>> reporter: this is no ordinary sailboat ride. captain richard and his all- volunteer crew take children on free tips 60 to 100 tames a year. >> cast off! >> reporter: to teach them to care for the bay. many of the passengers come from the berkeley boosters police activities league for a life changing journey. >> we put them in a brand-new totally new environment for them. so that takes you know -- opens up their eyes opens up their world, their perspective. keep coming... >> reporter: often the explorers are at risk, disadvantaged, suffering from illnesses. joshua pearl brought his daughter with leukemia. >> she has never been able to go sailing on the bay so it made her really happy. >> reporter: students like this 13-year-old ana hernandez learn new skills. >> i can actually say that i know how to sail and how to manage a sailboat. yeah. so it's pretty cool. >> reporter: for captain richard, a former professional photographer, deciding to lead the volunteer expeditions was easy. >> my whole childhood was on boats and i know wha

sailboat on san francisco bay on a beautiful day. as sharon chin reports, this week's >> well, there's nothing like being out on a sailboat on the san francisco bay on a beautiful day like today is going to be. and this week's jefferson award winner is treating kids to a sailing adventure. >> all of a sudden the boat moves. if you're not holding on one hand to the boat you could lose your balance and fall down. >> reporter: captain richard gillette is leading a san francisco bay adventure. >> roger that. >> roger that. >> reporter: this is no ordinary sailboat ride. captain richard and his all volunteer crew take children on free trips, 60 to 100 times a year. >> cast off. >> reporter: to teach them to care for the bay. many of the passengers come from the berkeley boosters police activities league for a life-changing journey. >> we put them in a brand new totally new environment for them. so that takes, you know, opens up their eyes, opens up their world, opens up their perspective. >> keep coming. >> reporter: often, the explorers

if you are a sailboat in distress, your blood sugar drops, you are cold, and you have to plot a chart home immediately. if you are sending a swimmer in distress towards a brick wall with the water running against them, it is a recipe for a drowning. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> president's chiu, members of the board, my name is diane walton. i live in san francisco. i have the privilege of serving as the boat captain at the dolphin club, and i come to you to discuss something that happily has been raised by presidents chiu and addressed by the attorney, which is in sedimentation in the creation of the magic of the jumbotron. the eir, the final eir, does not adequately address the activity that would have to happen and does not begin to speak to mitigation, and you know, you betcha a chance here to make that different. the analysis needs to either be deeper or be done, and i just think that the bay is not the place to take short cuts under the rubric of temporary activities, and that is for you to take on. thank you. >> good afternoon, my name is bill, a member of the ro

>> reporter: this is no ordinary sailboat ride.aptain richard and his all- volunteer crew take children on free trips 60 to 100 times a year to teach them to care for the bay. many of the passengers come from the berkeley boosters activities league for a life- changing journey. >> we put them in a brand-new totally new environment for them. so that opens up their eyes, their world, their perspective. keep coming. >> reporter: often, the explorers are at ris, disadvantaged or suffering from illnesses like cancer. joshua has brought his 9-year- old daughter who has leukemia. >> she has never been able to go sailing on the bay so it made her really happy. >> reporter: students like 13- year-old ana hernandez learn new skills. >> i can actually say that i know how to sail and how to manage a sailboat. yeah. so it's pretty cool. >> reporter: for captain richard, a former professional photographer, deciding to lead the volunteer expeditions was easy. >> my whole childhood was on boats and i know what that can mean to a child, to get out

. >> teacher like a sailboat on wheels -- it is like a sailboat on wheels. >> they had a vision for insulated piece of art on wheels. >> i was sent some websites for some tiny houses. a lot of people think you cannot live this way. >> "how many bedrooms are in there?" >> this is one of the closets. >> more space than do you think. >> this is our composting toilet. >> cleaning the house takes 20 minutes. >> even a chance for exercise. >> it turns out these tiny homes seem to be catching on. >> we try and offer as much advice as we can. >> this type of home might not be for everyone. >> this is something everyone can do. most of our power comes from solar. >> this might offer some welcome balance. >> i would fit in there no problem. >> the perfect size for mindy. ok. ear."home, d >> why an escaped inmate would not be locked up in a maryland prison. >> baltimore county register's its first fire fatalities of the new year. >> the mayor's response to the move to seize nearly two dozen vehicles from the city housing authority. >> we're seeing some fog. the sunshine will return. >> fog evident as ac

he was making an attempt to sale around america but his sailboat broke forcing him to activate his emergencyey arranged for him to be picked up and he is now being taken to chile. >>> the gun at an airport was just a big mistake. tim donely is a gun rights expert. security officers found a loaded gun in his previous case. two weeks away in san francisco's chinatown for a special cleaning project which is set to begin 90 minutes from now. >>> and the pictures tell an amazing story in the central valley. how a karened up on top of a -- how a car ended up on top of a house on the roof in a driveway. . >>> welcome back time now 4:52 san francisco is getting ready for the chinese celebration. the spent cleanup is to help bought few the -- make the area beautiful for the event. thousands will attend the event and the parade will be on february 11th. >>> here is something you don't see every day, a stolen car ended up on a roof of somebody's car. he hit some rocks, a tree stump and suddenly the car went airborne. amazingly it landed on top of a roof, did not crash through it, the person renting the

he was one of three people tossed into the bay the sailboat they were in capsized.ould baltimore be the ultimate justification -- destination for the super bowl? roger goodell commented on baltimore's chances. he said the lack of a domed stadium would not room them out -- would not rule them out. we could put up a few. >> that brings us to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- do you think baltimore would make a good host city for a super bowl? >> we will post more of your answers on the front page of wbaltv.com. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. a lot going on in the past few minutes. word of another accident northbound on 32. police are on the scene. watch for the delays. some delays along route 140. it is closed because of an overturned vehicle. take 795 as your alternate. deer park road, an accident. another in westminster at pleasant valley. westbound 50, we still have two lanes closed approaching davidsonville road. a messy ride

he drowned when his sailboat capsized back in december. someone else was also killed aboard the boat. >>> today the public will have the chance to honor a local radio legend. a memorial service will be held for ron smith, the longtime voice of reason. he died from cancer last month. his family is hosting the service this morning. it is set to begin at 11:00. donations will be collected and given to cancer research. >>> lawmakers return to capitol hill with record low approval ratings. 84% of americans now do not approve of the job congress is doing. meantime, the report from the presidential presidential campaign trail. >> i visited georgetown. >> reporter: the gop pack is trying to stop mitt romney before it's too late. >> myth, we need for you to release your income tax so the people of this country can see how you make your money. >> reporter: at last night's debate in south carolina, they ganged up on the front runner slamming everything from his business background so his refusal to release tax returns. >> people have released them in

in a sailboat, you cannot turn and get out of the way. next, we're going to walk across the plaza and into the ferry building. we will have over and stop at this store, and we have not all of these phenomenal mushrooms. -- and we have all of these phenomena mushrooms. >> they have an official title and placard. he is one of our tenants. ihe started out as a beat cop in san francisco, helping out at the farmers' market. he had grown up at a farm. he started getting interested in mushrooms, and it has grown into this incredible business. >> are any of these local? >> their family farm is at moth landing. they also going to the forest, and they did not tell anybody where they're going because there are very particular. you will see a forger walking through a building with a mushroom that the found after a big rainstorm and probably bring it in here. them excellent. i have never seen some of these before. the lion's mane mushroom? some of these are great. >> i love mushrooms. i am a big portobello fan. they are phenomenal. >> and the prices a

the concern this morning after some sailboats got loose in the stormy weather in santa cruz. what's being done in the same of -- in the name of public safety. >>> and the dramatic rescue of a hiker rescued. >>> would you let a complete stranger drive your car? why some bay area people are doing just that. . >>> 7:16. the republican presidential candidates face off tonight in their first florida debate. this is ahead of next week's primary. as alison burns reports, a new florida poll puts newt gingrich on top. good morning,al -- good morning, alison. >> reporter: that's right. two new polls show that mitt romeny has lost his lead in florida and newt gingrich is up 8 pointing. but romney came out swinging at a news conference this morning. listen to how he describes mitt romeny's views. >> he's gone from pillar to post almost like a pinball machine from item to item which is highly erratic and does not suggest a stable, thoughtful course which is normally associated with leadership. >> reporter: now, newt gingrich says he raised a million dollars in eight hours after his win in

this is an opportunity to see what sailboat's do excessively, and it is a great opportunity. i live in alameda, n.yand it isa great place. i would love to see the top here. but it is going to be a lot of fun, and thank you for being here and doing this. >> thank you. >> good evening. i am president of the dolphin club. dithank you for the opportunityo speak, and we are in support of america's cup. it is a global of xanthan basically will descend upon how our cities -- a global event that basically will descend upon our city, but one concern is the invasion by virtue of not only the boats, because it is something we never accepted -- something we have exempted, but more importantly, the proposal of a jumbo drawn

i make my living shooting sailboat races, and if you have seen any of it, you have seen them go head over heels. for me, this is a big opportunity, and i urge you to certify the eir so we can move forward with this. thank you very much. >> i am norman peers. i am a founding member of the yacht club. it is called fog city yacht club. this idea was spurred by the america's cup because there is a need for everybody in the city to participate. i have been fortunate enough to attend several america's cups in the past. i have the opportunity to be in portugal and also in san diego. the event management, the oversight is extremely professional. they are very concerned with every aspect of the environment. they take the time and energy to clean up after they leave, and it is one of the best professional organizations i have seen. as far as its impact on the ecology and building, i think it is going to be nothing but positives. the awareness of we do have a waterfront and we have the ability to participate in recreation and taking advantage of the changing waterfront to the maritime recreatio

he drown when his sailboat capsized last month. one other boater was also killed in that accident. >>> police make an arrest in a series of violent home invasions. victims were tied up and sexually assaulted in two maryland counties. with the help of surveillance pictures, detectives tracked the suspect across state lines. police say this is the face that terrorized with three brazen home invasions in the span of one week. >> i'm proud to stand with chief manger to make it clear to both our communities that this threat is over. >> reporter: they arrested kevin ray in north carolina. he's sporting a bandage and bruises in his mug shot. >> he attempted to flee when we went to arrest him. >> reporter: among the crimes he's charged with, tieing up a woman, her son, and their housekeeper and then sexually assaulting the housekeeper. officers say surveillance pictures of this one of the suspect using a victim's debit card cracked the case. ray was a registered sex offender and was convicted of manslaughter in 1995. they believed he used

they call a sailboat on wheels.hey have, so-called, tiny homes that have fully functioning tires, two bedrooms and a bathroom and we asked them, or someone asked them about cleaning. they said the whole house takes about 20 minutes. that's a smart car, not a mini cooper. that's a small car. >>> three day festival to celebrate columbian culture with parade, floats, and plenty of dancing. there's a tradition where they throw talcum powder and foam and that's why they call it black and white. looks like a mess to me. looks like a mess to me. we'll ,,,,,,,, when i grow up, i want i want to be a fireman i want to be a baseball player i'll be a chef 'cause, it's like the coolest job ever you get to ride around in a giant bus with your name and picture right outside chefs get to cook yummy cheeseburgers, pizza, and chocolate everything i would be the pitcher, because they get to do something all the time they get to ride on those trucks and never have to stop for red lights or nothin' and you get to play really loud if you

. >>> in santa cruz today teams are removing two sailboats that washed ashore over the weekend.shot this video this morning of one of the boats. each broke free from their moorings in bad weather friday night and wash add ashore saturday morning. one of the boats ended up on the beach right next to the boardwalk. workers had put up a fence around the boats to keep people from climbing on it. >>> tracy morgan is in the hospital after collapsing at the sundance film festival in utah. the star he was being honored at an awards ceremony yesterday when he fainted after giving his acceptance speech. it's being report that he had looked extremely introx indicated during the speech. the hospital says no drugs or alcohol were found in his system. morgan's representative says he fainted because of exhaustion and altitude. >>> tonight at 5:00, we'll be tracking two big stories. the fallout across the bay area from the storm that swept through this weekend. plus, what went wrong? the niner coaches and players are speaking out about the big game and we'll have their reactions to the big loss

the 25-year-old had been missing since a sailboat accident on december 17th. >> we remember the legacy of dr. king. from the marching bans to float s it was a chance to come together and celebrate. crowds braved the cold to celebrate the king holiday at the new memorial. the 30-foot tall statue was the center piece for tributes marking his birthday. the memorial was revealed last year. dr. king was assassinated in memphis in 1968. senate first family rolled up their sleeves in a day of service remembering dr. king's birthday. the president, first lady and first daughter went work painting quotes of things he once said on the walls of the brown education campus in dc. in the spirit of the civil rights leader the president focus on the importance of giving back to the community. >> nobody who can't serve. nobody who can't help someone else. whether you are seven or six or whether you are 76 you can find an opportunity to make a huge difference. >> dr. king the third said his father wouldn't have wanted anything like this but if it inspired others to continue his work his dad would be ple

. >>> an 84-year-old man from ohio has been rescued in the south pacific, after the mast of his sailboat thomas lewis corrigan was making his seventh attempt to sail around the tip of south america. the navy picked up his emergency distress signal. and directed a japanese merchant ship to pick him up. another lucky call. 84-year-old. had to be dramatic. >> good for him for going for it. >> maybe next time. >>> coming up next, what you call an extreme home makeover for sure. tiger woods' ex-wife decided to make some pretty significant changes to her mansion. >> this is not the mansion she shared with tiger. this is what elin nordegren's looked like when she parched it last march. now, you see it. >> now, you don't. this is what it looks like now. tmz snagged a photo of what was the six-bedroom, eight-bath home, completely reduced to rubble. she had it demolished to build her dream home. >>> and justin bieber is sporting something new this year. another tattoo. >> the biebs was spotted on an l.a. beach with the new at the on his left calf. it's an image of jesus wearing a crown thorn. this

her body was missing following a sailboat accident in mid december. >>> death pnlt opponents are craft agnew bill to ban the death penalty in maryland but it's unclear if they have the votes. opponents pushed to abolish the measure in maryland during the legislative session. they brought high-profile speakers to annapolis on monday to make the case including kim davis whose brother troy was executed in georgia last year despite some witnesses recanting their original testimony. also at that rally a man wrongly convicted of raping and murdering a woman in 1948. he was the first person in the country to have his conviction overturned using dna evidence. >> maryland got it wrong and i don't want them to get it wrong. only way to make sure you don't get it wrong is don't do it. >> a strong deterrent to crime and we will see what happens this session. >> two years ago the general assembly passed a by placing stronger limits on cases that could lead to the death penalty. supporters say that's far enough right now. >>> another rally didn't end so peacefully. this is from the occupy baltimore

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he was one of three people tossed into the chesapeake bay in december when their sailboat capsized. of the passengers survived, but cordray had been missing ever since. >> many of us here at 11 news were on hand and spoke at the memorial for ron smith this morning. many listeners for also on hand, of recalling the voice of the voice of talk radio. he died in december after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. >> the death toll on the italian cruise ship that sank off the task the coast has doubled to 11. and the audio taped shows the captain resisting as a coastguard official orders him to return to the ship. >> there seems to be an army of searchers here are not highly -- tiny island. -- on the tiny island. they have punched a hole into the halls of making it better theess to the cabins -- eigh hull so they can get better access to the cabins. five more bodies were found. the captain has been charged with manslaughter, abandoning ship, and causing the rack. he is now under house arrest. but more shocking is this audio recording of a phone conversation between the captain and the

she ended a year long voyage yesterday on her sailboat. she had to cope with solitude. ocean storms and threat of pirates and her trip won't be included in the world book of guinness world record. it no long eric noises records for the youngest sailors to do with you away with the dangerous teams. rosemary said it will be windy, right, rosemary? >> right. picking up tonight and what we felt late in the week helped to put a dent in the deficit. look at the totals reported. more than three and a half inches over areas around santa rosa. and 2 inches in oakland and redwood city picking up more. and when we are looking at this. 7 inches over the mountains. city of santa cruz picked up more than 2 inches. satellite radar here. brief break. few showers beginning to arrive for the north bay, it is going to be on and off most of the day. for the rest of us. it is a hit or miss and coming up at 1:00. we are still mostly cloudy and mostly dry. notice up and down we have got rain over the north bay and still, south of the golden gate. not a whole lot going on into the evening hour

family and friends cheered on 16-year-old laura dekker as she commanded her sailboat. into st.rten, ending the trip of a lifetime. she fulfilled a wild dream to become the world's youngest solo sailor to circle the globe. she spent the last year sailing the world, starting from st. maarten. she logged more than 47,000 nautical miles. >> there were moments that i was thinking, what am i doing out here? but i never wanted to stop. no. it's a dream. i wanted to do it. >> reporter: so did abby sunderland from california. her attempt in 2010 was cut short after she was rescued at sea stranded by a monster storm. these trips so dangerous. guinness world records no longer recognizes these trips. leaving dekker to lay her own claim as the world's youngest solo sailor. with a victory feast of burger and price, she's celebrating her high-seas adventure that helped her reach the goal of a dreamer. >>> and finally, when you turn 90 years of age, you can celebrate for long as you want. and whenever you want. actress betty white, she chose the los angeles zoo. the zoo threw the animal advoca

alcatraz but see all the sailboats there?of the three-bridge fiasco race, single handed sailing society is putting on today. it sounds like a whole lot of fun. if you call it a three bridge fiasco race, you are expecting some fun and hopefully nothing serious. they got a great day for that. >>> an east bay contractor is under investigation for failing to deliver on a promise. the company was supposed to install new windows but never got the job even started. michael finney is here. >> picture window here. >> reporter: the house still has the same windows, a problem for her husband tom who is battling cancer. >> he a little more sensitive to cold. >> so they hired this company to put in new double pane windows. the contract calls for installing ten of them for $8900. the only concern they demanded a big deposit, 50% up front. >> as long as i'm going to to get windows. >> she did. they put down $4900 way back in june. when it came down to install the windows in october, the company did not show up. >> i'm sorry to inform you bu

it took 16-year-old laura decker a year to complete the voyage on her 38-foot sailboat called the guppy. they stopped keeping records to discourage young people from risking their lives. >>> developing in california tonight, police have identified the man who severed head, hands, and feet were found near the hollywood sign. the victim is 66-year-old hervey medellin. he liked to hike near the sign. police have been talking with the neighbors, including brad pitt's body guard. they have a house in the hills near that crime scene. >>> the pollution investigation at a dallas meat packing plant is raising public health concerns. this after the plant discharged pig blood into a creek that leads to the trinity river. fox reports. >> reporter: there is a plant right there. you'll see the meat packing plant. >> these pictures confirmed for his office that something wasn't right about peter creek. >> when you look at these pictures, there's something wrong with the color. >> specifically the part behind the columbia packing company on east 11th street in oak cliff. two months ago, a citizen takes

just when they get a little wind in their sails and they are named after a sailboat, you know. >> i didn'tknow. a hole will rip in the sail and suddenly you and blake griffin go somewhere else and -- >> don't even worry about it. >> jimmy: you plan to be a clipper for the rest of your year? is that something you would want to be? >> it's something to think about. >> jimmy: waiting for a spot for the lakers to open up. >> that's definitely not happening. you're crazy. >> jimmy: where you are living right now? >> i'm living in a hotel right now. a hotel. me, my wife, my son, my brother and his wife. my parents out here visiting. all of us are in a hotel. >> jimmy: in one room? >> not in one room. when i came here, i was hoping -- >> jimmy: you can stay at my house. you are more than welcome. >> really? >> jimmy: for real. >> not in the outhouse? >> jimmy: you can stay in the primary residence and we will talk about your plans to join the lakers eventually. >> that is not going to happen. that is noll to chething to che. >> jimmy: you are going to have to get used to this. the clippers jokes

kind of looks like a lit-up sailboat, too. hopefully it won't sail.eautiful shot of the bay this morning. >> a busy highway in yosemite is set to reopen this morning. it's been a week since boulders crashed down on part of highway 120. crews have been work to go clear the road. it is in the park used by visitors entering from the north. and it will have to be closed again to be paved sometime next week. >>> this year's chinese new year's festivities, the san francisco zoo have a special guest, a real life dragon. that's fully. he's a bearded dragon from australia. sigh the beard there. he was donated to the school last year and as luck has it he's now the main attraction for the lunar celebration. this is the year of the dragon. while he doesn't breathe scary, they can look scary. >> if they feel threatened they will puff out this whole area of their neck and all these spikes about be bigger and scarier than they actually are. >> the san francisco zoo will celebrate the holiday tomorrow with clean niece acrobats and other ac tests. and anyone born on

the big investment houses and they were happy with a four bedroom house in greenwich and a 30-foot sailboat then the really smart guys started going to wall street and cooking up derivatives and other instruments and finding out ways to leverage their bets and make really big money and ever since then we have had trouble. i think the point about pension funds getting eaten up in the crisis just speaks to the need to regulate the banking system and a much stricter way than we did. people bought favors. they bought regulatory favors from the government. robert reisch worried about this in his book called super capitalism. if you chart the rise of money the corporations and other interested in giving to the government in the form of campaign contributions, they have been making very prudent investments by securing legal change that ask ax in their own interest. of bank should not be too big to fail. bank shouldn't have the opportunity to lend money on instruments where if it pays out they get a huge return on it and if it fails the government picks up the tab. all that encourages bad behavior

the new bail bridge went up, looks like a big sailboat. but hopefully it doesn't go anywhere.st a lot of money. a nice crystal clear picture. and lisa is here to see how long the crystal clear will ask and how warm it will get today. >> well, the winds mixes up the atmosphere so we don't have to worry about a spare the air. but right now we are looking at the breezy winds in the valley. the wind gusts not too bad but upper elevations to the east we are talking 20, 30-mile-an-hour winds. sunrise at 7:26. 5:07 the sunset. 28% of normal is where we are for santa rosa. san jose, 1.55 inches of rain for the season. we are talking about not only a dry weekend, a very warm weekend, as well, with temperatures up near 70 in our valleys in the north bay. perhaps tomorrow. right now 29 with a quarter mile visibility in napa right now. pretty cold out there. 46 in san francisco. you are seeing this right with the delta temperatures in the low 50s. antioch at 50 degrees. that's all due to a little bit of a north wind. 35 in livermore. 37 concord. another very cold morning but the warmer ai

whether you want to go fly the kite or take the sailboat out or maybe just take a walk around the blockbors and maybe even your dog. good weather to get outside and enjoy it today. not quite top-down weather for convertible owners, unless you're tough. if you've got something to deep the back of your ears warm, it's probably not a bad top-down day. sunshine is out. and by january standards, it's not terribly cold out there. generally in the 30s first thing this morning, but look at all that blue sky over the u.s. capitol dome there in the center of washington. blue waters of the potomac here, just a little hint of a breeze for now. winds are gradually going to be increasing a bit. that would make it a fine kite-flying day for sure. light breeze at 6 miles per hour. temperature 26 degrees down at national airport. on the whole, i think you'll like today. we will start to see clouds sneaking in later this afternoon, but temperatures, though, responding nicely to the early-morning sunshine. already near 40 in annapolis, shady side and deale. get out across the old dominion, 36 degrees in w

maarten aboard her 38 foot sailboat. it took the dutch teenager a year to complete the vowage that began when she was 10. now for a look ahead today, our quick roundup of stories. brian williams moderates a debate monday night in tampa. it will air live at nine under local nbc station. nominations for the 84th academy awards are going to be announced tuesday morning at 8:30. billy crystal will host the awards show on sunday february 26th. >>> activists staging a wave of protest against egypt's military starting wednesday to mark the first anniversary of the uprising that ousted president hosni mubarak. >>> and counting down to the olympics in london. friday marks six months until the start of the summer games. >>> that's the news. now back to lester, jenna and scott. jenna, we saw it in the pool with the synchronized swimming. that's an olympic sport. maybe it's not too late to become an alternate. >> not too late at all. as soon as i'm done with the show i'm probably going to head to some olympic venue. weather channel'

martin aboard her 38-foot sailboat named gupy. it took a year to complete the voyage. >>> our quick round up of stories to watch this week. brian williams moderates debate of republican presidential candidates monday in tampa airing live at 9:00 on your local nbc station. nominations for the 84th academy awards will be announced tuesday morning at 8:30. billy crystal will host the awards. show on sunday, february 26th. activists a wave of protest against egypt's military starting wednesday to mark the first anniversary of the uprising that ousted president hosni mubarak. >>> we're counting down to the olympics in london. friday marks six months until the start of the summer games. >>> now back to lester, jenna and scott. jenna, we saw you in the pool. that's an olympic sport. maybe it's not too late to be an alternate. >> as soon as i'm done with the show, i'm going to head to some olympic venue. right on the money. >>> scott williams is here with a check of the weather. good morning. >> good morning, lester. good morning, jenna.

. >> reporter: their mother karen was on vacation, was on a sailboat off the coast of florida, four time zones away. it was 2:00 a.m. when she docked, t the news, bonnie would not be okay. >> alaska state troopers had called and said that bonnie had died in a hiking accident. and you're thinking they're nuts. what's going on? why? why would you say something like that? >> reporter: but it was true, at least that bonnie was dead. it was a hiker who found her body floating in mchugh creek a few miles from anchorage. at first they didn't know who it was, no i.d. on the body. alaska state troopers finally figured it out from the class ring she was wearing. but karen could not take it in. not bonnie, her model child, her conscientious college freshman who she knew was going to school that day, not hiking, miles and miles from home and the university. >> none of it made sense. she didn't drive, so how did she get out there? somebody would have had to be with her. and she would not have missed school. she absolutely did not go out there on her own. >> reporter: in fact, bonnie's sister heard he

a sailboat running ashore led to a lot of proems ble. this happened on friday.became stuck in the low tide. the marin county told the marin i.j. that sausalito police found ricky extremely intoxicated. he wouldn't believe the boat and then there was a standoff. p after about an hour police tasered him, pulled him off the boat and took him to jail. >>> 8:07. we want to check in with sal for an update on the commute? >> yeah, this morning's commute -- it's getting a little better now. let's take a look at what we have at the bay area toll plaza. you can see traffic is going to be light now. it's -- it was a little bit slow in that 7:00 now. -- hour. now we're seeing traffic that's moving along relatively well. the morning commute election fairly good if you are drive i ang -- driving along westbound 2. if you are driving in san francisco, northbound 85, up to cupertino, northbound 101, still had some slow traffic coming up from blossom hill road. we had a pretty slow traffic getting up to the crash. if you drive in from morgan hill, remember, extra time is needed.

coast guard officials say a 26-foot sailboat ran aground on a shoal over the weekend prompting a call the three men we are hoisted to safety in windy and rainy weather. fortunately none were injured. their first words to the rescuers, quote -- you guys are awesome. >>> move over, exxon apple is now the most valuable publicly traded stock in the world. it soared on record of a quarterly profit. that pushed the market value to $419 billion, surpassing exxon, which is worth only december only, by the way -- $413 billion. it briefly surpassed the oil gyred last august, but exxon quickly regained. but now apple is on top. >>> it's former speaker versus former speaker. we're talking about newt gingrich versus nancy pelosi. you will hear for yourself. >>> and mitt romney slams the president's ideas on jobs and taxes. i'll get a response from gene sperling, the director of the white house economic council. when bp made a commitment to the gulf, we knew it would take time, but we were determined to see it through. today, while our work continues, i want to update you on the progress: bp has se

apparently drowned when his sailboat capsized in december.r person on the boat with him also died in the accident. >>> stay with wjz 13. up next, a look at the new attack ad launched by stephen colbert targeting republican presidential hopeful mitt romney. and a look in the operation that killed a iranian nuclear scientist. >>> everyone knows this year's election is about bringing jobs back to the country. the question is how do we do it. >> steven jobs and what he innovated and people like him, we need to be giving them the insenn tirchs being on shore doing that and not driving them off. >> you don't want to drive them off. you want to bring them in. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." >>> this morning the republican presidential field isn't laughing about stephen colbert as we hear from national correspondent dean reynolds. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. well, before we say that a comedian yacht could have no serious impact on a presidential campaign, let us remember that six days after a poll came out showing stephen

one thing to take risks if you're sailboat by your civil. another thing to have 4,000 people aboard. we see some relatives of those missing around town and it is hatter breaking. today a lot of search-and-rescue going on. they were taking advantage of calm seas in order to get to difficult areas of the ship while the seas are calm and the ship is not moving there. is rougher water expected tomorrow and over the weekend. they say they could be as much as six foot waves. that is risk for that ship as, for both the searching in there and also for the fuel as well. now what a mess. the captain is in. just keeps getting in. francesco schettino, telling the magistrate who questioned him yesterday. which in italian means he was driving manually with what he saw out the side of the ship, out the window of the ship and not using of course very high-tech navigating equipment. he said he was doing this because he had done it three or four times before. so he also admitted that he turned too late. the company has suspended him. and finally jenna, a litt