that's a check of the fox 5 ontime traffic. allison. >>> a traffic alert for drivers using the capital beltway in northern virginia. the exit allowing northbound 495 driver exit on to westbound 66 will be closed. drivers will have to use the right exit that will be expanded to two lanes >>> we are follow breaking news this month one of the most wanted members al-qaeda is dead. >> officials in yemen say that american-born leader andwar al- awlaki has been killed. it could be a major blow to the terror network. >> the white house now con if i were that al-awlaki has been killed. for years, the cia has been on his trail. for would-be terror recruits, this has been the face and often the voice of al-qaeda. with connection to terror incidents including fort hood, the time squares attempted carjacking, he was already on the kill or capture list. it's a major blow to al-qaeda which used him as a recruiting tool to tar get and groom american operatives. >> he wants to show the world that it's not an organization that is on its heels in

supreme court justice ruth bater ginsburg made it to her san francisco appearance ontime. >> i wanted to thank you so much for coming out here. not everybody is willing to jump out of a plane to an inflatable slide. [ applause ] >> i had not planned that as part of my journey here. >> she has a sense of humor. she appeared at the hastings school of law one day after she and 184 other passengers were evacuated from a united airlines flight at dulles international. the plane was about to depart when the pilot reported smoke, forcing the evacuation of everyone on the plane, including the 78-year-old justice. >>> a mystery tonight. a camera lens falls from the sky and rips a hole into a house. police are now trying to track down the photographer. jean elle is live with more on the damage and the clues police are looking into. jean? >> reporter: debbie payne has been investigating the hole in her roof for two weeks. police got wind when her police report arrived in the mail and now police are hoping a serial number will help solve the mystery. >> i heard a bang. it was so loud i heard my n

i don't think i've ever seen a more ontime forecast by mother nature. >> right on cue. so on vacation, did you get a postcard? >> i did not. i think it's still making its way to my house, right? >> i just sat back and did the vacation thing. sorry, guys. >> good to have you back. because you're back, we have a little slice of hollywood in the bay area tonight. guess who's in town? it's brad pitt. his new movie is about oakland a's general manager. >> it's called "moneyball" and itpens this friday. the two-time academy award nominee is also featured on the cover of the upcoming issue of "sports illustrated." he's only one of ten people to get the cover as a non-athlete and non-coach. others include four former u.s. presidents, bob hope, ed sullivan and former california governor augerrnold schwarzeneg. >> we have a live picture right now at the red carpet arrivals. is that red carpet? >> green carpet. >> that's right. green carpet arrivals. you see a lot of vips starting to gather now. this is the historic paramount theater in oakland. the movie, the screening, what do y

virtually all major airports are reporting ontime arriveals and one exception heavy air traffic for weather z we'll take a look how hot goitsing to continue to be here when i return with the accu-weather forecast as abc 7 news at 4:00 continues. >>> sky 7 live over this fire burning in hayward. and this is actually spotted by our helicopter. and there are no fire crews there yet z they are on the way responding to this, you can see it's an active fire scene here. we'll have the latest for you on the news at 4:00. >> and there were some scary moments saturday in a subway station. a passenger fell on the tracks. take a look. the top of the screen. the train entered the station. the man fell on to the rail. and the train stopped just feet short. a man was only slightly hurt. he told police he had been smoking marijuana. >> and singapore's government is spending $800 mill yn on what it calls a garden of the future singapore's version of eden. they're growing in a frame made of steel and concrete. the creators say it's to attract people that don't usually visit gardens. >> have you to wow them.

. >> and happy to report airports are reporting ontime arriveals with exception of locations in the northeasternt that time lantic. thunderstorms producing delays. both washington, d.c. area airports are reporting delays because of thunderstorms. and la dwauda and newark, more on the cool down coming up in just a moment. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues. [ female announcer ] at jcpenney we're giving you a big thank you this friday & saturday. get an extra 20% off when you use your jcpenney rewards credit card. don't have a card, you still get an extra 15% off. no exclusions. go to jcp.com to see everything on sale. jcpenney. a big thank you this friday & saturday. get an extra 20% off when you use your jcpenney rewards credit card. don't have a card, you still get an extra 15% off. no exclusions. go to jcp.com to see everything on sale. jcpenney. >>> a woman once arrested for kidnapping children is running for a school board seat in northern california. the 70-year-old a former teacher is on the november ballot for the fairfield school board election. some are concerned about that. and she was arres

we passed our budget ontime. i think we should take a look at where the problem is in congress and i would argue it is the senate not doing a budget for two years to me is just ridiculous. and so we have a difference of opinion on how best to fix the problems but you when the president does things like this it leads me to believe that he is not in bipartisan census making mode. he is in a political class war fare mode and campaign mode and that is not good for the economy. >> chris: one last question. solynd ram. they got the loan guarantee from the government. the company just went bankrupt, laying off a thousand workers and leaving taxpayers footing the bill. less than a minute. what is the lesson in solyndra, sir? >> there are billions more of this exact spending that came out of stimulus that will produce these kind of results we fear. this is industrial policy and krone any capitalism at its worse. exhibit a for how this kind of economic policy doesn't work. we shouldn't be picking winners a and losers in wa

all fans want to know is will the regular season start ontime.e negotiations between the players and owners not going well. yesterday's talks on a new labor agreement ended without any progress. there's a lot of -- huge difference in money between the two sides. >>> baseball's regular season winding up. b.j. upton tripled, homered, singled. they ripped the yankees. tampa trails the red sox by two games in the wildcard race. the angels are in the race too. edwin encarnacion, that is a walk-off homer. i used to call it a game-winning home run. angels are three back of boston with just six games to play. the national league wildcard race also tight. the cardinals blew a four-run lead in the ninth at home against the mets. that's willy harris getting the game-winning hit for new york. he go the a text saying way to go, from terry pendleton his former hitting ghoch atlanta. yes, the braves now lead the cards in the wildcard race by two games. >>> the pga tour chip in atlanta. hunter's tee shot on 17 goes in the drink. decides not to take the penalty.

it was a sentence up to 30 years and then the hijacking charges and the other people ontime the planet now. going to be a long time. >> thank you, deb. >>> he's an actor, a father and now taye diggs can add children's book author to his resume. taye diggs here live in our studios to talk about "chocolate me." it's 35 minutes past. [ woman ] my grocery bill isn't wasteful spending. [ woman ] my heart medication isn't some political game. [ man ] our retirement isn't a simple budget line item. [ man ] i worked hard. i paid into my medicare. [ man ] and i earned my social security. [ woman ] now, instead of cutting waste and loopholes, washington wants to cut our benefits? that wasn't the agreement. [ male announcer ] join the members of aarp and tell washington to stop cuts to our medicare and social security benefits. >>> 39 minutes past the hour. welcome back to "american morning." he starred in the hit broadway show, "rent," "chicago" and you also know him as dr. sam bennett in the hit series "private practice." here's something you may not know about taye diggs. author of a new chil