talk about a travel nightmare, one british couple got more than they bargained for in the amazon sparking an international rescue effort. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we are coming to you live from the united nations where today president obama was among those who addressed the general assembly. in the 40 minute speech, only seven minutes is getting attention. that is when he forcefully rejected the palestinian bid for membership in the international body. >> diplomacy temporarily transfer -- temporarily transferred to new york. it seems unable to meet the challenges of a conflict that is once again looking dangerous. >> it is time for us to say, not on our watch. >> israel is keeping pressure on the obama administration to veto any application for membership. pro palestinians pushing for a seat at the u.n. as a giant step towards independence. even with the prospect of an american veto, the palestinians are claiming some victories. they put back the issue not just on u.n. membership but of their independence back on the international agenda in a way it w

tim sparks is a richly from evansville, ill.. he works for congressional quarterly. >> one of reasons it has been difficult for congress to look at cutting homeland security grant is because police and firefighters and rescue personnel are powerful constituency in the image they present. the idea of saying no to them seems ridiculous at times. it seems like it would be bad for them politically. the wireless carriers have their own political weight to bring to bear. how much in this spectrum debate are they allies and how much are they the enemy? >> i think some of each. some of the major carriers are very supportive of our efforts because they have a vision where it would be beneficial to the public safety community and to their business interests for us to partner with them at some point to build out this nationwide network. those that have that vision, we are very pleased with that. unfortunately, there are some that commercial world that are looking at its were selfishly, to deal with their particular needs as a company. where

euro zone's third largest economy takes a hit below the belt as its credit rating is downgraded sparking fears of an even deeper financial crisis italy's the latest of six euro zone countries have taken a credit tumble this year. and multiculturalism under the microscope turkey's president visits berlin trying to break down a wall of issues facing immigrants in germany this comes as some germans say they feel threatened by the ever growing wave of immigration more news coming your way in fifteen minutes right after the sports with. hello welcome to this someday be headlines this hour second sound russian gears up for much longer to the rugby world cup team line wait for the baz later on she was to. cross-town rivals clocking one of the cage highlights as the new eyes hockey season is gaining momentum here in russia. also russia secured two medals on the latest trial stage in japan clinching silver and bronze in the mounds of those results council all the london olympics. let's begin with the rugby world cup where russia will take on the second game of the championships later today this i

heroes on third largest economy takes a hit below the belt as its credit ratings downgraded sparking fears of an even deeper financial crisis italy is the latest of six zeros on countries have taken a credit tumble this year. multiculturalism under the microscope turkey's president visits were lin trying to break down a wall of issues facing immigrants in germany this comes as some german say they feel threatened by the ever growing wave of immigration. only three days left before the palestinian leader presents a bid for independence at the u.n. or he speaks with one of the mood abbas's advisers who participated in drafting the plan he explained the real goals behind the symbolic action. let me i have talked in the bill south a member of the palestinian legislative council got to thank you very much for joining us here on our team some israeli officials admit that they are losing the battle at the united nations are you confident of a positive vote we're absolutely certain that you're there is something that's where the votes count the security council of the ocean need just one of

a win and two losses with the latest two day old defeat coming by the hands of today's opponents sparks aka moscow it's no wonder that dinner on the war not only motivated by garnering quick revenge as it was also the club's first home game however it was the visitors hoping to score on a power play eleven minutes into the first period through anatoly nique on set i the beginning of the second period so both teams increased speeds consequently creating chances on either side of the rink but it was the now mostly zero comaroff the capsulized and one of a multitude of opportunities to level matters in this match the big so american result in the second period left the score at one hole going to the final twenty minutes it's safe to say that it was a goalkeeper's game adot points with nerves of steel bound to win the match for one of the sides and it was sparked sox busy netminder iran customs in who gave in first in the third period after one of denial was opening attacks and in the team's second goal to one to deny mlle the final score you know i think we did a great job on the. friday f

. >> the bay area's hells angel who died and the city of spark is under a state of emergency. a winner in the florida draw poll. good evening. sense offer ship at the shark tank, a season ticket holder is being threatened with ejection over what he wears. >> shark fans who watch their team on tv got plenty. gleams of the bench and -- glimpses of the t-shirts it's our company showing support for the shark -- our company is involved in 200 charities and each event we wear our t- shirts. >> as of this game, the free tv exposure is supposed to end. i received a letter from the council of the sharks said if i tried to go in with my t-shirts i will be recorrected and my tickets confiscated. >> that's $20,000 worth of the season tickets from a guy that has sold season tickets. >> this year he canceled the ads. >> this comes three days after we informed them we were no longer going to sponsor the sharks for this season. >> but the sharks in a statement handed out before the game say the purpose of the policy is to protect the investment of it's corporate sponsors. stanley insists it's

shoot-out happened last night in sparks where a biker festival was under way. jeffrey pettigrew was in charge of the chapter in san jose and he was killed. police believe a drive-by shooting hours after the shoot-out an attempt at retaliation and tonight there are renewed fears of more violence because there are unconfirmed reports more hells angels from california are headed to sparks, nevada. >>> in oakland, hundreds of parents are breathing a sigh of relief. the superintendent of schools announced that five of the schools plan to be shut down next year will be spared. that mean there's are five others on the chopping block. nbc bay area's monty francis is in oakland with reaction on that. >> reporter: good evening. a list of schools slated to close started with ten names on it it's whittled down to five. we spoke to parents who say they're overjoyed and others who tell us they're heartbroken. >> outrage. outrage. my personal feelings are outrage. >> reporter: laureen's son is in fifth grade at thurgood marshall elementary one of five schools slated to close

. >> 1 british couple got more than they bargained for in the amazon sparking an international rescue effort. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and also around the globe. we are coming to you live from the united nations. today, after more than 80 years, a pair of american hikers are enjoying their freedom. -- today after two years. the families of shane bauer and josh fattal rushed to meet them. >> camera crews waited at the release of the american hikers. shane bauer and josh fattal are finally free. we obtained this exclusive footage of the pair. the iranians wanted to show that they were treated well in detention. they were detained with another american more than two years ago in the on march region between iran and iraq. the iranians accused them of spying but the americans said they were simply hiking. one was released last year on grounds of ill health. she said that none of them could have been supplies. >> we had no equipment on us. we had no intention to come into iran and we are no threat. >> the families were allowed to meet shane bauer and josh fattal last year. >

. >>> overnight, dry conditions and the lightning, the combination, sparked five fires overnight in the east bay. it started around 8:00 last night on oliveson ridge, just one and a half miles from the entrance of mount diablo park. within minutes, the fire grew from 40 to 60 acres. crews had a difficult time

on the ropes the euro zone's third largest economy takes a hit as italy's credit rating goes down sparking fears and an even even deeper financial crisis is the latest of six years on countries to have taken a credit tumble this see it. israel calls for urgent peace talks with palestinians but plans mines on their border added the palestinian bid for a seat at the un this friday and some more you could open a pandora's box. of multiculturalism under the microscope turkey's president visits berlin trying to break down a wall of issues facing immigrants in germany there's some german say they feel threatened by the ever growing wave of immigration. with only three days left before the palestinian leader presents that made for independence at the u.n. r.t. speaks with one of mahmoud abbas's advisors who participated in drafting the planet he explained what he thinks are the real goals behind the symbolic action. let me i have talked in a bill south a member of the palestinian legislative council now to thank you very much for joining us now on r.t. some israeli officials admit that they are l

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tension is rising after pristina seized two points to enforce a ban on imports from serbia the move has sparked outrage with. the pain rights are being violated by kosovar albanians. risk next to the un's head of protecting historical sites and relics tells r t why social upheaval is threatening the world's most valuable. you know bocal though you know it's close secretary general it's really great to have you with this man. over two centuries ago george byron reflected and asked and saluting so you would think that two centuries later and twenty first centuries because we think we're more civilized things are better but are they really better for instance in egypt or libya i would say definitely much much better of course a very very wrecked the comparison says the danger of thing but let me first say that the overall concept the feeling of the necessity to preserve culture. of course it's an old one but at the same time we have the need to have a new reading meaning so i believe we are very successful on the whole of course you mentioned something also very important from their approach in th

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the fire marshall said it sparked at least four fires, the largest near castle rock road. it's 75% contained. two other fires are burning on the east side and another near san ramone. we have a crew getting video now. >>> at least two high school football games were disrupted by the thunderstorm. in lafayette, the folks got a good look at lightning. everybody had to leave the field. some took cover in the gym. it's resumed. >>> and in mountain view our sports crew was at game between saint francis and palmo when the lightning started. we took these pictures has the fans left the stands. it happened at half time. mark was covering the game and said so far its only been delayed but they may still decide to postpone it. >> this was a fast moving system. look at this. i will put it in motion. this was about 7:00. you can see just race through the bay area, it moved fast. in response to this weather system the national weather service has extended their red flag warning throughout the hills, the upper elevations of the bay area. i want to take you through the last few hours. th

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led a war against terror which sparked two major military operation in iraq and afghanistan just two months ago the u.s. enemy number one salah billard was killed in pakistan. did his death really change it did that ten years down bring produce any result except the growing insurgency on the one hand and valor tobie on the other we're asking the former chief of the a family bin laden tracking unit in the cia michael charlotte. the worst attack in u.s. history terrorists hijacked four planes and crashed two of them into the twin towers of the world trade center in new york city the one into the pentagon while the force was presumably targeted at the white house in washington but question into a build the roof caps which al qaeda eventually admitted left some three thousand innocent people down and created a perception that no place to know is safe from the threat of extremism the immediate u.s. response was a war on terror declared by president george w. bush it instigated highly controversial military campaigns in iraq and afghanistan . there were inter has been criticized many times

to make a move the case full force is they want to make a move to break up the barricades to fair sparking violence and to set in protest is for exactly the same reasons they want to be preventing violence so we had the un security council calling an emergency meeting at the request of serbia and russia and no final decisions were really made from that there were a lot of countries that were unwilling really to make a statement to take a verse these control points going ahead despite the warnings from belgrade i'm from russia that this could really lead to further agitation political analyst alexander poundage says the nato led mission in kosovo assisting the breakaway republic and installing customs controls as violating the un mandate. ok for meeting nato have absolutely overstepped their mandate their un mandate is clear they're supposed to be neutral down there they're supposed to be keeping the peace they're not supposed to be taking i mean one side they're clearly taking the albanian side these the session is the government in prishtina the capital of kosovo and so this is bound to s

leaders sparking anger both in parts of israel in the west bank and the. world markets fall following a gloomy assessment of the u.s. economic prospects by the federal reserve this is a fresh wave of austerity cuts prompts mass protests and strikes in debt ridden greece. was an old nasa satellite is plunging toward earth with hundreds of fragments expected to come crashing down but u.s. scientists still have no idea where to land russian experts warn the debris could pose a serious health danger any people who come in contact with the. head of the speech at the u.n. general assembly are key spoke with iran's controversial president about the palestinian push for statehood and the situation in the middle east interview coming up. present weren't in it i thank you very much for taking the time to sit with r.t. if. you are here to address the international body at the united nations every year that you have come so far you have advocated our behalf of the palestinians in support of their sovereignty in support of the palestinians having their own state this y

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anti-americanism is sparked off once again. it's an extremely dangerous line to walk. >> and the thing to remember this, exactly what jonathan was starting to say. this is a moment of tremendous promise but also tremendous danger in the middle east. the arab spring is a reality. arab people have thrown up -- thrown off their dictatorships. democracy is a real possibility. now, in that context though, israel is also in a more precarious position. egypt, whose authoritarian ruler was a firm ally of israel is no longer there, and the israeli-turkish relation had is incredibly important and incredibly fraught right now. turkey, the hope for egypt in the muslim world so it's a very delicate time, and america can't be seen to be hypocritical. america can't be seen to say democracy is okay for egypt. it's okay for turkey but not for palestinians >> i understand, but maybe america can't be seen as hypocritical. >> but it is. >> yes. >> especially in the international community, whether it's our relationship with egypt, in support of mu

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. >> still ahead a birth control recall sparked a recall over unwanted pregnancies. >> plus, growing the next apple, the law that president obama signed today that could be the key to the next innovation. >> and changes and new charges against one of biggest banks, what >>> a pharmaceutical company is recalling several brands of birth control pills because of packaging error. the company says the packaging error could cause women to take it incorrectly putting them at risk for unintended pregnancies. consumers who have the affected packages should contact doctors or pharmacists. we have more information or on number you can call at abc7news.com under see it on tv. >>> big changes are coming to the way u.s. inventors can patent their products. they signed a major overall of the patent system into law. america invents act is being hailed as a milestone that will spur innovation and create jobs. he says the changes the first major change in patent law since 1952 couldn't come at a better time. >> we can't afford to drag our feet any longer, not at a time when we should be doing everythi

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that is what going to spark the fire. you see all the areas in the red flag warning, the sierra up to the northern sections of the central valley as close as the eastern sections, of alameda and contra costa county and including lake county. you can see how close the red flag warning is that is why i'm concerned with the possibility of us having higher fire danger. and heading to san diego or l.a. upper 70s around l.a. and san diego, near 70-degree temperatures. let's take a look seven-day forecast, most of us don't need to worry about the storms. just want to let you know they e t there but big story will be the cooler conditions. we drop nearly four degrees at the coast and six degrees at the bay and ten degrees inland by sunday with even cooler weather on monday and more warmer weather for tuesday, wednesday and thursday. >> have a great weekend. >> you know how we rely on our phones foe for so much these days? you can have emotional support. check out the phone that simulates holding your hand and even kissing you. th

. >> the death sparked an outpouring of grief around the world. michael jackson fans are not the only ones demanding answers. jackson's family has made clear they blame conrad murray for his death, and they are anxious to see justice done. the doctor denies involuntary manslaughter, but the prosecution claims he was well aware of the effects of drugs or having the michael jackson. they played a rambling, and current tape recording the doctor made of jackson days after he was hired. >> [unintelligible] >> essential to this trial is the powerful surgical anesthetic, an overdose of which is to have caused his death. the question is, who administered a fatal dose? was a doctor conrad murray or michael jackson himself? >> conrad murray abandoned michael when he needed help. grosss conrad murray's negligence, his on skilled hands, and his desire to obtain this lucrative contract of $150,000 a month that led conrad murray not only to abandon his patients, but to abandon all principles of medical care. >> a contrasting picture as a caring physician brough

. >>> overnight, dry conditions and the lightning, the combination, sparked five fires overnight in the east bay. it started around 8:00 last night on oliveson ridge, just one and a half miles from the entrance of mount diablo park. within minutes, the fire grew from 40 to 60 acres. crews had a difficult time fighting the fire because there were no paved roads in the area. all of the fires have been contained. we'll hear a little more from kristi, coming up in a few minutes about more lightning danger here in the bay area. >>> meantime, an emotional ceremony to remember the event that changed a san bruno community forever one year ago yesterday. >> [ bell ringing ] >> the names of the victims being read there. one year ago, the pg&e pipeline blew up, destroying a neighborhood and killing eight people. the neighborhood organizers and city leaders say they wanted to focus the program on the people and try to unite their community. >>> overnight, republicans and the state senate blocked governor brown's plan to promote job creation through tax reform. the governor wants to close a loophole

we are working on making its current to all the recommendations from commissioner sparks' group. making sure it is the policy and procedures of the san francisco police department and the statutes and ordinances of the city that are trumped and any other rules that may be in play. >> i look forward to hearing the report. commissioner terman: i want to say that as of last week, although i appreciate us discussing our priorities and scheduling, language access was one of the things that i wanted to make a priority. i would like us to remember that we did go last week that commissioner kingsley and myself, we would sketch out a plan to schedule those things. so we arinder -- we can get buy in and remember that all issues are covered. i do not have an issue of was pulling out individually but if we are doing this in an organized fashion, we have to do it in an organized fashion. president mazzucco: we have announcements. >> we will be going dark next week and the following week, we will be meeting at to roosevelt middle school in the richmond district and that is at 6:00 p.m. the nex

that is what going to spark the fire.ou see all the areas in the red flag warning, the sierra up to the northern sections of the central valley as close as the eastern sections, of alameda and contra costa county and including lake county. you can see how close the red flag warning is that is why i'm concerned with the possibility of us having higher fire danger. and heading to san diego or l.a. upper 70s around l.a. and san diego, near 70-degree temperatures. let's take a look seven-day forecast, most of us don't need to worry about the storms. just want to let you know they are out there but big story will be the cooler conditions. we drop nearly four degrees at the coast and six degrees at the bay and ten degrees inland by sunday with even cooler weather on monday and more warmer weather for tuesday, wednesday and thursday. >> have a great weekend. >> you know how we rely on our phones foe for so much these days? you can have emotional support. check out the phone that simulates holding your hand and even kissing you.

the cause has been traced back to water getting into an electrical panel, causing sparks and smoke. no one was hurt, but it did cause train delays last night. >>> this morning friends and family of a missing virginia man will renew their search in the hopes of solving his mysterious disappearance. lenny harris, a longtime alexandria community activist, disappeared after leaving the recreation center on wednesday night. friends said he took a call from someone and then said he was going to meet someone. it's not known whether it was the caller, but he's not been seen or heard from since. his cell phone was found near the wilson bridge on thursday, but his car is still missing. alexandria mayor bill yule has known harris for decades. >> he's given of his time to make a difference in this community, particularly working for the underprivileged and the youth and young aduts. >> i think he's one of those guys with, if it ain't right, he'll make it right. he'll do whatever he can to touch his hands on it. >> police say they consider harris to be endangered, and they are investigating a po

you may remember it sparked controversial after raising concerns over journalism ethics z the former editor has been named editor in chief and will invest $10 million in the crunch fund. and speculation china may invest in italy paved way for a late turn around today. green arrows for the major indexes. gains led by shares of tech and financial companies. and bloomberg went higher with help for shares. sales of nintendo aren't doing as well as expected. analysts say the players will be probably 16% shy of the target price as cuts and new accessories failed to spark demand and say nintendo needs to restore confidence introducing more major game titles or developing games for social networks. the stock tumbled 80% since the high in 2007. >> and we know angry birds has been the rage. there is talk about the movie and a theme park? really? what is this about. >> and angry birds moved from internet and into a chinese theme park. the windows of the world theme park hosting a version of angry birds event this month. and the game allowed to it catapult with a sling shot but according to pc w

and sparks were flying last night in florida as those vying to replace the president went at it again in the latest republican debate. busy morning. good morning. i'm ashley webster. this is a fox business network special report. thank you for joining us. all eyes again on global financial markets both here in the u.s. and around the world and my, oh, my, what a day yesterday. a huge selloff. let's look at the numbers for you. the dow jones industrial average down at the day for 391 points. at one point below 500 points. but coming back to 391. down 3 1/2% on the dow. nasdaq down 3 1/4%. s&p losing 3700 points or more than 3%. what can we expect today on wall street? at this hour, the future boards showing green. the dow up 1/2%. and the nasdaq showing upward arrows up about 1/2%. what's been going on while you've been sleeping? well, in asia, certainly red arrows and probably the worst performing market, south korea down nearly 6%. not such big losses in china and hong kong down 1 1/3%. the shanghai down .4%. probably the best performing market in asia. in the past few days, the dow

the problem has sparked anxiety in the eastern and northeastern parts of the country. japanese authorities are trying to limit the risk to children. now, some schools in fukushima prefecture have restricted outdoor activities for students because of high levels of radiation. playing with sand in public places has also been banned. precautions are also being taken in tokyo, more than 200 kilometers from the nuclear plant. officials detected radiation exceeding the safety standards in sand boxes used by children. in some cases, the sand was replaced. in others, the sand boxes were covered with plastic sheeting. for more, we go to our studio in sendai. there we learn about another problem caused by the nuclear crisis, food contamination, and how that's affected japanese farmers. >> radiation levels above the safety limit have been detected in some agricultural products. the japanese governments suspended the shipment of milk and some types of vegetables in fukushima and neighboring areas. shipments of beef cattle from four prefectures was prohibited between july and augus

energy efficiency has sparked a modern makeover for the easy-bake oven. the old school 100-watt incondescent bulb has been replaced with a heating element like you'll find in a grown-up stove. >>> mariano rivera's pursuit of the major league saves record is put on hold. apparently it wasn't time to forgive and forget at last night's dodgers/diamondbacks game. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and our well-advertised taste of fall is moving into the eastern half of the country. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you are just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, the mlb playoffs are just starting to take form with the phillies clinching the first postseason berth. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. no celebration, no champagne party in the locker room, just business as usual as the phils clinched another playoff berth. started to be old hat for the phillies. made the playoffs for the fifth year in a row. polanco singled in

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an introductory dinner followed by a free holiday in the hopes that sparks might fly. keep -- they toast their success. with a bit of nervous dancing, the candidate began to get into the spirit of the job. >> at first glance, i thought [inaudible] i thought it was forced and artificial. but now i think that it is nice. >> some say the project does not get to the heart of serbia's population problem. >> this is a cheap trick to have attention and the media. it is not a guarantee of stable or solid family connection. >> at local hospital, the new arrivals subtle and. perhaps nine months on from a few nights, this area just might be blessed with a few more. >> to a woman who is one name is known worldwide. madonna's career in music has been long and successful, but her film resume has not sparkled so brightly. the material girl's second outing as a director has had its premiere at the venice film is best -- this film festival. our arts editor reports. >> inter madonna. performing for the cameras. she is promoting her new film. this time, she is not the star, but the direc

. >> sparks has declared a local state of emergency and cancelled the street violation motorcycle event. it attracted thousands of bikers to the reno area this weekend. >> sunnyvale police arrested the mother of an eight-month-old boy one day of the boy was discovered dead inside an paper yesterday afternoon. around the same time his mother tried to jump from the matilda avenue overpass above highway 101 a few blocks from the paper. police and firefighters grabbed the 27-year-old before she could jump. she was booked into the jail today on suspicion of homicide. the medical examiner will conduct an autopsy on monday to find out how her son died. >>> heavy fog may have played a factor in the camping of a -- death of a cyclist in the oakland hills. police say the man was traveling downhill on the winding curves overlooking the bay when he lost control, swerved into the oncoming lane and clyde with -- collided with the car. the victim appeared to be in his 50s. the police will not site the drive. >> eye tech devices were scanning custom efforts at pair of atms in pleasant hill. a maintenan

the crash sparked a fast-moving wildfire. that fire was finally contained last night. >>> this morning, california officials confirmed that remains found in a san francisco area canyon are those of missing nursing student michelle le. le disappeared may 27th. the remains were found saturday. esteban, who knew le in high school, has been charged with murder. prosecutors believe esteban, who was pregnant, attacked here in a hospital parking garage. a motive for the death remains unknown. >>> president obama will be two in new york to attend two days of meetings at the united nations. the president arrived yesterday and is facing a palestinian demand statehood and u.n. membership. today the president meets with afghan president whhamid karzai. mr. obama addresses the u.n. general assembly tomorrow. >>> back in washington, the white house and the president's plan for cutting the deficit has little chance of passing congress. the nearly $3 trillion proposal calls for reduced spending on medicare and medicaid. it does not touch soc

lightning bolts, that unfortunately can spark fires. we're watching that to our south. notice the movement on the moisture trying to creep toward the north bay. be watching this tonight. tomorrow morning, variable clouds, mainly drizzle from the low clouds we typically see. as we head toward the afternoon, not too bad. numbers in the mid 80s inland again for the tri-valley. 65 san francisco. temperatures the next few days not going to change a whole lot. the second half of the week, stronger sea breeze will also mean those thunderstorms in the sierra should move further east. >> is this normal for the end of summer? >> for this pattern, typically we might see this come up over the sierra. unusual to see it park over the bay area. >> the big questions that affect the crush, the wine season coming up. >> hopefully the rain stays away from that, that's true. >> thanks for watching. brian williams is next with "nightly news." the exclusive interview with president obama.

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it happened last night at the nugget in sparks, nevada, during the annual street vibrations motorcycle event. the shootout was the result of a fight between rival motorcycle gangs at a bar inside the casino. police say jeffrey was the hells angel member killed. two members of the motorcycle club of southern california were injured. >> whenever you have people that enter our city with bad intentions, bad things are going to happen. that's what happened here last night. >> the mayor of sparks declared a state of emergency and has canceled the rest of the street vibrations event in the city. he says there are fears of retaliation and a drive by shooting this morning outside the hotel casino was apparently such an attack. >>> the oakland unified school district released a list of schools they would like to close as the first step in the district's consolidation plan. the announcement comes on the same day the district celebrates the opening of the refurbished campus. it features a state of the art community health clinic. school officials say the goal to create more campuses like this one,

embers sparked two other house fires in the neighborhood. nobody was hurt. they say the fast-moving fire was loud. >> we heard pretty loud bang. boom, boom, boom. i looked outside the window and first i saw it was probably the wind and the house being constructed, but the 2nd i looked out the window i saw the house was completely in flames. >> they say the loud booms were likely items inside a shed that exploded. damage estimates are at least $300,000 and three speculate homes were affected. >> time to check in with mike. a start of a couple of wildfires that could have grown to bigger things yesterday but the current climate kept it down. >> what is the latest? >> we don't have the winds, that is why things are not getting out of control. heat and dryness outside. overall pattern, storm track to the north, orange representing dry air coming up from the south. we'll see a lot of sunshine and mixed in warmer weather during the afternoon hours. relatively clear sky in inland valleys has allowed fog to form. 52 in santa rosa, pat in napa to 50 in novato a lot o

this is a high-voltage line at that sparked a 10 a. blaze on this section of east regional park property. the narrow road had a definite impact on response time. >> in southern california a large wild fire destroys a dozen homes and doubles in size. 13 square miles were burned. fema approved governor brown's of occasion for federal assistance. the fire broke out yesterday and was caused by the crash of a single engine plane. further south and lost angeles county fire their has burned more than 500 a.. the brush fire was sparked by a fire at a bar earlier today. the fire is burning close to several branch homes. there are no evacuation orders as of yet. in texas governor ridge. but presidential campaigning on hold to go back to his state or tens of thousands of acres are burning. >> , host normally dealt drought-stricken texas no rain but a lot of wind to fuel more fires. >> but this family evacuated more than 5000 others. 300 homes are gone so far and they warned things will get worse before they get better. people are leaving just wit

the fire marshall said it sparked at least four fires, the largest near castle rock road. it's 75% contained. two other fires are burning on the east side and another near san ramone. we have a crew getting video now. >>> at least two high school football games were disrupted by the thunderstorm. in lafayette, the folks got a good look at lightning. everybody had to leave the field. some took cover in the gym. it's resumed. >>> and in mountain view our sports crew was at game between saint francis and palmo when the lightning started. we took these pictures has the fans left the stands. it happened at half time. mark was covering the game and said so far its only been delayed but they may still decide to postpone it. >> this was a fast moving system. look at this. i will put it in motion. this was about 7:00. you can see just race through the bay area, it moved fast. in response to this weather system the national weather service has extended their red flag warning throughout the hills, the upper elevations of the bay area. i want to take you through the last few hours. th

fires were sparked when fuel from tanks and ships drifting after the tsunami were ignited by vehicle batteries or other sources. once lit, flames spread quickly as tsunami debris hinders firefighters. firefighters from iwate, miyagi, and fukushima prefectures told nhk that 131 fires had been reported at a total area of around 5.65 million square meters have burnt in four cities and towns. similar fires occurred when major earthquakes hit japan in 1964 and 1993. but damage in each incident was about 1/100 that of the march 11th disaster. the figure is likely to rise as the fire departments continue to survey the northeast. >>> the japan society of civil engineers has revised down the height of the highest tsunami of march 11th, which it says was 39.7 meters in miyako city, iwate prefecture. the finding was reported to a society meeting on wednesday. its committees and working groups are examining the disaster and considering how to deal with future tsunamis. the highest waves on land were thought to have been 40 meters or more. but after six months of research, the society revised the

then the sparks with a 40-1 victory over tonga.ew zealand has not won the world cup since the inaugural ball -- inaugural tournament. to the basketball european championships. germany has kept their quarterfinal hopes alive of a major win over turkey. it was neck-and-neck for most of the game, with germany swinging the momentum their way in a thrilling fourth quarter. >> it was a hard-fought victory for dirk and the rest of the germany's god. he got into foul trouble early this to put it all in the hope when it counted, scoring 19 points. but it was the small forward that sent three crucial 3- pointers in the final period that put germany ahead for good, final score at 73-67. germany faces another must-win some georgian on sunday against lithuania to get a spot in the quarter finals. >> back to the subject up 9/11. we all remember where we were and what we were doing on that fateful day. this weekend, as we mark the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, many people will be reflecting on these events, which shocked and changed