sweeney of credit suisse. let's do the u.s.and we will go to japan and the g-7 meetings. what is the risk of global recession. am i worried? that weou have to know are in a slump. we have been in a slump for around six quarters. we have had flat growth in global trade and global industrial production. that slump relates to chinese growing investment, and sector shock there that has created a lot of asset prices, fx volatility, and credit market risk. tom: you do this so well with your work. finance to thef economy. chair yellen will do that today. is she going to speak to a global audience today at harvard? james: of course, the world will be listening. the fed tends to be a little vague when it comes to global conditions. the u.s., you get great specifics. tom: yes, but china's credit story is front and center to every story we do. james: when we tried to do is carefully -- what we try to do trade and global growth and quantify it. it is getting a little better in the last three months after getting pretty bad at the end of la

sweeney's bill gives the city 130 days to stabilize it finances, preateo's bill gives the sit at this years to do so. >> sign with racist message at local airport has been removed not before causing outrage in that community. police in chester county investigating a vandalism case at chester chester county's go n airport. removable letters rearrange today spell out the "n" word on that sign. someone passing by noticed the word and alert dollars the restaurant owner where the sign stands. quickly removed but not fast enough. picture was circulated on social media. the long time airport manager who is african-american tells us he doesn't think he was the target of the message spelled out on the sign. >> this shouldn't be still happening in 2016. there are ignorant people out there. what are you going to do? >> it is horrifying, you can feel the overtones that are subtle. but that needs to be rectified. >> police say they have identified three menace persons of interest, so far, no arrest haves been made. >>> those against the city's proposed sugary drink tax staged rally outside city ha

tom sweeney never has a bad day.eat, willing to help, and never forgets a name. >> good to see you. >> when you're on, you put the suit on, it's definitely show time. >> reporter: these days, it goes a long way. >> oh yeah, oh yeah. >> reporter: tara moriarty. >> oh yeah. >>> developing news, crews on the scene of a three-alarm fire in the south bay. tonight at least two homes are destroyed. good evening everyone. i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. one woman had to be rescued. investigators say the fire started in a barn just before 2:00 this afternoon on north capital avenue and mckey road in east san jose. then the flames spread to some mobile homes nearby. to get more on this developing news from ktvu's azenith smith. firefighters had to rescue a woman from her home. >> thankfully that woman is okay. she suffered a little bit of smoke inhalation, was treated here and did not to have go to the hospital. we want to show you how extensive the damage. these are the two mobile homes -- or that caught fire, and

in northeast washington, i'm same sweeney. -- i'm sam sweeney. jummy: i was stuck in delays because earlier today i sat down with metro hoss general manager paul wiedefeld. he explained what he plans to do to make your commute better. number of smoke and fire related incidents on metro since april 23 including this one just days ago. an explosion from a third rail insulator at the federal center southwest station. the federal transit administration called metro's response slow and days ago the government tasked metro with implement a new safety mandates by may 16. one of those includes training workers to put safety over convenience. >> it is safety versus convenience. we have to focus on safety first. a lot of the issues we will be dealing with is due to decades of work not being done and we have to catch up area jummy: metro's new chief safety officer starts his new job. paul wiedefeld plans to meet with all 650 metro managers. he told me it is the first time in metro's history that has happened. on the agenda for tomorrow, outlining the held a

i think this comes down to a fight -- i grew up in south jersey, so i'm for senator sweeney.ut i think this comes down to the mayor of jersey city, senator sweeney on the democratic side, and, unfortunately for south jersey, middlesex and essex county, which were in north jersey -- have always been the big voting bases like allegheny county and philadelphia. and i think, on the democratic side, it's a question of where senator booker is going to come down, who's emerging as the big power player. he from north philadelphia -- >> mm-hmm. >> north jersey. >> north jersey. yep. and whether or not -- and on the republican side, i don't know a lot about them, but you can never discount a guy who can self-fund, so phil murray is gonna be credible. kean obviously has the name. and the former lieutenant governor is obviously going to the think-tank which is a holding place to get ready to run for office. >> and the one thing that could change everything, that we'll talk about next here, is if chris christie becomes the running mate for donald trump and donald trump wins. now, donald t

>> everyone knows tom sweeney.mayor ed lee today proclaimed tom sweeney day in his honor. >> taxi. taxi. >> reporter: for 40 years, tom sweeney has been a fixture on powell street in san francisco. the famed and friendly doorman in the beefeater suit at the francis drake hotel. >> between 500 and 700 suitcases a day. you could about 200 tabs a day. standby if you want. it would be a lot of people -- a lot of lost people without it doorman here. >> reporter: it started as a summer job. >> i got accepted to the police and fire department but i was too young to go in. so i held onto this job until i got the call. but i wouldn't trade this for anything. my most asked question is where does the cable car stopped, at least $25,000 -- 25,000 times a year. >> reporter: he has got a hollywood star on the sidewalk, a doll in his likeness, his own signature cocktails, and even his own signature saying. >> oh yeah. oh yeah. oh, yeah. oh yeah. >> to be able to share him with san francisco, he is a treasure. >> i took an entry-l

state senate president, steve sweeney is, is against the atlantic city alternative plan, bang, in the other branch of government here, in new jersey, and said yesterday that atlantic city going bankrupt by the end of next week. see, strong words from senator sweeney, whose with christie on this one, usually against each other, and the other big news comes tomorrow, down in atlantic city, where the mayor says that he is going to be able to make his payroll. and $7 million payroll, a lot higher than normal, because remember all of the employees, nine ooh of them, all of the cops, all of the firefighters, all of the municipal workers said we'll do without paychecks so we don't get laid off until the end of the month, so here we are, their first paycheck in more than a month, is it their last paycheck, that's the question. and here we go, into memorial day, the height of the season with all of this terrible publicity, wall street journal putting this up on the front page every day, now you have conventioneers across the country telling amy rosenberg with the inquirer hey i don't know if w

will see what happens tomorrow but no matter what is seen as the standoff is destined to continue in sweeney said he will then atlantic city is heading for bankruptcy. >> ted cruz out. i will break it down is over. the most contentious primary election in history came to an end when donald trump won indiana tuesday night. now he is the presumptive nominee i was at trump tower "chasing" donald trump because at the end of the primary was the beginning of the fight for new jersey when this happened. >> from the beginning, i have said i will continue on as long as there is a viable path to victory. tonight, i'm sorry to say. >> now knickknack no. >> it appears that pat has been foreclosed. >> the crowd went wild the feeling in the room changed entirely different mood when donald trump and talk to everyone he went from attacking his candidate to taking them into compliment him. >> of my life i have been in competitions, different competitions whether sports, business or now contentments politics. i have to tell you that i have met some of the most incredible competitors that i have ever competed

senate president, steve sweeney, who supports the bill, like mike said, we will be talking about him this, too. >> all right, look who is here, lauren johnson. >> hello, mike, alec, upper darby police looking for a teenager at the say fired a gun in a park, to have people run and scatter everywhere. drexel gardens park monday afternoon. two upper darby high school student met up at the park to fight, gathering 30 young people to watch the fight. before it all start 18 year old dominick love set off a gun. he does not attend the high school but a french bun of the kids who planned to fight. >> this is constant. friday night, saturday nights, after schools, this is the place to fight. >> he want to be a gangster, we'll treat him like a gangster, lock him up, take him down, put him in handicuffs you. >> heard it from police superintendent michael chitwood who say they identified love with the help of witnesses, also track clues through the social media app snap chat. call upper darby police if you know who he is. >> employee shot in claymont, delaware, happened around 9 27 hundred block

i'm sam sweeney. jummy: ramada board chairman jack evans talked about safety troubles on news channel 8, our sister station. >> i don't know what people were doing for 15 years. that is an outrage. today, you have a 11 out of 16 board members, a new general manager, a new chair. there is a whole different approach to fixing metro. says the agency is finally getting back on the right track. right now, we switch to the forecast. the weekend is coming up. we have so much going on, doug. doug: lots of activities. the weather is not going to be perfect, but it is going to be better. tomorrow, periods of rain are possible, another cold front, a little sunshine squeezed in. it isattern that we have, not likely anytime soon where we get 15 straight days of rain again. we will put that in the rearview mirror. this is a live look at the skies right now in hagerstown. still plenty of cloudiness here. the clearing is west of the appalachians, west of the allegheny mountains. that is going to take some time, but w

instead push for vote only the senate state take over plans, even if it passes, state senator steve sweeney said he is having to put up assembly bill for an involvement and watching all of this trenton bickering, are those 950 atlantic city workers, who have been working without any paychecks for a month, and foyly get their first pay tomorrow, for the first time this on the mo, and hopefully, al innings, mike, the paychecks clear, but wonder, all of those workers, will there be any more checks after that, because, senator sweeney said yesterday, he is looked at the finances, he's got his auditors working on it, and atlantic city, he says, will go bankrupt by the end of in ex week. >> ends of next week. like i said, they're running out of time. steve, we'll check back with you, that will be intense meeting in trenton. 6:08. well it, has been little over a year now, since hit-and-run driver left temple senior fighting for her life. she put up good fight. but miraculously today she will walk and get her diploma, walk and do it herself. >> rachael hall will take the stage tonight at temple uni

a star on the hotel sidewalk, a doll in his likeness and his own signature cocktail, sweeney teeny. >> i held onto this job because i was too young and i hate would not trade this job for anything. >> he gets his picture taken about 500 times a day, and the question he gets asked the most is where does the cable car stop? >>> the kings arena and sacramento still under construction, but learning about the big ask that will be appearing after it is finally built.>> i think he is recognizable, sir paul mccartney has announced he will be the downtown arena first performer, returning to sacramento on october 4 for the first time in more than 10 years. back the old man can still rock, and he is an inspiration to all of us old men. >> i would just about dropped my phone i was thrilled to see the news.'s back i don't know that he would refer to himself as an old man. but the show is part of a paul mccartney one on one tour, spanning five decades of music history, tickets going on sale on friday at 10:00. that will be a great show. >>> coming up at coming up at 4:30 am, breaking news out of

in northwest, sam sweeney. jummy: you really cannot ask for a better biking weather, maybe even lunch or dinner outside, doug hill is here with the forecast. no excuse for staying inside today. doug: plenty of sunshine. great visibility, plenty of blue sky and sunshine and temperatures warming up quickly. about 73 or 74 this afternoon and later tonight, clouds increase and the reason for that is a developing area of low pressure over northern mississippi, you see the rain shield headed in our direction, tomorrow will be a rainy day but the timing of the heaviest rain will be important for your outdoor plants and i will break that down for you through the day tomorrow coming up in a couple of minutes. you must have better news than the here and jimmy -- you must have better news than meat. southbound virginia, working -- the issue is an accident, near route 234, everything on the shoulder, multiple vehicles. not bad south through lorton, in the 30's, no problems forced the mixing bowl and a nice right through wa

sweeney is pushing his own aid bill that has the support of chris christie. it has 130 days to stabilize finances compared to two years under the assembly bill. >>> and now to the presidential campaign, donald trump has shifted his focus to raising money and picking a running mate. abc's karen travers live in the washington with the latest on the race for the white house. >> reporter: good afternoon rick. bernie sanders is campaigning in west virginia today ahead of next week's primary there, but this week hillary clinton is aiming her harshest words at donald trump and the republican is firing back. it's full steam ahead to the general election, hillary clinton in an interview with cnn had a message for donald trump. >> if he wants to follow in the footsteps of those that try to knock me down and take me out of the political arena, i'm more than happy to have him do that. >> and went after trump on policy. >> he makes grand statements and accusations, at some when you run for president you have to put meat on the bone. >> bernie sanders says he is not droppi

sam sweeney joins us live with the very latest. sam? sam: jummy, they're making progress out here, doing a great job. but it's still a big project ahead of them. you can see in the distance there, one of the train cars still slipped on its side. derailed. all morning here, if you look at video, you can see what a mangled mess it was. but this is a very complicated clean-up pcess. not only are these crews cleaning up the train cars that overturned, but they also have a chemical spill here, ethanol and sodium hydroxide leaked into the soil. that's used to make bleach and drano and other household projects. c.s.x. says they will ex-have a indicate the soil, replace it, and then replace the damaged tracks. but today, d.c. leaders spoke out today, saying they're! concerned about from the toxic chemicals that are being transported through the district. >> it's bad enough that there as a derailment. but worse is the fact that there appears to be some hazardous materials on the train, and that's an issue that we've been dealing with for over 1

reporting live in the newsroom, i'm sam sweeney. back up to you. jummy: a new look at the moment a c.s.x. trail derailed sunday morning. these dramatic images were captured from cameras near the rhode island metro station. you can see the 16 freight cars quickly pile up there. right now crews are cleaning up the spilled chemicals. coming home tonight, there will be three departures out silver spring on the brunswick line. 5:39 and 5:34 and the 881 will hold for 340eu7bs and leave at 7:04 this evening. well, the severe weather threat, thank goodness, is now over. don't put that rain gauge away. our chief meteorologist doug hill is here. doug. doug: we have plenty of rain opportunities today and tomorrow. maybe by the weekend things will brighten up for us but still after last night's storm, we can deal with a little bit of light rain. the issue going forward is we may have some heavier downpours at time. the cold front, there is two of them. very fuzzy looking on the satellite and data. but they're in a position, along with a daytime heating, to pro

joined by dillon sweeney and sara lacy of panda. thanks for being here. we're talking about friction, aren't we? this concept if we can reduce the amount of pain between what i want to do and the payment, i'll do more of that thing, right? >> that's absolutely right. if you look at parking as an example when people united states the pay by phone mobile application. you see transactions that are 40 to 50% higher than people using change or credit cards because it's easier to top off remotely as an example when you go park. if you're in starbucks having coffee and realize you'll chat for another 30 or 40 minutes, just click a button and continue your parking session. >> does the city hate you lose so much money on fines and fees, saved me several thousands of dollars a year. i thought the reason they required quarters and have like half of your passenger seat with quarters because they want to charge me huge fines. >> most cities actually do try to do the best they can as far as the good of the constituency. so the fines are not something they want to perpe

.>> you've probably seen tom sweeney, a well-known fixture at the sir francis drake hotel and he is sot it has a hollywood star of sorts, a doll in his likeness and a signature cocktail, the "sweeney teeny." he says he started it as a summer job. >> i was too young to go into the police department of fire department, so i did this job until i could get the call, and i would not trade this job for anything. >> sweeney says he gets his picture taken about 500 times a day. and the question it has asked the most, "where does the cable car stop?" and he has a great personality. >>> the time is 6:27 am. >>> three men under arrest after being accused of robbing 23 bay area restaurants and bars, and how they call them, and the video that we have of trained exclusively -- video that we have obtained exclusively. >>> good morning, the highway 24 commute okay, and slow traffic on other in-state freeways.>>> a lot of high clouds continuing to roll in, low clouds as well. waiting on the system that will get here in a few days. hey i think the internet just went down. huh, why don't you give it a se

sweeney address that. >> staff: commissioners, ed sweeney secretary of the board. on may 5, i got a letter from the appellant, kamal urkel, with the court interpreter and he travels around the state and today he happens to be in

sweeney address that. >> staff: commissioners, ed sweeney secretary of the board. on may 5, i got a letter from the appellant, kamal urkel, with the court interpreter and he travels around the state and today he happens to be in monterey county in business and according to 1058.26 of the san francisco building code, for good cause shown continuance of that repo [reading code] so i grant that. >> commissioner walker: no life is the life safety issues? >> director: none that i know. >> clerk: anyone here for public comment on this item? seeing none,, item the general public comments. items not listed on the agenda. seeing none, item e adjournments. motion to adjourn

. >> reporter: when john sweeney bought this small delta island it was in bad shape.al places allowing water to cover at least part of it. as the new owner, he says by law, the suisun marsh preservation act makes that his problem. >> when you buy the property you have a compliance period to make sure the levees are watertight and flood structures and gates work. we complied with the plan. >> reporter: now the san francisco regional water quality control board is proposing a $4.6 million fine for repairing those same levees. they say the old levees were left open too long and now most of the island is their jurisdiction. and that means permits. >> when it was purchased was a tidal wetland on private properly when federal and state waters are present, one needs authorization to conduct activities in those waters. >> reporter: while the permit requirements from maintenance and repairs are being disputed, all levee work is stopped. mandated to put them in and mandated to take him out. how's that work? >> that's the question for the superior court. >> reporter: yup. everyo

well, sweeney says that's not true. no meetings are schedule.e says proposed relief bill was dead on arrival in the senate. governor chris christie supports a plan that leads to a total state takeover to get the city's finances in shape, and if lawmakers simply cannot pass bill -- >> frank is kicking the can down the road. not preferred. not preferable to the alternative of just writing them more checks on the backs of the people of the state of new jersey, yeah. that's preferable. >> governor christie says atlantic city could be broke in 10 days. the governor supports sweeney's plan that gives the city less time to try to get on its feet on its own before a state takeover. >>> nearly 40,000 verizon workers have now been on strike for more than three weeks. as of sunday. those employees are no longer getting health benefits through verizon but they are eligible to buy cobra out of pocket. contract talks which began 11 months ago have broken down and employees say verizon is refus refusing to take steps to secure jobs in the u.s. pennsylvania con

kevin sweeney made a trip to fenway park on saturday. he went home with a deep cut on his head.s how it got there. astros player george springer was at bat and hit a ball when the bat splintered no pieces and flu into the stands. a peace hit sweeney in the head he said at first he thought the worst. >> like a sledgehammer hit me in the back. first, i thought boston marathon maybe some bomb went off. i didn't think it was anything on the field that indicator. everybody was looking at me and just my blood. something happened to me. >> i'm tired of looking at that now. sweeney has 10 stitches in his head also has a souvenir a bat signed by george springer. >> a game changing break through in your health tonight. just happened for the first time in this country and tonight the doctors who made it happen are talking about it. a cancer patient just received the first penis transplant done in the united states. mass general hospital confirms thomas manning of hal fax, massachusetts received the transplant during a 15-hour surgery last week. doctors say manning should have normal use in

you, i'll sweeney from bloomberg intelligence. can find the full analysis on the terminal. coming up next, what you cannot mix -- we cannot miss tomorrow. ♪ alix: i'm alix steel "what'd you miss?" joe: u.k. services for april comes out tomorrow. oliver: and don't miss the initial jobless claims tomorrow. alix: and chesapeake earnings is going to be big. don't miss due respect to all of that bad blood, what a difference a single day makes. mr. trump: he cannot do it. he's a joker. breaking tonight, senator ted cruz just ended his campaign for president. mr. trump: i don't know if he likes me or doesn't like me, but he's one hell of a competitor. he is a tough, smart guy.

sweeney address that. >> staff: commissioners, ed sweeney secretary of the board. on may 5, i got a letter from the appellant, kamal urkel, with the court interpreter and he travels around the state and today he happens to be in monterey county in business and according to 1058.26 of the san francisco building code, for good cause shown continuance of that repo [reading code] so i grant that. >> commissioner walker: no life is the life safety issues? >> director: none that i know. >> clerk: anyone here for public comment on this item? seeing none,, item the general public comments. items not listed on the agenda. seeing none, item e adjournments. motion to adjourn was that >> clerk: were now adjourned it is 9:45 am. will reconvene as the building inspection commission at 10:00 am. >>[adjournment]adjourned. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hello and welcome to this presentation. i'm san francisco purrs since that time we've helped people clean up their criminal records. we created this to help you understand how this worked. we'll plan or explain all the steps. after watching this program y

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. >> have you seen the movie sweeney todd, the musical. >> i'm just saying. >> we're nothing like thatd. >> nice, warm, and friendly. >> i love it. >> it is in the just for men there. you see women getting their hair done. >> make over couple is in here too. >> we have to check on them, tanya anal son but sue, we're going to get to you because i want to make sure mike doesn't get cut. >> sweeney todd. >> yes. >> i'm here, at state street and i'm really in my happy place. i thought mercer and mitchnor were awesome but now we are with the dogs from rocksy reading therapy dog. tell me about these beautiful animals. >> thanks, sue. these are our therapy dogs. we are an all volunteer non-profit organization based here in doylestown. we have 70 teams. these are all our dogs. our mission is to to support and comfort children and we do that by having our dogs visit elementary school children and children read books to our dogs. we also, is there bullet. >> we also visit children who are in the courthouse systems, either through foster care or victims of violent crimes. we did children in the p

and there is the sweeney teeny.d with a summer job. >> i got accepted into the san francisco police department. i was too young so i couldn't go. i traded for this job. >> he says he get his picture taken 500 times a day and the question he hears the most is, where does the cable car stop. >> mike knows it now that sunday is a mother's day. 90% of moms are hoping to receive something special. >> let's go to mike for the special woman. >> she is so happy. >> she loves that i'm over here. >> i'm joined by fashion blogger sadie murray. good for having you back. i was telling them that i just realized yesterday that sunday was mother's day when shy son was getting some balloons for his teacher. >> for the mom, entertainer, make her life easier with this keurig. this is the craft that has the four cups and the green mountain top. >> this is huge. this is a beast. cocktails for dinner and after dinner. >> start her morning with a nice cup of coffee there. >> that's true. >> 27% of women -- of mothers actually want gift ca

reporting in baltimore, i'm sam sweeney. back to you. jonathan: here is a timeline of the events that led up to where we are today. last year. he died a week after that van ride he was never buckled in. a little more than a week after gray's death, protest turned to all-out riots. fires were set. looting going on and a curfew put in place spanning baltimore. then may 1 of last year, state's attorney marilyn mosby announced charges against all the officers involved in the arrest. michelle: many of you might have heard first about the verdict through the abc7 text message be. the first to receive alerts when breaking news happens. sign up at wjla.com/text. today a rape suspect is in court for the first time. it's also the first time that we are hearing about this crime, which police happened on a red line metro train at 10:00 in the morning. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is at the station with the object that helped the police i.d the suspect. it's someth information. kevin: absolutely, michelle. after that rape victim notified st

reporting in northwest washington, i'm sam sweeney. back to you. jonathan: all right. thanks.ack to break news we started the newscast with at the top of the hour. the man who ran over montgomery county officer noah leotta pleaded guilty today. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is in rockville where it just happened an hour ago. kevin? kevin: well, jonathan, simply put, there was so much evidence stacked against reluzco. he had no option but to plead guilty to vehicular manslaughter. in court, prosecutors read the 13-page proper from start to finish which included some newly released photos of the december 3 crash. one of the pictures showed officer noah leotta's damaged squad car. the front driver side door pushed forward. gas cap ripped off. cracked front windshield where officer leotta was hit on reluzco's honda s.u.v. officer leotta sent 27 feet down rockville pike. of course, reluzco had just left the rockville hooters less than a mile away where he had ordered five beers and four shots. the waitress even advised him to order food and slow down. reluzco's attorney de

sam sweeney spent the morning at mcpherson square and explains this has not been an easy six months for paul wiedefeld. he perhaps has the least sought-after job in our area, the general manager of metro. paul wiedefeld has been on the job for six months. he is being paid $400,000 per year, but many people say that is not enough for what he has to do. he has set a solid foundation to get metro back on track, but we still are very far away from seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. he has laid out a year-long master plan to fix the system called that starts on friday. we have had a shutdown under his watch, as well as smoke and fire incidents. we recently sit down with them and he has said he has had a few unexpected surprises. >> we have to be more proactive and not as reactive. right now, we are somewhere between that. there were some things that were worse than i thought. my colleague brianne carter has the full interview and that story tonight coming up on abc 7 news this evening. forye: police are searching the suspect responsible for another shooting of a metro station. she wi

sweeney is covering metro from federal center with how the agency is scrambling to get the brands together. sam: all eyes are on metro today. it was supposed to be the final safetrackveal of the program. we were supposed to learn today when tracks would be closing, when stations would close over the next year, but that's on hold after the federal government threw a curveball last week saying, look, our federal inspectors have found area of track that need to be serviced now. work says, ok, we will with you, we will address those concerns, but give us a couple of days to incorporate those plans into our plans, basically plants together. they say it is like moving moving puzzle-- pieces around. those who use metro every day are saying, give us answers. >> we appreciate the hard work everyone does. be addressed. sam: that is the sentiment from we the writers -- riders have spoken to. metro says it will move forward with its program to shut down the system on weekends at midnight beginning june 3. jummy: the race for the white house. presumptive gop nominee donald trump is pushing back against

sam sweeney has more. sam: good afternoon. right now, i just walked out of that meeting about five minutes , and the new safety officer has been introduced, but he has not said anything. also, that letter that was sent last night run the federal government regarding the safe track program has not been mentioned as well. we were in the meeting waiting people would respond. the meeting started at 10:00 this morning. what is on everyone's mind is how it will affect closures that were supposed to start in june. they have their own inspectors in the room on a system and matt inspector says you need to address concerns right now. they cannot wait until later in the summer. that could affect schoolchildren going to school as early as may. right now, that is what we are waiting to hear. still, nothing. you may ask what they talked about for the last two hours. a lot of it had to deal with budget concerns. they are about $100 million in the hole going into the school year 2018, and he's in the alarm out to all the jurisdictions -- d.c.

today, we learn more about the driver and sam sweeney has the latest. dinerormally the silver would be packed with lunch customers, instead these men are working to get it back together. we are learning brand-new details into the moments that led up to the incident yesterday. a witness told us that the hummer was part moments -- parked their moments before then a full throttle he drove into the door which was packed with lunchtime customers. witnesses could not believe their eyes. they approached the vehicle when it crashed the first time but the man reversed and crashed it into the doors a second time they try to get him out of the car but he set the car on fire. >> he would not open the windows. they were trying to stop him. he would not stop. >> he turned around and took matches or an accelerator and blew the front of his car up. here at then worked diner for two years in his 60's, sent to be on bereavement leave. it remains unclear what his motive may have been. three people were injured inside are expected to make a full recovery. the diner says th

sam sweeney is in north bethesda where those managers are gathering with what we expect to come out of this meeting. sam: good afternoon. that meeting is ongoing behind me behind closed doors in north bethesda, expected to last into the late afternoon. 650 metro managers inside listening to the metro g.m. giving them an overlay, overview of safety measures he wants to put in place in coming months. he says metro cannot continue on the same path that is currently on. in the last teen of weeks, metro has had incidents with smoke and fire, and he needs his managers to be on board with a new safety program and pass his message down to their 13,000 subordinates. asked whathe's -- we he would do if people did not comply, and he said he's willing to terminate employees who do not get on board. >> i want to drill home how important safety is to what we do every day. sam: those managers are considered at will employee's, which means they could be terminated at any time. meanwhile, an advance report from thursday's finance meeting shows metro ridership numbers are way down again. of 12 milliondr

sam sweeney explains how it could ease congestion. sam: good afternoon. the d.m.v.ces for the metro safetrack program, uber is investing $10 million in our community to help ease your troubled transit pain. it's not looking so bad. the trains are three, four, five minutes out. but the a couple of weeks it will look different. how about 20, 25, 30 minutes out if your station is even open? well, yubeer says when you look for alternative transit choice they hope you join them. >> uber is doing great things. >> it's the service where you ride in uber to a stranger going to similar destination for reduced cost. it will use technology to watch realtime outages and incentivize drivers to go to the area. the big take-away is uber will reduce the fares for the riders in the areas where metro shut down or reduced service. >> provide it's for riders outside the option it will pair people going to similar so we can take the total number of cars off the road, reduce congestion and help ensure more people take advantage of the affordable option. sam: seems like a win-win for all

. >> i am terry sweeney. >> nbc's bay area christie smith is live in the neighborhood. >> yeah, that'sere today after a swarm of hostile bees sending neighbors run for cover. people could not stand outside. we see some bees flying around. i want to show you some videos of how it looked yesterday. police tell us they were told that the hives was removed along with most of bees according to a homeowner. that usual aggressive swarm possibly, honey bees or killer bees moved in. eight to ten people were stunned and two were treated at the hospital and released. people are advised to stay inside. these types of bees were discovered in the bay area at 2014. we spoke with the professional beekeeper from the honey bees. >> great beekeeper. we keep bees for seven years. >> there were reports of two small dogs, a neighbor's dog died possibly due to bee stings. testings will determine what type of bees these are. concord police say today it is okay to be in the area but you want to use caution in the heat of the day. there are still some bees flying around. the removal process continues tonight. c

. >> i'm teri sweeney. a frightening ordeal for the community. christy smith has the latest. >> you can see the things hanging down. they are clusters of bees. >> his son was removing the remaining bees at night. he was harvesting yesterday, two hives and noticed hostile behavior. >> when he lifted the lid, they made a huge swarm, a group of angry bees, a behavior we had never seen before. they are africanized bees. >> known as killer bees. that's what he suspects. they got rid of the hives but not before they were swarmed. >> my hair was buzzing with them. they were all over me. >> reporter: two people went to the hospital with bee stings. >> we put out an advisory warning people to stay out of the area. >> there's a report two small dogs died, possibly after being stung. norman lot is a volunteer with the beekeepers association. he brought a lure. by evening, the situation calmed. we asked him what he thinks they are. >> i would say by their personality, probably their hive was taken over by africanized beehives. >> boom, boom, boom, they were

he has a doll in his likeness, and his own signature cocktail, the sweeney teeny.t all started as they summer job. >> i was too young to go into the san francisco police or fire department and so i did this until it got the call, and now would not trade this for anything. >> he gets his photo taken about 500 times a day, and the question he gets asked the most, "where does the cable car stop?" and he has the answer. >>> the big ask that will appear when the arena is finally built. -- big act that will appear when the arena is finally bill. >> paul mccartney will be the first performer in sacramento, returning october 4 for the first time in more than 10 years. >> the old man can still rock, and he is an inspiration to all of us old men. >> i just about dropped my phone i was so thrilled to see the news. >> and he is part of the global one-on-one tour, featuring many of his hits that cover five decades of history, and that tickets go on sale at 10:00 on friday. >>> the time is 5:25 am. >>> new information surrounding the shooting at the convenience store in antioch,

sam sweeney is uncovering new details.sam: the most recent violent thee happened behind me at metro station, a bloody robbery left one person injured on the green line train late last night. this incident happened hours after we found out about an alleged rape on a red line train that happened back in april i'm about metro never told the public. a woman says she fell asleep around 10:00 in the morning on a glenmont bound train, she woke up to a man with a knife, prosecutors say he brought her to the back of the train car and sexually assaulted her four minutes. threatened herhe life if she is the suspect, one of my police for exposing himself days before the incident and has an expensive -- extensive criminal history, all of this news comes after metro's crime numbers continues to climb, a 10% increase year over year in crime. metro riders we spoke with say police are doing the best they can. >> crime is heavy in the area in general. whether it they are here or not, they cannot be everywhere, they are responsive but you ca

sam sweeney is in northwest with how this all happened and that is research that is now underway. we are talking a lot of money on the table for this dog, $10,000. it means the world to these dog owners. it was stolen from my car here on this intersection, one of the busiest intersections in washington in the middle of the afternoon in front of the convention center. the owners tell me they went food. to get while they were gone, someone came up to the window, smashed it, and grabbed the dog. the only thing left is a little piece of glass on the concrete. take a look at this puppy. terrier named maggie. she was sick at the time and needs her medication right now. i caught up with owner to ask why they are offering $10,000. this is what he had to say. >> seems like enough money to make a difference in people's lives to help them get them to do the right thing. my greatest fear is she is in a dumpster or got dumped down the sewer. a nightmare scenario. sam: if you have seen maggie, make that call. on the information on this poster is on our website. take a good look. there is a dire

live, terry mc sweeney, nbc news. >> hillary clinton will be in the area. it will give her a chance to see this of her new campaign office that opens today in san francisco. this is her third campaigning office and the other is in oakland and los angeles. >>> back in the midwest of a violent storm leaving a path of destruction. in nebraska, that tornado hit a rural town south of omaha. the twister destroyed the home. the homeowner hung to a tree outside. he survived with a few cuts. it killed two men and damaging a high school. >>> new at 11:00. tonight, a woman posted this recording of the worker calling her the "n" word after he accused her of taking her parking space. it happened today on powell street. we have looked into this urgent and disturbing incident and identified the operator while we continue to investigate. we are taking immediate and corrective action. that worker is now on paid administrative leave while they investigate this matter. >>> a hunt for a groper in palo pinto. someone grabbed a 15 years old girl in a tunnel behind the palo pinto

and christie is calling on lawmakers to support the bill by steve sweeney. >>> rainy skies are not dampening the enthusiasm of thousands of temple university graduates. commencement exercises got underway on the campus and the class is celebrating a mile tonight. katherine scott is live now with more. >> reporter: hi rick, yes graduation is letting out right now, some years linger outside of the ceremony, not so much this year, pouring rain and gloomy and people are grabbing their family members and moving on but inside this morning it was a different story. the smiles from graduates brightened up this rainy day, the class of 201 6 is the largest in the school's history. >> even though it's rainy and ugly it's awesome. >> i'm excited. it's been seven years since i went back to school but i did it. >> the class comes from 36 countries and 49 states and two u.s. territories and 56 pennsylvania counties. about 80% of the members of the class are from pennsylvania. 20% from philadelphia and now they will all join an enormous network of temple alumni. >> they are leaders in philadelphia and citie

but senator sweeney said today, even if the assembly passes it, he won't put it up for a vote in the senate. on monday, atlantic city barely avoided becoming the first city in new jersey to default on its debt. >> the bike share program in montgomery county a success last year, it's coming back again. the program will also be expanded to norristown, farm park tomorrow. bikes will be available in oaks, and head of the penny pack trail. cost $5 an hour, or $25 for the entire day. last year there were more than 700 active bike chair members. >>> the growing popularity of ub somewhere lyft is forcing pennsylvania lawmakers to create state law regulations on ride sharing. creating a permanent legal framework for these companies, including here in philadelphia. supporters of the measure say it fills gaps in transit services for consumers. and creates economic opportunity for drivers. the bill now moves to the full house for a vote. >>> cracking down on illegal off-roading in the south jersey pinelands. more than 100 certifications. putting signs up to the entrances to the state forest. >>>

now, one of those liberals that the governor was mentioning was state senator steve sweeney. sometimes else the governor's friend like he is in the atlantic city rescue package, sometimes his political enemy like he is on the smoking ban. well, state senator sweeney going to be on good day live at 7 30, tack being this and the rescue plan, and maybe even the camden crime problem, chris, lauren, but he was in bellmawr, another one of these beach towns, that has a smoking ban. coincidentally with him, when he amount that he was going have the votes today on tuesday, up in bellmawr, that's bellmawr monmouth county, not bellmawr camden county, the one on the beach, then bellmawr mayor said we wish we did this years ago, we had our best summer season last year business-wise because people new they wouldn't have smoke on their faces in the beach t drew bigger crowds, plus he said it saved money. they didn't have to have the crews combing the beach picking up everyone's dis g cigarette butts. >> and much better not have those butts all over the sand and beach. thank up, sir. >> warn

steve sweeney vows not to put it up for a vote in the senate. he is holding out for his own aid bill backed by chris christie. they will run out of crash in two weeks. >>> mayor kenny's tax on sugary drink prompted protest at city hall. the mayor argues the fee won't make it past the wholesale level. critics say it will hurt small businesses and low income communities. >>> it don't seem that much for a good cause. it's for something that matters. >>> if they pass this soda tax, next week it will be cakes and potato chips and eventually it will be healthy food. >>> city council will make the decision on the propose add tax next month. >>> new on "action news," the powerball jackpot has grown larger there was no winner that increases the prize to $415 million. it's a far cry from the $1.6 billion prize shared by three winning ticketholders back in january. the odds of winning are one in 292 million. but eventually somebody has been holding on to that ticket. >>> it's like only 300 million i'm not going to play. >>> it's got to be a billion for me,

city leaders remain at odds with governor christie and steve swoo sweeney over a proposed state takeover of the finances. >> if we didn't make our bond payment, it would be detrimental to everyone including us. >> nobody should be taking vows for making a debt payment you were supposed to make. >> city's getting a temporary cash infusion from quarterly tax payments coming in. the mayor says city workers will be paid friday for the first time in nearly a month. >>> lawmakers take the fight to save an elementary school to the courts. the governing body filed a lawsuit in state superior court seeking to stop the closure of florence evans elementary school saying they failed to summit an updated long range facility plan to the planning board for review. the superintendent says they are away of the lawsuit and move to close evans elementary was done to strengthen the school district. >>> next at 6:00, one for parents. how about letting your kids sleep later and get to school on time, a new plan discussed right now. glen? >>> tracking heavy rain moving in. what to expect in your neighborhood a

terry sweeney, nbc bay area news. >> it is official in california you must be 21 years old to buy tobacco products. jerry brown approved the new law raising the age from 18 to 21. it's part of a group of bills that cracked down on tobacco and they approved a restriction on e cigarettes in public places and a ban on smoking at public schools. >> loud and clear. if you ride bart, you heard the screeches. now bart said they have a fix. >> good evening. i'm jeff ranieri. clouds moving across the bay area and as we head throughout tomorrow, a chance of isolated thunderstorms. more details in the microclimate forecast. >> is the bay area home to new millionaires? of the largest in u.s. history. the winning numbers are just ahead. i want to show you some cutting edge technology. this is a vhs tape. push that tape in and hit play. this is a flip phone. have you seen these before? it's called a compact disc. oh. looks like we're getting a facsimile. what year is it to you? it's old. you'd rather use newer technology? definitely. well, i've got something to show you. this is the 2016 chevy volt. it

steve sweeney will be on, and he will tell you what he said tuscon the beach. with bellmawr's mayor that has a local law. that no smoking on the beach actually helps business, bridges more people to the beach, in addition to making the beaches cleaner and the air cleanerment alex, mike, 725 thousand five hundred 78 cigarette butts pick up from new jersey beaches since those volunteers started doing their twice a year beach clean ups, and butts and filters do not get pick up by that street sweeper, that they use on the beach. too small. so they end up out at sea and probably in some fish's long, function, all of that other stuff. >> who knew there was somebody that counted cigarette butts? >> that's a lot of counting. >> they count a lot of stuff. they count condoms and all of the other goofy stuff they find, it makes you never want to go near the beach. >> all right. >> you can only imagine. >> governor christie outlaw those? 7 10. let's call it that. >> new jersey lawmakers will also going to vote on the atlantic city rescue bill, to bring atlantic city back f

so, even if the assembly passes this alternative atlantic city rescue plan later today, sweeney says he's not even going to put it up for a vote in the senate. because governor christie would just veto it anywayment well, christie has those assembly republicans gathering at the governor mansion this morning for pre-vote pep talk breakfast, urging him to vote no. hoping no vote will embarrass the assembly speaker vincent preateo and force him to put sweeney's senate state take over bill that christie agrees with up for a vote. alex, mike, i can see it now, the brochure for the summer of 2016 atlantic city, we've got it all here in atlantic city, the beach, the board walk, and bankruptcy. >> and more and more meetings sounds like. >> all three go on. >> learning mo about the days up to prince's death. specialist said his client was called to help with what prince's representatives, his friends and family, call a great medical situation with their friends. >> they said he was on leaving saving mission. so doctor howard k. ornfeld base in the california was called to meet with prince, he