contact 33 minutes after takeoff and i'm joined on the phone with author of "contact providential" patrick smith. they say there might be a weather issue, the reason the plane is missing? what do you know about this? >> look, it's very important not to speculate in the early aftermath of an aviation accident, and it's especially a bad idea to speculate this soon. i mean, we're talking literally minutes after the story of a missing airplane breaks. there's just so little to go on, this could be virtually anything. it's simply too early to start throwing out theories about what may have happened. it is interesting this is an indonesian airplane, and indonesia does have a spotty record when it comes to commercial aviation safety over the years, and this is looking like it's going to be probably another black mark on that country's record. you know, we could talk about that sort of thing, but exactly what happened, we have no idea, and it often takes a very long time, weeks, months, sometimes even years, before the causes of specific accidents are nailed down. so we just have to be patient. >> we do

. >>> you lose guys like patrick willis, justin smith that, opens the door for former practice squadyers to step up and maybe make the roster. mike brassel is a candidate. you'll know mike is there when you see his hair, his long locks. he has a big goal line stand, plays most of the game registering tackles. >> i will be battling until my career is over. every day is a challenge. they're looking for your replacement. so i'm fighting and scratching and clawing and so is every other guy in the room. eyes are on us. some of the players have heft and everything. it doesn't, you know, makes us want it even more. >>> on to baseball, it was ryan vogelsong on the mound tonight. the game delayed 31 minutes by rain. johnny peralta, look at justin maxwell, making the catch and bangs into the railing. right now, scoreless in the fourth. hunter pence is having an mri on his obliques. no word on how much time he may be out. cannot afford to lose hunter pence. dodgers are in the bay area, taking on a's tonight in a two-game set. a's coming off an o and seven road trip. it's just not going to get e

the 49ers were already without justin smith and patrick willis. san francisco will have to dig deeper into their depth chart. they spoke with the medium and admits his absence is a void that will be very hard to fill. >> you can't easily replace someone of that caliber but we'll find ways collectively to get that done. there's great opportunities. great opportunities for guys who may have had more limited roles had he been here. >> giants at cubs, the champs looking to avoid the four-game sweep. two outs for chris bryant and a single to shallow right. and it's 1-0 chicago. then a scary moment in the third. jake's pitch nails him in the head. he struggles to get to his feet. scary moment. he heads to the club house and giants keeping a close eye on him. top nine bases loaded. can gregor blanco be the hero? nope. strike three is called and cubs win 2-zip and complete the four-game sweep. >> we had a chance to win at the end of the day but yeah, i'm always trying to find the positive in losing but you know, right now not taking solace in much when yo

justin smith, linebackers patrick willis and chris borland and anthony davis. the team lost star running back frank gore to indianapolis. michael crabtree to the raiders. >> the parents of 16-year-old girl killed in arabian na flight 214 have dismissed their lawsuit. she was one of three people killed when the plane crashed in 2013 landing at sfe. she was ejected and lying near the wreckage covered in firefighting foam when she was run over by crews responding to the crash. they did not see her. the family has not issued a public statement about today's decision. san francisco city attorney dennis herrera said the dismissal vindicates firefighters heroic efforts. >>> a 20-year-old u.c. berkeley student was robbed right in the middle of campus. that student was robtd about 12:30 p.m. it's a place filled with people. two men confronted the student, one holding a silver handgun stole the victim's cell phone and wallet. the thief ran away. the student was not hurt. >>> santa rosa police are looking for a man who attacked a convenience store clerk during an armed ro

. >>> you lose guys like patrick willis, justin smith that, opens the door for former practice squadp and maybe make the roster. mike brassel is a candidate. you'll know mike is there when you see his hair, his long locks. he has a big goal line stand, plays most of the game registering tackles. >> i will be battling until my career is over. every day is a challenge. they're looking for your replacement. so i'm fighting and scratching and clawing and so is every other guy in the room. eyes are on us. some of the players have heft and everything. it doesn't, you know, makes us want it even more. >>> on to baseball, it was ryan vogelsong on the mound tonight. the game delayed 31 minutes by rain. johnny peralta, look at justin maxwell, making the catch and bangs into the railing. right now, scoreless in the fourth. hunter pence is having an mri on his obliques. no word on how much time he may be out. cannot afford to lose hunter pence. dodgers are in the bay area, taking on a's tonight in a two-game set. a's coming off an o and seven road trip. it's just not going to get easier tonight

they lost patrick willis and smith and borland.ith will be a key cog this season after missing nine games due to a suspension, but now with his legal issues behind him he has a great relationship with head coach. the only thing missing from his game is justin smith who retired this off season and he will find out how much he will miss his success. >> we will have to create a chemistry because that is the guy who has been beside me since i have been here. people learn fast, and we have a good coaching staff. it will all work out. >> the work and the shape he is in the conditioning he is doing . i am excited. >> raiders put the pads on today for the first time. always more exciting for the defense than the offense. you are either a hammer or a nail in this sport. linebacker moore had major hip surgery in february. he is physically ready and he loves the defensive mind-set of his new coaches. >> we have how many linebackers? position coach is a linebacker. the d coordinator is a linebacker. head coach is a linebacker. everybody unders

the 49ers were already without justin smith and patrick willis, and san francisco will have to dive deeperheir depth chart. he says the coordinator spoke with the media today and admits it is a void that will be very hard to fill. >> you can't easily replace someone of that caliber, but we'll find ways collectively to get that done. it's a great opportunity. it's great opportunities for guys who had more limited roles had he been here. >> silver and black in training camp, raiders with nine practices, seven in full pads. so far, the head coach is pleased with the team's progress, but says there's a lot of work to be done before friday night's opener against the rams. >> looking to flatten out and be consistent on a daily basis. there's ups and downs, up at a high level and maintain and be consistent. that's what we're striving for. yeah. if we fall down, we get up. if we stumble, you know, we get back on track, and so, we're going to continue to do that, hit the reset button where we need to. >> football is back! taking off in the annual hall of fame game in canton, ohio. 3-0 pittsburgh. p

patrick willis and chris and smith that is open the democrats and republicans for former practice squad up and make the 53 man squad former establish ford linebacker and nose tackle purchase sell 2 of the candidates. 6 tackle. he hooked good against the tax an on saturday stacking on the goal line stand and he played most of the gym at 8 tackle 5 solo. >> all battle to the day my career is over so i think you have to have the mentality whether dressed or not. in the league stick around. every year is new challenge and always looking for the replacement. sf i'm fight to go the this and so is ever other guy in the room. 90 of us and 53 of us soon enough. >> eye on us so many players have left and everything so it definitely the make us try to get it even more. >> with we have been behaving badly. joint prosecute in oxnard. ram and cowboy get in a pwrul and everybody is if on this one. cowboy receiver bryant had the helmet off and he got hit in the head so hard right there. his earrings fell out. somebody has to tell him clip on don't work in a brawl. i tell you that personally. >> nice. >

patrick willis suddenly decides to retire. chris borland smith retires frank gore to the colts.e. fight tough for the new coach. >> jim is walking this is the first opportunity to be head coach. totally unproochbility you have a stadium where you can't grow grass. 1 billion dollars and can't get one season of sprout. just like where does it end. at this time end for alden smith with the niners today. fifth arrest in three years cut. stunning especially when you consider. tuesday night 3 nights ago. niners gm told reporters smith was doing outstanding job personally and professional. imagine how he felt when he answered the phone today. contract extension for smith. set to earn nearly 10 million $this season. hard to find any positive in the story but i will say this listening to jim this morning. you really cap see why the players loved him and why they support him because he genuinely care about his his guys about alden smith player and person. he has been turning his life around. he's in the process of turning his life around. the people stumble. if some things are greater gre

>> reporter: this is the petition started by arlington democratic delicate patrick hope just hours after the gunfire at smith mountain lake. his goal, to demonstrate support for legislation to require universal background next the commonwealth. >> in virginia, we have elections that come up and yes, i'm taking advantage of a situation where it's really raw for people right now, but people are frustrated. and we have got to quit hiding behind this do-nothing attitude, because if we don't do something, it will continue to happen. >> reporter: but it didn't take long for some republicans to make their own stand on social media. loudoun delegate david ramadan scolded the governor and other democrats for politicizing a tragedy. >> people jumping on a bandwagon that they shouldn't be jumping on. we have a tragedy. we have two virginians that have died yesterday. give them the respect that they deserve. >> reporter: voters would spoke with today concede gun control wasn't really the first thing on their mind when they learned of the fatal shootings but they respect offended that some elected leaders are turning the

and had to do with issues nothing to do with in discretions and patrick willis retired and a lot of holes in the defense and aldon smith as well. a ton for the coach and organize to deal with. >> and it is early august. season is right around the order. >> you have a month to figure it out. >> i guess. >> and they did ask him about replacing this specifically and i think it will be by a al -- committee type of thing. eric armsted out of oregon a pass rusher and physical specimen in florida, he has been running with the 3rd team, i think he just got promoted. >> there you go. >> we will see if anyone else picks up aldon smith. >> the music festival, take a look right there, plenty, thousands of people are filling the city for the three-day event. and as you can see, yes, they are out there seemingly enjoying their time and let's check in with ann reuben like in the city. you made the trip across the golden gate, what was it like out there? >> well, it is actually quite busy. i want to have you take a look at this. this is the main gate here and earlier this afternoon it was actually pretty quiet but you can see there is

maybe patrick willis, but he seems to think he was on the down side too. aldon smiths one of the best pass rushers in the entire nfl. we and the last two years, he couldn't stay on the field because of his off the field issues. so, this one is a big blow to the 49ers defense and team and organization. >> thank you very much. >>> with baseball's trade deadline long gone, the giants move to solidify their rotation is now on the shelf. and after being scratched yesterday, leak was placed on the 15-day disabled list and he's going to miss probably one more start and lefty joss osich is called up from sacramento triple-a. and first hitter, kyle, a rocket off the glove of cellby and 3-1 chicago. later in the inning, and two more on for jorge and that ball over nori aoki in left field 5-1 chicago. and that's a single for center field in front of angel pagan. 6-1, cubs. they go on to win it 7-3. and bogy ends up taking the loss. now, getting back to the aldon smith release. the 49ers were forced and shufl today's schedule because of bhawhat happened and we'll hear from the pl

smith is here with haley. teresa elder is here, too though tommy couldn't make it. and patrickins are here too, with 15-year-old jennifer and 17-year-old alexandria. of the virginia families, the collins are the only one who have experienced the benefits of cannabis oil first hand. a year ago, after hearing about charlotte's web oil, their family made a decision to beth and jennifer would move to colorado for the oil, while the rest of the family stayed behind in virginia. >> i felt we really had no other option but to try it. we didn't really plan it all too long because it was too painful to plan out too long. this is our home and jennifer grew up here, you know. and my family's here and my other daughter goes to school here. >> reporter: the driving force in the collins' decision to split their family up were the side effects of the medicines jennifer was on, side effects which they say were getting more and more horrific. >> did you feel like you were losing your daughter? >> absolutely, we were losing our whole family. >> just watching her cognitively decline and watching