is forcing customers to choose between a plan that costs twenty cents per text or not unlimited text plan for twice the price twenty bucks a month meaning the vast majority of its customers will end up paying double what they pay now in their monthly cell phone bill for text messages eighty defended the plan changed by claiming that they were just trying to streamline their offerings but the organization free press is firing back. in a press release last week free press so the rate change is merely a price hike in sheep's clothing a group went on to say this unilateral move to gouge customers by raising prices on a service where it earns a nearly one hundred percent profit margin calls into question eighty and he's claims that the wireless market is perfectly competitive in a truly competitive market no carrier could get away with raising prices on a service where it already charges a ten million percent markup. so is there a real problem with compatible that of most of america's wireless market and if so what needs to be done to solve it joining me now is joel kelsey political advis

many of them texting without spending a cent. >> reporter: you text, you pay. that's how it works for most of us and it's worth $23 billion to the phone companies that provide text messaging, but savvy texters are increasingly find ag way not to pay. >> it's quick and easy. >> reporter: free texting is quickly taking off and one of the top companies is go-g, a company in del ray. the text is free to both users. the company makes money through advertisements. text-plus has been downloaded by 20 million people since it started in 2009. >> we knew we were going after messaging. it's been a 20-year-old medium but there's been no innovation. >> it includes the green room, and every text plus user gets their own phone number which allows them to text those who don't have the app. many who upgrade to the smartphone seem eager to give it a try. >> you don't have to pay it, so it's more money efficient. >> would you ever get rid of your own phone texting for an app that does free texting? >> of course. >> the phone companies haven't commented to their new competitors, b

to rule the wireless market with an iron fist the first order of business eliminating the low price text messaging plans and adding huge fees so that we have a monopoly problem here in america. you need to know this tonight after forty two years in power all market is no longer in control of libya it is swift offensive rebel forces stormed into the capital city of tripoli confronting heavy gunfire from the last remaining forces loyal to gadhafi and twenty four hours later the city was in rebel hands downtown tripoli is now a war zone with armed soldiers patrolling hotels and snipers posted up on rooftops but rebel forces say they now control most of the capital city as for work and himself is holed up no one knows n.p.r. is reporting that gadhafi may be trying to seek asylum in nation like russia but that report has not been confirmed it out he now joins other hours to dictators like hosni mubarak in egypt ben ali in tunisia and ali abdul cell a in yemen who've been forced out of office in this arab spring coincidentally the phenomenon we're seeing posing you gathered for a photo ten min

delays. 511.org has kept a close tab on the advisories but there was just one alert san francisco text message sent out, a system run by those with the city and county of san francisco. >> something that is so fluid we thought it would be a little bit more appropriate to do theupdates by twitter. >> reporter: while the 16,000 people who subscribe may be small in comparison to the 35,000 that follow san francisco department of emergency management, a text message alert system may be crucial in the case of a major earthquake where data is not available on your phone or a situation similar to what occurred tuesday on the east coast. the department of emergency management is clear, though. they say the text message system does work and may get more use in certain circumstances. >> it's really a case-by-case basis, based on the nature of the event or the emergency. >> reporter: it doesn't cost the city more money to send a text message alert out. it's just a matter of how often they prefer to utilize the system. >> we understand thatemergencies are very fluid. there may be a need to update

riley, were you texting before it became approved? >> i never really like to text in church.worried about that. there are several kids that used to text around me before it was proved. >> what do you think, mike? were you trying to get those kids in there texting instead of listening to get more involved? >> absolutely. that's the whole point of doing the texting is to create dialogue and engagement. from the beginning when we did our message series at morning star, we wanted to be practical and relevant to where folks were living and apply the gospel to their everyday lives-before the texting, before a message series put a note in a note card in the bulletin and asked people we're getting ready to preach about heaven, what questions do you have? we put together our message series around those questions oftentimes and now it just gives us the real speed time to do that in the middle of the sermon people can text their questions in and have them responded to right then. >> some of the examples of questions you've had here, why hasn't pastor mike shaved today? i'm pregnant am i

many were linked to texting and driving.n the city streets or on the freeway, it's a problem that puts us all at risk. >> it's hard. >> it's supposed to be hard. >> reporter: melissa lee is navigating through a fairly simple driving course. a major obstacle has been thrown into the mix for the 17-year-old inexperienced driver. her phone. >> it's like, dude, you hit two cones. >> reporter: lee and other teen drivers are taking the all-state insurance safe driving challenge in oakland today, designed to show them that things they have probably already done behind the wheel can be dangerously distracting, like talking on a cell phone and texting. [ sirens ] >> reporter: oakland traffic officers pull the drivers over when they made driving mistakes and when they spotted them driving with one hand and holding the phone in the other, which would normally result in a pricey ticket. >> you're not supposed to be doing that. >> i know. i'm sorry. >> i'm not going to lie and say that i've never texted and driven before, but i don't do

. >>> and texting for dollars, how giving to the candidate of your choice could be as easy as one, two, three. >>> temperatures in many bay area cities warm a bit today. there'll be further warming, i'll show you which cities will warm the most. >>> crews from several fire agencies remain on the scene of a grass fire still burns tonight. the fire was reported around 2:00 p.m. just south of the stone bray golf and county club. it quickly burned 2 acres. a weed wacker parked the fire. no homes were threatened and no injuries reported. >>> the owner of a toy tour says she's so fed up with thieves she's going to make her store for members only. christien kafton is live at that store with how she plans to do that. >> reporter: we're inside this store and there are lots of nooks and crannies in this store. that's why it's fairly easy for thieves to pocket items and walk out the store with them. so now the owner of this store is going to ask customers to become members and show i.d. when they come in. doll houses trains and more has grown. linda becker say so have her problems with shoplifter

it is a lot quicker and easier than sending an e- mail, or picture text message.e this out they haven't set up with paypal. they showed me one phone sending $1 to another the payment protest--process took under 30 seconds this can be a quick and easy way to settle a tap with your buddies. this is a free application and the apple store. it will be coming to google phones soon, and then others. in the future we will be doing a lot of bumping. >> it is likely that you received a number of tweets on your phone about last night's bart protests. one thing that you did not receive many of was text messages from alert san francisco. i will tell you why in my story. ooh, you got snacks! yeah. 24 bucks later. that hurts. it's not like i really had a choice. snack on this. progressive's "name your price" tool showed me a range of coverages and i picked the one that worked for me. i saved hundreds. wow, that's dinner and a movie. [ dramatic soundtrack plays ] this picture stars you and savings. but mostly savings. out there with a better way. now, that's progressive. >> tonig

or text messaging while driving has caused a fatal consequences but for some people texting could save life. her how next year, this center along with those in mountain view will undergo a virtual consolidation so that dispatchers can read a text messages sent in by those in trouble. charlie says it is time for public safety to catch up with the private sector especially with so many people canceling land lines and switching their cellphone only. but jamie young says it is too soon for them to make is a suite. >> a number of agencies that are willing to be the prototype for this type technology, our center, as we run about a quarter million calls per year, that is a heavy responsibility i think we will learn from others and hold off for a while. we definitely are a winner of all the mediums, the social media and the technology. we'd just have to, we will adapt we does want to learn from others first and be able to make sure that once we enter text message or have to look at a video, are dispatchers are not distracted is always being able to be accurate and we just want to make sure tha

the mayor talked about texting. we have and have had our texting number, 69050. the key word is bad fan. we also have a campaign, if you see something, say something. and that is with all types of behavior. whether it is no smoking in the facility, bad behavior, anything that makes you uncomfortable. we incurred due to use that -- we encourage you to use that so that we can respond quicker. if there are any other questions, chief, if you have any other statements -- >> of course, we will support the additional measures put in by the forty-niners. if you happen to be in line waiting to get into tail gate, there will be no public consumption of all on city streets. there will be strict enforcement that you can start only once you are inside the parking lot, not outside. there is no place for weapons at candlestick park or at any sporting event in san francisco. it is unconscionable that anybody would bring a weapon anywhere near where there would be families coming to enjoy a game. leave any such things at home. if you are found with any such items, we will make a

vote by texting 22630. text one for shoe shine worker, text two for dreamliner unveiled, or three for ultra-marathoner. >>> a tough job. three of the people taking it on have already been chosen. we are talking about the congressional super committee that has that to slash the deficit by $1.5 trillion. it's going to consist of six democrats and six republicans. senate majority leader harry reid, house minority leader nancy pelosi, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and house speaker john boehner each appoint three members. well, reid announced his choices yesterday. senators pat murray, max baucus, and john kerry. the others have until next tuesday to name their picks. i want to bring in our cnn correspondent joe johns. joe, first of all, tell us, what do we expect from the three we do know? who are going to bring it to the table? do you have any news? >> actually, suzanne. i do have some news, actually. just a moment ago i got a statement from house speaker john boehner announcing his selections to thi

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you can vote by texting 22360, text 1 for working after retirement, 2 for apple versus exxon, or 3 for preparing for the green, winning story will air if the next hour. >>> today's cnn hero is an 83-year-old woman who founded the love kitchen. helen ash has been serving up meals for the hungry and home bound in knoxville, tennessee, for the last 25 years. >> daddy worked hard for what we got. he taught us not to take the last piece of bread from the table. somebody may come out of that. my name is helen ash and i'm the happy founder of the love kitchen. we address the needs of the five ages i say, the homeless, the hungry, the hopeless, t thehomebound and the helpless. do you have the coffee and cups out? my sisster ellen is a blessing o me. the lord sent two because there's so much work to do for one. want me to help you in? we went to nursing school. you know, back then segregation was rampant. i just saw the black people that was having a problem with transportation and food. so what we going to start off with this this morning? every day on my way home i would tell my sister, one d

he says he got an important text and he didn't just tap him. she pushed his neck causing something like whiplash. he called the police saying he had been assaulted. how brave of him. and godwin decided to pay the $260 fine rather than to return to texas to fight the charge. did i mention she weighs 160 pounds and about 220? for more we go to the chief legal correspondent. >> we will have to see that again late -- later in the show. they could have at least had that in slow motion. if anybody is charged with something it is that guy for being a rude jerk. >> if that would have happened in new york, the result would have been different. in 2008 there was a case where two people were in spin class. one guy was being too loud and the other asked him to be quiet. the loud guy didn't. he picked up the guy and his bike and threw him through the wall. and the court ruled in favor of the guy who threw the guy. that was a red eye classic story. we were all for the guy, the attacker and wondering what spin class was. courtney, quickly, -- >> it is so ridi

the first piece -- this is very much a comic piece, and i do hope that you had type to look at the text of the program. i apologize for the formatting however my talents do not lay in the area of design. what i had hoped to do so you have line by line happening and the english equivalent and those of you that have not had a chance to look at the text very briefly this is a parody of buddhist ritual. a priest decides he is going to show the powers of mystic buddhism and he appears and on the alter with different sorts ofornmen of owns and then progresses through profound things and all of these are tongue twisters but it's the first round of tongue twisters nothing happens and the priest is very upset and blushes extraordinary red and he tries again. the second time the chants are much shorter and he begins to lose his patience and again nothing happens. third time nothing happens and he basically says how much time to turn to the wonderrous powers of the lotus set raand he does chanting and the parody is something like if anyone is old enough to remember and the mouse before vatican two

the first piece -- this is very much a comic piece, and i do hope that you had type to look at the text of the program. i apologize for the formatting however my talents do not lay in the area of design. what i had hoped to do so you have line by line happening and the english equivalent and those of you that have not had a chance to look at the text very briefly this is a parody of buddhist ritual. a priest decides he is going to show the powers

texting incites mobs from london to san francisco. john blackstone reports on whether the cops should be allowed to cut off your cell phone service. and celia hatton on what happens when a billion chinese start eating like americans. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. when the head of the world's largest retail chain sends up a caution flag, well, it certainly got our attention today. wal-mart stores account for more than 11% of this country's retail sales, but c.e.o. mike dukes says that his customers are stretched, struggling, and worried about jobs. it shows in wal-mart's second- quarter sales, down nine-tenths of one percent-- their ninth straight quarterly drop. and add the that another report out today that says sales at u.s. chain stores overall fell 1.5% last week, the third straight weekly decline. we asked jim axelrod to find out how a cutback in consumer spending is threatening the recovery. >> reporter: from televisions to townhouses, consumer fear of the

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officers got a lot of fake text messages calling for help.he president of stadium operations tells the bay citizen that nearly 40% of the bad fan text messages were false alarms or pranks. the 49ers did not make anyone available today to comment on that report. but nfl chief of security jeff miller today told us phony alerts aren't uncommon. >> obviously saturday was a bit of an aberration in some ways. but nevertheless, the texting system has been very successful not only in san francisco but all across the league. >> reporter: miller flew to san francisco today to meet with police chief greg suhr and 49ers officials in time for tomorrow's game. >> it's game time, we're going to make sure that folks can go in and watch a game and enjoy the game. and if they don't choose to do that and don't have a ticket. they'll have the leave. >> police are still looking for suspects in the shooting of two men in a stadium parking lot. and are looking for a suspect resembling the man in this sketch in connection with the shooting of a man at a candle stick

are there any goodies about what a particular text meant? yes -- ambiguities about what a particular text meant? yes. but to say it does not matter whether it's this or not, this is what the law ought to be and as a judge i am going to impose it, that is no longer a legitimate role for the court's. >> does anyone do that? that seems like a bit of a straw man. >> ty do, i will give you a bad example. in planned parenthood -- i will give you a good example. in planned parenthood v. casey -- it is difficult to find in the original roeny tie to the text. you get to anned parenthood v. caseynd we end up with a statement, the three-judge opinion there, that says even if roe was wrongly decided and illegitimate as a matter of constitutional law, the absence of our constitutional system of government is the power given to the courts, not the elected branches. that is an astounding rejection of the basic premise of our constitution, and yet it is right there blatant in planned parenthood v. casey. roe is the most extraordinary assertion of raw power

. >> you can text family and friends and soon be able to text 911.cc chairman has unveiled a plan to upgrade the emergency response system to allow text, photo and video transmissions to be sent to 911. in an accident you could send pictures of the crash to dispatchers. they will draw up rig laces going into technical issues. a working system could be in place in the next five to ten years. >> for years they have been waiting for a solar powered car. now, the future is here. to make it easier to charge in plug-in cars. >>> board executive is giving us a sneak peek at the ford focus due out this fall. >> battery is in two spots. half of the battery is right here and the other half is behind the rear seat. >> ford claims that massive battery gives it hundred mile range but charging it could raise your electric bill. so when it hits the market, it will have an option, solar panels. >> i want to drive my car from the sky. >> he says the 11 panels on your rooftop can provide power to the grid to offset what the focus draws when you plug it in to charge at

>> they text each other. they send a scout out that texts the rest of them. only thing i can think of. >> makes sense to me. go to cbssf.com. click on connect to send me your good questions. >>> might soon be vultures if the giants keep playing like this. how the west is being lost. next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> we want to go back to the amber alert that has been issued for a missing teenager. the suspect is allegedly the father, christina ramirez's father. 34-year-old marcelo ramirez. they are looking for a white honda odyssey with the california license plate as you see here. it's 3wan638. 3wan638. and that is a white honda odyssey. and that's our latest update on that and of course we'll have the latest on cbs 5. >> let's get caught up on baseball. there was ever a must win game for the giants, it was tonight. they needed to stop the bleeding and beat a team they are supposed to beat. mark derosa trying to keep it loose. i can't remember the team playing so tight. the cubs take ryan vogelsong deep. that's one of the longest balls ever hit at at&t. 3rd innin

remember, it's illegal to text and drive. don't do it. brent cannon joins us to let us know what's coming up at 7:00 in half an hour. >> sentencing date for the killers of chauncey bailey. how fellow bay area journalists vow to keep his story alive and bring his killers to justice. >>> car crashes, the number one killer of american teens. we have a look at the human and monetary cost and what parents can do to keep their children safe. >>> other victims of september 11th. people have faced discrimination ok.ayince that day. ok e you then. a special edition of "nightly news" is next. we'll see you then. view erest in this is so >>> question figure edview edviewerinterest in this is so high. covernd >>> so intense folks could use the extra coverage and extra information. again, we're at the maniskwan river inlet, point pleasant beach new jersey where it's a late summer night. see the jet skis behind us. people taking advantage of relatively calm waters. it won't stay this week. one of our -- the most interesting stats from our coverage toni

he called a friend and shortly after this text message was sent out saying raid now. show up asap, and they d two dozen people stopped by. >> it looks like this is a system that's trying to, i don't know, beat the cops. >> we're supporting each other. that's the point. i don't think we can beat the cops. >> reporter: it's called the raid response list. barba says it's nice to know he's not facing the law alone. >> we're trying to help each other out when they're looking at us for no reason. >> reporter: they send out updates. it says police action complete, search but no arrest, they're back on the prow, do raid prep now. san fransisco police say the warning system could hurt investigations by tipping others off to police activities but dave hodges says it's designed to get more reporters to the scene to keep a watchful eye over the officers. >> everybody witnessing what's happening makes them follow the law better. >> reporter: call it medical marijuana crowd sourcing. it's one more example of how the industry is coping under increasing pressure from the law. . >> an

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try to stop the violence at the raiders game a new report says stadium officials got a lot of fake text messages calling for help. the 49ers vice president of stadium operations tells the bay citizens that more than half of the 40 bad fan text messages sent to security during saturday's game were false alarms or pranks. the 49ers did not make anyone available today to comment on that report. but, nfl chief of security, jeff miller, told us phony alerts are not uncommon. >> saturday was a little more in some ways but never the less the texting system is successful not only in san francisco but across the league. >> reporter: he flew to san francisco to meet with 49er officials in time for tomorrow's game. >> in day time. clear the lots we will make sure folks go in and enjoy the game and watch it and if they don't choose to do that or they do not have a ticket they will have to leave the area. >>> the police are looking for suspects in the shooting of two men in the stadium parking lot and looking for a man in conneck of a meeting of a man in a candlestick bathroom on saturday. they plan

you can vote by texting 22360. text one for shoring up navy s.e.a.l.s.for libya's street artists. three for u.s. agents to mexico. winning story will air the next hour. >>> people in britain may have had enough. we are going to show you how they are using social media to reclaim their streets from rioters. a live report from london. [ male announcer ] to the seekers of things which are one of a kind. the authentic, the rare, the hard to define. to those always searching for what's pure and what's real from we who believe we know just how you feel. haagen-dazs. >>> police started raiding homes in london. and rounding up suspected rioters. prime minister david cameron told an emergency session of parliament that looters will be tracked down and prosecuted. a massive police presence overnight finally stopped the violence. but not before three british pakistani men were killed. trying to protect a business. it is just more pressure on already strained relations between britain's black and asian communities. the father of one of the victims delivered a plea f

. >> they reported finding suspicious text messages between their son and the woman. >> reporter: police't believe the two did anything inappropriate at the summer camp. >> medical marijuana can be a tricky business. california says it's legal but the feds say it's not. the law in some cities isn't clear if selling it is legal or not. owners of clinics have come up with a system to watch over other's backs. >> reporter: surveillance video of agent at a club known as the 408 collective. the agents are part of a drug task force called the santa clara countien forcement team and they were investigating something unrelated to the club. it wasn't a raid but it spooked the operator. he called a friend and shortly after this text message was sent out saying raid now at the 408cc, support safe access, show up as sap and they did, in all two dozen people stopped by throughout the afternoon. . >> be lees like this is a system that's trying to -- i tonight know, beat the cops. >> we are supporting each other. that's -- i don't think you can beat the cops,. >> reporter: it's a raid response list. it

. >>> and people seem to be addicted to their cell phones, texting, playing gamts and watching movies. what it's really doing to your eyesight. >>> and good afternoon. i'm your chief meteorologist jeff raneri. look at this old house. take j a step back i time and a ilooknto the future with my seven-day forecast coming up. lo >>> big brother might have been watching you. london police are using facial recognition technology to identify and arrest participants in this week's riots. police spent last night chasing, not looters, but vigilantes. angry citizens taking the law into their own hands. they are now focusing on finding those responsible for the four nights of burning and looting. an embarrassment to the nation less than a year before london hosts the olympic games. police say a fed-up public is coming forward to identify those possible. >> you have to set an example. because we have to punish some people to stop this mess. >> in the city of manchester, residents set up a facebook page of names and shame -- posting photos of those behind damaging in these riots. many are as young

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text message related injuries and deaths are on the rise. this is something that we should all have installed on our phone. i can see how this will help parents who are worried about teenage drivers. sam # helped create this application. >> two years ago there were 8000 deaths, last year's 16,000. pretty soon it will surpass a drunk driving deaths. it is totally preventable. sam and his business partner and he gave me a real time demonstration of text doc and action. >> first, we kept below 10 mi. per hour in the parking lot, we were able to text and send e- mail to. as soon as we traveled over 10 mi. per hour, as soon as he tried to send or read in e- mail or text message, a red scream came on telling them to pull over. this application works and could save lives. it uses gps and the smart phone to know that you're going over 10 mi. per hour. when you first installed textile, you get a user name and password. you can only make changes with the past. for more information on text stop, log onto www.kron4.com and it looks high- tech page. the

a new and different warning against texting and driving. researchers found computer hackers can force cars to unlock their doors and start their engines without a key. because car alarms, gps and other devices have a phone number assigned to them.

text survivors, and brings perpetrators to justice. we have one of the three lead it drafters of this legislation. the bill was signed by the senate foreign relations committee and has a long way to go for passage. when you think about it, besides the incredible trauma violence is inflicting on our globe, the

fame and friends and soon you will be able to text 911.hey have unveiled a plan to upgrade the emergency response system to allow text, photo and video transmissions to 911. for example, if an accident victim wanted to send pictures of the crash to dispatchers. they will begin drawing up regulations addressing technical issues and working system could be in place in next five to ten years. >>> flight arrival delays and cooler temperatures this afternoon. because of it, and breezy conditions also. to make for a 1-5 degree temperature drop compared to yesterday. temperatures will be 3-9 degrees cooler than average because of this stubborn thicker cloud deck this morning. let's take a look at temperatures. pretty uniform all of us in the 50s with the coolest weather around san rafael. 52 in santa rosa and los gatos. upper 50s around the monterey bay, with cloudy conditions. patchy drizzle here just like we're dealing with along the coast. cooler breeze today and sun. >> mostly cloudy, comfortable tonight, below average highs will hang through

for nearly a millennium, the latin vulgate bible had been considered the only sacred text.s latin became less used, ordinary people couldn't understand what they heard when priests read the bible in church. there were calls for an english vernacular bible, but scholars who did the translations were branded heretics in 1401, the english parliament made it a crime punishable by death. enter william tyndale, a renegade 16th century scholar who made the first english translation from hebrew and greek texts. in 1536, even as king henry the eighth was separating from the roman catholic church, he had tyndale arrested and executed. but just a year later, it was henry who authorized the first legal english translation. baylor university professor scott carroll directs the green collection, one of the world's largest private collections of rare biblical texts and artifacts. he says 80% of tyndale's work ended up in the kjv. >> i think he's an unsung hero in the whole story. >> reporter: after henry xviii came a series of english bibles, all intertwined in the often bloody battles be

specifically, tallies of the vote counts, text files of cast a vote records, which are currently called ballot image files, election definitions, and ballot definition files. and correcting the audit procedures for rcv contest in such a way that a 100% tally would actually ascertain the outcome. and 2.1.4.2, a longer term recommendation of including organizations that serve the public and all members of the public to obtain timely access to all the anonymous paper ballots and machine audit logs. we applaud this report. recommendation on voting systems for the city and county of san francisco, as a model of education to increase public understanding of voting systems and to raise and address the multiple issues that currently exists. the dedication and consistent hard work exhibited by the seventh citizens of the san francisco voting systems task force on this major effort to restore public confidence in our elections is the essence of participatory democracy. this letter is signed by our president and by myself, chair of the elections preservation committee. thank you. supervisor avalos

at the light. >> that is funny because this is tim texting at the like. driver got cited for being on her cellphone earlier i guess old habits are hard to break. this man has a black phone up to his mouth while at the light. >> when the light turns green make a right turn please. >> he denied actually talking on the phone but was issued a ticket. now this woman is doing something that i call the head it bob but she was texting. she was given a unique warning. >> raise your right hand. >> i promise not to ever do this again. >> alright, have a sick afternoon you are welcome. >> it all, 57 tickets were issued from everything from cellphone to seat belts and 16 other drivers were let off with a warning. >> if you have a comment or story idea for stanley, e- mail us at people behaving badly kron4.com. gary is up next with an update on the giants and sillies game. the 49ers finally land their free agent. the former pro bowl wide receiver, gary has the details next in sports. >> big deal at the ballpark in san francisco tonight. right now the phillies are leadi

you can get more texts out than you can get calls.omething for all of us to keep in mind in theheuture. >> okay, david, thanks so much. as we said, one of the biggest concerns, all the nuclear power plants, near so many millions of people on this coast. 12 plants declared unusual events, the lowest emergency classification. but one plant had to scramble when the backup power didn't come on. and abc's jim sciutto has been reporting on this all day. jim? >> reporter: diane, we're just five miles from the epicenter of this quake. this is not considered a high risk area. in fact, the north anna plant, built to withstand an earthquake of 6.2 maximum on the richter scale, just four times as strong as today. a relatively thin safety cushion. at the epicenter, residents of mineral, virginia, felt the earth move, the ground rumble. the post office sustained so much damage, the mail carriers had to sort the letters in the street. tell me what it felt like. >> initially it was a low rumbling, and then you could -- the noise increased. you could

day of consultations surrounding the violence in syria with what many believe is at least a draft text that each member of the security council will now bring back to their respective capitals there is a divide among security council members on where the condemnation lies the u.s. and its western allies believe there should be a direct condemnation against the syrian government and the syrian president for the crackdown against anti-government protesters that have been taking place since mid march yet other countries like russia china india brazil and others believe that there should be a much more balanced approach that what ever words are used in any text that is put forth by the security council should not exacerbate an already sensitive circumstance in syria now russia has said in the past that it opposes on balance measures such as sanctions that could create an even bigger problem and the russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin has said that resolution dealing with libya he believes was dealt with very frivolously and the security council can't help but keep that

. >>> at&t is dumping its lowest cost plan, the one that offered 1,000 text messages for $10 a month.instead they could choose between unlimited texting and most of the customers already have the unlimited plans. >>> california will be hosting another member of the british family and harry is now planning a three months stay. when he is finish he will be a full apache pilot and can be redeployed to afghanistan. he was just here with his new wife katherine and there is no word on where his training will take place. >>> a pickup truck was caught on a police -- trying to use his feet for breaks. kind of like fred flintstone he approached a stream and it was a matter of luck he didn't hit anybody. he finally came to a stop after crashing into four weeks and putting his truck in park and he told police he was just anxious to get home from work. >>> coming up on a special edition of ktvu channel 2 news, a legal fight waging to get back to a home he already owns. plus a new crime trend at one of the most popular sites, what you need to do to protect yourself and stay tuned for preseason foot

they say she was texting at the time of the accident. >>> 7:37. a crucial vote is being held today by the mount diablo school district teachers union and it involves millions of dollars in federal grants. the proposal calls for funding to evaluate teachers and prince pals and if the teachersuney approves the deal, the -- union approves the deal, they will receive 9 million in funding over the next two years. >>> students in three bay area cities are actually finishing high school at a higher rate compared to others around the country. last year a very alarming report came out. they found 18% of high school students drop out. however, deer valley high has a dropout rate is 9%. antioch high, 14%. about 3% of oakley's freedom high and that's about the same as brentwood's liberty high. >>> caltrain could be putting its link with am track -- amtrak. conductors are actually amtrak pleas. now they will vote on a new five-year deal to have transit america provide those workers. the current conductors and signal operators would be given -- would be given t

text messages. julius says you ought to be able to send a picture of a bad guy to police, for instance, he says it's strange that you can text someone that your plane is delayed but you can't text that the bank's being robbed or text the police. >> no sense. >> he is pushing for new 911 systems in which we can do that. >> it sounds like a positive move in that direction. >> is it does. >> it's 5:25. still to come on "today in the bay," from new york to l.a. in 12 minutes? the fastest plane in the world about to go on its first test run. we'll show you what it's made of. >> we are checking for flight delay this is morning. sorry about that. we're checking for flight delays this morning. watch out for really thick fog especially at the airport. right now you look good. we're watching for fog, we're watching for a little bit of a warm-up. we'll break that down for you coming up. >> the fog is usually not good for your drive. we're watching that as well as stall, one into san francisco, one affecting th

i still get texts from president obama. i'm not getting texts from the rnc. i should be getting texts there the rnc. but we knew that we got creamed, and we've done some things to change it. every republican member of congress has a twitter account, and they're tweeting that they just voted on this or that or met with such and such constituent. step in the right direction. and my hope is this will really coalesce once we have a candidate because parties are redefined in the context of candidacies. so once we have a candidate, it is my sincere hope that there will be an honest effort to reach out and connect to this next generation because we can make inroads, and we've got to. we have this window to do it. >> we have time for one last question. >> yes. thank you, ms. hoover. i'm a public schoolteacher, and i teach junior high and high school kids. and you've already lost that upcoming generation because they hear, and i heard it today, the constant attack on teachers' unions which are made of their teachers, and they know how hard we are working because it's

parents discovered text messages on their son cell phone and reported to the police >> when we did meet with arid or she gave us this statement >> was added meeting having sex? >> yes it was. >> official said here doors no longer employed by the city >> we want and know if there's any other inappropriate activity between her and any other students >>> also making headlines this morning a boo/boat crashed a father and a son or on the 80 when it crashed the father said he was able to climb onto the hall of the capsized boat but he did not see his son >> a jury store robbery in san jose we have more >>. it will not be opened after several days after what happened monday night he entered the store run nine and a tax somewhat awards there with a knife eventually he was rushed to a hospital with a life threatening injuries he managed to take a jury walt been a victim was bleeding from the attack he took the victims keys and escaped in his carpetbagging cornelia's was arrested the booked cornelia's into the county jail. >> need a giant cargill has recalled tons of cofturkey it was sold under s

per hour we will not let you send e-mail's or text messages and it will not let you receive text messages or e-mail that way you keep your eyes on the driving. i is the parents using this our the worry of their children driving demand >> two years ago there were 8000 tests last year of 16,000 pretty soon it will be surpassed that any can be professional >> first we kept a low 10 mi. an hour he was able to continue text and e-mail as soon as we left the parking lot and went over and m.p.h. is a red screen came on and said for him to pull over it worked and it can save lives it uses i'd gps will in this smart phone remove i want is see how accurate it was there was nothing going on after 10 mi. per hour this is a great way for parents that students do not text while driving read what they're expected beyond high fives with in a month's is for 50 3:00 a.m. and we will see who is the saving of badly. a lot of fog out there and this is the golden gate bridge it is time for people behaving badly and for stanley it is all well lot of holes and politics >> severances those streets are full of bot

>> we have had three or four updates, text message updates, and also e-mail address. i received one, i don't know as far as the time, but probably about ten minutes between the time that they spotted him and the time that we were alerted. we have received three updates since then. twitter is all over it. do hash tag virginia tech. i'm constantly twittering, there's also people who are on campus tweeting. there's a few cars roaming around, but mainly just police cars that we see. >> when you got your text, your message from security on campus that there was this lockdown in place, tell me where you were and what it said specifically and how you reacted. >> sure. i was actually in a doctor's appointment, the text specifically said there was a potential gunman spotted on campus, it said stay inside if you're on campus, they said call 911 if you see anything peculiar or out of the ordinary. so kind of a run of the mill text, but it is good that they updated us, it's one of the best teacher at virginia tech that we had. kind of frightens people, kind of shakes them up a bi

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