nick smith, abc7 news. >> thank you, nick. earlier this year abc7's vic lee showed us how brazen copper thieves can be. this exclusive security video shows them in a stolen truck crashing through the gates of a pg&e yard. it took just 13 minutes to crash through the gates, load up a 10,000-pound spool of copper cable and drive away. their take for the night? an easy $40,000 this copper. >>> fire gutted a vacant home on the southern slope of mount diablo this afternoon. this is video from sky 7hd. it shows the flames threatening a home right next door. nobody was hurt. the flames also burned about three nearby acres of grass including some land inside mount diablo state park. firefighters point out today's fire serves as a reminder of how important it is to clear brush away from homes located in wildland areas. >> we have been very aggressive in our district with getting people to clear properties, have defensible space and set up fuel breaks and some of the neighbors received those letters and received those inflections and th

nick smith, abc7 news. >> thank you, nick. earlier this year abc7's vic lee showed us how brazen copper thieves can be. this exclusive security video shows them in a stolen truck crashing through the gates of a pg&e yard. it took just 13 minutes to crash through the gates, load up a 10,000-pound spool of copper cable and drive away. their take for the night? an easy $40,000 this copper. >>> fire gutted a vacant home on the southern slope of mount diablo this afternoon. this is video from sky 7hd. it shows the flames threatening a home right next door. nobody was hurt. the flames also burned about three nearby acres of grass including some land inside mount diablo state park. firefighters point out today's fire serves as a reminder of how important it is to clear brush away from homes located in wildland areas. >> we have been very aggressive in our district with getting people to clear properties, have defensible space and set up fuel breaks and some of the neighbors received those letters and received those inflections and th

. >> now to nick smith at the walnut creek bart station.a lot of confusion there earlier. >> reporter: absolutely. a lot of it had to do with language barriers. people were walking up not necessarily standing that bart cancelled service from here to san francisco through the transbay terminal. i want to touch on something vic mentioned. on how people were looking for alternative routes to the u.s. open. within gentleman we spoke with said he would -- one gentleman we spoke with said he would take the san mateo bridge to walnut creek. now things are dead, this morning it was a different story those making the trip to the olympic club were looking for alternatives. >> i think it will take less time to drive to candlestick park and park and their shuttle bus. >> cautious, little worried, little depressed. >> call my wife and have her come pick me up. >> we are from chico a 2 1/2 hour drive sounds like another 2 1/2 hours to get to the game. >> reporter: now the hanson family said that it if the giant do what they did last night they can get th

nick smith says it promises to be as exciting and edgy as always. >> this is the theme as we came uph. >> casey is the man leading the san francisco international film festival. it's the largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender film festival in the world featuring films from 33 different countries. it's programming edgy and all inclusive. >> a total of 104 programs over the course of 11 days. >> one of the most buzzed films is love for your guy. the story of gene robinson. openly gay bishop fighting for rights. >> having the whole theory about this very brave man it will be very special moment. >> there are other films aimed as highlighted the lb gtd community but thee he says it's also about san francisco. >> to share a film in our festival with our audience. it's a unique event. >> a slumping economy says the nonprofit will have to work harder to secure donors and volunteers but asking tow work a little harder has pulled everything together without a hitch. >> in san francisco, nick smith, "abc 7 news". >>> for information about the festival and movie show times we have poste

nick smith with reaction from the police chief. >> oakland mayor kwan police chief howard jordan and city administrator santana explain the findings of an independent report commissioned by the city. focusing on the response by oakland police to the october 25 occupy oakland protest. city largest demonstration that had hundreds take to the streets. >> i said at the time that we had nothing to hide. we were eager to learn what we did right as well as the area that needed improvement or corrective action. >>reporter: the report was not kind. among the criticism, it called oakland police department response to protestors last year flawed by inadequate staffing. insufficient planning. lack of understanding of crowd management technique. the report even called many of the policing method outdated. according to the report decision was made to clear the plaza without a plan in place on what to do when protestors returned. leading to violent clash that would place the department under further scrutiny. city leaders were given a draft of the review in april but did not release it to the media

nick smith is live in oakland with reaction from restauranters. >> alma, good evening. health inspectors routinely check places where people serve food to the public but the results are not usually posted where we can see them. but on sunday all that will change. >> that is why chris and his business partner posting their safety results is good business. >> i wanted to know the place is clean. people don't abide by the standards that most restaurants should abide by. if you are serving the general public you need to have a clean, work area. you need to be providing good, clean food. >> the new food rating system is meant to ensure just. that it will require owners to post results of their inspections in the windows of their business in plain view. the way elena makes her sandwiches. >> i think it's great there is some kind of placard or sign that allows people to know that this is an approved and safe food establish scly this is the new grading system, green means a history of good inspection. yellow, two or more major food safety violations and red is place that has be

and there is nick smith with a live report. >> you're seeing a traffic nightmare, we're here at highway 4 at the split this, is because the traffic usually exit at john muir parkway cannot do so because of a detour. this is how it started. patrol tells us that this car hit a fallen power line on the roadway. and this is running across eastbound and westbound lanes and are still on the ground. the pole with live lines fell across the roadway, blocking lanes. pge is on the scene and doing repairs. cruise are called to the scene and began putting out fires. the driver escaped uninjured. this created a traffic nightmare, this is backed up as far as interstate 880. back live, you can see that there is i-08 eastbound is where the traffic has been redirected. pg&e tells us 36 customers are dealing with out power, chp tells us they may not have that section open again until 7:00 this evening. >> and thank you very much. it's breezy out there. sandhya patel is here with a look at conditions that firefighters are facing. >> firefighters are not just battling fires but winds right now. you can see

nick smith is live in oakland with reaction from restauranters. >> alma, good evening.inspectors routinely check places where people serve food to the public but the results are not usually posted where we can see them. but on sunday all that will change. >> that is why chris and his business partner posting their safety results is good business. >> i wanted to know the place is clean. people don't abide by the standards that most restaurants should abide by. if you are serving the general public you need to have a clean, work area. you need to be providing good, clean food. >> the new food rating system is meant to ensure just. that it will require owners to post results of their inspections in the windows of their business in plain view. the way elena her sandwiches. >> i think it's great there is some kind of placard or sign that allows people to know that this is an approved and safe food establish scly this is the new grading system, green means a history of good inspection. yellow, two or more major food safety violations and red is place that has been closed beca

nick smith joins us from concord. nick? >> alan, good evening.ter was served with a warrant, and they are required to do due diligence to ensure the metal they receive is not stolen. an undercover multi task agency operation says that did not happen. today law enforcement agencies from contra costa county served search warrants on facilities suspected it of moving stolen metal. among them, three enrichment. action recycling on pittsburgh avenue and sims recycling on fourth street. and in pittsburgh, christianson recycling seen here from sky 7hd. >> copper theft is not a victimless crime. it is ripping off taxpayers. >> he is the communications officer for bart. he says the copper thefts have delayed projects and cost the agency hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> there has to be a point where we stop the chain of theft from ripping off the taxpayers to the thieves getting paid. >> and they aren't the only ones to suffer a financial hit. pg&e says there have been more than 2500 copper wire thefts since 2005 costing the utility more than $5.2 m $5

nick smith is live in that neighborhood where it all started. nick? >>reporter: good evening. just to give you an idea of where we are. we are south of mount diablo but east of 66 80. resident saw the flames they grabbed everything they co-hos co-hoses. bucket anything to fight back the flames. >> my neighbor was out front saying that there was a fire back there. >>reporter: afternoon blaze between lawrence road in san ramone sent resident that a pap ick and pushed them into action. >> came in here yelling for my husband to find him out here with the gate and all the boy from his the neighborhood with the hose and taking buckets out of the pool. we start add bucket brigade. >>reporter: this view from sky 7 hd helps to illustrate how the quick thinking homeowners were determined to keep the flames at bay and gain the upper hand. neighbor helping neighbor. everybody grabbing bucket or hose. anything to fight the fire. >> fires like this start small. >>reporter: and mav quickly. from our chopper we saw frightened confused livestock running from the blaze as who wanters were used

nick smith is live in oakland with reaction from restauranters. >> alma, good evening.tinely check places where people serve food to the public but the results are not usually posted where we can see them. but on sunday all that will change. >> that is why chris and his business partner posting their safety results is good business. >> i wanted to know the place is clean. people don't abide by the standards that most restaurants should abide by. if you are serving the general public you need to have a clean, work area. you nd to be providing good, clean food. >> the new food rating system is meant to ensure just. that it will require owners to post results of their inspections in the windows of their business in plain view. the way elena makes her sandwiches. >> i think it's great there is some kind of placard or sign that allows people to know that this is an approved and safe food establish scly this i new gradie new grading system, green means a history of good inspection. yellow, two or more major food safety violations and red is place that has been closed because

our nick smith is at walnut creek bart and folk there is normally in the morning wanting to get into san francisco what is it like there now nick? >> confusion. wanting to get into san francisco like you have been reporting. they are getting to the walnut creek station and finding out that there is no service over to san francisco through the tunnel. one of the things we've encountered, there is a language barrier because they were not prepared for possibly those who don't speak english finding out there is no train service from the east bay over to san francisco. so, they are suggesting that you get as far as you can to candlestick park. using alternate routes to get to that golf tournament, there will be shuttle service either the n, l down to catch the open. right now those who are hoping to travel from the east bay down to the east bay or up north, you are fine, you won't have an issue if you are trying to get over to san francisco, you are running into problems. right now we have seen several people approach the ticket agent to ask questions to figure out different modes of trans

nick smith is live in that neighborhood where it all started. nick? >>reporter: good evening. just to give you an idea of where we are. we are south of mount diablo but east of 66 80. resident saw the flames they grabbed everything they co-hos co-hoses. bucket anything to fight back the flames. >> my neighbor was out front saying that there was a fire back there. >>reporter: afternoon blaze between lawrence road in san ramone sent resident that a pap ick and pushed them into action. >> came in here yelling for my husband to find him out here with the gate and all the boy from his the neighborhood with the hose and taking buckets out of the pool. we start add bucket brigade. >>reporter: this view from sky 7 hd helps to illustrate how the quick thinking homeowners were determined to keep the flames at bay and gain the upper hand. neighbor helping neighbor. everybody grabbing bucket or hose. anything to fight the fire. >> fires like this start small. >>reporter: and mav quickly. from our chopper we saw frightened confused livestock running from the blaze as who wanters were used

nick smith is live in that neighborhood where it all started. nick? >>reporter: good evening. where we are. we are south of mount diablo but east of 66 80. resident saw the flames they grabbed everything they co-hos co-hoses. bucket anything to fight back the flames. >> my neighbor was out front saying that there was a fire back there. >>reporter: afternoon blaze between lawrence road in san ramone sent resident that a pap ick and pushed them into action. >> came in here yelling for my husband to find him out here with the gate and all the boy from his the neighborhood with the hose and taking buckets out of the pool. we start add bucket brigade. >>reporter: this view from sky 7 hd helps to illustrate how the quick thinking homeowners were determined to keep the flames at bay and gain the upper hand. neighbor helping neighbor. everybody grabbing bucket or hose. anything to fight the fire. >> fires this start s this star. >>reporter: and mav quickly. from our chopper we saw frightened confused livestock running from the blaze as who wanters were used and fixed wing aircraft to

the reason for the closure sns voters said no to tax increase. 7 news reporter nick smith jones us live with a story from oakland. nick? >>reporter: larry, the east contra costa county fire chief just addressed a roomful of frustrated people here at the city hall building in oakland explaining to them that the cuts coming are tough. those hit the hardest will be those who live on the outskirts of the county. >> you know, they have just kicked us to the curb. >>reporter: this vessel island resident didn't want to give her name but frustration was clear. >> i that i lot of use extremely discouraged that metro s didn't pass. >> rae response from the year prior toyshtion a packed room the fire protection district announced they are preparing to close 3 fire stations and lay off as many as 19 employees. >> people represented by a number of service calls we have. >>reporter: among the hardest hit areas like beth el island. small pop paition on the outskirts of term fewer calls and limited resources. >> we have to make hard decisions on scene. are we going to be able to save a structure or abl

the reason for the closure sns voters said no to tax increase. 7 news reporter nick smith jones us live with a story from oakland. nick? >>reporter: larry, the east contra costa county fire chief just addressed a roomful of frustrated people here at the city hall building in oakland explaining to them that the cuts coming are tough. those hit the hardest will be those who live on the outskirts of the county. >> you know, they have just kicked us to the curb. >>reporter: this vessel island resident didn't want to give her name but frustration was clear. >> i that i lot of use extremely discouraged that metro s didn't pass. >> rae response from the year prior toyshtion a packed room the fire protection district announced they are preparing to close 3 fire stations and lay off as many as 19 employees. >> people represented by a number of service calls we have. >>reporter: among the hardest hit areas like beth el island. small pop paition on the outskirts of term fewer calls and limited resources. >> we have to make hard decisions on scene. are we going to be able to save a structure or abl

and there is nick smith with a live report. >> you're seeing a traffic nightmare, we're here at highway 4 at the split this, is because the traffic usually exit at john muir parkway cannot do so because of a detour. this is how it started. patrol tells us that this car hit a fallen power line on the roadway. and this is running across eastbound and westbound lanes and are still on the ground. the pole with live lines fell across the roadway, blocking lanes. pge is on the scene and doing repairs. cruise are called to the scene and began putting out fires. the driver escaped uninjured. this created a traffic nightmare, this is backed up as far as interstate 880. back live, you can see that there is i-08 eastbound is where the traffic has been redirected. pg&e tells us 36 customers are dealing with out power, chp tells us they may not have that section open again until 7:00 this evening. >> and thank you very much. it's breezy out there. sandhya patel is here with a look at conditions that firefighters are facing. >> firefighters are not just battling fires but winds right now. you can see

and nick smith is live with the latest. >> not much has changed we have watched different investigatorscome and go from the home behind me most of the day. but arriving here just this afternoon. and what we know is that police are calling it a murder. they're saying the death of a woman in her early 50s by the hands of someone she nu. a call became this afternoon by a man in his 90s described as a neighbor. police say the neighbor was calling police to report a murder but that he couldn't give information about who, what, or where. that is when they say dispatch could hear a second voice behind the caller giving additional information including address of the crime scene. and police say they knew it was not an accidental death but a murder. >> this is a domestic dispute ends up being, we think is a murder. and we're confident that we have the suspect. there no one in orinda who we're looking for. we have who we're looking for. >> investigators were able to recover the weapon near the neighbor's home. police say that the murder is domestic and there is no threat to the community. they sa

the body found insifd a home and nick smith is live with the latest on what we know. nick?> and there are residents shocked by the fact the police are calling this a murder, take a look. you can see crime scene investigators are still working the scene and they say a call gler early 90s made a call around noon this afternoon saying that there have been a murder but did not know the address. and police say a second voice gave additional information that is irn cluding adress of the crime scene. they say they noticed his appearance describing him as lucid, calm. and now a and it had been involved in a struggle saying as soon as they made contact did he not resist arrest and officers moved to place him into custody. >> there is a individual saying hey, hey. officers turned around determining the suspect on how he looks. took him into custody and put him in the car. >> and investigators were able to recover the weapon and police say the murder is domestic and there is no threat to the community and tell me the couple lived together as a couple for 10 years and has been in this

. >> and abc 7 reporter nick smith tells ugs it promises to be exciting andthy as always. >> this is a theme this year. it's our tag line. >> this is a the largest film vest value in the world. and this year, find your story. >> maybe a total of 104 programs of 11 day autos one of the most buzzed about programs is a documentary of love free or die. >> having that whole theater watching this gorgeous story about this brave man and having him be there is going to be a special moment. >> there are racier films and films that are highlighting struggles of the community. and price says it's also about san francisco. there is to share a film with our audience at castro theater is just unique event. >> there is a slumping economy meaning the nonprofit had to work harder to secure donors and volunteers but says stream lining this organization ask asking everyone to work harder has pulled everything together without a hitch. in and now for more information about the festival and show times for the movies we have posted a link on our web site. and check that out if you can. >> and tom cruise l

nick smith joins us live with that story. nick? >> here here at supreme court. the judge just left with his attorney. he made a court appearance and he faces charges of looting his neighbor of her financial fortune. this 57-year-old judge accused of stealing $1.6 million from his neighbor appeared in superior court with nothing to say. >> there is no dmonts make. we haven't seen the discovery or had a chance to read the complaint or amended complaint. >> court papers filed by the district attorney accused him of siphonning his neighbor of her fortune. the 97-year-old who died two years ago lived in this house. according to documents he befriended the neighbor in 1998 and by 2004 had taken over almost all of her finances, adding his name on her bank and investment accounts, at the time, totalling $2.2 million. prosecutors are also charging him with perjury with failing to disclose annual income required by law. the district attorney says that the alleged conduct of the judge is both disturbing and disappointing. his alleged conduct is in no way a reflection of th

they will know the results of health inspections, nick smith has reaction from local eateries. >> i haveked in a lot of restaurants before and i saw a lot of dirty places. >> they say it's good business. >> i wanted to know the place is clean. people don't abide by the standards that commercial restaurants should abide by. if you are serving the general public you need to have a clean work area. you need to be providing good, clean food. >> the new food grading system is meant to ensure just that. it would require owners of place serving food to promptly post the results of their inspections in the windows of their business in plain public view. the way elena makes her sandwiches. >> i think it's great there is some something that allows people to know that this is safe establishment. >> reporter: this is new color coded system. yellow two or more food safety violations and red means a place was closed because of unsanitary conditions. you can look it up on the jirnl health department website that will include food safety. she knows that a failed inspection should damage the relationship

more tonight from the nick smith. >> ides say it's a personal decision. what i choose to do. >>reporter: jasmine didn't had a lieutenant to say about the city of oakland shutting down 2 troubled hotel. >> i believe i'm a victim at all. you know. i'm my own free will person. i make my own choice. >>reporter: but one choice taken away. alameda superior court june ordered the economy inn and national lodge on international near 23rd be shut down. after authorities say they repeatedly ignored state law preventing prostitution open the property making them find somewhere else to do their trade. >> the only thing making it hard for me is that it is illegal and that slows me down major oral. >> these are our children. this is our community. >>reporter: in addition to preventing ildren and teens from being pulled into prostitution, the alameda district attorney office says the only agency with the authority to prosecute those they say pedal in flesh and use the business for the sex trade. >> we have already prosecuted over 250 cases the with very significant number of convictions. >>

. >> in san francisco, nick smith, abc7 news. >> for information about the festival and movie show times we have posted a link on our website at abc7news.com. >>> the sixth annual east bay a's walk take place this morning at oakland's lake merit. the 5k walk begins at 10:00 and you can still sign up starting at 8:00. funds raised go to help local hiv a's organizations which help more than 10,000 east bay residents living with a's. the event it put on by the east bay a's advocacy organization and it is staffed with volunteers and 100% donations going toward the organizations. >>> what is it going to be like in oakland at 10:00? >> it will probably be in the 60s. it should be very nice but it gets kind of uncomfortable quickly. >> so hurry up and walk. >> yeah. we are talking about the first spare the air day of the season and perhaps the first triple digit afternoon in the valleys. looking hazy and the sun will be up soon, 5:47. we are looking at the beginning of summer on wednesday, the sun setting at 8:44, 14 hours 46 hours of day light. live doppler 7 hd right now all is quiet. we don'

nick smith has that story. >> reporter: the workers that the recycling center say that the owner wasn't available to speak to me but they along with six other recycling centers were targets of an undercover sting operation that the district attorney says lasted six months. >> my property being stole season in the millions of dollars. >> they accuse the recycling centers of buying scrap metal that could have been stolen from local utilities and ignoring the requirement that all transactions be recorded. also named were three facilities in richmond. two in pittsburgh. one in concord and one in martinez. according to law enforcement, all of the named recycling centers engaged in repeated offenses before the wants served. some as many as five to six times. >> we have seen people come with brand new spools of copper and scene people come in with 6-inch copper pipe which nobody would have 6-inch copper pipe. >> jay has operated his recycling center for two decades and prides himself on running a clean operation. >> we try to limit what we buy to what somebody should is have in their normal ho

and nick smith is live with the story. >> good evening steven allen norwick is a 65-year-old retiredor and he traveled this stretch of petaluma hill road. he was experienced bike rider and today suffering from life-threatening injuries after being the victim of a hit and run. >> there is no shoulders and the traffic goes lick yetty split. >> bicyclists not surprised to hear about an early morning hit and run that left a cyclist fighting for his life. >> he's got head injuries and spinal injuries and i believe kidney also. >> the spray paint marks the spot where police say the driver of the dodge pickup truck hit a man on his bicycle from behind and kept going. >> i have got mirrors and i'm ready to go. >> this victim was no match for the force of the truck trafing at full speed. >> and they could have been using a cell phone or texting. we don't know. >> at the scene piece s of the safety gear remain. because of the time of the day investigators say there are witnesses but because of the distance we're not able to get a plate number. now, there are cops piecing together clue autos tu

in oakland, nick smith, abc7 fuse. >> the tour de france begins with a former champion defending himself against using performance-enhancing d ugs. the doping agency filed formal doping charges against lance armstrong. it cannot criminally prosecute him, but it can strip him of his awards. the agency says it has evidence that armstrong used and distributed banned substances, including steroids, the seven-time tour de france winner has been denying those charges for years. >>> well, a fire in beverly hills has caused severe damage to the former mansion of a reality tv star. fans of real housewives of beverly hills will recognize this house, perhaps. remove flames you might. lisa vanderpump lived there the first two seasons. the flames broke out 6:30 last night. a nearby home was evacuate where another edition of real housewives was being taped. lisa has since moved. ♪ ♪ fire on the mountain] >> and open to the public, it is the ucc santa cruz grateful dead archives. tie-dyed dead heads descended on the library as if jerry garcia was alive and playing. it's called "a box of rain" archive t

late july when they come to board the day vacation starts tonight after one last workout lovie smith nick practices but pretty obvious chicago bears able to bring heat on offense especially when they get matt forte back biggest thing lovie smith x from off-season program. >> i feel like more points on the board which will have to do. the team that led the league averaged 35 points each game last year we had 22. class always have full we have seen some good football teams around here. last year's team pretty good. before injuries had us. >> day 1 us open super group tiger phil bubba one good day not phil mickelson 76 bubba 78 luke donald 79 leader michael thompson 7 birdies 66 clear 3 of tiger woods control today solid round 69 tied for second among those nick watney second shot at par 5 17 5 iron from 195 on front big bounce albatross 3rd double eage in 112 us opens. you don't see that often. and [ bell tolls ] agents, say hello to the biggest hailstone in u.s. history. oh, that will leave a dent. which is exactly why we educate people... about comprehensive coverage. yep. the right choic

smith later found out the inning was over. nick to his last strike, but on his 3-2 pitch got all of it. the 3-run homer gives the a's something to celebrate when it looks like just moments earlier they would go down in defeat. they walk off with the win. the spear league play is over. giants back home to begin a big three game series against the dodgers. when norris made contact he had a pretty good idea he had hit his first major league home run. >> i did. it felt pretty good coming off the bat. i said get them in during the day and that's what i was trying to do. something i will never forget. it's a great feeling. my first at-bat but torch -- fortunately it was a good hit to handle. it was a great feeling, i will not trade it for the world. >> i used to be a hot head but now i just try to focus on the next pitch. once i let it go there's nothing i can do about it. we had a lot of a's fans and we're pretty pumped up, it's a fun day. >>> before the dodgers headed north the giants were hoping they could get some help from the angel

nick wallenda. >> he is scheduled to perform his stunt tonight. he sat down with fox's shepherd smith to preview what he promises will be a once in a generation event. >> it has been a dream of mine since i was about six years old. i visited there with my mom and dad and i remember thinking how cool would it be to put a high >> reporter: a quarter century later, that is what he has done. a helicopter strung a cable from one side to the other. crews have been working on the rigging as nick wallenda prepares. >> we'll be here at 6:00 if we have to. >> reporter: tens of thousands are expected to compete for views of the daredevil departing the u.s. and ending in canada about a half hour later. he will travel a total of 1800 feet, walk through heavy mist on a wire roughly the size of your wrist. >> seven generations and over #00 years, this is what they familiar will you has done. >> reporter: three members of the family have fall ton their deaths in front of hoare eyed crowds. so abc, which is broadcasting the stunt made him agree to tether himself to the wire, something he says he has n

nick gillespie is editor-in-chef of reason tv and reason.com. ben smith is buzz feed editor in chief. roland martin is political analyst at cnn. erick erickson is also. but also the editor of red state.com. great to have you with us. ben, let me start with you. obviously, quick to have victory laps going on both sides. republicans are trying to say, oh, look the supreme court gets you off, obama, only because you're raising taxes on the middle class. will that stick? >> no, this isn't an issue mitt romney can fight and win. he passed a very similar law in massachusetts. i think both he and the president are going to want to stop talking about this after the holiday weekend. the winner is john roberts. who really set up the court and set up himself for this much increased stature. i think the political campaign is going to move away from this fast. >> erick, it may be that roberts was the only real winner today. >> oh, i think roberts was probably the only real winner today. the republicans are going to make the democrats own this. let's not forget the big

nick waug gan prison. mefs convicted even though there was no evidence backing up the charges. a group includes congressman adam smithse qualifies as kidnapping. his family warns time could be running out for him to leave prison alive. i want you to take a look at how he landed in this situation. >> it's one of the most dangerous prisons in the world. an american who just about everyone says is innocent has been here for 18 month, serving a sentence of 22 years. his name is jason puracal. >> it's very hard. it's tough. >> he joined the peace corps, hoping to work with exotic animals around the world. in 2002, he was stationed in nicaragua. his sister said he was struck with the beauty of the country. >> he absolutely loved it. he decided to stay there. >> reporter: he met and married a local and moved to a beach town. they have a son. puracal began working in a real estate office. he was even featured on hgtv's "house hunters international." >> approximately two hours from the capital. >> life was good. he was raising his son in the community he says he loved and finding success with his company. but everything chang

smith, the president of ulico to talk labor issues but dan. >> the full court press. >> on this monday, other headlines making news dare delve nick wolenda completedada took 25 minutes on a wire suspended above the falls. he was wear a safety harness which takes the excitement away the broadcasts cord big ratings, 10.1 million people watched it. gave the network its highest viewership in nearly 5 years. >> is that right? >> uh-huh. >>> they wanted to see him fall. hard for me to imagine wanting to see somebody fall. >> i know. you like to see him define death. you like to see him beat, you know, danger here. >> you put that better. >> in sports, the miami heat took a lead over the thunder. they won 91 to 85. the thunder once led the heat by as much as 8 points, labron and durant had four fouls that kept him on the bench for several minutes. >> i know you hate the heat. >> and the olympic club in san francisco proved to be a tough test for golf's greatest and a new winner emerged, web simple sorn playing only his 5th major tournament. a final record 68 to wind up one over. he held off michael thompson and graham mcdowell, both two over, $1.4 millio