one of stephanie's neighbors saw this person looking into stephanie's window. a police artist drew a sketch and released it to newspapers and local television stations. >> the phone calls began pouring in. because it was a high-profile case here at that time. numerous leads came in. >> but after tracking down hundreds of leads, only one appeared promising, a convicted sex offender who lived in the area. >> we were able to go out and make contact with this individual. it looked very promising early on, and got a dna sample. our hopes were really up at that point. and we got the call back from the state bureau of investigation that it was not a dna match. we were very disappointed. >> with nothing else to lose, investigators went back and reinterviewed the people in stephanie's neighborhood who claimed they saw the window peeper in the area. this time, one neighbor reported some new information. >> we actually had one that reported seeing this peeping tom walking a dog that appeared to be a large rottweiler type dog and that he saw him walking him from bridgeport

but what was the motive for stephanie dittrick's murder?ckley had a big mouth. >> prosecutors think in a moment of weakness, ackley told stephanie that he killed arlene. prosecutors found a witness who saw ackley and stephanie camping together on the fourth of july weekend. prosecutors believe ackley killed his childhood friend in order to silence her, burying her body in a shallow grave. again, leaving the tell-tale metal fragments behind. when he disposed of stephanie's personal items, he left his fingerprint on the shopping bag. >> i don't think there's anything i could say that would bother him because someone that can kill their girlfriend's mom and their kids' grandma is untouchable emotionally. so i wouldn't even try. >> a year after the crimes, gary ackley was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. despite the mountains of forensic evidence against him, arlene jensen's daughter julie refused to believe that ackley killed her mother. so after his conviction, she cemented their c

>>> welcome to al jazerra america park i am stephanie sy. here are the stories we are following for you. chaos in iraq, residents fleeing, fighters gaining ground and president obama says the u.s. is looking at all options. >>> it's time that the president got a new national security team. >> republicans take the president to task over the situation in iraq and call for changes. >>> plus former president george h.w. bush celebrates his 90th birthday in the air. ♪ ♪ >>> iraq is in turmoil. a group of fighters called the islamic state in iraq and the levant known as isil have taken over several cities, they have from mosul moving south taking at that creek and honing in on baiji. kurdish fighters are now in control of kirkuk. this isn't just about iraq. isil if fighting for its place in syria and iran's president is promising to help combat what he is calling terrorism. the u.n. security council is meet this is hour to discussion the situation. omar reports from baghdad 67 the latest is coming from state television saying that the anti-terrori

i am stephanie sy. earth rise is next.ates throughout the day including the latest on that shooting, head to aljazerra.com. >> i'm steve chow, malaysian borneo, where villagers are restoring one of the world's oldest rain forests. >> i'm omar khalifa and i'm in the philippines, where the humble coconut is leading the fight against environmental disaster. >> and i'm sinead o'shea and i'm

. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to al jazerra america, i am stephanie sy.e are the stories we are following for you. >> stop and think of these men. whenever you lose hope, stop and think of these men. >>> president obama honors the americans who landed in nomady 70 years ago. in an unexpected behind-the scenes meeting between ow obamad vladimir paout en. and. putin. >> reporter: during the war allied code breakers played an essential role for the d-day invasion of normally. ♪ ♪ >>> western powers today are tackling dozens of con flicks around the world from ukraine to syria to nigeria. but today they paws to honor the battle that brought them together. it was 70 years ago the d-day landing in franz, this morning a huge ceremony took place on the beach marking the againing of the allied triumph over germany in word what that. the dignitary newed francois ho land, vladimir putin. earlier pre president obama spo. >> they sacrificed so we might be free. fought so we way mont may no lor fight. we are grateful to them. gentlemen i want to you know your legacy in

stephanie chuang follows that scene. giants playing midday game that adds to the late warning traffic flow. so far, easy drive. we look at bay bridge toll plaza, nothing out of the ordinary right now for our live look there. you see more folks starting to hit the cash lanes. back to the maps use the san mateo bridge or b.a.r.t. because there are no delays for the systems no delays for mass transit. watching b.a.r.t. into san francisco. you might use that as alternate to the bay bridge if you travel later into the city. look at all of the folks funnel over to the area. so far smooth. san mateo bridge alternate. avoid 880 at warren because there's a crash blocking four lanes until we can get four tow trucks to clear the crash. >>> 5:11 the federal know fly list deemed unconstitutioning but a federal judge. what they're telling the government about that. >>> new harsh words from north korea as anger over the james franco movie grows. >>> santa clara count taye proved a temporary ban on potshots. county officials were worrie

stephanie chuang on the scene. i'm covering traffic flow, giving you alternates. >>> expected to learn more about the condition of the oakland firefighter severely hurt during a training accident yesterday at the airport. mitchell ow was driving a fire truck during a drill, something happened, the truck flips over. ow, a 28-year veteran of the department. >>> the ntsb says the crash at sfo a result of pilot error. the report said the crew mismanaged asiana's flight 214's descent and did not monitor the plane's speed. ntsb made 27 safety recommendations in hope of preventing another crash like this. >>> new research showing 3-d mammograms may be better at finding cancer than regular scans. technology detected one additional case of breast cancer for every 1,000 scans compared to conventional mammograms, 15% fewer false alarms as well. >>> santa clary county approved a temporary ban on pot shops. leader were worried the crackdown would send medical marijuana clinics into unincorporated parts of the county so they pas

i'm stephanie sy. hereby are the stories we're following for you. a fierce tacia taliban attack at karachi airport. leaves dozens dead. a deal to save the precious art of detroit falls short. i'll have a live report. more deadly stroinls toda deadln pakistan. north waziristan. following a siege at karachi's international airport. under attack for five hours, including the 10 attackers were killed. have. >> pakistani soldiers killed clear from afar as smoke covered the night sky. just before midnight rebels had shut their way into the old terminal dressed in security force uniforms. a gun battle followed with real members of airport security then the army was called in. >> security forces confirm. >> security forces confronted and killed them, they destroyed them. it is good that this operation was over in about four, five hours. >> reporter: but four or five hours is enough to bring up the question of the state of security in pakistan again. this is country's busiest airport. last year more than 16 million people passed through here. and this is wha

stephanie?e inside your brain, at the franklin institute, the new exhibit, we've got the first exclusive preview coming up. i'm going to take you on to up. and it is a tour you don't want to miss. >> ♪ >>> hey, listen up, good news for wine owes this morning. we'll tell you how a glass of red wine could improve your smile. how about that? another reason to have a glass. >> that's coming up next in the health watch. cheers everybody. we'll be right back. >> tony awards seen on cbs-3 last night capped off with a musical. >> tony award goes to a gentleman's guide who love and murder. >> oh, that show looks so good. want to see that. from how i met your mother to head wig and, recognize him, neil patrick harris. he won best actor in a musical. that will guy is so talented. >> looks great as a blondes. >> really. >> audrey mcdonnell won her sixth tony, most ever actress, played billie holliday, at emerson's bar and grill. brian kranston had his broadway debut as president linden johnson. tony, also w

i'm stephanie sy. here are the stories we're following for you. >> a second city falls to a al-qaeda splinter group. >> chuck hagel on the defense as lawmakers question him on the bergdahl prisoner swap. >>> and eri eric cantor, what it means potentially for people across the country. >> the situation is quickly deteriorating in iraq. at least 23 people are dead and areas are run over by didn't groups. we have the latest from baghdad. >> reporter: just as i spoke with one of our sources, and he confirms that isil fighters are still in control. now, there are conflicting reports saying that army forces are clearing tikrit of what they call terrorists. we have from the same sources from the iraqi state television that fighter jets are targeting convoys from isil fighters outside of tikrit and near the city. so very complicated with the fluid situation. now when it comes the senior police police forces and kurdish forces are clearing different areas of the area. it is not inside the city itself, it is on

. >>> welcome to al jazerra america, i am stephanie sy. here with the stories we are following for you. u.s. troops killed in afghanistan. apparent victims of friendly fire. iraqi forces flee an assault on mosul, the country's second largest city. >> i am not afraid of death, i am afraid of being a slave. i am afraid of living under tyranny. >> an exclusive al jazerra interview with one of the las vegas shooters before they shot two police officers at point blank range. ♪ ♪ >>> tragic developments in afghanistan. just as u.s. and allied forces are beginning their draw down, five american troops were killed. it happened in a remoment area of southern afghanistan yesterday. where coalition and afghan troops were conducting a security operation ahead of this weekend's presidential run off eviction. our mike viqueira is live in washington what information has cam out so far. >> reporter: both afghanistan and the united states have a lot riding on the the election. the individual expected to sign the status of forces agreement. and as a result

let them know. >> yes. >> the motion and second. >> thank you stephanie par all right. it's on moved and seconded is there any public comment? >> claire from the retired city employees. at our last time meeting we had a wellness coordinate to speak and retirees and every group is very, very supportive of wellness programs, however, when you talk about on incentive and reducing the co-pays those are negotiated benefits and here where we're required to apply certain standards across the board so while they maybe somebody for people to consider with regard to our system and the comments from commissioner frazier and those may not be the people that can achieve them in doing the due diligence of this board it is equal across the board those employee organizations negotiate different co-pay structures we need to be consistent. who is doing some of the surveys if you ask the management of departments to fill out your survey as the culture and environment in the departments you'll get a different answer then if you ask the employees i'm glad mta is participating there are a nu

i am stephanie sy. here are the stories we are following for you. secretary of defense chuck hagel is grilled by angry lawmakers on the bergdahl prison swap plus. >> this is a miles an hour cell from god that this happened. >> a huge political up i upset. house majority leader eric cantor loses his primary bid to a tea party candidate. the ramifications could be far-reaching. >>> iraqi tanks move out of mo . another city falls today. and cabbies choking the streets of london angry over competition from an app. ♪ ♪ >>> defense secretary chuck hagel is on the hot seat. testifying this morning at the first public hearing on p.o.w. bowe bergdahl's release. the house armed services committee wants to know when and why the decision to swap bergdahl for five taliban detainees was made and why congress was not made. hagel began the hearing defending the administration. >> i would never sign any document or make any agreement, agree to any decision that i did not feel was in the best interest of this country. no

stephanie?e exclusive discussion on culture, creativity, and technology with kanye west. whenill be all about kanye we we come back. ♪ >> we have some breaking news. a 20% stake by france with montebourg. thatve an agreement a they will take a 20% stake, and they will take a percentage of the gas business. general electric will be the business, we do not have any numbers on that. little change before the headlines came out, and that remains the case for the moment. >> as i mentioned earlier, i spent the week in cannes, france speaking with dozens of the biggest names in tech. west andn with kanye ben horowitz, and we talked about the changing nature of hip-hop and the influence it has had on technology. >> hip-hop is encompassing and throughrough -- breaks style, branding, poetry, melody, storyline, all at one time. thereason why it crushed r&b john recommended beginning the new rock 'n roll, and me and at in front of the american flag is because we are watching bruce things brings springsteen.

i'm stephanie sy. "the stream" is next.head to aljazeera.com. >>> hi, i'm lisa fletcher, and you are in "stream", we're here to talk about why the global fight for one of the most intelligent animals isn't over year. and why are the u.s. and russia the only countries in the world who's militaries use dolphins? are questions of ethics changing as public expectations shift in the wake of the cove and black fish? we discuss right now. ♪

about time, stephanie. let's get started here about the president. >> now, tim, kiki had a good point that cantor was trying to have it both way. he was trying to be mr. new republican party in washington, but go back home to the district and be mr. obstruction. now, he allowed himself to be defined by talk radio. let's listen to some of this. >> if eric cantor gets in and is re-elected, we are going to have amnesty. >> cantor reversed himself over and over and over again on the issue of amnesty. >> how do you think barack obama, nancy pelosi, want to win this primary? they want eric cantor to win because eric cantor is an ally in the biggest fight that will occur in the next six months to maybe even sooner. in washington. which is a fight for immigration amnesty. >> now, those people are giddy today. >> they're not in the district. >> but they basically drove the election in the district. and if there was anybody the democrats would call an obstructi obstructionist, it would actually be eric cantor. they w

i'm stephanie ruhle. i'm pretty sure about that.profile recalls, one might expect sales of gm cars would be a bit off but customers are unfazed by the widely publicized series of recalls the company issued. the automaker just posted its best month in six years with sales up 13% in may, so we're asking the question, why hasn't the recall scandal made more of an impact on dealership floors? joining us for insight is chris malone, author of "the human brand." by book focuses on recalls tylenol and other companies. it, isn't that americans except there will be recalls and there is danger on the road, and by a car anyway -- buy a car anyway? >> i don't think so. our company has done extensive research on product recalls. when we looked at the fundamentals, it was not surprising that sales have not been impacted yet because the circumstances are different from what we saw in toyota in 2010. >> what do you mean by that, the circumstances are different? research,d in the five factors drive how and when customers respond to recalls. first, a

stephanie, back to you. >> great. thanks, joe. >>> sergeant bergdahl's release has a number of republicans scrambling to hide their previous sport for his return. when president obama announced the prisoner swap on saturday, nevada congressman mark amodai tweeted best news i've heard in a time. nebraska representative lee terry put out a statement, sergeant bergdahl is a national hero. joni ernst, now republicans' nominee for u.s. senate in iowa tweeted thoughts and prayers go out to sergeant bergdahl and his family. all these comments have vanished from twitter or their websites. they're real profiles in courage. one can only assume contrary to america's sacred commitment to -- bergdahl should still be a prisoner of war. in the "crossfire" tonight, bill richardson and frank gaffney. frank, i want to follow up on this. what exactly changed republicans' minds? the story of bergdahl has been well known for five years. the circumstances of him leaving the base. and what we know about his capture. though there are many qu

i am erik schatzker and this is stephanie ruhle.cal compound that has saved soldiers could be in for smartphone, we are talking about kevlar. who createdtist kevlar died last week, she was 90 years old. in 1965, a dupont chemist was looking for a fiver to replace steel in belted tires. aat she came up with is synthetic fiber credited with saving lives. kevlar is five times stronger than steel. bylar could repel bullets dissipating energy through the fabric. police were970's, using kevlar and bullet-proof vest. in the days before stephanie kwolek died, the one million kevlar vest was sold. the u.s. military replaced its 40-year-old steel helmet with a kevlar one in the 1980's. now it is the standard around the world. play of civilian uses, it is used to make skis and tennis rackets. even in smartphones and sneakers. stephanie kwolek said she never thought her discovery would turn out to be a lifesaver. she admitted she took pride in watching tv reports of soldiers wearing kevlar body armor and saying we invented that. >> one of the m

i am stephanie ruhle with erik schatzker.arl icahn revealed a stake and said he wants the retailer to merge with dollar general store. adopted a poison pill defense. we want to ring in julie hyman who has been following this. he knows where to get it. there is one year now. that is how long this lasts. there can be no hostile takeover. no one shareholder can garner stakes of more than 10%. you can't build up a more sizable stake than what he has right now. he can put pressure on the board to make changes. broker ay to foster or friendly deal between family dollar and its competitors. >> what about family dollar? where do they go from here? >> they have talked about making changes at the company. >> if you are a dollar store, where can you go? >> they are not literally a dollar store. there are some stores that are literally dollar stools and it just denotes cheap basically. higher than are those at walmart and dollar general. they have talked about cutting the prices more. they are also closing 370 underperforming stores. the

i'm stephanie sy. here are the stories we're following for you. bowe bergdahl is free. while some celebrate, others question the prisoner swap. >>> the obama administration tried to take a bite out of the be global warming. >>> taking on pro-russian separatists. >> questions are swirling about the release of a u.s. army sergeant after he spent years in the hand of the taliban. bowe bergdahl was the only known prisoner of war in afghanistan. to get him back, the u.s. exchanged five taliban prisoners held in guantanamo bay. bergdahl is recovering in germany at a u.s. military hospital. beingen randall pinkston reports. >>> to release five taliban leaders from guantanamo. >> i think big issue here is, what's going to happen to these five individuals. >> reporter: republican senator john are mccain, a former pow in the vietnam war, says he thinks the five prisoners swapped for bergdahl pose a threat to u.s. security. >> it is disturbing these individuals would have the ability to reenter the fight, they are big high level people possibly responsible for the deaths of thousa

i'm newt gingrich on the right. >> and i'm stephanie koetter on the left. in the "crossfire" tonight, two opposite views of hillary clinton. as we are seeing this week, clinton bashing is a whole cottage industry. think of all the republicans unemployed if they weren't attacking hillary clinton. think of the taxpayer dollars wasted on investigations of them, bogus claims of stock deals, land deals, or whatever they were investigating at the time, yet the clinton haters never learn, the more they attack, the more the clintons fight back. >> actually, it's more of a reason to run, because i do not believe our great country should be playing minor league ball. we ought to be in the majors, and i view this as really apart from even an aversion from the hard work that the congress should be doing about the problems facing our country and the world. >> newt, hillary is not backing down from this. she's ready to take all of you on. she's been doing it since the 1990s, when you were speaker of the house, and, frankly, she's been winning. so, is this what the next t

he is not stephanie ruhle. he is mark yusko.anie is on assignment. -- it is great to have you here. he is my guest host for the hour. we are going back to washington. opening statements are underway for general panel motors. they are asking about the failure to recall cars with faulty ignition switches. matt miller is there. ofy barra is in the midst her opening statement. the lawmakers have had an opportunity to make their statements. what did they tell you about the mood inside this room? >> they do not seem to be as angry as they were last time. they are interested in political showmanship. if you came to this hearing hoping it was just an inquiry, focused on getting answers, then you would be mistaken. it is definitely about the pr that the congress can get themselves. diana brought back her prop of the ignition switch and held it up to the cameras. it does not add anything or help us learn anything more. it is just about her making a pressent, maybe making a appearance for her reelection next time, i guess area on the other

i am erik schatzker along with stephanie ruhle.ould college players be paid for the use of their names and images in broadcast and also in videogames? the case pits the in the aa again say group of former players. -- the case pits the ncaa former a group of players. andrew, what we begin by putting this into perspective because this is not the only case pitting college players or people who represent them against the ncaa. this is referred to as the open in k's, but there are a couple of others. describe the landscape for us. quite a landscape. there is a triumvirate, a triplet of cases against the in the aa that could really change the whole status quo that college sports is right now. there is this case, the open in o'bannon case. gaining the and benefits against the ncaa, and there is a third case learned by attorney jeffrey kessler who has led the nba players, sports athletes for many years, trying to get more sports conversation and trying to arrange a free market for college football and basketball layers, similar to this o'b

"today in the bay's" stephanie chuang joins us live at the city hall with more details, and stephanie, this is an issue that seems to be a touchstone for people all over the bay area. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, sam. this is part of an 18-month pilot program that would use stops like this one here at mcallister for tech buses. this is across the street from city hall where later that the meeting takes place. tech giants like apple, google use these buss to shuttle workers to and from the south bay, peninsula, and san francisco. so far the shuttles utilized muni stops for free. that pilot program would charge tech companies 1 per stop per day to use roughly 200 bus stops across the city. today leaders will decide and it involves about # 0 or so of those stops. now opponents of this program have also staged protests about this. one group that includes local union members filed a lawsuit last month against the city of san francisco in the hopings of blocking these shut frls using the bus stops. shuttles highly paid workers into the city has load it a skyrocketing number of ev

i'm stephanie cushion and i'm with the department environmental branch. i oversee the site mitigation program, so at any time you move soil in the city of san francisco, before you can get a building permit, you have to come through the health department. and that is in certain areas of town including the slaj oversight. and i oversee the terms. the ordinance or article 22-a of the san francisco health code as i said requires that if you're an in-- you've been industrially zoned, you are within 100 feet of a former or current underground storage tank or you're within 150 feet of a raised freeway, you are in -- you are under the requirement of article 22-a. for this particular project, it would require, although dpds has over seen the larger clean up of the site, every single development that occurs on the site will need to come to the health department. we'll ask for more specific site characterization for that particular project. we also will oversee the perspectiveness and we ask for a site approval plant. we work with them so we're satisfied they're an

>> he has not been waiting as stephanie pointed out. he has been giving a substantial amount of aide, and we did not just pull out of iraq because the president made a decision. they would not sign a status of forces. they will sign what we're calling a bilateral security agreement, president bush was able to get a three-year deal and the iraqis said no more. we had to go. aide was the only way to help first of all, second of all, if you don't have a better government in iraq. a few droen strikes are not going to make any difference. the many, al-- al-maliki government is responsible. >> he can go to the iranians and say send in the revolutionary guard, as they already have. >> and he may well do that and iran will have to make that choice, but for the u.s. to insert ourselves militarily, without a reliable partner, we have to have a reliable partner, i'm willing to look at that one thing. if we're looking at isis, if there is a place we can effectively strike them, it can be syria, that is something that i think we should look at, but

i'm stephanie sy, and here are the headlines at this hour. in iraq, a third city has fallen to isi of l. and they are worried that baghdad is the next target. and meanwhile, the security council is meeting to discuss the situation on the ground. >>> the world cup is getting underway today. the first match will be played in sau paolo. and croatia will take on the host country, brazil. the first game is on monday. >> we're keeping a close eye on the mid-atlantic states, and the temperatures for the most part have been warming up. close to 80° except for the cool air that's stuck here. we're looking at steady rain developing, and that rain will be heavy. north carolina, pushing up to virginia and maryland. and some of that rain heavy at times. a lot of rain could come down in a short period of time. and a large area is under a flash flood watch. it hans quickly. and you get the rain coming down over the same area. a flash flood watch today. and it clears out. it's moving out and comfortable temperatures and drier weather moving in for the weeken

>> they want to see action, stephanie. the issues of wait times and clinics are nothing new, and they feel frustrated that politicians talk about this. and they have not seen a concerted effort to bring real change, as they have told us. we talked to a disabled american veteran, and he shared what most troubles him. >> they never believed that the root problem was with the leadership of the va. our concern is over the past decade, congress and the administration have not properly funded the needs of va. >> he also says that it's not just about money, but holding people accountable and really changing a system that's huge, and quite bureaucratic from his perspective, and hasn't kept up with "the times." everything from making a record and electronics to modernizing the systems. >> a lot of veterans that i've spoken to say the same, libby, and is the va doing with the problems right now? >> he traveled to phoenix today. and this is ground zero for the veterans waiting to see doctors, and essentially doctors cooking the books

"today in the bay's" stephanie chuang joins us live at san francisco city hall, stephanie, it's a pilotprogram giving the shuttles to use public stops, it's already gotten the green light kind of, but what kind of feedback are you expecting to hear today? >> reporter: good morning, sam, we're expecting to hear quite a bit of mixed reaction on this controversial issue. the pilot program already approved earlier this year, but so much opposition, the start date was pushed back. the issue of course is tech companies using shuttles, then using these muni bus stops like this one here across city hall, its been happening for years and for free. and some are very unhappy with this. opponents of the buses have staged protests and filed a lawsuit last month against the city to block these shuttles from using public stops. the pilot program disregards legally mandated reviews of the impact. they also say the tech buses sometimes block muni buses causing delays and bringing in highly paid tech workers leading to skyrocketing rent and housing costs and the evictions of lower income tenants. now thi

i am stephanie ruhle. our guest host for the hour is miles nadal.knows that it is hard to get the attention of the millennial's. we're looking at new ways to get young people to read the news. formertalking to two news staffers. this breakdowns the biggest stories of the day. cofounders of the skin. >> this is your secret weapon to get through your morning. we are former nbc news producers. we saw of -- whole of the market for an e-mail newsletter the breaks down the news. it gives you everything you need to know in five minutes so you can get on with your day. there is ak, silhouette of a skinny woman with a phone? >> we don't believe that news is gender specific. we knew we couldn't be everything to everyone. we knew what our friends were not getting in their day. this was a valuable market. we went after a market opportunity. , when you read our product there is a sense of humor behind it. our logo.lly love it is meant to be somebody who is stylish and on the go and has a sense of humor. >> 30% of our audience is male. >> had you decide what the

. >> on the left, stephanie cutter, on the right, secubb. in the crossfire, representative loretta sanchez, a california democrat and representative anna kinninger. an illinois republican. will u.s. advisers make a difference or draw america closer to war. tonight on "crossfire." >> welcome to "crossfire" i'm stephanie cutter. >> and i'm s.e. kup on the right. two members of congress, today president obama spent more time talking about what we aren't going to do in iraq. and why. than he did making a case that the terrorist takeover of the levant has serious implications for us at home. how sad, george w. bush may still in the white house because president obama can't seem to make any foreign policy decisions without thinking of him first, he often explains his inaction by way of his predeceasedpr predeceaspr predeceaspr predeceas predeceasedor's mistakes. >> the military plan developed by the joint chiefs and that i believe is appropriate is proportional. it is limited. it does not involve boots on the ground. this is not iraq. and this is

stephanie is in a vest and pan suit which was $120. we were not able to provide drinks for the wedding as far as alcoholic beverages because the amount was just too much for our budget to handle. we did packages with the plate. with this package we paid $200 to $300 for. this is money we set aside for our wedding already. if need be we would take away wedding budget to pay bills. but we felt we deserved it. we worked hard for it. >> we had a couple of donations from family members. so that was helpful. >> the union of kara and stephanie in a legal marriage to be recognized by our government. >> what meant the most to us was just being able to acknowledge each other, and to be able to do it in front of our family and friends. >> i can't wait to spend my life with stephanie even though we already have a civil union, this solidifies it. >> kara and stephanie clearly enjoyed their wedding even with their cost cutting budget of $5,000. the average price of a we hadding in the state of illinois, $4,800. the national average is $30,000. that

live in san pablo, stephanie chuang, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, stephanie. >>> police say they think they know who shot a child in oakland overnight. investigators are not releasing the specific circumstances surrounding that shooting, but they say a woman in her 20s and a little boy were shot near international boulevard and 81st street. they have not said how old that child is. investigators say they expect the woman and the child to survive. police say they have a possible suspect, but that person is not yet under arrest. >>> another shooting came just hours after a 3-year-old boy was graced by a bullet, about 2 1/2 miles away, also on international boulevard. >>> five american soldiers are dead, likely victims of friendly fire. defense and military officials tell nbc news the five were working with afghan military in the southern part of the country. that's where they were doing security sweeps, so polling places ahead of this weekend's runoff election when they were suddenly attacked by taliban forces. the americans called in an air strike for backup and according to u.s.

"today in the bay" stephanie chuang joins us live from the golden great bridge, stephanie, it sounds like a carved out smaller amount. how much are we talking here? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, sam, it does sound small. it is $7 million to go towards what's a $76 million brojt here at the bridge, but it's kritd call founding we're talking about. now if you're been to the bridge here, you know that the sidewalk are open to the public and the railing in place is only four feet tall. this project could build stainless steel nets 20 feet below the sidewalk. now the golden gate bridge highway and transportation districts board of directors approved this project four years ago after years of testing this barrier system. but construction not begin until funding is secured. according to the bridge rail foundation which is a group dedicated to preventing suicides at the golden gate, there've been 1600 suicides to date there which is more than any other place in the world with record 46 people dying after jumping off the bridge last year. bridge workers were able to stop 118 others. at lea

third place winner is alexa internet and accepting is stephanie anderson. the smallest, 25 to 100 employees, the first place winner is hdr architecture. accepting their trophy is jean hanson and matthew rig by. second place in that category is interior architects, and it's eric zimmer accepting their award from interior architects. third place is footster, and that's the from the winners circle the second year in a row. and we have hanna [speaker not understood] from [speaker not understood] with us today. for the highest level of employee participation in a larger size company, that's 101 to 500 employees, the fourth place winner is nekto therapeutics. we have brenda chu [speaker not understood]. they won fourth place [speaker not understood]. congratulations in every single year. 38% of nektar employees participated. that's over one-third of their full workforce. for the highest overall c.o.2 savings the second place winner was also nektar therapeutics. thanks so much to brenda chu and the whole staff there as well. lastly, for most clean commute days per

i'm stephanie ruhle. you are watching bloomberg television. ♪ >> from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm mark crumpton. this is bottom line. the intersection of business and economics with a main street perspective. today, president obama begins a full day trip to europe. i'm mike rogers talks about dealing with cyber risk. and goldman sachs chairman lloyd blankfein coaches small-business entrepreneurs. and to our viewers here in the u.s. and those joining us around the world, welcome. megan hughes report, keep plan to build a radar system to track space travel. overe begin with in dear a president obama's trip to europe. what is his main agenda during this trip? >> the president is in three different countries over four days. objective is to show solidarity with our allies, and also to show a warning to vladimir putin that if he goes further with more provocations in europe that there will be more pain to come on the other end. and don't forget, they are delivering the end of communism in wars

that's where we find "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang.firefighters are worried about the flare-ups, out there overnight. >> reporter: the good news, no flare-ups overnight. but that is always top priority in concerns. that's why oakland fire has staffed one engine with four firefighters like this one right here here along park boulevard where the fires were happening yesterday. these crews have been taking turns three hour shifts coming out to check for embers and trying to see down the canyon 250 feet. we followed firefighters as they used flashlights to check for problem areas, checking up on a hose line set up yesterday that runs into the canyon. first two fires sparked around 2:00 yesterday. within half a mile of one another along park boulevard. total of five in two hours though fishes say the two smallest could have been sparked by em bars. not sure the other were accidental. firefighters were able to put out the fires in a couple of hours but add there wasn't much wind which grows suspicion it might have been a case of arson. one w

thank you to your intern stephanie for beating everyone and going out and finding it. >> nice work. >> if the spurs wins, ron is actually going to triple that money. >> yeah, that will be the day. enough problems with the haircut. >>> we turn now to our weather and we say good morning again to meteorologist stephanie roberts, back with us from our sarasota, florida, station. wwsb. good morning, stephanie. >> good morning. >>> it was kind of a rough overnight in the middle of the country. lot of the storm reports coming in, eight reported tornadoes and 86-mile-per-hour wind gusts being reported in kansas. these severe storms will continue be a concern now even as we go into father's day. i want to show you some video out of nebraska, where the rains just poured down overnight. more than 2 1/2 inches of rain reported there in grand island. we're also looking at hail, baseball-sized hail, being compared to a baseball, being compared to an apple. measured on a ruler. obviously, that causing a lot of damage. for today, the severe weather threat is going to push to the east. we're already s

stephanie, good morning once again. >> good morning.ally, good sports weather. 75 degrees with sunshine. we're off to a gorgeous start this morning. a live look at the east river, shows that skies are clearing out. the sun is coming. the cold front will bring some dry or less humid conditions after a damp week. so, some good news coming into the northeast. in fact, all the northeast, looking at a very nice father's day weekend, courtesy of high pressure, moving in. some cool temps, though. 67, syracuse. 72, this afternoon, in pittsburgh. we are still looking at stormy conditions about the southeast. although, this cold front is going to stay just far enough south, that, atlanta, you should have a better day. but southern flow bringing stormy conditions across florida this afternoon. we're looking at a cool and damp northwest. 64, seattle. 62, eureka. some of the numbers 5 to 15 degrees below average for this time of year. we will keep cloudy and damp conditions across the northwest. heat in the middle of the country. 92 this afternoon,

washda, don lundgrab, tony and stephanie yost, learn their church would close july 1st. >> it means everything to me. it kept me to stay positive through everything, and my family. >> parish family that prayed stephanie through leukemia last year. we came to this church to learn, to re of its closing. >> it is worth fighting for. it is worth fighting for. >> we were met by 30 parishioners, some in tears, all with questions. >> the key word to this, there is no transparency. >> the suburban saint elizabeth's is to merge with saint toms equine us in croyden, where people going to sunday mass need to cross route 13. >> i have a 89 year old mother, so i'm not going to park her in the septa lot and walk across the street. >> despite extensive reviews of catholic population, marriages, baptisms, which they feel are competitive, parishioners suspect their property has more value. >> we feel as this is a direct attempt to sell off the property, because it is a valuable piece of property. and it showed me the money more than it is show me your fate. >> the archdioces tells us so far four par

live in mountain view, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> good news, thank you stephanie. >> we were talking earlier that dogs love us, but we're not sure that they'd come back. >> bill that crazy lady, come here chip, come here. >>> good day to take the dog out though? >> good day. mine are like shadows. they want to go in every single room i go in. >> mine too, but when i'm out. >> even when i go out, i can't get rid of them. 5:46, try having a meal at my house. did i mention i have three dogs? 55 in concord, 53 in livermore, laura has three triplets, i think of the easier job, right? all right, three total, i'm just tallying the sum. san francisco taking a live look at at&t park. and look at all these vehicles out here this morning. they're enjoying a beautiful start to the day. you can imagine these stands are going to be entirely filled tonight. giants are back in town, they've had a great season so far. unfortunately a slump, but they're coming out of it. as we head throughout the day today, we have a gorgeous day for them to return home to. coastal fog, drizzle out there,

good morning stephanie. >> reporter: yeah good morning, kris. oakland police are trying to determine who was at fault in this collision, but it is worth noting mayor quan is running for re-election. so what appeared to be a minor collision could be a major political problem for her. take a look at the cell phone video of the crash that happened at 5:30 last night in west oakland. mayor quan in green is checking on the people in the other car. a woman and a 14-year-old boy. now the police say the mayor was driving alone in her suv on market when her car collided with a nissan on 26th street. police did not cite the mayor. at issue here is who had the right of way. the accident comes days after photos surfaced of mayor quan talking on her cell phone while driving. witnesses we spoke with from yesterday's crash say the mayor appeared at fault. >> i don't know if she was distracted or not, but she blatantly hit the car. she ran through the light and the car hit her. i mean it was just -- she ran the red light. >> reporter: now mayor quan put out a s

of>> i'm slightly scared stephanie. >> that is a wise attitude.entertainment with the ringling brothers. and so will his daughter be with us. >> it is 56 past the hour and bloomberg television is taking on the markets. >> i'm going to take it from here. u.s. stocks are in retreat mode after a batch of reports showed an increase in jobless claims and smaller than anticipated games -- gains in retail sales. we wanted to know what this means for the options market. scott bauer joined us for today's options insight. he joins us from cboe. been veryatility has low. the vix has come up a little bit, but still below 12 right now. is that prompting in -- prompting investors to buy more of a hedge, or perhaps replace equity holdings? >> i have not really seen the upside call buying, but what i am seeing is a lot of protective buying, downside put buying, especially in the s&p 500 options market. the call side is saying, in the vix, we are seeing some call buyers. if we do see a downdraft in the market, then the vix will rise and the calls come into play. w

i am erik schatzker. >> and i am alix steel in for stephanie ruhle.ssing a really fun show today. >> she is indeed. we are going to talk about hedge funds. returns a relapse for years, not so great, even if you don't to the s&p 500. our friend is here. he is a former hedge fund manager, now a professor at columbia's business school. also with us is the founder of a global consultant for the hedge fund industry. gentlemen, welcome. of theet something out way. hedge funds are not supposed to outperform the s&p 500. people make that comparison anyway. are they trying to outperform? >> the most recent study done, the results could not be more for peoplely opposed who keep comparing them to the s&p. 59% of investors are looking for uncorrelated returns. 84% feel that if you remove hedge funds they would have a higher level of volatility. when you look at them, almost 60% are looking for a return somewhere between three percent-five percent a year. and they are measuring that over a three year or longer environment. it is simply not an s&p relative product.

live in fremont, stephanie chuang. >> fine line, thank you very much, stephanie. >>> google's nest lab is lowering the price of its high-tech smoke detector which was pulled from the market a short time ago after it malfunctioned. the nest protect is now $99, down from 129. nest labs offered a software update to fix the malfunction after people found the alarm could be shut off just by the wave of a hand. >>> let's see if we can look at the markets this morning, the rest of the news before the bell, let's check in with jackie deangelis, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we are watching the futures here, they are higher, afterstocks posted mild gains yesterday. that was for the second straight day, but of course, unease over the situation in iraq, cur,ing some of the enthusiasm out there that we saw from upbeat economic data and merger news as well. now today we're going to get numbers on consumer prices and housing starts, look for that, and the fed beginning a two-day policy meeting. the dow rising five points to finish at 16,781, nasdaq up ten to 4321. gm recalling anot