>> jon: you said after panetta.as nothing to do with benghazi which is as good as any other reason i've heard to confirm him. get the other guy out of there, right? months of media inquiries and any number of classified briefings. keep pursuing it. that's fine but why bring the country's business to a halt? you know who is not going to put up with this your pal johnny mccain because he lives by a different code. in a time of trouble and danger for our country, who will put our country first? [crowd responds john mccain] >> jon: they just shouted something at him. that's right john mccain doesn't have time, graham, for your cheap political games. he will get this train back on track like the straight talk express. >> i do not believe we should move forward with this nomination until questions are answered that senator graham and senator ayotte and i have asked to be answered. [laughter] >> jon: what the hell. sorry but it's hard to take your tenacity on benghazi as honest fact finding given, mr. mccain, some of your

leon panetta sits down address concern. >> and a massive landslide threatens many homes. why some residents had to be evacuated by boat. >> i'm michael finney. how accurate are the calorie counts on restaurant menus? we team up with consumer reports to put those nutrition claims to the test. >>> jack gee speier preparing to reintroduce a bill to protect women in the military. >> the measure raises concerns for leon panetta. he's here now with the story. >> leon panetta says the military will not tolerate sexual assaults and jackie speier says the measures taken bit former secretary of defense don't do enough n january, last year, secretary of defense panetta promise aid crack down. >> sexual assaults has no place in this department. >> the department of defense estimates there are 19,000 sexual assaults a year. the latest statistics show only 3300 reported and court marshaled charges preferred in less than 500. >> it's almost like college campuses. you know? they start to abuse women as part of a perfect ses. -- process of hazing. if you will. sometimes. >> former secreta

panetta now says he hopes the high court will reverse d o ma and legalize same sex marriage.se tomorrow. former defense secretary and cia director sat down today with abc 7 political reporter mar matthews to talk about marriage and grt deal more. >> i asked panetta what was the thinking unthe white house september 1996 when the president signed the defense of marriage act denying same sex couple the right to marry. >> the president clinton had run in problems with didn't ask don't tell. >>reporter: he says the president was in the final stretch of reelection campaign and felt the country wasn't ready to accept gay marriage. >> i think for that reason i think he just made that decision. based on the politic of the moment. >>reporter: 17 years later panetta says the country undergone total attitude shift on the issue and what he hopes is that prop 8 and defense of marriage is found unconstitutional. >> i don't know whether court will good that far. doesn't look that based on the arguments we heard today but, you know, it could very well be a decision that at least opens the doo

panetta told the crowd jeremy goulet had been accused of rape while enlisted in the army but the caseever prosecuted. it's something critics say happens all the time across the armed forces. nbc bay area's kimberly tere is live with more on what panetta said and what others are saying about it. kimberly? >> reporter: it was an interesting twist during the former secretary's speech. panetta talked about the long held belief sexual assaults in the military are dramatically under reported and under prosecu prosecuted. in this case, had the suspect been convicted of the crimes accused of, he may have been behind bars at the time of the shooting. during the funeral for two santa cruz police officers former secretary of defense, leon panetta dove into the suspect's background. >> we do know that he had a history of sexual violence both in and out of the military. and for whatever reason people somehow always look the other way. >> reporter: jeremy goulet was accused of raping two officers while in the army a. plea-bargain allowed him to walk away with a less than honorable discharge. >> at

leon panetta is the one who orchestrated the attack on osama bin laden. he did it with his beth friend by his side. >> that picture of lincoln hangs in the room where the joint chief's always meet. they gave me a copy of that picture. >> reporter: behind the scenes there are few things you need to know about leon panetta. his laughter is contagious. his foul language is honest. >> when i got into new departments and agencies, i said look, you better get used to it. that's the way i talk. >> reporter: his best buddy is bravo. >> he was with me at the cia. >> reporter: together, they have lived an amazing story. it stretches from the monterey peninsula to washington, d.c., and ultimately to the infamous compound in pakistan. >> when we finally got the word geronimo, that they got

up and speak as well, as well as some of the family members. >> leon panetta is from monterey county. wanted to retire. i think he's got some olive trees he wanted to take care of and get a busy four years, as you might have imagined, with all that's going on in the middle east. >> and there are going to be some performances as well, including james durbin, who is apparently going to sing toward the end of the service. he's an american idol finalist. he's supposed to do that. the posting of the colors of the honor guard with the santa cruz police department. maybe we can talk a little more about the two officers. we mentioned elizabeth butler, who had san francisco roots. after she graduated from college, she went to santa cruz to get a degree. came up here. that's where she met her husband. started that at a ceramics studio. after three years here, wanted to give back to the community. she talked about being in a social worker position, talked about being a teacher. she loves santa cruz so much they opened up a ceramics studio and thought the best way to serve the community was to b

leon panetta called the move politics.retary and cia director sat down with mark matthews. i asked what was the thinking inside of the white house, september, 1 the 996 when the president signed defense of marriage act denying same-sex couples right to marry. >> president clinton had run into problems with don't ask, don't tell. >> panetta says the president was in the final stretch of the reelection campaign and felt the country wasn't ready to accept gay marriage. >> he just made that decision for that reason based on, you know politics of the moment. >> 17 years later panetta says the country has undergone a shift on the issue. and what he hopes is that prop 8 will be found unconstitutional. >> i don't know whether the court will go that far. it doesn't look it based on arguments today but it could very well be a decision that at least opens the door. >> before that, a member of congress. >> it's become meaner than i've ever seen it. >> that is what bothers him most. not the terrorists. one thing worries the former secr

. >> and we go behind the scenes with leon panetta. his first bay area tv interview since leaving the pentagon. his thoughts about capturing osama bin laden, the deadly attack in benghazi and his best friend bravo. >>> pizza, beer and they took off on a million-dollar yacht. now they have a new defense. >>> and good evening. i'm jeff ranieri in the nbc bay area weather center. after some much-needed rain on wednesday with over an inch in the santa cruz mountains, less in san jose, we're not done yet. we are tracking more rain for thursday. i'll let you know about our chance for thunderstorms and how long that sticks around coming up in a few minutes. hello? the words are going this way-there's no way. oh, the lights came on. isn't technology supposed to make life easier? at chase we're pioneering innovations that make banking simple. deposit a check with a photo. pay someone with an email. and bank seamlessly with our award-winning mobile app. take a step forward... and chase what matters. >>> the investigative unit first exposed probl

from panetta to powell. colin powell works on sand hill road at the venture capital firm. his old life keeps him in the headlines, even if it's controversial. the former secretary of state spoke us to candidly about a checkered past in american history. as he walked through the news room, you wouldn't know it, but old wounds, especially for a military man die hard. >> saddam hussein and his regime are concealing effortings to produce more weapons of mass production. >> his now infamous speech to the united nations which he outlined the united states plan to attack iraq, an outline based on false information. now, through speeches and a new book, powell is rewriting a controversial chapter in history. >> it was one of my most moe men tus failures. >> how are you misled? >> i don't like the word misled. we don't think we were misled. we had bad information. we had wrong analysis. it isn't as if i was misled by people who, you know, thought they were miss leading me. some people should have known some of the information was bad and didn't pull on our chains and say wait a min

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we know now that secretary panetta did not talk to the white house after that 5 p.m.ber 11th. there was no further communication. i mean, there's something very, very wrong both with having an administration handled this and how they lied to the people of the united states afterwards. >> sean: so, again, it's before, during and after. i keep going back to this, it's the key to the whole case. before the libyans were warning an attack was imminent. the ambassador requested security and denied that, security requested. and during that the president just disappears, doesn't ask any questions, not curious what happened to ambassador stevens? so we have competence during and coverups afterwards, i don't know which is worse. >> nothing is good here. if you look at before, the warnings were serious enough that something should have been done. you also had previous attacks on the british ambassador's motorcade, on this consulate it's he hasel itself. and we knew it was the anniversary of 9/11. when you think about the attacks in 2001, we know how al-qaeda operates with respec

. >> tuesday, i sat down with leon panetta and asked him about north korea's threats.t past couple weeks kim jung un cut hot lines to the south, ordered his army to prepare for war and threatened missile attacks on the united states and south korea. leon panetta says decisions have been erratic. >> at one point he was trying to reach out and see if there was a way to negotiate. then, suddenly he flips around, and they conduct this test and do this test on a potential nuclear weapon. and they are starting to talk about attacking the united states and attacking south korea. >> north korea state run media published this i can picture with what is purported to be attack plans on a board behind him that. is sending b 2 bombers on a practice mission. >> those are mostly to assure allies they can count on us to be prepared and help them deter conflict. >> we'll defend and we're committed to that alliance with south korea. and we'll be prepared. >> the u.s. and china have joined forces to pressure north korea. voting in january tightening sanctions. >> so you've got those reso

we know now that secretary panetta did not talk to the white house after that 5 p.m.ng on the night of the attacks on september 11th. there was no further communication. i mean, there's something very, very wrong both with having an administration handled this and how they lied to the people of the united states afterwards. >> sean: so, again, it's before, during and after. i keep going back to this, it's the key to the whole case. before the libyans were warning an attack was imminent. the ambassador requested security and denied that, security requested. and during that the president just disappears, doesn't ask any questions, not curious what happened to ambassador stevens? so we have competence during and coverups afterwards, i don't know which is worse. >> nothing is good here. if you look at before, the warnings were serious enough that something should have been done. you also had previous attacks on the british ambassador's motorcade, on this consulate it's he hasel itself. and we knew it was the anniversary of 9/11. when you think about the attacks in 2001, w

panetta says the case underscores the military's tendency to "look the other way"-- in sexual assault cases. >> catherine: a dangerous chemical left over from the semi-conductor business 30 years ago it's known to cause cancer and birth defects. people in mountain view - who live along evendale avenue got notices today. a warning from the e-p-a. it says the toxic substance could be under their homes. that discovery was made after recent testing. since the chemical has been found, residents are not using groundwater. >> reporter: it was a nice day health care if >> jacqueline: 40's and 50's. still mild for the inland valleys. the visibility is sharply reduced. and a notice that it is flying everywhere else. this the same picture just 24 hours ago it was a- fine ever were also it will be mild and at several locations but cooler. noticeably cooler. more on that and the rainfall, coming up. >> there are going to be to area parents to-bay area appearance. have and also what is washing up on this 60 ft. sailboat with no owners. and a breast cancer study. >> this sell bot sets about -- s sai

leon panetta admits sexual assaults are a serious problem its like what you see on college campuses. they start to abuse women part of a process of hazing. if you will. >> he says it escalates from there to estimated 19,000 sexual assaults a year. >> and then, only a handful of those probably about 5,000 or 6,000 were prosecuted. >> actually numbers are worse. of the 19,000 only 3300 were reported in 2011. fewer than 500 resulted in charge autos that would take it out of a chain of command. >> now, that is jackie speier talking about her bill taking the investigation out of the chain of command preventing officers from being able to overturn a verdict. >> i respect her leadership. she's done a lot to bring pressure on the military to get serious about the sexual assault issue. and i appreciate that. >> panetta appears to be on board as long as cases are involved in the military. >> i'm concerned about pulling legal side of it out of the military. just because i do believe that the military has to take responsibility for dealing with the issue and shouldn't bail them out of it. >> he

." >> panetta said the military may have looked the other way in the face of the troubled former social whose killed the two police officers. he was a guest speaker at the memorial. panetta recently left the pentagon and acknowledged the gunman, goulet, may have fallen through the cracks while serving in the military. >> many of their friends, relatives, buddies, superiors, looked the other way. at some point, somebody pays a price. >> goulet shot sergeant baker and detective butler while they tried to interview him. the sexual assault suspect was later killed in a shoot out with police. >> big homeless sweep in san jose at 8:30 a.m. police will clear 100 people from the encampment near the river park. the city gave 72 hour notice of plans to dismantle the camp. any belongings not voluntarily removed will be taken by the city and held in storage for 90 days. the tent city has grown rapidly since caltrain kicked them off state property last month. it is the latest test for the housing department as it wrestles with the homeless problem. >> all charges have been dropped against a redwood

dignitaries expected including governor brown, state attorney general, and former defense secretary, panetta. as we have been reporting, they leave santa cruz at 8:45 and it is expected to get to san jose between 10:30 and 11:00 with guests scheduled to arrive between 11:00 and 12:00. the memorial service will begin at noon and it will last several hours. >> hundreds of officers are expected it take part in the motorcade procession when it begins at 8:45 and the procession is expected to stretch up to two miles long, not one mile as originally believed. here is a closer look from the boardwalk, the motorcade will head north on highway 17 over the santa cruz mountains to highway 85 and north on highway 87 to h.p. pavilion in san jose. we will carry the service live from h.p. pavilion starting with midday news at 11:00 and we will steak it at abc7news.com. >> we are continuing to follow develop news from the industrial valley where there will be an autopsy on the line that maul add woman to death. our reporter, kira klapper, joins from the newsroom. >> investigators are focusing on what caused

in terms of high ranking officials, in terms of statewide, former secretary of defense leon panetta and california attorney general kamala harris. governor jerry brown is expected to be here today but we are told he will not speak. we're going to carry this entire memorial live on our air so you can watch it starting at noon on nbc bay area and we'll stream it live on our website on nbcbayarea.com. among those in attendance, officials estimate 6,000 officers not just from here in the bay area but statewide are expected to come to say their final goodbyes to sergeant loran baker and officer elizabeth butler. take public transportation because many streets will be closed in the area. for that we send it back inside to mike inouye inside the studio. >> thank you. as marla said this will be a huge issue for the caravan that bob is talking about. once you get downtown, let's talk about the parking. very limited parking as marla said around the hp pavilion. folks heading to sharks games are well aware of that. this is in the middle of the workday. the lots will be partially f ll any way. we h

coming up later in the newscasts' former defense secretary leon panetta will be speaking at a memorial and how he is blaming the military for the death of the two santa cruz officers. >> we will be right back. >> welcome back. we are keeping an eye on wall street this morning. the dow, nasdaq and s&p are all up on good news in the job market. >> u.s. employers added 236,000 jobs to their payrolls last month. and the unemployment rate was pushed down to 7.7% from 7.9% in january. that is the lowest in four years. the dow, s&p, and nasdaq are all treading positive this morning. >> the time is 6:09 a.m.. a man who had been reported missing was found stabbed to death in his san jose apartment. a family member identified the body and 69 year-old stanley jacobson. jacobsen, who suffered from dementia went missing in early february. police say, that at some point over the last few weeks, he showed up without anyone noticing and he was killed. an arrest has been made in the case, but police have not yet released the suspect's name. jacobsen's death marks at san jose's 80th homicide of the year

pamela harris and governor jerry brown are all coming to pay respect as well as leon panetta., we will tell you more about these fallen officers especially one of them and what their special connection was here to the hp pavilion. janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> stay with us all day long for special coverage of today's memorial and the procession bring in santa cruz and our public memorial begins at 11:00 with the service then starting at noon. >>> now to developing news in san francisco, 2 overnight stabbings are being investigated and they happened within blocks of each other. two separate investigations are happening, here is march? >> we understand one man is in critical condition and the other one is expected to be okay. it happened at 3:30 this morning, a man was stabbed and the other ran off. his injuries are considered non- life threatening. earlier near mission street and 17th, violence broke out in an alleyway. a 32-year-old man was involved in a fight and was stabbed in the and demeant, we are -- abdomen and we are not sure how many times. the vict

. >> we will have pamela harris, santa cruz county sheriff will be here and leon panetta will also be here because he represented the central coast for many years. law enforcement are also expected. and another santa cruz native, he competed on american idle and he will be singing a song here. we will have much more and coming up in the next half hour. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> jeanine e-make sure you stay here for live team coverage and then the public memorial begins at 11:00 o'clock beginning at noon. >>> police are at the scene of an overnight stabbing. ktvu channel 2 morning news' tara moriarty is in the area of mission, what is out there, tara? >> reporter: we understand one man is fighting for his live at the hospital and another man is in custody. the closest intersection was blocked off initially and you can see an officers called quarry and they have informed us some sort of a fight broke out just after 2:00 a.m. and it was a big group and when people scattered there was a man down on the ground and he suffered stab wounds to his abdomen. police were

mark matthews is here, you had a timely interview with leon panetta on this subject. >> i did. spoke with him on tuesday at his institute. and the take on this informed not only by the post as secretary of defense, but former chief of the cia. >> this is a young leader there. he doesn't have a lot of experience. >> former secretary of defense says u.s. intelligence has been working to determine to what extent kim jong un is in charge. >> there is not much question the military leadership is probably exerting a heavy influence on him. >> this week the nation is reving up its people as kim jong un orders preparations for an ata tack on the united states and south korea. north korea's state run media reports the government is repositioning troops and vehicles from mid range missile launching site to long range base. >> we have to take seriously every provocative word ask action this new, young leader has taken so far. >> the u.s. sent a pair of b 52 bombers from a base in missouri on a practice mission. they're capable of dropping 16 nuclear bombs on impb targets. flights part of

. ♪ >> new tonight at 8-- former defense secretary leon panetta says the u-s army should release courtmartial records of a former soldier. who shot and killed two santa cruz police officers. on february 26-th, jeremy goulet shot and killed police detective sergeant loran "butch" baker and detective elizabeth butler. when they came to his house to investigate a misdemeanor sexual assault. he was later killed in a shootout with authorities. goulet was accused of rape in 2006 shortly after arriving in hawaii. and was discharged in early 2007. goulet also had a long criminal past in the following years. panetta says goulet's case underscores the military's tendency to quote-- "look the other way"-- in sexual assault cases. >> catherine: extra police will patrol an east bay high school for the rest of the week. that's after someone wrote a threat to shoot students. the disturbing message was found tuesday on the wall of a girls bathroom at foothill high school. >> to make sure that if they did make this threat they are also there because they want to students to feel safe and come to them a

. >>> leon panetta fue orador y dio sus condolencias . >>> el setimiento de tristeza se acrecento conrbin. >>> elementos de otras corporaciones compartieron el sentimiento. >>> se siente feo porque puede pasar a cualquier oficial que va a una llamada. >>> es un momento muy tragico para la policía y santa cruz. >>> ramon adame noticias univisión 14 san francisco . >>> por cierto el que los disparo era un convicto que tuvo acceso a armas de fuego por eso el senado de san francisco emitio una legislacion que pretende corregir errores administrativos de la tenencia de armas. >>> vemos que una persona peligrosa es que tiene antecedentes pasado. >>> bgajo este programa se han confiscado mas de 10mil armas. >>> un defensor del derecho a portar armas esta detenido por amenazar al senador yi. >>> un anciano muerto desde hace un mes aparecio luego de ser apuñalado en hilton manor, el responsable fue descubierto y apresado. >>> en el aeropuerto de oackland fue apresado con 67 libras de maruhuana. >>> la policía de sanb francisco identifico a arrestan a 21 personas de la region por vendr alcohol

former defense secretary leon panetta spoke at yesterday's memorial. as secretary of defense, i have seen firsthand the growing number of sexual assaults in the military. the growing number of suicides. these are people who are in trouble. many carry the scars of war. for whatever reason, these are people who did not received the help they needed, nor were they always prosecuted for the offenses they committed. many of their friends, their relatives, their bodies, their superiors looked the other way. at some point, somebody pays the price. >> he is refit referring to and jeremy goulet who was accused of two rapes well and the military but was discharged instead of prosecuted. attorney-general kamala jerez and governor jerry brown also attended yesterday's memorial. >> a scout camp ranger said he died he is entitled to the 1.2 million reward for giving information leading authorities to christopher dorner and a big bear cabin. rick heltebrake's claim says dorner was surrounded soon after he called 911 to report the shooting rampage suspect had carjacke

panetta said in the case of goulet the military "looked the other way." said when that happened, at some point somebody pays a price. >>> defense secretary chuck hagel said a case of sexual assault in the air force will be reviewed at the top levels of the pentagon. he just returned from visiting afghanistan and wrote a letter to barbara boxer, boxer asked him to look into a case where an air force general dismissed charges against a lieutenana colonel convicted of sexual assault but in his letter hagel said he doesn't have the authority to reverse the general's ruling. >>> 6:15. 90 minutes from now house republicans in washington will lay out a budget. automatic cuts have forced military to scale back. >> reporter: the marines posted a video online, tells personnel to save every round of ammunition and every gallon of gas and there's a plan unveiled today that doesn't guarantee the automatic spending cuts that went into place on march 1 are coming to an end anytime soon. former vice-presidential candidate paul ryan is leading house republicans. the g.o.p

secretary panetta's opening of the combat of women. what is significant? i think what is significant is, do you think we did this out of pure, alter richard -- altruistic reasons? i do not think so, either. one of the problems we had was, with our operations in afghanistan and iraq, we needed more combat medics. the great signature achievement of this war and conflict has been a better capability for medical care at the point of injury. if you look at what our medical establishment has done over the 12 years, we are saving people with wounds on like any, that we have ever seen. our medics are women. we had to figure out a way to get that additional talent to the battlefield. what we did was abandoned the combat assignment restrictions that had previously prevented women medics to serving at the point of injury. that is one reason we did that. the second reason is, believe it or not, there are not as many folks who are qualified to join our armed forces these days. it is about maximizing talent, having opportunities for military servers, for women, who can

secretary panetta and the administration decided we would open up more opportunities. we're studying it right now in the same way we had to study the issue of integrating women at west point. we're going through the analysis of, what the criteria? infantrye in the squad, one of the things you might have to do is to be able to drag a 200 pound person for three to four seconds over a distance of 20 yards. what is that about? a fire drill,ing it is a 35 second rush, and if somebody gets shot, you would want to take that person to a place of safety. standard, meet that you can serve as an infantry member. that is the kind of analysis going on. it is motivated in part by fundamental fairness, the idea that we need to open up opportunities for those most qualified, and also just to produce personal effort and a time when there are other opportunities to serve. that effort is underway. haveptember 2015, we will made decisions on opening up these additional specialties. there are courses right now that women are pursuing. ranger school is probably our most elite light infantry

. >> we have more on leon panetta and pamela harris are both expected to speak at the memorial today and they will sing arms wide open by the group creed. governor jerry brown is expected to attend but will not be making comments. mornings on 2 will have more beginning at 8 5:00 and the public am memorial starts at 11:00 with that memorial service at noon. >>> a major hit-and-run happened on 101 north of the great parkway. they rear-ended a pickup truck and the truck driver suffered major head trauma. the suspect took off and a santa clara police officer was able to tracker down. she now faces dui charges. diana was killed at a cat haven, five miles east of fresno. she was found inside the lion enclosure 12:30 afternoon. she had been attacked and she was volunteering at the park. yesterday we spoke to her father at the phone and he said his daughter gave him a tour of the park new year's day. >> i got to meet him and that place said you couldn't go into the i can't and she was pretty disappointed. >> couse couse was investigating and they are investigating why she was in there. >> th

former defense secretary panetta says decisions made by the young north korea leader has erra at onet reach outo see some way to negotiate our issues. and then suddenly he flips around. conduct this test on icbm and do the test on potential nuclear weapon and then they start talking about attacking the united states. attacking south korea. >>reporter: north korea state run media published this picture of him of attack plans on a board behind him. that in direct rae response to the u.s. sending a pair of pwchl b-2 bombers on practice mission part of joint military exercise with south korea. joint chiefs chairman martin democracy. >> those exercises are mostly to assure our allies that they can count on us to be prepared and to help them deter conflict. >> we will unequivocally defend and we are unequivocally committed to that alliance with south korea and we will be prepared. >>reporter: first time in a listening time the u.s. and china have joined forces to pressure north korea voting in january on un resolution tightening economic sanctions. >> you have the resolution. ever see chin

court building and from same-sex marriage to your faith in our government an exit interview with leon panetta and developers of tomorrow's games about to turn your living room game console into a museum piece. it's coming up on abc 7 news tonight at 6:00. >> okay, thank you so much. caltrans opened the new tunnels at devil's slide today. >> they bypassed that stretch of highway 1. >> you can see some first cars going through. i saw amy hollyfield this morning. one car at a time. people are still getting used to this. >> the new tunnel features state of the art technology like big exhaust fans that cost $439 million to build. first tunnels to open in 50 years. that is since caldecott tunnel. caldecott tunnel getting a fourth floor there. >> that jams up all the time. >> that is going to do it for us. >> from all of us here thanks for watching. we appreciatit your time. >>> this is "world news." tonight, marriage showdown. high drama today at the supreme court as the justices debate same-sex marriage, children, and what it means to be a family in america. [ chanting ] >>> twist of fate for aman

panetta who recently left the pentagon acknowledged that the gunman, goulet, may have fallen through the cracks while serving. >> many of their friends, their relatives, their buddies, their superiors, looked the other way and at some point, someone pays a price. >> goulet shot sergeant baker and detective butler to death last week while they were trying to interview him. the special -- sexual assault suspect was killed in a absoluteout. >> at 8:30 police will clear out 100 people from an encampment near the river park, disman tellteling a homeless camp. the tent city has grown since caltran kicked them off the state property last month. it is the latest test for the housing d as it wrestles with the homeless problem. >> in a turn around all charges have been dropped against a school teamer who was accused of abusing autistic students. nine counts of misdemeanor abuse against the teacher were based on statements by aide whose say she slapped, kicked, and withheld food from two five-year-olds. the prosecution says there are inconsistencies in the accusations and the charges were dropp

the former santa cruz area congressman was a guest speaker at the memorial yesterday and panetta left acknowledged that gunman goulet may have fallen through the cracks while serving in the military. >> many of their friends, their relatives, their buddies, their superiors, looked the other way and at some point someone pays a price. >> goulet shot sergeant baker and detective butler to death while trying to interview him. the sexual assault suspect was killed if a shootout with police. a scholarship fund has been established in on of the officers. santa cruz businesses have committed $125,000. if you would like to make a donation we have a link on our website, abc7news.com under oh see it on tv. >> all charges have been dropped against a schoolteacher accuses of abusing autistic students with nine counts of abuse based on statements by classroom aides would say she slapped, kicked and withhold food from two five-year-olds. the prosecution agrees there are inconsistencies in the accusations and the charges have been dropped for lack of credible evidence. >> this morning, san francisco

dignitaries will attend including governor brown, state attorney general harris and former defense attorney panetta. they depart from santa cruz to the h.p. pavilion at 8:45 arriving between 10:30 and 11:00. guests are scheduled to arrive between 11:00 and 12:00. >> hundreds. take part in the motor indicate with vehicles from fire, police, and emergency responders and criminal justice agencies of obvious county. the procession begins at 8:45 at 3rd street and run north on riverside and over to ocean street and it will follow ocean up to highway 17. >> through the santa cruz mountains to san jose, the procession will then travel along highway 85 east to 87 north and it will exit and head over to automatic street and finally into h.p. pavilion. if you plan to attend, you are advised to car pool or use public transportation. the city of santa cruz is offering free metro bus vouchers for the highway 17 express bus. they are available to those with no other way to the service. caltrain is offering free service to the memorial for all members of law enforcement. there is a caltrain stop across the street

. >> governor brown and former secretary of defense panetta were also among the vips there.anetta represented santa cruz county during his days in congress. >> we posted much more on our channel 2 website ktvu.com. go to it. you'll find videos, slide shows and information on the scholarship funds that have been set up for the police officer's children. >> 5:08, let's check in for the friday commute. how does it look around the bay. >> it's looking good. good friday morning to you. it looks nice heading up out to the maize. traffic on 580 looks good as well. then to the toll plaza where we're doing pretty well. no major problems there. if you're driving in san jose, northbound 280 and northbound 101 are off to a good start as you drive through. that's on the shoulder. there's a tow truck on the scene. 5:09. let's go to rosemary. >> improving weather in time for the weekend. i'll show you where the storm now resides. here it is. the center of it was right about here yesterday. now it's moving south. may get a few wrap around moistures out of this. that will really be about it

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former secretary of defense leon panetta will be here and he'll take the podium and california attorney general harris and all of the way to the top, governor jerry brown is expected to be here, however, we're told he will not speak. if you are planning to come down to hp pavilion, take public transportation because streets will be closed in the area. the memorial is expected to last three or four hours and the road closures will last most of the day. now our mike inouye is back in studio. he's got your road closures covered for you. officers, mike, are saying the worst of it will affect the evening commute. >> likely the case, marla. let me explain why. all of these folks that come to the pavilion, talking about 6,000 law enforcement alone combined with over 10,000 people likely to come in here to pay their respects, family, friends, people who didn't know these officers, all have to head down here for parking. once they park the service starts around noon and that will extend for a few hours and then in the beginning of the evening commute is when everyone is trying to get out of the

among other things, leon panetta, california's attorney general kamala harris. governor brown is not expected to speak. alexis butler will give the eulogy for her sister, officer elizabeth butler and one of the daughters of officer baker, jillian baker will read a poem. as we mentioned earlier, james durbin from the bay area, a contestant on "american idol," went quite far in the "american idol" season. i can't remember whether a year or couple years ago, but will sing a song called "arms wide open" done originally by the group creed. >> and what's interesting, we have shown you so many officers and community members who have chosen to essentially take their day and share it with the community and pay honor to these two fallen officers. when the incident happened last week, how do we explain to our little ones what happened to their neighborhood police officer? so many people say by joining an event such as today, they can teach their children that, you know what, sometimes bad things happen, but so many people come together in a time like this, that there is go

by the way, leon panetta admitted-- >> no, he didn't. >> sean: let me stay on point. you're going to tell me that the president at least through his attorney general, the ambiguous message that they leave the door open on killing americans, on american soil, wait a minute, without a trial, no conditions whatsoever did he layout in that letter -- is now the people that we're against waterboarding, the people that were against enhanced interrogation, drones are okay, but not waterboarding? >> don't you feel like you're in a flip-flop situation. >> sean: not at all. >> a minute ago you said if the airplane went into the world trade center, you want the president to take out that plane. >> sean: no, but they left it-- >> the other way around, juan. >> sean: exactly, go ahead. >> how is that the other way around? >> i'll tell you how it's the other way around. all eric holder had to do, you know, he didn't have to engage in these verbal gymnastics, all he had to do was say what legal scholars have established for centuries. the of the president of the united states has a r

governor jerry brown will attend as will harris and former defense secretary leon panetta. also santa cruz native and "american idol" singer james durbin will perform at the memorial. the city of santa cruz will effectively shutdown for the day on thursday. outside agencies will handle police and fire calls so the personnel can take part in the procession and in the memorial service here in san jose. reporting live, leslie brinkly, abc7 news. >> thank you, leslie. the final arrangements are in place for tomorrow's memorial service. >> if you live in santa cruz and don't have a way to get to san jose they are offering bus vouchers for the ride over the hill. if you need one go to abc7news.com and look under see it on tv. >> cal tran and amtrak are offering free train rides to law enforcement personnel. there is a stop across from the pavilion. >> they open at 10:00 in the morning and they will be showing the service live there as well the del mar theater that opens at 11:00. the parking will be free and there is a link to public transportation and other parking lots on our w

. >> chris: that is what he did last summer when he went after panetta's dog? >> he barked. >> chris: there was challenging, control of the military? >> this was right in front of the secretary of defense. >> after the breach of protocol there was speculation that he was being forced out. >> he was promoted to sergeant after that. it's not a forced retirement. >> chris: whatever the reason the pup should be the new mascot by late august with as many as five public events a week. >> chesty is great way to represent the more than 200,000 sailors and semifinalians that make up our corps. he has very important job. we're happy to have him. >> chris: one of my favorite power players ever. the marine mascot generally says five years as chesty is five years which is 35 years in a dog's life. have a great week and we'll see you next fox news sunday. >> this week on the journal, editorial report. president obama's middle east mission, he is calling for renewed peace in the area, as the syrian conflict escalates with claims of chemical weapons, will it make a difference?

. >>> governor jerry brown, state attorney harris and former secretary of defense leon panetta attended the service. he represented the county during the days in congress. >> they drew the line. they were doing their job. and they paid the ultimate price. >> on the extended ladders of the fire trucks outside the pavilion. one was hit by bullets when they killed the gunmen. >>> the tragic death of the two officers touched people all across the bay area. what the scene was like here when 150 people crowded onto the main street is overpass. many were overcome with emotion as they watched the procession on highway 17 as it traveled from santa cruz to san jose. >>> when i see something like this happen, it is just unbelievable. it brings tears to your eyes. what has happened to our commitments. >>> there were -- to our communities. > >>> now, we posted much more of the memorial on our panel two website. at ktvu.com. you will find video, slide is shows and information on the scalareship funds that have been set up for the officer's children. >>> lots of bay area officers attended and thieves

impressive list of dignitaries including governor brown, attorney general harris, former defense secretary panetta, and american idol contestant who is from santa cruz, a native, he will perform. it is a full day planned, a very solemn day. it will be an amazing town out. >> thank you, amy. if you live in santa cruz and don't have a way to get to the memorial the metro is offering bus vouchers for the ride over hill open highway 17. if you need one, go to abc7 news come and look under "see it on tv." caltrain and amtrak offer free trains to law enforcement personnel. kaiser permanente arena in santa cruz opens at 10:00. they will show the service live today. parking at depot park is free today. there is a link to public transportation and other parking lots in santa cruz on our website. we will carry the service live from the pavilion here on abc7 news. our coverage will start with our midday news at 11:00 and we will stream the service at abc7news.com. >> investigators are trying to find out why a 24-year-old volunteer intern attack and killed by a lion was inside the big cat's enclosure while wo

others include leon panetta and kamala harris. 9 governor jerry brown will attend today's memorial service but he is not expected to speak. also on the agenda, "american idol" star james durbin will speak at the event. the service will also feature drummers, bagpipes and a helicopter flyover. >> as thousands of mourners continue making their way to the hp pavilion, law enforcement taking some extra steps to handle all that traffic that's flowing into the area. mike inouye joins us with a look at how today's memorial could be affecting drivers outs there. >> good morning. folks, we were following along with that caravan as it took its way up highway 17. there were no other surprises for the freeways. but in downtown, you see all those law enforcement vehicles and we see all the other spectators in the area. the big tie-up was getting off of highway 87. as thiey queued up, that presens a logjam for about 45 minutes through the area. also local streets closed and vta buses rerouted around the scene. that's affecting most seriously lines of 522 past the hp pavilion. because of that, we did hav

. >> looking at syria, and you got leon panetta and others to respond to the idea, whether we should have done more and there were recommendations to the president to do more. does carl levin, the chairman of the armed services committee believe we should have done more in syria? >> i think we should do more now. i think the president has been properly cautious because of the difficulty of knowing who, for instance, any additional weapons would go to. we have to make sure that we don't support the wrong people in syria. and there's some elements of the opposition here that we would not want to strengthen. there are other elements we would want to strengthen. so i think the president has been properly cautious. as of this point i think this has gone on now so long. the slaughter has been so intense. and there seems to be some coming together of a political compromise among the opposition. it's not done yet. but at least there's progress in that area. so that it looks as though when a saad falls and he will-- assad falls and he will. he not only should but he will fall that then there