there have been 61 murders so far this year in oakland, california. and with crime on the rights, some neighbors are taking extraordinary steps. here's john blackstone. >> reporter: gunfire has become so common on the streets of oakland, california, that even in neighborhoods that once seemed immune to the city's violence, residents are no longer shocked. >> it's like, oh, another shooting. oh, another shooting. >> reporter: jan hetherington has lived for 14 years in the oakland neighborhood of maxwell park. it's a place with glorious views across san francisco bay, neat houses and friendly neighbors. >> this is the most wonderful neighborhood i've ever lived in. >> reporter: and yet you have to bring in private security to feel safe. >> yup. >> reporter: with budget cuts forcing oakland to trim its police force by a third, residents decided to pay themselves for private security patrols, understandable when you hear this-- >> a car came down the stroot, three guys without out with a gun. there was a gun battle three blocks over, and i did hear, actua

john blackstone, cbs news oakland, california. >> as for the woman murdered last month. neighbors say she was in the process of getting petition signed for private security before she was killed. >> black smoke covers idaho where a wildfire is pushing north this morning. 144 square miles of forest have burned in the beaver creek fire. 700 firefighters are trying to save the more event but the fire is only 6% contained. more than 2,000 people have been evacuated. >> al goer will give the key note address to the 16th annual lake tahoe summit tomorrow. the former vice president was at the first summit back in 1997. environmentists will talk about the challenges that face the lakes. tahoe had an average depth of 75 feet. >> she has not shared any clues about another presidential run but california voters have something to say about hillary clinton's chances. >> and another look at the safety debate over the new bay bridge. state senator mark joins us next. >> generations of memories. the iconic fun center in the bay center is closing its doors for good. >> doors are opening

. >> the santa rita jail consumes 113 acres of land in the foothills just outside oakland, california. opened in 1989 it is bed space for more than 4,100 inmates. while some have been convicted most are currently charged with crimes, and are awaiting trial or the resolution of their cases. men and women are housed in separate areas. but all wear jail-issued scrubs, eat the same food and sleep on the same thin mattresses. yet, as danielle benfield proves, individuality is hardly lacking here. [ screams ] >> she doesn't have a decibel limit. >> i knew you was going to say -- >> she tends to be what i would call one of our problem children. >> girl, she told me yesterday, wake up. >> she likes a lot of attention. >> i know how to use my mouth, you know, i mean talking. i am just a people person. i am a social butterfly. this is how i do my time. i always have my makeup and my hair done, radiant. that's the reputation i have in here. some of them call me diva. >> i am a bit of a shopaholic. i like my things. that's why i am in here, grand theft, stealing people's stuff and shopping. >> be

we are based in oakland, california. we just moved there from san francisco. i actually make the community -- not really. but nonetheless, in san francisco, i'm glad to be here to make the announcement. june 19th we're going to recognize african-american young men who have graduated high school and are going to college. this is an annual event that we host. we are very proud to be putting it together and recognizing young black men. so, this is a call announcement for all the young brothers who are graduating from the college, your friends, family to come out, support these young men. juan, we have something special for you and all other young participants, a $100 gift card just for coming out, participating. (applause) >> [speaker not understood]. so, i know how much $100 can carry you when you're hungry at night, pizza, laundry, whatever, whatever you need it for, we have it. we just ask that you participate. i'll have more information in the back. for folks who want information, it is the url brotherhood grad celebration 2013.event.com or you can go to the

de lisett, que llega desde oakland california, dice:lleguÉ a estados unidos con mis padres al tener dosegresamos de forma ilegal para que termine mis estudios, al tiempo me casÉ con mi novio ciudadano, estadounidense, y tuvimos un hijo aquÍ. quiero saber si haber salido del paÍs, y regresar de forma ilegal al ser menor de edad, afectara si mi esposo pueda pedirme, parece una novela, es complicado. >>> sÍ, flaca es complicado, primero cuando ella sale y no tiene 18 aÑos, no acumula la penalidad de los diez aÑos, sale antes de los 18 aÑos y 6 meses. ahora el problema es que le dan salida voluntaria y ella entra ilegal, eso puede ser terrible, porque entonces, aunque pudiera trat tratar de aplicar para un perdÓn, en la 601 a, no creo que el servicio de inmigraciÓn se lo de, va a decir, de que ella esÁa completamente negada de ese tipo de residencia por la secciÓn 212 a 9 c, la famosa muerte mexicana, cuando uno entra, luego del 9a 7 y sale y vuelve a entrar ilegal. no creo que sea tan complicado el caso, podrÍa ser argumentado como ella entrÓ legal la primera vez, cuando tenÍa dos aÑos. fÍ

back to "lockup." >>> oakland, california is a city of contrasts.is kittently ranked in the top ten american cities for both its outstanding environmental practices but you also for crime. at the santa rita jail, those two worlds come together for an environmentally friendly corrections facility. >> we are on top of housing unit 33 right now and behind us is our solar panel system. it was installed in 2001. when we started our push to be one of the grievest county facilities in the country. >> so the ones here on the roof don't move or do anything but you take the sun in to help us create energy. the ones behind us there on the hillside those go ahead and rotate with the sun as it passes over are to be more efficient. we went and installed more on the services building and those actually heat up the water for the entire facility. >> in all, santa rita has 9,000 roof top solar panels and another 100 installed on the -- 1100 installed on the h hillside behind the jail. the jail also in talled five wind turbines and a hydrogen fuel cell power plant tha

one of the largest crops up in oakland, california.october 10th, the oakland protesters set up their camp in frank ogawa plaza, the public square in front of oakland city hall. hundreds join in and occupy the plaza 24 hours a day. including berkeley tenants rights lawyer jesse palmer. >> i think people in society feel very isolated. but when you realize that many other people have the same ideas you have and are having the same problems that you have, then suddenly you realize, actually, we are powerful, we the people are powerful. >> every hour, every day, the occupation is here to stay! >> after two weeks the oakland mayor orders the plaza vacated because of health and safety concerns. before daybreak on october 25th oakland police raid the encampment, clearing out the occupiers with tear gas. protesters agree to reconvene later that day and march back on the plaza. >> the crowd was a focused crowd. you know, we were there because they had taken occupation and the occupation was something that had been very valuable to a lot of us. w

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de pros institutos, y en tu 1993 lo registraron en otro programa para agresores sexuales en oakland californiaial pornogrÁfico infantil. >>> el padre rubÉn martÍnez fue asignado a esta parroquia de la ciudad de california, y en el aÑo de 1972 y aquÍ precisamente en esta ciudad es dÓnde supuestamente ocurrieron varios de sus abusos. >>>la seÑora juanita quiÉn vive amo cruzar la calle de la iglesia, dice que conociÓ muy bien al padre martÍnez y se niega a creer, de hecho dice que le sorprende la informaciÓn que ha surgido. >>> aquÍ se portÓ rebien. muy bien. es buen sacerdote aquÍ. >>>la conclusiÓn a la que llegaron los siquiatras que el padre martÍnez es un hombre dependiente, depresivo y solitario y el abogado dice que nuevos uniformes de otras Órdenes religiosa, deberÁn conocerse a mediados de este mes. >>> y anthony weiner regresÓ a con actividades de campaÑa por la alcaldÍa de new york a pesar que no quieren, y hoy hablÓ en despierta amÉrica sobre el escÁndalo sexual que op poca su carrera pÚblica, y hablÓ del sido animo que usaba al secciÓn arte. >>> fue un error, pero es un caso que yo y

." >>> the search for a missing woman in oakland, california, has led police to a person of interest. they're combing through a fairgrounds after questioning a registered sex offender who dated sandra coke 22 years ago. he was spotted with her on sunday, the day she went missing. he has a long criminal history, that includes kidnapping and rape. and he was previously charged in two murders. >> we have not arrested this person in this case. but we are looking at this person as a person of interest. they have had history of dating. they are known to each other. >> coke is an investigator for the federal public defender's office. her family and friends have put up a $100,000 reward. >>> two college friends of suspected boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsaranev, face charges for throwing away fireworks and other items they found in tsaranev's dormroom before capture. if crickonvicted, they will spe0 years in prison. >>> the atlantic hurricane season has been fairly quiet so far. but there may be busy months ahead. the forecast is calling for three to five major hurricanes over the next few

." >>> the search for a missing woman in oakland, california, has led police to a person of interest. they're combing through a fairgrounds after questioning a registered sex offender who dated sandra coke 22 years ago. he was spotted with her on sunday, the day she went missing. he has a long criminal history, that includes kidnapping and rape. and he was previously charged in two murders. >> we have not arrested this person in this case. but we are looking at this person as a person of interest. they have had history of dating. they are known to each other. >> coke is an investigator for the federal public defender's office. her family and friends have put up a $100,000 reward. >>> two college friends of suspected boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsaranev, face charges for throwing away fireworks and other items they found in tsaranev's dormroom before capture. if crickonvicted, they will spe0 years in prison. >>> the atlantic hurricane season has been fairly quiet so far. but there may be busy months ahead. the forecast is calling for three to five major hurricanes over the next few

. >> authorities in oakland california confirm they found the body of missing federal investigator sandrady was discovered last week near a northern california park. a former boyfriend is being held as a person of interest in this case. randy allana, a convicted rapist and kidnapper is being held on unrelated charges. >> jesse jackson jr. due to be sentenced in a washington, d.c. court today. the former congressman pleaded guilty going on a spending spree to the tune of $750,000, he bought fur coats, vacations, rolex. his wife sandy jackson will be sentenced for fail to report $600,000 total income. each facing prison time. >> anthony weiner fading fast. the race to be new york's mayor. the latest poll find weiner falling to fourth place at a debate last night he once again apologized for the sexting scandal. afterwards, he tried to distance himself from his wife's role in a hillary clinton campaign. >> do i know what my wife is doing? the answer is yes. have you ever heard some times people say, yes, but if i tell you i would have to kill you. it was a joke. everyone laughed. it was a jo

and you know just briefly, my father was born in oakland, california. and fred coramatzo thought of himself as an american citizen and that what motivated him to take a stand against the military orders that were issued during world war ii that forced removed 120,000 of japanese ancestry from the west coast. he worked on redress after his conviction was over turned in 1983 after it was found in the government's own files that the incarceration was of not military necessity and that there was government misconduct. and he worked on the redress and ref rations movement that led to the civil rights act of 1988 and then my father's mission became education. he crisscrossed this nation so that the lessons of history would not be forgotten. and in 2010, with the signing of the legislative bill, establishing fred of the civil liberties and the constitution on january 30th, my father's birthday, we through the institute developed the curriculum for elementary and middle and high school students. that include information and lesson plans in teachers, and a one-d

we represent this table, and over here oakland california. and you're aware of the violent nature in that city. >> of course, yeah. >> what i'm concerned with is you have do gooders and they're painting out something that the nortenas have painted and want to stay up there and they don't really observe nighttime hours versus daytime hours. so, how do we protect the possibility of some violence being put upon these people that are doing the good work? >> so, you're thinking more like the retaliation from taggers of the people that are abating the tagging. >> you just have to educate them. try to make them aware of what's gang graffiti and what's tagger graffiti. either way it's going to be dangerous. there is a lot of violence in the taggers. they get into fist fights. i've arrested tagers with knives and brass knuckles. i've heard stories of guns being taken off tagers. it is a violent culture or has aspects of violent culture in it. you need to educate people on that. when you're going -- when you're painting over someone's graffiti, that co

turns out, one particular dispensary in oakland, california, could decide the fate of medical marijuana for the entire nation. >> time the go sell some weed. get ready. ♪ >>> in california where we are right now, medical marijuana has been legal since 1996. and once it was made legal, there was a proliferation of dispensaries where people could go and get marijuana, you know, marijuana products. once they started popping up, then the department of justice started clamping down on them for being illegal. so while it is legal in california for them to sell medical marijuana, it is illegally federally for these places to exist, so it is a catch 22. i don't know, but it is going to be really interesting to see where you should draw the line. is legalization the answer or just opening up a much larger can of worms and a potential for more problems, because that is what a lot of people will argue. the minute you legalize it, we will become a nation of unemployed good for nothing sitting around eating twinkies and not having jobs. >> but in order to purchase or let alone smoke any of that ille

most unfriendliest cities rounding out the top five, oakland, california, rwanda, the capital of angolaut none of them is less friendly than newark, new jersey. the magazine reports the surveyed readers to compile the listed and some of those only visit newark was a cheap stopover on someplace else. newark, new jersey, awful. man, it's worse than islamabad and worse than angola! worse than western super mayor. >> now that is stupid survey. from a late night chat to a talk with the troops. the president at camp pendleton is very out. what he said last night that is still sticking in a lot peoples craw. >> we don't have a domestic spying program? >> oh, really. >> they aren't buying i'm neil cavuto. i guess snowden really didn't do anything wrong. there is no domestic spying going on. >> there is no spying on americans. we don't have a domestic spying program. what we do have mechan

most unfriendliest cities rounding out the top five, oakland, california, rwanda, the capital of angolaut none of them is less friendly than newark, new jersey. the magazine reports the surveyed readers to compile the listed and some of those only visit newark

police in oakland, california questioning this guy.hey are calling him a man of personal interest. the parole lee was with sandra coke the night she went missing. the two dated more than 20-years ago and recently reached out to her for some sort of help. at this hour investigators say they are searching a local fair ground for clues. >> testimony set to continue at 10 am eastern in the trial of major nidal hasan. he sat motionless as witnesses described a horrific scene of blood and chaos during his 2009 shooting rampage. at first a man thought it was a drill then he heard a young lady screaming my baby, my baby. it was the pregnant woman one of the 13 people killed. >>> another set of winners stepping forward this morning to claim the massive power ball prize. we now know 16 maintenance workers and a project engineer from minnesota will share the $448 million jackpot. minnesotian paul white says the improbable win gives him the ability to provide for his family for the remembers of his life. >> i feel this pressure off my shoulders th

michael pierce just moved here from oakland, california. >> it saves money from having a police officer out here, i guess. >> coming from oakland, he said he is used to a world saturated with cameras. there it was an issue of safety. >> the days of public anonymity are gone. >> we went to the intersection. >> i don't see them as much as i should. i tend to make you slow down. >> she thought it was a speed camera. the silver spring resident has never seen a stop camera. this makes her nervous. >> do i have to go to absolute dead zero or my catch me? >> it turns out she does not have to worry and for now only certain types of drivers better think twice. the camera was placed there to detect oversize trucks driving where they should not be. a few weeks ago, it was placed there, still in test mode. that means no tickets have been issued. that is it for abc 7 news at 5:00. abc 7 news at 6:00 starts right now. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- abuse,n the history of it is right to ask questions about surveillance. obama trying to make it clear the government ca

. >> volunteers combing through an oakland, california neighborhood looking for a 50-year-old woman who disappeared four days ago. sandra coke, a criminal defense investigator, and left home to follow a lead about her stolen dog. >> three winning tickets in last night's $448 million powerball drawing. two solden new jersey. one in minnesota. the breaking details just ahead. those are some of our top stories on this thursday, august 8th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >>> all right. everybody, good thursday morning. >> we can tell you a little bit about the lottery story right now. it's that we didn't win. >> yes, we are here. >> we're here. though you would still come in you said if you did win. >> call in sick a few dates. figure out. oh, my god. >> got a financial planner. >> never see you again. just gone. >> i would invite everybody to a big party on my big yacht. fli eve fly everybody out. >> you have a chance. your mom lives a mile from one of the winning towns. >> one town over. >> haven't talked to her. >> haven't spoken t

willing to pay for private security. >> reporter: gunfire has become so common on the streets of oakland, california that even a neighborhood that once seemed immune to the city's violence, residents are no longer shocked. >> oh, another shooting. >> reporter: lived for 14 years in maxwell park. a place with glorious views across san francisco bay, neat houses and friendly neighbors. >> most wonderful neighborhood. >> reporter: yet you have to brick in private security. >> yep. >> reporter: with budget cuts forcing oakland to trim its professor by a third, residents decided to pay themselves for private security patrols. when you hear this. >> a car came down the street, three guys got out with a gun. there was a gun battle three blocks over. i did hear actually bullet went in somebody's house. >> reporter: that routine gunfire turned tragic last month. >> our neighbor judy who lived in the next block to me was shot and killed. >> reporter: judy saloman was murdered as she drove home. who did it and why is unknown. neighbors gathering at the spot where she died fear that if it could happen to her, i

for "out front" dan simon, cnn, oakland, california. >> ac 360 starts now. >>> erin, thanks. good evening everyone. tonight prepare to laugh, cry and be inspired by a woman. my interview with antoinette tuff, who lovingly persuaded a mass kill tore give himself up in a school. she saved countless number of lives of kids and police officers and feels compassion for the man that could have killed her. in fact, she tells me she wants to maintain a connection with him. my in de-depth conversation wit her and her face-to-face meeting with the calm, cool 911 operator that helped her save the day. >> how are you? >> how are you doing? >> oh, god. >> we made it. >> we did. oh my god. >> made it they did. both ends, the most remarkable 911 call we heard. emergency operator and bookkeeper at the discovery mcnair learning academy outside atlanta. together they prevent add likely massacre with kendra relying messages to police on the scene, antoinette with the gunman who fired off half a dozen shots and had enough ammunition to kill hundreds. he said he was off his medication, he wanted

oakland, california temple dedicated in 1964, it is 66 degrees with lots of clear skies. a westerly at 12 miles per hour. clouds will roll back in again tonight. tomorrow count on a warmer day than today when it was unseasonably cool. we'll have steady temperatures coming up. that seven-day outlook coming up shortly. but first things first, 60 today in pacifica. it was up to 82 in concord. 74 in san jose. and that 78 degrees in livermore was averaging 10 degrees below normal for the first day of august. tonight with the last quarter moon on approach will be the new moon on august 6 we'll dip down into the 50s and 40s. futurecast illustrates that tonight that deck of low clouds and fog hanging off the coast not as deep or as extensive as it has been the past couple nights and it looks like it will scour out a lot sooner than today. so therefore tomorrow with a lack of the cloud cover we'll see some slight which warmer air mass. first things we have to talk about is right here. this is a long wave trough. it's just hanging very tight off the pacific northwest coast. and as

oakland at the age of ten. she expected to live a better life in california. but instead of oakland to be broken city. this is about one hour and ten minutes. >> imagine being a fourth grader that left a rather isolated existence and was told about a faraway place called disneyland. she had heard exciting things about it. but she really couldn't comprehend the magnitude of such a place. figuratively speaking when ying ma and her family entered from china she thought she was heading to disneyland. but confronted her was a cry from the magic kingdom. it wasn't a foreign language and culture that was proven more difficult. rather it was the shocking racism, isolation and disdain that she encountered in her own backyard of oakland. her story is an example of what made america great. courage to confront hard shot and abuse, determination to move past and gratitude to a country that made it possible for anyone to succeed and discover one's self worth. .. >> she has also written articles for the "wall street journal," national tribune, los angeles times, "the weekly standard," and others. currently, ms. ma i

♪ >> surrounded by the foothills outside oakland, california, the santa rita jail can be mistaken forn office park, if not for the mile and a half or so of razor wire lining its perimeter. >> hey. >> most of the roughly 2,700 male inmates and 300 female inmates are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial and the resolution of their cases. >> some people think it's a joke and it's fun, man. this ain't fun. it's not a game. it's not a joke. it's real life, and i don't want to be here. >> deputies face new problems and challenges every day. >> stay down. stay down until i leave the room. >> among the most dangerous is when inmates bring their conflicts from the street with them into the jail. >> [ bleep ] trying to keep gang banging. gang banger. >> deputies have just separated two such inmates who got into a brief fistfight. >> you just ran out to see him. >> they are temporarily placed in different cells. but that doesn't stop their taunts. >> that [ bleep ] a real life [ bleep ]. like i said -- [ bleep ] >> i'm on you every time. >> you a [ bleep ]. i swear to god i'll beat yo

for "outfront" dan simon, cnn, oakland, california. >> piers morgan is next. >>> this is piers morgan live. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. the hero bookkeeper antoinette tuff who got the georgia school gunman to surrenderer. >> he's a hurting soul, so any kind of way i can help him and allow him to get on the right path, we all go through something and i believe god gives us all a purpose in life and i believe he has a purpose in destiny for that young man, also. >> people ape cross the country are, of course, thanking her. she's a true hero. but what do we know about thes is spect, michael brandon hill? we'll talk to his brother. and the school official that first called 911 and the police chief that led negotiations. >>> and hanna anderson. >> there is a hard time and there will be harder times in life, but if i can get through this, i'm sure i can get through more. >> how she survived the alleged kidnapping. her aunts and grandfather speak up for the first time. >>> the thrill kill murder in oklahoma without rage, are the media treat thing story d

for "out front" dan simon, cnn, oakland, california. >>> this is piers morgan live.world. the hero bookkeeper antoinette tuff who got the georgia school gunman to surrenderer. >> he's a hurting soul, so any kind of way i can help him and allow him to get on the right path, we all go through something and i believe god gives us all a purpose in life and i believe he has a purpose in destiny for that young man, also. >> people ape cross the country are, of course, thanking her. she's a true hero. but what do we know about thes is spect, michael brandon hill? we'll talk to his brother. and the school official that first called 911 and the police chief that led negotiations.

for "out front" dan simon, cnn, oakland, california. >> ac 360 starts now. >>> erin, thanks.gh, cry and be inspired by a woman. my interview with antoinette tuff, who lovingly persuaded a mass kill tore give himself up in a school. she saved countless number of lives of kids and police officers and feels compassion for the man that could have killed her. in fact, she tells me she wants to maintain a connection with him. my in de-depth conversation wit her and her face-to-face meeting with the calm, cool 911

a woman vanishes in oakland, california, as she goes looking for a stolen dog.g for any clues that will lead them to her. she is a federal criminal investigator who handles death row cases. her teenage daughter last saw her on sunday. >> they think she may have met somebody in a coffee shop in the oakland area so they are reviewing surveillance tapes and interviewing witnesses. >>peter: her car was found two miles from her home and her two cell phones turned up in two different locations. police are not sure if her disappearance is related to her job. >>steve: we're learning this morning that 15 foot pie upon -- that 15 foot python that killed two boys was living in the apartment they were sleeping in. it had escaped its cage before and the owner did nothing to try to fix it. the autopsy determines the brothers were asphyxiated. the pythons escaped through a hole connected to the vent and fell through the ceiling on to the sleeping boys. the snake's owner could now face manslaughter charges. >>gretchen: frightening new crime wave sleeping the nation. it's called

we moved to oakland, california, knowing almost nothing about it.we showed up there because we had relatives and we wanted to be close to our family members. yet, instead of finding an america with the streets were paved with gold, we found crumbling schools, unsafe streets, and racist people. that was because we had arrived in inner-city america. the heart of the welfare state. one by one the horror of the ghetto showed themselves to us. poverty and urban decay plagued our new city. store fronts had shattered windows, streets were pockmarked with pothole, bridges and tunnels were splashed with graffiti. the streets downtown even near city hall were often streets that smelled of urine, homeless men and women aggressively pan handled. that's when they were being nice to you and accosted tourists and residents alike. crime plagued our new city as well. drug dealing seemed more prevalent at time than employment. muggings took place in plain sight. and gunshots rang at night regularly interrupting my tv watching. racism also ruled my town. asians and di

one on a richmond, california, highway, the other near oakland.s car two miles from her home. >> it's especially upsetting to think that she might be in danger and that there is foul play here. >> reporter: on wednesday, investigators took bags of evidence from coke's home, including her laptop computers, hoping to find clues. they won't say coke's work, win release on death row, or the search for her missing dog, has anything to do with her disappearance. >> she's a very special person. very unusually kind and generous and big-hearted. >> reporter: coke's family and friends are vowing to keep searching until they found her. for "good morning america," gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> we join her family and friends in hopes that it's going to happen. >> amen. >>> sam? >> let's get to the boards. we have a lot to talk about here. in the west, we barely touched on this. this area of high pressure that's inland and the low that's moving in. the basic thing you need to know about what happens here, is it's a dry and windy pattern. winds not good fo

. >> for "good morning america," abbie boudreau, abc news, oakland, california. >> dave si zen coe is options available. and eating right is hard. that's why one in three young americans is overweight or obese. >> if we can't afford those, what should parents be packing? what should be in our lunch? >> they should pack a healthy lunch. and try to eat the rainbow the. >> try to eat the rainbow? >> a variety of colors inside. >> a fruit and a vegetable. >> you want -- >> that's beige. and most kid lunches are beige. like a sand trap. you start with 100% whole wheat. protein like roast beef. >> snack time. >> and you go to snack time. dependable drinks. >> yellow. >> almonds. eating the rainbow. >> great to be here. >> coming up, "gma" snack time. >>> not going to take a nap on camera. but -- this is actually going to be a little bit of work to put this all together. >> it could be. but in the few minutes we've been talking about this, most parents can prepare a quick lunch. >> a box of raisins. i have them in a cupboard. >> you do this every day? >> it's not a throwaway moment. planning