. >> jon: on fox news watch. one of news corporations leading publication, britain's news of the world is rocked by a major scandal over hacking phone messages, forcing the closure of that paper. arrests of deplayers, a high level resignation and allout attack against newscorp and the murdoch's family. >> and tell what yous they're doing. >> seems to break all the rules. >> are you telling me the people who work in that organization in this country have never ever used the same tactics? >> the hacking scandal tagged to several levels of the british government forcing parliament to investigate the accusation and calling rupert and james murdoch to set the record straight. >> they have no right to break the law if they're an american corporation. back here, politicians and the liberal press push for investigations into newscorp's u.s. operations trying to tie them to the news of the world scandal. what's behind this effort? >> that was then. >> despite administration denials, evidence emerges proving an anti-fox bia

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is this guy the right choice to be the new anchor at msnbc? on the panel this week, writer and fox news contributor judy miller. radio talk show host, monica crowley. jim pinkerton american editor conservative magazine and kirsten power. i'm host jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. now. >> defaulting on our obligations is a reckless and irresponsibility outcome for this debate and the republican leaders say that they agree we must avoid default. but the new approach that speaker boehner unveiled today which would temporarily extend the debt ceiling in exchange for spending cuts would force us to once again face the threat of default just six months from now. in other words, it doesn't solve the problem. >> president obama in a prime time address monday night. that was a speech to the nation, usually, judy, when the president makes a prime time address, there is news to be made. you want to tell us that maybe, osama bin laden has been killed or something like that. was there any news? >> no, even chris mathews and joe scarboro on msnbc were

one is news corporation. re paying attention to thatpy understand both martin sheen and michael vick are going to be on capitol hill and it has nothing to do with the debt. >> no. president jed bartlett is going to be appearing, appealing for drug courts, he's made no secrets that the problems he has had a young man. michael vick is here to appear with the humane society, they're going to be talking about criminalizing bringing children to dog fights. one finds hard to believe that there isn't a law yet meaning that you can't do that. he's still trying to make friends for people after spending time in prison. >> all right, tim v a good day. good show. tim farley is the host of morning briefly on sirius xm radio >>> for a woman who likes to tell a few jokes of her own, betty white is turning down an invitation to a military ball. ryan lewis called the 9-year-old actress as an all-around woman. white said that while deeply flat ered. she'll be taping an episode of hot in cleveland. >>> first today is national da

in >> there is still much more news ahead on 11 news at 6:00. have you been to the ocean lately? scam artists are targeting ocean city visitors. >> of plane crashes at a local airport. that story of next. to go how not to propose to your girlfriend. >> parts of maryland getting soaked with showers and thunderstorms, but not around baltimore. the forecast is coming up. hazy sunshine keeping warm. hazy sunshine keeping warm. 87 >> is video of a plane crash may look like it did not end well, but the pilot did make it out alive. the cause of the crash still under investigation. coming up on nightly news, and thompson shows us how body burnett and a group of volunteers are using stained- glass angels to raise money for the john hopkins cancer center. >> it is the time of year when many of us hit the road. some of us are even driving on it. be aware. >> tonight debra wiener takes a look at a scam that often tart -- starts overseas and can target people who are planning a visit to ocean city. >> who does not want the sun and sand of the ocean, especially when a good deal of jumps out at

on the subject. there was a tough column in "the new york times" on this. t section of the "wall street journal" there was no news about this whatsoever. it was on the front page of other publications. fox is a different question, whether they're going to present themselves as a real news organization at all if they so badly mishandle this story. >> i feel very strongly about this. when cnn has controversy, i always cover it. otherwise, what you're signaling to viewers is there's a double standard. we're only aggressive when some other organization is in trouble. i think that can undermine your credibility. you said it's unnatural and stupid to expect -- >> i think it's unnatural and stupid to say, gees, if you listen carefully to what wolf blitzer says, it seems as though fox news is going out of its way not to give a lot of coverage to its own parent company. duh. that does not deserve a breaking news logo. that's my only point. that's why we have what the british call media plurality. that's why we have other organizations that can burrow in. if you, howa

what's interesting on the new york times, a fellow, historian for the university of southern californiaaid, look, the tabloids play this important role and pierce the facade of all the spin and pageantry that went on and decided specifically-- >> middleton and william. >> the princess. and they play, a quote, a fundamental role in democratic culture closed quote. >> they said other than that everything we would get would be highly, really highly controlled and from media and without the tabloids, what would we be? >> take a quick break. first to keep up on media stories during the week. go to our website and check out the watch list section. coming up next, media coverage of the deficit issue, and the debt debate helped or hurt the effort? >> the great debt debate continues in washington. and in the press. as the mainstream media dismisses the house backed plan and blamed republicans for wasting time on getting a real deal done. >> my ability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander-in-chief. >> michele bachmann goes on the defensive following comments by

coming up on eyewitness news. find out what one lawmaker plans to do as a result of the casey anthony verdict. >>> tabloid controversy. a teenager murdered. phone packed. a surprising announcement about the future of that paper. >>> it is just after 6:30. 90 degrees for the region. hello, everyone. here are some of the stories team are people are talking about tonight. stopping the presses. the british tabloid in the middle of a phone hacking scandal makes a surprising announcement. it's shutting down. rita nissan reports for wjz from london, with more on the controversy. >> reporter: news of the world will print its last edition this sunday. fallout from the phone hacking scandal is shutting down rupert murdoch's 168-year-old paper. reporters are accused of breaking into the voice mail of murder victims, the families of dead soldiers and celebrities. murdoch's son james made the announcement to staff, saying the news of the world is in the business of holding others to account, but it failed when it came to itself

one thing. there is absolute proof that news international was involved in hiring people to get this information i do know that the people they work with our criminals. >> he claimed they were looking for information about a flat on this london street that you bought in the early 1990's. >> are you considering resigning? >> this is the editor of "the sunday times." in a statement tonight, the paper said, we believe no law was broken, no criminal was used, and this story was published. he attacked the way reporters that his son was suffering from cystic fibrosis. it left some in tears. >> your son is now going to be broadcast across the media. we are incredibly upset about it. we're thinking about our family, but there is nothing that you can do about it. >> other parents in public life have also had children with medical conditions were sympathetic. >> my heart goes out to gordon brown. i know this myself when your child is not well, it is completely unacceptable. >> they said they did not access any medical records. the story originated from a member of the public. the article was written sensi

beginning at 4:30. ,,,, >>> on the "cbs morning news," >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look atweather. tropical storm don is heading straight for the texas coast. hazy, hot and humid in the northeast with some afternoon thunderstorms and another picture perfect day on the west coast. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. a vote was postponed in the house on a republican bill to raise the national debt ceiling and cut spending. the gop does not yet have the votes needed to pass it. >>> and a u.s. army soldier is caught with weapons and admits plotting to attack ft. hood, texas. 13 people were killed in the 2009 attack on that base. >>> a remarkable survivor story from a new york pilot this morning. he's resting comfortably in michigan after a gruelling ordeal in the icy waters of lake huron. randall pinkston has his story. >> reporter: 42-year-old michael trapp was pulled from lake huron after treading water for 18 hours with no life jacket. >> i was waving my arms and by the grace of god they slowed down. i about started crying when they slowed down. >> reporte

tonight on ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a simple problem could undo plans to fly the new york flag right along the rainbow flag. the idea was to celebrate the beginning of same-sex marriages. but the grommets on the new york flag don't match the polls at harvey milk plaza. they're trying to figure out how to go around that. >>> and arnold schwarzenegger says he does not want to pay spousal support or her attorneys fees. shriver and arnold schwarzenegger announced their split. arnold schwarzenegger then admitted he fathered a child with a member of their staff. >>> it was the final touchdown of the final shuttle mission. >> having fired the imagination of a generation, a ship like no other its place in history secured, the space shuttle pulls into port for the last time. >> as the wheels of atlantis came down to stop just before dawn, commender chris burgeson says quote, the space shuttle changed the way we look at the world. thousands of people showed up to watch that landing. astronaut rex walhan says space travel never lost its thrill for him. >> i've loved every minute that i was in th

news of the world." that paper may not be on your news stand, but it is a best seller in the u. k. with almost 3 million subscribesers. the decision to close it comes after revelations the paper hacked into cell phone voice mails celebrities, royalty, and a teen-age murder victim. pressure has been building with big advertisers like ford and virgin pulling their business. and even the british prime minister calling for an investigation. paul la monica is author of inside rupert's brain, he joins us from new york. so, paul, murdock has never been known to back down from controversy. why do you think he did it this time? >> i think it's a calculated gamble that he needs to take, because news corp. is also at the same time trying to convince the british government that it should be allowed to buy the rest of the cable distributor there. it's something that he's been craving for a while. they own a minority stake in it right now, and i think he probably realizes that the last thing that his company needs is a scandal of this magnitude when you're trying to get favor with the government

0 editors, or the news editors, and the executives on the news desk as to where the information came from, or what the veracity of that information is. >> how involved are you personally in the milly dowler case in the news world? >> as i say the story ran for a very, very longtime, and so i will have been involved in the story over the many years. i mean even when i was editor of the sun, you know, the milly dowler investigation, and the pursuit of justice for milly dowler has been in the news for many, many years, nine years. >> the milly dowler case was a story you were more heavily involved in than other stories that took place during your editor ship because of the magnitude of the events, the shock and horror of what had happened? >> not particularly any more or less involved. the one thing i would say, that we had had a series of terrible and tragic news stories, sara pane and milly dowler's disappearance and subsequent murder, and then of course the stone cases. part of my main focus of my editor ship of the "news of the world" w

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. >>> tonight on "world news," stopping at nothing. rupert murdoch's giant media empire reeling after a bombshell. his tabloid reporters bribing police and eavesdropping on the most vulnerable people in the news. >>> free woman. casey anthony will walk out of jail in days. hear why one juror says thth had to let her off. an abc news exclusive. >>> healthy living. could the long-awaited promise of stem cells now come true? see what they do for a damaged heart. >>> and, survival story. jaycee dugard, imprisoned, kidnapped by a predator for 18 years. tonight, how does a child give birth in a backyard? >> i wasn't alone. and i knew i could never let anything happen to her. >> jaycee dugard, a message of courage and life. >>> good evening. you may have suspected it was happening, but we confirm tonight the dark underbelly of tabloid journalism and what some of those reporters will do. here's a measure of the outrage. the biggest newspaper in england has been brought to its knees, closing, over. rupert murdoch, whose empire extends to america

now on the nasdaq in new york on monday, news corp shares closed down more, by 7% and since the scandal began, news corp lost around 11% of its value, which is around $5 billion. charles? >> well let's have a look into what the former british prime minister tony blair has been saying, because his successor, gordon brown has been targeted by the media but of course blair himself knows that while in office he took his share of journalistic jabs but he says he wasn't a victim of phone hacking for a simple reason, he didn't have a mobile, he didn't have a cell phone. mr. blair spokes to cnn's wolf blitzer and admitted it's sometimes difficult to strike a balance between the powers of british politicians and the press. >> there's a story out there in england right now that you urged gordon brown, the former prime minister to hold back in criticizing rupert murdoch and his empire in england because he would come back and slam you if he were to do so. is that story true? >> that is absolutely and categorically untrue. >> what happened? >> nothing happened. >> what did you tell gordon brown? >>

one hour of cantonese news and one hour of mandated -- one hour of mandarin is. challenges are daunting and hard to overcome here in the past, we were protected by our own language. we are the only game in town. but once you are online, that advantage will go away very quickly because those people will go on line -- everybody is your competitor. even if you have your language, there are hundreds of thousands of chinese websites. how do you overcome that? there is no silver bullet. for me, i think the right thing to do is really build up your community. you empower your community. the part of your community, and people -- it is not the you have a story that only i reported it, which is great, but it is not going to happen every day. so what do you give your audience for your readers to keep them coming back to your site or tv station to try to find the news they want? it is really up to how you feel your community -- how you connect and go into your community, make your voice known, make my face known to my community. i think once you establish that, it is very ha

had its head screwed on it would have to do with fox news and right wing media. as an outgrowth of the republican party in a much different way than it had so then i think that's why one could argue that if there is politics over at the justice department and the f.b.i. it's in their interests. politics is politics it's influencing the f.b.i. to really find something here so innocent until proven guilty we don't just real quickly yes or no do you think that has anything to do with this f.b.i. investigation of news corp i don't think it does at this point because remember congressman peter king a republican from new york has been the one pushing for this he was the loudest so i mean time will tell i'm best to david here to see if they're doing what they were doing in england it's completely correct for the f.b.i. to do it politics play a role down the way we don't know we will see what have you on to talk about how israel isn't professor jeff cohen thanks for going on and on american and u.k. tabloids are struggling news corus traveling we are proud to announce our

baysden plans to spend $1.5 million of that profit on new technology, and none on new jobs. how critical is technology to your survival? >> absolute. period. it is absolutely critical. if you are not constantly taking advantage of the latest in programs, the latest in equipment designs and the latest in processes, then your costing advantage goes away. >> reporter: this laser can churn out one part in 30 seconds-- work that used to take 18 men 30 minutes to complete. >> a lot of my competitors did not survive 2009. we survived because we spent a lot of money and investments in technology. >> reporter: according to the bureau of economic analysis, over the past two years, companies' spending on employees has only grown by 4%, a sharp contrast to the 25% increase being spent on new technology. >> i don't think the workers really understood what was happening, either. this whole evolvement of technology. >> reporter: union representative mark wilkerson has watched the number of manufacturing jobs in southern states dwindle away as jobs keep moving overseas and companies here in

a new and inspired idea. >>> good evening. on this friday, the american economy is signaling real distress as the chaos in washington continues over the debt. new numbers are now triggering worry about another recession. the dow down for the sixth day in a row sliding 581 points since last friday. while the president warned today and warned congresesthat the u.s. is running out of time. >> if we don't come to an agreement, we could lose our country's aaa credit rating. not because we don't have the capacity to pay our bills, we do, but because we don't have a aaa political system to match our aaa credit rating. >>> our team is standing by ready to bring you the latest. we'll begin with bianna golodryga who covers finance and has been monitoring the economic warning signs all day. >> dire signs we got this evening. washington was looking for any sense of urgency to break the political impasse. they got it with today's weak numbers. while america and the world waited for action, they once again saw nothing giving them hope. while t

news special report. "atlantis," the final flight. here's brian williams. >> we are coming on the air from new york. and as you'll see in a moment, florida. it is time to see what is, in effect, the end of the u.s. manned space program, as we've come to know it, with nasa firing rockets off into space with individuals on board. hundreds of individuals have made this trip now, going back to 1961. we have had 135 shuttle missions, hard to believe. and 30 other missions prior to this. there are four astronauts on board. captain is known to his colleagues as fergie, chris ferguson, 49. doug hurley is the pilot. he's 44. marine corps colonel. mission specialist, sandra magnus is 46. and rex walheim is a retired air force colonel. looking well as they came out into the vehicle to go out to the pad this morning. just four of them because there's no shuttle rescue mission, should something happen to go get them. they would have to come back on a russian craft from the international space station. our launch is coming up in 2 1/2 minutes. you see the top of the apparatus come off. the solid rocket booster, t

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game on, folks, for the fall season. that's good newsback to this story that's back on the front pages again here in new york, the sexual assault case against dominique strauss-kahn, the ex-head of the national monetary fund. now the new york city hotel maid who was accusing the banker has broken her silence, she's sharing her side of the story, and that comes after her credibility was severely brought into question in all this. rick leventhal's on the story from our new york city newsroom. what have you learned? >> reporter: well, she's had her identity hidden, but her reputation's been trashed for the last two months, and now she's telling "newsweek" magazine she wants dominique vase khan to go to jail to know that there are some places you can't use your power or your money. she says she loved her job cleaning rooms in new york city and thought strauss-kahn's suite was empty when she went in. she says he surprised her, naked, and gave more details in an exclusive interview with abc's robin roberts set to air tuesday night. >> i was li

and in immediate future, nasa will continue to work on new events and plans to relay on the private sectoror rent spots ton russian shuttles to get into space. >> bp said it should no longer have to make payments of the big oil spill in the gulf of mexico filing a brief claiming compensation should stop because the economy improved. the oil company points to tourism, and creating a fund to compensate people for damages triggered by a similar explosion z took three months as you may remember to cap the well and this is considered the worse spill in u.s. history. >> there is a new effort to save a 300-year-old oak tree. san francisco public utilities commission wants to cut the tree down to make way for a new pipe lichblt and neighbors say the p.u.c. has not taken a look at the options to save the tree. >> what does it doft remove it? you all costs, including the value of the tree. it's acceptable. and two, what is the cost to move it some wrr else? >> there is and the san francisco tenants union turned in thousands of signed petitions this afternoon, aimed at getting a measure on the novemb

especially on issues like spending cuts and the biggest stumbling block remains taxes. in a news conference yesterday, the president said he will take the heat for putting the democratic sacred cows of social security and medicare on the table, in exchange for republicans bending on closing tax loopholes. republicans continue to insist on any tax increases would damage job creation. they say those remain off the table for them. they're continuing to look for smaller $2 trillion, to $2.5 trillion reduction deficit deal to help pay the bills through the year 2012. the president said one thing is certain, he is not going to sign any type of short-term extension for this. the heat is up and they'll meet later on today. >>> the hits just keep on coming for rupert murdock's embattled media empire. amid a fresh round of allegations that reporters of two of his other english newspapers "the sun" and "the sunday times" packed boo the bank account, legal files, and medical records of former prime minister gordon brown. stephanie gosk has more. >> reporter: the tabloid news of the world" is

. >> reporter: eight years later i reported on the loss of columbia for fox 5 news. now as the last flight of the space shuttle. the director says his mind rests squarely on this mission. >> the thing that keeps me up at night literally is wondering what we've missed. i don't think we've missed anything. >> reporter: bob barnard, fox 5 morning news. >> a program called or ryeon, a program to find near earth asteroids. but the next generation rocket is still in the planning stages and all the more reason to savor the final flight today. >>> we have plenty ahead. fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts now. >>> good morning, on this friday, july 8th. it is 4:30 right now. you can see the washington monument there in the distance but you can't really tell right now is the fact that it's pretty humid out there today. good morning everyone, i'm sarah simmons, welcome to fox 5 morning news, a look at the weather with tucker barnes. we shouldn't be surprised that it is humid out there today. >> that's right. you don't have to lookout the window, just look at the calendar, july, ve

all this, though, is swept under the carpet in yen-on. new members pledge their allegiance to the party. old ones renew their vows. and at the moment, economic success trumps political repression. that means the party still is strong and is popular as it's ever been. >> we will have live coverage of the celebrations in the coming hours right here on bbc news. a united nations tribunal investigating the murder of the former lebanese prime minister, rafik hariri, in 2005, has delivered a sealed indictment of the lebanese authorities. the suspects have not been named. but lebanese officials say several of them are members of the shia organization, hezbollah. including one senior commander. owen bennett jones reports from beirut. >> investigators and lawyers working behind these walls believe they know who killed ravi rafik hariri. they handed over four names to the lebanese authorities. the names are secret but the process is not. lebanon is now meant to arrest and detain the suspects. the new lebanese prime minister has said he'll deal with the

on to new 49ers. how about david acres. pro bowlers, one of the best kickers in the league, now working for the 49ers. they signed him. from acres, who will be at practice tomorrow, to napa, california where the raiders had its first practice. doing the usual, training camp things. hue jackson. first year head coach. loving what he sees. his quarterback, jason campbell says he is my guy. that's the deal with the raiders. on to other matters. >> you did not ask me that question. he did not ask that question out here today. does anybody not know who the starting quarterback is of the raiders? are you kidding me? jason campbell. he is the starting quarterback of the raiders. period. >> i am with you, coach. tennis. serena williams tonight serving an ace here against maria. she did have to work for a little bit. had to take a medical break to attend to her ankle. she gets the winner. see wins it. too set up a quarter final match tomorrow night at 8:00. serena williams should be a good match-up in palo alto tomorrow. to golf. we

another strong system is on the way. >>> a new study finds nearly a quarter of all americans admit to binge drinking. that's defined as having five or more drinks on one occasion. the study says 30% of those 12 and over reported binge drinking in the past month. the state with the highest percentage of binge drinkers is north dakota. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," stocks were higher and trading on asian markets. more on that now from ashley morrison here in new york with that and more. good morning, ashley? >>> good morning, randall. news that european leaders are drawing up a new rescue plan for greece sent most asian markets higher. the nikkei gained more than 1% while hong kong's hang seng is up close to 2%. >>> wall street get a round of earnings on thursday. morgan stanley gave jobs a boost despite a jumping jobless claim, the dow was up 15 points while the nasdaq tacked on 20. >>> the government's bailout of chrysler cost taxpayers $1.3 billion. italian automaker fiat bought out the government's stake in the company. it has run chrysler since it emerged from bankruptcy protection.

the new warning sent out, potential terrorists on the inside. targeting america's power plants, gas lines, even nuclear facilities. >>> the shark attack. a little girl in a foot and a half of water, attacked, in critical condition tonight. >>> campaign headache. new questions tonight and a new answsw from republican star michele bachmann, about her migraines and medication. does it matter if you want to be president? >>> broken promise. a worst nightmare come true for retirees, stunned after being told those promised pensions? time to give them back. >>> and to borrow a phrase, what would you do? you'll want to hear what husbands across this country told us today when we asked, would your wife do this? >>> good evening. we begin this wednesday night with that breaking news. the dangerous heat wave has now turned deadly. there are reports tonight that at least 22 people have died in the heat. this is more than 200 million americans suffering, trapped under what meteorologists are calling a giant heat dome. three dozen states already, and and the s

while countless families set out on the same desperate walk tonight. lama hasan, abc news, dadaab refugee camp, kenya. >> and now i want to bring in abc's dr. richard besser who has worked in some of the most desperately poor places on earth. so many people want to help, rich. what's the most effective thing to do tonight? >> you know, i've been on the phone all day with colleagues here and in kenya. and there are things you can do. giving money is actually the most effective way to give support. and it doesn't take a lot to make a difference to people who arrive in these camps. if your big focus is on food, and that has to be the number one problem here, you can give money to the world food program. they're feeding people in these camps right now. if your focus is on medical support and people arriving with common infections and things like measles, you can give money to doctors without borders. and they're vaccinating, providing care, in the camps. and if you just want to make sure these camps survive, you can give money to the international rescue committee. they're wor

on the driv's condition. chp shut down the highway. all lanes reopened at 2:00 a.m. >>> new work at a air tract- control tower came to a halt because of capitol hill. they broke ground on a new tower but the faa told the 60 engineers not to come to work today. workers stopped at dozens of other airport projects across the country and 4,000 workers furloughed. congress failed to renew the funding authorities after they dead locked over the legislation. the project is left in limbo. oakland international airport spokesperson says only nonessentially employees were fur explode will not effect airport operations but the airlines are trying to cash in on the disputes. how it could raise the price of your next flight coming up. >>> pastors on the platforms paying $2 fairs for anybody that didn't have the money. >> the ministers in the community is getting together, getting the people together to prevent these things from happening. >> the shooting triggered several protests but nothing violent happened in the neighborhood related to the shooting. >>> wedding bells ringing in new y

news. from the get go so the political. posts in more aren't watched. on friday president obama gave the a good eight thirty six hour deadline for republicans to agree to a new debt limit deal now that deadline along with all the other previous deadlines is in the trash can but two weeks to go until our economy implodes there's still no debt limit deal and americans are getting worried a new pew washington post survey shows a seventy five percent of americans are concerned that not raising the debt limit could hurt the nation's economy and you quit it when a quinnipiac. poll shows two thirds of americans agree that a responsible debt limit plan includes both spending cuts and tax hikes on millionaires and billionaires similar to what the president is. proposing still or republicans won't budge but they might if we see more signs of social unrest like we saw last week in dallas texas it was there the moment he was there the more than five thousand people stampeded a building that was offering one hundred government housing assistance about years developers

they have until tuesday to vote on a new cba. players have made it clear they'll take as much time as they need to vote on the owners collective bargaining agreement. one thing we know for sure, the nfl has canceled the game august 7th between the bears and rams, but it appears the regular season will begin as scheduled on september 8th. evan longoria had a home run. just three total runs in that game while the braves put up four in one inning against the rockies. a home run to left, the braves one a shootout 9-6. marlins and padres, logan morrison hit one high and deep but not high or deep enough, logan couldn't believe it. an inning later, it's gaby sanchez. this time a line drive to center and there was another great catch. scary moment in the seventh. omar infante hit a homer and a crash into the wall and was out cold. taken off the field for precautionary reasons but he was okay. padres won it 5-3. and jayson worth has been so bad that a d.c. area bar is offering beer for the price of his batting average. his hitting .217 so

we have one issue. a new issue for san jose. the on ramp reports of an accident.e heard there may be as many as four ambulances that have been heading to the scene. that may be overkill. this is off the 87 itself and on curtner avenue on ramp. the disabled vehicle is southbound 101, that is cleared but there is slowing approaching willow coming through east palo alto. look at this northbound 101 past san mateo bridge there, 67, we'll see speeds in the 50s. we'll wend a look at the golden gate bridge. the fog may be a factor for the north bay. back to you. >> amazon.com is getting involved in california's election process with a referendum against charging sales tax on its goods. scott mcgrew joins us with a look. >> last night attorney general harris announced she would allow amazon to collect signatures in the state to put a referendum on the california ballot. a move would force voters to approve sacramento's new law charging sales tax for on line purchases. as it's proposed this morning a yes vote means i agree, charge me sales tax when i buy a book from amazon

the new library is scheduled to open sometime next year. >>> okay. oakland as take onhe new york yankees in a nail-biter. sports is coming up. >> but first, a unique parade in the south bay today to celebrate the landmark legislation. >>> a parade in the south bay today celebrated the signing of legislation aimed at helping the disabled. then president george h.w. bush signed the americans with disabilities act back in 1990. today in san jose members and supporters of the silicon valley independent living center marched along first street to celebrate their independence ending at the office where there was an afternoon festival with entertainers, art activity and fun for the kids. >>> the as made a statement. >> they got a chance to change things. for a while it's been a constant in baseball. the as and yankees played, the yankees win like for 11 straight games. sweltering conditions at yankee stadium today right around 108 degrees as the as tried to do something about that streak. oakland trailed 1-0 until the 3rd, then josh willingham put the as ahead against aj burn