spencer was hoping to find out more about his brother's death. while the brothers didn't live together, spencer says ... they talked about 4 times a week. the last time he spoke with his brother was just hours before the shooting. carl spencer, subject's brother: "that's what makes it so crazy. and, that's another reason why i came here, because this is not sitting right with me. i'll never be able to get over him until i find out what happened." spencer says his brother lived in an independent living program and prior to that was housed in a local department of social services. we are still learning more information about this roanoke county officer involved shooting. an internal investigation is underway to make sure protocol was followed. we also reached out to the school and living program that spencer attended. we'll have more information tonight at 6. reporting live in roanoke county, christina craig, wsls10. a woodbridge man admits to the today... army staff sergeant ronald hamilton appeared in court for the saturday shootings. court recor

authorities say methe caught spencer stealing from his truck before he shot him. meanwhile, spencer is being described as the ringleader of a group of five teens now charged in another case. the teens, including isaac barrett and hunter mclendon, are charged with armed robbery. it's in connection with a

carl spencer says kionte is his brother. he says this doesn't like something his brother would do. he was a good person like i could honestly, i can't really say nothing bad about him kionte spencer was enrolled as a junior at hidden valley high school school, but was not in school this past week. there are two investigations into spencer's death, a criminal and administrative investigation. this happened at a busy intersection, so police are asking witnesses to the shooting to come forward to help with the investigation. amanda kenney, wdbj7. he's leading the polls in virginia, but donald trump said he's not taking votes for granted in our state. he spent more than an hour rallying supporters at radford university this afternoon in advance of wdbj7's tim saunders was there, and tim the event didn't go off without a few disruptions. jean i talked to members of the press who travel with trump to all of his rallies and they said today's event in radford was the most disruptive they've ever covered. trump was interrupted more t

for health minute -- i'm andrew spencer. jenna: after the break... stay with us when we come back we'll take a look at last nights oscars after behollywood superstar finally has that sought after oscar last and host chris rock addressed over the lack of nominees this year that were equal funny. dianne gallagher moments from the awards ceremony from hollywood. 22 years -- and leonardo dicaprio is finally an oscar winner. in accepting the best actor award for the revenant -- he brought the climate change discussion into focus. let's us not take this planet for granted, i do not take tonight for granted, thank the political themes didn't end there... monologue... host chris rock made reference to the oscars so white hollywood is like we like you not a kappa also calling attention to racism...alejandro innaritu in his for best director and make sure for that the color of the skin becomes as irrelevant as the length of our hair and listen to this direct challenge from the producer of church sexual abuse drama "spotlight" - which won the night's final priz

officers ordered spencer to drop the weapon. he refused and that's when two officers deployed their tasers. when that failed, shots were fired striking spencer in the collarbone and hip. "i don't know at this point if this was a situation that could have been quote "de- escalated". this was a deadly force encounter despite the fact that we know know that this handgun was an air gun." after the news conference we spoke with spencer's brother carl. he says they were close and talked about four times a week. they even spoke the day of the shooting. "that's what makes it so crazy. and, that's another reason why i came here, because this is not sitting right with me. i'll never be able to get over him until i find out what happened." spencer says his brother lived in an independent living program along garst mill road -- near where the shooting took place. prior to that, his brother says foster care and was later moved to the group home. carl adds his brother was a junior at hidden valley high school, and had also attended northside

spencer's brother carl spencer says he is looking for answers. carl spencer: "definitely uncharacteristic of my brother, that's why i didn't believe it. like, i couldn't believe that man. like, i never thought it would happen like that" spencer died friday night in the hospital. the officers involved have been placed on administrative leave. an army staff sergeant charged with killing his wife and a rookie northern virginia police officer is being held without bail. pentagon worker ronald hamilton appeared in court by video conference today over the charges of killing his wife. police say hamilton started shooting at officers as they were resonding to a domestic violence call saturday night, about 30 miles outside of washington, d-c. the shooting killed prince william county officer ashley guindon on her first day on the job. general district court today on charges related to the death of officer guindon. right now: republican presidential candidate donald trump is making a campaign appearance at radford university. the event was set to start at

piece of the puzzle. >> enter ricky spencer. this? >> huge. >> would you have a case had there not been a ricky spencer? >> no. >> and the rest of the evidence that you hear -- >> chief prosecutor john mcdonough called on his star witness who would tell one of the most mind-boggling stories ever heard in this st. joseph >> call ricky spencer. >> ricky, now 21, seemed like a young boy in a grown-up world. his dress shirt, not his customary tee, ran big in the sleeves. >> how do you know mr. stewart? >> i met him on x box live in december of '08. >> how often did you play x box live with mr. stewart? >> anywhere from six to ten hours. >> a day? >> yeah, on a daily basis. >> this was his life. some people might sit and read. and he played x box. >> even though he never met him, ricky told the jury he felt a strong tie to the former marine. >> would you say he was your best friend? >> yes. he called us brothers from another mother. >> this was his idol. one of the very few people he had social contact with. >> he admired doug. he to

the 15-4 black raiders closed the regular season at home against 14-6 spencer. east has won 7 of their last 8, while the tigers are 3-3 in their last six. late in the 1st quarter, east's van rees gets the offensive board and makes the reverse layup as the black raiders go up by seven. spencer trying to make a run now, jake kluender gets the pass and beats his defender for the the easy bucket, the tigers still down eight. the tigers try to hang in there, riley maschino is left wide open and he makes the defense pay with a three, cutting the deficit to eight. the black raiders grab momentum back, jaylen rees puts up the shot that rims in, and east gets a big win over spencer tonight, 70 to 51. senior night at bishop heelan -- the crusaders saying goodbye to six seniors against #3 council bluffs abe lincoln. good start for heelan, deandre burnside protects the ball and lays it in. crusaders had a 5-point lead. heelan led after a quarter, 12 to 11 -- burnside with the 15-footer -- but a-l woke up in the second quarter. the lynx go on a 28-4 run to close inside. heel

spencer.1st, 2010, the detectives made an unannounced visit to his home. >> we did not want him to know we were coming. >> just knock, knock, knock? >> ricky's sister and mother came to the door. >> i explained we wanted to talk to ricky, we thought he might have information to help us on a case we were working on over in michigan. >> without any thoughts, ricky accompanied the detectives to a nearby police barracks. >> what did you see in demeanor, his presentation of himself? >> very shy, very quiet. >> any talk in the car? >> no. small talk? nothing about the case. >> in an interview room, the two cops appraised ricky. 20 years old, polite, clean cut. >> how do you know doug stewart? >> through x box live. >> he said they'd been friends in the virtual world, playing shoot'em up, talking long distance for a year and a half. then they met face-to-face for the first time during ricky's spring break from college. april fool's day. he said he was invited by a man ten years his senior to stay at

authorities say methe shot spencer after spencer tried to steal property out of methe's truck. our mike desumma was in the courtroom today. mike. charles, dawndy it's safe to say the facts of this case have taken a toll on both sides. those who knew methe addressed the court --- asking for him to get a low bond. the judge for now is taking that request under advisement. supporters also spoke to his character --- calling him a good father and member of the community. to law enforcement and prosecutors methe was not within his rights when he shot brandon spencer near his home saturday night. investigators say methe saw the victim and another person near his truck early saturday morning. fled.and then police say methe fired on spencer from behind fatally wounding him. methe's supporters say he had been the victim of break ins several times before this incident happened. outside of court they said they still feel he was doing what was necessary to protect his property and family. "it's ridiculous i mean the kid..everybody kept saying he's a good kid. he might have been a good kid.b

also involved in this incident, according to the kershaw county sheriffs office - was brandon spencer - the 17 year old shot and killed by 49 year old jimmy methe when he said spencer and another were robbing his car last weekend. mclendon and barrett are out on bond. two of the juveniles remain at the department of juvenile justice - one was released on bond. all are being charged as adults. bond has been set for 49 year old jimmy methe accused of fatally shooting 17 year old brandon spencer. a kershaw county judge has granted $200,000 surety bond for 49-year- old jimmy methe. methe is accused of shooting 17-year-old brandon spencer, after methe claimed he caught him stealing from his truck saturday morning. not been identified. two men have been arrested in connection with a drug bust near dreher high school. donald bunch and william graham were both arrested at 1217 butler street after police found drugs in the home. bunch and graham are both being charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine in proximity to a school, and p

. >> when chase and alice white moved to spencer mountain three years ago, they did not realize they were the only people in town. >> there was a newspaper article that alerted us to that that we was the only ones in spencer mountain. >> when a factory moved out, so did the people who lived there. chase is the pastor of the church in town. >> a lot of the church members say you need to become the mayor. for two years they talked about >> on election day the jokes became more serious they both voted chase for mayor and chase decided to vote for his wife for town council interest and went on the internet you could see where we won the election in spencer mountain. >> 100%. >> the gaston county board of elections could not believe it. >> they called the office and said adam you are not going to believe this but we had voters in spencer mountain. >> kristen miranda wbtv on your side. >> quite a tale. the whites are hoping the old mill will choose to rebuild homes in the area and add neighbors to the community. >> strange. >> next here on wbtv news a proposal to help better educate your c

thank you for being here, spencer. [applause] spencer crew: thank you very much. am i doing the wrong thing? ok. >> great. spencer: thank you. thank you all for coming this afternoon. i think what we want to focus on today is the whole controversy that has emerged around the confederate flag and it being flown in public spaces. there has been an uproar around the issue and a lot of debate and argument about whether a flag like this should be on official government grounds. and, i think, from this, a lot of discussion and debate, we want to spend time talking about it. there seems to be clearly two different points of view about this issue of the confederate flag. now, opponents to it feel that it is insulting and the display of it is meant to remind african americans of their status as slaves in the history of this country, and indirectly infer that they are inferior and therefore not worthy of full rights and citizenship. on the other side, you have those that argue that that flying the flag is only a reference to the heritage and history of the south. and that a

spencer- "if you were to go off the road and nobody was to see a revine. there could be a situation where you have to self rescue and something like this would come in very handy." chief spencer says these are really useful when you need to get yourself out of a bad car accident also when you are the first on the scene... it is very important though when assisting someone else, to use your seat compromise a patient at all by moving them unessisarily so i would be cautious to use them on somebody else." else." chf spencer told me he's got a really fancy seat belt cutter of his own. take a look at this... it's a hammer slash flashlight slash seat belt cutter. those guys run about 10 bucks. but these little guys are really to help youself if you're in an accident. out in the parking lot, ky sisson, channel 2 news. coming up on channel 2 news this morning... coming up on channel 2 news this morning... senator bernie sanders will be in nevada today...we'll tell you where the democratic presidential hopeful will be and "you're watching channel 2 news this mornin

for more, here's spencer christian. >> soggy lunchtime, it's going to be a soggy drive time for some evening commuters. the storm is tapering off. we don't have areas of heavy rain as you can see, just a few scattered areas of light shower activity from san francisco, and spotty showers in the inland east bay. but there are areas of wet pavement on some of the roadways, after the santa cruz mountains. that's basically what it is, light rainfall and pockets of isolated showers. rainfall totals, virtually no measurable rainfall at all in the east bay. this storm is a light storm, ranks a one. spotty, light rain lingering for a few hours. here's the forecast at 4:00 this afternoon. the front continues to fall apart, taking us into the weekend. so once again, although the storm is winding down, bear in mind, it could be a hazardous evening commute as there is wet pavement in some places. >> spencer, thank you. here is a look at conditions in the sierrasierra. right now there are chain controls, you can see here the roads are wet and could be slick now. if you're headed up there this week

the north girls at home -- taking on 12-7 spencer. the tigers starting to take control in the third quarter. off the miss, keeley petzenhauser takes it coast to coast for the layin. spencer on top 39- 30. the tigers finding ththopen girl. kendra bauermeister is all alone under the bucket for 2 more. the lead is up to ten. one of the bright spots for north is freshman jayda graham-peterson. she scores five quick points and the lead is back down to four. but the tigers hold them off. jalen rost nails the corner three -- spencer picks up the road win, a good boys game in hinton -- the 14-6 blackhawks hosting 15-6 west sioux. some long range bombers were ready to fire -- kezden blankenship gets things started from the top of the key to give the falcons an early lead. hintnt's jay small has an n swer -- 3 3 of his 18 points. we're tied at 34 at the half. west sioux tries the corner and tucker vanderfeen likes that spot -- back and forth all night long. but the blackhawks have and inside game, too. collin jurgensmeier had 25 to lead the way

at the matchups spencer. plus...iowa is looking for some better results coming out of hear from the hawkeyes on regular season to action on the court tomorrow night when they host wisconsin. with some recent struggles, the bye week might have come at just the right time for the hawkeyes. iowa is just 1-2 in games including a road loss to penn tighter-than- win over minnesota. and the schedule easier to close out the regular season. beginning with game with wisconsin, the hawkeye's final four opponents have a combined record of 76-35, meaning they needed the off day. jarrod uthoff--"it was very nice to get of relax your body. had a couple of days off, kind of recharge." fran mccaffery--"we've had some time to work on some things. but, i think you make a good point, the next four games are really all against really good teams. so hopefully we'll play well, play a little better than we have recently. we're close but i think our defense has to get better, especially with the weapons that we're going to face wedne

spencer: the clock was ticking and still is taking.did a report that they would pay off their bonds last month. we knew that based on the debt exchange they washed in december to telegraph that they were likely to repay that bond. the biggest surprise to me was they and yesterday with only $300 million in cash. they had $1.5 billion in cash at the end of the third quarter. we knew a lot of that was going to go in fourth quarter because they had maturing that's they had to repay -- maturing debts they had to repay. between december 31 and over the last seven weeks, that has gone to $300 million. what is happening to all the cash? for chesapeake, the primary focus they have to have over the next year is liquidity. tracy: did we hear anything on the call about what actually happened to the cash? spencer: we did not hear what happened to the cash. they said they used some of it to buy back bonds but there is etill a big gap in ther between what they had in december and what they received from this asset sale and where they were as of yeste

spencer christian, often in time-outs. >> i deserve it. for some of the light rain coming down. let's take a look at some time lapse video we have for you, low clouds rolling in and roaring in through the golden gate, followed by high clouds as well. and right now as we look at live doppler 7 hd, we see an area of light rain and sprinkles moving through sonoma county. looks like we may have something hitting the ground around santa rosa right now, but so far no reports of measurable rain yet. tomorrow statewide, sunny down south and really warm. highs in the 70s in l.a. and san diego. 91 the high in palm springs tomorrow. here in the bay area, partly cloudy skies, certainly in the early part of the day. highs reaching into the mid to upper 60s. chances of rain, not so great. it will be dry through tuesday. wednesday looks like the best chance of some much-needed rainfall. 60% chance of rain next thursday. >> spencer, thank you. still ahead on "abc7 news" at 4:00, controversy over the latest lands end catalog. the contempt that is blowing u

spencer christian, remember the movie "trading places," we're trading places with spencer. >> how isp there? >> not bad right now. i could get used to this. if i don't lean back on the railing too far. >> be careful. be careful. >> yes. >> let's take a look at live doppler 7 hd. partly cloudy to mainly sunny skies right now. hard to tell by looking at the sky outside here that a storm is on the way. it is. temperature readings in the 50s. 57 across the bay in oakland. not much of a range. 2 degrees separating temperature readings all around the area. here's a view from our tower camera looking northward. look at that. beautiful mainly blue skies. these are our forecast features. showers are likely to arrive early tomorrow morning. there's another chance of rain on wednesday. wednesday afternoon. it will be dry and mild going into the weekend. i mean springlike mild. let's take a look at the next storm. coming our way overnight. it ranks 1 on our storm impact scale, storm of light intensity. showers begin tomorrow morning. we expect less than a quarter inch of rainfall area wide. and

joe spencer hoped to pull a confession out of him. what he got is all most as the dramatic. >> i refuse to answer any questions. invoking my fifth amendment right to remain silent. rudy flores was keeping his secrets. whatever they were. >> i refuse to answer any questions. >> reporter: one witness was very eager to talk to make the case for daniel villegas. that was daniel. >> coming up -- weeks of hearings. months of waiting. then finally a decision. >> ran to my son's office. hugged him. and we all cried. d. inside every bottle of suave professionals is a beautiful blend. moroccan infusion for shine, keratin infusion for smoothness, sea mineral infusion for volume, and discover new coconut oil infusion for repair. find the blend you need for the hair you love. suave professionals works as well as salon brands. live beautifully suave looking for you (drum solo) giving everything i got attention kmart shoppers, love rocks when you shop at kmart for valentine's day. laundry can wreak havoc on our clothes, ruining them forever. and pil

as spencer gave marcus a grilling. was there any physical evidence between your investigations that tied daniel villegas off to the scene? >> no. >> was there any forensic evidence that tied daniel villegas to the scene? >> no. >> reporter: what about coercing that confession out of daniel the night of his arrest? marques denied it when asked by assistant da briggs. >> prir toor to obtaining the statement did you ever physically strike him? >> no, i did not. >> ever physically assault him? >> no, sir i did not. >> threaten him in any way to give that statement? >> no, sir. >> marques insisted his investigation was thorough, that he did not suffer from tunnel and he did consider other suspects. right? >> yes, sir, we did. >> and then, a surprise. one of those original suspects. interviewed by the el paso police. they called, aldolfo ruiz in his 30s. serving time. the man with his now dead brother, the defense believed was the killer. in a sworn affidavit, flores denied involvement. joe spencer hoped to pull a confession

spencer: it anticipate the rating agencies.have an active in the last year saying they are going to be downgrading more and more. the debt market, yeah. are some babies being thrown out with the bathwater, most likely. moody's came out in january and said they are putting 69 energy companies in north america on review for downgrading. you have about 20 companies that are in that bracket near continental and southwestern with low investment grade credit ratings and if all these companies lose their investment grade status that is $100 billion in debt that could move from the investment grade market into the high-yield market. to put that in perspective there is $200 billion in debt in the high-yield energy market. you're talking about a 50% increase in the amount of debt in that sector. part of what is happening here is not necessarily a view that every energy company in north america with a triple b or lower credit rating is likely to go bankrupt but you have so much turmoil and so much going on that can the market absorb this?

spencer and another person allegedly took items out of methe's truck. his attorneys and neighbors say he had been the victim of several break ins in the past. coleman deas --- friend of jimmy methe "if they that close to his home stealing off of his equipment..what's to say they ain't coming back the next night and kicking his front door in and kill his family." jim matthews --- sheriff, kershaw county "i certainly support people protecting their lives inside their homes if they're in fear of great bodily harm or death.but my freedom is more precious than anything i own and i don't want to lose it because i overstepped my bounds and shot somebody when maybe i shouldn't." a judge is expected to make a methe's bond either late this week or early next week. for now he will continue to be held behind bars. live in camden, mike desumma, wis news 10 we'll be right back with your full forecast after the break. break 2 enjoy the sunshine and warming while some candidates suck up to trump...or run away from him in fear... jeb bush isn't afraid. jeb bush: "that i

let's go into spencer christian who is standing still in the sunshine. here's a live look.mild and pleasant day. this pattern is just lovely. it's dry, we need rain, but the weather is just beautiful. here's a view at the golden gate bridge where traffic is flowing nicely. mild and warm for a couple more days, cooling begins on friday and there's a slight chance of weekend rain. let's look at the week ahead in san jose just to show you how mild it will be. temperatures remain above average next two days, approaching record levels on thursday with highs around 76, 77 degrees. temperatures drop off to the upper 60s. and then we have another warmup next week. here's the forecast starting friday morning at 10:00. increase in clouds and friday evening, a chance of light rain or sprinkles moving through in the north bay. just a slight chance late friday night into saturday. we'll pick up the animation sunday morning, 10:00, another increase in clouds. another system that may bring light rain to the north bay. that blows on out of here into monday morning. so chances of precipitat

. >> george spencer is joining us from near the scene. you can't get too close, right? >> reporter: but let me tell you you don't need to. we could see the bright orange glow from some two miles away driving in. and take a look from sky force 10. absolutely the best view of this scene. you can see just a wall of those hungry flames eating through this brush land. it's undeveloped land right alongside the delaware river across from philly's navy yard, also immediately adjacent to the sunoco logistics tank fire and the fire closest to a set of water tanks, not fuel tanks. but neighbors who live on the other side of it all say it's really just favorable winds that are keeping them and their properties safe right now. >> that wind, wind's blowing away so it's pushing it away but that wind turns and then all the houses are in trouble. >> reporter: you can understand why he says that. look at the ground video we got within the past hour, that bright orange glow through the trees right near that man's home. neighbors say there's brush fires in the so-called elephant grass on t

my friend spencer's in town buying a company. we're gonna go out tonight. spencer croft? mmmm. i always knew he would go places. he did. california. he was quite the charmer. yeah, get in line. isn't he tt kid that went on the tuna trip with us one time? caught a 120-pounder? that's a lot of tuna. need a lot of mayo. (laughter) nice one, sean. aughter continues) kid made a funny. i laughed. okay. let's just get through the meal, okay? hey. what? i said not here. (phone rings) uncle danny, no phones at the dinner tae. gotta go. my partner found our suspect. really? can't it wait? let him go, linda. he's not here anyway. corner of the bar. danny:milo finley? i'm not driving, bro. it's not "bro," it's "detective." her, too. we need to talk to you about benjamin daniels. who? your old girlfriend's new old boyfriend. (sighs) bitch can do what she wants. . daniels was murdered. do you know anything about that? really? thank you. where were you wednesday night? i was right here on my stool. right, keira? totally found him asleep on the toilet around 2:00 a.m. posted it. got a lot of l

police say 18- year-old kionte deshaun spencer died after being shot by roanoke county police. he was found carrying what they believed to be a gun near the cave spring shopping area on friday. police received a call around 7:15 of a man wearing a bandana, pointing a gun at cars. upon arrival, officers saw spencer carrying what looked like a handgun but it was a b-b pistol air gun. after ignoring repeated demands to drop his weapon, two officers deployed their tasers. the tasers were ineffective and that's when they shot spencer twice, striking him in the hip and collarbone. howard hall, roanoke county police chief: "i don't know at this point if this was a situation that could have been quote "de- escalted". this was a deadly force encounter despite the fact that we know know that this handgun was an air gun." we know at least half a dozen now on administrative leave. an internal investigation is underway to make sure protocal was followed.### the man accused of fatally shooting a virginia police officer and two others is expected in court today. authorities say active sergean

spencer? >> it's good to start off like today and get perhaps nicer, if you like that kind of weather, warmer. here's a look at doppler 7 hd. it's nice right now, mainly sunny skies with high clouds. mere's a live view at sfo showing the partly cloudy skies. a sharp warmup begins valentine's day. temperatures approach 80 degrees monday and tuesday. then it turns cooler on wednesday, with a chance of rain on thursday. here's a look at why we have this warm pattern, two warm air masses bumping up against each other. causing temperatures to bounce up sharply on sunday. take a look at high temperatures projected for the week ahead in san jose. notice 75 on sunday, which is valentine's day. and then near 80 on monday and tuesday with a sharp dropoff on temperatures wednesday. san francisco, similar high temperature pattern over the next seven days. a high of 73 here in the city. 75 tuesday, and dropping off to 60s on wednesday. why the big dropoff on wednesday? well, it's going to be cloudier, much

in spencer the work will be just as detail oriented. "they go through a lot of the boiler stuff, they'll check the flanges, they'll do all those kinds of things, and they will certify it ready to go." the queen of steam is sporting new wheels, replacing the original ones from her passenger service days. with excursions on deck, every turn of counts. "what we have to do is make sure it's ready to run when and if we have the chance to run it." two months of hard work for the famed 611 shayne. will this inspection have to be done again this time next year? yes jean if they want to run the 611 anywhere this inspection will need to be completed again. a new engine house for the 611 and other locomotives is in the works for roanoke, but that won't provide the space or tools to do the job. so the 611 will make the trek back to spencer if there are tracks for it to run on next year, jean.... ash wednesday is one of the most important days in the christian faith. here at st. andrew's catholic church in roanoke, the congregation came together at

. >> elliott spencer is providing for the tabloids. and she says she is returning to her native country of russia. he got angry , reports say , there is glass and she cut herself. >> police will not confirm details but they will say they are investigating the assault allegations. allegation. he's linked to a prostitution ring. >> i am deeply sorry i did not live up to what was expected of me. i sincerely apologize. >> trying to make a political comeback in 2013 but the bid is the city controller and it failed . spitzer and his wife split that year. >> parked here at the plaza with officers seen entering . the allegations has not been cooperating with authorities. police would not confirm any of that but only thing they are investigating. >> live in the plaza. >> robert for us in midtown. looking into a sexting scandal involving the county. someone impersonated his account and printed out text messages to a public relations woman. both say they are fake . she doesn't have the cell phone number she says. the intelligence unit and squad are investigating. >> obama is looking at potential c

>> and roses, spencer. >> thank you, spencer. >>> the countdown to the oscars is on.oming up, this year's nominees sit down to lunch ahead of the big show later this month. >>> well, it's such an extraordinary ride and i think certainly last year, it's like being hit by a bulldozer. you don't know what you're sort of going through. >> that is eddie redmayne oscar nominee for best actor. the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences held its annual luncheon with the 150 nominees at the beverly hilton hotel. >> the losers of this year's academyxd awards won't be leavi empty handed. a record $232,000 worth of gifts. >> oh my goodness. >> here's what's inside the bag. trips, beauty products and some unusual luxury items including the best toilet paper apparently money can buy,÷ú joseph's toiletries luxury toilet paper valued at $7 -- $ 275. ten-day first-class trip to israel worth $55,000. that could be cool. $45,000 worth of unlimited audi car rentals for a year. and personalized m&m's for $300. >> right. >> yeah. the oscars, here on abc 7 later this month. that is su

spencer, what do you make of all this? >> it seems a little harsh. but how inconsiderate of us not to give a gift to the other. >> that's a good point. the voice of reason right there. >> just trying to walk that fine line. here's a look at live doppler 7 hd. partly cloudy skies here in the bay area, but mild and pleasant afternoon. tomorrow, another pleasant day statewide. your re warm down south with highs in the mid to upper 80s from los angeles to palm springs. in the bay area, don't expect record highs but temperatures generally well above the average level for this time of the year. hazy sunshine tomorrow. some low to mid 70s inland. rain chances, not to great tomorrow through monday with zero chance of rain those five days. however, tuesday, clouds increase to about a 20% chance of rain. much greater next wednesday, about a 50% chance we're looking at right now. so perhaps the spring, dry pattern hasn't completely sprung yet. we need some rain badly still. >> for sure. >> thank you, spencer. >>> still ahead, gearing up for those new express la

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