patterson argued he did so in self-defense. jurors did not buy it but they also found they did not act with malice. >> patterson unlawfully and intentionally shot and killed mr. dawkins. they believe jurors cannot get beyond patterson's badge. >> if my son had killed mr. patterson, you would be facing life imprisonment right now. because of the fact that he was a law enforcement agent, i really believe played a big part in the situation. >> even with the verdict of voluntary manslaughter, the jury could have sentenced him -- chosen to sentence him up to 10 years. they decide to recommend six instead. the formal sentencing is set for february. >> seven people were taken to the hospital after a carbon monoxide leak in gaithersburg. when firefighters arrived a begin ventilating the building. authorities believe the problem was caused by a faulty dryer. there's no word on the condition of those taken to the hospital. this just in. d.c. woman said that a woman found dead in a garage is the victim of a murder. was found and police sa

is generaltness patterson. patterson was appointed to his vision on september of 2010, as rector mr. patterson oversees the services mission to protect and deliver rater law- enforcement security services to over 9000 civilian federal facilities. to safeguard the more than 1.4 million daily occupants and visitors. here served in the air force for over 34 years, thank you for that service. finally, stephen lewis, deputy director, personnel and security policy within the office of the undersecretary of defense for the intelligence and united states martin of defense. -- department of defense. related to personnel and security. he has appeared before our committee just about a month ago in the first hearing on the washington navy yard bustle we welcome you all to today, and i ask ms. durkovich to leadoff. >> i apologize to being late -- for being late. i will put my opening statement in the record. >> welcome. please continue, and your welcome to summarize as you see fit. much.nk you, very appear for you today to

pattersoner, saying felt disrespected by a man twice his size and half his age. porter conceded he may have been drunk and aggressive, but that does not mean he deserved to die. today, highlighting the fact that patterson did not call 911 in between the argument and shooting. the crux of the matter is the break in action. none of this would have happened if he had just pushed three buttons on his phone. the defense argued the prosecutors's evidence is fraught with problems, saying .itnesses were lying biased witnesses not trial -- not telling the truth. thomas says patterson went home to get handcuffs and returned to arrest dawkins, shooting in self-defense. she says his call to 911 after the shooting and the remorse afterwords negates malice and premeditation. the jury is considering for different verdicts. first-degree murder, second, manslaughter, or not guilty. the prosecution says malice existed, the defense said it did not. live in alexandria, jeff goldberg. >> howard county police arrested a man in connection with a sexual abuse case that dates back to 199

patterson, is it accurate to say that -- general patterson -- is it accurate to say that it does not use a user risk tool commensurate with the committee standards? i'm trying to understand where we are at this. there was also a report from gao that fps interim assessment tool was not consistent with this assessment standard because it excludes out sequences from assessments. i want to understand if there is a difference, why isn't there, is it something we should be more uniformly putting in place, or is there a reason for it? >> there is a reason, and we have just dealt what we call a modified infrastructure survey tool, mist. that particular tool was developed from i.p. protection folks who had about that cool over a time of about six or seven years. we thought that this was a tool that we could modify, because it brought what we believed all of the areas of the isc requirements to bear. what we look at with our pool is specifically vulnerability. that is what the tool is structured for. separate we also do a threat assessment. we connect with the joint terrorism task force, with

patterson returns a short time later. >> he was fumbling with his clothes. >> i heard one shot. .> pattersondefense attorneys questioned julian dawkins about his -- julian dawkins'girlfriend about his alcohol content. the twitter world has a new member tonight. george h.w. bush created an account today. he prays nelson mandela and his first tweet. he is up to date. what can you tell us about the weather? >> it is going to get colder than it has in years that i can remember. >> let's get started. we will share some beautiful images. walter is a falls church. he is a sculptor. he used snow to make this inchworm out of ice. been joined this. >> they are not going to melt anytime soon. >> it is cold and getting colder. let's talk about the snowfall totals. there was snow. you would know that if you are watching or traveling west of the district. temperaturesr it, mainly. snow is falling. low was 44. that was a problem. that amount was right, but it didn't yield much snow. that is that. let's move on and talk about what is next. cold wake up temperatures. men asked us airport, down to 21. look at

is generaltness patterson. patterson was appointed to his vision on september of 2010, as rector mr. patterson oversees the services mission to protect and deliver rater law- enforcement security services to over 9000 civilian federal facilities. to safeguard the more than 1.4 million daily occupants and visitors. here served in the air force for over 34 years, thank you for that service. finally, stephen lewis, deputy director, personnel and security policy within the office of the undersecretary of defense for the intelligence and united states martin of defense. -- department of defense. related to personnel and security. he has appeared before our committee just about a month ago in the first hearing on the washington navy yard bustle we welcome you all to today, and i ask ms. durkovich to leadoff. >> i apologize to being late -- for being late. i will put my opening statement in the record. >> welcome. please continue, and your welcome to summarize as you see fit. much.nk you, very appear for you today to

the defense called craig patterson to the stand. since the start of trial monday, craig patterson has sat in court quiet. but today we were there as he called on his client to testify. what were you doing on may 22nd? patterson told jurors he went on a walk with his badge, gun and cell phone. that's when he ran into 22-year-old julian dawkins who he described as intoxicated and adepressive. so much so paterson claims he pulled a knife on him. i started running and he started chasing me. patterson headed back to his car to grab his handcuffs. he was ready to make an arrest and went looking for dawkins. the two met up a few weeks away. he said he turned around, charged back at me and took a swing back at me. i thought he had the knife in his hands. i retrieved the weapon and fired. did you know your shot was fatal? >> no. mr. patterson and his ex-wife testified on his behalf, calling us an honest person and good father. the family pastor only tole told us this? >> we just pray. >> now what we just shared was only part of the testimony

patterson grabbed the carrier and tossed it into the water. you can see the damage to the carrier and both cats died. police say patterson had a history of assaults. >>> a san jose police officer is being treated tonight for moderate injuries hurt when a driver slammed into a patrol car ask tried to run. that is only half of the story. >> this morning a san jose police officer was behind the wheel of a patrol car. and bam, a speeding cadillac hits him from behind. both officer and driver are hurt. the injured officer yelled for the man to stop and gets help. >> a security guard here eastbound ended up tackling the suspect. that security guard is lucky he could have been caught up in the crash. >> he had been just chatting and stepped back as the officer was about to leave. stepped back and very fortunate, that is when the accident occurred. >> you can picture him however you like. general manager calls him shy, and a teddy bear. >> he's a hero almost every day. so i won't surprise me to find out. this is what happened. >> the driver will be ta

of gregurder trial patterson. a pivotalsage plays role ball witnesses tell abc seven what they solve the night of the crime. we will have it coming up. avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive" sales event is back. which means it's never been easier to get a new 2014 jetta. it gets an impressive 34 highway mpg and comes with no charge scheduduled maintenance. and right now you can drive one home for practically just your signature. sign. then drive. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first month's payment on any new 2014 volkswagen. hurry, this offer ends january 2nd. visit vwdealer.com today >> you are watching abc 7 news at 5:00, on your side. >> a man who coached young people is now in police custody accused of sexually abusing a young girl. alexi worked with youth in bethesda for years. >> we spoke with the school spokesperson form of memory county public schools. this came to light after a friend of the alleged teenaged victim in the case came forward and told the school administrator. the

patterson, a career ambassador -- the presiding officer: the the clerk will continue to report. the clerk: to be assistant secretary of state signed by 18 senators. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: i ask consent that the mandatory quorum be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, under the previous order the mandatory quorum has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that -- the senate will come to order. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of anne w. patterson of virginia, a career member of the senior foreign service classic career ambassador to be assistant secretary of state near eastern affairs, shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll.

. >>> coming up, global therapy from patterson, new jersey. we've got that story coming up. >> i'm scott broom in maryland. coming up, the victory claiming that they were cheated on out of access to their own property and why the investigators for the land use agency says >>> they claimed a dirty development deal left them with no road to their historic family property. >> as scott broom reports, earlier this week they agreed to take the case, which means that this thing will finally come to an end, one way or another in the new year. >> these landowners near the museum here in sandy springs maryland have been losing a turn for every decade until now. the 73-year-old has been told by the lower courts that his case is no good because too many years have gone by. and between the claims, the developers of the new subdivision erased a section of the historic access to the property called farm road when he found out about it and took them to court. but now maryland's highest court, they have decided to take the case. the landowners in the historic

after a little more than a day of deliberations craig patterson was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the debt of 22-year-old jewel -- death of 22-year-old julian dawkins last may but found not guilty in the commission of a firearms in the murder. >> reporter: a man who dealt most of his career with inmates as an arlington county sheriff's department is finding himself as a convicted felon himself. there is also a mother whose only child was killed has only grief in her heart and she is inside this courthouse right now saying that she is defeated by the verdict and this is why. she says that instead of the more severe conviction of first degree murder craig patterson now is convicted of voluntary manslaughter facing only 10 years maximum in prison or he could face $2,500 fine. glenn pratt miller said she lost her only son for no good reason, 22-year-old julian dawkins, a shuttle driver aspired to own his own auto driving business, but those dreams were snuffed out when 45- year-old craig patterson shot and killed the man last man. dawkins was celebrating his cousin's news of making

they're making the case that after the altercation between craig patterson and dawkins, patterson went home, got his gun and returned determined to shoot and kill dawkins. among the witnesses who testified today, ter reek erbie and eric taylor. during a court recess we caught up with them. both men stated on the same step they were on the early morning on the 22nd of may. both men testified they heard yelling that night and then watched patterson pass in front of them once and then walk back. >> about right here we noticed him fumbling around with his clothes tucking the weapon. moments later they heard the gunshot. today a medical examiner testified that dawkins had a .15 blood alcohol level and a low amount of marijuana in his system. dawkins' girlfriend also testified she told the court she was on the phone and texting with dawkins several times that night. she said that dawkins told her, quote, these two dudes keep talking to me and i don't even know them. but in cross examination, the defense asked bynum about a text she sent to dawkins. it read, you need to stop drinking. you're

and thanks to patterson and ma iron there as high as they all right. are are.en rescued by governor brown who appointed him our secretary of transportation. he's president this role his whole life. so let's bring brian kelly to the microphone and give a big applause to all our brian's. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> well, thank you steven e steve i'm not sure though how to respond to this picture. i want to commit all brian's on their names. i'm honored to think here. i've been sobered with this project throughout any 18 years as a staff person in the state senate and more recently in the brown administration for the past 15 months. i'll say over the 18 years this project has had an effect on me. it's had time to inspire me and frustrate me and today having seen the final project it expresses me. there are thousands of men and women who gave much of themselves to see this project accomplished. it's their work and their resolve and their friendship that i want to spend a moment honoring. first optimistic continue in day you can't let a moment pass without honoring the men and women

patterson, as provided under the previous order. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the call of the quorum be done away with. the. the presiding officer: without objection. viemed a told that 1*z 1824 is due for another reading. -- mr. reid: i am told that s. 1824 is due for another reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title. the clerk: a bill tommed the safe drinking water act to exempt certain lead pipes, fit, fixtures and solider and flux that contain brass. the presiding officer: i object to any further proceedings with respect to the reading of this bill at this time. the presiding officer: without objection, the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: mr. president, on monday, there will be a series of roll call votes starting at 5:30 in the evening. those votes will be on confirmation of the patterson nomination for assistant

. >>> just in, police have arrested eric patterson who is accused of throwing two cats into the bay. they caught him flinging his bag on market street. patterson was caught on camera last week near pier 4 in san francisco where he grabbed a homeless woman's belongings into the water. one of the items, a cat carrier with two cats inside. they drowned. >>> gun laws take effect today. some of the changes are if they have lost firearms, they have to call the police within 48 hours. they have to lock up their guns when not in use. the nra has vowed to fight that new law in court. >>> a local genetic testing company that was ordered to stop selling its testing kits says it will comply with the food and drug administration's demands. they claim to test for disease risk. they get a small tube in the mail and return it to the company for dna analysis. the fda ordered the company to stop selling those kids because it couldn't prove the technology was backed by science. they'll only offer information on your ancestry. >>> the owner of john's grill donated $20,000 to buy the devices. he said, he

patterson was appointed the position in september of 2010. as director he oversees the service mission to protect and deliver and law enforcement and security services to over 9,000 civilian federal facilities and in the safeguard there are more than 1.4 million visitors. i understand usurp in the air force for over 30 years. thank you for that service. the final witness is the deputy director personnel, industrial and facility security policy within the office of the undersecretary defense for intelligence, united states department of defense, the undersecretary defense for intelligence and dod policy programs and guidance related to among other things personnel facility's security and also appeared before the committee about a month ago at the first hearing on the washington navy yard hearing. welcome you all today. before we asked ms. durkovich ne appealed to dr. colburn. good morning. >> i apologize for being late to the witnesses and the chairman. i will put my opening statement in the record. >> fair enough. welcome. ms. durkovich pleas

craig patterson was charged with murder in the shooting death of dawkins last may. a jury convicted him of the lesser charge. david culver has been following the trial from the start. he's live with the latest. david? >> this is still a very much developing story at this hour. allow me to set the scene inside the alexandria courthouse. that jury deliberating and they are focused on the sentencing phase of the investigation. craig patterson, the man convicted of voluntary manslaughter could face ten years in prison. when the verdict came down, i tweeted it at 1:30. the dawkins family was incredibly emotion. we caught up with both families outside the courthouse a few minutes ago. we heard first from the father of julian dawkins. take a listen. >> right now, words can't describe how i feel. i really don't have a feeling because i'm numb and i know that god has the final say in all things, but right now, just dealing with the situation. it's going to take a lot of support. >> we are very sympathetic to julian dawkins family. my heart goes out to the mother, father and

patterson faces two counts of animal cruelty. it is not clear if the suspect and the woman knew each other. >>> and the sai know sai sonoma -- he will remain on a desk assignment while the investigation into the shooting is completed. outrage over the shooting spread through the county and many demanded the deputy be charged with murder. >> one man in oakland is on a mission to show troubled kids a world beyond their own. kpix5's kristen ayers with the program that is giving teens an unexpected set of skill st. >> a handful of west oakland teens walk on to a boat in the jack london square marina. >> at risk kids on a boat, on the bay. no one would have believed it. >> some of the kids are dropouts. other haves been to juvenile hall. many have never even seen a boat up close. let alone, learn to skip one. but matthew, a systems engineer is teaching them. >> what we didn't want to do is duplicate the classroom or duplicate the environment they walked away from. >> the program is called oakland youth first and he is on a mission to

police say patterson confronted the homeless work last month on pier 15.he threw her belongings right into the bay including her two cats. patterson is now facing two counts of felony animal cruelty and if convicted he could get -p up -- could get up to two years in jail. >>> continuing coverage of the unseasonably cold weather affecting those who make live on the streets in san jose. >> reporter: emergency workers handed out covers in san jose . other homeless people there were sad about the death and worried about themselves. >> it scares me because i'm going through the same cold. you know, it's very freezing at night. i can't sleep. >> reporter: today publish health officials say three homeless men all in their 40s and 60s died of hyperthermia at several encampments. ehc expanded its three shelters to accommodate hundredsover extra beds. >> in this community where we have so much wealth and invasion and all this stuff. we had several people lose their lives simply because it was too cold. and that should not happen. >> reporter: officials also say a fo

in alexandria may 22nd that patterson went home to get his gun. his legal team is arguing the off-duty deputy shot dawkins in self-defense. one more witness testifying for the prosecution tomorrow. then the defense supp. >>> a private athletic coach has been arrested for inappropriate contact with a student. today montgomery county police arrested daniel sirotkin of germantown. they say he had inappropriate contact with a teenager he was tutoring. police say he tutored several high school students in the bethesda and potomac areas, charged with two counts of sex abuse on a minor and third degree sex offense. police would like to hear from parents to see if there might be any other alleged victims out there. >>> prepping for winter weather like today can be costly. a review by the news 4 i team finds local communities can rack up big removing even small amounts of ice and snow. our scott macfarlane is on the storm team 4 weather patio with the results. >> reporter: even in the mile weather of 2012 we found communities spending seven figures on snow

police say patterson confronted the homeless work last month on pier 15.he threw her belongings right into the bay including her two cats. patterson is now facing two counts of felony animal cruelty and if convicted he could get -p up -- could get up to two years in jail. >>> continuing coverage of the unseasonably cold weather affecting those who make live on the streets in san jose. >> reporter: emergency workers handed out covers in san jose . other homeless people there were sad about the death and worried about themselves. >> it scares me because i'm going through the same cold. you know, it's very freezing at night. i can't sleep. >> reporter: today publish health officials say three homeless men all in their 40s and 60s died of hyperthermia at several encampments. ehc expanded its three shelters to accommodate hundredsover extra beds. >> in this community where we have so much wealth and invasion and all this stuff. we had several people lose their lives simply because it was too cold. and that should not happen. >> reporter: officials also say a fo

police say patterson has a history of assaults. >> well more to bring you on this busy friday night. technology is changing the way your children are learning in school. still ahead here. you will meet some of the people behind this education revolution that is happening. also baby seat that has some parents outraged. why they say it is just going too far. >> california man on mission. just how long he plans on ringing that bell. you know it's hard to believe an amazing effort he makes. i'll have the [son] all right,she has no idea. [man] no one told her,right? [son]hi! [mom screams] your season is here. let's just call it the baking time of year. you need special ingredients. you need the staples for homemade. you need safeway sugar for just a buck eighty-eight. and that magic thing that makes everyone want another only two ninety-nine for challenge butter. and when hands get messy, quite surely they'll say, yum! wow! yay! what a sweeter holiday. safeway. ingredients for life. >> most of us had to adapt to the internet but all young people have ever known. so schools are now race to

craig patterson is charged with the murder of julian dawkins.ki dawkins worked as a driver for pbs. it happened during a late-night argument between the two in alexandria. patterson was off-duty at the time. >>> two senators are calling for cameras to be put on trains after this month's deadly derailment in new york city. charles assumer and richard bloomen that wi ee bloomenthal want them aimed at the driver and the tracks. four people were killed and 60 others injured. the train's operators told investigators he fell into a daze at the controls. several civil lawsuits have already been filed, so far no charges, no criminal charges have been filed. >>> 4:48 now. black friday and cyber monday are part of the holiday shopping tradition. did you know today there is another major deal day called green monday. some retailers call it cyber monday two and it brings in a lot of cash. a record spending $1 billion on this day alone. fatwallet.com predicts that record could be broken this year with sites running discounts between 30% and 50%. >> all this

turns out that republican state rep mark patterson in idaho had twice been arrested and charged withorcible rape. the second time was in ohio and he was acquitted of those charges, but the first time in florida, he pled guilty. he was initially charged with forcible rape. he pled guilty to assault and intent to commit rape. years later after moving to idaho, he applied for a concealed carry permit for a handgun. now, under idaho law and pretty much everywhere, you cannot get a permit to carry a gun if you have committed a violent felony, like say assault with intent to commit rape, to which this guy pled guilty, but he did not admit that on his gun permit application. which means he lied on his gun permit application. and when the sheriff found out about this lie, the sheriff revoked the guy's permit. and then, then, then comes the part of the story that makes it the single strangest politics story we covered all year long. i mean, it is one thing for the citizens of boise to know they just elected this guy with a violent felony conviction related to rape and he got his gun permit re

eric patterson.was arersted police say patterson grabbed two live cats from a woman. and tossed them into the bay along the embarcadro. causing them to drown. the suspect was seen on securty cameras at a nearby hotel. around the same time of the november 25th attack. the homeless woman who had the cats told animal control officials the guy you see here is the man who nabbed her cats. as well as her belongings.and tossed them. police were able to retrieve her belongings. but the cats did not make it. police and animial control tracked down patterson today after getting tips from the public. police say he resisted arrest and has a history of assault. >> new at eight. a san francisco man is the victim of a deadly ht and run accident in the mission district. tonight, kron four's philippe djegal tells us more about the victim. and, the driver police are maligned the victim is 30 year-old san francisco resident kurt dalen. his close friends posting his picture on this pole above a memorial inhonor. the memorial stands where dalen was struck by a car at around 2-45 thursday

patterson, is it accurate to say that -- general patterson -- is it accurate to say that fps doesn't use a risk assessment tool consistent with the interagency security committee's standards? trying to understand where we are with this. i know that there was also a report from gao that fps's interim assessment tool wasn't consistent with this assessment standards because it excludes consequence from assessments. and i want to understand if there is a difference, why isn't there. is it something we should be more uniform are putting in place, or is there a reason for its? >> there is a reason, and we have just built what we call a modified infrastructure survey tool, and that particular to was developed from ip, infrastructure protection folks within the department who didn't -- were developed that to a repeat of about six or seven years. we thought that this was a tool that we could modify, and because it brought what we believe all of the areas of the isc requirements to bear. now, so what we look at with our tool is specifically bone ability. that's what the tool is for, to look at

verdict.roversial craig patterson was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter for the death of julian dawkins. jeff goldberg has been in the courtroom all week and has reaction from today's verdict. >> shortly after the verdict was read in court, curtis dokken's, father of julian dawkins had to walk out. amat this particular time i not -- >> the verdict of voluntary manslaughter left friends and family members crushed. several cried in court, including his mother. >> what is important that i am at a loss. my son will never be back but his legacy will never be forgotten. >> our heart hurts. we are very sympathetic to julian dokken's family -- dawkins' family. >> patterson returned to the scene and maliciously and intentionally shot and killed dawkins. the argument was that dawkins was drunk and confrontational. the verdict was read, the sentencing phase began. fighting through tears, the mother said -- several jurors were crying as well. >> it is a situation that needs much rare, the support for the family. prayer, support for the family. >> the recommended sentence was 0-12 months in

they call the final witness in the case against craig patterson. he shot and killed julianne dawkin who is was drunk ask confrontational and he shot him in self defense. >> in about an hour, lawyers will push for an appeal in the uva lacrosse case. he is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, yeardley love. his lawyer cite a number of issues for the appeal and is a judge's decision to continue the trial even though one of the attorneys was sick. they are also questioning jury selection and jury instructions. right now the ntsb is trying to get to the bottom of what led to the asiana airlines crash. it is holding a hearing on what went wrong before it crash landed in san francisco. the ntsb want to know what the airline teaches pilots about automated systems. they think the pilots might have relied too much on the systems. >> we do have the opportunity today to ensure that the lessons of this event are well-learned and the circumstances are not repeated. >> three people died in july's crash. more than 150 others were hurt. new today, news 4 learned f

it is one of the places with a black santa claus. 77-year-old langston patterson has been making appearances at the mall in crenshaw for nearly a decade. some families make this trip a yearly tradition saying it is important for their children. patterson like many of the children who visit him says he doesn't believe his skin color makes him different. he is simply santa. >>> you could be extra generous this holiday season with an extra $7,000 cash. that's how much you can win fight hunger in the bay area. when you click give where you live, we will donate a dollar to the bay area's feeding america food you might win $7,000. imagine the good you can do with that. we will announce the winner on december 19th so go to the facebook page 1k3* help us give where you live and spread the word so your friends can spread the word too. leigh glaser is checking our forecast as we head to the workweek. >> the first half of the workweek looks terrific. live doppler 7hd is picking up on some of the high clouds. they continue to drift from southern california right up to our neighborhood. we will continue

craig patterson shot and killed julia dawkins back in may. he said in court he intended to arrest him during the altercation but patterson may had inadvertently hurt his own defense. david culver is workingen story to explain how coming up on news 4 at 5:00. >> new video just released of the airlines crash. >>> plus, metro maps out a new way to get around d.c. >> and why president obama is ending the year on a bad note. >>> testing could begin as soon as this weekend. for the first time ever a steet car will be moved from a testing facility to h street this friday. the streetcar will be placed near the hopscotch bridge at union station. testing will start this saturday or on monday. passenger service is not expected to begin until next year. >> it may take a couple of decades, but you could take the metro to georgetown in the future. they are proposing to build a new metro there. >> adam tuss takes a closer look at the the whole plan. >> reporter: take a close look at this new map circulated by metro's planning department. a new loop around t

iran over the country's nuclear program. 5, scott patterson of the wall street journal on the volcker rule and how to implement it. ♪ the house is set to vote on a 10 year extension on a law next weekt to expire on detecting guns through metal detectors. president obama will address the nation with the status of health care.gov. and the washington post is reporting that the senate is confident they can pass the farm bill. washingtong to journal, december 3, 2013. you have heard about the amazon the faaamazon store to is posted developer rules by 2015 on use of drones and commercial airspace. we want to get your thoughts on whether or not you would support or oppose drone use. here is how you can call in the -- a we that you choose the line the best record since you. if you want to weigh in on social media, three ways you can do so, you can send us a tweet. you can send something to our .acebook page and you can always send this e- mail -- send us e-mail, journal@c-span.org. the faa is already in the process of developing regulations on how drones would be used. they are supposed to be

it is one of the places with a black santa claus. 77-year-old langston patterson has been making appearancesor nearly a decade. some families make this trip a yearly tradition saying it is important for their children. patterson like many of the children who visit him says he doesn't believe his skin color makes him different. he is simply santa. >>> you could be extra generous this holiday season with an extra $7,000 cash. that's how much you can win fight hunger in the bay area. when you click give where you live, we will donate a dollar to the bay area's feeding america food bank. you might win $7,000. imagine the good you can do with that. we will announce the winner on december 19th so go to the facebook page 1k3* help us give where you live and spread the word so your friends can spread the word too. leigh glaser is checking our forecast as we head to the workweek. >> the first half of the workweek looks terrific. live doppler 7hd is picking up on some of the high clouds. they continue to drift from southern california right up to our neighborhood. we will continue to see that off and

he was arrested today, eric patterson.woman's belongings, including two cats, killing the animals. >>> the statewide amber alert for a 14-year-old girl who is believed to be abducted in washington is still in effect. you won't see highway signs lit up and that's because they don't have a highway license number or have a car. he's suspected of abducting rimaro. they might be passing through this bay year to mexico. >>> we are seeing heavy downpours in portions of the bay area. here is the main band of rain. let's look at where the heaviest areas of rain are. south san francisco down to the airport, moderate rainfall, rates of about a half of inch of rain per hour. the deep reds are even more than that. look at this rate, almost 4 inches per hour. the good news is that it's moving through quickly. we're continuing to see heavy rain over in the area here. you can see the west to east movement, and that's where the heavy rain is moving right now. the cold front is pushing through. we're seeing heavy snow in the sierra. we have

officers arrested eric patterson on drum street.an francisco, witnesses say he threw her belongings including her cats in to the bay. patterson is now facing animal cruelty and if convicted could get two years in jail. >> a father is recovering from injuries he had after saving his 3-year-old from their burning apartment. investigators believe that a toppled space heater cause the fire that broke out friday morning as they slept. the apartment filled quickly with flames and smoke. the 44-year-old father said that he first tried to put the fire out but when he realized that it was growing out of control he grabbed a gulp of air and then went back to get his son. >> the bed was on fire and he went to grab his son and that's when there was smoke in the house. it was full and going and he -- he burned his feet when he got his son. >> the victim's wife who was at work at the time said that her husband has several weeks of recovery. their apartment was a total loss. >>> police are looking for three he people who robbed a bank of america.

greg patterson killed julian dawkins and now awaits sentencing. says it has house made attempts to free american -- free an american who disappeared seven years ago in march of 2007 in iran. the u.s. government insists that the retired fbi and dea agent was there is a private citizen. ap investigation says he was there as an analyst off the books for the cia. >> we have raised the issue of his whereabouts on a continuous basis. i have personally raised it with the iranians in the course of our discussions. seek hisue to try and release and return to the united states. >> at the white house, jay carney calls the report of the associated press and "the washington post" irresponsible. is that the white house urged that news organizations not to run the story. >> bc residents are looking at the city's nook streetcar -- new streetcar. sam, what happened? >> this is part of the crew back here. the original plan was that they were to have the streetcar on the flatbed truck sitting here before rush hour so they can wager during rush hour and then after ru

animal control officers say eric leroy patterson was taken into custody 90 minutes ago on drum streettruggle. police say the suspect is seen here on surveillanced video approaching a homeless woman on hear14 on november 25th. he threw her belongings into the bay including her two cats. one of the cats drowned. the other was never found. patterson is facing two counts of felony animal cruelty. >>> a police chase ended inside a busy shopping mall. officers were chasing this black car this afternoon when the driver crashed right into another car that was waiting at a red light near bay fair mall. the victim inside that car says two men then jumped out and ran into the mall. police later told him they were able to arrest both of those men. the man whose car was hit fortunately wasn't hurt. >>> a man crashes into a police car in san jose and tries to run away. what happened and who stepped in to hold that driver until officers arrived. >> reporter: this san jose police car is out of commission now after being smashed up while wraiting at a red -- waiting at a red light downtown. before 6:0

that is followed by scott patterson of "the wall street journal" on volcker rule. live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. as he walked in, there are tables with lots of pamphlets. the gun show.ing the pamphlets are how the government is trying to take away your right to own the guns. that, obamacare is terrible. those were the guys i wanted to talk to. those were the guys with the idea. i said is this your stuff -- they said, who are you. amaid i and i -- i said i doing research on these organizations and these ideas. trying to understand this. i study men who believe the stuff. suspiciouslyt me and asked me questions. i said here's what i am. i do not get it. here is my job. i went to understand how you see the world. i want to understand your worldview. and ill not convincing will not convince you. that is off the table. i want to understand why you think the way you do. >> downward mobility, racial and gender equality. "chael kimmel on angry white men." sunday night at 9:00 on afterwards, part of book tv on c-span2. justiceme court clarence thomas spo

bill: the only touchdown here comes from door darrel patterson, a rookie, took it 50 yards on the run. etroit 56 yards at the half. dan: there is the texans. matt schaub is having a good first half. james: we look at ted ginn getting it done. shannon: that is cam newton. why are you jumping? he scored anyway. james: say for whatever reason. andy dalton. boomer: he got off to a bad start and a little nerves but a nice play by cory graham on the first interception and then he overthrows a.j. green on the second one. playing quarterback in the nfl, you have to have a short memory and overcome adversity through all of the tough times. he throws two touchdown passes. i don't know why baltimore play thad kind of defense. how about the catch by sanu. two touchdown passes on the day. breaks the record of carson palmer. a tremendous game since the second interception. shannon: the ravens are in cover 6 meaning quarter, quarter, half. quarters at the top. half coverage the bottom of the field. but whatever the coverage they are playing they should have been in that coverage. they had the perfec

today the senate voted to confirm ann patterson.iously a very important job up until today and patterson has been our u.s. ambassador to egypt. now she is moving up to one of the top positions in the state department. directly after that vote the senate moved on to the high profile nomination of jay johnson to be secretary of homeland security. republicans had made a halfhearted effort to make his nomination seem mildly controversial. the top lawyer for the whole defense department. he is president obama's pick to succeed janet napolitano and today jay johnson was confirmed, becoming the godzilla sized agency's fourth leader ever. we thought the senate was not coming back until tomorrow but they came back late today to do those five minutes of work basically. now they need to confirm at least one more federal judge. they need to confirm the new chair, and there's the giant farm bill and the giant defense bill and the small matter of a national budget. if they do all of that this week and they say they're going to do it all, that mig

patterson was arrested yesterday afternoon after people tipped off police to his whereabouts.resisted arrest. he was taken to the general hospital for a psychiatric e." a woman was considering her two cats in a carrier when he sudden by grabbed the carrier and through it into the bay. both cats died. police say patterson has a history of assaults. >>> the morning continues in south africa for nelson mandela while details of his funeral are released. people are dancing in front of his house to honor him. tomorrow is a day of prayer in south africa. mandela will be buried a week from sub. by area loaders are remembering nelson mandela. one is seen here visiting him in 1990. williams was arrested in an anti-aparti rally in may of 1985. nelson said that movement helped quicken the end of white minority rule. >> he is in jail and yet he comes out of jail and he stands tall and says i am not going to destroy. i came here in liberate. >> abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez spoke to two former students that helped win divestment against aparti in south africa. >> these papers were type

coderelle patterson celebrates with an official high five. check that out. the vikings win in overtime, 23-20. >>> in their second meeting the broncos pulled out a close win with the chiefs with kansas city's miles davis with this explosive 108-yard touchdown run. after the kickoff in the second quarter, broncos win 35-28. denver leads the afc west. >>> and the patriots leading the afc east squeakeded a win over the texans. the game was tied in the fourth when new england's steven gostkowski nailed the field goal for the win 34-21. >>> embattled toronto mayor rob ford was caught at the bills/dolphins game wearing a jersey eating wings. one fan tweeted that ford stole his seat. don't worry, he got it back. the bills, though, lost, 34-31. >>> on to the miracle iron bowl finish that stunned alabama. tide 28-28, seconded left in the game, alabama's field goal goes short. chris davis saves the day, he hauls in the end zone to an end zone touchdown. shocker. >>> big game between big ten heated rivals michigan and ohio state. during the second, a monster brawl send

eric leroy patterson faces four counts including animal cruelty. he is accused of grabbing a woman's belongings last month and then throwing a carrier with two cats inside that carrier into the san francisco bay. also today, a group of students and alumni are pushing back against the recent removal of vallejo high's mascot. they are expected to protest at a school district board meeting this evening. this comes after they lost the fight to keep the apache as the school mascot. the school district voted to drop the mascot after complaints from native american activists. >>> today we're learning more about a man, a woman and four children who survived for two days in the snowy wilderness of northern nevada. yesterday a search crew volunteer spotted their jeep in trinity canyon near lovelock. betty yu has more on the happy ending to the desperate search. >> reporter: tears broke out as four young children and two adults arrived at the hospital. more than 200 people searched by air and on foot for two days. they spot an overturned jeep with binoculars.

patterson is charged with two felony counts of animal cruelty. >>> a woman accused of killing a teenager in san francisco is charged with manslaughter. jennie zhu is charged with two counts of reckless driving. police say zhu was driving 80 when she slammed into a minivan in september. 16-year-old kevin san in the van was killed. his mother and sister were seriously injured. through an interpreter, kevin's father says he doesn't know what happened. >> i want her to reflect and think why this happened and the cause of this devastating consequence to my family. >> zhu will be back in court on thursday after posting $300,000 bail. if convicted, she faces up to 7 years in prison. >>> a wildfire is burning out of control in the big sur area. the fire destroyed at least 15 houses and as marlie hall tells us, one person who lost everything is the fire chief. >>> reporter: wind is driving a wildfire burning in the big sur area of california. it's already destroyed more than a dozen homes and forced about 100 people to evacuate. >> i don't want to lose the house. i been there all my life. >> repo

the patterson td gave minnesota the let. ten seconds left.oe flacco hits brown for the game-winner and the ravens win it 29-26. we'll hear more from the 49ers and the sharks in minnesota. what a day the nfl, both at 6:00. >> stay with us. spencer will be b >>> coming up at 6:00, new details about a bay area man's living conditions while he was held captive in north korea. and why big-name musicians are canceling shows at sea world. join us for abc7 at 6:00. and spencer chin -- christian has a final look at the forecast. >> the projected lows tonight, low 20s in the inland valleys, and south at morgan hill, low of 24. upper 20s around the bay. tomorrow's highs, chilly. the highest temperatures today were 49 and 48 at oakland, and santa rosa. tomorrow, might see a couple 51s but that's pretty chilly. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. two more chilly days and frigid morning and then temperatures moderate and by the end of the week, high temperatures in the upper 50s, which is a treat compared to what we have been having. >> thank you. t

harry patterson allegedly grabbed the belongings of a woman last month as she walked near pier 25. those belongings included a feline carrier which ended up in the water. patterson is charged with two felony counts of animal cruelty. >>> a couple of parking lots scammers are out to get east bay shoppers. a pair of women targeted several drivers of this el cerrito safeway parking lot. here's how it works. a driver pulls into the lot, one of the women pounds on the back of the car pretending she was hit. both suspects then demand cash from the driver for medical bills. a witness says one of the victims came up to him looking for an atm. >> what do you need a teller for? he said, well, this old lady out here said her daughter said i run over her mother. and i needs $200. >> el cerrito police say two women seemed to be targeting older men. in one case, they followed a victim to his home demanding $1,200. but when police arrived, the women left empty-handed. the suspects may be driving a blue 2003 honda crv. >>> the senate is scheduled to vote today to begin debate on a bipartisan budge