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rob, meg?p has stopped the oil leak, at least temporarily. engineers, politicians and gulf residents will watch anxiously over the next day and a half to see if that cap in fact does hold. the government's point man on the spill says this is a go eve bu t of >> make no mistake, the number one goal is to shut in the well and kill it and stop it at the source. this is merely an intermediate step to contain the oil, pending finishing the relief wells and plugging the hole. >> the next 48 hours are critical. engineers and scientists will be monitoring the cap around the clock, looking for any changes in pressure. >>> there has certainly been a steep learning curve since the oil spill began back in april. from new engineering vocabulary to refresher courses on chemistry and biology. abc's john hendren points out five lessons learned. >> reporter: the oil spill has brought us new phrases. top cap. top kill. blowout preventer. junk shot. but over the past three months it's also given us a litany of fa

did you shoot rob? and later on "dateline" the tangled tragedy of the best man. he was the life of the party, gave the toast at every wedding. >> the best man ever. >> reporter: then he met shirley. some say she went quickly from sweetheart to stalker. >> he was just too nice to say get the hell out of my life. >> reporter: finally he broke up with her. then he disappeared. >> i knew something was very wrong. >> reporter: found murdered. shirley the prime suspect. and there was another shock in store. >> this man said, do you know that shirley turner's pregnant with your son's child? >> reporter: out of all the anguish a beautiful baby boy but with an accused killer for a mother was he safe? >> we're pretty damn sure she is dangerous. >> reporter: loving grandparents who would do everything they could to protect their son's legacy. >> they just poured all of their love and attention into zachary. >> reporter: would tobacco enough? (sfx: birds chirping) ♪ and my car was worn out, so we got the '97 camry.

rob? >> nick schifrin in kabul, thank you. >>> suicide bombers have carried out the deadliest this year. a second gunman stormed militia headquarters in the far west anbar province, opening fire before blowing himself up. nearly 50 people were killed and dozens more were injured. >>> it's day two of a smothering heat wave in the northeast. the last four months were the hottest on record putting 2010 on track to be the hottest year since records have been kept. jeannette calle is joining us with the latest. >> reporter: well, rob and vinita, the heat and humidity will lincolner. . this is ahead of a cold front from the west. that sparks a system over the great lakes and ohio valley yesterday. and it's marching eastward for today. so there will be widespread showers and thunderstorms across much the northeast. take a look at the high temperatures. new york city around 90, boston, 89. the heat will fuel localized stronger storms later this afternoon into this evening from boston down to new y

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in fact, probably not going to warm with up all that much, rob? >> the seabreeze pumping in the marine air, clouds, san francisco, 55 degrees, west wind at seven, san jose, the same sky, 58 degrees. 50s for breakfast time. around 9, 10:00 this morning, start to see those low clouds breaking in, trivalley, san jose, mid-70s today, look at those inland temperatures, low to middle 80s today. the weekend will start off pretty mild. i think we are going to warm with up a little bit, sunday into monday, inland temperatures mid to upper 80s inland, very mild this time of year, good air quality, good for fire danger concerns, more moist, cool air out there. >> thanks, rob gentleman. time 6:10 a bill meant a to keep you safe in the air could pass the senate today. find out what changes could be on the way. jew ditch the gas pump but still fuel yourself this morning. we will show you where. >>> protest letters sound off against bp right here in the bay area and we will see where coming up next. >>> also here in the bay area, the beautiful golden gate bridge

rob roth is live in walnut creek tonight with our report. rob in. >> reporter: frank, the protest and counterprotests have ended. the sidewalks were packed with demonstrators for much of the tv 1 afternoon in a day that was peaceful. more than a hundred people gathered in the courthouse million to show -- parking lot to show for the for johannes mehserle. they were matched in numbers by those for oscar grant. >> we don't want the police in our community. you all have should go home! >> reporter: both sides wanted to get -- wanted to make a point. >> the officer, the heat of the moment, who knows what police officers go through, the heat of the moment, he just -- it just happened so fast, he accidentally grabbed the wrong thing. >> the rally, so soon after oscar's murder and the verdict, it's a slap in the face. >> reporter: some businesses in the area closed early today including the buttercup restaurant which shut down after breakfast. >> i'm nervous about what's gonna happen. so i think the safest thing was -- since we didn't have any busi

>> you're looking good, rob. >> can i get anything there without garlic in it, rob, that's what i want to know? >> not going to find it in gilroy. >> you're out of luck. >> guile somewhere else. no, i won't. thanks rb rob. >>> made for kids but these meals are really enough for a few adults. coming up, the biggest offenders in children's meals. >>> and yes, it's a real brouhaha. the controversy o over a new be that is not about what's inside. o >>> right now, concord police continue to search the new hall community park where a pipe bomb has been discovered. the bomb squad has already detonated the device. the park is closed as police make certain there are not more bombs in the area. concord police say this is the same park where two pipe bombs were found on wednesday. we'll let you know what's happening coming up at 6:00 tonight. >>> researchers at uc davis say meditating is not just a form of relaxing it can also help your attention span. they studied a group of 60 people who practiced buddhist meditation during a three-month retreat. at three separate times during the retreat peopl

an old man robbing a bank might not get your attention. but dub him the geezer bandit, like the man accused of robbing 11 banks in san diego this year, and the media pays attention. >> the guy is 70. says he's going to keep robbing banks until he finds one with money in it. >> reporter: more media attention means more pressure on the criminal. that bouquet bandit? he was arrested within two weeks of his story and his nickname going public. >> 9:15 this morning, arrested edward pemberton, the so-called bouquet bandit. >> reporter: but some say it's a double-edged sword. that turning a petty criminal into a media star can boost a criminal's confidence. like the recently-nabbed so-called barefoot bandit. with his nickname, he became a folk hero, with his own facebook fan page. and police believe he had help from his online supporters. but with a 75% arrest rate, the fbi probably won't change its practice anytime soon. and the fbi says 80% of people who rob banks are first-timers. so, a lot of amateurs trying to come up with the next ingenious

. >>> coming up: robbed answering an ad on craigslist. a look at what police are saying about the victims. national pastime? saving money. and like baseball people love their stats. i started bringing my lunch to work -- 50 bucks a week in my pocket. here's a good one: state farm insures 40 million drivers. more than geico and progressive combined. i saved because i'm accident-free. of course, with so many ways to save including discounts of up to 40%, having that many customers shouldn't be a surprise. so ask a neighbor about state farm, then call an agent at 1-800-state-farm or go online. >>> some earthquake news. a 3.2 earthquake hit off the coast of the bay area. it was centered off shore about 3 miles between daily city and pacific. many people in the bay area said they felt the jolt but no damage or injuries reported. but there were two larger earthquakes near the philippines. a 7.2 and an aftershock. no word of injury or damage with those. >>> a big cooldown is in our forecast. i'll have details on that in a few minutes. "meg whitm

rob and the forecast. >> yeah. and we still have clouds again this morning and a hint at another mild day ahead. 56 right now, overcast skies. you can see the winds blowing into fairfield. that is the marine air working into sacramento. we're in the green all around the bay area. heading up to the high country, may some see showers. highs in the mid-70s in san jose. 72 around petaluma. sacramento today actually kind of cool at 85 degrees. if you want some summertime temperatures, friday and saturday, we should see our numbers jump up 5 to 10 degrees. a little bit warmer as we head to the start of the weekend. >> 6:40 right now. >>> you could be hurting yourself by trying to stay healthy. >>> and at this time tomorrow, arizona's controversial new immigration law is scheduled to go into effect. we'll have a live rural rouepor washington, d.c., on the latest efforts to try stop it. >>> and hi there. bob redell. could the car you drive in the future be measured not in hours of gas, but in kilowatts of energy? we'll tak

rob, that is my talk to you.og is impeding my view from san francisco over to the bay bridge and it's not like it's going to stick around. >> highway 17 right at the summit running into the cloud layer and probably some mists on the west side of the santa cruz mountains this morning, misty skies, clouds actually all the way inland to livermore this morning a clear sign that the marine layer has deepened up and it's going to lead to a cooler day today. the onshore wind will see highs, low 80s around livermore, upper 70s san jose but only 60s around oakland and san francisco. >> thanks, rob. the warm summer weather may have you watching your power bill a little bit more closely, especially if you have the new pg&e smart meter. now, one group says being overcharged is just the latest in a growing list of problems with those new meters. nbc bay area's chris sanchez is live at pg&e headquarters in san jose with what's behind a new protest set for today. >> good morning, present. unless you live completely off the grid

i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm meg oliver, in for vinita nair. we start this morning with something we haven't shown you in months. >> this is the feed from the bottom of the gulf of mexico. >> the new cap is being closely monitored. and no one is declaring victory yet. emily schmidt joins us from washington with the latest. good morning, emily. >> reporter: rob and meg, good morning. this is the best news of the ongoing oil spill story. but all of the key players are warning, there's no guarantee yet that this cap is going to be topped for good. this morning, there is no oil gushing into the gulf of mexico. and this picture of nothing means everything for now. >> the oil stopped. like they said, if we can get it to where we can go back to our way of life, that will be the most awesome thing. >> reporter: it is a temporary stop. but the biggest success in containing the oil spill in 88 days. yesterday, bp shut down three valves, one after the other. then, at 2:15 p.m., the company tweeted the well integrity test was starting. 70 minutes later, bp

back to you. >> all right. >>> take a look at this, rob. an alaska man caught an unexpected whopper in his fishing net. it was all caught on tape. there's a catch to this catch. did we mention that the whopper is a bear cub. take a look at that. the cub got caught in the fishing net in the backyard of the home in anchorage. and after you saw the man trying to tow that net out of the woods, the mama bear really moved in and cut the net with her claws. >> she's cutting there. there you go. >> you come with me, little baby cub. stick with your ma mma stick with your ma mmma. >> you're grounded. >> you never want to mess with a mama cub. very protective of their little ones. >> quite a catch. >> it is. >>> time now, 5:27. san jose is showing off the newest way to keep your car going and we'll have a live report on that coming up next. >>> you could be paying tolls to get into certain neighborhoods. find out where it could be happening. >>> a warning from police about a man who's trying to attack women along a popular bay area trail. >>> and i'm

rob, vinita?illegal immigrants in fremont, nebraska, will not go into effect tomorrow as planned. the fremont city council voted unanimously to suspend the law. council members want to save money in legal costs because of several court challenges still pending. last month voters approved the law which bans hiring illegal immigrants anprop >>> arizona's even fiercer crackdown on illegal immigrants is se a federal judge could decide today if legal chales s stop it. as bill weice o ready. >> reporter: there is a fear-driven exodus going on in arizona. more vacant apartments, more empty shops, more kids disappearing from schoo >> this is my home. i don't want to be separated from my family. >> reporter: it's happening as police departments ready their jails and themselves for a surge in arrests. this video is now mandatory viewing, giving guidance on the new fine line between enforcement and profiling. >> diplomacy may be the greatest asset in these days to come. >> meanwhile, latino activists are enc

rob? >> the forecast, not too bad out there this morning. again, we have some low clouds in some cases a little bit of mist around san francisco, not so much san jose, just overcast, 55 degrees. oakland, mainly cloudy, san francisco the tops of the buildings stuck in low clouds, west wind at ten miles per hour, 56 degrees. a pretty good sea breeze in solano county, but the marine layer will get squished down over the next couple of days, allowing fairfield and livermore and morgan hill to warm up a few degrees over the next couple of afternoons. air quality just fine for your outdoor plans today. exercise morning or afternoon, air quality looks pretty good. across the sierra, actually things have dried out a little bit. we'll still see a chance of afternoon thundershowers maybe to the east of lake tahoe and yosemite for the afternoon. the west coast still has a dip in the jet stream which has kept us pretty cool over the lafew weeks. we'll see the marine layer get squished down. mostly 50ss and 60s around the inner bay but starting to warm u

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he and another suspect robbed cake of deposit $17 and shot him anyway the today we talked to the good samaritan. >> pushed him down, held him down. told me to call the police. i called the police. the police came in about ten minutes. the guy said he's a murder suspect and he said call the police right now. >> the guy holding him down said -- said that this guy is a murder suspect. the other guy who was being restrained, he was not refuting that. >> reporter: aletha housely is the other suspect was arrested on saturday and police say she confessed and gave them details about the crime. police say they wouldn't have solved this crime so quickly if it had not been for the surveillance tape. investigators say they can't understand why it had to happen in the first place. >> it's really a heinous crime. i don't know. i haven't talked to mr. huggins as of yet. i'm in the pro sis of getting ready to -- process of getting ready to interview him. this is senseless. there's no reason why he could have provided me on why he did what he did. >> reporter: they say he was also involved involved in

you can see her on surveillance camera video robbing two san francisco banks. one of them friday and one last monday. now, daly city police think she also hit a bank in their city just before noon on tuesday. police say she's about 5'3" with curly brown hair and a shiny handgun. in the daly city case, her getaway car was a white paratransit vehicle with no license plate. >>> police say a man behind a freeway shooting was bent on mass murder at two liberal organizations in san francisco. oakland police say gunman byron williams planned to go to the tides organization, which is an environmental and equal rights group, as well as the aclu in downtown san francisco and open fire on the people inside. he's facing numerous counts including four counts of an attempted murder of a police officer. he got in a shoot-out with the chp early sunday morning after they pulled him over for swerving. >> we have learned through the course of our investigation, this is evidence that was collected at the scene and his statements that on saturday night, he was going to san francisc

i'm rob nelson. >> it is 5:15 now.them from the grip of the interest phone. they overkey see copyright law, they will allow consumers to go with another cell service. it allows consulsers to jail-break their phones, it involves modifying the system to allow any application to run on the phone. in the case of apple, it breaks the monopoly on iphone apps. it could cause cell phones to be more expensive. >> it may have a boomerang effect that operators will find what they are doing. >> and jail-break go can seriously degrade the iphone experience and violate the warranty and cause them to be unstable. >> so if you break something you are on your own. >> that is for sure. that is what they say. >> let's see if we can break out of this pattern. maybe a warmup is in the works. >> we do have a wait and we'll keep the temperatures cooler. just saving money without having to run the air conditioner, stay cool throughout the day. 50 in mountain view. mid to upper 50s in rest of the neighborhoods. if you are leaving around the mo

good morning, vinita and rob. for a short time, it seemed like shirley sherrod's words had come back to haunt her. but instead, it's deemed the administration's making the apologies now. in 24 hours, shirley sherrod went from a forced usda resignation to a forced apology. >> i ask for shirley's forgiveness. and she was gracious enough to extend it to me. >> ms. sherrod is owed an apology. i would do so on behalf of this administration. >> reporter: the about-face was about as quickly as the media firestorm that caused it. as conservative blogs and cable tv ran a video about usda agent shirley sherrod was talking about a farmer who needed her help. >> to help a white person. so, i didn't give him the full force of what i could do. >> reporter: based on the speech clip, vilsack's office asked for sherrod to resign. the secretary says, without pressure from the white house. but it turns out sherrod's speech continued with how she helped the farmer and still has his support today, more than 20 years later. >> i've com

meteorologist rob mayeda joining us now. >> good morning to you. kind of like yesterday morning. we have all these overcast skies and drizzle on the coast. if you're traveling over the summit highway, you will run into low clouds into livermore. i noticed temperatures through the afternoon, we'll get sunshine inland. 60s and 70 inland. pretty incredible for this time of year. if you want to find warmer weather, the end of the weekend and weekend should be make you happier. temperatures starting to climb mid to upper 80s inland. >> we want to say good morning to mike. >> out to fremont, southbound 880 just past central, there is an accident there still in the lanes southbound side. had all but one lane blocked. not a lot of activity. just a truck and smashed-up car on the sister divide and another car on the shoulder. hopefully someone there to land a hand. no ambulance on the scene. expect a minor delay there. very light volume of traffic. this is what it's like on 880. we'll follow this as more areas get crowded this morning. >> developing news out of afghanistan. one of two sai

we'll check in with rob in just a little bit.ollywood heart throbs and a-listers in oakland playing members of the oakland a's. bob riddell is live at the coliseum with more. did you write that script? >> reporter: i love it. good morning to you, legislatura. about a couple of hours ago, the shooting of this new movie "money ball" wrapped up. brad pitt, philip seymour hoffman and jonah hill star. so are hundreds of people in the bay area, extras that spent the night at the lit-up coliseum playing extras for this new movie called "money ball." hoffman was on location overnight. brad pitt was off. he plays billy beane, the general manager of the oakland a's. "money ball" takes place during the 2002 season, which beane took the a's to the playoffs for under $50 million, fairly cheap for major league baseball. why did you guys want to stand in a stadium overnight? >> relive 2002 and the glory years of the a's. at least for our generation. >> reporter: did it feel like it being in there? >> it did. all the names on the back of the jer

he waits in a car outside, sends the young boy into rob the house. three houses have been hit this month. in one of the cases a woman came home, caught the boy inside. anyone with information should call the palo alto police. >>> it impacts hundreds of children. seven centers that offer preschool and child care in oakland were set to shut down tomorrow, the victims of budget cuts. robert lyles shows us what happened when parents threatened a take-over. robert? >> well dana, they tell me they had handcuffs, they had their own locks and chains, these parents say that they are prepared for a weekend occupation. anything to save this center and six others like it right here in oakland. and just as the clock was ticking down to a confrontation between these soccer moms and the school district tonight at the 11th hour it seems that the school district is waving the white flag. >> i will chain myself to a sturdy some place inside to help keep these doors open. >> reporter: le reiss brown calls ate people's take-over. >> this right here would be a perfect pl

. >>> meantime, let's check in with rob. it's starting to heat p up. this is the next couple of days kind of our warm spot. >> real scorcher, 80 in the bay area. pretty good given the way the summer has been so far. 57 in san jose now, low clouds to start off the morning. oakland a little chilly as you saw laura for a second there. wow, we're just kind of moving on. looks like a fire there burning someplace in california. let's look at 54 degrees right now in oakland. san francisco, 5. we've got low clouds, southwest winds at six miles per hour. if you have enough of a sea breeze to keep the temperatures around the coast and bay in the 60s. the changes we're going to start to see are inland valleys making a run at the 80s. mainly for tomorrow into saturday and the weekend ahead looks mild. no worries about thundershowers in the sierra, good news for fire danger for today. hour-by-hour, 50s to get your morning started, 70s around lunchtime, finally feeling a little bit more like summer for livermore and morgan hill. next couple of days mid to upper 80s

rob, vinita?al battle with the child's stepmother. kyron horman's father wants his soon to be ex-wife to help pay his legal fees. he claims he is entitled to half of any money she may have. the father believes the stepmother is involved in kyron's disappearance last month though police have not declared her a suspect. >>> we've learned this morning that oregon police have questioned former vice president al gore about allegations that he sexually abused a massage therapist. a law enforcement source confirms to portland's abc affiliate that detectives interviewed gore in san francisco on thursday. after dropping the case earlier this year, police recently reopened their investigation. gore, meanwhile, has denied the accusations. >>> closing arguments in the rod blagojevich corruption trial could continue today unless the judge sends one of the defense lawyers to jail. an attorney for the former illinois governor argued with the judge over what he can and cannot say in his closing argument. the judg

rob is here with a look at our forecast. noticeably cooler to start the day anyway. >> and noticeably more cloudy inland this morning. we have low clouds and even some mist in a few spots. mike is keeping an eye on

rob and vinita?the gulf waters the government had and shrimp sea ope mobile bay afto-on many of the shrimpers spent yesterday getting their boats ready for a in that area. >>> south florida is already feeling the effects of tropical storm bonnie with high winds and heavy rain. >> amy aaronson of th he f th.com joins us now >> good morning, rob and vinita. it is official. bonnie has been born as a tropical storm. now moving west-northwest ward at 10 to 15 miles per hour with sustained wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour. now already bonnie has unleashed its heavy rains across the bahamas a for the sne it won't make ll unton already throughout the day we'r like miami, napl key west. that means tropical downpours for the southern third of the sunshine state. locally 2 to 4 inches of rain up to 6 inches of rain in some lns. not only are we talking heavy rain here, we're also taling tropical storm force winds. that means wind g as we continue to track bonnie as we head into the weekend it is expected to in

it's free in downtown fremont. >>> meantime, want to check in with rob. the weather ought to be pretty good. a little warmer but not excessively hot. >> actually outstanding weather. we got lucky for the festival of the arts in fremont should be outstanding weather. we've got low clouds over san francisco and san jose, 50s for now. len as we head toward the afternoon, we will see warmer temperatures inland today. we're talking maybe as warm as the mid-80s around livermore and pleasanton, san jose, 78. 60s will continue to be the story around san francisco and the coast, trending a bit warmer inland over the next few days. >>> a watered-down version of arizona's new controversial immigration policy is in effect. we'll show you what's ahead for the parts that some say could tear families apart. >>> explosive new investigations show some people who shouldn't have been given passports were granteded important papers. >>> latin jazz artist is celebrating his 75th birthday at a free concert, music in the park tonight. this is a look at his concert two years ago

just before 11, nine customers were robbed inside the green bubble restaurant on piedmont avenue. the restaurant it self was also robbed >>> in the gulf of mexico, most of the ships near the site of that bp oil spill have been told to get out of the area ahead of the arrival of tropical storm bonnie. that new containment cap will be left in place >>> north korea now threatening what it calls a physical response if the nudes and south korea go ahead with joint military exercises planned for this weekend. that statement was made by a north korean official at a con press in vietnam. by the way, secretary of state hillary clinton is representing the u.s. at that conference. >>> a fire in a parking lot damaged six cars. ktvu learned there was no sign of accelerants at this point. at this point, investigators are paying special attention to a toyota minivan which is the first car to catch fire. >> because it's the car was in a damp area, investigators are coming in. >>> time now 62:45. hours of debate ended last night with the oakland city council deciding against a plan that could have

who shot and killed 45-year-old jinghong kang after robbing him of $17. that was sunday night july 18. a woman believed to be hugguins' girlfriend was arrested over the weekend. police say that 33-year-old althea housley admitted to taking part in the murder and robbery of kang. she was identified by someone who recognized the surveillance video. >>> san jose police chief rob davis plans to retire in october. he announced it yesterday. the 53-year-old has been police chief for the past six years. he has served in the department for a total of 30 years, which means he can retire with a 90% pension. he told cbs 5's len ramirez he is stepping down with mixed emotions. >> i have been with san jose since i was 12. this is my home. so, yeah, it's a lot of mixed emotions going through me right now in terms of, you know, walking away from the full-time relationship which of this place. but this is like family. >> some civil rights groups criticized davis in recent years with allegations of aggressive tactics and racial profiling by some officers but days of also

and right now ktvu's rob roth is inside an alameda county superior courtroom. he is listening to a judge and court hearing proceedings and he'll have a report for you later on tonight. reporting live from oakland, jade hernandez. >>> in southern california about 700 firefighters right now battling a fast moving fire with an aggressive attack from both the air and the ground. the crown fire is near the center of palmdale. right now it is just 75% contained. fire fighters are putting their efforts to power lines. the fire has consumed about 8,000 acres and it's already destroyed four homes. the flames broke out yesterday and propertied the evacuation of about 2,000 homes, most residents have since though been allowed to return home. >>> a los angeles fire official now says a second man has died from a natural gas explosion that splintered and industrial building. it happened around 6:00 this morning at a welding business that now looks like a pile of match sticks. the second fatality occurred when a man tried to move his truck away from the wreckage and was elect

if rob black is here to talk about your money lot of what's happening on wall street is because peoplestill nervous aren't they. >> consumer confidence = nervous. my wife wants to get the windows some of the rating going to get laid off and not to spend money on the economy. exactly it slows down the economy. a lot of that is going on today. >> this on selling today. >> had seven great days after nine bad days. but, now were getting to that phase was on the new news. google earnings were great there could. that was also another reason that hit the cash register. if >> and his me that they didn't analysts' expectations then there's the problem will forget the analyst to go up is not still good? >> thank you can back out analysts in the short term and long term you can back up and listen long term but short-term it is important because they're communicating with analysts this thing this is what we expect from europe and asia. 60 days later they don't hit that them wall street is disappointed. >> what if you do while it doesn't mean that the analysts say. >> every single day there's no ri

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two men attacked and robbed and vallejo in two separate incidents. this is what they dad supposed in advertising in 1996 lexus for $2,100. as kate thompson reports both robberies happen on the same block. in the past two weeks to people have responded to take christless adds an happen attack both the times were lords here to neptune scorched not only is a dead-end street but both of the streets on either side of the street are also dead ends. it is very quiet you can see there's not a lot of traffic and also this neighborhood there are many homes that are emptier foreclose you can see moving van and of this home right here in front of where the attacks happened. no one case on july 7th a 59 year- old concord man and his son came to this block. they were given the address of this whole this whole does not have a car for sale. when they knocked on the door the homeowners jill cook answered and said they must've been mistaken. when they left the home and stepped outside they were attacked by two men. he asked if we had a car for sale we said no and he w

leaping at the wall, robbing ortiz of the homer. so nice, you've got to see it twice. >>> and, finally, to baltimore, twins and orioles, first baseman ty wigginton appears to tag out j.j. hardy as he slides back to first, but the ump sees it differently, calls hardy safe, and wigginton wigs out. he is ejected. out comes manager juan samuel. joining in on the fun. he, too, sent to the showers, and the fans gave samuel a standing ovation, probably the only standing "o" in baltimore this year. the o's suffer their league worst, 65th loss. twins prevail, 5-0. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm bill seward. >>> well, reports say there is a suspect in the case of who leaked the mel gibson tapes. your early morning entertainment headlines, straight ahead. >>> also, a high water mark for american women on the high sea. you're watching "early today." lassiter lasseter >>> no rain in sight. leave the umbrella at home everywhere in the west, seattle, boise, salt lake city to vegas, everyone on the hot side. there are a litt

rob roth is in oakland now with the latest, rob. >> reporter: julie, police say their talking to relatives and neighbors of the victim but that they have little to go on in this morning's shooting. as police search for evidence, those who knew 53-year-old mariano say they are dumbfounded anyone would want to shoot him. >> very sad, very sad. i'm like unexpected. like he doesn't get associated with everybody here. even me, he's a very nice guy. i'm amazed of what happened. >> reporter: it happened at about 1:30 this morning. >> i was getting ready for bed, all i heard is a gunshot then yelling afterwards. i was a little nervous to come outside. i didn't know who was out, i came out and i seen him laying down. >> reporter: chris mariano was just getting off work at kaiser hospital where he's been a custodian for 20 years. police say he doesn't appear to be the victim of a robbery and do not know why he was shot to death. >> you have a person killed and we need the citizens to help us out. >> he's here when we need something in the house, like guys jobs, he always helps me. >> reporter: maria

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we begin with rob and a check of your forecast. you'll notice it feels a lot cooler out there today. >> it feels a lot cooler and a lot more cloudy outside. in fact clouds all the way into livermore this morning and even the july sunshine and a marine layer, about 2,000 feet thick today. it will take time for the low clouds to break up inland and look what it will do to today's high. low 80s livermore. upper 70s san jose. 60s and breezy around oakland and san francisco. back to you. >> speaking of oakland, they're in a budget bind and now trying to profit on pot. the city's controversial plan to cash in on marijuana sales. nbc bay area's christie smith is live in oakland this morning with what the city is proposing and the big vote set for tonight. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, the city is looking at licensing four medical marijuana production plants here in the city. they see a number of benefits here. number one, tax dollars. also the number of jobs that could be created that are really needed here in oakland. yo

rob and vinita? >> john, thanks. >>> actress lindsay lohan is set to begin a 90-day sentence today, for violating her dui probation. she will serve her time in a women's detention facility near downtown los angeles. most likely in isolation for her own safety. because of overcrowding, lohan is expected to be out in three weeks. after that, lohan has been ordered to spend 90 days in rehab. >>> and now, for this morning's weather from around the country. stormy from nebraska, all the way to the northeast. gusty winds, hail and flash flooding in omaha, st. louis, indianapolis, and d.c. thunderstorms from houston to miami. and showers along the canadian border, in north dakota, minnesota and michigan. >> 80s in detroit, chicago and the twin cities. 90s from dallas and miami and much of the east coast. upper 70s in seattle and billings. another scorcher in the southwest with 112 in phoenix and 99 in albuquerque. >>> and when we come back, you think it's too soon to already . well, some stores are already

we begin with rob taking a peek at our forecast. a cool start, but we had good bay area weather. >> the weekend was gorgeous around the bay area. we did cool down a little bit yesterday. the sea breeze picked up. that's helped to pump in low clouds in san jose. 59 degrees now. we're in the 50s through breakfast time, lunch time temperatures inland. we'll start to see 70s popping up. look at these numbers. by late july standards this is quite mild. 75 around san jose. upper 70s near livermore and cool 60 with partly cloudy skies around san francisco. >> thanks a lot, rob. today could be a key day for the oakland a's in their quest to move to the south bay. owners will meet today and christie smith is live now with a look at what san jose's mayor has to say. he's been a big supporter of this move. what does he say? >> reporter: i can tell you, let me start by saying that commissioner bud selig said he's surprised and disappointed by news of a san jose stadium referendum. he believes that the whole thing is just really premature. there

rob davis announced he is going to retire in october. he has been with the department for 30 years, the last six as chief, but he is not resident 4 ready to say good-bye to the city. >> i lived in san jose since i was 12, this is my home, so yeah, it's a lot of mixed emotions going threw me right now in terms of, you know, walking away from the full-time relationship that i have with this place. but this is like family. >> davis has been the target of some criticism over the past few years. civil rights groups have alleged racial profiling by his officers. some also questioned his dedication after he lost his bid to take over the dallas police department last ma. >>> richmond police are looking for someone who hopped in a car and drove off with a baby inside. that was stolen at carlson boulevard. police found the child a short time later about two miles away. the stolen car was abandoned two blocks away from that. an mac oh vick with more on the father's nightmare. >>> >> reporter: police are searching for fingerprints and clues to catch

rob and vinita?e spotlight. former illinois governor rod blagojevich is expected to testify at his corruption trial. that could happen as early as today. it's much more likely later this week. blagojevich is accused of trying to trade or sell president obama's former u.s. senate seat. the ousted governor's brother and former fund-raiser will be back on the stand today. attorneys also plan to call white house chief of staff rahm emanuel. >>> millions of americans still searching for work could receive an extension of their unemployment benefits if a bill passes the senate later today. the bill has been bogged down over republican concerns about how to pay for the additional benefits. they want to do it without adding to the national debt. president obama has accused the gop of playing politics. >> over the past few weeks, a majority of senators have tried, not once, not twice, but three times, to extend emergency relief on a temporary basis. each time, a partisan minority in the senate has used parlia

rob has the forecast. >> beyond cool.e looking at temperatures almost 15 degrees below average. we had that yesterday. we're set up for the same thing today. southeast breeze blowing through san jose. overcast skies, 59 degrees right now. 58 around san francisco. seeing the onshore winds, about 10 to 20 miles per hour. if you're heading out to the giants game this evening, jacket weather again. we'll see temperatures maybe near 60. more like upper 50s as the winds continue to keep things cool around the peninsula. satellite radar shows you what's left of a very busy day across the sierra. we'll see a slight chance of thundershowers near lake tahoe. for the bay area, no thunder. strong ocean air conditioning keeping temperatures inland, 60s and 70s. thursday, some inland spots should start to warm up a little bit. we'll probably have to wait until the start of the weekend to find warmer temperatures inland. 60s, san francisco and oakland. look at petaluma, pretty much in the range of yesterday with 60s and low 70s. tomorro

nine customers inside the green bubble restaurant were robbed just before 11:00 last night. the restaurant was robbed as well. there's no word yet on the discorruption of the suspects. two years ago, there was a take over of the restaurants. >>> and is police were involved in a chase. taz police pursued the car, the riders opened all of the doors and jumped out. the police caught up with the driver of the car. he was arrested. police say the car was stolen. >>> things are getting back to normal between bart's line and the airport. service was interrupted for a short time because of reports that a man was on the track. witness say they saw a young, white man with a mohawk jump onto the track and run toward the station. bart de activated the rail while they searched for the man. >> right when i was half way down the steps, i saw him jump in and he fell and got back up and ran down the track. >> you know, there's 5 million people in the bay area. there's going to be some people do something like this. >> the bart police did not find the man and bart service was restored after a

in a video along with george huggins, prosecutors say the two killed a man on webster street after robbing him of $17. he was in the bay area for a job interview with google. two weks were arrested after police got tips from the public. >> this morning we learned that a convicted drunk driver sentenced to prison earlier this month in a debt of a novato girl has in our been killed in san quentin. he plowed his motorcycle into the girl and father's car. the girl was killed and the father lost his right leg. he was tabbed by a homemade weapon when investigators call a bone crusher. >> essentially a piece of metal that has been cut out of a bunk or whatever and fashioned to look like a knife. it's something that kill a person. >>> a secretary has turned herself in to face manslaughter charges in an apartment fire that killed four children. they report 24-year-old woman is being held on four counts of manslaughter and four counts of child endangerment after turning herself in yesterday. her sister pleaded not guilty to similar charges last month. police say the combined four children having lef

and that sort of thing but would put the mask on him with weird work with the banks so so you can't rob a bank that arab idea and it wouldn't make children be able to give the money. and . how do you know in a way if you needed that i mean our star would have been ok particular if you were a poor family i would have taken a hundred dollars gotten even one dollar bills we would have gone to the bank giving it to the bank to give to you when you held it up maria the children in your rehab center yeah they're not there for good you just take them for a while to make them feel better and then they go back to their orphanage is that right is it hard for them after they spend a wonderful time with you then to go to the to the usual routine in the usual orphanage which are not very fun places i know i i've been there as a journalist for. a couple of times of course the difficulty just the same question of us before about. the bow and the blood and not of the mind. for the kids like this that we've just seen of them or there is for them the to do is the only place they visit they live in then t