it was february of 2010 when patrol special officer rob burns shot one of two officers. a 19-year-old man was killed and three others were hurt. on wednesday the police commission voted to revoke burns badge for refusing to follow several rules including wearing the correct uniform. >>> the only medical marijuana dispensary at east palo alto is fighting to stay in business. they went before the east palo alto city council to make its case on why it should remain open. east palo alto has also ordered the collective to shut down. but the city code is too vague of what should and shouldn't be a business. >> you have to make the determination up front and saying this is what we mean. this is what we mean by charitable organizations this is what we mean by drugstore and moving forward you can point to that and say that's why you can't be here. because it says right there you can't be here. >> medical marijuana sales are still illegal under federal laws. >>> state lawmakers will have to go without a paycheck if they do not pass a balanced budget by june 15th. john congress says

controlled burns have robbed the fuel.r cooperate in arizona though? and for the forecast there and around the nation, we turn alexandra steel in the nice studio in atlanta. >> you have cold issues. 56 where you are. i know why you have that heater. it's going to be 56 20r78. don is just talking about the styles and extreme really seems to be the new normal. again, right now, we're watching arizona. and it's on the cusp of really having this fire become the worst in the state's history. last month and april, talking about the worst flooding we have seen in 116 years. of course, we are continuing to see that extreme weather. the winds have been a factor, blowing that strong soot from arizona into new mexico and we're going watch the winds stay at 30, 40 miles an hour. severe weather has been a factor today. washington all the way down to richmond. big hubs impacted in the mid-atlantic. isolated tornado potentially later today. but it's been the winds and the hail. today's threat, the mid-atlantic. and tomorrow, drier skies

control burns have robbed the advancing flames of fuel. this fire is not expected to get larger.uation has improved so much that residents of two evacuated towns are being allowed to return but at their own risk just to be clear. >>> this country is getting torn apart by civil war, but that's ma moore gadhafi playing chess. today the libyan leader playing chess aired on state tv. it is not clear gadhafi was but an anchor says his opponent was the president of the world crest federation. have u.s. this week a senior official told cnn on condition of anonymity that nato is targeting gadhafi and not just his forces. a nato official denied the claim. let's get back to you in new hampshire and my friend, don. hey, don. >>> hey, see you in a bit. >>> with the latest unemployment figures suggesting the recovery is going slow at best, no one wants to hear more stories of american jobs being shipped overseas. in connecticut one company reversed the trend and brought some jobs home, even if it meant playing higher wanlgs. tom foreman is showing us how it is building up america. >> reporter

the upper hand on that monstrous wallow fire, although it's only about 10% contained, control burns have robbedance. >>> and the dallas mavericks did it tonight. check this out. celebrations in dallas after the mavericks defeated the miami heat 105-95 to win the nba championship, four games to two. it's the first championship in franchise history for dallas. jason terry led the dallas mavs at 27 points, nowitzki had 21. lebron had 21 for miami. back to new hampshire for don. i was able to sneak in a little bit of the game, don. just a little bit. >> now you are rubbing it in. are you sure, was that dallas or was that cleveland that celebration? they're probably celebrating more in cleveland tonight, don't you think, richelle? >> they probably are. you got that right. >> hey, listen, i'm looking at twitter here. and it's starting a trend. they're saying chris bosh broke down in the hall in the tunnel and started to cry. and they had to pick him up and carry him out. were you able to witness that moment? >> i have not seen that. that i would have to see to believe. i mean, you want champions to h

that is deliberately burning trees and brush in order to rob the wildfires of their fuel. they're also tackling this from the air, helicopters are dropping water and the epa has supplied a radiation detecting plane. they've also tested the air here from the ground and so far the results indicate nothing is coming from the lab. the lab is still closed, the town is still closed. and today the fire chief doug tucker told me that while he's shooting for saturday or sunday, it seems very likely that they will not lift that mandatory evacuation order until after the holiday weekend. and as long as this community is closed, it seems likely the lab will remain closed as well. brian? >> a very dicey situation. janet, great work out there again today. janet shanlian at los alamos. >>> when we come back tonight, 29 men are gone forever, and whose job was it to protect them as they mined coal to make our electricity? tonight what we have learned about safety and honesty after one of the worst mining disasters ever. >>> and later, making a difference for cancer patients by planting see

upper hand on that monstrous wallow fire, although it's only about 10% contained, controlled burns have robbed did it tonight. check this out. celebrations in dallas after the mavericks defeated the miami heat to win the nba championships, four games to two. the first championship in franchise history. jason terry led the mavs with 27 points and dirk nowitzki had 21 and lebron had 21 for miami. back to new hampshire for don. able to sneak in a little bit of the game, just a little bit. >> now you are rubbing it in. how sure? was that dallas or was that cleveland that's celebrating, probably celebrating more in cleveland tonight, don't you think, richelle? >> probably are. you got that right. >> i'm looking at twitter here and starting to trend. they are saying chris bosh broke down in the hall in the tunnel and started to

in the area, cutting line with bulldozers, putting men in there to try to back burn so once the fire reaches it it will rob it of any fuel it has left to burn. >> brown: describe the area for us a little bit more for those who don't know. what's the terrain like? >> it's incredibly rugged. it's some of arizona's most pristine country. some of the highest country. it had been a forest which is the largest ponderosa pine span in the entire world, spanning arizona and new mexico, arguably the prettiest snot the state-- at least it used to be. >> brown: and in terms of pop administration? small populations in small towns spread throughout or how does that work? >> small population. a lot of summer homes up in here. several thousand permanent residents but a majority... not a ma majority. certainly many summer cabins, summer homes to the people in the phoenix and tucson area. >> brown: so how much warning did the residents get for what might be coming and how that r they responding? >> residents all about about 12 to 24 hours of warning. for the most part they've responded well. there's anger up here there that

retardant, while on the ground, some 3,000 firefighters were at work to staunch the flames, or burn brush to rob the big blaze of its fuel. the fire remained active near the town of greer after destroying 22 homes there. and residents continued to flee from other threatened areas. >> well, you should see what we already took out. we took out a ton of memories. >> holman: thus far, nearly 10,000 people have been forced from their homes by the fire. the hunt for the source of the e. coli outbreak in germany finally is over. health officials announced today that tainted bean sprouts from a german organic farm were the source. to date, the outbreak has killed at least 31 people and sickened nearly 3,100. an estimated 100,000 protesters demonstrated in yemen's capital today. it was the largest rally since president ali abdullah saleh left for medical treatment in saudi arabia last weekend. opposition tribesmen marched through sanaa's main square, carrying the bodies of 41 of their fighters allegedly killed by government forces. elsewhere, saleh's supporters held their own rally outside the presidenti

ignition, dropping ping-pong balls, of a chemical that drops fire and the idea is to rob it of fuel so there's nothing to burn and save as many homes and residences as possible. that window will close just in a short time here. when that happens, they can't send these aircraft up. it's much, much hard or the fire fighters when they have to worry more about the fire and how rapidly it's moving. they've been able to set up lines and the goal is to hold them, and these evacuated cities before the winds come here later this afternoon, t.j. >>> jim, thousands of people had to be evacuated earlier this week. are they still being told to stay away and do they have any idea of how long they'll be away from their homes? >> reporter: absolutely. they have no idea when they'll come back yet. next week at the earliest. these wins and the weather is so unpredictable. in the morning you see a lot of smoke here. in the morning the smoke sits down and there's an air quality advisory in place, whenever we're not talking to cover our face with bandannas or masks because the smoke after days really gets to you. so they don't wa

rob nelson is on assignment. >> i'm peggy bunker. >>> wildfires in new mexico continue to burn overnight creepingngloser to thelab that was the birth place of the atom bomb. how close is it now to the area that holds 20,000 barrels of nuclear waste? the latest is coming from los alamos. we've got the details there. everybody is watching this situation to see what will happen next. >> very unsettling for folks there. >>> in his first formal press conference in months, president obama took questions on everything from afghanistan to the economy. but why did he compare congress to his two young daughters? sasha and malia? we'll show you why. and needless to say the republicans, not so happy about his insinuation. has a little something to do with vacation time. >> there you go. >>> also coming up, the fourth of july holiday weekend is coming up. we have everything that you need to know to add some fireworks to your barbecue. take a look at this yummy dessert. >> i feel like i volunteered to do this assignment. and yet you ended up doing it. how did that happen? >> see those firecracker shrimp? we've got the recip

rob nelson. >> reporter: the infamous mob boss and old fbi informant may be back in the arms of the law. but one burningoms. will whitey bulger talk? >> he is ready to do it. there's a lot of fbi agents and other people retired who aren't sleeping well at all. >> reporter: bulger is due back in court next week. and many are wondering if there is anyone he will take down with him. from old accomplices to the fbi agents who protected him for years. >> you have someone out there committing capital crimes, murder, per se. and acting as informants, that's not a policy that should be practiced. >> reporter: too late for the family of his victims, who finally faced the person, the man they have reviled for so long. >> it was a sickening feeling in my stomach seeing him. the guy who murdered my father. it's never an easy thing. >> reporter: back in santa monica, where bulger hid out for years, a more complicated picture is emerging of a man who some neighbors say gave them gifts, and worried about their personal safety. giving one a flashlight for late-night walks. another, a light for his bike. but it but bulg

robbed and attacked in howard county. do you recognize this woman? if you do, you could be in for a big reward. >>> it's one of the largest wildfires in arizona's history. tonight it's burningout of control. those stories and wyatt's steamy forecast ahead at 5:30.

burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 7:17. well, defense second rob gert gates confirms the united states is involved in peace talks with members of the stan in hopes of ending the -- of the taliban in hopes of ending the war in afghanistan. >> the question is when and if they are ready to talk seriously about meeting the red lines, that president karzai and the coalition have laid down, including totally disavowing al qaeda. >> now, over the weekend, hamid karzai announced this. >>> geovanni ramirez has not been charged in the bryan stow case but has been held on a parole violation. we'll have more on what's happening coming up. >>> the world's fastest super- computer now belongs to a japanese company. officials say it can perform 8.2 g 1 quadrrian per second. we it uses enough electricity to power 10,000 homes. >>> 7:19. new redirecting boundaries leer in california mean major changes for some bay area cities. some of the changes in a draft plan include the trivalley cities of livermore, dublin and pleasanton. will go from eight congressional and le

rob nelson spoke to neighbors and some old friends. [ siren ] >> the infamous mob boss may be back in the arms of the law but one burning question looms. >> there are a lot of f.b.i. agents and other people retired. >> he is due back in court next week and many are wondering if there is anyone he'll take down with him. to f.b.i. agents that protected him for years. >> you have somebody out there committing capital crimes, murder. they are still acting as an informants. that is not on policy that should be practiced. >> two families finally face in person the man they reviled for years. >> the man that murdered my father is never an easy thing. >> back in santa monica where he hid hid it on for years, a more complicated picture is emerging where he gave neighbors a gift. giving one a flashlight and another one a light for his bike. but his afiction of dogs that was a glimpse that was far darker. >> anybody that puts a dog in a dumpster should be shot in the head. >> his new home, detention center outside boston where she under tight security and isolated 23 hours a day. >>> the f.b.i. says a tipster that led them to his

right now, about 200,000 acres are burning and fire fighters are monitoring over 200 separate fires in florida alone. >> rob marciano is in the the extreme weather center and rob, all of the smoke, you got reports in the midwest of sort of smoke hanging over counties there that's been drifting that way. >> midwest and to the mountains. everywhere. this is a huge fire across arizona and getting into knnew mexico and the heat not helping things. pretty much everybody in the country, the eastern three quarters is enduring some of these numbers. heat indices expected today near 100 degrees or at it or above it in little rock, st. louis, detroit, chicago, so these are dangerous numbers similar numbers down to the south and east. there's been no relief really for much of this part of the country. critical fire danger again today for eastern arizona where that fire is burning and parts of almost all of new mexico and we're looking for a windy conditions also in this area. we do have an area of thunderstorms that's moving across the great lakes, towards the northern ohio and western pa and western new york. this ma

rob nelson has the story from boston. >> reporter: the infamous mob boss and old fbi informant may be back in the arms of the law. but one burningquestion looms. will whitey bulger talk? >> he is ready to do it and there are a lot of fbi agents and other people retired who are not sleeping well at all. >> reporter: bulger is due back in court next week and many are wondering if there's anyone he will take down with him. from old accomplices to fbi agents who protected him for years. >> you have somebody out there committing capital crimes, murder per se, and they're still acting as informants. that's not a policy that should be practiced. >> reporter: too late for the family of bulger's victims who finally faced in person the man they have reviled for so long. >> it was a sickening feeling in my stomach, seeing him. the guy that murdered my father. it's never, ever an easy thing. >> reporter: back in santa monica where bulger hid out for years, a more complicated picture is emerging of a man who some neighbors say gave them gifts and worried about their personal safety, giving one a flashlight for late-night walks, another a lig

burned more than 730 square miles in arizona and new mexico, destroying homes, forcing entire communities to evacuate. >> rob> good morning. another day where the weather will cooperate with fires across the southwest. although we're not going to see any rain for quite sometime. at least the winds will die down once again. it's a massive fire and kicking out so much smoke. smoke and air advisories and air quality issues across parts of new mexico and pressing back through parts of phoenix as well. hot and dry across the southeast, too. and we have a decent fire that is burning across a swamp in through here and a red flag warning posted for parts of northern florida for more on the way of low level humidity and a lot of heat. temperatures across tallahassee, yesterday, 103 degrees. monroe, louisiana, 102 and st. simons island, 99. some with humidity and some without. humidity in the way in heavy rains falling across parts of the midwest and upper midwest. tracy, minnesota, yesterday, seeing over 5 inches of rainfall and parts of iowa seeing 2 to 3 inches of rainfall and that is not what they need to do consi

emphasize domestically produced because we don't have to worry about oil sheikhs robbing us of all of our resources when you burn ethanol like you do when you burn imported gasoline. the second amendment is offered by senator mccain, prohibiting the u.s. department of agriculture from using funds for the installation of blender pumps. these amendments won't lower the price of gasoline at the pump. that's what people today are concerned about: the price of gas at the pump. these amendments won't lessen our dependence upon foreign oil. we spend $835 million every day importing oil. and these amendments won't create a single job in the united states. in fact, they'll do just the opposite. they'll raise the price of gasoline and make us more dependent on foreign oil, and it won't create a single job. most importantly, these amendments also won't save the taxpayers any money, because they stand little chance of being enacted. even if the amendments were to pass today, they won't get out of this chamber because of our constitution that says that revenue measures must originate in the house of representatives. so, when

burning wildfires. >> but now smoke covers half of new mexico. prompting a new round of health warnings for thousands. it's monday, june 13th. >>> good morning, good monday morning. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm daniel sieberg. roblson is on assignment. the firefighters in arizona have been looking for some good news for weeks and they finally have some this morning, just a little. but it's not over yet. now a new problem has arisen. we'll head to the fire zone in a moment for the latest. boy, everything compounding the efforts of the firefighters there. >> first the flames to worry about stretching into new mexico but now the air quality is so tough for folks there. >> the pollution, terrible. >> that story just expanding. >>> then also expanding, more trouble for anthony weiner after learning the congressman is seeking treatment, more scandalous pictures have emerged. top house democrats calling for his resignation. for now he is standing firm. >> you have to wonder how long he can hang in there for. right? >> look at that. >> it's gotten to the point where so many people are calling for his resignation. he is adamant he is not going to go anywhere except for treatment for a while. >> or to tmz, keeps posting

burning nearby. it's brushing up against the south border of the 40 square mile facility. it's raised concerns about the safety of nuclear materials. but the director says everything is secure. >>> let's go rob flight delays this morning? >> right now we don't have any, but we do expect some across new york metros because of wind. a front slowly making it way to the northeast will finally go through. afternoon thunderstorms in tampa, miami. it's been a wet month for miami. and wind expected across part of the salt lake city and vegas. arlene is our first tropical storm of the season across the gulf of mexico. it will spin towards mexico and stay away from the u.s. and it will remain a tropical storm. hopefully some of that moisture will stream up into maybe new mexico and arizona to alleviate some of the fire threat, but today it will continue to be a hot and dry day there. a little cooler and more comfortable in new york city, 81 there. 80 expected in chicago. and still very, very hot across parts of the mid south and the south central plains. it's day three now of wake-up call and i've noticed a trend here. >> what's that? >> well, you start off with just a shirt and tie. and then it seems

rob nelson is on assignment. >>"in5 >>> firefighters in new mexico are working throughout the night to contain the wildfires that are burningtion's top nuclear weapons labs. take a look at the conditions here this morning. also how safe the radioactive material is. we're going to look at that in just a moment. >> reportedly the fires at one point got within about 50 feet. so you can imagine this wall of firefighters that are trying to keep this at bay. >> these events really highlight nuclear safety, nuclear power safety. a lot of people are paying a lot of attention to this. especially after japan. >> hopefully not vulnerable. >>> later today, president obama holds a news conference. yesterday, though, he was in iowa campaigning like it was, i don't know, 2008. but he wasn't the only familiar face in the hawkeye state from the last presidential election. sarah palin. is sarah palin, we ask this question a lot, is she gearing up for a run at the white house? >> she has that bus. >> she does have the bus going for her. >> i think that's what you need. that's sort of the hallmark that you're e nning, you've got the bus. >> it

burn out of control today. >> two more towns evacuated as the flames grow bigger than chicago and new york city combined. it's friday, june 10th. >>> good morning, i'm daniel sieberg. rob i'm peggy bunker. firefighters once again worked overnight battling the massive arizona wildfires that have already scorched 525 square miles. the latest on the attempt to control the flames before they spread even further. >> evidently the winds have slowed a little bit there. >> which will really help. the weather for the most part hasn't been helping that much. you can see the smoke going over the state line actually to, couple other different states. >> what a sight. hundreds of firefighters working there. >>> and then, the connection between your cell phone and airplane safety. listen up. because the next time a flight attendant tells you to turn off your electronic devices, you might want to pay attention. >> do we have to? >> findings coming out, an abc news exclusive. i always wonder why they don't ask people to turn off the devices in their carry-on bags if it is serious. a lot of people leave their phones in their carry on and leave it on. >> the story could change a couple

burned 380,000 acres. calmer winds are expected to help firefighters today. boy, do they need it. >> they sure do. rob for a high in detroit if they are 24 hours before they can get power back on, that is going to be quite sticky. >> it will be cooler than what they have seen. the heat for the most part is breaking across the northeast. the winds have died down across the southwest. today is going to be the day if they are going to make some progress, they will get it done this morning and through afternoon. across the deep south, hazy and hot conditions. across chicago, still looking at thunderstorms with heavier rain, localized flooding in some of the smaller rivers, illinois, kankakee. travel through o'hare and midway is going to be a slow go. then, we will start to see things taper off a little bit. detroit, you will see some thunderstorms heading your way in about an hour and a half. be prepared for that. new york city, you won't see thunderstorms at least for the next few hours and you will see more dry weather and cooler weather. 86 degrees expected for the high temperature in new york today. t

burned before the mouth of the fire can reach it. >> it's imperative that we get this blocked out, rob the fire of any fuel coming in here. >> reporter: this is a critical time for firefighters. the winds are calm. they can control this blaze. when winds whip wildly, homes were destroyed. nearly 60 turned to smoldering rubble. dora pa ray escaped the flames with just inches to spare. fire reached her doorstep. >> when it hits home, there's no words. >> reporter: shelters across sierra vista are full of evacuees. thousands can only sit and wait. the lucky ones -- >> oh, my god, it looks great. >> reporter: -- slowly allowed to leave. nearby, the threat isn't over, but widespread fear may be. crews optimistic an end is now in sight. july 15th, just over three weeks from today, that's when crews say they hope to have full containment around this fire. by the time it's all over, savannah, 35,000 acres probably will have burned. back to you. >> miguel almaguer in sierra vista, arizona, this morning. thank you. >>> thunderstorms and heavy winds slammed the midwest knocking over airplane hangars in michigan and leaving some chicago commuter

this fire has burned an area twice the size of new york city in the past 15 days, and spot fires have spread to new mexico. rob marciano is in the extreme weather center for us. as we said, 10% containment. are they going to have waiting on their side as they go back at it? >> weather will be tougher today but the next couple days they may have another shot of seeing more tranquil weather and the winds die down. bad air quality west of the fire and east also into albuquerque and fire weather watch posted for new mexico and texas today. critical fire danger in these areas including new mexico and the eastern edge of that fire, which is pressing towards the new mexican border, for sure. winds today expected 20 to 25 miles an hour with gusting -- gust winds to 35. the rest of the country we have storms expected across the midsection, unseasonably cool across the northeast with unsettled weather after a cool and at times wet weekend, but better than the heat last week. the heat will continue across the southeast until further notice. 101 expected in dallas. we had a slew of record highs. we will go over those in a