st. jude children's research hospital gave us hope. announcer: because at this moment, st. jude children's research hospital is saving lives with pioneering research and care. we're changing the way the world treats childhood cancer by sharing our discoveries with doctors and scientists everywhere. and we'll never have to pay st. jude for anything, ever. at this moment, she wants to be in her own bed. i want to be outside playing. announcer: please take a moment and join st. jude in finding cures and saving children. visit stjude.org. did you know that people born from 1945 through 1965 have the highest rates of hepatitis c, but most don't know they're infected? people can live for decades without symptoms, but over time hepatitis c can cause serious health problems. if you were born during these years, the cdc now recommends that you get a blood test for hepatitis c. so talk to your doctor and find out if you have hepatitis c. it could save your life. know more. >> announcer: abc7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >> mere humans are not supposed to be able to do t

st. jude children's research hospital gave us hope. announcer: because at this moment, st. esearch hospital is saving lives with pioneering research and care. we're changing the way the world treats childhood cancer by sharing our discoveries with doctors and scientists everywhere. and we'll never have to pay st. jude for anything, ever. at this moment, she wants to be in her own bed. i want to be outside playing. announcer: please take a moment and join st. jude in finding cures and saving children. visit stjude.org. they don't help single moms. hi. hi. what happened to our house last year? it flooded. and the water flooded out. yeah. the red cross arranged the hotel for us. they gave me that break, that leverage, to be able to get it together and... take care of them, you know? i feel like we've come full circle. like that! this is how i'll do it. sarah: there you go. ( cheering ) ( grunts ) ( buzzer sounds ) now they're beating us on the boards out there, guys. this is your territory, grimson. do your job. grimson. hello? hi, honey. what? now? all right. ♪ the itsy-bitsy

st. jude children's research hospital gave us hope. announcer: because at this moment, st. jude children's research hospital is saving lives with pioneering research and care. we're changing the way the world treats childhood cancer by sharing our discoveries with doctors and scientists everywhere. and we'll never have to pay st. jude for anything, ever. at this moment, she wants to be in her own bed. i want to be outside playing. announcer: please take a moment and join st. jude in finding cures and saving children. visit stjude.org. all of the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>ed it rail drug -- federal drug agents searched his home in the on going investigation into his death. you can see nearly a dozen at the singer's estate. prince saw a doctor the day before he died. the same minnesota doctor had previously written prescriptions for prince. >> this is a surprising figure. the average family spends 2200 dollars on food they never will eat. >> they put it on the best by dates on the packages. >> 7 on your side's michael finney is here. a state lawmaker is trying to stop the

st. jude's catholic church in rockville. eulalio tordil was arrested shortly after that second shooting just across the street. he now faces murder and weapons charges. meanwhile gladys tordil's family is struggling to get her body back to the philippines where they expect her to be buried. we are live in riverdale park. derrick ward, news 4. >>> today we expect to learn what led to a 14-year-old's death in dale city. the suspected 17-year-old killer will make his first court appearance today. police say he killed the 14-year-old last thursday at a toem home on brazil circle. the suspect lived in the same town home community as eric's family. neighbors are upset with the ongoing violence after a little boy was but thankful that an off duty emt was close by to help. the 7-year-old was shot in the shoulder in his neighborhood but is expected to be okay. the first one to arrive on the scene was that off duty emt. she was at a baby shower at a nearby church and sprang into action. >> i ran it my car, got my bag and i went to wor

all of them at st. jude hospital in memphis, tennessee, in the classrooms set up there instead because all of these children have been battling cancer. >> what's the last one? >> reporter: many worried they'd miss out on graduation when they left their schools. but the team here, determined to give them their day. sarah's daughter is graduating. >> to come here and have some kind of normalcy, i can say, helped out a lot. ♪ . >> reporter: the moment arrived in their white caps and gowns. [ applause ] a sort of kindergarten diploma. >> the class of 2016! [ applause ] >> reporter: and after ward, little mack sharing with us the good news. >> the graduated. now i gro to the first grade place. >> reporter: and a.j., with the most important message for everyone? >> learning to be nice. >> reporter: travis, his favorite part? >> having fun. and being healthy. >> reporter: enter when he grows up? >> a fireman. i want to save people. >> reporter: tonight, we celebrate 16 graduates on their way. and so we choose the k

. ♪ ♪ alan: maity tienen todos los detalles sobre la gala de st judes.a y cantante lupita, la nieta de pedro infante. alan:gabriel soto aclara por quÉ se retirÓ del teatro. karla: que pondremos en forma con las clases de servicios desde los bomberos y la policÍa de nueva york. alan: por si fuera poco, a bailar, con el ritmo de trueno de mÉxico. alan: bienvenidos al programa con mÁs alegrÍa! ♪ ♪ ♪ despierta amÉrica♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ alan: hola, nueva york! ♪ ♪ karla: hermoso! alan: buenos dÍas, bienvenidos a despierta amÉrica, lunes 16 de mayo. karla: temperatura rÉcord, mucho frÍo! gracias por venir! alan: hemos roto un rÉcord todo lo que estamos aquÍ! porque desde 1947 no habÍa hecho tanto frÍo en esta Época! (risas) karla: el frÍo no importa porque estamos rodeados de calor. gracias por estar aquÍ. estamos de costa a costa en nueva york, tambiÉn tenemos la otra parte del equipo en los angeles, california. francisca: tenemos un yo preparado con mucho entretenimiento para ustedes y mucho informaciÓn. los chicos deben estar en los Ángeles! vamos a discutir temas c

announcer: please take a moment and join st. jude in finding cures and saving children.. >>> tonight the night in the city that never sleep, the party keeps people up all night. rachel smith got glammed up to take us inside the met gala. >> reporter: fashion was in full force tonight at the annual met ball. taylor swift rocked a mini dress while claire danes had a gown and beyonce had a floor length dress. queen b is last to make the entrance on the red carpet. she says this year's gown easier to get into than last year's. and the fashion was all about the details. like this butterfly headpiece. zoe saldana's train. held at new york city's museum of art. it's a fund raising event for the museum's costume event, but unofficially, it's the super bowl of fashion. why is this one of the hottest parties in town? >> it's the biggest fashion event. everybody wants to go and see who is going to be here. >> reporter: the theme of the event, fashion in an age of technology. for many it seemed to be sleek. but for will i am, it meant channelling his inner darth vader. the guest lis

announcer: please take a moment and join st. jude in finding cures and saving children.e.org. >>> i will admit that even though i have a one-year-old at home, when i get on a plane and realize there's a baby nearby, i often feel unhappy and judgmentl. why are the people you're about to see smiling, then? >> jet blue followed these moms as they flew across the country with their little ones. >> i don't want to be that lady with the baby who is screaming for four hours. >> i'm most nervous about her having a melt down and having everyone around us wishing we weren't in the plane. >> the airline gaining fans with the newly released mother's david owe going viral. the campaign addressing the worst nightmare of traveling next to a screaming baby. >> welcome abard our special jet blue flight. we know it can be hard on all of us. >> every time a baby cried passengers aboard this flight received 25% off their next trip. in other words, four cries equals one free round trip ticket. by the end of the video, the baby is earning a round of applause and everybody on board a free roun

announcer: please take a moment and join st. jude in finding cures and saving children.stjude.org. silicon valley teamed up with fashionistas. considered the super bowl of fashion. there is taylor swift and "scandal" star carrie washington. she cradled her new baby bump. apple sponsored this year's event. the theme was "fashion in an age of technology." >> boy those are some outfits. rick, would you look lovely. >> in case you are wondering what i am wearing -- >> we were. >> coming up in sports there was a wild finish in san antonio as the thunder troy to even their -- thunder try to even their series. and his you by riverwalk casino. >> the warriors will again be without steph curry when they take on portland in game two. there is a good chance they will see action in game three on saturday. you can watch that contest on abc7. curry is still resting and rehabbing his sprained right knee. he did shoot some baskets today, but not while the media was around. they won with ease, but even if it lost, coach steve kerr wouldn't rush curry back. >> we can't let the series scor

>> fue un momento muy difÍcil para mÍ y mi familia, tenía 11 aÑos, era una bebÉ, y st. judeplo, vamos a no seguir perdiendo los niÑos, porque no se puede ya. karla: tenemos mÁs stefans sentados con mucho cabello. daisy: todo el mundo quiere ayudar y unirse a una causa y es muy difÍcil encontrar una organizaciÓn que uno pueda confiar y saber a dÓnde va tu dinero, en stjude.org, tenemos una secciÓn en espaÑol y van a ver que el dinero va a un lugar muy bueno. karla: gracias daisy, es un placer tenerte en casa, gracias patricia, felicidades a los dos, bienvenidos a la vida, seguimo con mÁs de "despierta amÉrica". >> mi nombre es roberto. hola roberto. un anuncio en la televisión dijo que pudiera reducir mi deuda por 50 por ciento. me dijeron que deje de pagar mis cuentas, y que no hable con mis acreedores. ellos se encargarían de todo. yo les di miles de dólares, pero la mayoría se fue a sus honorarios. [narradora] salir de la deuda no es rápido ni fácil. hay personas que le dirán cualquier cosa sólo para ganar su confianza. sonaba perfecto. hice todo lo que me dijeron que hici

st. jude's and in the end they said we'll give you this much money.ltimately it led to the donation for st. jude's. >> ultimately i didn't go to trump jail which is what i was trying to avoid at the time. >> eric does so much for st. jude's, they're very much involved. let's talk about your story. what an incredible life you lead. i think it's inspiring if you don't mind going through you wrote about it. but what kind of circumstances did you overcome to get where you are today? >> i think i came from a place that a lot of people come from. i grew up in arkansas, 700 people population, i didn't have a dad. my mom, she had my when she was 15. she died in her 40s of a drug overdose and alcohol abuse. for me, i was someone who had to raise myself. i had a lot of great influences around me. it doesn't matter your circumstances or what your environment is, if you kind of lower your head and push through you can make it. i talk to kids and groups all the time with that same story. continue to fail until you succeed and don't stop trying. that's kind of what

>> fue un momento muy difÍcil para mÍ y mi familia, tenía 11 aÑos, era una bebÉ, y st. jude aquÍ tenemos un gran ejemplo, vamos a no seguir perdiendo los niÑos, porque no se puede ya. karla: tenemos mÁs stefans sentados con mucho cabello. daisy: todo el mundo quiere ayudar y unirse a una causa y es muy difÍcil encontrar una organizaciÓn que uno pueda confiar y saber a dÓnde va tu dinero, en stjude.org, tenemos una secciÓn en espaÑol y van a ver que el dinero va a un lugar muy bueno. karla: gracias daisy, es un placer tenerte en casa, gracias patricia, felicidades a los dos, bienvenidos a la vida, seguimo con mÁs de "despierta amÉrica". con el pronostico del clima -revisamos las temperaturas minimas y maximas para el este de la bahia - -hayward y fremont tendran algunas nubes hoy69 para hayward y 70 para fremont la sensacion termica 5 grados mas-mas calorcito para livermore y walnut creek en medios 70 -un dia mayormente soleado el fin de semana estar muy parecido- mas informacion... en una hora -- sony crÓ unos lentes de contacto capaces de tomar fotograÍas con tan Ólo un pes

they'll take place at st. jude catholic church. her funeral takes place tomorrow. federal security officer tordil is accused of shooting her this month. >>> there's going to be a fundraiser in honor of tordil's estranged wife gladys. police say her husband shot and killed her outside high point high school where gladys was a beloved chemistry teacher. >>> a guilty plea today from the man who drove a dump truck into two police cruisers nearly missing two officers who were standing nearby. the incident happened in january of last year in the parking lot of woodmoore town center. today gene brandon pled guilty to two counts of attempted first-degree murder. brandon had accused the officers of killing his brother. >>> don't morning routine. some changes are coming to metro. >> the new restrictions taking place. >>> the search for singer >>> and that forecast would be great if every day looked like this across our region. right now, looking beautiful across the area. plenty of sunshine. it is just beautiful across our area. we're going to continue to be very nice as we

abbott laboratories has agreed to buy st. jude medical at $25 million.ie will buy stem centrex. 45 $.8 million. these started he deals? jeff: it begin with the thing up and down. it really got slow. today is a pretty busy day, health care is leading the way. that is not a surprise. with the obamacare and the push for consolidation, you will see more companies whether we are talking about pharma companies or device companies or insurance companies or hospital companies. there will be consolidation. comes a topany that of mind considering health care? jeff: sunopi and astrazeneca will get aggressive. this will be in play for a while. scarlet: comcast plans to buy dreamworks animation. we have been reporting it is a $3.8 billion price tag, about a 50% premium over dreamworks'last close. do you think this could be a potentially rich evaluation? >> i think this is a surprise that comcast is the one doing it. in part because dreamworks animation has been for sale for years, and part of what bankers and advisers and people in the industry have told me for years

. >> reporter: family and friends are gathering here at the shrine of st. judehurch to remember a hard working woman who loved her family. molina was a mother and a grandmother. on friday may 6th, outside the giant grocery store she lost her life at then gunman who had already killed two other people, one of them his wife. police believe tordil shot mrs. molina while she was trying to carjack her suv. she was working as a home health care nurse. coming up on news4 at 6:00, we're going to hear some words about mrs. molina that were written by her own family. really the first time we've heard anything from them in depth. very, very touching. jim, back to you. >>> the dump truck driver who rammed two prince george's county police cruisers will stay in a mental health facility. gene thomas brandon pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted first-degree murder. he was found criminally not responsible for his actions. back in january of last year, he confronted two officers in glen arden and accused them of killing his brother. >>> view. that decision, if you will, tod

abbott laboratories has agreed to buy st. jude medical at $25 billion dollars.bbie will buy stem centrex. $5.8 billion. carol: what do you think happened? jeff: it begin with the thing up and down. that slowed a lot of deals. the deals that happened or once we were working on last year and he got slow. today is a pretty busy day, healthcare is leading the way. that is not a surprise. with the obamacare and the push for consolidation, you will see more companies, whether we are talking about pharma companies or device companies or insurance and hospitals. you will see consolidation going on. carol: that is like top of mind in the health care. jeff: sunopi and astrazeneca will get aggressive. this medivation will be in play for a while. scarlet: comcast plans to buy dreamworks animation. we have been reporting it is a $3.8 billion price tag, if you -- about a 50% premium over dreamworks' last close. do you think this might be a potentially rich valuation? alex: no question, it is comcast who is doing it. in part because dreamworks animation has been for sale for y

outside the shrine of st. judehurch in molina's family. >> today is a very difficult day for us, but i come out to say thank you for your support, to the community. thank you for all your prayers. thank you for the church that has been helping us to go through this really hard situation. >> reporter: many of the people who attended today's service were mrs. molina's coworkers from a home health care company where she worked and was apparently well loved and she had trained as a surgical nurse in her native bolivia. >> thank you, jackie. >>> two police officers are facing manslaughter charges for the death of a patient outside washington hospital center. police officers clifton montgomery and officer brown got into a confrontation with james mcbride in september and he died in october. that confrontation happened after mcbride walked out of the hospital after an discharge. the d.c. medical examiner said the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the neck and thigh. >>> a judge today dealt a major blow to part of d

and funeral services begin today for claudina, visitation begins tonight at st. jude catholic church in rockville. the funeral mass will be held tomorrow. originally from bolivia and accomplished the american dream. she was a nursing assistant who planned to retire within a year. >>> the shooting of a little boy while playing over the weekend has some d.c. residents upset about ongoing violence in their community, but they're thankful this morning that an offduty emt was there close by to help. the 7-year-old was shot in the shoulder saturday in a southeast d.c. community, but he is expected to be okay. the first person to arrive at the scene was veronica bask baskerville, she was at a baby shower at a church in the area. when she heard the shots, she grabbed her medic bag and sprang into action. >> i ran out the church, ran to my car. and i got my bls bag and i went to work. >> meanwhile, people who live near the scene of the shooting say they want a crime camera in their neighborhood. >>> right now 13 law enforcement officers are being awarded the highest honor in t

it's completely out of favor thanks to the st. jude acquisition. yet, it just made the triple play list. so that's beat on earnings, beat on revenue and raised guidance. this is an extraordinarily well managed company that is being punished because of the two simultaneous acquisitions, aleer and st. jude. and we think it's a great time. we use relative dividend. i talked about it many times on your show, tyler. that's how we bought chevron in january. and that stock has improved dramatically. abbott is being punished about it political ris click went through during the billary administration. it was up 360% versus 260% for the market. abbott is a great long term, above market dividend yield payer. we think has plenty of opportunity. >> have to leave it there, nancy. thank you very much. michael, great to you have in the building. >> thank you. great to be here. >> all right go. to "power lunch's" website so ee another big name that nancy likes right now. >>> bmw plans to run out an electric self-driving car in five years. watch out, tesla or not? p

service held at the shine of st. jude in rockville before her burial. michelle: scholastic art and writing award has gone to well-known artist like stephen king and andy warhol. tonight we are introduced to two local high school students who can add their names to the list. kellye: the words 18-year-old rachel paige reads are her own. >> their faces were period at the end of sentences. kellye: the wilson high school senior exhibited a gift for storytelling when she was 2. before she could put words on paper the stories spilled from her tiny body. >> it's the way i express myse. it's also the way i see the world. >> her writing is amazing. because she spends a lot of time thinking about stuff before she writes it. so she is a really good listener. kellye: her abilities earned her numerous accolades, including the 2016 scholastic art and writing gold medal portfolio award. students from around the country submitted more than 300,000 works of art and writing samples. but only 16 high school seniors received the program's highest award. which carries a scho

a funeral service was held today claudeina molina, at st. jude catholic church in rockville today. molina was shot and killed in a parking lot, outside an aspen hill giant store. they say it killed molina and two others this month. desire new information on a couple of women who looted dozens of items from a victoria's secret stores. dumping all of the items into a lawn-sized trash bag. that was back on april 27th at the town center in waldorf. police have issued an arrest warrant for alexis weston of d.c. and charges are also pending for a 17-year-old woman, a female, i should say. and detectives have discovered stolen items at a home in the district. >>> one of washington's top tourist attractions is back in business. >> finally, after being closed saturday, the washington moanulate opened -- monument opened again saturday. park service blames the le elevator control board. >>> so we're just getting started here on wusa 9 at 5:00. a college professor, behind bars tonight, accused of sexually assaulting two students at northern virginia community college. >>> president obama expla

announcer: please take a moment and join st. jude in finding cures and saving children.ude.org. ♪ skinny, so skinny ♪ skinny, so skinny >>> time now for the skinny. topping our headlines this morning, the celebrity split that's rocking hollywood. >> it seemed like just yesterday they were walking down the aisle. that's because. >> it pretty much was. >> it was 15 months ago. amber heard has filed for divorce from actor and husband johnny depp citing irreconcilable differences. she did it, to point out, just three days after the death of depp's mother. >> that's harsh. >> now, despite having married just last february, heard is asking for spousal support which depp reportedly is set to fight. sources say the couple had no pre-nup. depp is said to be worth around $400 million. >> wow. so the last time the couple was pictured together in public, you might remember last month when heard appeared in an australian court for smuggling her dogs into the country last year and in that subsequent awkward apology video that the two made and they kind of took it back and made fun of

announcer: please take a moment and join st. jude in finding cures and saving children.org. ♪ ♪ come on meet me at the finish line ♪ >>> we're less than a one week away from our favorite rites of spring. the kentucky derby. you can't celebrate this quintessential american classic without a classic menu, so joining us now is america's chief entertaining officer, tim lair. nice to have you here with us. this is in your blood. >> kendis, i'm so excited. it really is. it's always the first saturday in may. this year it's going to be may 7th. the quintessential drink is the mint julep. first of all, make a mint simple sir up. basically one part water and one part sugar in a pan. bring it to a boil. stirring to dissolve all the sugar and water together. then, add one part mint leaves, stems and all. off the heap, let it stir and steep like a tea. what's left over is this beautiful mint simple syrup. >> how long do you steep for it? >> for about 20 minutes. >> to build the perfect mint julep, it has to start with a little bourbon. and this is 2 ounces of whiskey reserve, which

st. jude's and i'm excited to report that it was a record day there at btig and raised over $5 million. >elebrities who showed up to be traders for the day. very exciting. >>> and no thank you to eli for that dance. >>> we'll switch gears to that powerful exclusive with celine dion. she sat down with abc's deborah roberts and good morning to you, deborah. you have all of that for us. >> reporter: michael, it's been a devastating time for the superstar singer who is speaking out for the first time since the death of her husband. losing not only the love of her life but also the man who expertly managed her career for more than 30 years. yet, when meeting celine dion, one thing is clear her husband also prepared her for one more act, life without him. ♪ >> last time i took that step with you. >> i know. >> we were three. >> i know. >> how are you? >> i'm very well. how are you? >> okay. >> reporter: it was last spring when celine dion joined us on this stage with her beloved rene who was in the retched throes of his cancer battle. the end came just four months ago, two days shy of rene's 74

st. jude's. i can or member who that guy was.ow they support themselves, they don't make the poor people pay anything, they just taken donations. i feel like it could happen with other things and this whole thing open my mind to the libertarian party and i have a lot more research to do. i could tell other people out ,here what to do, but for me there is no way ever i could put down hillary or trump. host: we are almost out of time. our last caller will be mike from merritt island, florida. caller: good morning. a little levity here this morning, i believe the libertarian party is like a vessel at sea with no anchor and johnny depp's the captain. i'm going to extend them the courtesy of welcoming them by going fishing. that is my comment. host: we will leave it there and that will be the final word on our program this morning. we will be discussing for the entire show the legacy of the vietnam war. we will be opening up the phone lines. we will be opening up to vietnam veterans, their family members, and all of our viewers to tal

abbott, st. jude. people have speculated you might want to grow in cardiovascular?oking for areas of great medical need. i think we were ahead of the curve when we consolidated in the orthopedics area as customers continued to evolve. we have a great business and a great platform in surgery. you'll hear more about that. minimally invasive surgery. we have a great platform in orthopedics and cardiovascular business. we think it can be augmented. if you look at the history of johnson & johnson we've invested 50% of the time on internal programs and discovery and 50% of the time versus m&a. we want the best technology at the end of the day that's going to help patients. >> joe has a question. >> big-picture historical question for alex. you know what i mean by this, meg. alex. four years goes so fast. i look at the stock chart. i have been following it but not that closely. the last i remember -- and you remember this too -- we went from ralph larssen, remember, to weldon, and something happened there. i know the board was unhappy. some of the johnson family members. t

we're partnered up with a hospital back in dublin and we're doing some stuff with st. juderk city has probably been one of the hubs for my fund raising. with new york athletic club, raised $3 million with the dinner. great people here in the city, the american-irish connection. the fund has helped us out a great amount. it's been fun and certainly something i look towards in the future, something i want to get more in tune with. my mom is an m.s. sufferer, so i certainly want to get into that area of fund raising as well. the foundation gives me a lot of pleasure to get involved in. and the game of golf. >> you're headed to saw grass? >> the players' championship next week. we're opening our second restaurant there in the ponte vedra beach area. >> then oakmont. >> i saw yesterday -- beat me, so i figure you're playing pretty well. >> game is in good shape. to beat you. >> did you see -- put it in the slot i don't look that bad from -- when you do your thing -- >> we changed your life yesterday. >> you did. someone told me my club face was too face so i am smothering everyt