geiser commissioned a hit on jeffrey stern from the jail. a cell mate who she was con fiding in and passing messages let us came forward and tet us know that in fact ms. geiser asked her to pass a letter to a hitman on the outside. the forensic team of the fbi confirmed it is her hand writing. they approached her last week, confronted her with this and she in fact admitted to the writing of the letter and the solicitation of yet another capital murder. >> so then chip if the fbi is involved in this, has confirmd that she actually wrote the letter, that is the mistress wrote a letter to have a hit on her boyfriend then why aren't there criminal charges pending against her for the additional solicitation of murder? >> that i is the $64,000 question, judge. mrs. stern a perplexed and frustrated with the district attorney office failure to act in the case. >> judge jeanine: have they given hear reason why? >> some half hearted excuses but frankly none of them pass muster. >> judge jeanine: there are those who believe that the letter that no one

comes from the attorney for jeffrey stern, who is to stand trial next month. the prosecution says he plotted with his mistress to kill his wife, ion. allegedly hiring hitmen that tried not wasn't, but three times to kill ion stern. the socialite survived each attempt. she is now standing by her man. and looking at a note the mistress wrote to a hitman. >> however you do this, it needs to look like a robbery gone ban. >> reporter: the hit should happen near the sterns' vacation home near aspen. >> the f he dies there, people will think the wife did the planning to kill him as revenge. that would be good. >> reporter: stern's attorney says he turned the note over to

the attorney for jeffrey stern. he read from an intercepted letter, allegedly from gaiser, to a hitman. >> whatever you do, it must not look like a hit. it's going to be accidental death. >> reporter: he says that gaiser planned to kill stern as payback for turning on her. >> so, if you catch him there and he dies there, people will think the wife did the planning to kill him as revenge. >> reporter: the whole thing allegedly unfolded last month in jail. >> however you do this, it needs to look like a robbery. >> reporter: gaiser was interested in getting another woman on her cell block to kill jeffrey stern. and allegedly wrote that detailed four-page letter about how and where to do it. >> obviously, even a close-range shot didn't get rid of the wife. so, you have to shoot elsewhere to finish it. or a knife in the neck. cut the core rot kid artery and it's over. >> reporter: but a friend of the woman gaiser tried to hire tipped off stern and he alerted his attorney. this is all the latest twist in a tale that bega

stern goes on trial next month for the three attempts on his wife's life.ouple now lives together and the wife is going to be at the trial to support her husband. >>> now at 5:00, an emergency landing at dulles airport. >>> off the top tonight, more claims of courtship and abuse from alleged victims in the jerry sandusky trial. >>> a 74-year-old man mauled by dogs on his way to work. tonight his daughter reveals how he's doing and who he credits with saving his life. >>> and how officials are revamping the rule book to protect kids who play pop warner football. good evening, everybody. i'm just handley i realize and i'm wendy rieger. just moments ago a plane had to make an emergency landing. the propeller turning is on and the plane is not -- one of them isn't spinning. >>> we're told this was an a united express flight shortly after takeoff, the pilot reported an engine trouble and decided to turn back and turn off one of those engines. they're still trying to determine what caused that engine to malfunction. >>> a special education t

it is out, contained it is here at stern grow. video, decent flames out here, 2 a.m. the fire department got a call there was a fire. when the crew arrived they realized they were going to need more help. the fire was burning in a canyon closer to the what know that -- winona side of stern grow. fire department not giving specifics there was a homeless encampment nearby. firefighters did tell the cameraman on the scene they were looking for someone they wanted to make sure that someone was okay. certainly sounds like they believe a human was at the center of this fire and they were looking for that person. they did not find that person. you can see flames in the leaves, stayed on the ground did not get up to the trees. one acre was burned. take a look at this, last week stern grove launched its free outdoor summer concert series that just kicked off, celebrating 75 years they have a lot of performances in the outdoor ampitheater. 14,000 people typically show up for those events. that is something that was kicked off last sunday. moving forward this sunday as well, not

stern gave the grief to the city. in the 30s he had an opera singer come out and walk around determining the best area for the sound. the stage would go here, six years ago, engineers determined best place for the stage. it was, you got it, right here. and says as they prepare for next 75 years if mrs. stern was here today, she'd fully expect to it continue. >> and what a venue. >> still to come at 5:00 it's friday. that means muscle -- michael finney's free stuff. >> and starbucks goes for complete beverage bomb.com nation. and tonight at 6:00 new entrepreneur using a love of family for his own family business >>> listen to this. starbucks not satisfied with dominating coffee world it's going after tea lovers opening a first tea-only store featuring it's tazo brand. customers will be able to pick up 80 blends. >> interesting. >> and this is our favorite time of the week. there is free food on friday. happy to be filling in for dan. >> that is right. you may want to hang on to that bag. >> and there is this amazing gr

here's beth stern.at took away your play room and gave it to mommy. this guy right here. tell him how you feel. >> i don't like you taking it down. >> you're mad at him, aren't you? you're not happy about the situation. >> i'm in big trouble. but listen, wait 'till you see mommy and how happy she is when she sees the new room. >> i think mommy is going to hate it. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: by the way, he did get his playroom in the basement. i can say that. >> he did. >> jimmy: that's a good ending. "mom caves" airs saturdays at 7:30 p.m. on hgtv. beth stern, everybody. anthony davis is joining us next. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ with the capital one cash rewards card you get a 50% annual bonus. and everyone likes 50% more cash -- well, except her. no! but, i'm about to change that. ♪ every little baby wants 50% more cash... ♪ phhht! fine, you try. [ strings breaking, wood splintering ] ha ha. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more

comes from the attorney for jeffrey stern, who is to stand trial next month.rosecution says he plotted with his mistress to kill his wife, ion. allegedly hiring hitmen that tried not wasn't, but three times to kill ion stern. the socialite survived each attempt. she is now standing by her man. and looking at a note the mistress wrote to a hitman. >> however you do this, it needs to look like a robbery gone ban. >> reporter: the hit should happen near the sterns' vacation home near aspen. >> the f he dies there, people will think the wife did the planning to kill him as revenge. that would be good. >> reporter: stern's attorney says he turned the note over to the district attorney, who has declined to prosecute gaiser. she's already serving a 25-year sentence after pleading guilty. gaiser will be the star witness against her former lover. so, this alleged hit letter would be an attempt by stern's lawyers to discredit her before the trial next month. stern's defense is that all three murder-for-hire plots were hatched by the mistress. and he didn't know a thing.

stern was here today she would fully expected to continue.francisco, don sanchez, abc7 news. >> lisa argen is joining us now. you can see this information just in to the abc weather center. >> there's a lot to go over because the clouds have really been hanging on along the central coast. it was clear this morning in the north bay and now look at it in the city. it looks pretty good. >> yeah. >> but we still have some delays at sfo. a little wind. that's going to keep us cool. and today we are talking temperatures as much as twelve and thirteen degrees below the average. we should see 82 in san jose and 83 in santa rosa. we will be far from those numbers today. and that sea breeze will allow for the cool breezes at the giants-a's game today. live doppler 7hd shows a few areas of high clouds but overall sitting nice and quiet right now. you see the sweep on top of the mount saint helena. no rain in the forecast. just a weak front that pushed on through. we will look at another system to the north and west of us that will be influencing our wea

the engine slowed a port bow engine slowed a port stern two of the stern to. captain alexander first studied maps of this area when he was still a naval cadet after the collapse of the soviet union he was surprised to find that the japanese maps of the different from the russian want. the japanese still have their own likes for the island is there no to coach us but i believe these are our atlas and they should be cold the way we measure them. on may the ninth people on each of the three inhabited islands of the courage in a shia town and they commemorate the foreman of world war two following victory over germany the first landing parties of the soviet army arrived on the in august nine hundred forty five. under an agreement with britain and the united states the soviet union declared war on japan in exchange for the annexation of those territories. long. shortly after japan surrendered soviet army servicemen on the could else were joined by new inhabitants of the island most of them had come from siberia today there are some one thousand fans of permanent re

stern was here today shield fully expected to continue. in san francisco, don sanchez, abc7 news. >> lisa argen is joining us now. a bizarre yesterday and a better today. isn't that what life is all about? [laughter] >> yeah. you said it all. you know, we are looking at a slow warmup, though. still going to be on the cool side. outside right now we are looking at a pretty shot from our sutro camera. you can see it's already date. we are looking at the low fog and clouds. a nice, bright start to the day whereas yesterday we had the economist drizzle not only in the morning hours but throughout much of the day. and 7hd, a little bit in the way of low cloudiness burks we aren't picking up much of anything. so we are starting out a little better. so as a result this afternoon we will have milder conditions with more sunshine out there. but it looks like we are going to have to wait several days to warm up. so we will range once again probably about five to eight degrees below average. upper 40s where we've had the clear skies for the past seve

stern had a singer come out and determine the best spotted for the sound.re. six years ago when they were renovating this space, audio engineers came out with equipment to determine the best place for the stage and it was -- you got it -- right here. >> as they prepare for the next 75 years, if mrs. stern was here today she would expect it to continue. >> terry: and tomorrow i'm thinking it's going to be a nice day for music and just about anything else. >> we'll see sunshine and temperatures on the cool side but a slow warm up on the way. this morning looking at mount tam, pretty picture there, few clouds floating by. we 6 a little bit of fog and most of the cloud cover has been centered around the central coast. so that is why temperatures are a little bit warmer with the insulation. it seems pretty good cooling allowing for temperatures to drop in the 40s in santa rosa. live doppler 7-hd. we have the cloudiness here. just south of san jose but we have some sunshine in san jose. no 80s for anyone today around the immediate bay area. just in the low to mid

also breaking news in the other part of san francisco this morning this is in stern grove where firefighters had to move quickly to knock down flames that broke out before 2:00 this morning. the fire burned near a hem lows encampment, firefighters managed to keep it to one acre keeping flames on the ground out of the trees. katie marzullo is at the scene. she has more information she will bring us a live update coming up. >>> this morning police in two bay area communities investigating officer involved shootings in east palo alto san mateo county task force agent said a man tried to ram them with a car. the suspect ran from the scene police arrested him a short time later he's being charged with assault with a deadly weapon. >> sky 7 was over an antioch neighborhood yesterday after police tried to after arrest warrant for a man wanted for child abuse and parole violation. one officer opened fire and wounded the suspect after police say he pulled a gun. he's expected to survive. antioch police and contra costa county d.a.'s office are investigating. >>> a few hours from now defense attorneys

stern family is related to the levi family.gave this to the city in the 30's as show case for art and culture. opera sing her came out and walked around to determine the best spot for the sound. stage would go right here. 6 years ago when they were renovating the ace audio engineer came out with sophisticated equipment to determine the best place for the stage. and it was you got it it. right here. as they prepare for the next 75 years if mrs. stern was here today she would expect it to continue. in san francisco abc 7 news. >> all right let's get one last check of our weather with spencer. hi spencer. >> okay. let's look at live doppler 7 hd. moisture around. no actual rainfall. just some drizzle at the coast and pushing on to the peninsula a little bit. parts of the lower part of the north bay there. but it's not exactly what you call measurable rainfall. tomorrow state wide mainly dry sunny and warm down south. up north mixed bag in eureka a and chick o. may showers in the bay area tomorrow we have mainly sunny skies after s

on the eastern side of stern drove. firefighters first left a call about it. it looks like a homeless camp because there were clothing and other evidence left behind and by the time it started, it did take 40 myers about area an and a half which burned between two quarters and three quarters of an acre. >> it was a challenge, visibility was low, steep hill so we were able to put the fire out. >> now right next to where the fire happened is the truck and nobody was hurt and there was no damage to any of the structures in the park but by 3:20 fire danger is always is concerns this time of year. >> -- is always a concern this time of year. >>> we are following breaking news where a car crashed into a liquor store. the crash is being classified as a hit-and-run. >> reporter: you can see the damage it did here to the side of the building, you can see the debrie sitting on the ground. the accident happened after 3:00 this afternoon. it is unclear if the driver left the scene and they are possibly looking for the driver of thi

. >> over christmas is when this con stern nation and the only thing being debated in the contempt issue is surrounding what happened creating that february 4th letter, which was less than two months after the instigating event. >> keith, what about that? what about the timing of this, and, of course, nancy pelosi says today she thinks it's because he did a good job going after the voter purge? >> this is about getting holder and embarrassing barack obama. not smooch about fast and furious, susan agreed and katherine pointed out they could have done other things to purr stew that. you had an instance where one atf agents testified at this hearing not long ago, a year ago. when you mention the issue of gun control as something that could be done to sort of stop this sort of cross-border issue, immediately congressman issa shut him down and told him that was not relevant testimony and refused to allow him to discuss that. how do you say you're concerned about stopping the problems if you're not willing to do something about it? of course it's political and skeptical. susan, you may agree w

. >>> san francisco firefighters are look into what caused a fire that broke out in stern grove 2:00 this morning, flames raced along the ground crews were able to keep the fire to one acre by keeping it out of the eucalyptus trees it starred in a canyon area, nobody was hurt, -- fire is not expected to expect the stern grove festival kicking off its 75th season this sunday the fire did not cause structural damage to the stage or festival areas. >>> new legal setback for the man charged with assaulting a priest he claims molested him and his brother as children. this follows yesterday's bombshell in the trial of william lynch accused of beating the priest gerald lindner. amy hollyfield is live at the court in san jose. >> reporter: good morning. the defense asked for a mistrial today it was denied. the parents of the defendants let out a sigh when the decision was an . i didn't hear the sigh i was three rows behind them. but the bailiff did and scolded them for reacting in court. here's video of the defendant and his defense attorney heading into court this is before the announcement

david stern did the right thing. go into a big deal in the middle of the nba finals. >> adidas has apologized and pulled the shoes from the market. is that enough? >> that's a step in the right direction. remove it from the market. and the next time around, don't make the same mistake again. we have seen these ad agencies push the button and sometimes in marketing and automobiles. sometimes we've seen it in athletics. and we have -- in the markets we have a right to protest. the right in this case to protest it, and because of our collective action and quickly, it will not go on the market. >> revend jesse jackson, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >>> arsenio hall gets hired again. he was the big winner on the latest "celebrity apprentice." and he just scored another very familiar gig. what we know about his big return to late night tv. yep. the longer you stay with us, the more you save. and when you switch from another company to us, we even reward you for the time you spent there. geniu

. >>> san francisco firefighters are look into what caused a fire that broke out in stern grove 2:00 this morning, flames raced along the ground crews were able to keep the fire to one acre by keeping it out of the eucalyptus trees it starred in a canyon area, nobody was hurt, -- fire is not expected to expect the stern grove festival kicking off its 75th season this sunday the fire did not cause structural damage to the stage or festival areas. >>> new legal setback for the man charged with assaulting a priest he claims molested him and his brother as children. this follows yesterday's bombshell in the trial of william lynch accused of beating the priest gerald lindner. amy hollyfield is live at the court in san jose. >> reporter: good morning. the defense asked for a mistrial today it was denied. the parents of the defendants let out a sigh when the decision was an . i didn't hear the sigh i was three rows behind them. but the bailiff did and scolded them for reacting in court. here's video of the defendant and his defense attorney heading into court this is before the announcement

. >>> another fire, from san francisco's stern grove firefighters had to move quickly to knock down flames before 2:00 this morning this fire burned near a homeless encampment, fire kept to one acre keeping flames on the ground out of the trees. >>> :04. a few hours from now, defense attorneys for a man accused of beating a priest will be making a request for a mistrial william lynch is on trial for the 2010 beating of father gerald lindner. lynch says lindner repeatedly raped him when he was a child a judge denied a request for a mistrial yesterday. the father refused to answer any more questions the judge struck all of lindner's previous testimony after the defense argued it would be unfair to allow it to stand if they couldn't cross-examine father lindner. the statute of limitations has run out on the alleged rape but he could be charged with perjury for denying the know low s on stan. >>> police -- sunday night investigators say two 27-year-old men were walking with friends when they got nikon front with a group of people -- they got into a confrontation with a group of people. suspect

i would like to continue the presentation by introducing jonathan stern. president chiu: i understand the challenge of the planning department and to think about height being killed off the areaqx÷ or the height limits tht are the 40-foot height limits that are to the north in the residential areas. your department shows -- chose to justify the increase by looking to a commercial district. the question i have been asked is how do we think about this as a general policy for the department? i have read from residents and -- in supervisor mar's district that this could allow for decisions around height that key off of the commercial street corner which has more height and bulk and i could be used as a way to justify increasing heights in the richmond or if you take sick -- supervisor cohen's district, you have height and density in mission bay and that could be used to suggest we could have higher heights in potrero hill? -- in potrero hill. >> i would argue the recommendations do queue of both. if you looked at the northerly portions, the northernmost portio

discusses the actions, jonathan stern will speak for the port. >> good afternoon. as ms. rogers was mentioning, policies within the general plan emphasize the importance of an urban form that slopes down toward the waterfront with a cluster of tall buildings tapering to progressively lower heights in the box toward the embarcadero. the subject property is zoned that -- if we can have the exhibits back out. for a maximum height of 84 feet. this is shown in map 2. this next exhibit shows proposed heights that came out of the northeast embarcadero study which was published in 2010. the residential portion would be constructed within two buildings situated on the southerly portion of the site with frontage along the embarcadero as well as washington and drum streets. this looks as if you were looking back toward the project site, at the bottom center and right, back toward downtown from the water. the western rebuilding of front along drum street and washington street would reach a roof height of 92 feet to 136 feet. exceeding the existing limit of 84 feet. the ordinance woul

one crewman on the stern flank sit down. a motorboat is lowered from the patrol vessel the group of coast guard inspectors needs to make haste they have to reach the offending ship before the catch is thrown overboard. this poaching vessel is an old and battered japanese schooner flying the flag of cambodia. poaches often register their vessels in small asian countries which agreed to register any ship no matter how the latter dated it might be. clear that the satellite report is correct the whole contains around seventeen tons of young crabs they will have to be released back into the sea the captain has no permission to fish in russian territorial waters. what do you expect me to do i see no point in taking the blame and doing somebody else a favor in the process. the whole is packed full even if the catch is legal it's not allowed to catch crabs in such huge quantities scales are brought out to check the exact weight of the contraband. finally the border guards tell the captain of the trespassing ship to release the crabs

here to present the larry o'brien trophy to the miami heat, nba commissioner david stern. >> thank youhe heat, and to the thunder, for captivating basketball fans around the world with this sere re series and making a few more. congratulations to a worthy opponent, the western conference champion, the oklahoma city thunder. but the night and the series belong to your nba champion miami heat. congratulations to micky arison and the arison family, to pariley apart riley and the entire organization. to erik spoelstra and these extraordinary, extraordinary players. and to the wonderful fans of south florida. so, here goes the trophy to the 2012 nba champion, your miami heat. >> joining me now, miami heat team president pat riley. pat, 45 years you were in the nba, your eighth title as a player, coach, executive. what stands out about this one? >> well, but for the grace of god i go, that's what stands out about it. this is a great, great, great group. this is, right now, not about anybody else but the coaches, the players, the staff, the employees that work the heat, obviously, everybody t

. >> reporter: battalion chief richard stern presided over two disciplinary cases when beer was found at the fire station and ordered a letter of reprimand be put into firefighter files. >> i considered all the facts. i listened to what they had to say. and i made a decision. apparently the fire chief or somebody didn't like my decision. >> reporter: he was demoted to captain. the fire chief writing your failure to hold the members accountable for the receipt of the beer in violation of the rules of conduct brings into question your ability to exercise proper judgment in the performance of your assigned duties and responsibilities. >> i was transferred immediately because i did not go with the fire chief's wishes to suspend a member who was not guilty of an offense. >> reporter: battalion chief kevin sloan presided over another beer case and did not hand out a harsh punishment. his duties have been changed. >> i'm an expert in incident command, rail emergencies, hazardous materials responses. >> what are you doing now? >> i'm the battalion chief in charge of toilet paper. >> reporter:

here to present the larry o'brien trophy to the miami heat, nba commissioner david stern. >> thank youhe heat, and to the thunder, for captivating basketball fans around the world with this sere re series and making a few more. congratulations to a worthy opponent, the western conference champion, the oklahoma city thunder. but the night and the series belong to your nba champion miami heat. congratulations to micky arison and the arison family, to pariley apart riley and the entire organization. to erik spoelstra and these extraordinary, extraordinary players. and to the wonderful fans of south florida. so, here goes the trophy to the 2012 nba champion, your miami heat. >> joining me now, miami heat team president pat riley. pat, 45 years you were in the nba, your eighth title as a player, coach, executive. what stands out about this one? >> well, but for the grace of god i go, that's what stands out about it. this is a great, great, great group. this is, right now, not about anybody else but the coaches, the players, the staff, the employees that work the heat, obviously, everybody t

commissioner david stern is almost clairvoyant in such a way. he is a marketing genius. years ago, he came up with the slogan "i love this game." when people say that, you know exactly what they are talking about. they are talking about an nba basketball game. one of its marketing slogans from this season is -- big things are coming. we had a great season. we are having a big playoff run right now. it is more than certainly appropriate for today because five years from now, there is going to be the most impressive of arena in america sitting right here on the spear -- this pier. i'm not sure there is any bigger news in the nba, except maybe that the warriors got a big man, but it goes along with the whole thing. today is the culmination of incredible vision by a mayor and a group of owners, who are 100% committed to creating something really special for the citizens of the bay area, not only basketball fans, but everyone interested in entertainment. it is rare that a sports team has the ability to impact an entire region. the building of this venue in the country will ha

the stern shows some damage, from the blowing out of the scuttling charge. i'm the head of the underwater archaeology branch. i have worked on civil war shipwrecks, cumberland, and florida, in hampton roads near norfolk, virginia. the most significant is the competitive submarine, h.l. hundley, i was in charge of the excavation and recovery of that submarine. we found a crew of eight men. they were still inside the submarine, dealing with forensic analysis and identification and facial reconstruction of those individuals. with the navy shipwrecks, we've worked on everything from the d-day shipwrecks off normandy beaches to a scuttled revolut n revolutionary war fleet up in penobscot river in maine. we're involved in the commemoration of the war of 1812, and we proposed to relocate and excavate the shipwreck site. probably one of the best known and preserved of the navy's war of 1812 vessels. >> so you dive in the water itself. what is it like to dive in the water that's hard to see through? >> visibility is not very good at all. the best it ever gets is a fo