my question, rosa flores is here, by the way. why tempt fate?ow, we do it on earth plenty. >> let's real it in and try to figure it out. rosa flores joins me here with some of the other stories to make headlines about. >> and you're going to want to tweet some of these, don. >> we're going to start off at the box office. and here's a little hint. don't lose your balance over the top spot. we start off with number five, escape plan. opened at $9.8 million. number four at just over 10 million. the remake, carrie raking in $17 million. all of its news headlines came in at number 2 with just over 17 million dlarls. and at number wasn't, with a sky-high lump sum of 31 million dlarls, yes, you guessed it, gravity. the third straight weekend box office victory for the popular flick that has grossed 170 million dlarsz in just 17 days. the only other film to turn a triple this year? the butler. well, the video of this next story could be out of a movie. take a look. a gator haunting shoppers at a walmart in florida. we're not sure if he was there for the

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rosa flores spoke with one woman who made a very difficult decision and it was a decision that cost herband his life. >> what? what are you doing to me. >> he will sa cruz was worried when her husband samuel suddenly kicked her out of their apartment for no apparent reason. he's a bipolar schizophrenic so she called 911. >> he died in his own apartment. >> she thought she was calling for an ambulance but instead they sent the police. >> bang, that's it. i shouted what happened? never answered me. >> police in new rochelle, new york, say he lunged at them with a knife. they determined he was a danger to himself or others. an edp, motionly disturbed person. >> he had a record of possible violence. it was a good shooting. in other words, the officers were justified in using deadly physical force. >> where is the line between helping and hurting? police try to answer the question all the time. about 25% of americans have some form of mental illness. miriam carey was shot dead by d.c. law enforcement. she rammed her car into barricades at the white house with her 1-year-old in the back seat.

rosa flores is life from new york with more on this. rosa tells more about the system and what the motive may have been for these killings. >>. >> reporter: you know, fred, this is a top story. police say he is the cousin of the slain woman's husband. we are learning more about the weapon recovered from the scene. here's what we know, folks, police respond today a call about a stabbing in a brooklyn apartment last night. when thaey arrived on the scene a 37-year-old mother and her four children age 9-1, dead. we are hearing more from n.y.p.d. take a listen as to how they described the scene. you have a mother, four kids that were cut and butch everied with a kitchen knife. we have the knife. the perpetrator made statements eluding he utilized the knife to commit this act. the man in custody is an asian male who n.y.p.d. says is the cousin of the husband. police amgs say that he appears to have been bouncing a lot addresses since 2004. the name of that suspect is mindong chin. you know, we asked, fred, about potential mental illness. no w

cnn's rosa flores has more. >> reporter: it sounded like a great idea when it was launched.r. >> we're determined to finally take on one of the most serious threats to their future and that's the epidemic of childhood obesity. >> reporter: but to fund that war on obesity, the white house borrowed money from the war on hunger. >> some of the funding comes from rolling back a temporary increase in food stamp benefits or s.n.a.p. as it's now called starting in the fall of 2013. >> reporter: that's now, when the s.n.a.p. program runs out of money from the 2009 american recovery and reinvestment act. >> after these cuts, the average benefit per person per meal will be $1.40. >> reporter: the cuts impact 47 million americans including 22 million children on food stamps and nine million elderly or seriously disabled people. like katherine mckinnon, who went from grandma to a single mother of three when her daughter died. each month, she gets $358 in food stamps to feed a family of four. about $4 a meal in a city where a box of cereal at her local store is $4.50. she sells cans to m

rosa flores joins us now with headlines capturing the nation. >> good evening, don.g to you at home. a blog post from a young girl is stirring up controversy about income inequality. the title of her post, quote, i'm not going to pretend that i'm poor to be accepted by you. rachel sackings goes on to say, i'm not one of those people who try to be poor to relate to people. i think it's honestly disgusting behavior. the post was inspired by a trip to the grocery store and what she describes as an encounter with a rude cashier that made her feel like a turd for coming from a family with money. people said why should you apologize for a situation you were born into? it's the same concept as apologizing for being good at a sport or being an amazing dancer. brooklyn responded, silly girl, you don't have to pretend to be poor to be accepted by me. you'll never be accepted by me. these are some of the comments we are able to share with you. most of them, as you might imagine, well, are not fit for tv. sounds like this girl from this story could learn a little something from

rosa flores here with more.amilies that live to tell the tale now victimized again. >> believe it or not, christine, many of them homeless again due to a perfect storm they didn't see coming that left middle class families like the one you're about to meet in foreclosure. >> reporter: they celebrated when they finished repairing their home after it was destroyed by hurricane katrina. >> you had to do what you had to do. >> yeah. it was survival. >> they look forward to sewing these suits in their family home, a tradition for four generations among members of the black feather mardi gras indian tribe. but today they're without their historic home once again. lost not to a hurricane but to foreclosure. >> after losing your home during katrina, you weren't expecting something like this to happen again. >> you could die just tragedy from mother nature. i can't, me personally, but when you have this kind of storm to take place, i can't die just that. >> their troubles began when their son became very ill. all while t

. >> rosa flores is joining me now live. more of this story runs tomorrow with a legal view. why don't you tell us a little bit more about this. >> they recall asking for a chag of policy. another case involving a young man who seemed depress ted. now, she regrets making that phone call. but like you said, we covered a lot of these in the news. where people questioned why didn't they seek help or maybe their families seek help. this prapgs opens a window into what's happening in a lot of homes and communities. i look forward to your rorting. it's 11:00 a.m. eastern on the legal view. make sure you tune in for that. no deal yet in washington. but shoumd private companies and americans step up when it comes to the federal budget issues. how about paying for the repaving? we're going to look at that con september just ahead. >>> we are no closer to solving the government shutdown than we were this time yesterday or the day before that or the day before that or the day before that. just a few minutes ago, the gnat adjourn adjourned after a nearly four hour session. they made no pr

for that is cnn's rosa flores. hey, rosa. >> hey, don. we start off in greece.ulation about the possible abduction and trafficking after blonde blue-eyed girl named maria. take a look at her picture. she was discovered during the raid of a roma house, also known as gypsies in central greece. authorities say she was in a state of neglect both physically and psychologically. dna tests showed she was not related to the couple claiming to be her parents. it triggered an international sear. for her real family. child and safety advocates say it th is a call to everyone to pay attention to children. >> we need to start viewing these as situations of abuse, authorities need to start paying attention when they get calls they should investigate the calls. and act and treat this as the crime, organized crime that it is. >> more than 8,000 calls with tips have been made from around the world. now authorities say at least eight of them have provided important information including four from the united states. maria is in protective custody, the couple who claimed to be her

. >> thank you, rosa flores for that. >>> president obama will travel wednesday.achusetts law for health care. kathleen sebelius is to testify on capitol hill about the failures of the health care, i see the. telling members of the commerce committee this week that the government was to blame for the problem plagued software. health and human secretary has been taking a lot of heat for her role in the obama care website fiasco. not only are republicans calling for her to be fired but even "saturday night live" of course jumped in with their take on the botched roll-out, take a look. >> tonight i have a number of friendly tips to help you deal with those technical problems. for example, have you tried restarting your computer? if sometimes it helps to turn the computer off, and then turn it back on. we don't know why. it just does. if our website still isn't loading properly, we're probably just overloaded with traffic. millions of of americans are visiting healthcare.gov. if you're in a rush, consider using our low-res website with simpler fonts and graphics. nice

rosa flores, cnn, reporting. >> i want to bring back our panel, sunny hostin, danny cevallos, and markoins us live from vancouver. he's so fancy. these two girls are charged with aggravated stalking. is that the strongest charge for a case like this? >> when it comes to enter bullying, the law cannot keep pace with technology. when you think of stalking or harassment you think of the guy in the hedges waiting with binoculars. but the law never envisioned cyberstalking or cyberbullying. the law cannot keep up with the technologies. >> it needs to be brought into the present. >> there's the other part too. at what point -- if you are going to judge this as speech you have to judge it by its content objectively. you cannot judge it by the affect on the hearer. you can't say this is a crime because someone was upset. we have to be careful we don't criminalize. and if you apply these laws broadly you will be locking up a lot of kids in the juvenile system. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. i hear this all the time about language on the internet. if we can on the internet, on facebook and twitter if you

rosa flores joins us now with headlines capturing the nation. >> good evening, don.me. a blog post from a young girl is stirring up controversy about income inequality. the title of her post, quote, i'm not going to pretend that i'm poor to be accepted by you. rachel sackings goes on to say, i'm not one of those people who try to be poor to relate to people. i think it's honestly disgusting behavior. the post was inspired by a trip to the grocery store and what she describes as an encounter with a rude cashier that made her feel like a turd for coming from a family with money. people said why should you apologize for a situation you were born into? it's the same concept as apologizing for being good at a sport or being an amazing dancer. brooklyn responded, silly girl, you don't have to pretend to be poor to be accepted by me. you'll never be accepted by me. these are some of the comments we are able to share with you. most of them, as you might imagine, well, are not fit for tv. sounds like this girl from this story could learn a little something from the 8-year-old

ruthless killer to protesting women we're going to go to news making headlines around the world and rosa floresve for us, rosa? >> well, good evening, don. we start off in saudi arabia. women there are not only getting behind the wheel in protest of the country's ban on women drivers, take a look at your screen. >> translator: i'm driving through a street. i'm taking my sister -- >> that's right, they are also taking video of themselves driving and posting them on youtube for all of the world to see. at least 35 of these videos have been shared as a part of this movement to defy authorities. no arrests so far. but the saudi interior minister issued a warning that women who are caught will be punished. >>> the nigerian navy is still still looking for two americans kidnapped by pirates from a supply chief, the men believed to be the captain and the engineer were taken from the "sea retriever" off the coast of brass, nigeria. the ship is at post but a u.s. official did not disclose the exact location. >>> the member of the notoriously dangerous gulf cartel is arrested in mexico after being linked

rosa flores, cnn, reporting. >> i want to bring back our panel former federal prosecutor sunny hostinnal attorney danny cevallo and attorney mark geragos joins us live from vancouver. he couldn't be with us. he's too fancy. these two girls are charged with aggravated stalking. is that the strongest charge for a case like this? >> when it comes to enter -- cyberbullying one of the truths is that the law cannot keep pace with technology. when you think of stalking or harassment you think of the guy in the hedges waiting with binoculars. and i think originally that was envisioned. but the law never envisioned as it was written cyberstalking, cyberbullying. these are things that the law can -- i mean, the law can never keep up with the technologies. >> it needs to be brought into the present. >> there's the other part too. at what point -- if you are going to judge this as speech like the facebook comments, if you are going to judge it, you have to judge it by its content objectively. you cannot judge it by the effect on the hearer. you can't say this is a crime because someone was upset.

cnn's rosa flores looks at brown's troubled past. and what the latest incident >> reporter: was hosting. he did not enter a plea but the attorneys said this that christopher brown committed no crime. we understand that his security was acting on his behalf. according to police, the alleged victim wanted a picture when an argument ensued brown reportedly used a homophobic slur. police say brown and his bodyguard then punched the victim in the face. causing quote"significant bodily injury." the two were charged with felony assault. >> he was hurt, he was seriously hurt he was full of blood. >> reporter: this is the latest meltdown for the grammy-winning singer. known for his explosive temper. four years ago, brown plead guilty to assaulting then- girlfriend rihanna. this horrifying image of her badly beaten face shocked the public brown was sentenced to five years probation for the incident and later apologized. also, that chris brown went after a hit and run and he was given an additional 1000 hours of community service. and what coul

. >> ah, rosa flores joins me now. tough situation. what are police saying about these shootings?ically talk about these cases, you know, they always say our mission is to protect the life, but these families are suing. >> both families are suing, right? and what are the families asking for in these lawsuits? >> it's really interesting because they're asking for a change in policy. they want these two police departments to implement something called the memphis model. it requires 40 hours of training for these police officers and then in these cases when they're actually out in the field, it requires them to not only have themselves present, law enforcement present, but also medical professionals and family to be more involved because in all of these cases, these families want to help and police officers always say, no. >> it's a tough situation. >> it's really tough. >> with someone i dated, i would call their family when they would do it and not police but it's a tough call. because you are afraid they'll hurt themselves. >> in some cases the families say we call 911 so we can g

cnn's rosa flores is following the case for us this morning, good morning, rosa. >> did sounds like aovie plot, a wife wants to divorce, the husband doesn't want to grant it, so she talks to her rabbi, who helps her hire a few quote tough guys to get the job done. well, unfortunately folks, this is a real-life description of alleged events described in detail in court documents that reveal ten people, including two rabbis, now face kidnapping charges. now, take a look. the fbi raided two new york locations wednesday night, exposing what undercover fbi agents had been working on for months. one agent posing as an orthodox jewish wife who wanted a divorce. now court documents note a conversation with one of the rabbis went like this. quote, basically, what we are going to be doing is kidnapping a guy for a couple of hours and beating him up and torturing him and then getting him to give the get. according to orthodox jewish law, a get is a document that a husband must provide his wife, to obtain a divorce. and the price for getting this forced get was pretty high -- court documents say

here is rosa flores with the "weekly five." here are five things you need to know for your week ahead. a government shutdown won't stop the supreme court. it's business as usual on monday as the high court holds arguments in some key high profile cases, including political campaign donation limits, lawyers are challenging government limits on what individuals can give to candidates, political parties, and political action committees. tuesday, the benjamin gets a makeover. the new 100 dollar bills have colorful and high theft features such as a wide holo graphic strip and colored inc. the bills went in shrigs in 1996. we are used to seeing them on the reality tv show duck dynasty. wednesday, corey and welly robertson receive high honors from the institute. the organization recognizes people who have made extraordinary contributions on behalf of children in need of families. thursday, grab the tissues. "glee" will say good-bye to one of its cast members cory monteith who played finn hudson and the football star. he died of an ove

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flores en un altar. hace segundos nos han informado que realizarán una caminata, y para mañana programada vigilia a las 7 de la noche. es el reporte desde santa rosaonferencia de prensa la policía de santa rosa mostró un ak 467 47 y una réplica como la que llevaba el joven. autoridades entrevisaron a oficiales y testigos >> debido a investigación federal en torno a muerte de empleados del bart estaciones debieron cerrar por varias horas hoy >> esa investigación tomó 3 horas y media, durante ese periodo bart puso a disposición autobuses para transportar pasajeros >> durante 3 horas y media investigadores recrearon la escena donde murieron empleados del bart, pero para eso debieron cerrar estaciones >> a muchos pasajeros esta clausura los tomó por sorpresa >> las paradas nos quitan tiempo >> el bart puso a disposición entre 10 y 15 autobuses hasta las 3 y media de latarde >> durante la hora pico unas 500 personas montaban autobuses cada 15 minutos >> en esta investigación, que se espera sa sea la unica del tiepo, usaron dos maniquies >> si la junta nacional de transporte necesita algo más, bart estará disponible para ayudar >> lo bueno es que finali

flores in for dave clark. let's get started with weather and traffic. steve, pretty sunny today? >> very nice day again on tap here. 41 to 42. santa rosa, napa a little cooler. a few upper 50s choser to the -- closer to the coast. some areas are in the 40s depending on a northerly or easterly breeze. san francisco 79. high pressure again. sunshine today. slightly schooler near the coast but only i think a couple of degrees, another mild to warm pattern for us. if you enjoyed the last couple of days, you will enjoy today. here is sal with an update. >>> we want to go right to news chopper 2 showing us these flames shooting up from this apartment complex in redwood city. the address 926 woodside road. reported about 45 minutes ago now and the fire has just gone to five alarms. whenever you hear alarms, pardon me, that means more firefighters are showing up from all over the county. so the more alarms, the more firefighters. we're hearing that there could be some possible injuries in this fire and we know for sure by looking at it that woodside road is completely shut down, which is one of the major roads in the valley here to get through

flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 7:09. we have new information in the death of a santa rosa teenager whose body was found on a beach near uc santa barbara. the "press democrat" is reporting that the woman died from a head injury after falling off a cliff. she was 18 years old, a cal poly student, in the city for spring break. this is the latest incident involving a student falling from a cliff at that location. the 21-year-old u cu. santa barbara -- a 21-year-old uc santa barbara student died last year after falling and at least three students have been killed since this death. >>> joseph carroll is scheduled to be arraigned on murder charges for the death of alashya cara dine. he was arrested in -- caradine. he was arrested in texas. another man has been arrested and charged with actually pulling the trigger. >>> 7:10. police are looking for the public's help finding the person who shot a federally protected sea bird in capitola. the santa cruz sentinel reports a plif -- a police officer found this bird and took it to a group. a bullet is still lodged in the bird's shoulder. you can see it in this x-ray, wildlife experts

rosa, alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a woman accused of running over and killing a couple as they walked their dog in menlo park is scheduled to appear in court today. ktvu's brian floresth reaction from the suspect's brother. good morning brian. >> reporter: good morning pam. marjorie reitzell was supposed to be in court yesterday but it was postponed because of an undisclosed medical condition. she is expected to appear in court today however. now reitzell is accused of driving her car into a menlo park couple as they were walking their dog last thursday. balbir singh and his wife kamal were both killed. reitzell was driving with a blood alcohol limit well above the legal limit of .08. her brother says that ever since their mother died a year ago she's been on a downward spiral since. >> emotional breakdown you know what i mean? and she's not medically, physically healthy. you know. she's got a lot of things going on in her mind. but for something like this to happen, i think it's going to take its toll on her. >> reporter: ronald reitzell said that marjorie also suffers through mental health conditions. she has had dozens of brushes with the law dating back to 1984