tourists got an extra souvenir, a ticket of $250 for ignoring the warning signs around that geyser. >> and our chief meteorologist bill martin is here to help us plan our weekend. >> the winds are backing up a little bit. we go out to the delta specifically martinez area. we check out the winds from our live buoy reading right there right now. winds are gusting to 19. that's down about 10-miles-an- hour from last night. up toward fairfield the winds are northeast at 13. that'

then list bring you the newest pictures we have into our newsroom. this is of the massive back up. this video shows the ramifications of what happened today. right now we're focusing in on the trouble spots. but if we were able to bring you a picture like we did at the start of the hour, we could show you the massive problem on the 101. this could take a while to clear up. officers are suggesting taking 380 into 280. or he said you know what head over to the east bay and use 880 as your north or southbound rout. we'll bring you the latest as we get it. >>> hundreds of thousands of students planning ongoing to phaoupbty college in kraá -- community college in california could be out of luck now the special election on tax extensions is on hold. that could lead to those colleges loses millions more than first thought. janine de la vega. >> reporter: right now many high school students are filling out community college applications thinking they might have no problem getting in. here at san jose city college and at others it may be a challenge. >> reporter: jessica testino is brimming

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newsroom with the video that is at the center of this controversy. allison. >> reporter: dave, since my last update an hour ago, i talked to one of my key contacts at the white house and so far no one in the white house press office is willing to go on the record to respond to this story. it all centers on this video that chronicle reporter captured when she was covering the president's san francisco fundraiser. remember protestors paid $76,000 to get in and then interrupted the president. she was assigned to be the print pull reporter of the event with the condition she provide a written report to other reporters. she also took this video and posted it on her blog. the chronicle says the white house is now threatening to exclude the paper from coverage of the president's future events in the bay area but chronicle editor says the rules are too restrictive. he says if something more serious would have happened, would you observe the rules? we expect them to use the reporting tools stray to cover the news and carla did. the white house press corp has

we'll keep watching that as soon as we let us know he is keeping an eye on that in the newsroom. right now let's check in with sal. hopefully no big problems for the commute, sal. >> by the way i do have a screen here. so if we see the president walk up i will toss it right back. let's take a look at the commute. traffic is moving along pretty well. as you get out to highway 237. it will be a little bit slow. nothing major so far as you drive across to the valley. pardon me as you are driving on interstate 880 near the coliseum the traffic is moving well in both directions. this mornings drive westbound bay bridge that is backed up for about a ten minute delay at the toll plaza. we will go to steve. of course steve will be aware of the president. >> i'm standing by to stand by. that is correct. sunshine i'm sorry say again? back to the desk. >> all right we are looking live at president obama. let's listen in. >>> i was back there listening to chuck. he said it's amazing he will not be talking about national security. i would not have the networks breaking in if i was talking abo

i'm terry mcsweeney live in the newsroom. trying to improve the safety of pipelines. feds will announce their plans while the state puc is asking to comment on its plan. >> i'm amy hollyfield live at the oakland airport. passengers are dealing with more cancelled southwest flights and the news that cracks were found in three more jets. story is coming up. >>> also the prosecution is expected to rest in the barry bonds perjury trial and some say the jury could be deliberating by mid-week. >> and a little cool, low 40s on the coast and mid-50s downtown but today is the warmest day of the week. >> new injury accident reported, we'll get details on that. for now, enjoy a pretty easy ride at the bay bridge toll plaza. >> eric: it's 6:01. i'm eric thomas. >> kristen: and topping our news this morning, federal transportation officials are announcing to make sure the oil and gas pipelines are safe in the wake of the deadly san bruno explosion. terry mcsweeney has the latest. >> reporter: today, transportation secretary ray la hood is announcing program to repair aging pipelin