just seems impossible, a family with so much -- so full of life could just be gone so quickly. >> robert howard grew up in palo alto and attended stanford university, their two daughters, 11-year-old and 9-year-old, both attended public school in paola alto. >>> the suspect in friday's twin attacks that left at least 92 people dead in norway is scheduled in court tomorrow. his lawyer says he's willing to explain his actions during that hearing. part of the suspect's manifesto were almost word for word from the writings of unibomber ted kaczyns kaczynski. nbc's martin fletcher reports on why the suspect says he did what he did. >> reporter: the king and queen of norway, government leaders, attended a memorial service today in oslo khalid r cathedra 93 victims. the killer said he wanted to change norwegian society. turned out just hours before the bombing in oslo, when he killed seven people with his homemade bomb, he posted on the internet a manifesto explaining what he wanted. what he wanted, he said, is essentially to change norwegian society. he wants to stop muslim immigration into europe. a

just seems impossible that a family that was so full of life could just be gone so quickly. >> robert howard grew up in palo alto, attended stanford. ana marie attended cal poly. their daughters both went to school in palo alto. >> a young girl is reportedly on the mend after she was hit by a stray bullet during a slumber party. she is doing better. on friday linda was in bed at her cousin's home in the western addition, when a bullet blasted through the window, hit her just above the heart. today police should release the names of the two teenagers arrested in connection with the shooting. >> 4:37. inside job, that's what investigators are calling the largest high-tech computer heist in bay area history. police say two of the nine men arrested for the february heist of $37 million of commuter chips worked at unigen. pierre ramosen union city and 31-year-old leonardo bremen joined the company shortly before the heist. a company spokesman says the two showed up at work the day after the heist. the two along with the other defendants will appear in court on wednesday to face charges. if convic

tonight what caused a crash that killed a family of four from palo alto on friday. 49-year-old robert howard, his wife, 50-year-old anna maria diaz, and their two daughters had just started a three-week family camping trip through british columbia. the family was driving in kootenay national park when a tractor-trailer crashed head-on into their camper. the crash caused an explosion and fire, killing all four family members. the driver of the tractor-trailer reportedly walked away unharmed. we spoke to relatives in palo alto who say they are still in shock. >> it just seems impossible that a family that was so full of life could just be gone so quickly. >> robert howard, by the way, grew up in palo alto and attended stanford university. anna maria attended cal poly. their two doctors 11-year-old samantha and 9-year-old veronica both attended public school in palo alto. >>> a 17-year-old girl from sacramento is recovering tonight after a sand tunnel collapsed on top of her at bodega bay yesterday nearly killing her. she was buried under the sand for nearly two minutes and reportedly stopped b

robert howard, his wife ana maria diaz and their daughters had started a three-week camping trip whenractor-trailer crashed head on into their camper. the driver of the tractor-trailer reportedly walked away without injuries. we spoke to relatives in palo alto who say they are still in shock. >> it just seems impossible that a family that was so full of life could just be gone so quickly. >> robert howard grew up in palo alto, attended stanford university, ana maria attended cal poly. their daughters both went to public school in palo alto. >> two suspects arrested in the beating of bryan stow head to court today. the two southern california men will answer to charges they severely injured the giants fan back in march. marla tellez is live outside san francisco general hospital where the news would be encouraging for the stow family i can imagine. >> reporter: good morning, laura. yeah, the stow family, though, has not officially made a comment regarding the latest arrest just on thursday. the day of these ares stow's sister said they are not ready to comment yet. of course their focu

just seems impossible that a family that was so full of life could just be gone so quickly. >> robert howardn palo alto and attended stanford university. ana maria attended cal poly. the daughters both went to public school in palo alto. >> 5:45. four middle school boys are expected to go to trial accused of sexually assaulting two girls in a class field trip. the class from john f. kennedy middle school was visiting a park in redwood city in march when prosecutors say the boys broke away from the group before the attack. the boys are between 12 and 14 charged with lewdness, sexual battery and false imprisonment. each could face up to 15 years behind bars if convicted. >> it's 5:46. young girl is on the mend this morning after she was hit by a stray bullet during a slumber party. the mother of the 11-year-old says her daughter is still in the hospital but doing better. on friday, the girl was in bed at her cousin's home in the western addition when a bullet blasted through the window and hit her above the heart. police should release the names of the two teens arrested in connection with tha

robert howard, anna maria diaz and their two daughters just started a three-week camping trip through british columbia. >> they looked forward to it, the places robert had been to growing up and i think they were looking forward to sharing that with the girls. >> reporter: canadian authorities say friday the family was driving when a tractor trailer driving in the opposite direction crossed the center line slamming into them. the crash caused an explosion and fire, preventing anyone from going in to help. and the family of four from palo alto was killed. >> it just seems impossible that a family that was so full of life could just be gone so quickly. >> reporter: loved ones say they're reeling from the devastating loss, the couple and two daughters, 11-year-old samantha and 9-year-old veronica were very close to family who all live within a couple miles of each other. >> whenever i ran into them or the girls it just brightened my whole day. they were always happy and enjoying life. and that is something, you know, that we tell ourselves. they were doing what they loved and they were t

robert howard, anna maria diaz, and two of their daughters had just started a camping trip through british columbia. they were driving in the national park friday when a tractor-trailer -- here the pictures of it -- in the opposite direction crossed the center line and slammed right into them. the car caught fire preventing anyone from going to help them. the couple is being described as generous, creative, and heavily involved in their children's schools and community. >>> the man accused of friday's twin attacks in norway that killed 76 people entered a not guilty plea in court today despite confessing to the killing. anders behring breivik said in court he does not deserve to be punished and claims he carried out the bombing and mass shooting at a political youth retreat to save europe from muslim immigration. he tried to read from his 1,500-page manifesto but the judge cut him off. witnesses are still shaken up over the attacks. >> i was just sitting, just a few blocks away, and i heard the -- the explosion. and i came up, and it was just like a war zone. of course, that makes an impac

the victims are robert howard. his wife, and their daughters samantha and 9-year-old veronica.amily was driving koutinae national park, when a big rig crashed into the camper. >>> a richmond teenager is expected back in the bay area today after being attacked by a bear in alaska. he was one of seven people on a survival creek when the attack occurred. ktvu kraig debro is talking to the victim's grandmother and have a report at 7:350 and have more on how the boy is doing. >>> blake keply was a passenger on a holland america ship on a seven-day cruise in alaska. on friday, a crew member reported him missing and that he possibly went overguard. they used helicopters to try to locate him but there was never any sign to them. >>> a very close to a woman who got bad advice from her device. the gps told her to take a long turn. the blame of her car got stuck on the tracks. it took two toe trucks to get her free. >>> a new government says the chickenpox vaccine has made a big difference in the death rate from chicken box. the study found they fell from 115 a year autopsy the way up to

. >> reporter: robert howard, anna maria diaz and their two daughters had just started a camping tripre looking forward to places that robert had been to growing up and i think they were looking forward to sharing that with the girls. >> reporter: canadian authorities say on friday the family was driving in a national park when a tractor-trailer driving in the opposite direction crossed the center line, slamming into them. the crash caused an explosion and fire, preventing anyone from going in to help and the family of four from palo alto was killed. >> it just seems impossible that a family that was so much -- so full of life could just be gone so quickly. >> reporter: loved ones say they're reeling from the devastating loss. the couple and their two daughters, 11-year-old samantha and 9-year-old veronica were very close to family who all live within a couple of miles from each other. >> whenever i ran into robert or ana maria or the two girls, it just brightened my whole day. they were always happy and enjoying life. that is something that we tell ourselves, they were doing what the

robert howard, his wife, and the couple's 9-year-old and 12- year-old daughters all died friday afternoonlumbia. authorities say the family's camper collided with a fuel tanker truck. the truck driver escaped withoutier. >>> nine republican presidential candidates have been chosen for next month's early straw poll in the all important state of iowa, but two candidates have been excluded. perry is expected to announce his bid in the coming weeks. sara palin was also excluded. the former alaskan government is not expected to make a decision before late august. another poll shows president obama facing possible trouble in next year's election. the new rasmussen poll shows the president is in a virtual tie with mitt romney. romney has 43% compared to the president's 42%. when stacked against ron paul, mr. obama beats paul by 4 points. >>> there are calls for an oregon congressman to resign, after a california teenager accused him of an unwanted sexual encounter. reports that he was involved with the 18-year-old daughter of a friend and campaign donor in california. it reportedly happened duri

for the family and friends of a palo alto family killed in a firery crash in canada. 49-year-old robert howardead on. the driver reportedly walked away without any injuries. tragically, the family died. we spoke to relatives in palo alto who say that they are still in shock. >> it just seems impossible to be so full of life. he grew up in palo alto and attended stanford university. anna maria attended cal pali. >>> all right. let's switch gears. 9:57 right now. a look at the forecast with christina loren. >> good morning. a nice day shaping up as we head through the next couple of days. it will stay mild and the clouds are starting to break through in the east bay and south bay, much better down there. later on today, 63 in san francisco. 83 in santa rosa. elsewhere, about 82 degrees in redwood city and 70 degrees in oakland. as we wake up tomorrow, more clouds and fog until 10:30 am as we had head throughout the week. more sunshine in the afternoon. we'll make it a warmer afternoon. better days ahead. i promise you, we'll start to warm up. let's check your drive with mike. >>> things got bett

howard youtube channel, watch chief justice john robert's comments on cameras in the court room. can watch it online at youtube. >> "washington journal" continues. host: at the table now, samer shehata, georgetown university assistant professor on arab politics. professor, what is the latest on egypt? guest: president mubarak was ousted on february 11, so this is a transition period. we have the supreme council of the armed forces. it is headed by the military in the have put in an interim cabinet. they have called for parliamentary elections in september. but the country is certainly unsettled. there is a great deal of political activity with different political parties forming, alliance is made, security issues. security is not fully back to what it was. there has not been reform within the security apparatus. the economy is faltering. so the transitional moment isn't settled. host: talk about the elections that you mentioned. in the last decades, we sought elections in which mr. mumbai won. what is different in terms of the process and the way that this might be played out? gu