he soon provided critical insights into how raj rajaratnam developed his inner circle. >> raj had anmazing rolodex. he had a lot of connections, and a lot of it, turns out, came from people that he went to wharton business school with. so the people he went to wharton with, some of them became executives in big companies and consulting companies, and he was still friends with a guy who worked at advanced micro devices, amd. so he continued to sort of cultivate these people. some of them he actually had real friendships with. >> narrator: the fbi continued to gather more names, and when agents carroll and chaves sat down at fbi headquarters to compare notes, they realized there was more corruption out there than they had suspected. >> as the galleon case expanded, we realized they had a large network of insiders and other funds that were willing to engage with them. >> smith: how large? >> significant. >> smith: are we talking ten funds, 20 funds? >> it was a lot of funds. it was a lot of funds. >> smith: what did you say amongst yourselves, what did you think you were onto here? >> w

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but raj says it's good news because the giants are still in first place. >> raj is right. he is a former sports guy. he knows what he is talking about. and raj has always been the glass is half full. there is no question. tonight started a three-game set between the top two teams in the nl west with 1 1/2 game division lead, would tim lincecum and the giants be able to hold their ground at at home, hold serve, if you will. the answer was a resounding no. dodgers-giants. dan uggla making his debut in the orange and black. timmy lincecum on the mound. top one, yaiel puig. makes it to third safely with a triple. so peacekeeping is on fire. and the dodgers are off to a good start. next batter, adrian gonzalez. and he singles to right. peacekeeping scores. and 27 scoreless innings. 1-0 dodgers. top 5, l.a. up two nothing. puig triples to center. dee gordon scores from third. 3-0 l.a. what in the wide wide world of sports is going on? next inning, l.a. up 6-0. we got more puig. again with a triple. his third of the night. that's a new l.a. dodgers record. dodgers go on to win, 8

i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. community weapons up for grabs. shotguns, pistols, all stashed away at parks for gang members to pick up and use. today it wasn't a bad guy who found a loaded shotgun at a school, but a group of young campers. nbc bay area's jean elle is live in santa rosa with more on the discovery and why police believe there may be weapons like this hidden in neighborhoods all over the bay area. >> reporter: jessica, santa rosa police say gangs all over california hide guns in a community, and like the one police here picked up today, most are loaded. >> what are we going to do? who can help us? >> reporter: anna salgado feels helpless after learning kids at a summer camp program at lincoln elementary school found a shotgun hidden on campus yesterday. >> this gun was loaded and could have easily injured someone. >> reporter: police say the weapon was under a building right next to jacobs memorial park. >> apparently often marbles kind of roll under the building. they went under there being innocent kids, saw what they thought was

that's raj, of shop local. he said right off the bat he knew something was up.said heal he said hello like he usually does. one guy has a 6-inch knife. they try to rob the place. raj said the knife is 6-inches from his throat. he's putting up a fight. his family lives up there. he's throwing them around and pushing them into the other room where it looks liqueur bottles. he starts throwing stuff at them. he's chasing them out the store. these two idiots got away with a bottle of amaretto and chocolate eggs. that's what they sold. raj said his daughter had just come down 30 minutes ago to say good night to her dad. he was so worried about what could happen to his family if they were in the store. the accomplice doesn't seem to be doing anything but taking chocolate eggs. >> and they probably weren't expecting raj to fight back with such heart. >> and look at the damage. police did catch up with the two losers. a 23-year-old and 17-year-old were later caught. both are serving time. a considerable amount of time. they got what was coming to them for chocolate eggs

. >> and i'm raj mathai. tonight state officials voted for dramatic water cuts. if you don't comply, you'll be slapped with a hefty fine. the new restrictions might put some businesses out of business. but there are people who don't have to follow the rules. nbc bay area's jean elle is in san francisco this evening with details and loopholes of tonight's big decision. jean? >> reporter: raj, state water officials say we are wasting the most water here, outside, doing things just like this. washing down the sidewalk and washing down our driveways. starting in august, that could cost you a $500 fine. but there are exceptions. power-washing may seem like a waste of water. but the manager at the cadillac hotel in san francisco's tenderloin says it's a must. >> the urine. >> reporter: the department of public works gets nearly one thousand requests a month to clean up human waste. more than half are in the tenderloin. cleaning crews use as much as 600 gallons of water a day. people who live here say it's not a waste. >> people are health area risks, with feces, garbag

raj and jess, jess, you may not know i have a tattoo of raj mathai on my back. >> i'm sorry. >> i know. >> we can take care of that. >> i don't need to see it. >> no, no. i won't show it to you. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> we're back in a moment. thanks, feldy. the answer to treating your dog's fleas and ticks is staring you right in the face. nexgard, from the makers of frontline® plus. it's the only soft, beef-flavored chew that kills both fleas and ticks. vets recommend it. and dogs, well, they're begging for it. nexgard is for dogs only. and hasn't been evaluated for use in pregnant, breeding or lactating dogs. reported side effects include vomiting, dry flaky skin, diarrhea, lethargy and lack of appetite. use with caution in dogs with a history of seizures. recommended by vets. loved by dogs. from the makers of frontline plus. >>> final update now on our top story. we're waiting for a news conference from malaysian officials as to word whether americans were on board the flight downed in eastern ukraine. right now independent investigators, including especially u.s. team a

. >> and i'm raj mathai. no pomp or circumstance at sfo, but there is controversy in the midst of an international crisis, president obama left the white house and is in san francisco tonight. his critics are questioning the timing of this trip and the message it might be sending. nbc bay area's jean elle joins us from sfo where the president touched down just a short while ago. jane? >> reporter: raj, the president landed here at sfo on a fundraising mission. and this trip is drawing a little bit of criticism. here at the airport tonight there was the usual tight security at sfo. but unlike most visits, there was no one at the bottom of the stairs to welcome him. the president is here raising money for the democratic national committee, specifically, for democrats running for congress in the midterm elections. while he is collecting checks, there are lots of things happening around the world that demand the attention from the commander in chief. political analyst says the president can handle both roles and

>> reporter: raj, it is simply tragic. right now the aids conference held in melbourne is working to determine how many of their colleagues were on the plane. their number stands at 108 but that could change. the feeling at the conference is one of a wake, a very sad funeral as they mourn some of the top experts in their field. >> i think the voice should be much stronger than it has been. >> reporter: when it came to fighting hiv and aids, joep lange was one of the strongest voices in the world. the former president of the international aids society, he was a force to be reckoned with. he pioneered getting hiv drugs to poorer corners of the world, fighting the spread of hiv and aids for over 30 years. dr. diane hadler heads up the aids project at san francisco general. >> this is a devastating loss for the aids community. a scientist, a wonderful physician, a crusader, a troublemaker. a wonderful father. >> reporter: also penda kaier, a lobbyist. treating people who are actively managing hiv and aids. glenn thomas was an

>> reporter: well, raj, bullets were flying everywhere. and when it was over, a bullet-riddled car was left on the street with at least one body inside. veteran police officers with at least 20 years experience say the shoot-out between the alleged bank robbers and police will go down in history. >> sounds like firecrackers. >> witnesses describing what they saw. >> i could see the car getting blasted. i can see all the little sparks and everything off the car as stockton police chased alleged bank robbers through this neighborhood. >> i was just coming down this way. went to go to the store up there. i seen this. >> reporter: the fallout from a bank robbery at this bank of the west in north stockton. the violence started around 2:00 p.m. when officers spotted three men walking three female hostages from the bank. >> we do know it was a violent bank robbery. they were armed with ak-47 style rifles. took three hostages and led our officers on probably a 45-minute to an hour-long pursuit. >> reporter: police say one of the robbers stole an e

raj rajaratnam has been in jail for a couple of years, right?> rengan rajaratnam was not charged with raj rajaratnam. >> isn't that weird? chargegovernment did not gupta at the same time as raj rajaratnam. there are cases in which they continue to investigate, learn new facts, and treat additional charges. >> what is he going to do now? you double down and say i am not going to let one loss get to me? there are other cases ca? it time to focus on something other than insider trading. >> i don't think this will stop the u.s. attorney's office or curtail them from investigating insider trading, sending out grand jury subpoenas to investigate, work with their counterparts at the sec to investigate. it will not stop the fbi from having a successful and urgent program on insider trading. what he will do, just like other cases, it will cause prosecutors to take a step back when it ppies.to downstream ti also that this big string of cases is definitely winding down, and this investigation really started in 2006. someone involved -- >> people forget tha

let's bring in carolyn johnson from our nbc newsroom in l.a. >> hi, raj. we've learned that actually two pipes underground broke, and that's what caused the department of water and power to an estimate of 20 million gallons of water lost. there's an added complication here. two valves are not turned off yet. they are leaking. and until that's corrected, the repairs cannot begin. >> i tell you what, that pipe is really, really going here. >> reporter: water shot into the air like this for more than three hours. most of it barreling onto the ucla campus which took the brunt of the damage. in all, six buildings flooded, including the recently renovated poly pavilion. >> we basically had 8 to 10 inches of water through the court. they worked throughout the night to remove the water. the court is showing signs of buckling and expansion right now. whether we'll be able to save that court, i don't know. >> reporter: as the cleanup continues on campus, more than 700 cars are still trapped in two university garages. and they remain stuck there until friday. all the

. >> that's exactly right, raj. we pieced together flight paths over europe dating back over this area over the last several weeks. though many airlines appear to have avoided ukraine altogether, several airlines, including malaysia air, continued to fly over the country regularly despite the conflict there on the ground. despite the fact that at least one cargo plane had already been shot out of the same sky in the same region, less than a week ago. >> the pictures show the aftermath of what u.s. officials now believe was a missile strike on the boeing 777 flying at 33,000 feet. data from the internet site, flight aware shows the flight ending abruptly, just west of the russian border. this despite several warnings about the safety of the airspace over ukraine. first, warnings put out on april 3rd by the f.a.a. and the international civil aviation organization warning pilots of "the possible existence of serious risk to the safety of all international civil flights." those warnings from specific only to the crimian

but i have to tell you, raj, i did not have any beer. now if you love beer, you've heard of the 21st amendment in san francisco. it's been a destination point for giants fans and beer lovers for 14 years. but mao the company is spreading its wings and heading right here to san leandro. >> yeah, we're a bunch of california kids living the california dream. >> reporter: that dream started on second street in san francisco back in 2000. and it will continue on williams street in san leandro. >> why san leandro? why not? >> reporter: the 95,000-square-foot building used to be home to kellogg cereal, which means the brew masters might come up with some interesting beer flavors. pop tart beer, anyone? >> if you love beer, good beer, then yeah, that's what we're going to promote ourselves as. it's the place to come and have great beer and really have a great experience with the san leandro bay area community. >> reporter: the san leandro facility will start off with 100,000 barrels, leaving room for expansion. once it's complete, it will bring

>> reporter: finished counting the signatures early this afternoon, raj, and in the end the cannabis clubs lost. the signatures were part of a petition drive to put two measures on the november ballot to stave off new city rules. those rules include new zoning laws limiting their locations and requirements about where pot can be grown and how the club's security is set up. club owners say the rules ensure nearly all of the cities estimated 100 medical marijuana clubs will have to close. the clubs needed thousands of signatures in 15 days to get the initiatives on the ballot and had even offered free samples to try to get voters to sign on. they got less than the necessary signatures they needed. >> we will retain the petitions, but will not be forwarding them for verification, and, therefore, the ordinance stands. >> everybody was, you know, there's a bunch of people put out of work, it will be much harder for patients to get medication, and the city will get less tax revenue. >> reporter: doug hodges says the fight isn't over. the clubs will now file lawsuits over several issues, in

i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm janelle wang in for jessica aguirre. tonight a somber anniversary for an east bay family. today marks one year since the disappearance of daphne webb. >> her father says the toddler was taken from his car. now this is not a cold case. police say they do have active leads. nbc bay area's cheryl hurd is with us in oakland tonight with the new details. cheryl? >> reporter: well, raj, this case is unusual because oakland police aren't sure if little daphne is alive or dead. her father may have been the last person to see her. and the district attorney is now looking over the case. now despite all the negatives, daphne's family is holding on to hope that she is alive. ♪ >> we got a lot of support from people who never met daphne. ♪ oh we need you >> reporter: so they came to 79th avenue and international boulevard in oakland. to pray for her return. >> we ask the lord wherever daphne is, we need closure in this matter. >> reporter: closure because the 2-year-old seemed to have just disappeared. >> we didn't know we were going

. >> and i'm raj mathai. only on nbc bay area, a major development in a high profile local corruption case. federal prosecutors have filed new charges against embattled state senator leland yee. sources close to the case have confirmed to us that the feds have filed a superseding document, essentially replacing the initial indictment with a new charge, racketeering has now been added to bribery, moneylaundering, and gun-running charges. yee and chinatown gangster are the central figures in this case. >>> new at 11 tonight, the man behind the wheel was aiming for him. that's what police say about a driver who ran down a man at a south bay shopping center parking lot. it happened this afternoon near ross and brenham in south bay. officers started chasing the man until it finally ended at a shopping center with the man being hit. the man was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. the driver took off. police don't have a motive, but say the victim was intentionally hit. >>> okay. get ready for a

reporting live outside the coliseum, raj, janelle, back to you guys. >> thanks, geraud. our coverage begins at 7:00, "american ninja warrior" at 6:00, "last comic standing" scheduled at 10:00 on nbc bay area after the game. >> giants and a's on nbc bay area, this is must see tv tonight. >> it is, exciting night. >>> a look at the weather, so strange. >> exactly. so what i want the fans to know, not going to be rain tonight, but there is a slight chance of maybe a sprinkle. we've got something in the atmosphere called verga, moisture in the mid levels. it's been happening a lot in san jose and the tri-valley. very dark clouds. you can see at the bottom of the picture there, you've got also the fingers coming out of the clouds, if you will. that's raindrops in the mid levels of the atmosphere, but what's happening with verga is it evaporates before it hits the surface. we've got drier air near the ground, so, again, keep your eyes out for sprinkles. getting any kind of moisture in the atmosphere coming from this monsoonal moisture from the desert southwest and kicking more

he joins us live with more tonight. >> reporter: well, hey, janelle and raj. as if you need another reason to love big summer blockbuster movies like "transformers," i give you job creation. because the bay area leads the league in special effects. the latest "transformers" movie pulled in $100 million during its opening weekend in theaters, but even before that, it pulled in hundreds of new jobs. >> you know, once we realized we need more bodies, we'll just go out and, you know, try to hire as many people as it's going to take to finish the film. >> reporter: his title is destruction specialist at industrial light and magic. it's the bay area special effects giant that created all the effects you see during "transformers," a movie that required the big hollywood studios to look north and hire bay area high-tech effects specialists. >> i think a lot of clients from l.a. do come up here because of, you know, the level of detail and the quality that we're able to produce. >> reporter: quality you see on the screen -- >> oh, my god! >> reporter: -- adding to the

>> reporter: that's right, raj, you can take a look at this crowd, it has thinned out a little bit, but protesters here making their voices heard and sending their message to both pedestrians and drivers that they don't agree with this ordinance. all the while, police have been keeping a watchful eye on the crowds. organizers did take somewhat of a creative maneuver to get what they need, signatures. today they offered 1,000 coupons to see a doctor in order to get a pot prescription to anyone who lined up and was qualified. at the same time, they asked those in line to sign and give their support for a referendum that would allow voters to repeal or loosen the new san jose pot regulations. those regulations limit dispensaries in the cities from being near schools, parks, or homes and makes them source their own weed. now pot club owners say the ordinance here in san jose will put almost all of them out of business, but supporters of the ordinance say they are necessary. >> but by banning collectives completely, you'll directly endanger neighborhoods because you'll force the activities t

. >> and i'm raj mathai. it's an incredible sight, and it's still unfolding at this late hour. we're going to show you some live pictures from our nbc chopper. you can see down below sunset boulevard, the world famous artery through l.a. is closed right now. and it has been closed for several hours. the water still leaking there just a bit. but here is why. an estimated 10 million gallons of water down the drain. and we watched it happen. to put that in perspective, the entire city of los angeles uses $55 million gallons of water each day. at its peak, that geyser was shooting water 30 feet into the air. it took more than three hours to turn off a series of valves and ultimately stop that massive leak. but the damage was done. the 93-year-old water main broke just above the ucla campus. water and mud blanketed parts of the school. you can see students down below literally wading through that water. underground parking garages were also flooded. and at one point up to 8 inches of water covered the floor of the historic pauley pavilion which is home to the ucla basketball team. t

>> reporter: raj, no traffic up here right now. just lots of heavy equipment. take a look. caltrans isn't wasting any time. they're already hard at work up here on the northbound lanes of the 280 extension. now caltrans did the same work in may in the southbound lanes. and that closure caused lots of traffic on city streets. this time with the northbound lanes closed, drivers can expect some gridlock. traffic on northbound 101 in san francisco is notorious. >> i hate 101. too much. too much. too much traffic. >> reporter: drivers on this slow snake through the city are about to get even more company. caltrans is closing the northbound 280 extension until monday for repairs. >> we can replace a section of freeway the hinge, where two sections of the overpass structure come together. and after 50 years, it's become fairly worn. >> reporter: the concrete is crumbling. it take crews several days to demolish and then rebuild the road. giants fans will have to use alternate routes to get to thursday's game. >> opera in the park saturday night here. >> kim was thinking about drivi

. >> and i'm raj mathai. the heat is on. that self-proclaimed call girl is accused of killing a google executive there are several twists to the story including prostitution and heroin. let's bring in peggy bunker from the crime scene in santa cruz. this is a scandalous story making headlines. >> reporter: it certainly, raj. police have been investigating the connection between forest hayes and this alleged call girl, alix tichelman. they say there was text messages and e-mails that they've been investigating for over eight months. she was arraigned in a santa clara courtroom for felony manslaughter, but police say she should be facing charges of murder. >> we believe this case is more than just an accident and more than a manslaughter. >> a 26-year-old high-priced call girl who catered to silicon valley executives modelled and made tutorials on youtube. police say she is a cold-blooded killer whose weapon of choice is heroin. she was in a courtroom after being arrested for the overdose death of former google executive forre

. >> raj, jessica, good evening. the sky is falling type of scenario republican oil industry groups are telling people blame the state when your gas prices jump almost a dollar. that's because california is about to start putting a cap on fuel the way it does for other kinds of pollution. will this really drive gas prices into another stratosphere? that's what we wanted to know. california drivers are accustomed to high prices at the gas pump but the powerful oil lobby is soundsing the alarm, claiming prices could skyrocket by as much as 76 cents a gallon starting this year. is this true? >> this is very much an extreme and very unlikely scenario of the gas prices would go up anywhere near that much. >> reporter: dr. mark is an energy policy expert at stanford university who believes gas prices will go up modestly next year thanks to california's landmark cap and trade program. you see, so far the program is taxing producers we commonly think of as polluting the air, energy companies like pg&e, industrial plants with

. >> and i'm raj mathai. the fourth of july weekend is here, and more than ever there are serious concerns about illegal fireworks. >> we have live team coverage tonight. we begin with jean elle in san mateo, which city is taking what some people consider to be drastic measures, jean. >> reporter: jessica, here on third avenue in san mateo, it's pretty clear people are not welcome at the parks along the shoreline tomorrow night. signs announcing the park's early closure have been posted all week. police and fire officials say the grass here is just too dry to take any chances. >> if somebody throws a match or something out here when i'm walking, i worry about that. you know? it's a fire, it's going to burn up this beautiful area. >> reporter: all the dry grass at seal point park in san mateo has deborah worried about fire danger. >> with views across the bay, police say it's a popular park for people to gather and watch the fireworks on the fourth of july. >> a lot of families gather. and then eventually you

coming up, we are going to tell you why the brother of raj rajaratnam was found not guilty today. details next. ♪ >> this is "taking stock." in the world of finance, germany's second-largest lender is said to be the next thing to resolve alleged u.s. sanctions violations, according to one person familiar with the matter. rajaratnam wasn cleared of conspiracy. -- he becomes the first to escape in the u.s. crackdown on insider trading. great to have you both here. i do not know where to start. these are the stories that keep on giving. let us start by talking about the bank. they are going to be hit by a fine like bnp paribas? >> $500 million. bnp paribas last week eight almost $9 billion for a similar sanctions violation. this is going to be the 22nd bank over the last few years paying fines. some have pleaded guilty. some have signed deferred prosecution agreements. settled, paying relatively large fines to clear up violations of u.s. sanctions. >> any idea how much they are going to get? >> about half $1 billion. significantly smaller than bnp paribas. >> what were they guilty of

brokered humanitarian truce and it went up raj of rockets were fired by hamas into israeli territory hamas then said no humanitarian ceasefire would be followed without israeli tanks withdrawing an unbalance is being able to freely move around in gaza but israel still insists it won't finish its operation until it's demolish the underground tunnels that works paula sleazier has more from jerusalem. there were barrages of rockets fired from gaza at israel in the early hours of sunday morning several were intercepted over the same to the country and they have been sirens sounding both in the same to and in the south of israel there was also an israeli soldier that was killed by a mortar shell not far from the israel gaza border that the israeli military fatalities to some forty three now one of this follows a cease fire that was observed on saturday by both sides that ceasefire was a u.n. brokered humanitarian truce and it enabled aid workers to bring much needed emergency supplies into the gaza strip as you know hospitals there for example have practically run out of medicine it was a

. >> reporter: good evening, raj. arthur just came screaming up this beach, but when it left, officials were pleased to find that it didn't cause nearly as much damage as it could have. people along the north carolina outer banks are breathing a sigh of relief today. in the wake of hurricane arthur which came ashore overnight as a category two storm. >> i think we dodged one, and the weather is moving out smartly to sea. >> reporter: despite packing 100 miles per hour sustained winds, the fast-moving storm did little damage, leaving behind only minor flooding and a little structural damage. >> we're lucky, really lucky. >> could have been a lot worse. thank goodness it wapts. >> reporter: in the town of manteo, residents are taking it in strike. >> my family has owned these buildings for many, many generations. this is just one more. >> reporter: crews work to restore power to the 40,000 people without. officials are warning swimmers that even though arthur has moved out to sea there is a hidden danger. >> there's deb

raj streeter teamed up with the ronald mcdonald house to give children and their families an exciting day at the san francisco zoo. many of the kids are dealing with life-threatening illnesses. and the event helped to provide a much-needed break for both the kids and their families. >> it pretty much can provide local youth with different activities. teach them different things in the technology world, science, it's just a fun activity to hang out with kids. to see how excited the kids are, you know, to get away from what they're going through with their different illnesses and things, and have the families have a bunch of smileszing the opportunity. >> what a great move by raj streeter. i got to ask. you saved me till the last break. does that mean you're saving the best till last? or is that a case of if wofford's in the show, we're not dealing with him until the last segment? >> obviously the best for last. >> i was nervous for a while. >> you keep wearing those stylin' glasses, we'll keep you at the end. >> i'll do that. >>> for a full half hour of local sport coverage you can wat

>> reporter: he's talking, raj. this is the settlement document that the unions were working on with the city manager, but today, the mayor said this is unacceptable and instead came up with a new ballot measure, one the unions call a deal breaker. the police and fire unions say they're surprised how quickly they were able to work with city manager. they hammered out this deal, a settlement agreement to end the measure b litigation, but the mayor and city council didn't buy it. >> you had an agreement. >> yes. yes. there was still some fine tuning to work out on some of the issues. >> reporter: so at this point, you don't like what you've seen from those settlement discussions. >> at this point we don't have a proposal that's acceptable. >> reporter: so the council pitched another ballot measure instead, one that would change parts of measure b. the council proposal angered the unions who thought they'd made progress with the city manager. >> this has cut the legs out from under the negotiator. >> reporter: it has c

raj, jessica?> if you have a tip for stephen stock or anyone in our investigative unit, we urge you to give us a call or send us an e-mail. >>> hoping for a moment of peace. hours from now, a 12-hour cease-fire will begin in gaza. israel making the offer after turning down a week-long truce proposed by john kerry. hamas agreed. even as that battle pauses, they may soon expand the ground operation in gaza. some 900 people have been killed since the conflict began earlier this month. most believed to be civilians. kari has been in egypt to negotiate a deal to end the conflict once and for all. he says he's confident he can get both sides to agree on a long-term solution. >>> we are getting the first look of the plane wreckage in africa. one of the black boxes has been recovered. the air al jeery plane lost contact minutes after they requested a route change because of weather. nearly half of the passengers were french nationals. >>> more human remains have been found in the malaysian air crash. it wa

>> raj tells me not to be concerned. >> jessica knows her baseball, that's for sure. let's get right to it. it's been an up and down season for the giants. the giants are 3-1 since the all-star break and started today tied at first with the l.a. dodgers. let's get out there, harlem globetrotter handles franklin. tied game. hunter pence sends one to the fence. will it get out? it's going, it's going. and yes, that baby is out of there. giants take the lead. pence, 13th home run of the season. next half of the inning. man on, oakland's jimmy rollins homers to right. philly takes back the lead and right now we have a 5-4 game, phillies up in the bottom of the seventh. >>> over to the green and gold, oakland got more good news. josh reddick is on his way back. the right fielder has been activated from the 15 day disabled list. after missing the last three weeks with a strained right my. now he plans to wear a knee brace for the remainder of the season. he has 54 games. he hope ts he can contribute to his team. >> it feels great, just getting through all the set backs of t

he is the brother of raj rajaratnam, who was found guilty three years ago and is now serving 11 yearsllionaire carlos slim will divest aspects of his own company to his newly formed company. allow them to escape copper regulations and penalties. abbvie is not giving up lands to buy shire. they want to move their legal home to the u.k. and when a tax break. they made a fourth offer yesterday that valued shire at over $50 million. it is 26 minutes past the hour. bloomberg tv is on the markets. equity futures are rebounding after two days of losses. a big selloff in technology shares. we're getting breaking news on american apparel as you know that saga with its founder and ceo. the company says they have reached a 25 million dollars deal with standard general, one of its biggest investors, and they also said the board would be revamped. they will be adding five new members to the board and they will be discussing on the future of dov charney. he said he would fight his ouster from american apparel, the company he founded. we'll have much more on this story. we are on the markets again i

. >> that's right, raj. we pieced together several flight paths over europe and over this region dating back over the last several weeks. though many airlines do appear to have avoided ukraine all together, several airlines including malaysia air continued to fly over the country regularly, despite the conflict on the ground below. and despite the fact that at least one cargo plane had already been shot out of the same sky in the same region less than a week ago. the pictures show the aftermath of what u.s. officials now believe was a missile strike on the boeing 777 flying at 33,000 feet. data from the internet site flightaware shows malaysia airline 17 ending abruptly just west of the russian border. this despite several warnings about the safety of the airspace over ukraine. first warnings put out on april 3rd by both the faa and the international civil aviation organization warning pilots of, quote, the possible existence of serious risk to the safety of all international civil pligfli. those were specif

raj, jessica? >> very good point. if you have a tip for stephen stock or any one in our investigative unit, give us a call or e-mail us. >>> the white house calls it the next big threat to public safety in the u.s. we're talking about the effects of climate change. today president obama warned that we may see harsher storms, rising seas and catastrophic flooding. he urged more money on dealing with catastrophes. there's a plan to predict landslides with 3d mapping as well. >>> new at 6:00, more beaks, which means the need for more food. wild birds might suffer because of the drought. here's joe risotto junior. >> reporter: justion the eastern edge of the bay area, where the delta slices through farmland, you can hardly see where the water flows and where it doesn't. >> no egrets. there's a redwing black bird. >> reporter: 50,000 acres of land. >> they can be spectacular in flight. >> reporter: are preserved for the birds. this preserve is an important destination for these feathered travelers. >> a key stop in the pac

out of 86 people charged this is the first not guilty and he is the other brother of raj rajaratnam whocted of insider trading. this has to do with the deal involving trades with chipmaker a and the. the verdict is not guilty on the conspiracy charge. melissa: thank you so much. a shocking study, majority of men and a quarter of women would prefer an electric jolt rather than being left alone with their own thoughts. this is according to new research from the university of virginia. two thirds of men sat and engaged themselves and -- gave themselves mild electric shocks rather than sitting there and thinking. >> it is shocking and it is the culture shock but really speaks to the fact that we are multitasking and as part of that, it is all about being deployed in in any way possible. we are afraid to be alone with our thoughts so instead of having the computers that is keeping us going, keeping the synapses firing, guys will take the e electric shock instead just to keep their minds going, just not to feel like they are all alone, to keep some brain activity. melissa: a week doing damage

when he took the stage, he started talking about the judge in the raj rajaratnam case.se against his brother started, like, seven years ago, led them to raj, led them to all those 80 convictions and guilty pleas they later god that made him a star this white collar crime circles for his crackdown on -- lori: so he should be grateful to his younger brother. >> but this case is the only case he lost. the brother was acquitted about a week ago, and one of the reasons was because the judge on the case, naomi reese buchwald, basically threw out much of the, many of the charges and basically said it was a lousy case. she actually said that. and she ruled that certain hearsay evidence could be allowed in. and and all that, the u.s. attorney's office blamed for the big loss on this, the first loss ever on this. so what did he do? when he went up, it was his turn to talk, what he said -- and not quite tongue in cheek, at least according to people i talked to -- he called the judge the worst federal judge in america. he said, he said it like this, it's kind of interesting because

raja rat nam is the younger brother of raj raj rat numb.ase had been grauly whittled down to a single conspiracy count that he had conspired with his older brother. the jury finding him not guilty. we'll have more as it becomes available, but again, the first defeat in u.s. attorney's barrara's long-standing crackdown on insider trading. >>> well, chinese buyers are the biggers foreign invest respect in real estate and they're going high end. robert frank joins us with the details of a new report that just came out this morning. >> yes. overseas buyers snapped up a report $92 billion of u.s. real estate over the past year, up 35% according to the gnarl association of realtors. is up 72% last year. the more preferred expensive homes in california, washington state, new york, that's what they really like. canadians actually rank second followed by the uk and india. which states attracted the most foreign buyers? florida ranked first with 23%, followed by california, then texas, and then arizona. it turns out the overseas rich aren't buying ho

. >> i'm raj mathai. for the first time, the disease is hitting the united states.he first american has died of ebola. patrick sawyer who worked in liberia collapsed at an airport in nigeria nine days ago and then died on friday. we're also learning that two aid workers are gravely ill, fighting for their lives. here in the bay area, a lab is helping to prevent the spread of ebola. michelle roberts is live with details. >> reporter: the symptoms of ebola can be similar to the flu. fever, nausea and headache. here at the lab they are working on a test that can defect ebola virus along with thousands of others all at the same time. and time is crucial for people who need treatment now. the ebola virus has killed more than 600 people and has a variety of strains. scientists say the current tests aren't capable of recognizing mutations. >> our sample gets labeled. >> reporter: scientists at the livermore lab have created a new test that can recognize t

i'm raj mathai. >> that fear growing. more than 1,000 firefighters with a new enemy. for much of the day it's been a draw with neither the fire nor firefighters gaining a lot of ground. it has burned an estimated 3800 acres so far, and it's only 30% contained. that's the same containment that the fire had 24 hours ago. but that could soon cheick, leaving the fate of nearly 200 homes in jeopardy. >> jeff ranieri is tracking the shifting wind, but we begin with mark matthews near pope valley. what's the new information about the damage with this fire? >> reporter: they have upped the number of structures that have been burned in the fire from five to seven. they now say that five outhouses or five, i should say sheds burned. and one hunting cabin and one actual residence. we'll tell you more about that in a minute. the most significant change is that the winds have picked up, and it has exasser batesed this fire. from the air, that's how this fire is bei

. >> and i'm raj mathai. he's a former car dearly and member of the santa clara county advisory board. >> but he's said to have swindled money, part of a ponzi scheme. >> investors were not disappointed to see ron battistella in a jumper and handcuffs. he's now entered a no-contest plea. and we now know his next stop is a state prison. >> we are just overwhelmed with emotion at a hearing that finally justice is going to be done. >> she's one of nearly two dozen victims. she's asked us to hide her identity and reacting to the guilty plea. >> he's going to prison for what he did. your reaction? >> i'm stunned. i'm very stunned. >> reporter: in santa clara county court, battistella said he was

also this morning, val raj g crippled cruise ship, complicated project happening right now, more than two years after this ship ran aground. >> starting off work week with severe weather, activity to track, we'll do that, thank stress storms, time them out, all coming up. bob? >> 5:00 o'clock straight up monday morning, looking live at i-95. construction project here, through cottman avenue, penndot just announced another stretch of 95 will begin construction today, all of the details coming up next. good morning. >> in the news, investigators trying to determine where mysterious odor in montgomery county community is coming from. >> unusual spell has forced evacuation of about 100 homes. "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson joins just skippack township with the latest on that situation. good morning. >> good morning, erika, ukee, just standing outside you can't smell a thing, but, several neighbors report serious odor inside their homes, we're live in the neighborhood now, now most of the homes, in fact, all of the homes look like. >> this dark, with a green notice on the door

in fact, raj, more than 500 specimens have been uncovered so far and most of them are believed to be at least 20 million years old. during that time, the ocean reportedly extended right inland into the central valley, so water covered this area in fremont, where a new dam is being built next to the existing dam. as part of construction, 10 million cubic yards of rock, soil, and dirt are being moved and in the process, the fossils are being uncovered. >> we found both vertebras and invertebrates, things like scallops, snails, scallops the size of dinner plates, snails, barnacles. the vertebras are exciting, whale skulls, shark teeth, raising from my pinky nail to about this big. >> reporter: at this site, pail y scientists have found a long extinct hippo-like creature. staff has been doubled and extra resources have been brought in to identify the fossils. coming up at 6:00, what scientists hope to learn from the fossils and what the san francisco public utilities commission plans to do with them. live in pleasanton, kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. >> that is exciting. >> amazing th

i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre.ater leaders voted on a plan that could mean stiff new fines for water wasters. jodi hernandez is live in sacramento with the meeting that just ended. and some people are depending on water for their lively hood and are very worried now. >> reporter: that's right, they're really sweating. and actually, this is something that's going to impact everyone. state water regulators just finalized the new measures. they approved the emergency restrictions just a few minutes ago. if you haven't scaled back on your water usage yet, watch out. >> fields are going fallow. thousands of people are going to be out of work. there are communities running out of water and are having lunch sent from other communities to them. they're bathing out of buckets. >> reporter: that's why regulators are considering first of their kind restrictions and hefty fines for water wasters. starting next month, outdoor overwatering could cost you big time. ? for heaven's sakes. when communities across the state are exper

. >> i'm raj mathai. we begin with that story m he's accused of murdering the morgan hill teenager, and this report has been unsealed. the report outlines some of the key evidence against torres. it includes dna details and the possibility that sierra lamar and garcia torres had more than just a casual encounter. this is part of a 2,000-page document we have just obtained. we are at the courthouse with the latest details. robert? >> reporter: we have been poring over this transcript, and even though it is incredibly technical and detailed, we have gotten some very interesting new information. as we have been reporting, torres was charged in the disappearance of sierra lamar even though her body has never been found. but investigators tell nbc bay area, there was evidence linking the two. some of the inferences in the transcript are graphic. but much of the testimony revolved around the testimony of bodily fluids, including some found on her clothing. now t

>> reporter: raj, the former secretary of state is staying mum about a possible presidential bid, but that's not stopping her from launching a multi media campaign of a different sort. some parents who bring their children to this hospital, as well as other spots across the city, will be bombarded with messages aimed at boosting early learning. >> we think every child deserves a level playing field and a fair chance at success. >> reporter: former first lady hillary clinton said she's on a mission to make sure children in oakland get just that. clinton came to town to launch an early child literacy campaign called talking is teaching. >> we want to let every parent in oakland and the bare area know you can actually build a smarter child for the next three years. >> reporter: parents will find messages in hospital waiting rooms, on billboards and bus stops. urging them to read, talk, even sing to their little ones. simple things many oakland children just don't get. >> within our oakland community, over half of our kids are not getting read to on a regular basis. >> reporter: and that'

. >> and i'm raj mathai. it is massive and there's no stopping it. our nbc chopper is on the scene. you get the scope and size of this fire. it started in the noon hour and is spreading fast. it's happening in the pope valley 20 miles east of calistoga. you can also see lake berryessa there. this is a rural area, but there are small communities throughout. they are surrounded by the dry brush fueling the fire, and they are on steep and rugged terrain. this has damaged at least five structures, forcing crews to evacuate more than 180 homes. at this hour, it continues to burn, but it is 30% contained. >> there are horse ranches in that area. smoke can be seen. it is dark, ugly smoke. this is what it looks like from our san rafael camera. the wind is very erratic. that's why we've seen the fire shift from the pope area to the lake berryessa area. >> you can see it's now at the