she's lying helpless, along with colleague sam martin in the unstable bucket, trying their best not toe. kim is very concerned about sam. he has a medical condition, and she fears the trauma of the accident may affect his heart. >> sam looked extremely red with the pressure, you know. that was my concern, making sure he remained calm. >> but kim knows if they have it bad, contractor bruce boyles has it worse. he's hanging below them from his safety harness, which is still connecting him to the bucket. one wrong move could send them all crashing into the water below. >> we were just encouraging him to hang on, hang in there, help was on the way. >> kim doesn't know it from her position in the bucket, but the contractor who fell into the river has survived and is pulled to safety below. now rescuers on the bridge are trying to devise a plan to save the rest of them. >> captain randy fulford was one of the individuals that i knew had recent high-angle rescue training that i knew would make the rescue more safe, both for the individuals we were rescuing, but also for our own rescuers. >> f

sam: rico a maintenance man on martin luther king avenue is furious. they saw his special needs son wander out of the elementary school. >> he could have ran across street and got hit by a car. sam: he saw his son and came running to grab him. >> how did he get out of this building when i dropped him off with staff members? sam: the other kids were having recess, he says when his son was taking a special ed test. when he finished -- >> he was supposed to have been then taken to the office or to find his class. yet, they let him wander around looking for his class at 7 years old. sam: d.c. public schools issued a statement today acknowledging it happened saying dcps is thoroughly investigating the incident as well as reviewing the school's safety and security protocols and will make any changes necessary to ensure that this will not happen again. the father says he's particularly upset because this is the second time this has happened. the first was last october. that time, the boy wandered out a different door. >> right here is where they held him right

sam brock. we're tracking some rainy conditions this morning. >> hey, good morning. not just yesterday. we want to star with your current temperatures as always. we're cubing off the new days at san martin and 65 in livermore. you may have to use your windshield wipers, but that rain that sam is talking about, will moving in later today. right now, though, we want to check on a wednesday more drive with mike inouye. >> you see the light volume the traffic. the headlights are going southbound. that's the correction. but look at the sensors through the area. , we see a little yellow dropping up. we'll track what's going on there, but so far nothing as far as any incidents. we'll check on the details the south bay and nothing big deal going on there. good enough. back to you >>> detectives in santa rosa are asking for the public's health, looking for a distinct man. >> the victim told police that he has the characteristics of someone with downs syndrome. the attack happened on a trail air, the victim just walking alone when the man tried to grab her. she fell, the man ended on top of her, and that's when he touched her inappropriately. when the woman screamed, the suspect ran away. >> i wa

sam, everybody at home. temperatures are chilly this morning, one of the coldest mornings we've had so far in 2015. the 30s in san martin. santa rosa we're at 48 degrees right here in the south bay. temperature also jump this afternoon, more on that in moments. first here's mike and your drive. >> we're looking at our camera from emeryville, looks like it's shivering from the cold. it is not. little broez goieeze going on b wind advisories like yesterday. looking at your map we talk about the maze, there was a fender bender reported earlier this morning, haven't seen any slowing so i took it off of the map and no lanes blocked. the arrow points eastbound 24 headed out of highway 13. typical slowing through the construction zone. no problems through the caldecott tunnel. east bay, antioch no slowing yet and west 580 the steady flow of traffic coming off of 205. north 280 at 880 overnight road crews in the area, i'll check on the status. back to you. >> thank you, mike. 4:32. remembering officer michael johnson, police officers from across the state will be in the bay area this morning to hopper the 14-year veteran of the

sam: dorothy fontroy describing walter who she married 48 years ago, civil rights leader pictured here between her and martin luther king. her husband went to the middle east three years ago and hasn't come back. >> oh, i'll be home next month. next month came. and no walter. sam: she said she last spoke to him by phone in february. friends say he's in dubai on a mission for world hunger and world peace. though there are reports he's facing criminal charges over a $55,000 bad check he wrote to pay for an obama inaugural event that went bust dorothy had to file for bankruptcy because of debt he made and is living on social security and the stipend from the church that fontroy once pastored. >> are you going to be angry with him once he gets here? >> no uh-uh. no. >> what are you going to say to him? >> it's about time! sam: friends have organized a fundraising campaign to try to help dorothy fontroy save the family home of 53 years where martin luther king used to visit. as for when her husband is coming back -- >> the church people miss him also because they always asking me, when is he coming home? when is

. >> alan martin met up with two chess players who are among a small but elite group who invited us to the u.s. chess championship. >>reporter: sam shang lin and daniel have faced off cross the -- across the chest board more times than they can count. >> i pledged my first tournament when i was 11 years old. >>reporter: sam calls himself a late bloomer. at 6 years old daniel started playing and as he put it, getting steamrolled by his dad and older brother. >> even though i lost so many games, i was absolutely hook. i felt that electricity, if you will. >>reporter: the very next year daniel played in and won his first tournament. knowing sam once played a seven- hour game, we asked the two to play a speed match for us as part of our interview. the two are now both grand masters. sam is 23, daniel 19, and they're in the elite dozen players invited to compete in this year's u.s. chess championships. >> what an enormous honor to win such an event especially when there's two players in the top 10 world competing sphwhrvment it would be a dream come true, like i pointed out, to be declare the best in the country. it would be simply am

martin luther king library had power. right now, pepco is saying it's over. everything is back to normal. reporting live from northwest washington, sam ford, abc 7 news. leon: thanks, sam. in foggy bottom people streamed out of offices and university of george washington classroom buildings there in the park while they waited for the power to come back on over there. in college park, the university of maryland canceled classes for the rest of the day. brianne carter picks up the coverage from that campus. brianne? brianne: in the last 15 minutes, we've learned that power has been restored here to all of the building tens university of maryland. meanwhile, university officials telling us that hot water and steam will not be restored until later this evening. for hours people gathered here outside of the student union after a day that left many in the dark. students swarmed streets and sidewalks at the university of maryland. >> everybody was outside. brianne: after the campus-wide power outage. the shutdown left some students stuck inside elevators. prince george's county fire crews on the scene helping to open half a dozen elevators

sam's pocket square. that's the big question this morning. well, it's a nice pocket square. he definitely dressed for success. temps are mostly in the 40s and 50s. 46 degrees in san martin. you're probably not wondering at home. we've got our warriors colors on this morning. it's going to be a nice night in oakland. temperatures are going to be on the comfortable side all evening long as we have a warm day ahead. but this afternoon in between, very warm conditions coming your way. cool morning. summer like afternoon. temperatures climbing into the low 70s by lunchtime. today, 69 degrees on the east shore. 75 in the north bay. 76 degrees in the south bay. it is a feel good friday. you made it to the end of the week. although it will be warm you can do a couple things to safeguard your car. park in the shade for today if you can find that sacred spot. or close the blinds in your home and then once that sun starts to drop off we cool you off rapidly. yeah, beautiful night ahead. good air quality. 83 on the peninsula for today. tomorrow, big day. really big day. it's earth day 2015. there's a lot happening to commemorate earth day across the bay area. emeryville, for example