a company called spark energy appeared on his pg&e bill. spark charged him $34 for gas. pg&e, $26 to deliver it he claims he was misled into signing up. >> spark said well, there is nothing they can do. and that there is a contract. that it had to abide for a year. >> john and nguyen both contacted 7 on your side. we found there are several suppliers selling gas to residents. customers pay the supplier for gas, and pg&e for delivery. the suppliers say they offer lower rates but also charge daily fees. we found john and nguyen paid more during months they used the suppliers then they would have with pg&e. according to her bill, pg&e could wo have charged nguyen $27.43 for gas used in december. blue bruce $35.57 for the same gas. about $8 extra. pg&e would have charged john $22.35 for gas in december. spark energy billed him $34. almost $12 extra. both said pg&e rates are higher on average and customers do save money over time. however, the suppliers did agree to cancel the contracts for both chers spark energy telling us after it was brought to our attention he had been m

a company called spark energy appeared on his pg&e bill. spark charged him $34 for gas.g&e, $26 to deliver it he claims he was misled into signing up. >> spark said well, there is nothing they can do. and that there is a contract. that it had to abide for a year. >> john and nguyen both contacted 7 on your side. we found there are several suppliers selling gas to residents. customers pay the supplier for gas, and pg&e for delivery. the suppliers say they offer lower rates but also charge daily fees. we found john and nguyen paid more during months they used the suppliers then they would have with pg&e. according to her bill, pg&e could wo have charged nguyen $27.43 for gas used in december. blue bruce $35.57 for the same gas. about $8 extra. pg&e would have charged john $22.35 for gas in december. spark energy billed him $34. almost $12 extra. both said pg&e rates are higher on average and customers do save money over time. however, the suppliers did agree to cancel the contracts for both chers spark energy telling us after it was brought to our attention he had been mis

the news sparked outrage among some rights groups. on the heels of a report for singles from self criticism. christian into the river. this woman. one of the nurses most upscale district to bake her a bit of money. mike heard dozens of roman bakers can now be seen on the streets of the six thousand small problem with the local police station according to leaked internal memo d and nine personnel of the sixth on the small orchard to find roman family sleeping in the streets and systematically take them the move has sparked outrage in the neighborhood. simply threw them on his history that's constantly having bag is on every street corner. to be a bit too late. but sweet enough to share a sense of humanity. you can see him yet just because it's not scale everyday. it's disgusting meal. the district near admits he alerted the police chief about a massive influx of roman families in the area usage is selected last week talking about the social problems caused by human heart in the same time that all cases of anti crime. mom on the sinceri

neighbors are concerned the wind might spark other fires. we are told there are a lot of abandoned homes in the area. firefighters say they are watching, should any embers spark other fires, they are prepared to deal with that. there are dozens out here watching this fire. firefighters keep asking as i mentioned people to move back. they just asked us to move back to allow for a truck to come through here. a five-alarm fire on montgomery and park in san jose. you can see there's still a lot of heavy smoke. it all appears white so they are getting the upper hand on this fire. the winds continue to shift so i cannot emphasize enough the need to stay inside your home if you have asthma or any breathing problems or young children. make sure those windows are shut. >> thanks very much, kimberly. damian trujillo also at the scene in a different location, damian, we both worked at that building for many years. >> reporter: yeah, i worked there about ten years. the old kntv building was an old bakery converted into television studios in the '50s. by

seizure of power a year ago sparked sectarian violence. government came into power in january. chad has announced it is pulling troops out of the country. >> the u.n. chief ban ki-moon has today been speaking about the situation in the central african republic. he said it is one of his top priorities. our correspondent is at the united nations headquarter in new york. she tells us what the u.n. chief might do about it. do.here is not much he can he keep saying how concerned he is about the situation. the security council can really take action to stop the killing. we do expect the security council to vote next week, tuesday or wednesday, on sending a peacekeeping mission to the ca are. they are expected to approve such a mission, -- to the central african republic. they are expected to approve such a mission, but it could take six months despite the fact that many of the soldiers who will make up this mission will from the already existing african union led forces. an extra setback for that mission to stabilize the country. we got news that the chadian soldiers are withdrawing.

the wind, as i mentioned kicking up right now, might spark other fires. firefighters say they are watching the area should any embers spark other fires. this is very close to home, also very close to the san jose training facility. there is heavy ash and smoke in the area making it very difficult to breathe. please be aware of that if you live in the area, make sure to shut your windows and stay inside. there are dozens of witnesses and firefighters are asking everyone to move back as these winds are shifting. again, a five alarm fire here on montgomery and park in san jose. firefighters working very hard to put it out. they are also looking for two people who they say were here at the time when the fire started. they went back to talk to the two people who since left. they are still looking for that, those two people, if you know anything about the fire you are asked to call san jose fire. live in san jose, kimberly perry, nbc bay area news. >> quick question for you, i know you described it take little bit but that smoke is so thick where you are and it

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this is the same word he used in ex-orting sparks and dougherty to. act with fortitude. and if he takes the advice he could easily have reasoned himself into accepting the army's promise of physical suffering and called it a great virtue. all of this was also reinforced by some high profile examples, one of which is george washington in 1796 he voluntarily steps down from the presidency and declines to run for a third presidential term to which he almost certainly could have been elected. dodgely -- not everybody could sacrifice in the way a president could, by giving up a third term in office. now, dodgely nevertheless -- he said, all are not called to guide armies and nations. not everybody is called to be a general or a president. but that doesn't mean that everybody is not called to be virtues. everybody has something they can sacrifice, and you can be virtuous, humbler people than presidents and generals can be virtue yous in doing well to that which is committed to thai charge. so dodgely is calling everybody to verse fewous sacrifice. the question is, what does pi

want to give them an opportunity to say a few words and i see hinton of the dos and i see teresa sparks as well from the human rights commission. so i want to give them an opportunity to add anything and again thank you for your work. >> good morning and as everyone else has said here today, thank you so much for i think what was it about a year ago calling the first hearing, having actually a few of us that were there that day and we are here today to speak again and i really want to thank the task force for all of the valuable, valuable work that has been done. and you know, the some things and i think that i spoke at that first meeting, that there is a lot that we know. and then there is that lot that we don't know. and it really is coming from the people's own voices. about what it is that they want and what they need that we think is so much more valuable than our just trying to sort that out ourselves. and so, i was especially thankful to marcy for your comments and i think that speaks so much to another strategic plan that we are working on in our office and it gets with that, an

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and doherty, and the rescuers found sparks and doherty alive but still unable to travel. and so they returned to pike on february 17th, and in a dark and desperate gesture, they had removed some of the bones that the cold had separated from their toes and sent them back with the rescuers begging pike, by all that was-say celled, not to leave them -- sacred not to leave them alone in the wilderness. how little did they know of my heart if they could suspect me of conduct so ungenerous, and he vowed to do whatever was necessary to deliver them to their, quote, grateful country. and that a concept of gratitude as something that a nation owes people who sacrifice for it physically is another concept that we will come back to. so what are we to make of all this? so what are we to make of all this? who was pike, is the question i want to ask today. was he an intrepid explorer whose heartiness in the face of difficulty opened the west to the nation, or was he a reckless commander whose poor decision making exposed his men to unnecessary danger? or perhaps, as some have speculate

ran over several difference ticks the tires flew off and sparks gak s began to plfly.hen you flee the scene police are going to get you and they did in fact get him and arrested him. >>> prepare to be impressed to be by a guy here. from the real machinery to the top two you arething that to the fepts. really cool stuff here he is swinging around and moving. he didn't fall to the ground. here he is from the rock and he hops over and is able to clear the dumpster. also cool to point out, no seat on the bike. the seat would hurt. here he is bouncing all over the piece of construction here. he goes from the i-beam side ways, down the platform. it is hard enough tore us to do without bikes. kind he of hard. the most dangerous thing that happened to hem is he went on his bike. >> what does the fox say? this video suggests it and see what is being done to nurse this little guy back to health right this minute. >> that cloud up ahead is a big massive storm of bugs. plus, find out how long this dude can keep his papers popping. >> yes, he is trying to break the record. and the

right clothes store opens in london in the midst of the jewish community will look at the outreach sparked among residents. the questionable practice. moscow the rejection. us media coverage has been running hand in hand with a revolutionary ideology of keeps interim leaders and brushing aside contradiction to its reasoning. the white house is relying on very fine data or athens is in charge to find out their interpretation of that when it comes to the crisis in ukraine in washington seems to have one word that's become a favorite. the fact that the facts are the facts just because the word fact exists. it doesn't mean it coincides with the truth the truth is there in the social media and across the pages of newspapers and in the video televisions for all of the world to see in the social media and the prominent american newspapers the us built a case using photos of random and in random places in attempts to prove russians had come to ukraine. this was used as proof by us officials it's just that the photographer what actually took the pictures beg to differ and attraction followed. as fo

friends overseas while changes confirmed reports that the ci achieve the speed and covert visit sparking speculation the us is coordinating the repression of activist in eastern ukraine get just a couple of months ago washington blasted the four ukrainian government for doing the same day she can as warm on a somewhat hypocritical maneuvering washington dc is the victory he's in he's cute. as parents we can and ukrainian government in the manner that it is dealt with that. very challenging situation a stark contrast to watch his rhetoric just a short while ago the ukrainian government she sleeps. not resort to violence in dealing with peaceful protests. us officials describe it might don activist is peaceful even when they seized government buildings in attack. now they refer to protest is in ec ukraine as a garden and controlled by moscow should make. everyone real ones. and understand much more about language and the moments when in pursuit we endured newcomers were seeing it here. very compressed period. in a span of less than two months washington is kind of cheering on my dumb photo

is that of m rbethageitmany oung i woman she became the face of the opposition one of very death sparked outrage towards government security forces also to trick the payment of the sojourn across the ditch in msia that unceremoniously then handed to form a present then allie and out of the country as well of three years ago. also this moment when supporters of former egyptian president hosni mumbai charged into tiny square was captured and put on youtube as well the social meetings become a front of the tone of the ongoing goal between the rebels and the syrian government too. good thing that went to bedok so blurry f some of the country some of the countries of late let's talk about that keep most recently switching off with the revenue to call this or that he does now though to lift its controversial about to begin sharing sites the posh be inaccessible what about that later stages from us on our website. also reporting that too. but there was thomas cup you'll stop by the united states of wanting to keep gmo all of them was the cover story for you i can great economy can only be saved

published a groundbreaking and it's a revelation to be praised by the poets and to maintain the sparking a massive debate set of surveillance and privacy. also to a bloody uprising in the heavens talk about what it was the beloved and check out these ingredients of the photos of the brevity of the type of leaders eclipse that of the city of about twenty four hours. over the americas been sick so we got the pictures of the chico. so sanctions against moscow on top of western companies comparing out with russia wants to drill for fossil fields in the arctic the policy but said over the course of the wells on top oil and gas reserves while its businesses use of corporations some western governments is cooking mix the tensions on russia's northern borders whipple nice couple according to reports russian stock in the arctic circle has potentially skyrocketed researchers say evidence shows new and large hydrocarbon deposits have been discovered in a shorter and car thief. the find could take weeks to a pot of gold from russia's gas industry no in recent years melting ice caps have given away t

sparks. correct me if i'm wrong, you bought the l.a. sparks during the time, it was right after the comments from imus, correct? and you owned them until recently selling them to magic johnson recently. >> right. yeah. >> well, what then do you think should happen? what options do you think the commissioner has? does he have any option except for get rid of this guy or to try to? >> i mean, there's a range of options, but i think that, you know, if it turns out that the nba verifies that this is, in fact, donald sterling and those are his comments, then i don't think the nba has many more options but to take his ownership away from him and award the franchise to someone else. there's a very extensive and lengthy betting process one has to go through to be an owner in the nba and therefore in the wnba. it has to do with finances, moral character, standing in community, and at this point, you just heard a while ago about the numbers of instances of allegations of racism, some of which have been proven against donald sterling here in the l

the mood sparking celebrations and criticism. plus, millions bracing for another round of spring storms today. they are expected to respond to tornados across the heartland. new orleans and virginia -- north carolina and virginia were hit. several were injured. >>> mahmoud abbas says palestinians will never recognise israel as a jewish state. this was a demand of the middle east peace talks. israelis are angry that leaders agreed on a unity deal, which is considered a terror of the organization by the u.s. and israel. we have this report on mahmoud abbas's speech. >> what was unique to the talks, it's the first time we saw him go into detail as to why he thought the detail, the talks with the israelis were going nowhere. primarily pointing the finger to binyamin netanyahu, saying that binyamin netanyahu, from the start, was not a viable partner in this, stating that every time that he had put in requests to scene , binyamin netanyahu plied -- secretary of state john kerry, binyamin netanyahu applied that he didn't trust mahmoud a

suddenly there was a spark in the spacecraft. >> oh, oh. >> we have a fire in the spacecraft. >> i could hear gus saying we've got a fire inside the spacecraft. and then i heard roger chassey. i could hear him screaming from pain. i could hear the pad people yelling and screaming. i could hear roger chassey then say, please get us out of here then i heard nothing. when that fire started they were probably dead in 15, 20 seconds. >>> it shocked the nation. and stunned nasa. the deaths also devastated craft who was a pallbearer in grism's funeral. >> you lost three fine men. although i've seen test pilots killed that probably helped me a little bit not a hell of a lot. >> nasa engineers ran simple tests and discovered that under high pressure oxygen everything burn, even metal. >> we didn't realize how explosive that mixture was when you got a spark. as soon as we started figuring out what happened we all started blaming ourselvesment ourselvesment -- ourselves, it was our fault. we should have been more careful. we should have thought about what that test was doing. we should have argued

this is the new normal. >> reporter: and that new normal has sparked a new theory about wildfires, aheory that led us to the top of the world. american glace yol gist has been studying arctic ice for 20 years, and he says the ice is melting at a scale and speed scientists had never imagined possible. he has a surprising new theory about what may be speeding up the warming. >> you can see it's kind of wanting to pull -- >> reporter: the usually pristine ice looks dirty gray in places. >> that is from wildfire soot. >> reporter: it was hard to imagine, but he was saying that soot from wildfires in north america had traveled all the way here, coating the ice with carbon particles, transforming it into what he calls dark snow. and what happens with dark ice, dark snow? >> light absorbing impurities trap more sunlight and can hasten the melting process. >> reporter: there are more forest fires, and there's going to be more soot. >> yes. >> reporter: climate scientists say we all need to know more about this. ann curry, nbc news, the arctic. >> you can watch the entire documentary right af

nick berkeley, abc 7 news. >>> always dangerous, we saw the sparks coming from the lines.ee the smoke billowing out towards the breeze. >> the winds are gusting at ten or 11 miles an hour, the sustained winds are very light. the problem with the fire is the materials that are burning, of course fires can create their own weather conditions. it can be very touch and go. i'll tell you where it is dusty right now, at travis air force base where winds are gusting to 40 miles an hour out of the west to 30. and that is what is picturing the low clouds around the bay. it is already starting to make its way towards the inland vall valleys. we are going to see quite a bit of gray today. here is the view from the camera, there is a bit of breeze as you notice, 55 in san francisco, 57 in oakland, temperatures in the mid-50s, san francisco and los gatos, looking at san francisco, low clouds there, fog, low 50s, santa rosa, petaluma, napa, today's high temperatures were mainly in the 50s and 60s. we managed to get up into the low 70s around livermore, redwood city and san jose. there w

texas is sparking more controversy.extras an extreme version of christianity many consider a cult. people in that town confront church members. heidi jo castro joins us from wells, texas. >> what sparked the outrage in that town? >> jonathan, this church of wells has bought up so many businesses and homes in the small community of less than 1,000 people that the city and the residents of wells say that they feel like their town is being taken over. for example, this gas station and grocery store right behind me, that's owned by the church of wells. it's one of the first businesses they bought since landing in this community in 2011. since then, they have bought houses. they have bought businesses, and they are a fundamentalist christian group that believes in modeling their lives after the apostles in jesus christ's time in the bible. according to their message, unless you live and act like they do, you are condemned to hell. >> that's a message that this group shares through open air preaching where they go to areas wi

paula madison, former owner of the los angeles sparks, a wnba team. and kenneth schropner from the wharton school of business. we haven't talked a lot about the players. they're not robots. they don't exist in a world that is shorn of all context. they play at a time and place for certain people and against others. has it been a surprise to you to see lebron james one of the best known stars of the game come out fort forthrightly again owner and saying he has to leave the game. >> from bad things come good things. and the positive statements in terms of understanding the issue by lebron james, michael jordan, who is a rare speaker on these issues, and think about the players themselves, the actual protests delivered in the game. the idea that they took the time from their preparation to determine how they would act as an unit. it's a very important moment, and it's very clear that this is an impactful situation for them. and they've taken a lot of the right steps. >> in an he is say today online in a was scathing, but also quite funny, kareem abdul ja

>> i do not think they are trying to spark world war iii. they are trying to achieve objectives and they are being very provocative in what they are doing. i think the dangers are evident and what i absolutely agree with president obama is that a military threat or response from nato is not called for right now. and would be extremely dangerous. and all of us have to realize we are approaching the hundredth anniversary of the start of world war i. we don't want to replay an anniversary date by some horrific blunder. what does need to be done is to remind russia that it is bound by international law and by specific treaties to protect the sovereignty and integrity of ukraine. it has to honor those and if it does not it is going to find capital leaving russia, bond ratings getting written down the russian economy suffering. who could want this? nobody wants this. i want to see a strong russia. it is not going to happen if russia is so threatening that normal economic relations are not possible. >> briefly, russia is not going to take the sanct

far right closed store opens in london in the midst of the jewish community really get the outrage sparked among the residents buying questionable and trying. to. date you know welcome to our teams national you lie with me to bang with say from moscow you as the media coverage has been running hand in hand with the revolutionary ideology of cubes interim leaders and brushing aside contradictions to its reasoning the white house is relying on verified data all i want to see is just now finds out their interpretation of that. when it comes to the crisis in ukraine washington seems to have one word that's become a favorite the facts are the facts or the facts but just because the word fact exists it doesn't mean it coincides with the truth the truth is there social media across the pages of newspapers and in the video of televisions for all of the world to see in the social media and in prominent american newspapers the u.s. built a case using photos of random men in random places in attempts to prove russians had come to ukraine this was used as proof by u.s. officials it's just the photogra

that are to be invoked on its own fact finding mission the number of households meeting those who sparked fear and panic abroad in the first place i'm a resident of donetsk region i have a ukrainian passport but hopefully soon that will be replaced with a passport of an independent republic of donetsk. i'm here to protect the will of the people mostly people just want to live a good happy and peaceful life i want to explain why we're doing this we got intimidated our rights and language were undermined our miners are working extremely hard to look at our times they're left in complete disarray and we come to go to the reject the authorities in kiev with concerns about the politicians who were swept to power after february's coup protestors in the east of the country now the ultra nationalists from other parts of the country have joined the offensive against them we're here to defend the administration building a bridge in order to stray from from the right sector with respect an operation against us at any moment. none of these men are concealing that they experienced enough to protect th

the kick that is sparking an investigation. ,,,,,, >>> a string of deadly tornadoes tornado ravaging the state of texas. forecasters warn people should brace for another round. this twister tore through southern missouri. it hit three states and killed 17 people yesterday. little rock, arkansas was one of the hardest hit. rescue crews sifted through this searching for survivors. cars completely mangled. homes were reduced to piles of wood. authorities say the tornado reached half a mile wide and stayed on the ground for 80 miles. the twister was packing winds up to 130 miles per hour. this three-year-old little girl was found 100 feet from her home. her hip badly injured. she was among dozens rushed to a local hospital. survivors say it all happened so fast. this woman made it out live by hiding in her bathtub. >> i thought maybe i can make it. maybe i can. i have never been in one of these before. that's why it was so shocking. >> a brand new middle school was flattened. the $14 million school was set to open this fall. >>> this new video that has south koreans out raged. the captai

the program sparking controversy when come explaincomplained of unfairly targeted.ew york's mayor bill deblasio says the move makes police more respectful and fair. >> it is the highest honor awarded to members of our military. and now a former army sergeant will receive the medal of honor for saving lives during a taliban attack in afghanistan. out gunned and outmanned kyle white saved a marine and two fellow soldiers during an ambush in 2007. he will be the 7th living recipients for actions in iraq organ stan. the seattle native will be honored at the white house on may 13th. >> general motors is now seeking lawsuit protection after a massive motor recall. lauren simonetti joins us with this and other top business news. >> great to see you ainsley. gm plans to ask a federal bankruptcy judge to shield it from legal claims for events before it's 2009 bankruptcy. the strategy was revealed in a motion filed in another court involving the potentially deadly ignition switches and nearly 2 million small cars. they want action on those delayed until the bankruptcy ruled s

boyd's d death is sparking questions just how the police handle the mentally ill as well. we have more from albuquerque. >> supporters of albuquerque's law enforcement gathered outside of police headquarters sunday. >> the job that these guys do each and every day, it proves that at times they have to think very quickly on their feet. there really is no other course of action. >> well, i'm concerned about the shootings, but i'm also concerned about those that don't follow our laws. >> only a week ago, angry anti-police protesters battled the police close by in a near riots meeting rock throwers with tear gas and a show of force. the protests that were sparked after the fatal shooting of a mentally ill homeless man james boyd. a few days later, another fatal shooting outside of a housing project. they said alfred redwine was threatening them with a gun. his family said he was unarmed and was holding a cell phone. >> this is where everything happened right here? >> yes, yes, that's where my boy was shot and killed. >> reporter: michael gomez's son was shot and killed by the

shooting sparks on to the street below. not only did the lines spark during the fire. several live power lines fell on firefighters. >> dropped across the chief's vehicle. and actually one of the power lines did touch one of our firefighters but they didn't get shocked. reporter: this picture was taken bay berkeley firefighter from a ladder truck. showing how large the fire really was. fire investigators are yellow-tagging parts of the building too dangerous to enter, while combing through the rubble looking for clues how the fire started. >> we'll look at everything around the building, behind the building. >> it had completely spread down here despite the wind blowing this way. reporter: the tile company co-owner says she has insurance and will recover. >> i'm just grateful no person was injured, and that what was lost is stuff. reporter: in berkeley, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >>> fire destroyed another east bay business this morning, this one in newark at the love at first slice pizza shop. fire broke out around 8:00 this morning. firefighters say the pizza shop's

lowering interest rates to spark growth causes inflation.o the last thing that vladimir putin needs is sanctions that hurt the energy sector. count president obama among the people that russia will make good on the deal that took shape today. let's get more on what the president said about ukraine today. libby casey is standing by at the white house. libby safe to say the president is skeptical about what russia does next? >> absolutely. he used words like hope and promising, but bottom line he said i don't think we're sure of anything at this point. and while there is a possibility of prospect, that diplomacy may de-escalate tex, he is certainly not holding his breath. >> what does the administration do if this doesn't work out? >> well, they are not relinquishing on sanctions at all. you mentioned some of the hallmarks of this agreement. rolling back sanctions is not part of it, and president obama said he talked with an ga merkel of germany today, and david camera on the uk, and he said it is important to deepen sanctions if nothing comes

. >> reporter: during the firefight, live power lines arced, shooting sparks on to the street below. not only did these lines spark during the fire, several live power lines actually fell right on to firefighters. >> dropped across the battalion chief's vehicle. and actually, one of the power lines did touch one of our firefighters, but they didn't get shocked. >> reporter: this aerial picture was taken by a berkeley firefighter from a ladder truck. it shows how large the fire really was. fire investigators are yellow tagging parts of the building too dangerous to enter while combing through the rubble, looking for clues about how the fire started. >> we're going to look at everything around the building, behind the building, inside the building. >> it had completely spread down to here, despite the wind blowing this way. >> reporter: import tile company co-owner evelyn larson says she has insurance and will recover. >> i really am just grateful that no person was injured and that what was lost is stuff. >> reporter: in berkeley, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >>> fire destroyed anothe

those comments come as the spark one festival comes to an end in jacksonville, florida. been a 56% jump on the number of projects on display. the team are bringing the festival to berlin later this year. joining us, i'm happy to say, peter rummel, a major funder behind crowd funding festival one spark as well. i'm pleased after our technical issues that we've managed to hook up with you, peter. thanks very much indeed for joining us. how much growth are you seeing in that festival? and what is that telling us about the outlook for crowd funding? >> i think what it's telling us is that everybody who's not new york or london wants to try and figure out how to be. we're trying to figure out how to keep our bright, young people here. it takes two things to keep bright, young people. one is jobs and the other is other bright, young people. what we've tried to do is create energy around people who have ideas to make them realize they're not alone and also to make them realize that there's access to capital. and we've been able to do both. last year we had about a million dolla

shooting sparks on to the street below. not only did the lines spark during the fire. several live power lines fell on firefighters. >> dropped across the chief's vehicle. and actually one of the power lines did touch one of our firefighters but they didn't get shocked. reporter: this picture was taken bay berkeley firefighter from a ladder truck. showing how large the fire really was. fire investigators are yellow-tagging parts of the building too dangerous to enter, while combing through the rubble looking for clues how the fire started. >> we'll look at everything around the building, behind the building. >> it had completely spread down here despite the wind blowing this way. reporter: the tile company co-owner says she has insurance and will recover. >> i'm just grateful no person was injured, and that what was lost is stuff. reporter: in berkeley, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >>> fire destroyed another east bay business this morning, this one in newark at the love at first slice pizza shop. fire broke out around 8:00 this morning. firefighters say the pizza shop's

you can see the flash and sparks fly when the transformers blew.crews have been able to get power back onto the majority of customers. officials tell us they expect all but ten customers to have power back before midnight. stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage of this breaking story and our reporting continues right now on twitter @abc7 news bay area. >>> the national transportation safety board is looking into what caused the deadly crash between a fedex truck and tour bus on i-5 near or land inm3z gn county. the ntsbft@ says no tire tracks from the driver the bus driver swerved to try to avoid the collision. chuck receive the son reports. >> investigators are combing the area, searching for clues to that fiery explosion when a fedex tractor-trailer slammed into a tour bus full of college bound high school students. the ntsb say the bus driver made defensive maneuvers to avoid the truck. >> there was an action on the part of the driver to stop the vehicle and there's a reaction beyond the braking to swerving the right. >>> i looked over and

the mass death sentences sparked outrage worldwide. riot groups and government expressed cop certains offer the fairness -- concerns over the fairness of the proceedings. >>> taking you around the world - in australia officials are calling off the aerial search for malaysia airlines flight mh370. prime minister tony abbott says it's unlikely any aircraft debris will be found on the surface of the ocean. . officials believe after 52 days debris would have sunk, they will expand the underwater area. the passenger jet disappeared on march 8th with 235 aboard. >>> south sudan rebels and government are sitting down for peace talks. international mediators are overseeing the negotiations in ethiop ethiopia, after weeks of delays. both sides are accused of committing atrocities. recently the u.n. says rebels killed hundreds of civilians bentiu. tens of thousands fleed their home, half living in makeshift camps. >>> in south korea video by the coast guard shows the moment the doomed captain fled the vessel. captain le joon-seok and his crew we

it sparked a buying stock spree by investors. while commodities sold ff. gold lost 5 dollars and oil almost $2. 12 large banks are sued by investors. they claims the banks conspired to rig prices in the foreign exchange market. no comment from the banks. wells fargo is naming john shrewsberry as its new cfo. larry shover of sfg alternatives is here to get our day started. he's watching the market for us. good morning larry. >>good morning. >>well the fed will keep interest rates. there's some strength coming into the economy from manufacturing. is there any reason not to buy stocks right now? >>well, not really because look at the alternatives right nowthere's not a whole lot out there that could give you the dividend yield that stocks could right now. that doesn't mean we can't have a pullback but when you think about it, our economy is growing and stock's the number one beneficiary of that. >>but there are some people who believe we could be headed for bubble trouble with the stock market. it sounds like you don't buy into that. >>no i don't except there

that's clippers owner donald sterling's penalty for racist comments that sparked outrage, and may yet strip him of his team. good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. also ahead, can police search your cell phone without a warrant? the supreme court grappled with that question today, with arguments pitting privacy concerns against law enforcement in the digital age. >> ifill: plus, a look at iraq. readying for it's first national elections since the u.s. withdrawal, but struggling to maintain peace and stability.

the sparks that you see in this video is gunfire.meone shot at the substation and cut the telephone lines. pg&e still offering a $250,000 reward in the case. since that happened a year ago, $100 million security upgrade was put in place. they added more lights, fencing and cargo containers that act as temporary shields from an explosion. the company has stationed security guards around the clock. >> there was no big announcement about her presidential plans but hillary clinton shared lessons she's learned from the white house and abroad at san jose state tonight and said meetings liking this are important. >> it's also crucial to the kind of future that we want to build together. and that is had you we advance the rights and opportunities of women and girls here and everywhere for the full and equal. >> as for the speculation she'll enter the 2016 race, she laughed it off. that could come after november's midterm elections. before san jose she was in las vegas earlier today and it goss dicey. she ducked after someone threw a shoe at

get ready. >> scary flight landed safely in australia after an engine fire spewed sparks into the sky. a passenger shot this video from his seat and you can see the sparks coming from the engine of the flight with 92 workers headed to the northwest coast off australia. >> flames remain coming out and we panicked. >> it was getting worse and worse. >> ed pilot was able to land the plane safely and no one was hurt. >>> from beijing, distraught family members of malaysia airlines flight 370 heard audio of the final chatter with a control tower. >> this was too much to handle for some family. a man was wheeled identity on a gurney and others were very upset. also, today the international air effort to fine the plane officially ended. some ships are staying in the indian ocean to gather debris that could surface. >>> president obama is on the way back to the united states after four-country swing through asia. he wrapped up the trip in the philippines but before departing he got a look at the new electric buses going to service in manila and also, the president paid respects at the ma fill

this is not just intolerable it's grotesque it is beyond the acceptable well here's what sparked the reaction a leaflet published in the name of the anti kiev donetsk people's republic but those who lashed out fail to take into account that the leaflet could in fact to be fake and that's exactly what it turned out to be as the head of artes social media i broke cross he now explains when the buzzword is deescalation this was definitely off message john kerry's righteous denunciation of the anti semitic leaflets handed out to jews outside of donetsk synagogue had some media c.n.n. c.b.s. and usa today wanting to believe the threat was real but the so-called evidence is far from established despite the hysteria the man alleged to have signed the order denied it out right. it's a real provocation such letters were issued also against businessmen and foreign students it's a badly made provocation and this is a sign the people's governor i never call myself by that title no will elected me the stamp is food too short it's bigger than the real one and the text of the letter is stupid this

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hood may have been sparked by an argument over a request for leave. an army spokesman described an eight minute rampage where the suspect ivan lopez fired 35 shots over an area spanning the equivalent of two city blocks before taking his own life. and what may have brought it on. >> at this point in the investigation we can confirm that the alleged shooter specialist ivan lopez was involved in a verbal altercation concerning his request for leave. and the processing of that request. at his unit's administrative office. >> the shooting spree left three people dead and 16 wounded. three soldiers remain hospitalized and are listed in fair condition. >>> today is national equal pay for women day. and president obama is expected to sign a pair of executive orders to even the playing field. nbc's tracie potts is live in washington with the details. we're loving this story, tracie, good morning. what is the significance of this april 8th? >> reporter: what it means, alex, is this, women on average have to work until april 8th of this year including all of yo