now, i can tell you a lot about spencer crew. let me tell you, we have closed dives from johannesburg to tokyo. we have done the hardest thing two historians could ever do, that is collaborate with writing effectively for years. but i think that what i really want you to know about spencer is without a doubt he is one of the most gifted and celebrated historians in america. he is a scholar who was trained well both at brown and at rutgers. but what he's been able to do is something that many of us admire. he's been able to straddle the line as both an academic historian and a public historian. but even more importantly than that, spencer crew has done something few of us get to do. he has reshaped and changed the chosen field, his field of public history. think about what this man has accomplished. his amazing work as a curator, curating the most important exhibition in the last 30 years, i would argue, "field to factory: voices of the great african-american migration." that exhibition alone changed the way we think about museums

warm weather is here for awhile. >> thank you very much, spencer.to larry who has been watching incredible pitching on the mound tonight. >> pitching heating up as well just like the weather. giants and a's possibly two shutout victories. as far as the giants game is concerned two of the best pitchers in baseball squared off in the series finale and that came against cli >>> coming up on abc 7 news at 11:00, family members are expressing outrage tonight over the death of a man who was shot as he was pushing a stroller. a live report. plus, a protest shuts down market street in san francisco. what the union members want from the city. are that is ahead in one hour on abc 7 news over on channel 7. >>> all right. larry beil is here with that incredible pitching duel. >> this was fantastic. i mean this is old fashioned baseball and you would appreciate it. >> great. >> as an old fashioned player. >> exactly right. >> this was matt cane versus cliff lee. the giants and phillies locking up in the series finale. cain threw a one-hitter on friday. just four

spencer back with another update on the condition outside. stay with back with another update on the condition outside. stay with us. back in a rain thunder lightning around the bay area and power outage couple thousand in san francisco and look at the fierce lightning about 2,000 in concord as well. spencer back with the forecast. >> we are told of arriving flights delayed at sfo. over 2 and a half hours because of all the lightning strike. once again looping the doppler 7 hd radar image to show you the path of these storms that justin to build offshore and move right on across the peninsula through san francisco across the bay over to the east bay and right now we lack at lightning strike an thunderstorms over in the east bay and area of concord. rodeo near vallejo, san ramone, hayward berkeley as well. things quieted down in the north bay in sonoma county with heavy downpour for an hour or so now that all the energy has seemed to is shifted down to the line of thunderstorms. okay. overnight tonight. heavy rain and strong gusty wind will co

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spencer is here now with a look at live doppler 7 hd. spencer. >> still passing through but very, very slowly. here's a look at live doppler 7 hd. frontal system shown very also movement. about middle of the afternoon. still have the long pass of light moderate rainfall in the eastern part of the viewing area but showers and areas of rain are redeveloping in the north bay now which have been kind of quiet in the early evening hours and patches of rainfall. some downpour look like could be pretty heavy around santa rosa and up along river road there in parts of highway 101. east of santa rosa. now shifting our focus eastward and south ward a bit here's the wider path of lighter rainfall from concord down through livermore and fremont into the south bay. speaking of south bay farther south near gilroy and holster looks like we have a path of active weather and downpour there. batch of activity out here over the monterey bay just south of santa cruz. so still wet and continuing to rain during the over nature hours 24 hour rainfall total so

spencer is here and as well we should be. why not?s a photo sent to us today showing the few from twin peaks this afternoon. there is just like this around the bay area, and showers continue on the east coast and high temperatures into 70s and warmer down south, low 80s tomorrow and warm conditions from top to bottom. high temperatures into 80s. here in the bay area it will be warming up as well. there is 85 in san jose. low to mid-80s in many locations on the peninsula. downtown san francisco 71 degrees tomorrow, 67 into the sunset district. north bay will be warm with highs into mid-80s. there is near east bay highs upper 70s to low 80s, inland east bay mid to upper 80s and monterey bay, 89 inland and 81 near the bay. 71 in monterey. lovely summer weather and gets warmer on saturday. so enjoy it now. >> a little girl with special needs got a surprise today in a story submitted to us by our viewer autos a cape crusadeor fighting something more dangerous than the joker. >>> abc 7 news held a 7 listens meeting and learned about a speci

let's get to spencer christian for a quick look be on how long the rain is going to last. spencer? >> dan, we do have pockets of mood rat to heavy rainfall and you can see on live doppler 7 hd. close from on san francisco where right now we have pockets of moderate and heavy rain over along great highway to 32nd avenue and then going north up on highway 101 over on bay street. and out into the northeastern part of the city and out towards the golden gate. we had some widespread area of moderate and h heavy rainfall in the east bay earlier. much of that is pushing out into the sacramento valley right now. and earlier we had pretty substantial rain down in the san jose area between san jose and los gatos. rainfall totals looking i'm pressive at the moment. over 4/10-inch from this system at cupertino. look up in the north bay very little from zero at st. helena to 1/100-inch at santa rosa and not much happening in the north bay. concord picked up 2/10-inch. suddenly picked up sizzle. we will show you what tex peck tomorrow morning. >> and it brought more than a little drizzle. >> tha

. >>> i'm spencer christian in the accuweather forecast center. a chilly overnight in the bay area with frost in some spots. i will show you where in the accuweather forecast. >>> plus, help on the way for millions of people who wake up in the middle of the night and cannot go back to sleep. does this happen to you? [ crickets chirping ] [ traffic passing ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers... of secondhand smoke... and some of them can't do anything about it. ♪ [ continues ] [ gasping ] >>> a search underway for a teenage girl missing near the city of danfield in contra costa county described and identified as 16-year-old mattie welsh. white, 5-foot tall 116-pounds with reddish hair and green eye. she might be riding in a grey -- riding a grey and pink 10 speed bicycle. missing tonight near danfield in diablo. >> at least three u.s. solliers killed by a suicide bomber in a park in northern afghanistan. four civilians and two afghan

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oscar winner octavia spencer has signed on to play grant's mother. she hopes it will be a teaching tool. >> we want people of color to see the disadvantage that we have. we want them to learn from what happened with oscar to try to stop that from happening to anyone else. >> actor michael b jordan said to be in talks to play grant. production could begin in july. >>> jane king joins us live from the new york stock exchange with the latest on early trading. >>> good morning. intel and ibm in the computer industry, reporting some of the slowest sales growth in years. they are being hurt by a slow down triggered by the european debt crisis. shares this morning intel and ibm both lower as investors

and spencer baucus from alabama. we also saw steve caves, the founder of aol and also on the president's job council, so the president is hoping as he mentioned this bill will be a game changer in helping open the pool of potential investors so that the smaller businesses, somewhere he pre newers and medium-sized businesses can help gain capital and become public and be successful thus creating jobs and the critics are coming forward and saying hang on a second, this could potentially with government oversight and there you go, the president signing the act into law. coming up next, investigators now getting a look at the scene of a massacre in afghanistan and if there is no evidence, what happens to the american soldier accused of killing the civilians? c'mon dad! i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy.

spencer here with a look back at remarkably powerful storm. >> much calmer. i have to resort old cliche what a davis day makes. look at doppler writ now. we see almost nothing in the way of precipitation around the bay area. 24 hours ago we had hundreds of lightning strike lanes of powerful thunderstorms moving through the bay area. strong gusty windth drevrming downpour of rain. right now we look at light spotty widely scattered precipitation. east bay east of brentwood to tracey and stockton. one area of light rainfall there. another one farther south on the way out to the central valley out near modest to. rainfall tota total. we know we had over 750 lightning strike last night but his record rainfall totals for the day for april 12. san francisco 1.24 inches of rain yes. 1.26 in oak land. 1.20 in oakland airport. lesser amount in mount view san jose and salinas airport. nonetheless each of these was new record rainfall total for the date of april 12. don't normally get heavy raintime of t look like much morale though there's still a chance of some active

darcy spencer is live in upper marlboro with the story. darcy? >> reporter: jim, that 2-year-old was in his mother's arms when he was shot and wounded last august. the trial began today for the teenager accused of firing that shot. i had the opportunity to meet little deondre today. the best way to describe him is adorable. >> what happened to you? >> i got shot. >> tell her what you said. >> got shot. >> got shot. i got shot. >> reporter: he's just 2 years old, but deondre knows he was a victim of a shooting seven months ago. >> he got shot in the mouth. he's doing okay right now. >> reporter: the little collar supports a trach that keeps him breathing. >> he's doing terrific. he gets his trach out on the 16th of this month. >> reporter: he was in his mother's arms when he was shot on a warm saturday night last august. it happened at the glenarden

spencer is here with a first look at the accu-weather forecast tonight. spencer. >> all right. it's going to be wet. rate now lack at live doppler 7 hd we see the large area of moisture not too far offshore. getting closer and closer and just a matter of hours excuse me we see first wave of late rain beginning to push on shore early in the wee hours of the morning so farther our forecast animation 11:00 o'clock tonight. at which point we may see some spotty rainfall developing hitting coastal area. 5:00 o'clock tomorrow morning official beginning of the rush hour we see a wider area of rape beginning to push inland and during the hours between 5:00 a.m. and about 10:00 a.m. we see all parts of the bay area getting wet. by 3:00 p.m. tomorrow we see wide spread rainfall with pockets of heavy rain at teams. it's going to be a very wet day. that means the morning commute and the evening commute both could be problematic because of the rainfall. that's just round 1. we have more rain to come. tell you about in the 7 day forecast. >> okay spencer thank you. see you shortly. oakland p

. >> early word is that octavia spencer, the academy award winning actress will play wanted johnson. >> maybe we will get to know each other and she will be able to really works the role because of what she learned from a. i'm sure that i will learn something from her also. >> actor michael jordan is slated to play oscar grant in this movie that will be produced by forest whitaker. johnson, who has been in talks with a film maker for the past year will consult on the film. her hope is that it will keep her son's memory alive. >> this is not over. his life is not going to die. we are going to continually put it out there along with trayvon martin and those accept have been murdered. >> johnson said that she may have a cameo in the movie but we do not yet know who will play johannes mehserle. but we do know that something is expected to begin in july. >> thank you. >> the city of san bruno has gone through major rebuilding since the 2010 pipeline disaster. but now the community could lose

. >> right now there is spencer back. >> yes. there is a smile. >> always. >> there is showers look lighter. so we may have will be wet spots. here is a live view right now from downtown oakland under mainly sunny skies. there are sunny skies around the bay area now. there is clouds passing through the area throughout the day. beginning at 10:00 and until afternoons clouds did produce light rain today. up into north bay it wasn't light everywhere. there is almost half an inch of rain in novato today. there is most of the remainder of the bay area dry today, we're dry, mild, temperatures into low 70s inland from north bay to east bay to south bay. upper 60s around the bay. temperatures aren't going to drop off much overnight, looking for showers delayed and likely thursday morning into afternoon hours thursday. there is a warm, dry weekend. there is a look at the radar image. we have two rain makers moving into our direction. that second front will drop down from northwest bringing us showers beginning thursday morning but will en

. >> i'm spencer christian. we may have areas of wet weather wrrx and when in the forecast coming up. >> thank you. >> and the texting prank that started as a joke but being taken seriously. >>> fraekts raided home and businesses of medical marijuana activist richard lee, the founder of a trade school. abc 7 is standing by live with the story. >> agents say agents of the dea, irs and federal marshals descended here and several other places in oakland all related to long time legalization activist richard lee. agents loaded black bags, taking a safe, and paper records. also raided an office on 15th. on 17th street the coffee shop blue sky, rented or run by richard lee aichl 49-year-old founder of the oaksterdam university. >> i think they're going after anything they deem add fill yaited with richard lee. >> gail sky-jones says richard lee's home was raided. a spokeswoman said agents were serving in multiple lok buzz no arrests warrants and information is sealed by court order. that is all she would say. some tri

spencer here with the forecast. >> it does. we got rid of the showers in the middle of the week and weekend looking wonderful. how about the picture from lake tahoe. this video. >> wow! >> from heavenly today. we had a little snow in the higher elevation. it was raining down at lake level but above 7000 feet there was lots of snow. system that brought us showers proud winter lake weather in tahoe area. right now here in the bay area under mainly clear skies we have temperatures in the low to mid 50's. it's cooler tonight than it was last couple nights so cool overnight sunny warm days ahead into next week and the warming warm-up warming trend will peak on monday. okay. here we go. satellite radar composite image cold front has pushed through now. clear and cool behind the front and high pressure building behind the frontal system that will be basically the dominant feature in our weather picture for several days now. clear skies and warm afternoon. 11:00 o'clock tonight we see the clouds just sort of dissipating 1 little distur

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he wore on with spencer hsu. -- you are on with spencer hsu.caller: the governor of texas executed a man a few years back with a suspected had burned his house down with his three children in it. now they believe the man may have been innocent. a panel was convened and quickly dismissed by the governor. thank you for your time, but we do not need you. these things are just swept under the rug. are you familiar with this case? thank you for c-span. host: he may be referring to the case of kevin todd. i am not an expert. i have heard the accounts of it. the one that i thought was the most revealing was the new yorker magazine article a couple of years ago. what is striking about this case is that critics of the death penalty have looked at this case as a possible example where a person who may have been innocent was executed, but that hasn't happened, because as the column mentioned, there was a panel that stop short of the final conclusion. from my interests, again, it has to do with forensic science. there was a quotation in the new yorker that

. >> i'm spencer in the accu-weather forecast center. the return of april showers. i'll show you when and where in my accu-weather forecast coming up. >> thanks spencer. >> bay area biologist go out on a limb to keep tabs on nest of endangered falcon chick. the parents not very happy about what was going on. stay with what was going on. stay with us. news at 9:00 continues ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. he oakland police develop new technique toemonstrators. refoe direct result of the department controversial handling of occupy protestors over the past few months. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony explains the new police strategy to cope with cro

mark and his son spencer traveled from new jersey just for the game. >> make a trip down for opening day and see the city while we're here. >> not everyone is a nats fan. this man is staying true to his cincinnati roots. >> i'm always going to rep my city. no matter what. >> reporter: the home opener drawing big crowds, that means big business. >> the money we make from the games help us get through the winter: >> reporter: when it's over the nats are the big winners. >> we're in good shape, great pitching, 82 wins last year, we'll improve this year. >> reporter: the nats excited about the win. they hope the nats can keep it going. richard jordan, news4. >>> thanks, richard. >>> the wild fires racing across virginia may have been set on purpose. >>> the man once running for president now accused of using campaign money as hush money. >>> a maryland couple got stuck withholds in their home and their pocketbooks. >>> after a 29 million dollar renovation, the howard theater back better than ever. >>> what is ahead in weather, doug? >> well, we have great weather out there across the are

spencer is winsing in the background.arizona then chicago monday nighter then drew and saints in new orleans november 25. tom and patriots come to town. is there any top notch team they continue play that's december 16. as for the raiders. they open on monday night football september 10 against the san diego chargers. pittsburgh visits on the 23rd. raiders get the first look at peyton manning september 30 in denver. in november back-to-back games at baltimore then home against new orleans. manning oakland thursday nature football on december the sixth. now this is going to be remembered as one of the grit east shots in masters history. bubba watson second play off hole. wicked hook that carried the ball on to the green and ultimately victory. lack at the have you they have using the aerial tracking device. how do you get a golf ball to curve like that? amazing watching. live. this view gives it even greater appreciation for one of the best shots ever. ♪ sfut that is barry zito rocking out sunday night. as the giants pitch

darcie spencer has our report. >> reporter: at the titanic memorial in d.c., a brass ensemble plays thateful song, the song last heard by many of those who perished as the unsinkable ship did just that 100 years ago. >> this was a compilation of music that was played on the ship in 1912 when the ship went down. >> reporter: the event called titanic 100, featured more than 1500 luminaries along the waterfront promenade. >> it's great, honoring all the people. i love all the candles and the bags with the names on them to honor the people. i didn't know it was over 1,000 people that had lost their lives. >> i knew about it, but i didn't know about -- like how my people died and everything like that. >> hundreds of titanic images were projected 50 feet high on a waterfront con doe building. >> it was is up a great disaster, and it had so much human interest that how could you not want to be here. >> the titanic's maiden voyage proved disastrous when the luxury cruise liner struck an iceberg. within hours the ship had broken apart and sunk. it remains on the ocean floor to this day. >> i coul

news 4's darcy spencer talked to one of those men who was severely injured in the fight. >> all of a sudden, kids started running and jumping on cars. >> reporter: this surveillance video shows two dogs aggressively going after children who literally hop on cars to avoid being bitten. at one point, one of the dogs jumps on the roof of the car and the kid takes off. do you believe the dogs were going to hurt these kids? >> yes, yes. >> reporter: but they didn't, because andre intervened and got attacked. both arms and hands bandaged because of serious bite wounds. >> i got stitches there. i've got three big holes with meat coming out. >> reporter: it happened friday night in the 1200 block of queen street. andre just returned home from his job when the commotion began, when we saw the dogs chasing the kids. >> i sacrificed myself. so automatically, i just ran out there. >> reporter: before we knew it, both describes he described as pit bulls were attacking him. >> when i fell, i fell down so both dogs were coming at me. i was trying to protect my face and my neck. >> reporter: he and

thanks spencer. >> just ahead health affects of happiness. it may convince to you make an attitude adjustment. >> and personal message? and apple shares rebounding today, one expert is not buying it. emily chang will join us tloif break it down. >>> checking healthy living news a study shows anesthesia short yajz are affecting patient care. they were the chief complaint in a survey of doctors performed by american society of an theeshologists. all of them said they'd been forced to use an alternative drug than the one preferred. some doctors had to cancel surgeries. abc news dr. johnson says you should discuss these potential shortage was your doctor before scheduling surgery. >> another new study indicates mother who's suffer from depression might be doing something that behinders their childrens' development. researchers found depressed mothers were more likely to wake up babies in the middle of the night and seemed overly concerned about their child's safety. and it makes it more difficult for children to bond with their parents. and a new

. >> and mcdreamy is spencer christian's nickname as well. he gave it to himself. >> and there is a teen time dancing with the stars. there is a preview coming up. >> also, remarkable progress for formerly conjoined twin girls months after their operation. >> and there is sky way bumper to bumper going to the lower deck of the bay bridge. better head together south bay. sorry, spencer. >> back in a moment. >>> and time for a playful diverse, "dancing with the stars" will debut team dances. will catherine jenkins dominate? >> we're live with a preview. >> this season on "dancing with the stars" we've seen a slew of theme weeks. this is classical week, there is rock week. what if the stars could think of theme week to be part of the show? for catherine jenkins, love is about to happen tonight. >> i think my week has to be classical week and this is more of what comes naturally to me. so -- i don't know how i'm going to dance to classical music ice a different genre of music than her dport woz like to see. >> i want to do hip-hop and stuff! i lo

you can contact michael on twitter and facebook.com. >> i'm spencer christian.ooking towards the bridge you can see clouds getting lower, thicker and darker. i'll show you where we may get showers in just a moment. >> checking commute once again this is a view of the san mateo bridge. traffic on the right side of the screen head together south bay moving nicely. sqlor on the left side going towards east bay. but there is a decent day traffic wise around the bay area, stay with us. more still to come on the news at 4:00. >>> mount etna in itally erupted for the seventh time this year and it ask not pose an immediate threat to local towns. and that is the most active volume cane yes in europe. >> scientists are investigate wlg small rocks found east of sacramento are remnants of the meteor streaking across the skais -- skies sunday morning. the small rocks weigh about two nickels and will be the he first pieces to be found. it was scene from sacramento to las vegas and yernted with a loud boom. scientists estimate it was about the size of a minivan. an expert says

darcie spencer joins us now live from hillcrest heights with details. darcie? >> reporter: police were called here to fairlawn street here in hillcrest heights this evening for a report of shots fired. when they got here, they realized this was not a shooting, they say two teenaged boys have been assaulted. they suffered facial injuries, they are expected to be okay. a woman who came here to the scene indicating she knew one of the victims said that there had been some kind of altercation. there is a carnival taking place right across the street from here at the iverson mall. police are investigating to see if there is a connection. earlier this evening, prince georges police web with the to a double shooting on terrace lane. it wasn't very far from this scene. that was not connected to this assault. one woman was pronounced dead inside an apartment there, there was a second woman shot in the leg, she was somehow able to make it to a nearby liquor store where she reported the crime. >> what we were able to find out preliminarily at this point is that we had two

news4's darcy spencer recently sat down with a young lady in arlington whose own transplant came mucharlier than she expected. it was before her 21st birthday. veronica now has a story she wants you to hear. >> reporter: veronica stempo is only 21 years old but already has been a recipient of a heart transplant. she was diagnosed with an enlarged heart. >> my heart started failing to the point i couldn't climb up the stairs. i couldn't breathe. nothing. >> reporter: that happened when she was 20 years old. she was hooked up to a heart pump and was on the wait list for a new heart for ten months. >> every time your phone rings, you have this anticipation that it's -- oh, you know they found something. they got something for me. anytime, even -- it sounds horrible. even when you see a crash you're like i hope i get a heart soon. >> reporter: her father don had the same heart condition and received a heart transplant. he passed away in 2009 just a few months later his daughter's heart got worse. >> i kind of wish i had him to share my story with and compare and everything. i guess he's i

in northwest washington, darcie spencer, news 4. >>> police have identified a toddler hit and killed by a car in front his house today. ethan guzman was playing outside his home on 85th place in new carollton. he was hit by a car around 3:00 p.m. the driver stayed on the scene and likely didn't see the child when the accident happened. >> the guy in the van was coming out the parking lot, and he turned in and the kids were playing open the sidewalk, and the ball bounced off the sidewalk and web with the across the street. the little kid darted after it. >> the child was taken to the hospital where he later died. the department's collision analysis team is investigating. a push to bring gambling to national harbor got backing today in the senate. table games would be allowed there and at the five authorized maryland casinos. yesterday the house approved an alternate bill that would allow table games but not slots. any final bill would need statewide voter approval before becoming law. those sands gathered in vatican city for an easter vigil mass celebrated by pope benedict. the servic

norfleet continued scouring southern california for leads on fury, spencer and hamlin. he searched the telephone and telegraph records at all the san bernardino motels. he visited police stations in the surrounding cities and towns, and in los angeles he had a minor score. while looking through the rogue's galleries of photographs, he identified a picture of fury and learned his real name for the first time. and while he was in the big city, he thought he'd try his hand at a little disguise, he sought out a suitably adventurous beautician to wrestle with his moustache. a few hours later, a clean-shaven businessman asked for his suitcase. say, how do you get that way? these things belong to a west texas cattleman, what you trying to pull off? norfleet beamed in happiness. norfleet's escapades in california were soon brought to a close by a summon to appear at a grand jury for ward and gerber's requisition. while the two men fumed in their california jail cells, norfleet caught the next train east to the texas. he sat and thought about his case, his mind restlessly circul

reporting live from southwest washington, darcy spencer, news4. >>> two women are suing the u.s. military. they say they were raped and then punished when they tried to report the attacks. in the lawsuit, one of the women says that she was raped twice at the u.s. naval academy and then forced to drop out when she reported it. the other woman says she was raped at west point and then forced to take out her attacker's trash after reporting the assault. she too later dropped out. this latest lawsuit comes more than a month after eight other women sued on similar grounds. >>> surveillance video caught a vicious dog attack on queens street in northeast last night. now, a warning. you may find some of this video disturbing. the video clearly shows the dogs chasing what appears to be teens up on to a car. at one point, one of the dogs jumped up on to the car, chasing the teen off. the dogs appeared to have a man on the ground when some neighbors come out and hit the dogs to stop the attack. police are investigating the incident, but they say the dogs have not been captured. >>> a three-

superior court, darcy spencer, news4. >>> a developing story tonight. a prince george's county police officer has been suspended after being found with a woman who was arrested on drug possession charges. stephen kingman is a first-year officer. police say he was with the woman who was arrested on eastern avenue in d.c. last night. kingman has not been charged himself, but he has had his police powers suspended, pending an investigation. a traffic alert for drivers in fairfax county this weekend. the intersection of gal lows road and lee highway is closed. that is in merrifield, virginia. v-dot crews are repaving that section. drivers can still get into business areas, but you'll have to follow the posted detour signs. v-dot says it should finish this road work by afternoon tomorrow. >>> still ahead tonight, why mega church pastor joel olsteen is pushing back services. >>> and a police chase that led to a fiery crash. he was riding in a stolen car. >> why he says police are the ones to blame. >> sit down! >> dude! >> sit down! i'm not a dude! >> and it'

spencer is here. >> we have showers approaching. not here yet but come our way so bear that in mind but may not amount to very much. here's high definition camera over emeryville east bay looking across the bay on the partly cloudy evening. mailed all around the bay area right now. start by giving awe lack at our animated -- our loop of the close-up satellite image from today showing the movement of clouds through the bay area. they thin out a bit in the afternoon and ended one mainly sunny skies and quite warm in some spots. high pressure got up to 80 degrees at morgan hill today. 77 at san jose. we had low 70's low to mid 70's in many other inland location as well as 70 degrees at san rafael. 70 at oakland and right now still pretty mild all around the bay area. low 60's in most inland locations. 63 on the planes redd with city and 58 here in san francisco right now. these are the highlights showers are delayed as approaching frontal system slowed down a bit so the showers will arrive wednesday evening tomorrow evening showers lik

spencer is here with the forecast. >> nice and frothy. weather should be nice and frosty in some spots overnight. live view right now as we take you outside from our high definition east bay camera. emeryville back along the bay bridge to san francisco. clear sky around the bay area tonight. quick lack at live doppler 7 hd spots of shower activity in the early evening gone now. mostly clear sky and cool conditions. cool today. high pressure today compare with the average high for this date look how much cooler we were from 7 to 12 degrees cooler than the average for this day but things start to warm-up a little bit tomorrow. we look at temperatures generally mid upper 40's around the bay area and expect low to drop into the 30's in many spots tonight still have some 80's of gustyt( wind. gusty to 23 miles per hour. 37 miles per hour gust at sfo. 22 miles per hour gust at half moon bay. so mainly near the coast really the strongest winds at the moment. calm interother location. so it's clear cold again tonight. warmer pattern settle in for

archaeologist charles spencer. this sea of mesquite and cactus that you see below here was once the reservoir impounded by the dam that stretched nearly half a kilometer from that cliff face on that side all the way over to this cliff face over here. at its peak, the reservoir surface area equaled 40 football fields. keach: spencer has determined the reservoir's size by measuring the silt that had built up behind the dam. we're behind the dam now, walking through a channel cut right into the silts that were deposited behind the structure. these silts that you see on both sides were brought in here by the water that flowed into the reservoir. when the water hit the dam and stopped, the silts were dropped and deposited in a series of layers. keach: the silts show just how deep the dam once was. the top of this mountain of sediment would have been the floor of the reservoir. spencer: it dawned on me after a few days that what i was dealing with here was an engineering feat, the magnitude of which was hard to grasp at

look at jake spencer. >> there's little jake spencer. >> he is beautiful.g to join us to talk about her first week of mommyhood. >>> and also this half hour, a scandal that might cost one of the prominent college coaches in america his job. how a motorcycle accident exposed, of all things, the secret he kept from his wife, his school, as well as his boss. >> quite a story. >>> also, tim tebow is used to the snap in football. but this time, somebody snapped him. a picture of him getting a manicure in a nail salon. tebow getting the spa treatment in this week's edition of "pop news." >>> we begin with the shocking twist in the student/teacher affair that upset so many people last month. 41-year-old james hooker has been arrested. it turns out this may not be the first time he was in a relationship with a much younger student. is his most recent young lover standing by him? tanya rivero joins us with an exclusive interview. >> reporter: good morning, paula. that's right. the police investigation into the current relationship between hooker and 18-year-old jord

spencer is here. >> going to get warm not hot. actually will feel lake the soap in which we are. >> spring. >> we are in spring. >> i for get. >> i know. live view from the high definition sutro camera looking out over san francisco on this mainly clear, few clouds around. current temperature readings pretty much in the mild side right now generally the 50's and skits in antioch but cool down overnigh overnight. highlights partly cloudy tonight. through tomorrow. warming trend resume on wednesday and temperatures in the 80's likely in our inland locations by the weekend. satellite radar composite image shows weak cold front pushing through the bay area right now bringing us the clouds we see tonight and continue to see tomorrow. forecast animation starts at 11:00 o'clock tonight. goes through tomorrow and no rain with this system. literally dry but we have partly cloudy skies tomorrow and once all the cloud are gone high pressure builds in on wednesday and the warming resumes and will be some serious warming by week end. overnight

glenn spencer, i'm sorry, glenn.ith your connection there, but we do get your point. we see the video there, the website that you are on the border, that you are having -- essentially you see people who are crossing illegally despite some of the efforts that the federal government has made. it's a very big and important case before the supreme court. the federal reserve has just made a big announcement on interest rates. we want to go live to the new york stock exchange and cnn's alison kosik to tell us a little bit about what's happening. what do we know? >> reporter: hi, suzanne. what we heard from the fed is a lot of what we heard from the fed in its last meeting in january. for one, the fed said it's going to keep interest rates between a target range of 0 and a quarter of 1%. no surprise. the fed says it's going to keep rates there for several years because of the weak economy. what this means to you and me, it means that we can get loans cheaper. if you want to get a credit card, car loan, student loans, it's m

. >> i'm spencer christian. the current weather is a slow mover.rea continues to get wet. >> memorial services for a victim of the oakland shooting rampage. tonight the immigration issue that delayed her bur yil. >> and the shark that got an ultrasound today in a local aquarium. a rare occurrence if she's expecting. >> this is a live look on a cloudy april evening in the east bay. there is a wave of wet weather moving across the bay area now. good evening, everyone. >> this system is passing through now part of a one, two punch. it's the first of two fronts that will keep us wet all week and spencer christian is starting us off with a look at radar. >> here is a look. we have this long, wide path of light to moderate rainfall reaching through a good portion of the bay area, it's stalled and not showing much movement. so now we're looking at rainfall from concord into the east bay now through hayward and fremont into the south bay and san jose area and across to the peninsula a little bit around points south. an