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back to you, scott. >>> 4:49. as in texas trying to wrap up the three-game set with the rangers and got showered with luck. bottom of the third, gonzalez gives up a grand slam to mitch moreland. bye-bye. the as now down by seven. but there is a silver lining in the dark clouds. there was a rain delay in the fourth, and two hours later -- they called the game. yeah. the reason this is good news, there wasn't enough game to be official. the stats don't count. so the game won't be made up until the as travel back to texas later this season. so when you're down by seven and it rain, that's outstanding. >>> something the as wished never happened is the shoulder tear suffered by dallas braden. now he's likely done for the season. on monday, braden will undergo shoulder surgery. a tear in his left shoulder. the doctors have perform add similar surge vi on the mets johan santana will be doing braden's surge vi as well. >>> 4:50. coming up, alarming combo, by bedbugs could be deadly. the latest research. >>> and this combo

good morning. >> good morning, scott. happy monday. we are looking good. temperature wise, in the 70s. more mild than what we saw over the weekend. we are going warm up a few degrees. more so by the middle of the week. we are talking the 80s, again. right now, let's get you to work on time with mike inouye. good morning, mike. >> good morning, christina. the maze, no surprises. a nice easy flow of traffic. looking really good as well as the outer east bay. no problems for 24, 680 or 580. i'll give you a shout out, stand by for that. >> today kicks off a week of action for schoolteachers. they will hold rallies and town hall meetings and participate in a sit-in at the capital. their schools have been hit hard by the budget mess and it's going to get worse unless they can work together on a balanced budget. >> we are going try to deliver the message that our kids deserve better, our state deserves better. continue to do a balanced approach to the budget. >> right now, the state faces a budget gap of $15 billion. massive cut

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good morning. >> good morning to you, scott.utures are lower as the market euphoria appears to have faded. investors moved past that news to focus on earnings and raising the debt limit and budget deficit in washington, d.c. we get a couple economic report that is we'll be watching. on the earnings front we are looking at numbers from pfizer. auto companies report april sales this afternoon. the good times may not keep rolling. disruptions from japan are likely to be felt on dealer lots coming up in month. safety regulators are investigating complaints concerning 2010 and 2011 mercury suvs. the glass on the lift gait shattered when people tried to open or shut it. a lot of incidents happened in cold weather, we are hearing. >> cold weather? what's that? all right. thank you. >> rub it in. >>> speaking of, let's check in with christina loren. good morning. >> speaking of the finer things of life, hi there, scott. just sipping wine this morning. made a couple friends. they don't say much and that's the way i like them. good mornin

good morning. >> good morning, scott.e have an update on the breaking news we brought you last night with the fatal shooting in san jose. the city has already surpassed last year's homicide totals. the city once known as one of the safest in the country now faces a budget deficit that could put even fewer police officers on the streets. we'll look at those numbers coming up. >>> plus, our may around the bay tour takes us live to fremont this morning. it's the bay area's fourth largest city. we'll show you how the city played a big part in the movie industry's early days and we'll show you where the city is headed today. these stories and much more coming up. >> thank you much, marla. >>> so the express lane on 680 near the sunol grade, was it a waste of $37 million? mike, you're joining us now. i got some information here. drivers say and data from caltrans says that those who use the express lane between, let me see what it is, 6:00 and 9:00 in the morning in february had an average travel time of 11 minutes. that's one

>> thank you. >> question for scott. this sort of built on the previous question, on the question of relevance. america is not relevant. we heard in thenterior square. we heard yesterday after -- we heard it in tahrir square. we heard yesterday after the speech. what can be done further? >> right here, very quickly. >> palestinian people must have the right to govern themselves. >> i agree. >> question addressed to scott. we just saw a public opinion poll that [unintelligible] the question is, how do you reconcile the opinion of the people with getting involved? how do you do that without actually hurting those in organized states? and why? >> in cairo, two days ago, a group of people tried to attack the israeli embassy. my question is, does the united states have a better idea of the level of danger that israel faces right now in the midd east? >> scott, why don't you start and answer the ones that were directed at you? >> ok. about american influence, i think -- look. people are upset with the united states about all s

i'm scott mcgrew. it's 4:30. it was a rainy weekend. let's check the forecast with christina loren. >> good morning to you. we have a lot of shower activity from the north to the south. the east bay is getting a break right now. i'll let you know how long the showers are going to last and when the warm up begins again. first, it's 4:30 on a monday. some of you have to get to work. >> some of us are at work already. the maze, a nice flow of traffic. going away from the bridge, eastbound 580, we have an accident that's been there for a half hour now. fire crews on scene now. an ambulance is on scene. one lane is blocked. watch it around fruitvail avenue. >>> the governor plans to present the revised proposal today. >> reporter: monday, governor jerry brown will present his budget will income tax revenue. it will likely have a $14 billion hole. here is where we stand. the deficit was $26.4 billion in january. in march, the legislature made $8 billion in cuts effective july 1. the governor is asking a five-year extension on the vehicle taxe

scott budman has the very latest on what happened out there. scott? >> reporter: yeah, raj, as you say, a tragic day. also an amazing rescue that took several hours. i want to show you some of the video that was captured today by our chopper up in the air. this was called a habitat restoration project. at the top of the hill in la honda in rural san mateo county, this is south of highway 84, there was a truck doing the restoration project on a dirt road that tumbled into a canyon below. now, chp officers tell us there were six people in the truck. one died. there was one fatality because of the injuries. also, two of the passengers sustained major injuries. another passenger sustained a minor injury. those three taken to stanford hospital where we are told they are this evening. now, this rescue took quite a while, over several hours. the terrain in the area, very rough and hard to reach. in fact, we're told that some of the rescue crews were actually stuck while trying to rescue the passengers. they were eventually freed. helicopters also eventually

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i'm scott mcgrew. it's 4:30. we are going to start with the forecast and christina loren. >> good morning to you. we are live in one of your favorite cities in the bay area. we are live in palo alto. it's not that cold. it's friday. the temperatures this weekend are going to be perfect for mother's day weekend. high pressure is still in control. low pressure is to the north. we are going to see a little of the coastal a.m. fog. a mix of clouds and sun. the clouds stay with us throughout the weekend. it will be nice temperature wise, temps in the mid to low 70s all weekend long. we have the extended forecast in a few minutes. hi, mike. >> good morning. that's a beautiful shot. right now, we are looking over to the east bay where we have the construction. we have good time through here highway 4 as well. eastbound has the issue, the construction, the closure up to somersville. heading out of bay point, we have an accident at port chicago highway. you'll see distraction through concord into antioch. scott, back to y

good morning to you, scott. the ships look like they are idling. what they are doing today is a major step forward toward cleaning the air. we are at apl at the port of oakland. what they are going to do is turn off their ships diesel power while they are here at port and connecting to power on shore. it's cleaner electric power. it's called cold ironing. air quality has been a major concern with people living in oakland with concerns of asthma and pollution. this is backed by a $4.8 million grant. it's a partnership with the district. shore power could cut 50,000 pounds of nitrogen oxide. ships generally put out 500,000 pounds of toxins a year. they are going to start plugging in while they are here at port. we are going to look at that, coming up in the next hour. christie smith, today in the east bay. >> thank you. 4:33 now. state corrections officials about to change the way they monitor sex offenders. right now, parole agents view satellite print outs from ankle bracelets. internal report obtained by the associated press. next month, the compa

there is scott cousins out on deck with the pitcher due up next. got it right by him. 2-2. >> mike: john buck who lives in utah in the off-season was trying to hit that one to salt lake. >> jon: buck hit 20 home runs for the toronto blue jays in the american league last year. the giants saw him in their little weekend series up in toronto. so it's a full count now. buck last night hit a fly ball in to a double play facing moto. hit a fly ball out to nate schierholtz. 3-2. >> mike: it's great i was talking to bruce bochy. you know what the guy has a chance to catch up while they are sleep. well rested and he looked at me and said, they're better when the they're tired. well, if that's the case, they should be pretty good in extra-inning ball games. >> jon: giants 5-2 in extra innings so far this year. this is their eighth overtime game. that slider a base hit to left field. let's go down to raj mathai. >> reporter: scott cousins coming up to the plate right now and cousins was a former baseball star here with san francisco not with the giants but wi

scott will know who that guy is. he's the deputy, i think. >> and the first intake session that was scheduled with you for january 5th, you didn't show up, is there a reason? >> no, we did show up. when we went to sit down, from the planning department, her boss, we asked them what do we actually have to do to make this? my wife was with me at that meeting. they gave her a list of stuff to do because she's more confused than i am that this could be done on the computer. and we did all of this immediately within a week. >> scott sanchez, planning department. i would like to begin by clarifying a few points. first, i was a case planner on the project in 2002. conditional use request to amend their entitlement and part of that was to expand it and do seating at the front. that did not move forward. there was opposition from one of the neighbors and that case did not move forward. there was the fire in 2008, there was a permit for some of the reconstruction there that planning did review and approve and that reflects the

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assistant chief scott graham from montgomery county rescue says firefighters arrived on the scene to find a single family home destroyed by an explosion. two people have been injured and have been taken to a local hospital. their conditions are unknown at this time. graham says crew have found fallen trees and downed wires in the area. >> no word if those played any role in the explosion. stay tuned to 9news now and wusa9.com for updates on this developing story. >>> we'll be in touch with angie goff with traffic news coming up. first, we start with howard with your weather. it is raining already. >> moderate rain in spots. little lightning and thunder can't be ruled out south and southeast of washington. it will get better this afternoon. if we have rain, it will be for the first part of the day. a much cooler day, it won't be in the 70s and 80s like it has been. back in the 60s or 90s last week where we were. 52 this morning at 9:00. noontime, can't rule out lingering showers south and east of washington with partial clearing this afternoon. look at the northwest winds all day, 10

good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning, scott. this hillside has been a controversial tribute to those who died fighting the war on terror this morning. the sobering number stands at 6,038. some gave their lives in the hunt for bin laden who is now dead. according to "the washington post," the latest numbers for the u.s. service member who is died in operation iraqi freedom and during freedom stands at 5,885 men and women. in la fayette, some service members families are opposed to the memorial saying it was more of a political statement, not a fitting tribute. the crass is a individual reminder of the sacrifice that happened. we will talk about the people, including a soldier from san jose who died in the war in afghanistan. he is staff sergeant marcus wells. 31 years old when he dies. he leaves behind a wife and two young sons. he told his father, dad, if anything happens to me, remember, i love doing this. reporting live in la fayette, christie smith, today in the east bay. >> i appreciate you being there. there's a moment of c

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i'm scott mcgrew. it's 4:30. it's either late monday night or early tuesday morning. let's check in with christina loren. good morning. >> in the east bay, it's cool out there. if you are just waking up with us, grab the jacket, something you can peel off in the heat of the day. we are going to warm up to the 70s. the marine layer is not going to push inland. the marine layer is in full force. we are going to drop off in temperature tomorrow. i'll tell you why and when the next batch of rain arrives. let's get you to work now at 4:31. how does it look out there, mike. >> right now, the maze is great. it's going to change over the morning. we are looking at 880 for an earlier accident taking place, getting cleared from the roadway. northbound 880 an alva ra doe. a car went over on its side. is tow truck was taking awhile. it's northbound toward the san mateo bridge. >> back to you. >>> the vallejo man who rushed the pilots door. a plane has to make a quick landing after terrifying moments in the sky. two different stories are surfacing about the man police arrested. ch

i'm scott mcgrew. it's 4:30. let's get right to christina loren. >> the east bay clouded up this morning. we have a front situated over the east bay. it's mild because of the cloud cover. we are in the mid-50s. breezy, though. the core of low pressure crossing over the area this morning. watch for windy conditions and thick fog developing in the next few hours. someone who is watching your roads already, it's early on a monday, but he's on top of it. >> good morning. breezy is an understatement out of 880 and across the bay bridge we have a wind advisory. we are watching reports of construction. it might be down to one lane. there was a little construction. a live look at the coliseum shows a lighter volume of traffic. i'm going to show you that in the next break. there you go. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> this morning unconfirmed report that is a baby snatched from her bassinet was found. friends and family say they believe someone came into the home and took the baby from her parent's room where she

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i'm laurence scott.g up tonight on "sports sunday" we sit down with nba legend jerry west, the new warriors executive who helps map out his plans for golden state. >>> plus, a day that a marin native will certainly want to forget at the indy 500. that and more coming up. >>> one movie this weekend broke several records, becoming the biggest debut ever for a live action comedy and the biggest opening week ever for an r-rated comedy. so can you guess? >> he won't let go! >> ah, it's "hang over2," and it's living up to its billing of the most pated movie of the summer, at least, at least with the numbers with ticket sales topping so far $86 million. although reviews not so great. kung fu panda 2 is battling for second place. pirates of the caribbean slipped to third. bridesmaids at fourth and thor rounds out the top five. >>> still ahead before "sports sunday" takes over, we'll take a look at how the crossfit craze is sweeping the country, and it all started in santa cruz. [ jolene ] i got involved with hon

hey, scott, you are not a nerd. you are a nerd in stud's clothing. we have clouds rolling in for the second half of the day. temperatures are cooler this morning. you need the jacket if you are waking up in livermore. turning to 70s once again. this is the last day we are going to see the sunshine. rain moves in tomorrow. this is what it looks like in terms of timing. showers right when we start you out tomorrow morning at 4:30 a.m. the showers will have started. they are going to last all day long. we should get a break from the rain at 4:00 p.m. it makes for an easier morning commute. thursday, 70 degrees, sunshine returns. not a lot of rain on the way. one day's worth. still, i'll take it. i don't have to water. >> mr. stud in nerd's clothing? we'll look to the maps. we are looking at -- i'm going to stop. scott, back to you. >> mike, enough with you. the biggest loser trainer is cheating on her diet. i dn understand that, either. mango competes with apple. the announcement expected later today. heart disease kills one woman every minute. we can c

home and making sure that we have a voice abroad and how would it work economically and socially well scott from the rich country we have the largest oil and gas producer in the european union we not only have a bone to you in terms of oil and gas but you know a boat in terms of the new bills drug free for the first time in our history is probably advantage so we've got great potential and the tragedy in scotland's never been hogarth things are it's home much better thing food being and really countries like norway that scuppered oil i think be able to transform the economy on their society we should be able to do that but over sources from oil being used by thoughts of to smash organized labor and the deep i told people here to fight an illegal war in iraq is there any idea in your mind that this might start some kind of snowball effect whereby the welsh and the northern irish then want to secede from the union as well that's a matter for the welsh and the northern irish we stand for election in scotland be a present the nation of scotland it's for others to decide what the choose to do sc

scott? >> reporter: we are seeing a lot of officers, guns and bomb sniffing dogs all around union station this afternoon. and earlier today. but i also found a vivid example of some of the striking vulnerabilities in the u.s. rail system. security on amtrak today included a bomb sniffing dog that road the train from baltimore and tactical officers in full view and skeptisism from this frequent ride nearby. >> today was the first time i saw any policemen at all on amtrak. >> reporter: two miles from the capitol this is the scene at 16th street and new york avenue northeast. this is a driveway, a road. i'm going to spin you around and behind me here is the amtrak right-of-way. yes, a road ungated, unprotected where i could drive a vehicle directly onto the railroad tracks. the question is, if amtrak and the rail system is so secure why do you have things like this? a lock on a cable here but the cable lay on the ground keeping nobody out. beyond this a track side roadway toward nearby maintena

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. >> good morning, scott. futures point to a higher stock market open after a seesaw session thursday. it's friday the 13th, but it's not always unlucky for wall street. stocks rallied 60% of the time. today, we have reports on consumer price inflation and consumer sentiment. the dow is rising to 12,695. the nasdaq up 17. facebook admits it hired a pr firm to take aim at google's privacy practices. facebook asks to pitch journalism experts to write stories questioning how google collects information. the strategy backfired when bloggers disclosed facebook's behind the scene role. x several titles hit the market. sales of sony's play station 3 trailed behind x-box 360 and wii. consumers are choosing alternatives to ps 3. you can now watch big box office blockbusters on the small screen. netflix is offering an app for several android phones including the incredible and nexus one. you can watch on wi-fi. it's available for the iphone, ipad for netflix customers who pay $7.99 a month for service. back to you, scot

scott mcgrew is standing by live at ea. yes, working, right? >> reporter: oh, yeah, working very much. you were afraid for a minute that i was going to be live from oracle and talk about databases, weren't you? >> oh, no, i know you so well. ea, video games, i know where he's going to be. >> reporter: nothing against oracle, but video games are slightly more interesting. electronic arts is the largest video game company in the world. it has several divisions, one of which is ea sports and everybody knows its tag line. ea sports, it's in the game. >> ea sports. >> ea sports. >> it's in the game. >> it's in the game. >> it's in the game. >> ea sports, it's in the game. >> reporter: so many people play ea sports games, the latest copy of madden sold more than four million units last year, that the company's catch phrase has burned itself into the pop culture consciousness. >> it's in the game. >> reporter: peter moore is boss of ea sports. >> it's in the game. that has become such a part of not only video game vernacular but popular culture. a cou

wisconsin governor and scott and koch brother lapdogs scott walker is in washington d.c. today he'll be the keynote speaker at a summit to promote education privatization was right wingers call it school choice it's unclear if walker will also be signing autographs or posing for pictures or running his own kissing booth for the all the right wingers who are now falling over him since he had the so-called courage to screw over average working joes and janes in his state the last time walker was in d.c. was because chairman of a government oversight committee and were. just manning congress and former small time criminal. wanted to honor him with an appearance before congress for busting up labor unions in wisconsin meanwhile is walker is being treated like a rock star here in d.c. today his republican co-horts back in wisconsin are scrambling because they know their days are numbered this summer six republican state senators will face recall elections for supporting scott walker's anti-union efforts those elections could begin as early as next month so right now these guys

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scott mcgrew is on assignment this morning. it's 4:30 right now, very early, but time to check the forecast with christina loren. >> boy, it is early. good morning to you, laura. good morning to you at home. we've got some showers right now but they're north of the east bay as well as the north bay. they are going to push to the south as we head throughout the morning. i've got your full forecast. i'll let you know when they're headed toward your city and what that means for the rest of the day coming up. >>> we had windy conditions a couple of days ago. we got the rain coming in a little later on but right now livermore and the altamont pass are moving nicely. a smooth drive through livermore towards the dublin interchange. north of there you find a lane or two construction in both directions as you're passing up by bollinger canyon road. by crow canyon road, the lighting equipment is in one of the middle lanes so be careful. no word if they have to do any traffic break but watch it through the area. >>> how safe are you when

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>> thank you. >> question for scott. this sort of built on the previous question, on the question of relevance. america is not relevant. we heard in the interior square. we heard yesterday after -- we heard it in tahrir square. we heard yesterday after the speech. what can be done further? >> right here, very quickly. >> palestinian people must have the right to govern themselves. >> i agree. >> question addressed to scott. we just saw a public opinion poll that [unintelligible] the question is, how do you reconcile the opinion of the people with getting involved? how do you do that without actually hurting those in organized states? and why? >> in cairo, two days ago, a group of people tried to attack the israeli embassy. my question is, does the united states have a better idea of the level of danger that israel faces rightow in the middle east? >> scott, why don't you start and answer the ones that were directed at you? >> ok. about american influen, i think -- look. people are upset with the united states about all s

hi, scott. >> hi, susie, how are you doing? >> susie: i'm good, thank you. let's start out by talking about who is going to get the job. and the two names that everyone is talking about is the christine laguard, france's finance minister and also jean claude trichet, the head of the european central bank. what are your thoughts? >> i think both candidates have impressive resumes. i think lagarde has done a good job as finance minister of france and it appears there's a could laesing behind her by other europeans. it will be critical for her to get support from people like angela merckel. but either candidate is very well qualified. the big issue here is do the europeans get the chance to put another person from europe into that seat. >> susie: that's right, because we have been hearing from a lot of the asian nations saying that they want someone from one of the emerging market countries to head up the i.m.f.. how do you think -- and this job never goes to an american. so how do you think this whole thing is going to play out? >> well, i think there's going

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good morning. >> good morning, scott. we talked about the rain that started yesterday going overnight. the construction wasn't dispatched. there's no closure there. there's typically closure from 12:30 to 5:30 in the morning through mid june because of delays there. that will be the pattern overnight. weeknights monday through friday. no major slowing on highway 4. earlier accident working off to the shoulder, westbound 24 on fish ranch road. no major slowing in that portion of your commute. a live look at 880 through oakland. we zoomed in a bit. you can't see the rain, the lights are glowing a bit. the wind advisory. use caution it will be slick and windy this morning. back to you. >> thank you much. if you plan to travel this summer, you have plenty of company. higher fares will not keep people home. they are expecting 206 million passengers to fly between june and august. it's a gain of 1.5% over the year. the number of travels below prerecession levels topped at 217 million. >>> good morning, everybody. it's just abou

. >> good morning, scott. this is going to be a long one. starts in a couple hours and is expected to run for five days. the nurses involved say they are upset with the hospital's plan to reduce their covered health care insurance. so 800 of them say they plan to walk off the job about 7:00 this morning because the proposal will cost nurses $4,000 more per year to use health care for their family at the hospital. the hospital is proposed to change when the contract expired last may with the union. there was a three-day strike back in october. i got off the phone with a hospital spokesperson saying they are offering three options here. an employer paid kaiser hmo, employer paid ppo or a ppo with cost sharing that costs them 15% more than they are used to paying. basically, what's behind this is costs are going way up and they are facing tough economic times like everyone else. they tell me they have hired replacement nurses and non-striking staff will fill in as well. again, this is expected to start at 7:00 this morning. i also asked the spo

puts casey disapproval rating at a lofty fifty six per person tying him with florida governor rick scott as the most unpopular governor in america whether it's the union busting or stripping away our social safety nets it took less than six months for these radical republicans to wear out their welcome with voters so will today's outrages translate into a democratic surge in the polls next year here to talk about this issue is john nichols washington correspondent at the nation magazine john walker it's great to be with you it's great to have you back john thank you very much what does it mean that this law in wisconsin was struck down what it one of the consequences of this going to be and you know down the road the longer the larger a longer meeting. it was a big deal to levels first this means that now more than three months into the fight governor scott walker has not been able to implement his agenda and the core part of his agenda is to shut down the state's public employee unions to make it impossible for them to collect dues and to really function not merely in the workplace but

against union busting republicans is in full swing today a federal judge in wisconsin struck down scott walker's anti-union bill was passed in the dead of night with little notice of the public a judge ruled that the way the bill was asked violated the state's open meeting laws by not giving the proper twenty four hour notice for the public to review that bill in her ruling judge marion so he wrote the court must consider the potential damage to public trust and confidence in government if the legislature is not held to the same rules of transparency that it has created for other governmental bodies our form of government depends on citizens trust and confidence in the process by which our elected officials make laws at all levels of government the state supreme court will take up the case next week meanwhile in nearby ohio there's a bad news for another union busting governor former fox news talking head john face a just a half a year. he was a life with the office just a few months after he signed a controversial anti-union bill into law a new poll by public policy polling shows that