ken is live at santa clara university where students and professors. >> we are in santa clara and there are 100 students at any given time making their way through this viewing party. a lot of pizza consumed tonight and we had two of those real quick, let's get you a reaction. this is cruise, you're a recent graduate. what were your thoughts. >> in his speech, i thought it was interesting to watch. >> a lot of policy issues. >> yes, a lot of them and he made them more specific as to how they were presidented before. >> and garrett jenson, we spoke with you earlier today and you had that same thought that the president did bring up a lot of issues today, one that struck you was when he was talking about gun control. >> yeah, that was probably his big defining moment and a good one to end on in light of the recent events. so i think he did a really good job of trying address that and get people to vote. >> was there anything left. >> he touched on all the topics he could come up with. he did a good job. >> real quick, let's move to jim. political science professor at santa clara universit

but it's the real deal according to santa clara university psychologist. >> superstition has been a partf sports for as long as people have been playing games. >> in his research with professional athletes, the nature makes them a breeding ground for superstitions, and the more likely superstitions will become part of the game plan. >> football is a really good example of a kind of sport that has a lot of uncertainty to it. there's a lot of luck involved. so that's exactly the kind of situation that gets people playing. do all kinds of superstitious activities. not only the players, but the fans. >> i promise i wouldn't get another jersey until we win another super bowl. >> how old is your last jersey? >> '94, '95. >> he wears a shirt and other team gear, but not a football jersey. >> would you be be jynxing the team? >> including never walking on the team logo in the middle of the field. seemed to work for him. >> the most outrageous example was one baseball player who said he had been wearing the same athletic supporter for four years. >> can we say that's your lucky beanie? >> yes. i

the former defense secretary and santa clara university graduate now working from home in monterey county while that confirmation hearing continues out on capitol hill. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington, d.c. this morning and chuck hagel, a controversial pick for that position but right now the questions are his biggest critics are they ready to move finally forward on a nomination for that final vote. >> senators john mccain and lindsey graham say they are and they will allow this to come to a floor vote. republicans blocked that almost two weeks ago. now it looks like we may see two votes today. one to let the process move forward and then perhaps a final vote on hagel's nomination despite the pushback he got from his own party from republicans, former colleagues here looks like they are ready to do that. the question is how quickly might that happen. republicans have the option of having 30 hours of debate first and we're still waiting to see whether they will forego that. >> i tell you what, nothing is ever easy on capitol hill and the secretary of defense leon p

nicholas madoni, the dean at psychology at santa clara university. thank you so much for being here. we heard remarks, it can be tough to shield kids from this and they are going to be hearing about it at school. >> i think he is right looking at kids at different ages. i think i like to talk to people about, i use the letters of the words clear to speak about violent acts. "c" is for calming yourself. any time you hear something like this happening in the news, as adults we begin to panic and feel those feelings of fear and anxiety. we want to make sure we don't expression it with our kids. we want to calm ourself. second letter is "l" and that listening. i can't stress enough to listen to your children in what they are experiencing and not trying to break in too soon. we have a natural inclination to helpthem feel better. we do need to have time to express themselves. third letter is the "e" for empathize. you want to look for these reactions, it could be anger, frustration, or it could be no reaction. sometimes these reactions are delayed. for som

the santa clara university alum began his political career as a california congressman. just yesterday he testified on the department of defense's response to the attack on u.s. facilities in benghazi. panetta was the director of the cia at the time osama bin laden was killed. no word on what he plans to do or if he will move back to his home on the central coast. an armed forces farewell ceremony will be held later today. >>> san jose international airport could soon become home to a brand new private airport for google executives. the $82 million project would include an executive terminal, hangars and ramp space to accommodate google's largest business jets. the proposed airport would bring in nearly $3 million a year in rent and would create hundreds of permanent jobs and up to 200 construction jobs. the san jose city council is expected to vote on this proposal coming up in april. >>> texas governor rick perry stepping up his campaign to try to steal business away from california. perry planning to visit silicon valley, san francisco and los angeles during a four-da

this is video at santa clara university last year.pple in the 1970s but in his 30s he went back to cal to get his degree. >> good for him. >>> mark is here now. more on the trade with alex smith. >> take everything into consideration. he was the good soldier and no one will compare him to joe montana but his 49ers career will conclude like joe's did, with a trade to kansas city. the deal won't become official till march 12. san francisco in return for smith will receive a second round draft pick this year, the 34th selection this spring and they will get a conditional pick in 2014. if anyone tells you there is no such thing as a tie in baseball they haven't been following the giants. third connective game. good stuff coming out of the get together with the angels. three scoreless innings. vogelsong pitched five scoreless innings and pagan, switch-hitter, two on, over and out. three run shot. the giants took a 7-2 lead but the bullpen let it get away. they ended up 8-8. the commissioner comes down on david lee and roy hibbert in last n

these are provided to us by a group called the innocence project at santa clara university. who about 4 years ago looked at his case and says he was innocent. ross was convicted in 2006 for a shooting in oakland but the victim back then picked ross out of a photo line up but now says he never believed ross was the shooter and he was pressured by police and feared the real gunman would come after him. several years later he will be set free this afternoon and in court this afternoon ross was crying when the judge says congratulations mr. ross and good luck to you. he even got a hug from his mother. >> i feel great. i feel great. lord knows i feel great. i feel like hollarring, but i might go to jail if i be hollarring. i am so excited i don't know what to do. i have never feel like this in my life. i am 77 years old and i have never feel like this in my life. god is so good. he awesome. >> and we plan to go to the jail and plan to go pick him up and take him home and take him to his mom's house and i think she is planning to have dinner with her sound and i think they are bot

they designated a similar gift to santa clara university. >>> the annual celebrity pro-am golf tournamentrway there and once against there are big names in the world of sports and entertainment taking part. fred english joins us live now from pebble beach. are you seeing big names out there? >> reporter: we are right at the very first hole of pebble beach here. you can see where the professionals tee off here. we have been dodging sprinkles but right now it is pleasant. definitely sweater weather but it is perfect golf weather for the pros and the celebrities. most of the celebrities, as you know, today are at the -- in a different course here. we are at pebble. they are over at montgomery peninsula, we were there earlier and saw all kinds of celebrities from corporate owners to at leasts and, of course the celebrities themselves, the movie stars like bill murray, who is now part golfer and part volunteer marshal. >> left. if the ball goes left. point that way. >> just in case. >> this is for old guys. >> and you. >> i am old too. >> real happy to be here. this is a great event. an honor

a team of students from santa clara university and volunteer lawyers worked for years to prove his innocencer pistorius is free on bail tonight. a judge concluded the double amputee dugged, the blade runner, is not a danger and possesses no flight risk. the decision follows tw days of hearings about how he shot and killed his girlfriend, model, reeva steenkamp inside his home on valentine's day. pistorius thought he was shooting an intruder. meanwhile, lance armstrong is facing a new legal opponent tonight. the justice department joined a lawsuit alleging armstrong defrauded the u.s. government when he lied about doping. demanding the $30 million in sponsorship money that was supplied by the u.s. post office be returned. >> checking bay area headlines, san francisco police are using shopping bags as a new weapon against a scam targeting elderly asian women. several have been victimized by con artists who approach the women and tell them to put their money and valuables in a bag to lift a curse from their family. now police are handing out their own shopping bags that say, beware of street sc

the innocence project made up of law students at santa clara university took a second look at the case and found numerous problems with it. now ross is about to go free. his mother can't believe it. >> i feel good. like they somebody lift the world off my shoulders. i feel real greet. i'm great -- great. i'm great and i thank the lord for that that my son is getting out for something he didn't do. >> he's believed since the very beginning that we were going to be able to get him out. he really believed in us. >> the ordeal began in april 2006 when the victim was shot in the ribs after answering a knock on his front door. the man police now say did it. steven embry senior was later convicted of murder in an unrelated case. >>> santa clara's fifth largest employer is hiring. the great american theme park is trying to fill hundreds of positions for the upcoming season. open positions include medical technicians, security personnel, ride operators, lifeguards and more. the park is also holding auditions for their live entertainment stage shows. >> i'm currently looking for about 100 to com

. >> reporter: santa clara university's father michael mccarthy says the cardinals have always at least in the last several centuries picked a european priest. but this time, those considered top contenders are from around the world and third world including: >> it's always a mystery what the college of cardinals thinks when they gather. but i do think that they are aware that catholicism is increasingly becoming a global reality. >> reporter: many parishioners coming to saint joseph's cathedral in san jose are praying for the cardinals and hoping that the new pope will usher in a new era for catholics. >> i'd like to find a person that can keep some of our old traditions but also be progressive and maybe have women priests and sort of the new changes that people want. >> reporter: the san francisco archdiocese tells us that former archbishop william levada of san francisco now cardinal levada will be part of the conclave to select the new pope. that conclave is expected to assemble before the end of march. reporting live in santa clara, len ramirez, kpix 5. >>> just to reiterate what l

santa clara university alum began his political career as a california congressman. just yesterday he testified on the department of defense's response to the attack on u.s. facilities in benghazi. panetta was the director of the cia at the time osama bin laden was killed. no word on what he plans to do or if he'll move back to his home on the central coast. an armed forces farewell ceremony will be held later today. >>> spotlight in washington on john brennan, the man nominated to replace leon panetta. he's being considered by the senate after thursday's confirmation hearing. during that hearing brennan facing tough questions about the drone program and interrogation techniques. he did win praise aligning himself with the administration's decisions and he defended u.s. drone attacks on terror suspects. >> any american who did that should know well that they in fact are part of an enemy against us and that the united states will do everything possible to destroy that enemy to save american lives. >> he pointed out drones are used against imminent threats and not as p

a business ethics expert from santa clara university, says it isn't unusual for large companies to get involved in politics. >> mark being the chairman of a large company really has the responsibility to be able to nurture and to develop relationships with people in washington who may well end up regulating his company or clearly influencing the degree of success it would have. >> reporter: zuckerberg is not affiliated with any political party. in the past, he attended a dinner with president barack obama. facebook also hosted a town hall during his first year in office. zuckerberg donated $100 million to newark public schools. it appeared the governor stayed until the last guest left this evening. those guests could not tell us what the governor talked about this evening. but they did say that the food was amazing. live in palo alto, kimberly perry, nbc news, bay area news. >>> the fair field man accused of kidnapping, raping and killing a 13-year-old girl may face the death penalty. 32-year-old anthony jones made his first court appearance today. he seemed unfazed as the judge outlin

says he makes kind of doubly important but professor of economics john crosswise promise santa clara university doesn't hold out much hope. this is just the beginning of a continued slowing in the u.k. economy and also its implications not just in the u.k. but elsewhere the quantitative easing it may help your banking system but it doesn't really grow the economy results the loss. so the long run perspective for the u.k. is even more deficits and debt leaving the e.u. is whale trying to protect the bank the london banks which is number one priority the chairman of course you know in the euro zone is a shift less austerity more financial transaction taxes more tax in the bank system and i think cameron's these are coming and he's going to try to shield the london that. and coming out tonight style of the kinds of reports delves into one of the most lucrative and controversial bank trade talks high frequency trading and also in today's market and stacy learned of a new roller coaster ride which they say is a new one not like wall street. i've just learned there's a roller coaster designed to kill

says it makes cuts doubly important the professor of economics said jack russell most from santa clara university doesn't hold out much. this is just the beginning of a continued slowing in the u.k. economy i see and also its implications not just in the u.k. but elsewhere the quantitative easing it may help your banking system but it doesn't really grow the economy results amongst the busting so the long run perspective for the u.k. is even more deficits and debt leaving the e.u. is way trying to protect the banks the london banks which is number one priority the chairman of course you know in the euro zone there's a shift less austerity more financial transaction taxes more tax in the bank system and i think cameron's speech that coming in is going to try to shield the london plates from all that. good understates has deployed one hundred troops to need to assist france with its intervention in neighboring mali president obama says they are only there to provide intelligence support well it all comes after the defense ministry agreed to host a u.s. drone base so far american involvement in mali

rhonda is with the northern california innocence project with a team of law students from santa clara universityco law firm able to uncover evidence proving the innocence and helping overturn the conviction. >> they've conceded and agreed he should be freed. >> both parties will argue that fact to a judge on friday. city council member says in this case, poor police work has been done. >> we can pay greaterglalt to provide a more fair system. >> ross says

ken pritchett tells us which issues resinated the morse with students at santa clara university. >>>igns read pizza and politics and the chalked message was watch before coming. >> i will direct my cabin to take executive ages we can take now and in the future. a prepare our communities from drawing down troops in fan. >> i'm not sure if i agree with raising the minimum wage. i don't think that will help inprove and increase jobs. >> many agreed it was at the end when the president did his job. >> the families of newtown deserve a vote. >> reporter: it was a moment made for congress. >> we really pushed congress to take up these issues that have been important to him in the last four years. >> reporter: one thing that did not go as unnoticed is the number for the basement crowd. ken pritchett, ktvu news. >>> attending stanford university is going to cost you more money tomorrow. by compareson the cost back in 1970 was $2,400. sanford has a program which offs free tuition to families making more than $00,000 a year. if you earn more than 60,000 there is tuition and board. -z somewhere

ken pritchett tells us which issues resinated the morse with students at santa clara university. >>>and politics and the chalked message was watch before coming. >> i will direct my cabin to take executive ages we can take now and in the future. a prepare our communities from drawing down troops in fan. >> i'm not sure if i agree with raising the minimum wage. i don't think that will help inprove and increase jobs. >> many agreed it was at the end when the president did his job. >> the families of newtown deserve a vote. >> reporter: it was a moment made for congress. >> we really pushed congress to take up these issues that have been important to him in the last four years. >> reporter: one thing that did not go as unnoticed is the number for the basement crowd. ken pritchett, ktvu news. >>> attending stanford university is going to cost you more money tomorrow. by compareson the cost back in 1970 was $2,400. sanford has a program which offs free tuition to families making more than $00,000 a year. if you earn more than 60,000 there is tuition and board. -z somewhere a new law helpi

that expert opinion coming from santa clara university. thanks for joining us. the president opened saying the state of the union is stronger. he started talking about jobs, of course. you say much of the speech came back to the same thing. republicans say it lacked substance. >> i think broadly he was trying to ingrate a theme of so many things are related to the economy. whether it's education, immigration, energy, these things will fuel our economy if e we improve energy independence. i think it was synthesizing themes he touched on earlier. there wasn't a lot of new initiatives but it was hitting things he believes are important. >> he also talked about ending the war in afghanistan and said that will happen the end of 2014. is there anything he didn't talk about that he should have? >> there are a few things. i thought he might talk about some of his nomineeses that he's trying to get confirmed in the senate. the fact that chuck hagel, there is debate about whether or not he should be confirmed. often times presidents will call for a fair up or down vote on

be here, as i said, as a catholic and as a proud graduate of another jesuit institution, santa clara university. my time in the university's undergraduate and law school, in many ways shaped the rest of my life as this education will shape the rest of your lives. i remain deeply thankful to the jesuits for the outstanding education that i received. having gone through seven years of philosophy and syllogisms and theology and cannon law, i have been blessed by all the grace and skepticism that jesuits can give. more importantly, i've been shaped by what i believe is their pragmatic approach to life and to faith and to the issues in general. it was that education and my catholic upbringing, particularly as the son of italian immigrants, that instilled in me the very core principles and values that i carry with me till this day. my faith, my belief in hard work, my belief that you have to give something back to this country. that's what a democracy is all about. my belief in knowing the difference between right and wrong. i can't tell you how important that education was, to giving me that sense o

. >> thomas is with the jesuit school of theology of santa clara university.idn't act until he received an explicit order from pope john paul ii. >> he was not really able to do much when he was still. john paul the second tended to be more skeptical about all the the accusations of sexual abuse. >>reporter: he says when benedict was elected in 2005 he was more willing to take action against these priests. and make it more public. lennon abused when he was 13 says he hopes a new pope will bring accountability to the catholic church. >> i can only hope it's an opportunity for the church to demonstrate a morale authority as opposed to being in the dungeon of the vial corruption that it is now. >> this scan today has cost the catholic church more than 2 billion dollars in settlement. in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> one clergy man from california plans to vote for the next pope even though he has been banned from public duties because of the way he handles sexual abuse cases. cardinal roger mahoney used to head the archdiocese of los angeles. he was ban he should

convicted of a crime he didn't commit will be released from prison with the help of students from santa clara universityf shooting a man in west oakland and has been serving a 25 years to life sentence at san quentin. the members include fcu law students, investigated and found discrepancies in that case. >> i told them he was innocent all along. >> how did you know. >> because he was at my house when that happened. >> friday alameda county prosecutors con seeded the -- conceded the conviction should not stand and finally free ronald ross. >>> cosmic clues, scientists find the first pieces of space rock from a giant meteor that hit russia. >>> and how a california woman is getting a little closer to the soldier father she never met 3q lysol believes no toilet is complete, until it's completely clean. lysol toilet bowl cleaner gives you maximum coverage from the rim down to the water line to kill 99.9% of germs. and removes stains better than clorox toilet bowl cleaner with bleach. so if you want to do the whole job, lysol's got you covered. lysol. mission for health. and for an incredibly clean and fres

the conviction was overturned with help from the northern california innocence project at santa clara university law school and a san francisco law firm. they found multiple errors in his case and enough evidence to prove he was innocent. he was convicted in 2006 of attempted murder and assault with a firearm after the victim picked him after a shooting. he was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. >> in oakland, for the first time in 140 years, boats will travel on the waterway that connects the lake to the bay. the 750' section of the channel opened today after undergoing a major clean out. this morning at 10:30 oakland mayor and other city leaders will be there for the historic celebration part of a multi million dollar restoring to improve the waterway that was once polluted and stagnant. >> now the friday forecast. >> that sounds good, friday forecast. >> what makes it sound better, is "not so cold." >> milder this morning. temperatures are running from 34 in napa, the cool spot to 38 in concord, 36 in fairfield, and 37 in livermore and to the south bay, 38 in san jose, and 38 in los gat

but it's the real deal according to santa clara university's sports psychologist dr.> superstition has been part of sports for probably as long as people have been playing games. >> reporter: in his research with professional athletes he found the unpredictable nature of sports makes them a breeding ground for superstition. and the bigger the game like the super bowl the more likely superstitions will come part of the game plan. >> football is a really good example of a kind of a sport that has a lot of uncertainty to it. it's a lot of luck involved. and so that's exactly the kind of situation that gets people playing. do all kinds of superstitious activities not only the players but also the fans. >> reporter: count jerry aguilar among the superstitious. >> i promised that i wouldn't get another jersey until we win another super bowl. >> reporter: how old is your last jersey? >> that was, what, '95? the 50th anniversary steve young. >> reporter: aguilar wears a baseball jersey. if you wore a football jersey, would you jinx the team? >> i have to wait for the win. >>

. >> reporter: michael mccarthy from santa clara university center for education says it paves the wayiffs to step down and opens up possibilities when the college of cardinals gathers in march to choose a new leader. there is a projected catholic boom in the next few decades in developing areas like africa where they expect a 146% increase, asia and latin america. now that could influence what the new pope looks like and how he thinks. >> if you're coming from africa or atlanta america, you just ask very different -- or latin america, you just ask very different kinds of questions than if you're coming out of a european context. >> reporter: even the oddsmakers are weighing in on the front runners which include guard natural mark gulet of canada. cardinal timothy dolan is considered the top american candidate, but will the cardinals choose someone more like the scholarly benedict xvi or more like john paul, ii? they will tell you only god knows the answer to that question. >> at www.ktvu.com we have dedicated a tab to the pope's resignation. you'll find more stories on choosing the ne

. >> santa clara university economist alex fields suspects there might not be any correlation between stock market performance and growth. after looking at the numbers we agree. here's a look at the dow's up and downs over the last five years. you'll see a major plunge during the heart of the recession in '08 and '09. now here's gdp performance over the same period. you'll see growth plum plets during the recession years, as well. that's where the similarities end. we looked at the biggest swings in the stock market since 2007 excluding the great recession and then looked at how gdp responded the following quarter. here's what we found. between first and second quarter 2007, the dow jumped 1,054 points. the next quarter? gdp fell .6%. between the first and second quarter of 2010, the dow dropped 1,082 points and the following quarter gdp rose.4%. how about third and fourth quarter of 2011, the dow gained more than 1300 points and gdp fell 2.1% the next quarter. there are seven or eight examples of this inverse behavior. in just five years, cnbc market analyst mary thompson says forget

the innocence project which is made up of law students at santa clara university took a second look at his case and they found several problems with it. now he's about to go free and his mother can't believe it. >> i feel good. it lifted a world off my shoulders. i feel real great. i'm great and i thank the lord. i'm very grateful that my son is getting out for something he didn't do. >> he's believed since the very beginning that we were going to be able to get us out. he called us the dream team. he really believed in us. >> ross' or deal started in 2006 when the victim was shot in the ribs after answering a knock on the front door. the man police now say did it stephen emory, sr. was later convicted of attempted murder in an unrelated case. he's been linked to several shootings in west oakland. >>> it's been less than a week since fugitive cop killer christopher dorner died in a standoff. the resort area in the southern california mountains where he fled is finally getting back to normal. cbs news reporter louisa hodge has more from big bear. >> reporter: life in the town of big bea

. >> reporter: santa clara university's father michael mccarthy says the cardinals have always at least in the last several centuries picked a european priest. but this time, those considered top contenders are from around the world and third world including: >> it's always a mystery what the college of cardinals thinks when they gather. but i do think that they are aware that catholicism is increasingly becoming a global reality. >> reporter: many parishioners coming to saint joseph's cathedral in san jose are praying for the cardinals and hoping that the new pope will usher in a new era for catholics. >> i'd like to find a person that can keep some of our old traditions but also be progressive and maybe have women priests and sort of the new changes that people want. >> reporter: the san francisco -- a lot is being said about the timing of the announcement before the season of lent. the most important season on the calendar for catholics a season of renewal or rebirth. it's also believed that maybe this is the pope trying to say something trying to give a message to the cardinals as h

. >> reporter: michael mccarthy from santa clara university center for education says it paves the way for future pontiffs to step down and opens up possibilities when the college of cardinals gathers in march to choose a new leader. there is a projected catholic boom in the next few decades in developing areas like africa where they expect a 146% increase, asia and latin america. now that could influence what the new pope looks like and how he thinks. >> if you're coming from africa or atlanta america, you just ask very different -- or latin america, you just ask very different kinds of questions than if you're coming out of a european context. >> reporter: even the oddsmakers are weighing in on the front runners which include guard natural mark gulet of canada. cardinal timothy dolan is considered the top american candidate, but will the cardinals choose someone more like the scholarly benedict xvi or more like john paul, ii? they will tell you only god knows the answer to that question. >> at www.ktvu.com we have dedicated a tab to the pope's resignation. you'll find more stories on

here, as i said, as a catholic and as a proud graduate of another just what institution, santa clara university. my time in the universities undergraduate and law school, in many ways shaped the rest of my life, after this education will shape the rest of your lives. i remain deeply thankful to the jesuits for the outstanding education that i received. having gone through seven years of philosophy and syllogisms and theology and canon law, i have been blessed by all the grace and skepticism that jesse woods can give. more importantly, i've been shaped by what i believe is their pragmatic approach, the life, faith and the issues in general. it was bad education and my catholic upbringing -- it was bad education and my catholic education, particularly the son of italian immigrants, that instilled in me the very core principles and values that i carry with me to this day. my faith, my believe in hard work, my belief that you have to give something back to this country, if -- that's what democracy is all about. might believe in knowing the difference between right and wrong. i can't tell you how im

the conviction was overturned with help from the santa clara university law school and a san franciscon the case and enough evidence to prove he was innocent of his 2006 conviction. mike has the forecast. mike? >> good morning, everyone. we will talk about sunshine. a lot of it is out there. temperatures are close to average. you can see we are in the low-to-mid 60's if most neighborhoods and mid-to-upper 50's at coast and it is breezy. the warm of the day this weekend is sunday. >> the bay bridge teleplays -- toll plaza there is a stall. in cupertino, north 280, an accident in the median and the have divide and the battery at sacramento, an accident, as [ cheers and applause ] >>> may i have the envelope, please? we're counting down to oscar sunday, with our biggest celebration ever. >> good morning, america. >> good morning, america. >> good morning, america. >> woo! >> revealing the red-hot fashion, hollywood's hottest could be wearing on fashion's biggest night. and the suprising roles of nominees before they were stars. >> want to go for one more? >> and one final surprise. it's "

be here, as i said, as a catholic and as a proud graduate of another jesuit institution, santa clara university. my time in the university's undergraduate and law school, in many ways shaped the rest of my life as this education will shape the rest of your lives. i remain dopely thankful to the jesuits for the outstanding education that i received. having gone through seven years of philosophy and sill gisms and theology and cannon law, i have been blessed by all the grace and skepticism that jesuits can give. more importantly, i've been shaped by what i believe is their pragmatic approach to life and to faith and to the issues in general. it was that education and my catholic upbringing, particularly as the son of italian immigrants, that instilled in me the very core principles and values that i carry with me till this day. my faith, my belief in hard work, my belief that you have to give something back to this country. that's what a democracy is all about. my belief in knowing the difference between right and wrong. i can't tell you how important that education was, to giving me that sense o

. >>> santa clara university is holding a watch party for the state of the union address.ll be held in the basement of dunn hall at 6:00 p.m. professors will be able to give some anallicy -- analysis and commentary after the speech. you can watch the state of the union at 6:00. and then at 7:30, we'll break down the president's speech as well as the republican response with randy shandobil. >>> developing news. the u.n. security council is holding an emergency meeting this morning on north korea's latest nuclear test. north korea says it successfully carried out an underground nuclear test defying u.n. security council orders to shut down its activity. coming up at 7:15, the increased threat to the u.s. from north korea's nuclear testing. >>> 7:07. sal is back and i'm reading your mind. you are watching the toll plaza. >> yes. you know, we watch the toll plaza a lot because when it's bad people need to know. today is normal. it's backed up for about a 25- minute delay. we haven't had any stalled vehicles or collisions reported by chp on that upper deck which is good. somet

little did i know at the time at santa clara university that ultimately it would be here serving as secretary of defense. so this has for me than a very distinct privilege and i are to have this opportunity. let me use this opportunity before it open to questions to make a few comments on some issues. first of all during my time as director of the cia and secretary of defense, i have seen firsthand how modern tools like remotely piloted platforms inside versus doneness have changed the way wars are fought and given our men and women, the ability to engage the enemy and change the course of battle, even from afar, i've always felt , having seen the great work that they do day in and day out, but those who perform in an outstanding manner should be recognized. unfortunately, metals that they otherwise might be eligible for simply does not recognize that kind of contribution. and for that reason, recognizing to eligible advances, i am pleased to announce that i formally approved the establishment of a new distinguished warfare metal. the model provides distinct departmentwide recognition for the

little did i doubt the time that happened at santa clara university but ultimately i would be here serving as secretary of defense. this has for me than a very distinct privilege and honor to have had this opportunity. then use this opportunity before i open it to questions to make a few comments on some issues. first of all, during my time as structure of the cia and secretary of defense, i have seen firsthand how modern tools like remotely piloted platforms in cybersystems have changed the way wars are five and that given our men and women, the ability to engage the enemy and engage the course of battle even from afar. i have always felt having seen the great work that they do day in and day out, that those who performed an outstanding manner should be recognized. unfortunately, metals that the otherwise may be eligible for, simply did not recognize that kind of contribution. and for that reason, recognizing these technological advances, i am pleased to announce that i formally approved the establishment of a new distinguished warfare model. the model provides distinct recognition for th

little did i know the time that happened at santa clara university that ultimately i would he hear serving here serving as secretary of defense. .. >> i have always felt in seeing the great work that they do, day in and day out, that those performed in an outstanding manner should be recognized. unfortunately, those that might be eligible for the simply were not recognized. there is that kind of contribution. for that reason, recognizing these technological advances, i am pleased to announce that i have formally approved the establishment of a new distinguished warfare metal. it provides department ride recognition for the extraordinary achievements that directly impact accomplishments. our military reserves, we will continue to recognize our heroes. we should also add the ability to honor the extraordinary actions that make it true difference in combat operations. the work that they do, the contributions that they made, it does contribute to the success of combat operation. particularly when they removed the enemy from the field of battle. even if those actions are physically removed from

little did final at the time that happened at santa clara university that ultimately i would be serving as the secretary of defense. so this has been a very distinct honor and privilege to have this the opportunity. let me use this opportunity before i open up to questions to make a few comments on some issues. first of all, during my time as the director of the cia and secretary defense, i have seen firsthand kalb's modern tools like the platforms and cyber systems have changed her the way the war has fought and we've given our men and women the ability to engage the enemy and a change the course of the battle. i have always felt having seen the great work they do day in and out those that perform the of standing manner should be recognized. the metals that otherwise might be eligible for simply do not recognize that kind of contribution. for that reason, recognize in this technological led advances in pleased to announce the establishment of the new distinguished warfare metal. it provides distinct department recognition for the extraordinary achievements of the combat operations that

. >>> santa clara improved to 19- le with a win over pepperdine. denver university routed san josi state. >>> stanford moved into the middle of the pac-12 pac standings, but this weekend swept at home by the southern california schools. ucla came to maples pavilion. stanford battling from behind. chasson randle with 3 of his 17. cardinals with reason for optimism through the half, but ucla kicked if is in. shabazz muhammad's shot goes and he is fouled. that turned into i 4-point play. the bruins bounce back with the the 88-80 win. >> the first saturday many may is on the horizon and that means it's time for the kentucky derby prep races. >> one of those races is the el camino real derby at golden gate field. dice flavor is ridden by josi valdivia. the horse and jockey run away from the rest of the field down the stretch. dice flavor anded up taking the derby by four lengths. none of the favorites even finished in the money-$here is the three horses that finished in the money. nina's dragon with counting days in the second. the kentucky derby field will be filled for

santa clara supervisor. the mercury news report there is are new questions about his financial dealing with a university in sunnyvalecording to the investigation he may have misrepresented a consulting fee that he collected from the university when he filled out a reporting form. the university faces it's own troubles because of its reported history of donating to politicians in an attempt to gain favors. the supervisor is already under investigation for alleged expense account abuses. abuses. >>> a jury will get the corruption case against the former mayor of bell california. he is among six former officials accused of misusing funds. . >> we are just a week from feeling the effects of automatic government spending cuts. we are in the washington dc newsroom with a look at how the cuts and the proposals could affect us. >> reporter: dave sequestration will force most federally funded programs to cut back by 10%. the white house office of management and budget reports border security would be cut back by $581 million, if california has a natural disaster getting help from fema would be hard, they would be cut by 375

. >> officials said uc santa clara have begun a night safety program after last weekend sexual assault on campus. next several weeks, the universityg bands that can be dispatched anywhere on campus for students, faculty and visitors who made a safety escort. the vans will provide operation from 8:00 p.m. to 2:45 a.m. in the morning. this will help people who took buses to campus or park their car in a remote campus lot and have to walk a ways back after dark. last sunday, a 21 year-old woman was raped and beaten while she was walking in a wooded area on campus near the upper query area. >> the woman behind the wendy's " finger then of the chilly " case in san jose has been arrested a gang. off this is video of her court appearance back in 2006. prosecutors say that anna ayala apparently lied to police to protect her son, who has a previous burglary conviction and is now allowed to possess a gun. police found guadeloupe and junioalupe junior reyes wita self-inflicted gunshot wound his ankle. initially reyes told officers that he was approached by two people who shot him and his mother backed up the story. >> also new this morning,

santa clara. >> we feel confident we identified the person who sent that e-mail. >> law enforcementlaw enforcement said he too was a target. >> i hope you die. >> reporter: that came after he introduced a bill requiring universal background checks. >> go back to mexico. >> reporter: they received threats after they too proposed gun control bills. he briefed legislators as to what they might expect. >> i believe in educating people in terms of the history. >> reporter: security has not been modified since the leland yee incident. >> i think they will have to step up security in the capital. no question about it. >> reporter: leland yee will continue tie fight to pass his legislation, threats or not. reporting live in san francisco, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> our coverage continues on www.ktvu.com. you will find more video of the operations that home and listen to more of leland yee's statement. >> we now know more than a dozen employees at the public utilities commission are at the center of an investigation, suspected of sharing pornography and gambling. ktvu's eric rasmussen is here now with the other details that make this case more troubling. >> reporter: sources say these were supervisors at the wa