rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >> analysts say his admission may not have a long-term impact. >> the best thing to do is to take responsibility and try to make amends. >> some experts say that the media attention could help the former governor by putting his name in the headlines. >>> a prosecutor said today that yusuf bey iv dot he was above the law. members of bailey's family listens to closing arguments today. the deputy attorney also played a portion of a secret videotape where he talks about silencing witnesses. the prosecution is scheduled to give closing arguments tomorrow. >>> a group of amtrak passengers were stranded in nevada for 10 hours yesterday finally made it to emoryville. >> a kind of seemed like a comedy of errors or an exercise in efficiency. nobody, the crew did not seem to know what was going on. >> we caught up with the weary passengers around 3:15 a.m. the train's two engines conked out in nevada and passengers will get a refund. >>> a another first for san francisco. this november voters will be asked to ban circumcision. jana? >> reporter: they are petit

rita williams reports. >> reporter: in a 5-4 decision the u.s. supreme court said that overcrowded prisons are so bad they violate the ban on cruel and unusual punishment. >> reporter: this woman's son died at san quentin less than one year before his scheduled release. >> getting sent to prison in california should not mean a death sentence. >> this is the right decision for our clients who have been suffering for decades. >> reporter: in the minority opinion, justice samuel alito said reducing the prison population will lead to a grim a roster of victims. >> let's don't go overboard. we have limited financial resources in the state of california. >> reporter: that is why republicans say they have not guaranteed the funding for the state realignment of prisons. they say if that realignment plan passes, inmates may not have to leave early to get the population down to 110,000 in two years. in stead for all violators and low-level offenders, they would be sentenced to county jail instead of the state prison. rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>

ktvu's rita williams is there. she spoke to a witness after the shooting happened this afternoon. >> reporter: as you see behind me here, investigators are still here at the scene where 3 hours ago someone shot and killed a 17-year-old boy. that is his bicycle there where he was shot three or four times while riding his bike on his way home from the high school. oakland school district officials say he was due to graduate in just about 2 weeks. the shooting in broad day light in this neighborhood has left residents nervous and police out searching for a killer. >> i was at home. i heard gunfire. somebody said somebody got shot. >> it's concerning to us you have a 17-year-old who is gunned down. and there was multiple people out here when the officers got on scene. what we need now is community support. >> reporter: this brand new information that we have gotten from officials, say they the man's name is franklin, jr., he was 17 years old. part of their leadership, part of the complex of the school, which means he w

reporting live at sec s, rita williams -- at san quentin, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a tour bus accident, happened on lion road just south of cherry glen road. lion road runs parallel to interstate 80 in fairfield. from what we understand, balances took away some people, we don't know their conditions and there is one ambulance on the scene. we are trying to figure out exactly what happened here. but we haven't been able to get too many details. it's just too hard to tell at this point what happened. as we get more information we will bring it to you. again, the headline a tour bus accident. we believe some of the passengers on board suffered some type of injuries. as we get more information we will bring it to you. >>> jurors finished deliberation this afternoon in the murder trial in the killing of chauncey bailey. yusef bey ordered the shooting and antoine mackey drove the get away car. earlier the prosecution wrapped up closing arguments. >>> san francisco district attorney announced the jail sentence for two men. sam hyung goo shim and kim will serve a year in jail. he

ktvu's rita williams tells us more about the investigation and the arrest. rita?reporter: what happened here at this apartment could effect a lot of people. even though they don't even know it yet. >> banging on the door here. bang, bang, bang. >> reporter: john says after midnight last week oakland police came knocking at his neighbor's door. >> inside there, computer, home office was right inside. >> reporter: what did you think happened? >> i had no idea. >> reporter: today police and agents showed photos of what they seized. printers, computers containing stolen information from thousands of people who don't even know their identities were stolen. >> we believe the majority of victims information has not been used. >> i know what keeps me awake at night and someone may break into my accounts. >> reporter: authorities rested mishel caviness-williams and charged her with seven counts each of passing forged checks and identity theft; five counts of forging california driver's licenses; and one count of grand theft. the bay area identity theft task force says ther

rita williams supports, the hearing had rising gas prices as a backdrop but will still likely not changegas prices are high, so are oil company profits. >> i think it sucks, i really do. >> i think it's ridiculous. >> i'm ready to sell the car right now. >> reporter: oil company executives say don't blame them blame east crude prices. today the ceos of the five biggest oil companies were on the hot seat. democrats want to strip the companies of $21 billion in tax breaks over ten years. >> they are economy wide generally available deductions and credit under the tax code. removing them for select few oil and gas companies is nothing less than discriminatory and a penttive tax hike chevron's ceo says it's wrong to increase taxes on oil and gas companies to subsidize over forms of energy. >> don't punish our industry for doing its job well. >> reporter: republicans accused democrats. the dog and pony show accusation drew this democratic response. >> you would have an easier time convincing american people a union just flew into this meeting. >> reporter: in oakland, rita williams ktvu chann

rita williams tells us about a surprising find in osama bin laden's bedroom and how his death has led to deadly violence in pakistan. >> reporter: this is to avenge the killing of osama bin laden. says a spokesman for the pakistani taliban. two bombers blew themselves up in a military training center in northwest pakistan killing at least 80 recruits. it was the deadliest terror strike there since navy seals killed osama bin laden. the group said pakistan should have stopped the u.s. raid. the house today commended all those who took part in the mission. >> the men and women who work day in and day out in silence with little recognition are recognized at least for one woman here on the -- at least for one moment on the floor of the house. >> reporter: u.s. officials also say they found an audio tape of what's believed to be the last recording osama bin laden made in late april about up risings in the middle east. a spokesman for california senator dianne feinstein told me tonight that as head of the senate committee, she went to the cia to see photos of osama bin laden. but she said n

rita williams supports, the hearing had rising gas prices as a backdrop but will still likely not change anything. >> reporter: gas prices are high, so are oil company profits. >> i think it sucks, i really do. >> i think it's ridiculous. >> i'm ready to sell the car right now. >> reporter: oil company executives say don't blame them blame east crude prices. today the ceos the five biggest oil companies were on the hot seat. democrats want to strip the companies of $21 billion in tax breaks over ten years. >> they are economy wide generally available deductions and credit under the tax code. removing them for select few oil and gas companies is nothing less than discriminatory and a penttive tax hike chevron's ceo says it's wrong to increase taxes on oil and gas companies to subsidize over forms of energy. >> don't punish our industry for doing its job well. >> reporter: republicans accused democrats. the dog and pony show accusation drew this democratic response. >> you would have an easier time convincing american people a union just flew into this meeting. >> reporter: in oakland, rit

ktvu's rita williams talks to some who have lost their loved ones and honored them today. >> ♪ >> reportera day to remember all those brave americans who died fighting for the rest of us. recent heros such as sergio williams sigua a los altos high school graduate. >> it's a day of remembrance for everyone. no just our son. >> it gives a different meaning to memorial day for us. we miss him a lot. >> reporter: some are too young to know the horrors of war, but many people here have lived many years with their memories. no surprise says pete mcclosky. in all conflicts in the 40 years since compulsory military service ended with vietnam, more than 12,000 americans have lost their lives. >> most of those buried here served when one of the nation's values was a duty to serve the country. >> mccloskey a korean war veteran says it's unfair that less than 1% of american families now bare the burden. 87-year-old margery carlson's son died. today at 43 years honoring his service and others here, she says this will be her last. >> it's now time to pass the torch along to the younger generation. >> re

rita williams tells us about a surprising find in osama bin laden's bedroom and how his death has led to deadly violence in pakistan. >> reporter: this is to avenge the killing of osama bin laden. says a spokesman for the pakistani taliban. two bombers blew themselves up in a military training center in northwest pakistan killing at least 80 recruits. it was the deadliest terror strike there since navy seals killed osama bin laden. the group said pakistan should have stopped the u.s. raid. the house today commended all those who took part in the mission. >> the men and women who work day in and day out in silence with little recognition are recognized at least for one woman here on the -- at least for one moment on the floor of the house. >> reporter: u.s. officials also say they found an audio tape of what's believed to be the last recording osama bin laden made in late april about up risings in the middle east. a spokesman for california senator dianne feinstein told me tonight that as head of the senate committee, she went to the cia to see photos of osama bin laden. but she said n

and rita williams is in the newsroom now with that part of the story, rita -- >> reporter: that's right frank, a chilling new threat. >> reporter: osama bin laden lives on, that was one of the chants from members of radical islamic parties today. at the same time they called his killing by u.s. forces an assassination. and said after his martyr, millions, trillions of osama bin ladens will be born. at the same time the al-qaida group confirmed osama bin laden's death and vowed revenge in an 11 paragraph statement saying we will remain god willing a curse chasing the americans and their agents. following them inside and outside their country. soon god willing their happiness will turn to sadness, their blood willing mingled with their tears. u.s. officials are confirming that the cia had a safe house near. pakistani officials are painting a picture of osama bin laden's final days as an aging leader crash strapped. hiding for years with his wives and children. they found an ak47 and a pistol in the house with only one round fired. that account is consistent with the most recent u.s. one.

rita williams is live in concord to tell us how a few days of missed school can add up. >> reporter: that is right, gasia. imagine more than 30,000 students out of the streets tomorrow. so maybe doing something creative and some may not. what are you going to be doing tomorrow? >> i am going to be skateboarding. >> my grandma is coming to town. >> i am going to sleep in until 11:00 people mac welcome to the newest day to balance budgets. >> just a reminder that all abilities will be locked and -- all abilities will be locked and unavailable tomorrow. >> reporter: some teachers are using tomorrow to try to work students back in for a teach- in. >> kids will only get further and further behind. >> reporter: dan reynolds says if the budget becomes reality, expects even more cuts. >> they are talking 25 days. 25 days over a 13 year education is two years. >> reporter: it begins out on the quad tomorrow morning. not many of the district's children are expected. >> we are looking forward to having 350 or more here tomorrow. >> what about the rest? >> i hope they are doing something educati

our rita williams is here now with what he, his wife and others are saying tonight. >> reporter: former governor schwarzenegger said in a statement today quote there are no excuses, i take full responsibility for the hurt i have caused. i have apologized to maria, my children and my family. i am truly sorry. and it's not the first time he's apologized for his sexual exploits. >> i have behaved badly sometimes. yes, it is true that i was on rowdy movie sets and i have done things, but now i recognize that i have offended people. >> reporter: that apology was eight years ago when he was trying to get elected and his wife maria shriver stood by his wife then. but not now. a week ago the couple jointly announced that after 25 years of marriage and four children they had split up. apparently prompted by arnold schwarzenegger's admission to her earlier this year that he fathered a child with a member of their household staff more than a decade ago. in a statement today, shiver said quote, this is a painful time. as a mother my concern is for the children. >> it's a personal blow to her. i con

ktvu's rita williams talks to some who have lost their loved ones and honored them today. >> ♪ >> reportera day to remember all those brave americans who died fighting for the rest of us. recent heros such as sergio williams sigua a los altos high school graduate. >> it's a day of remembrance for everyone. no just our son. >> it gives a different meaning to memorial day for us. we miss him a lot. >> reporter: some are too young to know the horrors of war, but many people here have lived many years with their memories. no surprise says pete mcclosky. in all conflicts in the 40 years since compulsory military service ended with vietnam, more than 12,000 americans have lost their lives. >> most of those buried here served when one of the nation's values was a duty to serve the country. >> mccloskey a korean war veteran says it's unfair that less than 1% of american families now bare the burden. 87-year-old margery carlson's son died. today at 43 years honoring his service and others here, she says this will be her last. >> it's now time to pass the torch along to the younger generation. >> re

tonight ktvu's rita williams has new details on osama bin laden's final moments and the controversial death photos. >> we don't need to spike the football. that's why president obama said he decided not to release photos of a dead osama bin laden. >> there is no doubt that we skilled osama bin laden. it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an end citement to additional violence as a propaganda tool. you know, that's not who we are. >> these demonstrators in pakistan don't agree with the president that osama bin laden deserved the justice he got, calling the killing of an unarmed man an assassination. >> there were arms directly near the door. and my understanding is he was right there and going to get those arms. so, you know, you really can't take a chance. >> this compound that escaped attention for six years now is crawling with curiosity seekers. osama bin laden was prepared to escape according to the head of the cia. sewn inside his clothing were two phone numbers and $750. neighbors say they tho

ktvu rita williams has more on the story. confirming that the governor had two sons just five days apart. >> well, frank, traditional news organizations confirmed today what other magazines reported last night. that the mother of arnold schwarzenegger's teenage son is 50-year-old patty baena, a housekeeper for the former governor and his family for 20 years. today news crews were swarming around her bakersfield home, and a real estate agent said that the former governor bought it for her and her children late last year, for about a quarter of a million. >> i feel for the young boy more than anything, because he is a very, very nice polite young man. >> we're told he had no idea during her pregnancy that she told him -- when he was a toddler. like i said the boy is 13 now. but when he was a toddler we're told that arnold found out. he has taken care of her since. >> reporter: birth certificates found out that shriver's fourth and last question, christopher, was born september 27th, 1997. five days later, schwarzenegger, appare

as rita williams reports, most of the victims do not yet know there identities have been stolen. >> reporterjohn birdsong says just after midnight, oakland police and secret service agents came knocking at his next-door neighbor's door in hayward. >> his computer and stuff. his home office was right inside the swindell. >> reporter: what do you think of that? >> we had no idea what he saw them take out computers and all types of stuff. >> reporter: police seized computers and printers containing information from thousands of people. >> we feel victorious in this because we feel that the majority of those people's information has been used. >> authorities arrested 40-year- old mishel caviness-williams and charged her with 20 felonies from cashing checks and using credit cards from just one victim, an oakland city worker. but the bay area identity task force says there may be more victims and suspects. >> is not usually just one suspects. >> the suspect did not steal the credit cards and checks, she made blank ones and put real people's names on them. >>> the supreme court will not be hearing

ktvu's rita williams explains why what's happening in the south could mean higher prices at degree stores the bay area -- grocery stores here in the bay area. >> reporter: the mississippi is at it again. three million acres of land underwater with more to come. 150 years ago mark twain wrote: the mitey mississippi at this had its way in 1927. end georgeed with rain it swamped an area the size of new england displacing 700,000, including my own mother and father. a decade later the mississippi was at it again, setting records only being broken now. >> 45-50% of the nation's rice comes from arkansas. eastern arkansas is where it's grown. so we've lost a big portion of the rice crop. >> reporter: farmers fear the fertile delta may lose all of its crops, corn, cotton, rice, wheat and soybeans. the food prices are already high. that's why those of us here in the bay area should be concerned about what's going on with the flooding in the mississippi river delta, even though it's almost 2,000 miles away. >> my fear is the cost of increase in the prices. because, you know, we are already seeing a

tonight ktvu's rita williams has new details on osama bin laden's final moments and the controversial death photos. >> we don't need to spike the football. that's why president obama said he decided not to release photos of a dead osama bin laden. >> there is no doubt that we skilled osama bin laden. it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an end citement to additional violence as a propaganda tool. you know, that's not who we are. >> these demonstrators in pakistan don't agree with the president that osama bin laden deserved the justice he got, calling the killing of an unarmed man an assassination. >> there were arms directly near the door. and my understanding is he was right there and going to get those arms. so, you know, you really can't take a chance. >> this compound that escaped attention for six years now is crawling with curiosity seekers. osama bin laden was prepared to escape according to the head of the cia. sewn inside his clothing were two phone numbers and $750. neighbors say they tho

ktvu's rita williams explains why what's happening in the south could mean higher prices at degree stores here in the bay area -- grocery stores here in the bay area. >> reporter: the mississippi is at it again. three million acres of land underwater with more to come. 150 years ago mark twain wrote: the mitey mississippi at this had its way in 1927. end georgeed with rain it swamped an area the size of new england displacing 700,000, including my own mother and father. a decade later the mississippi was at it again, setting records only being broken now. >> 45-50% of the nation's rice comes from arkansas. eastern arkansas is where it's grown. so we've lost a big portion of the rice crop. >> reporter: farmers fear the fertile delta may lose all of its crops, corn, cotton, rice, wheat and soybeans. the food prices are already high. that's why those of us here in the bay area should be concerned about what's going on with the flooding in the mississippi river delta, even though it's almost 2,000 miles away. >> my fear is the cost of increase in the prices. because, you know, we are already

. >>> rita williams is talking to the lead investigator on the uni bomber case here in the bay area. and at 10:00 you will hear why he says the idea that the uni bomber was involved is propostorous. >>> governor brown touched on the budget today at a breakfast in sacramento. brown says he continues to meet with republican lawmakers to convince them to put his plan to extend taxes before voters. >>> plans to expand -- hospital continues. the $3.5 billion project would expand stanford hospital and lucilee packered children's hospital. the city council is set to take a final vote on june 26. >>> a fight is putting san francisco's solar program at risk. supporters of the go solarsf. the commission is planning to cut the program's funding by 40% saying the program doesn't generate any revenue. go solarsf helps cover some of the cost for commercial buildings that want to go solar. >> this is a program that will go down if we don't find a way to fully fund it. we have to balance our priorities. we have to find a way to help this program continue. >> the program has helped quadruple the amou

rita williams is here now with the viserro reaction that the governor kept secret for seven years whilewas in office. >> reporter: everyone we talked with today had a reaction to the news that the former governor fathered a child with a member of his household staff a decade ago and just now told his wife. >> that's really nasty. i think it's pretty awful. >> i'm shocked. about all i can say. >> reminds me of thomas jefferson. >> doesn't help me believe in my politicians. >> reporter: of course arnold schwarzenegger is not the first politician to father a child while married to someone else. a decade ago then san francisco mayor willie brown ran but not from responsibility from fathering a soon to be daughter. that was not long after jesse jackson admitted he fathered a child in 1989 with this employee. and more recently john edwards fathered a daughter with a campaign staffer while married and the list goes on. >> it's interesting that this emerges by his own admission after he's out of office and in some sense when his political career, political aspirations at a standstill. >> report

rita williams is at the news conference now and will have a full report on ktvu channel 2 news at 5. >>> one young man is dead after a shooting in an east bay housing project. deputies responded to reports of shots fired in a housing project around 10:15 last night. ktvu's jade hernandez joins us live to explain why the lack of neighborhood cooperation left the sheriff's office searching for a motive. >> reporter: we can show you these trees are marked by bullet holes, where authorities tried to determine how large each hole was. right down there in investigators have identified where a second shooter aimed at last night's victim. still, this afternoon no arrests. as this is towed away investigators are findingest pointing to several shooters, aiming for the van driver. the spokesman indicated the difficulties in making arrests. >> unfortunately, right now we have no leads, no witnesses, no motive and no suspects. >> the sheriff's deputies do have evidence pointing to the fact the driver, 22-year-old james newman, jr. was coming up the road when shots rang out. neighbors took cover.

rita williams got an exclusive interview with the fbi agent who led the uni bomber investigation and asked about a possible link between kosinski and the tylenol poisoning. >> i find it hard to believe that he was going to a grocery store or a drug store and what have you that all have surveillance cameras and tamper with the tylenol bottle. >> coming up on the 10:00 news, more from the man who hunted down the uni bomber and brought him to justice. >>> new developments tonight in the arnold schwarzenegger scandal. the former governor is putting his acting career on hold, asking his talent agent to put all pending movie deals on hold to focus on personal matters. schwarzenegger was set to start filming this summer and was in talks to repeat his terminator role in a new film. >>> the state's former first lady maria shriver has hired a divorce lawyer. according to people magazine, shriver has not yet decided whether or not she will file for divorce. >>> happening now, crews are putting the finishing touches on a another key component of the bay bridge. chopper 2 is over the new eastern

ktvu's rita williams hear now where a veteran is proposing we rethink the way the system works. >> former congressman pete has been a maverick republican. and today the marine showed once again he is not afraid to say what he believes is right. [ singing ] >> reporter: a day to remember, a day to honor all those brave americans since the civil war who have died fighting for the rest of us. >> most of those buried here served when one of the nation's values was a duty to service the country. >> reporter: on this day, 41 years after the draft ended, he said it's unfair that less than 1% of american families now bear the whole burden of war. >> national service should exist for the children of the privilege and wealthy so they can share -- >> reporter: her son died in vietnam, the last war with required military service. he was only 20. today she announced that after 43 years honoring his service and others, this will be her last memorial day here that national cemetery. >> it's now time to pass the torch along to the younger generation. thanks for what you have given, no one could ask for m

rita williams ktvu channel 3 news. >>> cisco is organizing its operation. they claim the company committed human rights violations by helping to design the golden shield firearm. they say it's use today track distances and mud from the internet. he was beened in 1999 the lawsuit filed in lawsuit, an american go as heck in a chinese difference. it also slights who beaten to death and another woman who disappears in custody. >> since they know who is sending all of those messages, a group of 1 people and uc san diego tried more than 300 million messages acrossingly, smaller. 95% went p through deck if bring cure. >>> ktvu has hemped about unsettling behavior at oakland's hillcrest elementary school where boys allegedly simulated sex acts. police were at the schools in the oakland hills this morning. three boys about 8 to 10 years old pretended to engage in sex acts with their parents down in a bathroom. this reportedly happened on several occasions. the school informed parents today in an e-mail. >> reporter: look here, released is ordered by the fbi today sh

rita williams ktvu channel 3 news. >>> cisco is organizing its operation.hey claim the company committed human rights violations by helping to design the golden shield firearm. they say it's use today track distances and mud from the internet. he was beened in 1999 the lawsuit filed in lawsuit, an american go as heck in a chinese difference. it also slights who beaten to death and another woman who disappears in custody. >> since they know who is sending all of those messages, a group of 1 people and uc san diego tried more than 300 million messages acrossingly, smaller. 95% went p through deck if bring cure. >>> ktvu has hemped about unsettling behavior at oakland's hillcrest elementary school where boys allegedly simulated sex acts. police were at the schools in the oakland hills this morning. three boys about 8 to 10 years old pretended to engage in sex acts with their parents down in a bathroom. this reportedly happened on several occasions. the school informed parents today in an e-mail. >> reporter: look here, released is ordered by the fbi today show

. >> reporter: rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the couple's son patrick arnold schwarzenegger reiterated his loyalty to his family today. in a twitt he wrote, i love my family till death do us apart. >>> almost a. police chief charlie beck says detectives believe the woman who drove the get away car was wearing a number 16 andre ethier -- police chief charlie beck says detectives believe the woman who drove the get away car was wearing a number 16 andre ethier. >> we believe there are people who know. we believe there are family members, we believe friends that know. don't shield these folks. >> today police say the dodgers donated an additional $100,000 to that reward fund. the giants return to dodger stadium and they say they will be setting up for all three games talking to fans to try to generate more leads. >>> army prosecutors say the soldiers killed three afghan civilians for sports then planted weapons by the bodies to give the appearance that the men were killed at combat. staff sergeant david brahm is charged with solicitation to commit murder. bram is facing 26 year

rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the president and others have noted the bravery of the navy seals credited with taken out osama bin laden. we spoke to a former seal, he told us the team built a mock up of the target in a secret compound and practiced for two weeks. we also talked with a retired army come they are who colonel who says osama bin laden likely had very little warning. >> probably some what surprised by the time he figured out what would happen. i would guess we had people on the ground before they became aware there was a raid. >> reporter: so who are those military member who is get the call to carry out a secretive black ops mission. the. >>> american officials stress they made every effort to treat osama bin laden's body in accordance with islamic beliefs. osama bin laden's body was washed, wrapped in a white sheet and put into a weighted bag. an islamic speaker then read remarks and was placed into the islamic sea. here in the u.s. and oversea, there are questions, those are people who are questioning whether osama bin laden was really killed. skeptics say the bur

reporting live in oakland, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >> a sad development to report in the search for the missing teen. authorities do not think she is alive even though her body hasn't been found. ktvu's mike mibach tells us what they think happened to her. >> reporter: sadness started to settle here. it's in the downtown area where we find multiple pictures of 15- year-old allison bayliss from this news stand to a number of other store fronts, including this bank. the search stretched from here to san francisco but volunteers are being told to go home after new evidence surfaced. >> he walked on to the golden gate bridge on monday morning. it does not appear she walked off the golden gate bridge. >> reporter: allison bayliss, a sophomore. >> one of the sweetest people i knew. >> you knew she was in the class room, bright, friendly person, always kind. you couldn't say anything bad about her. so many people love her. >> reporter: allison bayliss was last seen on campus but tuesday the search sifted to san francisco after two clues surfaced. her bike was located near the go

ktvu's rita williams tells us one survivor from last sunday's devastating twister is a tv reporter and a bay area native. >> reporter: they just seem to keep oncoming. >> monster tornado. >> reporter: this one just hours ago in southeast oklahoma. >> oh my gosh. >> reporter: already this year, tornadoes in this country have killed at least 488 people. rescuers are still finding miracles in the flattened rubble that was joplin, missouri. >> i just prayed and thankful that i'm still here. so many people that aren't. >> reporter: the nation's deadliest tornado killed at least 1,020 people on sunday. >> it's overwhelming. the destruction everywhere. >> reporter: antioch native and recent san francisco staid graduate angela greenwood is now a reporter in joplin. >> they continue their recue efforts. >> reporter: she's part of the story she's reporting. this is all that is left of the apartment complex where she lived. the only thing left she found in the rubble was a bible. >> everyone will get through this. it's hard but we will. >> reporter: and 15-year-old marsh lisby, now in a coma. his

rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the president and others have noted the bravery of the navy seals credited with taken out osama bin laden. we spoke to a former seal, he told us the team built a mock up of the target in a secret compound and practiced for two weeks. we also talked with a retired army come they are who colonel who says osama bin laden likely had very little warning. >> probably some what surprised by the time he figured out what would happen. i would guess we had people on the ground before they became aware there was a raid. >> reporter: so who are those military member who is get the call to carry out a secretive black ops mission. the. >>> american officials stress they made every effort to treat osama bin laden's body in accordance with islamic beliefs. osama bin laden's body was washed, wrapped in a white sheet and put into a weighted bag. an islamic speaker then read remarks and was placed into the islamic sea. here in the u.s. and oversea, there are questions, those are people who are questioning whether osama bin laden was really killed. skeptics say the bur

reporting live from the newsroom, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the white house today released new details on the photographs taken of osama bin laden's body. u.s. officials say there are three sets of pictures. some were taken when the navy brought osama bin laden's body back to afghanistan. they are described as graphic and bloody. another was taken at the compound and were of him and his brothers and son. for now the white house is keeping the photos under wraps. they are still trying to decide whether to release any of them. >> it's fair to say that it's a gruesome photograph. it is certainly possible that, and this is an issue that we are taking into consideration is that it could be inflammatory. >> hoaxes related with osama bin laden's death is making their way around the internet. there's a photo that says it's a photo of osama bin laden dead, but it has been photo shopped from another photo. >>> and growing calls of proof of osama bin laden's death. >> reporter: we're live at the gorilla cafe where a search of death of osama bin laden brings dozens of conspiracy theori

. >> reporter: rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the couple's son patrick arnold schwarzeneggerto his family today. in a twitt he wrote, i love my family till death do us apart. >>> almost a. police chief charlie beck says detectives believe the woman who drove the get away car was wearing a number 16 andre ethier -- police chief charlie beck says detectives believe the woman who drove the get away car was wearing a number 16 andre ethier. >> we believe there are people who know. we believe there are family members, we believe friends that know. don't shield these folks. >> today police say the dodgers donated an additional $100,000 to that reward fund. the giants return to dodger stadium and they say they will be setting up for all three games talking to fans to try to generate more leads. >>> army prosecutors say the soldiers killed three afghan civilians for sports then planted weapons by the bodies to give the appearance that the men were killed at combat. staff sergeant david brahm is charged with solicitation to commit murder. bram is facing 26 years if convicted. >>> fire

rita williams has today's new information and reaction. >> reporter: osama lives on. that was one of the chants from members of islamic parties today. at the same time, they call his killing an assassination and says after his martyrdom, billions and trillions of osamas will be born. at the same time, the afghan al qaeda group confirmed osama bin laden's death and vowed revenge in an internet statement "we will remain a curse chasing the americans. their happiness will turn to sadness, their blood will be mingled with their tears". pakistani officials say interviews show that bin laden was living for years with three wives and nine childrens on the top two floors of the compound. u.s. officials are confirming the cia had a safe house in abbottabad near bin laden's compound and a small group of five gathered intelligence for months. they found an ak-47 and pistol in the house with only one round fired. that's roughly consistent with the most recent u.s. act that only one of the five people killed in the raid fired shots, reportedly they were disoriented by stun bombs.

ktvu's rita williams tells us one survivor from last sunday's devastating twister is a tv reporter and a bay area native. >> reporter: they just seem to keep oncoming. >> monster tornado. >> reporter: this one just hours ago in southeast oklahoma. >> oh my gosh. >> reporter: already this year, tornadoes in this country have killed at least 488 people. rescuers are still finding miracles in the flattened rubble that was joplin, missouri. >> i just prayed and thankful that i'm still here. so many people that aren't. >> reporter: the nation's deadliest tornado killed at least 1,020 people on sunday. >> it's overwhelming. the destruction everywhere. >> reporter: antioch native and recent san francisco staid graduate angela greenwood is now a reporter in joplin. >> they continue their recue efforts. >> reporter: she's part of the story she's reporting. this is all that is left of the apartment complex where she lived. the only thing left she found in the rubble was a bible. >> everyone will get through this. it's hard but we will. >> reporter: and 15-year-old marsh lisby, now in a coma. his

rita williams has today's new information and reaction. >> reporter: osama lives on. that was one of the chants from members of islamic parties today. at the same time, they call his killing an assassination and says after his martyrdom, billions and trillions of osamas will be born. at the same time, the afghan al qaeda group confirmed osama bin laden's death and vowed revenge in an internet statement "we will remain a curse chasing the americans. their happiness will turn to sadness, their blood will be mingled with their tears". pakistani officials say interviews show that bin laden was living for years with three wives and nine childrens on the top two floors of the compound. u.s. officials are confirming the cia had a safe house in abbottabad near bin laden's compound and a small group of five gathered intelligence for months. they found an ak-47 and pistol in the house with only one round fired. that's roughly consistent with the most recent u.s. act that only one of the five people killed in the raid fired shots, reportedly they were disoriented by stun bombs.

rita williams brought us this story as breaking news yesterday here at 5:00, she's now live in oakland. >> reporter: that's right gasia. okay oakland police are telling me tonight that they now believe the young man with no police record killed yesterday was targeted for death. >> however the reason for that and the motive is still under investigation. >> reporter: police say 17-year- old detained franklin ortain did not fire a weapon, did not have one with him he was just riding his bicycle home from school. in broad daylight, a gunman fired a barrage of bullets at the teenager. police sources tell me a week ago and a block away, officers responded to a call of gunfire and roslin sped away from the area. and the question now is, if someone tried to kill franklin then. can question is who and why. >> if you don't share with us that somebody was trying to take away franklin's life, who was a good student. then who's going to be next. >> reporter: his family told us he had a scholarship for college. those who knew him cannot figure out why someone would want to kill him. >> just a sweet

rita williams, ktvu channel 2 channel 2 news. >>> today officials warned that a website claiming to have photos photos of a dead osama bin laden is being used to spread a virus. >>> the u.s. says it is debating whether it will release photos of osama bin laden's corpse. it may inflame anti u.s. sentiment. ktvu's ken wayne is live in oakland tonight with the debate, ken. >> reporter: the pictures are said to be very graphic. perhaps showing part of osama bin laden's head blown off. the white house is debating the ramifications of having those kind of gruesome images transmitted around the world. a fake picture of a slain osama bin laden made its way into some oversea newspapers and online before it was determined to be a hoax. there's no doubt strong demand for a picture but there's questions about it being made public. >> i'm sure the concern of the photos themselves, it could in fact, be used to try to develop the revengeful nature of what al-qaida is all about. >> they are within a rock and a hard place. >> reporter: tom wayne teaches photography. >> i am one who believes in openness.

rita williams, ktvu channel 2 channel 2 news. >>> today officials warned that a website claiming to have photos photos of a dead osama bin laden is being used to spread a virus. >>> the u.s. says it is debating whether it will release photos of osama bin laden's corpse. it may inflame anti u.s. sentiment. ktvu's ken wayne is live in oakland tonight with the debate, ken. >> reporter: the pictures are said to be very graphic. perhaps showing part of osama bin laden's head blown off. the white house is debating the ramifications of having those kind of gruesome images transmitted around the world. a fake picture of a osama bin laden made its way into some oversea newspapers and online before it was determined to be a hoax. there's no doubt strong demand for a picture but there's questions about it being made public. >> i'm sure the concern of the photos themselves, it could in fact, be used to try to develop the revengeful nature of what al-qaida is all about. >> they are within a rock and a hard place. >> reporter: tom wayne teaches photography. >> i am one who believes in openness. >> rep

. >> reporting live, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 action news. >>> and mike, we have been looking at reaction throughout the day about the decision not to release the photos. >> reporter: that is right, it is a graphic death photo of this man, if it were to be released the president says it could cause violence in the world. and the majority of people we spoke to today actually agree with it. but not quite everybody. >> regardless of whether or not it is terrible or not, people want to see. so if the people ask for it, so be it. it is kind of like the birth certificate. if they want it, why not give it to them? >> reporter: the san francisco, a diverse city, today a city filled with a number of opinions. >> the fact is, he is dead, they have a picture. so there is no incentive to -- kind of throw it out there. have the whole world look at this dead face. >> he has been a great president so far. >> reporter: some family members who died in the -- of the people who died in the terror attacks, say that the photos should be released. some lawmakers today say releasing the images could be

auction is currently underway to sell items once been on owned by the unabomber, but as ktvu's rita williams reports, the former fbi agent who helped arrest the hun bomber says what's happening -- the unabomber says what's happening is disgrace. >> reporter: yes. ted cha -- disgraceful. >> reporter: yes. ted kaczynski pleaded guilty. he was indeed the notorious unabomber. >> look at these clothe falling off him. >> reporter: that's max knowles with kaczynski after he and two other officers lured him out of his cabin with two other officers, flashed his badge and gun. >>> knowles now retired says kaczynski after eluding capture for 20 years thought he'd have time to blow up his cabin and everything in it. he didn't. >> we surprised him when we were able to take him out. we come up with a treasure trove of information in that cabin. >> reporter: and it's that treasure trove minus the bombs and bomb making material that's now for sale here in this online auction. leigh days into the two-week government auction, the -- three days into the two-week government auction the unabomber's sunglasses an

auction is currently underway to sell items once been on owned by the unabomber, but as ktvu's rita williams reports, the former fbi agent who helped arrest the hun bomber says what's happening -- the unabomber says what's happening is disgrace. >> reporter: yes. ted cha -- disgraceful. >> reporter: yes. ted kaczynski pleaded guilty. he was indeed the notorious unabomber. >> look at these clothe falling off him. >> reporter: that's max knowles with kaczynski after he and two other officers lured him out of his cabin with two other officers, flashed his badge and gun. >>> knowles now retired says kaczynski after eluding capture for 20 years thought he'd have time to blow up his cabin and everything in it. he didn't. >> we surprised him when we were able to take him out. we come up with a treasure trove of information in that cabin. >> reporter: and it's that treasure trove minus the bombs and bomb making material that's now for sale here in this online auction. leigh days into the two-week government auction, the -- three days into the two-week government auction the unabomber's sunglasses an