chris nguyen abc 7 news. >>> a san francisco veteran now has a place to stay thanks to unlikely help. jack hanna has lived in and around the tp montgomery bart station for years. now he's living in housing. a group stepped in after bart police officers reached out. he said if the officers hadn't helped. he might not be here today. there are an estimated 700 homeless veterans in san francisco. nearly 50,000 across the u.s. >>> 70 years ago the battle was about to again. the d-day of the war in the pacific. 30,000 marines would hit the beach. wayne spent time with some of the marines who were there and he joins us live with their story. hi wayne. >> reporter: good evening, dan. the reason we're in front of the hornet. this ship, the one blind usbehind us here, was one of the ships involved in the battle. you think february 19th was the anniversary. yes. february 19th there was february 18th here. it's a subtle notion you nay not recognize or think about unless you were there. seven decade ago this week they ran. a trio. now part of a legion. then charging a beach head that led to this c

in fremont chris nguyen, abc news news. >>> the u.s.ssy in jordan is advising americans to defer nonessential travel there out of concern of the execution of a jordanian pilot. angry jordanians took to the streets when there was a picture of the pilot being set on fire by isis fighters. the authenticity of the video is not yet verified but the jordan king abdul a condemned the execution execution. >> translator: in those difficult moments, it is the duty of all the sons and daughters of jordan to stand together in one rank and show the true mettle of the jordanian people. >> the king met with president obama a short time ago at the white house. mr. obama says the attack is yet another example of the bar bare at this of the extremists and they need to degrade isis and defeat it. >>> to the latest on the measles outbreak. the cdc is now saying 102 people are infected across 14 states. the american academy of pediatrics is urging families to vaccinate their children against the disease. abc news reporter karen travers has the latest from w

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. >> abc 7 news anchor and reporter chris nguyen emceed the event saying the movie inspired lots of crying come, outrageous rents around the bay area. what can you get for your money. we took a tour of local homes. >>> i'm drew tuma. we're in a break in the rain right now. but a second wave is xñyÑ5Ñ >>> the cost of living in the bay area continues to climb. not only is buying a home out of reach for many families so is renting. rents are up 52% since 2000. what can you expect when you look for a place to live. if you thought trying to buy a house in the bay area was bad, try renting. >> all across the country, rents are higher than they've ever been. >> represents in the bay area are among the highest in the nation. >> the bay area takes everything to an extreme. rents in the city of san francisco are up almost 18% higher than they were last year. >> the median rent in the city of san francisco is now just under $4,000. that's pushing people out of the city, and forcing rents to climb all across the bay area. the staggering increase in represents got us thinking, what can you get for abou

. >> abc 7 news was first on the scene this morning and chris nguyen joins us live with more, chris? >> reporter: good afternoon larry and ama. we're off capital expressway here in san jose. if you look behind me you can see the door is boarded up. the sign above says they sell music, phone cards and groceries but law enforcement sources say this was the scene of other illegal activity that needed to be stopped. it's been a busy day for local law enforcement. after 10:00 this morning the special operations unit raided an illegal gambling operation and took at least ten dig gill gaming machines inside. >> we believe there was an on going criminal enterprise involving illegal gaming as well as other crimes like stolen vehicles and prostitution to narcotics and we believe some suspects may have been armed. >> reporter: san jose police arrested people at this home. two men, two women, one of them the owner of the filipino convenience store. this home was at the center of multiple noise and crime complaints. >> patrol officers followed up on that information and developed a pretty signifi