what it means to me that some of us live this every day with our soldiers, sailers and their families, but everybody in america should live it on this day. >> today general demsy, the president and others are paying their respects. this year marks the 50th anniversary of that war. >> mitt romney will join fellow republican john mccain at memorial day e -- events in san diego. >>> he's one of oriels biggest stars and he has the pocketbook to prove it. adam jones signed an $85 million contract for 6 years. he is the second highest center fielder paid in the league. >> there's a bigger goal here, i believe. that's winning games. that's the ultimate reason why i signed on. i believe in what they believe in and they believe in winning. >> again, the second highest center fielder in major league baseball and deserveingly so. >>> still to come, bad beeber. why police want to ask the singer a few questions today. >> the highlights of the indianapolis 500. it's getting warm outside. your complete forecast is still coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it's pretty sunny and 89 in central maryland

michael finney a man drives an electric car but landlord won't let him charge it and a rock climbing sailerwho raps and seeks three foreign languages. and this is coming up in 30 minute autos see you then. >> and an iconic american art work being auctioned off tonight skmekted to bring big buck autos sotheby's offering this image of elvis as a cowboy. only 22 exist. >> art work expected to sell for $30 million to $50 million. last month "the scream" sold for $119 million. >> thanks for joining us. see you again at 6:00.

the coast club banned the races last month after the five sailers died during the race. >>> their schoolis facing a multi- million dollar budget deficit and they have no choice but to cancel all high school sports. coming up at 7:06, the only way they can present these cuts and what they are doing about it today. the sierra lemar case, we are hearing from two of the sisters. they shared their force and they are stunned their procedure accused of kiss napping sierra lemar -- kidnapping sierra lemar and they say their children are now being form menned at -- tormented at school. >> they say, oh, that is your uncle, he is a murderer. >> the sisters say they are aware of his past criminal record but they are confident he had nothing to do with sierra lemar's disappearance. he is linked to an assault in 2009 and has a previous conviction for interfearing with a police officer. and we will be in court later today when antolin garcia- torres makes his first appearance in front of a george. >>> alarm group of fans tweeted her and many people in thailand don't like when they point out their flaws

when i think about the soldiers, airmen, or marines, or sailers out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that don't ask don't tell is gone because they're not able to commit themselves in a marriage. at a certain point, i just concluded that for me personally it's important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same sex couples should be able to get married. >> this comes just three days after vice president biden said he was comfortable with same sex marriage. >> i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, and women marrying women, are entitled to the same exact rights and civil liberties, and i don't see much of a distinction. >> we had signs for months now there might be a shift on this issue from the white house after supporting civil unions but not gay marriage, the president said in december of 2010 that his views were evolving. the public has been wrestle wg this issue as well and have been changing and polls show steadily rising support for same sex marriage over the next decade. a new poll shows 50% of americans now support th

which means, whole sailers have the opportunity to get 11,000 acres of helium at half-price. as we float closer to that deadline the supply is dropping off and party guys like ken are getting wrapped up in skyward helium costs. how much has the price gone up? >> almost 20%. >> reporter: almost 20%. it would stop a lot of science. helium gets rockets into space. puts lcd screens in our living rooms and even helps doctors provide mris. as for parties. there aren't many options. if not helium, what could we feel it with? >> with regular air, it doesn't go. >> reporter: so you're anti-air? which explains why a world without helium wouldn't float with many people. for "good morning america," dan kloeffler, abc news, new york. >> he's not anti-air. >> apparently not. >>> coming up here on the broadcast -- it was like a scene out of the primetime courtroom drama. the latest twist in the spray tan murder case. >>> plus, danger zone, our ginger zee takes -- gets thrown into a freezing, deadly rip current, what she learned to save your life. >>> and check out this dog, can he figure ou

relationships, who are raising kids together, when i think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailers who are out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained even now that don't ask, don't tell us gone, because they are not able to commit themselves in a marriage. >> the president at length explaining his change of heart. the political fall. how the president and his divided political team decided to change his position and how they decided to announce it now? jessica yellin is working her sources. jess, says the white house was always the plan. >> reporter: it is interesting. depends on who you talk to. several senior administration officials emphasized to me that the president always planned to come out in support of same-sex marriage prior to the democratic convention. it was once vice president biden made those remarks on sunday that it sort of forced his hand and made them decide to do it today, this week, as opposed to at another time. but, you know, another senior administration official tells me that, in fact, there was division within the white house this week about

safety seminars and equipment inspections to make sure sailers stay save.ving in an -- living in a la fayette apartment complex may be heading home. residents have been carrying for the birds behind the complex. the city has ordered the chickens be moved. residents say they may be able to relocate the birds under the street. >>> well, landmark in the berkeley hills is for sale. it's the 279-room claremont hotel. the current owners but the property last year as part of a foreclosure auction. it was then based in bankruptcy. the asking price the fairmont, bloomberg says, is $80 million. the chancellor is retiring from the university state system. he will stay on the job until a replacement is found. he's been head of the system for the past 14 years. he's planning to move to florida to spend more time with his family. >>> the great chirp is -- highway in san francisco is still closed because of drifting wind. we just talked to the department of public works. and they are advising people to stay away. crews are still trying to clear that road. there are closur

sailers thing the rough waters could have actually pushed the rock into jagged rocks.hter may have hit and destroyed that boat. >>> a pregnant woman in ohio is recovering after being struck by lightning. at six months pregnant, kelly law says she's very careful about taking care of herself and her baby. over the weekend, she noticed the bad weather moving in. >> i had my umbrella and heard a big, cloud thunder clap and my umbrella lit up and i saw --ed a i had a jolt out my arm. >> doctors at the hospital say she and her baby are fine. she says she is lucky because most lightning strikes cause severe burns and can even be fatal. >>> pg&e wants to you help name four falcon chicks nesting on top of the pg&e building in san francisco, the two male and two female chicks hatched at the end of march. he are expected to take flight in about two weeks and pg&e wants to name them before they leave their nest. you can submit your ideas on pg&e's twitter page. the contest ends on friday. just a couple of days to go. >> that's right. they are beautiful. >>> 8:51. well, there is a

the coast guard says there haven't been any major problems, but it fog rolls in or wind kicks up, sailersld run into trouble. pay attention, wear life vests and don't overload guests with too many guests. >> most of the problems will arise from people who haven't been on the water since last summer or in a couple of years. >> 12 coast guard police and fire boats will all be patrolling all weekend to make sure boaters are following the rules. >>> one of my favorite spots on the water to see the golden gate bridge, i bet it's going to be packed tonight because the fireworks show is straight right between angel island and timber. heat-up is getting hot, but tonight going to be cool though. >> yes, definitely. >> the water, or the lake. >> absolutely. we've got partly cloudy skies, some of the latest models now bringing the fog in sooner. so perhaps from the north bay may be your best bet of seeing the fireworks. we wake this morning all across the bay. a live look there at oakland and you can see not a lot of sunshine. it's hard to find that sunshine around the bay area. we will see the clea