>> to get brian terry killed? >> yes. >> absolutely i'm not saying -- >> is your, is the investigation and these documents you've seen raising questions in your mind about a cover-up or about wrong in tension speak as i would say both. i call fast and furious a scandal but in terms of answering a previous question, i don't think this will set up intentionally to get one of our border patrol agents killed, but looking at the data, no matter who you talk to, a local police officer, a law enforcement at the state level, law enforcement at the federal level, they will all tell you do not give guns to criminals because they kill people within. they knew going into this that they were, who favored giving guns to, the mexican cartels, who they claim of a ruthless and there's a lot of problems down in mexico with all the deaths and murders. they knew that people are going to get killed. when you give guns, .50 caliber rifles, we're talking that could take down a helicopter, talking about ak-47s, giving that kind of firepo

again, brian terry's mother and cousin join us exclusively in just a moment. but first, keeping them honest.

nature valley, nature at its most delicious. >> terry: the f.b.i.trying to determine who mailed envelopes containing a white powder to four bay area police departments. they were discovered yesterday at police headquarters in hayward, san leandro, berkeley and union city. news reporter tomas ramon hazmat teams have determined the powder is harmless and fourth remains sealed. >> discovery of the envelopes containing white powder begin here at hayward police department. hazmat teams were called out and evacuation of the building. a clerk opening mail discovered the envelope containing white powder it turned out to be flour. kelly musgrove found a similar envelope after a gag heads up. >> i called the fire department. at that point we just got the fire department and take a look at it. the letter was still sealed. >> union city hall is dark due to budget cuts so the mail was sitting there. half an hour earlier, san leandro department police employee opened an envelope that contained white powder. after a partial evacuation, the powder was determined to

brian terry's mother and cousin joining us exclusively in just a moment. but first, keeping them honest. there's question about why the justice department waited eight months to go public with the charges. >> i applaud what they're doing, but i condemn the timing. it's very clear the timing has everything to do with the house of representatives holding eric holder in contempt.

terry and i had to use the wipers on the way to work.omorrow, sunny and climbing a few more degrees for the next few days and steady pattern for the week. here is why. over the last 12 hours, not much change, high pressure air moves in high to lower than. we've got onshore flow but with high pressure we have sunny conditions during the afternoon. so very quiet typical summertime pattern with the overcast conditions into the morning. the clouds pull back to the coast. areas of green, a little drizzle in the forecast model. by 3:00, pretty much sunshine for everybody. clouds still lingering right around half moon bay down towards santa cruz but just along part of the peninsula coast. santa cruz should see a lot more sunshine. then tonight the clouds will start to move back in overnight. highs today in san jose, 80 degrees. a lot of sunshine as well on the peninsula on the bayside. 77 in mountain view. here along the coast. 61 in pacifica. giants game 68 degrees with more sunshine for you. then you see more clouds as you head further to the

her name is terry crisp. she runs a charity that claims to reunite military dogs with personnel they served with overseas. what could be more heartwarming and patriotic than that, right? she said the program, called baghdad pups, and her charity spca international, were all about helping the troops. >> spca international is, you know, certainly going to do everything we can to continue to support the military. hopefully the wars will come to an end and we won't be doing anything as dramatic as this. you know, we've become real attached to the fact that military personnel love their animals, and we want to do everything we can to keep them together. >> sounds great. it's a noble thing to do, right? if, in fact, that is what terry crisp is doing. instead, keeping them honest tonight, cnn's drew griffin has discovered only a slim fraction of the $26 million that woman raised could even possibly have gone towards rescuing dogs. and as you'll see, the charity watchdog group has doubts how that slim fraction was sp

after terry crisp asked for them. the military contractor, reed security, told cnn they had no idea crisp would use ivy and nugget as fund-raising tools in the united states. for weeks, cnn has been trying to track down crisp. first we were told by her spokesperson she was unavailable. this week, we drove to crisp's rural home down this dirt road in the foothills of california's sierra nevada and found crisp driving straight towards us. miss crisp, it's drew griffin with cnn. we would sure like to talk to you. terry crisp, dog in hand, got out of her car and walked right up to our camera and acted like she was about to answer our questions. >> this is not the place to do an interview. >> reporter: well, what is the place to do an interview? we've been trying to get an interview with you for a long, long time. specifically to ask you about "operation baghdad pups." >> yeah, stephanie scott, our director of communications, has communicated with you directly -- >> reporter: yeah, i understand that, but can you tell us wh

and today we learned much more about how terry died. december 14th, 2010, just after 11:00 a.m., ten miles north of the mexican border in arizona. agent terry and his team are on the lookout for drug smugglers. an electronic sensor alerts terry someone is coming his way. >> within minutes of that ground sensor being activated, agents observed a group of five armed individuals. >> reporter: the suspects raise their weapons. the agents fire non-lethal bean bags. the suspects open fire with real bullets. >> a single bullet shot by one of the subjects struck agent terry. agent terry's agents attempted to administer first aid to him, but unfortunately he died at the scene. >> reporter: it turns out terry had confronted some of the border's most dangerous bandits, criminals who rob drug runners at gunpoint. two assault rifles recovered at the scene were traced back to the atf operation, fast and furious, that had gone horribly wrong. atf had allowed low level gun runners to buy weapons in arizona and smuggle them into mexico in the hopes that

i would like to have terry grimm come up and introduce himself. i am more than happy to answer any questions you may have. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> good morning, commissioners. i am really thankful and humble just to be considered for this. i have been doing a lot of research on coit tower. its story past has always been filled with controversy. i do want people to know that i understand that as iconic as the tower is, that telegraph hill is just as important. i want to work with the group. i have been in touch with sander costello daily since this was announced and she assured me that she is open to public opinion and getting this right. i understand what an icon coit tower is and how important this art work is. it is a collection that cannot be repeated anywhere. it is a wonderful collection. i would like to make this, the visitors' experience, authentic and knowledgeable, have them walk away with an appreciation that they probably did not have before they visited. i think we can do this with passionate employees, trying to create a

i wanted to give you a little bit of background on terry n.y. the selection panel thought he was most qualified for the opportunity for it since 1977, him and his wife has operated the oyster bar, a friendly neighborhood restaurant with a loyal following. they received a number of accolades and recognition from distinguish publications such as zagat's and the michlin guide. they also maintain a four-star rating on yelp. as a general contractor, terry grimm designed, built, and operated a spa until they sold it in 2006. kenwood inn and spa has received an award of merit from the sonoma county historical society, which honored the rehab of an existing building. currently, he operates sorrento imports, a vintage motor scooter company in sonoma. they also have a coffee concession on site that serves high-quality food and beverage to the public on a daily basis. very important was a mural protection plan. the arts commission is currently developing guidelines to best protect the murals. any future concessionaire or visitor or user of the tower will b

buell of terry buell dot com welcome back to the kaiser report terry buell max it's great to see you how you doing oh fantastic listen terry san bernadino county and several cities in california are floating the idea of using eminent domain to seize underwater homes tell us about the story and what sort of laws were broken it even concocting this plan you're right there tell us what's going on ok so now acts similar to you know county is in the inland empire in southern california and they've decided that they want to use eminent domain which is its own legal power that states and counties can use to take the loans. attached to homes they are underwater that are worth less than than what they did the loan for and they want to take on they want to take them away from the mortgage investors who currently own. they then want to go ahead and modify those loans because we know the banks aren't doing it right they want to supposedly help the homeowner out give them a reduced interest payment and then sell those loans back to another mortgage investor is it sounds like a wonderful idea you

robert heier is the chairman of the brian terry foundation and terry's cousin and joins us now from sango. thank you for joining us this morning. >> good morning, eric. two weapons found at the murder scene were linked to operation fast & furious. >> eric: those two were a.k. 47's? >> they were a.k. 47 variants, some of the most dangerous weapons military grade weapons that exist today. >> eric: where do you think they came from? >> well, that's what we're trying to figure out. and that's the purpose of our inquiry and why we have become so vocal. it's been 18 months since brian has been murdered and we still don't have answers. we know those weapons were traced to operation fast & furious but we don't know who authorized the program, and nobody has been held accountable. >> eric: what do you think of the administration's executive privilege of what happened with attorney general eric holder? what do you think could be in these sealed documents? >> that's what we're trying it find out. we're trying to find the truth and find justice for brian. you know, the terry family took no pleasure

terry always comes over with a gang of girl. terry, who's your friend right here?up with his friends. terry starts looking more and more like his girlfriends. we're like, whoa, terry, are you gay? you really are gay? >> but maynard, serving time for felony prostitution isn't just homosexual. he's convinced he's a female inside a male's body. >> my status is touch and go. trying to find somebody to be my cellie without the criticism. >> because you're a transgender. if you live in my cell, you got to do this. i can't say that. but do this, "b" do that. clean up. wash my clothes. they try to take advantage of him and don't look at him as a person. i look at terry as a person. i treat him as i want to be treated. >> lee acknowledged there was a time in his life where he wouldn't have been so accepting. >> years ago when i was young i probably wouldn't be sitting here. i would still be stuck with the image thing. i was really into the gang-banger scene. i was really caught up. >> lee's childhood neighborhood was riddled with gangs. and lee joined up when he was barely

terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> we will keep you posted all morning with terry and frances, thank you.so new, from eastern contra costa county, firefighters are keeping an eye on a neighborhood in oakley after a grass fire was ignited by illegal fireworks. the fire started 10:30 last night a field behind homes. the east contra costa fire district had to call for help from neighboring jurisdictions to contain the blaze. recent budget cuts reduced the number of fire stations in the district from six to three. >>> in oakland, no major fires were set from the thousands of illegal fireworks set off last night. we should find out later today if anyone was arrested. woo we saw and heard a flurry of commercial -- we saw and heard a flurry of commercial grade fireworks, accompanied by explosions of m-80s, and bottle rockets police were on the lookout for illegal gunshots they used their spot shot ter that can tell the difference between -- between fireworks and gunshots. >>> more than 200,000 people were treated to an amazing fireworks display over the waterfront in san francisco last night. th

terry mcsweeney is live with the latest on the investigation.frances will be back with the >>> firefighters watching for flare-ups from an overnight grass fire. budget cuts may the job of firefighters harder. >>> in oaklandrpes

he was allegedly goading terry about an alleged affair. legal team, terry's says that was not the case and he was simply responding to what he thought was an accusation made by ferdinand. terry denies the charges in the case continues. >> we ask for your comments on this story. here are some of your thoughts so far. from england, he says, "if it's not one thing, it's another with overplayed players. throw the book at him and make others think twice." and there is adrian from poland. "why would a guy who has been surrounded by black players suddenly become a racist?" "the game of football needs to show that it does not condone racism in any way." "if ferdinand used racist words first, then john terry could not be found guilty." you can continue to have your say on that story and others on impact today. we're posting update on facebook. please join our facebook page. that is that facebook.com/bbcworldnews. a reminder of our top story on gmt. occasions that a deal has been reached by the military and judicial authorities in egypt in the lates

terry mcsweeney is live at the scene. traffic is backed up into san francisco.elays. i'll have alternates coming up in my next report. >> folks may want to use them, thanks frances. this morning a new poll shows there may be trouble ahead for governor brown's november tax initiative. more than 20% of likely voters who support the plan to raise taxes say they are less likely to support the measure if state lawmakers prove a plan to start building high speed rail many tomorrow legislature scheduled to vote on the 68 billion dollar bullet train project. the final funding proposal includes more than 7 million dollars that will be needed to electrify the existing caltrain line between san jose and san francisco. >>> the cost of renting an apartment in san francisco is skyrocketing. it may be cheaper to buy than rent. some renters in the city are paying 15% more than last year compared with national increase of over 5%. demand for rental hopes and apartments is up because of the number of people displaced by foreclosure. when demand rises, so does the price. experts e

then i began to have thoughts about terri.so? >> i felt that the person was more like a man than like a woman, and i thought that the person maybe had been a man. >> why? >> from feeling into this area of their body, you know. i thought that's very similar to me, you know. it's like the person has had their sex organ removed. that's what i thought, you know, but i wasn't completely sure. this was after we got married. >> it was on the fourth day of their honeymoon when terri confirmed moore's suspicions. >> i confronted terri, you know, with some questions that i had, and she told me that she had been a man. >> did it make you question yourself? >> oh, yeah. still to this day. >> tell me about that. >> well, to find out you're in love with someone that is homosexual and you're not a homosexual, then things started progressing to real loss of temper, you know, towards the individual and hatred for the individual. i began to hate them, you know, and i hated them enough that i killed them, you know. i shot him to death because of

border agent brian terry. terry's murder is linked to the botched gun-smuggling investigation known as "fast and furious." a $1 million reward has been offered for the four fugitives. terry was killed 18 months ago in a shoot-out at the u.s./mexican border in arizona. two of the guns found at the scene were among those the government had been trying to track but lost. eight months after formal charges were filed and sealed, the feds are going public. >> if we had gone out earlier, we might have jeopardized the ability to find these individuals. >> we will give everything to it and we will not rest until these individuals are brought to justice. >> this latest turn comes after the house of representatives held attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress for withholding related documents. >>> overseas, u.n. special envoy kofi annan is in iran this morning after meeting with syrian president bashar al assad. annan hopes to enlist the iranians in his efforts to end the fighting in syria. yesterday, annan

>> terry: in the news this saturday morning, what is that noise? the answer led a bay area woman to call police. you won't believe what they found in the back of a moving van. oakland police see a woman running down the street screaming then she sees what she is screaming about and they open fire. >>> good saturday morning. i'm terry mcsweeney. let's start with a look at the weekend forecast. here is lisa argen. >> here is the roof camera and flags are blowing a little bit. we have fog along the golden gate bridge and along the coast. monterey coast, santa cruz, it's pretty gray right now. temperatures are going to warm up and nice and sunny everywhere today with upper 50s to mid 60s by noontime. then look what happens. we are talking mid-60s at our coast. mid 90s inland. tri-valley is getting warm where you would expect it but in the south bay, a beautiful day today 84 in san jose. near 80 on the peninsula. we do have changes for the rest of the weekend. that is all coming up. >> a cry for help from the back of a locked van leads to the rescue of

terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> that motorcade may affect your commute. frances will have more coming up. >>> team reporting there. >> that's right. >>> :08. meteorologist mike nicco is here to report on the weather which we are starting out cloudy. >>> changing, the clouds are rolling in, keeping some areas the same if not warmer than yesterday as we head inland, temperatures are cooler, you saw on live doppler, no rain, here's temperatures how they are cooler inland, two degrees in napa, seven at concord, slightly warmer around santa rosa, san francisco, san carlos and half moon bay. this afternoon, clouds are back to the coast, pockets of sun developing, low to mid 70s into san francisco, low to upper 70s for most of the bay shore, upper 70s to mid 80s inland with the warmest weather in the east bay valleys. monterey bay afternoon sun, pockets around the monterey bay mid 60s monterey carmel and watsonville 68 salinas, 70 santa cruz upper 70s to mid 80s hollister, gilroy and morgan hill, next three days pollen low amounts tree and ragweed, grass and mol

but terry crisp didn't tell the viewers that. what she did tell us is if we just gave her money, spca international would be doing something few americans could resist, saving the pets of our iraq and afghan vets. and that's where peggy comes in. when this showed up, what did you think? >> to be honest, when this showed up, i opened it up, this is what i saw, i thought this was fantastic. i was on board because i thought, saving animals and supporting the troops, you know, what two things could be better? >> reporter: what peggy got in the mails with a plea from the spca international and operation baghdad pups. a direct mail package from the fund-raising powerhouse quadriga art, the guilt package, as they are called in the business, included this t-shirt, a tote bag, and letters of thanks. peggy decided to do a little research. >> six cents out of a dollar, approximately would have gone to actually saving soldiers' pets. >> reporter: that's what you figured out? >> yes, based on what they spent in 2010 on the operation baghdad p

brian terry's mother and cousin joining us exclusively in just a moment. but first, keeping them honest. there's question about why the justice department waited eight months to go public with the charges. >> i applaud what they're doing, but i condemn the timing. it's very clear the timing has everything to do with the house of representatives holding eric holder in contempt. >> congressman issa went on to call monday's announcement another example, quote, of using politics over good policy. we asked jeffrey toobin about the timing of this. he said an eight-month gap between indictment and press conference is unusual, but jeff said there may be good reasons to keep indictments sealed that long, such as the one laid out by the u.s. attorney handling the case. >> when we are conducting covert operations, it benefits us to have the names of the defendants we are looking for sealed and not available to the if you believe. >> so were there good law enforcement reasons to keep these indictments feeled for eight months? possibly. was there also a political or pu

the terry family should have seen this happen a year ago. >> speaking of the family brian terry released a statement in response to the justice department's announcement. they believe the announcement is moving forward but the family also wants the documents to be released stating however the accountability aspect of operation fast and furious the flawed atf gun trafficking investigation put weapons into the hands of the men that killed brian terry remains stalled. all documents pertaining to this case should be released so all americans can know who approved of the operation so they can be held accountable for their decisions. >>> now it's time for your 5@5:00. the top 5 stories making news for you at this hour. house republicans will move one step closer today to preeling obama care. the white house now threatening to veto any attempt by law makers to repeal obama care. >> the ethics committee is investigating a conflict of interest potentially. she pushed for higher reimbursement rates for a kidney transplant program at a hospital at which her husband works. the congresswoman is runni

and now we know much more about how terry died.just after 11:00 p.m. 10 miles north of the mexican border in arizona. agent terry and his team are on the lookout for drug runners. an electronic sensor alerts terry someone is coming his way. >> within minutes of the ground sensor being activated, agents observed a group of five armed individuals. >> reporter: the suspects raised their weapons. the agents fire nonlethal bean bags. the suspects open fire with real bullets. >> a single bullet shot by one of the subjects struck agent terry. agent terry's fellow agents attempted to administer first aid to him, but unfortunately, he died at the scene. >> reporter: it turns out terry had confronted some of the border's most dangerous bandits, criminals who rob drug runners at gunpoint. two assault rifles recovered at the scene were traced back to the atf operation fasted and furious that had gone terribly wrong. atf had allowed low-level gun runners to buy weapons in arizona and smuggle them into mexico with hopes it would lead them to car

the terry family should have seen this attempt to go public and try to get the murders of brian terry, they should have seen it happen a year ago. >> and the family of brian terry issued a statement through their attorney. they believe the prosecution of brian's killers are moving forward but they want more information adding "however, the accountability aspect of operation fast & furious, the flawed doj gun tracking operation that put weapons into the hand of the men that killed brian terry remains stalled." the terry family also adds they want all documents pertaining to this case, they believe it should be released. all americans, they add, should know who approved fast & furious and who should be held accountable for that decision. steve, back to you. >> all right, kelly wright live in the bureau. thank you very much. it does kind of look political considering that now they've come out with the reward money even though they knew the names of these guys a long time ago. >> continue to follow that story for you. now the rest of the headlines and we begin with another developing stor

border patrol agent brian terry.a $1 million reward is being offered for any information leading to four suspects remaining at large. they allegedly engaged terry and other agents in the deadly gun fight in 2010 using ak-47 type rifles. those weapons later identified as part of the fast & furious gunrunning operation. >> i applaud what they're doing but i condemn the timing. it's very clear that the timing has everything to do with the house of representatives holding eric holder in contempt for not turning over information. this should have been done. the terry family should have seen the attempt to go public and try to get the numbers of brian terry, they should have seen it a year ago. >> terry's family said all documents pertaining to the case should also be released. all americans, they add, should know who approve fast & furious and who should be held accountable for that decision. new evidence that u.s. companies may be losing their dominance in the marketplace now. 130 american companies making fortune magazi