two washington state residents are in jail after a passenger aboard a southwest airlines flight bound for san jose spotted sexually explicit text messages on a fellow passenger'scell phone... it was about the sexual exploitation of children. kron four's rob fladeboe has more on the story now live from san jose. rob? (rob live) san jose police say the passenger who spotted the text messages is a hero and that her actions saved two kids from more abuse. sgt. brian spears of the internet crimes against children task force says that last monday on board a southwest airlines flight from seattle to san jose, a male adult passenger was texting to a woman in tacoma, washington, allegedly discussing sex acts to be carried out on a boy and girl ages 5 and seven.sgt. brian spears/san jose police "...the texts were disturbing. they talked about not just molesting children but also about bestiality..."these are the mug shots of the man, identified as 56 year old michael kellar and the woman on the other end of text messages, 50 year old gail burnworth, both from tacoma, washington.police say a wom

southwest airlines was planning on a grand affair to announce new destinations out of san jose airport. hurricane harvey has changed those plans. the airline now scaling back this morning with a news conference to a low fare in terminal b. the mayor will no longer be attending. the airline and airport say the people of texas are in their hearts and minds. >>> more rain in texas. kari? >> we do have excessive heat warnings in effect for parts of the tri-valley. we're heading up to 108 degrees today. as we get a look at the temperature trend we do start out with some 70s already at 7:00 in the morning and then we'll be at 103 degrees at 1:00. we'll take a closer look at this and the rest of the micro climate up next. >>> looking over here we do have hot weather in the tri-valley. this is dublin. the traffic is pretty cool right now, westbound 580 with headligh headlights. we'll talk about the south bay coming up. >>> still ahead, idling your car is harmful to the environment and can hurt your wallet. the cost of idling and what one city plans to do about it. in the bay. live pictures now

see you at 7:00. >>> southwest airlines is recovering from delays after a tech issue affected about 120 flights. the problems arose last night but the airline says that the issue has since been resolved. all but 7 flights left with an average delay of 90 minutes: a southwest spokesman says the airline apologizes to customers for the inconvenience. >>> the google engineer who was fired for a memo he wrote about gender differences has a new job offer. in a tweet, the founder of wikileaks said, censorship is for losers and offered james damore a job. he was fired after his memo says there are biological reasons women are not suited for tech industry jobs. he says he plans to sue the company for wrongful termination. >>> disney is preparing to go head to head with netflix and the u.s. has a new smartphone king. >> that's right. joining us now kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks. >> reporter: good morning. netflix is going to lose disney in the next couple of years. disney wants to go its own way. it's going to launch an espn branded streaming service in early 2018 and in 2019 that

southwest airlines was expanding service, but as fate would have it one. new non-stop destinations is houston's hobby airport. >> we did tone down the celebration here today because honestly it just didn't feel right. >> reporter: this is a before picture of a runway at houston's hobby airport, and this is after harvey rolled through. 500 southwest employees and customers were stuck inside the terminal. >> last night the faa gave us permission to operate five rescue flights out of houston hobby, so we were able to evacuate those last customers and employees to dallas. >> speaking of rescues, help is on the way to houston from the bay area. firefighters from several different departments, including san jose, palo alto and south san francisco packed up five vehicles and ten boats and trailers at the menlo park fire district headquarters. by 8:00 this morning they had driven to flag staff, arizona, covering some 800 miles overnight. the 14-person team specializes in water rescues and are loaded up with equipment to last them a couple of weeks. >> reporter: su

a computer issue causing flight delays on southwest airline flights in los angeles where the airline operates more than 130 daily flights. dozens of passengers were complaining overnight about the delays on social media. southwest is blaming it on a technology issue and apologized to passengers in a new statement. >>> now let's take a look at your weather. torrential rain as cross the south dumped up to 8 inches of rain on houston triggering flash flooding and dramatic water rescues including a father and two sons pushed and pulled to safety by some good samaritans. further south hurricane warnings have been posted for parts of eastern mexico now that tropical storm franklin has passed over the yucatan peninsula. franklin could strengthen into a hurricane before making a second landfall early tomorrow morning. >>> well, still ahead right here potential problems with those new credit card security systems. >>> plus, one of the most well-known hotels in the world is now facing some shocking allegations. we have new details from inside the plaza. >>> inside the house where the president

on children. >> reporter: the passenger took pictures of the text messages, then alerted southwest airlines staff. the staff quickly alerted the police department. >> officers were able to detain the individual upon exiting the flight. >> reporter: the internet crimes against children task force then traced the text of the suspect, michael keller of tacoma, to a second suspect, gail burnworth, also of tacoma. officers say when they found burnworth, they also found two young victims. they say the children are safe now, thanks to the alert passenger. >> if it wasn't for this young lady's actions, another sexual assault would have occurred. >> reporter: both suspects are in custody this evening, one at the santa clara county main jail, the other in washington state. reporting live in san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> scott, thank you. >>> back up to san francisco now, we mentioned that shooting in dolores park this afternoon. sfpd also looking for a gunman in the hait-ashbury neighborhood. there was a shooting outside a mcdonald's restaurant about two hours ago. the victim survived

the election will take place in november 20- 18. ( mark ) an anonymous southwest airlines passengersions may have saved two children from being sexually abused. kron four's rob fladeboe has the sgt. brian spears of the internet crimes against children task force says that last monday on board a southwest airlines flight from seattle to san jose, a male adult passenger was texting to a woman in tacoma, washington, allegedly discussing sex acts to be carried out on a boy and girl ages 5 and seven.sgt. brian spears/san jose police "...the texts were disturbing. they talked about not just molesting children but also about bestiality..."these are the mug shots of the man, identified as 56 year old michael kellar and the woman on the other end of text messages, 50 year old gail burnworth, both from tacoma, washington.police say a woman seated just behind kellar was able to see the illicit messages on his phone because of the large font. she then used her own phone to photograph him and informed the flight attendants, who called police upon landing in san jose. sgt. brian spears ".....the p

(sot)last monday on board a southwest airlines flight from seattle to san jose, a male adult passengeras texting to a woman in tacoma, washington, allegedly discussing sex acts to be carried out on a boy and girl ages 5 and seven.police say a woman seated just behind kellar was able to see the illicit messages on his phone because of the large font. she then used her own phone to photograph him and informed the flight attendants, who called police upon landing in san jose. michael kellar is charged with attempted child molestation and solicitation of a sex crime while gail burnworth is charged with the sexual exploitation of a minor, the rape of a child and a child pornography allegation. here at the richmond police department 45-year-old jeffery barboa of benicia has been indentified as the robbery suspect armed with a knife who was shot dead wednesday by vallejo police following a traffic stop and high speed pursuit that started in vallejo and ended in the city of richmond. investigators say barboa's vehicle triggered a felony traffic stop because it was allegedly used back on july 2

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arson is now a possibility in the grizzly peak fire whooshon southwest airlines, a san jose woman saw a fellow passenger texting ... and what she read led to the arrest of two sex crime suspects,"...the texts were disturbing. they talked about not just molesting children but also about bestiality..."whoosh anchor's away ... san francisco's iconic beer now has a new corporate owner from across the pacific.you're watching kron four news in prime time. (grant) now at 8. officers rush to a popular san francisco park. after three people are shot in the middle of the day. tonight a gunman is still out there.(grant)(2sh thank you for joining us i'm grant lodes.(pam) and i'm pam moore. this is happening at dolores park in the mission district... on any given day, hundreds of people visit the park. tonight that's where we find kron-4's hermela aregawi ... hermela do we know why the shooting started? (hermela aregawi)still some police protecting the scene as this investigation continues. it's been five hours since this shooting and still no suspects in custody.but we are told the

the crane company has not respond ed to our request for comment. >>> southwest airlines telling us theresidual delays this morning after a computer outage grounded many flights. overnight we talked with an airline spokesperson. tells us 120 flights in total were impacted. several were delayed and seven of them canceled. that includes two at sfo, one at observing, and one at san jose. >> a dublin neighborhood being warned to keep windows closed to keep a certain smell from coming in. the odor is expected to come from sewer construction taking place today at the village parkway area. here is a map of that construction zone. the odor is coming from a liner in the pipe that's being installed. >> on to more pleasant matters right now. a live look outside from san mateo this morning. getting ready for a nice day across the bay area. there are gray skies. >> that's a good bay area morning. >> yes, it is. we know it's not going to be extremely hot today when we see the clouds starting out. san francisco, we'll be at 65 degrees today. we'll stay in the 60s the rest of the week. highs reaching int

(pam) tonight, an anymous southwest airlines passengers is being called a hero.ons may have saved two children from being sexually abused. as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now... she spotted a man allegedly plotting the sexual exploitation of two kids .... with a woman with whom he was reportedly trading illicit text messages. sgt. brian spears of the internet crimes against children task force says that last monday on board a southwest airlines flight from seattle to san jose, a male adult passenger was texting to a woman in tacoma, washington, allegedly discussing sex acts to be carried out on a boy and girl ages 5 and seven.sgt. brian spears/san jose police "...the texts were disturbing. they talked about not just molesting children but also about bestiality..."these are the mug shots of the man, identified as 56 year old michael kellar and the woman on the other end of text messages, 50 year old gail burnworth, both from tacoma, washington.police say a woman seated just behind kellar was able to see the illicit messages on his phone because of the large fo

. ♪ >>> a southwest airlines employee goes above and beyond to help a cancer patient.edication did not arrive on flight from nashville. that's when sarah rowan worker for dallas based southwest airlines tracked down that luggage. put the bag in her car and drove it to her home at 3:00 o'clock in the morning. hurt found the luggage op her doorstep the next morning with handwritten note inside apologizing for the delay and telling her to kick that cancer's butt. >> that is so sweet. big win for taylor swift in court. a judge throws out a dj's claim against her. the dj was suing the singer claiming she got him fired after alleging that he groped her during a meet and greet. but the judge said there was no proof the pop star got him fir fired. however, the singer's count suit was allowed to continue. she claims david mueller reached under her skirt and grabbed her yesterday swift's bodyguard took the stand saying he saw it happen. >>> so we've all probably taken a picture at one point or another that has us going, hmm, do i really look like that? but for one local man, his

south worse airlines is work -- southwest airline is working to fix a seating system.n't assign seats but gives travelers a boarding position based on can check-in time. frequent fliers are pretty much guaranteed early boarding but many were left with higher number on the boarding passes. no timetable when the problem might be fixed. >> next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the atlanta falcons have a chick-fil-a in the stadium. but the chicken loving fans will be crying foul on your game day? michelle: would you get a the a of your favorite -- tattoo for your favorite team? the team -- what if it were free? the team doing that a second day. >> tomorrow on "good morning washington" we are live in prince georgeee county to welcome home mlb star kevin durant. don't -- nba star kevin durant. don't miss the mar raid. >> the biggest mistake most make the first year in college. >> keep it here for traffic and weather every ten minutes tomorrow morning starting at michelle: this sounds delicious. nancy: the atlanta falcons added chick-fil-a booth. michelle: but most fans know they do

. >>> southwest airlines adding more routes. cabo san lucas, houston, new orleans, st. louis, boise and spokane. >>> welcome their daughter august this month. she is seen here getting acquainted with big sister max. assuring her parents will do everything they can to make the world a better place for her and for all the children. >>> back in a moment, and we found a giant heart in san francisco. we will show you where. a 500 dollar mistake. ==take vo== the setting a san jose woman >>> coming up tonight at 6:00. a $500 mistake. the setting a san jose woman needed to make on her phone and how we can learn from her mistake. >>> finally, a combination of flag day and valentine's day. demonstrators formed a giant heart. a message of love as a response to the alt-right protest. together we will. pretty nice. >> lester holt is next. remember he is anchoring live from texas. >> good night. >>> tonight a deepening flood disaster here in texas. a rising toll, a family feared dead while trying to escape. >>> also a race against time to save people trapped in their homes. dramatic

. >> it 2-year-old guy boarded a southwest airlines flight in style. watch as he fist other passenger as he walks on. like a little celebrity. look at him go. >> his mother leah told abc news he's a little politician. not shy at all. and doesn't leave anyone out, of course. he could have just been happy that he's still small enough to fit comfortably into those airline seats. >> yeah. he's got extra legroom. >> like jimmy carter, not so long ago when gemmjimmy carter and shook hands with every passenger on board a delta flight. look at that kid. fist pumps. >> that is so cute. see, if they had one of those kids on every flight we'd be a lot less grumpy. >> as yoemsed opposed to the on crying? >> i didn't mean that. >> coming up, dessert that can drive itself to the party. >> hmm. >> you can now have your cake and wheel it too. >> ah. >> that's later in t >> cake? all right. first, the disturbing video of a young suspect found and gagged to a chair repeatedly tased by sheriff deputies. that suspect is now suing the department. >>> also a reminder to fol

. >>> we have breaking news to tell you about now, southwest airlines is experiencing major delays becauseis calling a technology issue affecting flights up and down the west coast. they have not given any estimates on when the problem will be fixed. >>> a newlywed couple in new jersey is look for two people who crahe t in a photo the bride took you can see the couple in the corner. they left the bride and groom a card and a buck for good luck. one dollar. the bride says she can't be mad because they got away with it. funny. >>> we got to try that sometime. >> free cake. >> leave a dollar. in sports tonight the giants have so many questions to answer in the future. but they have one answer for sure anded tonight. >>> good evening. you can count the good things that have happened for the giants this season on one hand. and ty block might be at the top of the list. he produced with his arm and bat. if fido is riding he is making the highlightosey a three-run homer. his 12th of the year. the g-men have homered in four straight games which feels like a record for them. as for mr. block, seven

download the accuweather app to keep track of the >>> we have breaking news to tell you about now, southwest airliness experiencing major delays because of what it is calling a technology issue affecting flights up and down the west coast. they have not given any estimates on when the problem will be fixed. >>> a newlywed couple in new jersey is look for two people who crashed their wedding. in a photo the bride took you can see the couple in the corner. they left the bride and groom a card and a buck for good luck. one dollar. the bride says she can't be mad because they got away with it. funny. >>> we got to try that sometime. >> free cake. >> leave a dollar. in sports tonight the giants have so many questions to answer in the future. but they have one answer for but they have one answer for sure and he pitched tonight. food. water. internet. we need it to live. but what we don't need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. i see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. you got me, mark. internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. what should i watch? show me spo

. >> southwest airlines, that flew some of the people who were stranded at the airport out for free.> duracell has been providing batteries for them. great stuff. >>> also, animals being resilient. check out this little guy. this is a dog, who apparently had a tough time swimming in the water. so, they found a little practice box. >> that is pretty cool. there were so many that are aybar donned in the storm. in the meantime, inspiring images coming out of the texas area. this is a bit of a dance-off, by deandre. he is posing himself dancing. broughten. >> lots of peo >>> this tuesday on "world news now" -- over capacity, as the waters keep rising across houston, so is the number of evacuees seeking shelter. tens of thousands need to be lifted from the storm zone. but what awaits many of them still remains uncertain. >> and the forecast doesn't offer much hope, with rain expected to keep the floodwaters at historic levels, forcing more rescues. but also bringing out the best in people, with bands of volunteers patrolling neighborhoods by boat, looking to help. >>> japan reacting to no

(tiffany) an anonymous southwest airlines passengers is being called a hero. her actions may have saved two children from being sexually abused. kron four's rob fladeboe has the details. sgt. brian spears of the internet crimes against children task force says that last monday on board a southwest airlines flight from seattle to san jose, a male adult passenger was texting to a woman in tacoma, washington, allegedly discussing sex acts to be carried out on a boy and girl ages 5 and seven.sgt. brian spears/san jose police "...the texts were disturbing. they talked about not just molesting children but also about bestiality..."these are the mug shots of the man, identified as 56 year old michael kellar and the woman on the other end of text messages, 50 year old gail burnworth, both from tacoma, washington.police say a woman seated just behind kellar was able to see the illicit messages on his phone because of the large font. she then used her own phone to photograph him and informed the flight attendants, who called police upon landing in san jose. sgt. brian s

a toilet in southwest airlines' overflowed, clogged with paper towels, spilling toilet water on the floor and into bags. some were so bad passengers had to leave their backs behind. no bags were allowed to be on the plane until after they were sanitized. and check this out. usually, senior prank is toward the end of the year, but studen by this on their first day. the whole school covered in toilet paper. it is a traditional prank in the atlanta area school. do not worry. the students were asked to clean up this mess by lunchtime. let me just say they put in their work. that is a block before the school, a block after the school. that is a lot of toilet paper wasted. it is a lot of toilet paper. doug: a lot of effort. adrianna: exactly. you put effort into this forecast. doug: it is looking pretty good. we still have some stuff going on in the area, as far as the possibility of showers and storms. they will crank up this afternoon, and especially this evening. we will get a nice weekend. let's take a look at some images, if we can. i will tell you, let's go back to the weather center. ful

arson is now a possibility in the grizzly peak fire whooshon southwest airlines, a san jose woman sawand what she read led to the arrest of two sex crime suspects,"...the texts were disturbing. they talked about not just molesting children but also about bestiality..."whoosh anchor's away ... san francisco's iconic beer now has a new corporate owner from across the pacific.you're watching kron four news in prime time. (grant) now at 8. officers rush to a popular san francisco park. after three people are shot in the middle of the day. tonight a gunman is still out there.(grant)(2sh thank you for joining us i'm grant lodes.(pam) and i'm pam moore. this is happening at dolores park in the mission dist

. >>> southwest airlines employee went above and beyond to make sure a passenger got her much needed medication. sharon is battling stage four colon cancer. when her lugarage arrived her southwest employee named sarah drove to her home she found the bag along with an inspiration te and i'll never forget that. >> the two women got to meet face-to-face during an emotional reunion. she called her a hero. >> coach doug peterson and the rest of the team arrived in green bay yesterday afternoon. she is being cautious with the wide receivers shoulder issue. the phillies dominate the braves. 3-2 victory completed their third series sweep of the braves this season. the phillies host the mets tonight with the start of a four game series. they will ask who is your master? and the braves will responds the phillies are my master. >> a south jersey diner -- or people respond to a diner in the wake of a theft of a donation jar. the owner of a gloucester county diner said donations are pouring in after the theft of a donation jar. the man caught on surveillance stole the jar containing $200 for a lo

a toilet in southwest airlines' concourse got backed up with paper towels and overflowed - spilling toilet water on the floor and onto bags. some were so bad..passengers decided to leave them behind. no bags were allowed on a plane until being sanitized. let's hope for better luck tonight. weekend lottery jackpots have hit a combined half a billion dollars! tonight's megamillions drawing has hit an estimated 323 million. the powerball jackpot - up to 286 million! tickets for tonight's megamillions lottery can be purchased until 10:45 p.m. the powerball drawing is tomorrow. w'eve had them right here on good morning washington.. and today you will be able to see the story of a baltim determination to beat the odds on stage and in life. today the documentary "step" is in theaters nationwide. the film is based on three baltimore high school seniors preparing for a national step-team dance competition while at the same time preparing for college..as the first in their families to achieve higher education. since filming ended a year ago, three members of the team highlighted in the film have rem

southwest airlines is working to fix a glitch.ne does not assign seats but gives travelers a boarding position based on check-in time. frequent flyers are pretty much guaranteed early boarding but the glitch left many of them with higher numbers on their boarding passes. there's no timetable on when that problem might be fixed. happening right now in charlottesville, a press conference with governor terry mcauliffe and senator tim kaine. take a listen. >> a very inspirational message. unfortunately today is the first of three funerals and memorial services that we will have to attend here in the commonwealth of virginia. today is heather. on friday we will have trooper bert bates' funeral and on saturday jay cullen's funeral. it is a very tough week for the ommonwealth of virginia. the message we heard from everybody who spoke and the message we tried now it's time for healing and it is time for reconciliation. we need to go forward. we need to put the hatred behind us and the bigotry. we need to come together as heather's mother

then there's southwest airlines, special flight from denver. you can get free viewing, glasses and enjoy with southwest calling cosmic cocktails. >>> or mock tails. >> a colorful and festive weekend in fremont. it is the festival's 25th year and it's a celebration of the country's independence from the united kingdom in 1947. the parade marches down capital avenue. celebrities from hollywood and bolliwood made appearances as well as 50 colorful votes. >> it's amazing to come here and see this. presenting their views, representing their states and nationalities. >> all streets around that area are back open. >>> you see san francisco there, you can't really see san francisco. >> we watch with the background. >> we wore gray. >> i brought the hair to match too. >> we're seeing a lot of gray behind us rights now and some misty skies moving into to san francisco. as the weather system dropping down the coast takes all the clouds you saw there behind us on the set forces them to rise over the coastal hill tops, that action alone looking south from t

this is what the line looks like at the counter for southwest airlines. bomb squad tech negotiation on pack in and revealed a hand grenade device located inside. the robot was deployed to determine contents and revealed no credible threat. now a suspect who claimed they had a bomb has been detained and arrested the afternoon. >> so many folks who had the flights canceled now working to rebook and it is proving very difficult. >> it was canceled. there's no way to get there before 12:00 i feel feel a reprieve. i will go and do work. u may not fly today? >> probably not. i had boarding pass. won't the machine. i kept sagerror. error. what is up with that into i went to the front there. they were like, your flight is canceled. as airline staff try to shuffle things around. we try to see plenty of delayed canceled flights on the boards even at this hour. as you heard thatly year say, some folks deciding not fly all today. >> wow. at this hour, an investigation is underway after train filled with passengers crashed into a parked trin at the terminal morning. m

southwest airlines has three jets taking people from houston to dallas.floodwaters receded enough for the planes to take off. >> frightening scenes to look at that, isn't it, right? it is still raining there. let's look at our roads, southwest philadelphia, you can see the skies starting to brighten. a pretty shot of the platt bridge by i-95 westbound traffic heading toward the airport moving nicely. we have an accident in the suburbs, white hall road at skippack pike. watch for that accident, meanwhile, mass transit is looking good. >> reporter: we have a decent day it will cloud up. 62 degrees by 7:00 a.m. noon, 75. the high 78 reading at 3:00 p.m. low humidity, but increasing clouds. overnight tonight and into tomorrow during the morning rush hour we'll see sprinkles and shower activity developing. pretty nice overall, dewpoints this morning are very low, we're in the 50s and that means it's not humid. jennette and matt. >> local law enforcement agencies may have access to military equipment. president trump plans to sign an executive order undoing an

southwest airlines is working through the night on that problem. >> those security chips on your credit a

aruba and detained last week after a note that said "bomb" was found in a restroom in their southwest airlines flight. someone said jones was the last to use the facility so authorities questioned the couple and placed them in a cell. they were appointed an attorney but they couldn't call their families or the u.s. embassy. local media published their pictures and called them criminal suspects. the nightmare lasted more than 24 hours. >> i was petrified. this is the most horrific thing that ever happened to me in my life. >> it seems as though there was >> the women were released without charges. news4 has reached out to aruban authorities but we have not heard back. >>> no one likes to get stuck in traffic lights, right, especially when they take forever to change. that is expected to change on your next drive through the district. new signal timing is now in place at more than 380 intersections. you will find those intersections in northeast and southeast. part of a 5 year plan that started in 2012 to improve traffic flow and make it's easier for pedestrians to cross the street. >>> if you r

southwest airlines have five flights that wife you mile high tons of events planned nationwide, including the dmv. why not get active at the adventure park in sandy spring, maryland you can zip line, rope line. they've got all kinds of activities and on monday they'll also be giving out the highly sought after solar eclipse. we have a great wide open area that people can climb down if they wanted to and check it out. there are also some spots up in the trees that will be closer to the eclipse than actually on the grun. if you're planning on playing hook i from work even for just an hour or so you're not alone. with everyone's eyes to the sky marveling mother nature they are $700 million for employees due to worker productivity. many companies are getting creative to capitalize on this once in a lifetime event. nike promoting its dark colored gear as solar eclipse picks. increasing foot traffic by offering the protective glasses for free. even the us postal service getting in on the game with a special tamg p that uses heat from your finger. lincoln in sill silver springs has created this

beginning in march southwest airlines is adding eight new nonstop lines. orlando st. uisen albuquerque, boise and spoken are the new locations southwest will fly more planes out of san jose but the average is jumping from 73 to 91 flights. >> pricey whole foods isn't as pricey anymore. the new boss is slashing prices. the deal finalized today amazon now owns whole foods as promised amazon any slashed prices everything from fruits to veg, meat, cheaper even avocados. >> another new perk shoppers can return amazon items at whole foods. some of the dipped price apples down to $1.99. rotisserie chicken, $4 less at $9.99. back in a moment with a slight problem for the giants and we'll hear from 49ers quarterback legend steve young. stay with us. you're going to be hanging out in here. so if you need anything, text me. do you play? use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap to friends at more banks than ever before. you got next? chase. make more of what's yours. chase. and this time, it involves the heart and soul of the team. >>> okay. well problems more the gian

so, stacy decided to call southwest airlines. woman who answered promised to get the luggage to her no matter what time it came in. stacy hurt: she left me a voicemail at 2:53 a.m., telling me that she was delivering my luggage to my house herself. sarah: our last delivery went out for the night, so i'm just going to go ahead and drive it out myself. i'm leaving work here shortly. rosemary: stacy says the woman's kindness has restored her faith in humanity. that's it for this edition of "nbc10 @issue," thank you for joining us. don't forget, this upcoming saturday is clear the shelters day. that's when almost 50 shelters and rescues in our area will wave all adoption fees. it's a great way to find a forever friend. i'm rosemary connors, have a good one. ♪ cc by aberdeen captioning 1-800-688-6621 abercap.com super pro-tip: buy your veggiveggies pre-chopped. ce. boom. the best food at amazing prices, giant. ♪ ♪ be a powerful force. nature valley giant has unbelievable pro tip produce prices. : so you'll never have to choose between

> reporter: by the time her th.s arrived in the wee hours of moe and tthinat's where this a southwest airlinest above and beyond. sarah rowan had promised that the bag would be delivered, so she first wrote a note she put inside the bag: "sorry for the delay." "kick that cancer's butt." and then, at 3:00 a.m., she personally drove it to the passenger's home. and put it on the front porch. this was the moment when stacey hurt came back to the airport to thank and meet her new friend. sometimes it's the small things that make the biggest difference. atlanta. >> thank you for watching tonight. i'll see you back here tomorrow night. have a great evening. good night. >>> that breaking news, it's a wildfire burning in a hillypart of napa area. sky 7 flew over the fire a short time ago. cal fire tells us the flames do threaten structures. it's burned about 75 acres. more crews are headed to the area to help. 165 firefighters battling the flames on the front lines. you see smoke there. we have a map showing where the fire is burning here. br out before eok1:00 this afternoon. evacuation orders are in

it was an emotional reunion between a pittsburgh pennsylvania, woman, battling cancer and a southwest airline employee who went the extra mile to help her. >> last month, stacey caught an earlier flight home after a conference in nashville, but her luggage containing medication she needs for chemo the next day was still on her original flight. that flight ended up getting canceled. so a southwest employee named sarah made it her mission to find that bag. and it finally arrived at 3:00 a.m., and sarah personally drove it to stacey's house and left this handwritten note. >> i am so grateful, and to me, i'll never forget that. she was just happy to help. she is a true hero. >> how great is this? stacey and sarah said staira restored her faith in humanity. that's just wonderful. >> this morning, the st. louis cardinals may have a new mascot. a stray cat runs out on the field at busch stadium. >> the kitty bites back. the kitty does not like being carried like that. >> no, no. she wasn't having it. member of the grounds crew getting bitten there. >> oh. >> wow. and yet, he still continues. >> the

the woman reported seeing a man on a southwest airlines flight heading to san jose july 31st, send text messages about the children. she took a picture of the texts and alerted flight attendants. police arrested the man, 56-year-old michael keller of tacoma, washington, as soon as the plane landed. and later alerted 50-year-old gale burnworth also of tacoma. the woman said, quote, i'm being labeled as a hero. i don't need a bunch of attention. i'm just so thankful the kids are safe. >>> fire investigators in berkeley are trying to figure out what sparked a small grass fire off of interstate 80. cell phone video taken minutes after it started, shows flames racing up the hillside on the gilman street off-ramp. it started just after 2:00 this afternoon. here's the view from sky 7. smoke blew across the freeway, slowing down traffic. you can see the off-ramp shut down as firefighters worked to get the fire under control, and control any hot spots. no one was hurt. >>> hard as it is to believe, a new school is just around the corner now. students from one south san francisco school are retur

a southwest airlines passenger reported seeing him text about molesting children.r end of those texts gale burn worth was a child care provider for a 5 and -year-old whom investigators believe were sexually assaulted. she was arrested in seattle. >> if it wasn't for this particular passenger taking action, taking initiative to alert the staff and alert police, this catastrophic event would have been just horrific. >> police say the woman who reported seeing the text messages is an early childhood educator. >>> so a lot of people buckle up behind the wheel. what about in the back seat? the insurance institute for highway safety has a new report out on seat belt use in the back seat. the video shows what happens to an unbuckled back seat passenger at impact in a car going just 35 miles per hour. the institute surveyed about 1200 dulls many. many said they don't buckle in the back seat because they feel safer there even when riding in a taxi, uber or lyft. both delaware and new jersey require seat belts in the back seat but the law is enforced differently in delaware,

on southwest airlines, you can choose your seat.okes ifs journalists a black man is sitting in the aisle seat and another black man is sitting in the window seat, that middle seat is the last to go. he jokes that lack men love southwest because they get more legroom. these responses people have two black men which are in some cases relatively benign like that and in some ways quite harmful like police being much more likely to shoot black men and put their hands on us when they do to stop and frisk than they are to other people. brian: let's assume there are some white people watching this interview right now and they are saying to themselves i'm not going to listen to the stuff anymore. why should they pay attention to what you have done in this book? "chokehold" for people like you. you are not racist, but you don't understand some of the stuff you've seen in the news about lack men -- about black men. folks whody, the while out at the hip-hop club. what's going on? i try to break down this situation african-american men find ours

and that's where this agent at southwest airlines went above and beyond.ah rowan had promised that the bag would be delivered, so she first wrote a note she put inside the bag: "sorry for the delay." "kick that cancer's butt." and then, at 3:00 a.m., she personally drove it to the passenger's home. and put it on the front porch. this was the moment when stacey hurt came back to the airport to thank and meet her new friend. sometimes it's the small things that make the biggest difference. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> thank you for watching tonight. i'll see you back here tomorrow night. have a great evening. good night. [ dog whimpers ] man: let's go! man #2: we're not coming out! man #1: [ sighs ] flo: [ amplified ] i got this. guys, i know being a first-time homeowner is scary, but you don't have to do this. man #2: what if a tree falls on our garage? woman: what if a tornado rips off our roof? flo: you're covered. and you've bundled your home and auto insurance, so you're saving a ton. come on. you don't want to start your new life in a dirty ol

and that's where this agent at southwest airlines went above and beyond.ah rowan had promised that the bag would be delivered, so she first wrote a note she put inside the bag, "sorry for the delay. kick that cancer's butt." and then, at 3:00 a.m., she personally drove it to the passenger's home. and put it on the front porch. this was the moment recorded by our station wtae in pittsburgh when stacey hurt came back to the airport to thank and meet her new friend. sometimes it's the small things that make the biggest difference. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> thank you for watching tonight. i'll see you back here tomorrow night. have a great evening. good night. >>> attacking flames in wine country. we have an update on breaking news as a wildfire threatens homes. >>> why the effort to remove the judge behind the brock turner rape sentence has hit a snag. >>> saving the season. the effort to get a football team on the field after thieves eastl >>> now from abc 7, live breaking news. >> we're still k eye on thiseenng bre aaking news. a wildfire burnin

. >> but a southwest airlines worker is getting major kudos this morning after going the extra mile tos now from mike clark of our station in pittsburgh. >> reporter: stacy hurt is a passionate health care advocate. >> i was in nashville for a colon cancer advocacy retreat. >> reporter: when this busy mom with stage 4 colon cancer hopped on an earlier light home she found out her medication didn't make it with her. >> they said it will be coming in on your later original flight and we'll call when you it arrives at about 6:30. >> reporter: she needed that medicine and other chemo-related items inside her luggage. when she called back at 8:30 she found out the flight had maintenance problems and was canceled. >> i immediately got very distraught, very emotional because i knew i had chemotherapy the neck morning. >> reporter: that's when in this story about winged flight an angel named sarah emerges. >> she just made it her mission, she said i will find that luggage for you. i will -- you know, when it comes in tonight we'll have it couriered out to you. >> reporter: had it arrived all t

he was flying on southwest airlines from seattle to san jose when investigatored say@although passenger saw him send being text messages about molesting children. she alerted flight staff and alerted police. keller was on highway to bay area to work at a glass company. another woman also seen there was arrested in this case. >> knicksed messages railroaded ralging the elbowed hills fire. uk berkeley police say the fire start on her university property and that they're investigating it as possible arson. krall rowe cal fire is leading the investigation and not talking arson at this point. oakland police tell us a man involved in a crash brandished the gun at the fire scene was arrested but we don't know if there is a connection to the fire as of yet. the fire is now 50% contained. >>> new at 11:00 opening we could for the fair in santa clara and sonoma county. the fairs might not draw big crowds but they are making a come back. they want families to come enjoy the food and rides. but that might be the problem. some people are nervous after incidents like this one just last night at the v

many southwest airlines flights on the west coast are grounded at this hour.he airline tells us it is sorting through what it is calling a technology issue. it appears to be a computer outage of some sort. at least three flights are impacted right now at sjc. no word yet on other airports. southwest now telling us it has a team working on a fix, apo apologizing to customers for the inconvenience. we will continue to follow the story >>> nearly 11 hours and counting, crews working into the night after a giant crane crashed down in the middle of a campbell neighborhood. this is what it looked like nbc bay area sky ranger. the crane suddenly toppling over around noon. remarkably, no one was hurt but plenty of damage to several homes. now, the difficult task is to get the crane up right. nbc bay area is live in campbell where the crews are hard at work. ian, are they making headway? >> reporter: they are, jessica. they've been working on removing this crane since about 8:30 tonight. it was extended about 200 feet and just about five minutes it has been retracted b

. >> reporter: the passenger report to do to southwest airlines staff to who called ahead to police andler was arrested. workers at the union city branch at the harten glass company were shocked saying he was flying here to be the new interim location manager. not anymore. investigators say gail bern one another was worthed with you young piem viems she was release four-door the jail because the state didn't formally charge her within three days of arrest. but tonight the fbi rearrested her on a federal warrant on conspiracy to produce chile pornography. detectives say the case is solid all thanks no the good samaritan. a preschool teacher who saw something and spoke up. >> she -- she you know saved the children from just horrific abuse. and for that she should be commended. >> now keller will go in front of a judge in san jose on monday as for bern werth she face as federal judge monday in seattle. live in the newsroom. ian cull nbc bay area news. >> thank you ian. >>> the infamous former pharmaceutical executive marni be shkreli most known for spiking the cost a aides drug and sparkin

southwest airlines says everything is back to normal after a computer glitch caused delays last night. here's a live look at sfo this morning. officials say they experienced an issue with the system that delivers data to planes which prevented planes from leaving. it affected 120 flights. all but seven took off. four were in orange county where there's a curfew and the others had crew rest legality issues. >>> new developments in the effort to build affordable housing for teachers in san jose. earlier this morning, the san jose city council voted against that plan. the mercury news reports three councilmen oppose the vote. a woman who owned a vacant lot wanted it to be rezoned to build 14 affordable residential units specifically for teachers. opponents argue the commercial land should be used for businesses and rezoning it could be a slippery slope. >> a new development in the google diversity memo controversy. the man who wrote the memo said he filed a complaint before he was fired on monday. he claimed he was subjected to coercive statements while at google. the memo argued women d

these are some of goldman sachs -- from cbs all the way down to southwest airline. >> thank you so much. it mean to the economy? the results of our latest bloomberg survey of economists live from bloomberg -- live from new york, this is bloomberg. this is bloomberg markets the trump economy. let's check in on the bloomberg first word news. >> president trump says the department of justice opened a civil rights investigation into the violence that occurred this weekend at a white nationalist march in virginia. >> to anyone who acted racistlly in this violence, you will be held accountable. justice will be delivered. the president condemned white nationalist groups following the -- calling the kkk, neo-nazis, and white supremacists criminals and sucks. stepping up their attack six weeks before voters decide whether to give them a fourth term. merkel was accused of failing to a trust the diesel spindle -- diesel scandal. winds arethe fierce making it tough on firefighters battling a large wildfire north of athens. has damaged at least 20 homes and threatens more as it continues to burn unc

investigators say this man was caught texting about sexually molesting children while on a southwest airlines flight on monday. >> she is my hero. >> a teacher who happened to be on the same flight. she noticed him writing those disturbing text messages. he was holding a cell phone to his face and had large text on the phone. >> she could read the sex act that was supposed to be performed on a child. >> the plane landed and the fbi stepped in. during investigations, he allowed in vista getters to view his phone. they uncovered is incriminating conversations that he said were fantasy and role-playing. >> not only molestation comparable - - it was not only molestation, but also beastie on a. >> she would perform sexual activity on children and record it as she was watching them. >> if not for this young lady, another sexual assault could have occurred. >> he was arrested and booked on felony charges including rape and sexual expectation. keller has been booked on charges of attempted child molestation and solicitation of sex crimes. the children are in poor - - the children are in protective cu