marine. tonight an "on the record" special marine held in iran. during the next hour we are going to take you to marine amir hekmati's michigan hometown where you will meet his family working desperately to bring him home. you will also hear from marine veteran montel williams and fellow marines. we will bring you the story of three other americans also held hostage in iran. but, first the emotional interview you will only see right here. "on the record" went to flint michigan to speak with our marine's parents. amir hekmati's father is dying from cancer. more than anything else he wants to see his son again. we spoke with both of the marine wants distraught marine's distraught patience. -- parents. >> they let me go in front of judge. >> this was after the trial though right? >> yes, when i knew the sentence was death. i was anxious to see amir. >> did you see him? >> i -- when i was in front of judge and i told him i want to see amir, he he just signed a letter that they can take you from here to see amir. and they took me to evan. i waited behin

>> very good marine. >> did he want to be in the marines? >> yes, he did. >> what did you think about that? >> -- knew he wanted to serve his country. go for it. and he did. >> because you know there are an awful lot of marines in this country that are very upset about this. >> thank you both and if there is anything we can do to help. i don't know that we can but it's not just the marines who are unhappy about this. you know, i think every american is unhappy about this. >> just in any way if the spreerm leader watch this to know that amir is innocent. i really miss him. we need him, you know. his father is sick. he needs to come help his father. i need him. i really ask to show his love and his peace. show to the world that he is a spaceful man and let amir go. he knows he is innocent. he knows that they set him up. they lied to him. you know they tortured him. and he always -- h he is against all those things. he doesn't want anybody tortured. he doesn't want anybody to sit in a prison for a long time. then what happened? why are you you b

. >> you are at harvard and then you withdraw to join the marine corps -- why? >> i wasn't getting along well at harvard. it wasn't harvard's fault -- the culture was very drastically different from where i came from. it is a very rich school. some great students there, and they got along well, but i had a very tough adjustment. a lot of things i look back on, i think i had always imagined myself going to harvard, because i felt it woas what i was supposed to do. in the back of my mind, i was going to join the marine corps first and then go to college. but i got onto this track and it was taking me somewhere putting me off my goal of joining the marines. i wasn't getting good wd grades and so i went off and joined the marines reserves. i haven't regretted it. >> once a marine, always a marine. what do you remember about your time in the military? >> just the friends i made, the friends i lost. i got to serve with some of the -- sorry. i served with some great man. i don't think i would be surrounded by people -- >> what do they teach you? >> they taught me about

it started on the marin/sonoma coast. there is a line between novato and petaluma. but a stronger one in guerneville, calistoga, lake county, mendocino county. a couple of lightning strikes reported off the mendocino coast. that's the next band moving in. out towards eastern solano, contra costa county, things are beginning to develop as that system also starts moving into napa county, near bethel island just now east of rio vista and french camp. not much, a little line forming southward. what we're waiting for is what's swinging in. that could give us a round of showers also possible thundershowers. we sent him north. i don't get a chance to do this very often but send it to sal castanedo. what are you in novato? >> reporter: that's right. it feels like the morning show all over again. you know, you mentioned the cold air. that's absolutely right. i've been standing here and we're standing underneath a clear spot. as we turn north, as you mentioned, steve, as you turn north, you can see the clouds building in over sonoma county and here we are in novato at the mari

that's where they sent the first group of marines to train because the white marines didn't presidenteterred him. >> when i walked out on my field and i saw the negros what an uh bomb nation. >> but it made them want it even more. >> it was hell to tell you the truth. the condition was bad. one stove for about 40 or 50 men. >> these two men from southern california refused to quit. >> we were there basically as a support outfit for the marine division. until they discovered we could do more than work. we could fight of the. >> they saw some of the worst fighting in the pacific okinawa, iwo jima and the philippines. many why killed and wounded. after the war moves started civilian life. luther was an electrician. the other accomplishments faded into the past. until a few years ago when the unit was awarded one of america's honors, the congressional gold medal. they were not expecting. it but were not surprised. >> if a man liens -- sticks to it anything it possible. >> they are in their late 80s and early 90s and we are losing more and more every year. that's why these remembrances are

a team of scientists with the marine mammal center performed a necropsy on the animal. while it may not look like it to the untrained eye, it was sick and possibly starving when it washed ashore. >> it looked very thin. his bones are protruding. and it appears that he hasn't been eating, um, -- there's not a lot of stomach contents. >> reporter: the scientists won't know for a while the cause of death or if it's related to the death of other marine mammals like seals which have been washing ashore in record numbers. the only question that remains at this point is what happens to the whale's body. the marine mammal center would like to leave it where it is and allow nature to take its course but they say they are working in conjunction with pacifica, who may want to bury the whale's body. in pacifica, devin fehely, kpix 5. >>> tonight federal officials put out a warning to boaters to watch out for whales. spring and summer are prime migration seasons. whales frequently pass through the bay area waters heading for mexico to the arctic. >>> five-year-old girl targeted, att

we have the drizzle here. >> marine layer is thick. especially along the coast in the higher elevations. check out the winds. ten miles per hour at napa and 30 in fairly where you have a south sea breeze and cooler conditions. look at cloud cover hanging over the bay from the roof camera. the day planner 48 to vow is homogenized temperatures and 54 to 62 and mostly cloudy conditions by noon and more sunshine this afternoon at 56 to 68 inland and grab a coat this evening, 54 to 60 a little breezy at times. >> hang on to the wheel? >> exactly. we do not have c.h.p. issued high wind advisory but always be careful. san jose is calm. 280 headed into cupertino near highway 17, both northbound and southbound traffic. no delays. as we take you to the macarthur maze, the commute is looking great away from berkeley to emeryville to highway 580 and to the bay bridge so no construction to get in the way there and i have some in the northbound to tell you about. >> search is on for one of two teens wanted for robbing a napa jewelry store and assault

you will hear what the marine told the president. plus, ambassador john bolton is here to talk about it that's next. also ahead had, president obama taking a swing at a potential presidential candidate wisconsin governor scott walker. so why should governor walker be thrilled about that? i will tell you what i think off the record, of course, coming up. gives you security. technology gives you control and now technology gives you home security and control in a new and revolutionary way. introducing plug & protect from livewatch security, an easy to use wireless security system customized just for your home. control from any smartphone, tablet, or computer and monitored by professionals 24/7. go to livewatch.com to get plug & protect interactive security delivered to your door. arm or disarm your system from anywhere. lock or unlock your doors, turn your lights off or on even oversee your home with live video. with plug & protect your security system is configured, tested, and then shipped directly to your home. no wires, no installer

the big rig involved in the crash has been towed away. >> traffic in marin county got off to a rough start with this upbig rig hit the median. >> we are fortunate that he did not go through the divider into the opposing lane of traffic. >> sky 7 shows the magnitude the crash and the impact on traffic. c.h.p. said the u.p.s. driver carried two trailers loaded with 50,000 pounds of household goods and lost control of the wheel. the fuel tank caught on fire and smoke could be seen for miles. >> our officers who contacted the driver of the vehicle rule out impairment. the driver seems to be fine. >> the crash happened before 5:30 a.m. closing both lanes on 5 eight ya drivers were stuck on the richmond-san rafael bridge for at least an hour. commuters around the area inched along at c.h.p. diverted traffic. >> i drove half a mile in an hour. it is bad. >> trying to get to the bridge but i am going left into san rafael so i don't have to deal bit. >> crews spent hours putting out the fire in the first trailer hauling u.p.s. packages. >> we are concerned what is in the damages because they a

tough to beat the mariners when felix hernandez is on the mound and i almost did it today. top of the 6321 we go to the seven snow with the pitcher a three run blast. the mariners are up 7 to 3 after as a single off from ando rodney that ties up he is on for doolittle and told the little gets back from injuries is a home run for nelson crews as the mariners win eight to seven they are tied for the lead in the american league west. the big story tonight jordan speaks >> vicki : in missouri, a student rowing team comes under attack by water. is st. louis county missouri, the washington university rowing team practice was interrupted by something you don't see everyday. asian carp where shooting out of a lake while the atheletes were rowing. the flying fish might have smelled a little fishy.but no students were hurt. one rower described getting hit by one of the flying fish as "slippery". >> jason :they wanted out of the cold water opening day tomorrow at at&t park looks like we're going to see some nice weather. sunshine but a little bit cooler with ratings below the '60s. wi

the fall of saigon. here from a u.s. marine who was there on that fateful day in 1975. >>> plus a mass ifr inferno in the central valley. what burned that sent these flames and smoke pouring into the sky. >>> the baltimore ravens make a special visit today to spread a positive message. >>> check out this postcard. temperatures already 23 degrees warmer than yesterday. i'll show you where the 80s and 90s are today and when the cooling will come to your >>> a massive fire in fresno is still burning now more than seven hours after it we began. it's in northwest fresno at a business that sells utility poles. the major challenge is lack of fire hydrants. only two are being used. the power poles are coated with a wood preservative that can cause health problems. no word on how the fire started. >>> a privately owned camera shows the baltimore police van that carried freddie gray made a stop on the way to the police department. one the officers didn't tell police about. gray died from a spinal injury a week after he was arrested on ap

we have the drizzle here. >> marine layer is thick. ons. check out the winds. ten miles per hour at napa and 30 in fairly where you have a south sea breeze and cooler conditions. look at cloud cover hanging over the bay from the roof camera. the day planner 48 to vow is homogenized temperatures and 54 to 62 and mostly cloudy conditions by noon and more sunshine this afternoon at 56 to 68 inland and grab a coat this evening, 54 to 60 a little breezy at times. >> hang on to the wheel? >> exactly. we do not have c.h.p. issued high wind advisory but always be careful. san jose is ca

so the marine corps has done a bunch of different studies and research. they began with a -- actually, they began with the infantry officer course which they opened to women in 2012 and asked for volunteers. women, if you want to come to try out the infantry officer course, you're invited to attend. at the same time that they were doing that, they also began developing a set of combat proxy tests. the combat proxy test, they were six largely upper body based -- i should say upper body strength based proxy tests that they evaluated the pmption of 409 women and 379 female marines against and what they found from this combat proxy test was that about -- well not about, but 66% of the very good performers were men and 34% were women and then the highest performing categories, it was 92% were men and 8% were women. so this initial screening test that they developed showed that there was certainly a percentage of women that fell into the good and the very good category but -- and i thought that would have been the measure to open some of those combat branches to

the best officers that i trained under from the time i was a midshipmen were the marines. some of the enlisted personnel were excellent as well. i was drawn to the marine corps i think because of the mission and the great respect i had for the officer and enlisted men that trained us at osu. my junior year, before my senior year, was long beach california. it was a great duty. we would go out monday morning fly around the south pacific southeastern pacific, and come into court on friday afternoon and have the weekend off. on monday do the same thing again. it was fun. they did not put us down in the engine room. we were treated more like a junior officer and learned a great deal about the operations part, standing watches and all. we were taught a course not too far from mexico. we had a growing mexican population in california. someone on the ship, the skipper or somebody, asked me, i spoke a little spanish, to teach spanish classes. one of the extra things i would do was to teach troops to speak spanish. david: i served for a year and a half. senator tom carper: on active

scientists say they will be here all afternoon working around the tide to finish their work and the marine mammal center said in its four-year history it has responded to 17 dead whales found along northern california. >>> thanks. happening today the last of hundreds of sea birds sickened by a mysterious goo in january about to be released. the bird will be the 165th sea bird nursed back to help and returned to the wild after hundreds were discovered. experts do not know what the material was but it was not oil. >> bay area parents opposed to bandtory vaccination are rallying right now in sacramento as lawmakers discuss the controversial childhood vaccination bill that could potentially effectivery child enrolled in -- effectivery child enrolled in school. >> this gives parents no excuse for not vaccinating and eliminate the personal belief option but many who oppose opposed -- hundreds -- say this infringes on their rights. >> some parents with their kids and antivaccine supporters line up in front of the lawmakers. in sacramento for a second round of discussions of senate bill 277 design

it's the onshore wind in combination with the marine layer gusting to 32 miles an hour with fairfield out of the southwest right now and we'll keep the wind direction going in this manner and that's what's going to keep us on the cool side for the rest of this afternoon. live picture from our exploratorium camera showing nothing, but gray skies and let's take a look at those temperatures right now. they're on the cool side and 59 in san francisco and mid-60s around san yosi and half moon bay, 54 degrees and a life look from san jose where the high temperature only got up to 65 today, but at least they're seeing unsunny breaks. nap a petaluma and the 60s in the inland east bay and well below average and we take a look at the picture from the mount tam cam and this will stick around and it's almost 3,000 feet deep. spotty drizzle overnight tonight and milder tomorrow with sierra, showers and thunder. if you're heading up there do camping this weekend and keep that in mind. the satellite picture will show you why we're in the deep marine layer pattern and another cold front, although it'

that is what has allowed the marine layers and clouds to hug the coast other than bay. you will be cloudy tomorrow. look what it is doing to our temperatures, 58 at half moon bay and manipulate 60s elsewhere until you get to the south bay and inland east bay those are the two warm spots least affected. can you see it on the 24 hour temperature change everyone up to five to nine degrees cooler but for livermore and san jose and concord where we are the same if not warmer. the golden gate bridge looks summer like, and that is what we are going do have today, clouds, cooler and rough surf and cooler weather spreading through the neighbors and then we have showers possible next week. a look at temperatures show we have upper 70s to low 80s through the south bay and santa cruz is the cool spot and up the peninsula we will start in the upper 70s and mountain view and redwood city and drop to 70 with the cool air shooting through the san bruno gap and hitting millbrae. the low-to-mid 60's along the coast and more sunshine and upper 60s or ten degrees cooler than yesterday in d

that will increase the marine layer and keep the wrest wind with us and allow for clearing midday keeping the temperatures from getting too warm. as you move through the day you have showers popping up in the sierra nevada and tomorrow starting out grave with mist and drizzle revealing sunny afternoon and the clouds moved along the shoreline and we will see temperatures each came come down a couple more deaths today in the upper 70s for livermore and feeling good if you are inland and used to the warmer highs but we are still above average at 66 in oakland and 62 in san francisco and 70 in peel peel and along the coast it will be a gray day with 69 in santa rosa. the seven-day outlook shows sunny afternoon. still mild inland. today is the warmest day. tuesday, wednesday and thursday we could have a chance of showers into wednesday and thursday. just isolated around here. by friday, the cool of the day, we are in the 60s with more sunshine and average temperatures to dry next week. >> good morning, everyone, we are going to emeryville camera and this is macarthur maze where 80 funnels in,

it didn't last for the simplest of reasons it didn't make money. marin didn't really have the people in those day to maintain such a massive system. marin's population didn't take off until 1950. >> a couple of things happen, one it didn't have much ridership. the ferry boats took a long time. the golden gate bridge was a very successful competitor. at the time it was a drain on them. it was probably built too early. the frustrating thing about the marin county operation these electric trains was when they didn't need them they had them. now they need them and they will never get them built. it can really happen again, it happened too soon. by 1939, 1940 when the thing was going to disappear there wasn't any riders on it. nowadays you would be nutting to get rid of it. >> reporter: but for those who road it, it was a nice experience. >> it was a more easy mode of transportation in fact, when the greyhound took over on march 4 of 41, they kept telling us there was going to be more efficient. and it took 1: 1:40 instead of 1:04 minutes. you had a safe seat

the marines taught me about discipline and organization but that was the marine corps. the marines are served with taught me about what it truly means to care about another human being you are not related to and what you are going to do to keep them alive. >> host: let me follow up on that because it was not without loss of sacrifice. can you explain? >> guest: explain what, i'm sorry? >> host: the losses and sacrifice. >> guest: i lost my best friend and a lot of platoon members. my my company lost a lot of good men in combat. you know,. you know for reasons i think that were incorrect. we incorrect. we did not have proper armor in our vehicles. i think that i think that we were also in an area that should have had more manpower than what we had but to this day the fact that i lost such) still haunts me. >> host: as you and others in congress to be military spending and with the military has were needs how do you apply your experiences? >> guest: a look at the budget from a perspective of the ground pounder. every operation whether every operation whether it is a begin

look at the coast like, we are stuck in the lower 50s, still a nice day but with the marine influence off the ocean with the southeasterly flow with you getting that. and 61 in dover delaware. how about satellite 6 along with action radar, we were stuck with clouds early this morning but they kind of dissipated and the sunshine is breaking flew nicely but in the meantime the rain is building out to the west. we are watching that now currently in pittsburgh and that is the rain that will affect us late tonight and into tomorrow. today is the dry day to get out there and enjoy it and why not hit the playground if you can. sunshine and clouds and mild at 2:00 p.m. and 68 degrees, 4:00 p.m. 70 that is our high for today. and the pollen count is high for today and the next several days if you are going to be outside today, be prepared for that. as the pollen count looks on the high side and remaining so. we have changes coming up in the forecast including we are tracking rain on the way so details on that in the exclusive accuweather forecast in just a minute. >> thank you karen. >>> meanw

however, some of the pilots interpreted that to mean that all of the marines were out the evacuation as over. >> this morning a memorial plaque was dedicated to two u.s. marines left behind on april the 30th 1975. we have lots more coverage of the 48th anniversary of the fall of saigon on our website including a couple of in-depth stories we did just this past week on the special air lift that brought some 3,000 vietnamese children to the united states. all you have to do is go to abc7news.com. >>> now time to check out our weather and how hod it got today. >> it is so hot outside, i'm going to start called drew tuma rotisserie drew. >> join me get a nice tan going on. you like the beach weather. it's feeling like august and not the end of april across the bay. take a look at the doppler. see this hour quiet as could be. high pressure in control. just a beautiful sky up above. nothing but blue. let's go live outside our east bay hills camera showing you a gorgeous view out there. not one single cloud in the sky. and very warm temperatures in the 80s and the 90s. so the forecast does c

>> we are starting out milder and you can see the bang of low clouds right here and the marine laser 2,000 foot toot deep and reaching into inland. 52 degrees at half moon bay and you may find mist and drizzle. oakland is 53 and same with san francisco. the exploritorium you can see all the low clouds and low-to-mid 50s to start and it will take until 10:00 or 11 o'clock until the east bay clears and with sunny skies on tap the bay is cooler at 66 in oakland and 70 in palo alto and you will have to bring the jacket along for the week. good morning, sue. >> we have a look outside right now at the bay bridge toll plaza where metering lights on at 5:39 and stacked up twa the macarthur maze and c.h.p. is giving the first report of an accident 80 westbound possibly involve, six cars. that will be polled in the next ten minutes. approaching castro valley it went from red to orange to yellow so improvement with accident cleared and gone. westbound 580. we have very slow traffic up and over the altamont pass but that is typical often for a monday. >>> solid case or likely to unravel? >> a bea

i think the marines are always going to be marines.r right now is still a marine in prison and we need to get him back. he can't continue to languish there as he has been for over three years now. >> that may be more of a spotlight will lep do that thank you very much for joining us and i hope next time you and i are talking it's because we are talking about amir son his way home he is on the flight. >> thank you so much, greta. >> thank you. >> and coming up, basketball great lebron james sending a message that's going absolutely viral. what did he message and why is it going viral? i will talk to you. >>> get ready to speed read the news. first to california with a 13-year-old boy is dead after his car crashed into los angeles harbor. the car rung off the road into the port of los angeles. both made it to the shore safely. another 8-year-old brother currently hospitalized in critical condition. and foyt hood texas relatives and those murdered during the fort hood shooting received purple hearts today. nidal hasan killed 14 people. th

the mariners win 5-4 and the a's have yet to win back to back games this season.s season, but the newest is outfielder, cody, who signed earlier this week. ross is best known in the bay area for hitting five home runs in the giants 2010 world series and winning the nlcs mvp. but ross told burns his performance is not his favorite memory from the post season. >> that's a lot of confidence. >> everyone always asks me, what was your favorite memory? you know, i hit five home runs in the post season, but none of those compare to when brian wilson struck out. nelson cruz for the last out of the world series in texas. the feeling that i have or i had in that moment, something that, you know, every player, every kid dreams of. just the excitement and overwelming, just emotion that i had was incredible at that particular time. >> and todd mcclellan and the sharks in l.a. for the final game of the regular season. just 90 seconds into the game. san jose on the power play. brent burns scores, and it's 1- 0 sharks. tide at 1. brandon mcnabb scores with the power play to give

. >>> time is 4:38, local history buffs are angry the marin history museum plans to sell its artifacts to an auction firm, announcing because of financial issues the museum will close in august. yesterday the board issued an e-mail saying it has started selling off its collection of artifacts and historical photographs, according to the marin independent journal 10 people have come together to ask the museum to stop selling its items but the board says it has the right to do so. >>> happening today bay area world war ii veterans applying for a special all expense paid trip called in honor flight, the honor flight mission will board two to washington dc and visit sites and memorials connected to that war. in about two hours veterans and their guardians will start gathering at sfo, the veteran light lodging and meals all paid for by donations. >> great program, i'll be out there later this morning as well. >> good. >>> calling for the removal of the arch bishop of san francisco, coming up at 5:00, effort being lauched today launched today by the group of prominent catholics to oust the c

--sperm whale >> reporter: just up the beach from the well is a dead sea lion, and the marine mammal and it still plans these days. --sea lions these days >> so there is definitely something going on along the coast, whether or not the will and the sea lion are connected are part of the bigger picture i can't say for sure. >> reporter: very strong rip current and sneaker waves are current. all the way down to monterey. it is really the entire northern coast. watch out for that. in the meantime, temperatures are pretty nice. 70 degrees in livermore and 74 still for this time of evening we have a giants game this evening to just-in-time then last night but the wind is still prevalent. >> reporter: it was the last out because of the went knocking down the ball. so we will have it again maybe it'll give the giants a winter it they should to use one. --they could use one. >> reporter: all around the bay area and inland areas we could set a record high temperatures. on the left is the forecast high for tomorrow. on the right are the current record getting pretty close in some of these loca

the marin county transit district has offered free rides for children under six years old. now they will get a 50% discount. the change will effect a very small percentage of riders. >>> police in oakland are investigating a triple shooting that has left a man fighting for his life. the shooting happened around 5:00 last night on foothill near 65th avenue in east oakland. investigators put yellow markers in the crosswalk in front of an auto body shop. police say the most critically injured person was shot in the chest. the two other men are expected to be okay. right now police have not made any arrests. if you have any information, you are asked to call police right away. >>> a funeral will be held for the musician that was killed from a stray bullet. a viewing and rosary will be held tonight. the 26-year-old nevarez died early easter morning after performing with his band at the golden bull bar. two men had been arguing down the street and one began shooting, hitting nevarez. there is a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case. local bands will be ho

i ways wanted to join the marine corps. i always wanted to serve my country. he back of my mind i was going to join the marine corps first and i -- and then college. it was this track that would keep me somewhere in putting off my goal which was joining the marines. i found myself getting unhappy and not having good grades. it was time for me to do what i wanted to do. i join the marines reserves. you return to school after boot camp and that is what i did. host: watch some rain, always a marine. congressman gallego: absolutely. host: what do you remember about your time as a marine? congressman gallego: the friends i mean, i got to serve with some of the -- i made, i got to serve with some of the -- sorry. some of the very best. and i do not think i will be surrounded with people that great again. host: what did they teach you? congressman gallego: they taught me about humility. they taught me about being there for each other. the marines taught me about discipline and organization, but that was the marine corps. the marines i served with taught me about what

a little hazy along the coast but cloud cover we don't really have that. no marineayer this morning. a little haze as we look from the east bay hills across berkeley alcatraz and all the way over towards the golden gate bridge. this is at the golden gate with where we have a 6-mile-per-hour wind right now. warm at the coast hot inlan the rest of us will get it as we get back to average over the weekend. high pressure this one over the ocean steering the storms to the north. the one we talked about yesterday, it developed and now it's moving to the northeast and with the clockwise flow that's the warming wind shift we get. no free air conditioning today. we'll have to pay for it. mid 80s to near 90 through santa clara, that 90 in gilroy santa cruz 82 today. as you get to millbrae, a little milder, 77 degrees. low to mid 70s along the coast and we'll flirt with upper 70s to 80 around downtown. sauls lee to mid 80 to 90 degrees. 72 at the beach 20 degrees cooler there. oakland at 83 degrees today. castro valley 86 and move inland can cord low to mid 90s, same thing in

it's the return of that right there. there's a very deep marine layer going to bring the temperatures down today significantly. down from 76 to 63 in san francisco. very little sunshine if any at the beaches today. 70s across the san jose area. 76-degrees in san ramon down from 86 degrees yesterday. it was 87 in livermore. today the mid 70s. but today the winds are going to pick up out of the west. with no clearing and 58 degrees just going to feel raw. 70s santa rosa down from the mid 80s and today's forecast high will be 77-degrees in cloverdale and partly cloudy and 78-degrees in st. helena. michelle we have the full forecast featuring your pollen report coming up. >>> all right roberta. i'll take it. now more water restrictions are likely in san francisco. this afternoon the city's puc will take up the idea of placing mandatory restrictions on outdoor water use and on overall water usage by commercial businesses. and a controversial vaccine bill is scheduled to be heard in the senate's judiciary committee today. senate bill 227 would require a

i think one of the services did weigh in to make a difference. >> -- tony: the legions of marines wanteded this film pulled. full metal jacket destroyed aliens platoon and the saving private ryan, which was my choice to be the winner. obliterated it in the competition. and then the final mat against patton. have soldiers goinfor patton but it was not enough. anor: how close did patton get? tony: 55 percent of the vote wento full metalal jacket. early on it was close a we stirred the pot a ttle bit. we went on the marine corps times facebook page and said papatton could win. they just rallied. it was incredible. anchor: have people called you up and said i can't believe you picked this movie? tony: i think it was a solid winner. it was a classic. nobody disputes that. the first half is so amazzing. anchor: what are some competitions you guys are thinking about at this point for march madness? tony: there were a lot of complaints that there weren't any miniserie in the brackets. we could do military minutes -- military miniseries or maybe we skip film altogether and dthe best military slang.

the bray bay -- bay. highway 101 through marin county looks kind of normal. volume being lighter than usual. center divide slow traffic on highway 4 as you come over the hill. as you can see, traffic is coming up from baypoint to concord and it will be slow heading over to the concord area. northbound 280 in san francisco at alemany boulevard, there's a crash there. if you want to avoid 280 and go down to 101, use city streets. don't use 280 northbound. 7:34. back to the desk. >> thank you. >>> bay area religious leaders spent the night sleeping out 0 on berkeley streets showing support for the home let's. this was prompted in part by a very disturbing video showing a berkeley ambassador beating a homeless man. the ambassador program is supposed to provide safety patrols in the city of the demonstrators spent the night at berkeley plaza and say the city should do a lot more to help those in need. >> there are two-year wait lists in alameda county for homeless people to get into housing. so the people that you see on the street couldn't get into housing if they

i think the marines are always going to be marines.ight now is still a marine in prison and we need to get him back. he can't continue to languish there as he has been for over three years now. >> that may be more of a spotlight will lep do that thank you very much for joining us and i hope next time you and i are talking it's because we are talking about amir son his way home he is on the flight. >> thank you so much, greta. >> thank you. >> and coming up, basketball great lebron james sending a message that's going absolutely viral. what did he message and why is it going viral? i will talk to you. i will tell you off-the-record next. won't keep you up at night. know you have insights from professional investment strategists to help set your mind at ease. know that planning for retirement can be the least of your worries. with the guidance of a pnc investments financial advisor, know you can get help staying on track for the future you've always wanted. your brain can send information to the rest of your body at 268 mph. three times

. >> an ocean recovery effort underway after four people fishing off the marin county coates never returned. >>> i'm katie marzullo. we begin with developing news on the fishing boat crash. four people left bodega bay yesterday to go fishing. when they didn't return home the search began. sky 7hd was over the search site. 12 hours later rescue cries found a wrecked boat and two bodies. cornell bernard is there live where the recovery effort continues. cornell? >> reporter: the coast guard tells me the search has been slowed considerably tonight due to all this heavy fog moving onshore at point reyes. and hope is fading the two missing boaters will be found alive. a sheriffs helicopter is assisting the u.s. coast guard in the search for survivors of 0 boat accident off point reyes. >> right now we're actually continuing to search for two other people. >> reporter: but two others on the 21-foot pleasure craft did not survive. sky 7hd was over the wreckage of the boat near the rocks off tomales point. a debris field nearby and on shore. search crews riding jet skis searched the water for two m

way they left that was not made by the marine corps or marines pretty attachedto their weapon. they don't go many places without it. >> the questioner says he you served as u.s. ambassador to saudi arabia. do you see any kind of nuclear arms race breaking out in the middle east and other parts of the world when the iranian nuclear arms negotiations conclude and sanctions are lifted? >> it's certainly one of the reasons those negotiations taking place is to make sure that one of those arms races does not occur particularly in the middle east and what the president said about these negotiations about the framework of a final deal. it's too lower tensions and make the middle east in that regard a little safer. that is an interesting place in the world and i did serve as ambassador there. as you look around the world it's not the only place that we have got things going on but there sure seem to be a good many things going on in that neighborhood. >> we are almost out of time but i want to remind the audience about some upcoming speakers before i asked the last ques

so i found myself being unhappy and it was time to do what i wanted to do, so i left and joined the marines reserves. so you do your training, boot camp, and then you return to school, and that's what i did, and never regretted it since. >> host: once a marines always a marine. >> guest: absolutely. >> host: what do you remember about your time in the military? >> guest: just the friends i made. and the friends i lost. i got to serve with some of the -- sorry. i served with some great men, and i don't think i would be surrounded by people that great again. >> host: what did they teach you? >> guest: they taught me about humility. my friend taught me about really being there for each other and the marines taught me about discipline and organization, but that was the marine corps. the marines i served with taught me about what it truly means to care about another human being. ... and i think we were also in an area should have had more manpower than what we had but you know, to this day the fact that lost such, such close friends, that still haunts me. >> host: you and others here in congress

i ended up going in the marine corps and, servin' in vietnam. my family and friends were sometimes bein' killed on the streets back home. i knew what i was gonna face when i went back. and yet in that same period of time we put a human on the moon! and then we did it over and over and over again six times. you know, tell me, that's why i say to people, "don't tell me what we can't do. i have seen it. i have experienced it". there is nothing like that-- >> on one of those visits to the moon we left a plaque that said, "we came in peace to serve all mankind". and that just sounded, like some more of that idealistic frabajaba (sic). but now that we're actually going into space with people from other places on earth, and working with them up there sharing information, telling people what we know, learning from what they've learned, it now seems more real to me in the 21st century that we may do something up there that serves all mankind than it did in 1967 when we had missiles pointed at each other and this was very much an american operation getting

and that's the reason they are doing this. >> you know about this. one of our marinesr hekmati is languishing is a dangerous iranian prison and news today that iran's leaders are already going back on their word on the nuclear deal. what are the chances of getting them to agree to release our marine? amir hekmati's fellow marines are demanding he be freed right now. sergeant gabriel justice swerved hekmati he joins us. good evening, sir. >> hello greta. thank you for having me. how are you? >> i'm very well. >> so when did you first meet amir? >> i met amir in 2002 when i came to the united states from saudi arabia to join the united states marine corps and we met at di in 2002. we were both 18 years old. >> and you developed a friendship? >> our friendship evolved from there. i came -- never lived in america joined the marine corps was stationed at dli and him and i got really close over there we became fast friends. we both came from similar background and culture. i was having culture shock just being in america let alone being in the marine corps and amir held me.

half mile visibility in napa and santa rosa and the marine layer is back. you can see the cloud cover rolling across san francisco and headed over to the east bay this morning. by noon, though on the day planner, gone. because of the breezes kicked up. mid-50's to mid-60s and by 4:00 upper 50s at the coast and mid-60s at the bay and 70 inland and grab a coat this evening, mid-to-upper 50s and breezy. >>> thanks for the advice. on the roads? >> it is cool get into my car but we do have new troubles in the east bay on highway 84 nile canyon but first, the bay bridge toll plaza it appears the metering lights are turned on and 15 minutes gets you between the east bay and into san francisco. the delays are certainly there. highway 37 the drive in san jose julian street moving along without any accidents. >>> breaking news from berkeley, police are searching for a shooter would last two people hospitalized and woke up many more riddling their apartment complex with bullets. our reporter, amy hollyfield is at shattuck with more on the story. amy? >>> good morning.

the marine layer is inland 50 miles. good morning, everyone. this is the view looking out towards the bay bridge and notice it's just a gray slate out there with the overcast conditions. temperatures right now holding steady. 50 to 56 degrees in san jose. the winds have been increasing out of the west 10 to 20 miles per hour. deep marine layer. that's going to bring our numbers down today below average along the coast. i would not hold out for any kind of clearing at the beaches today, in the 50s. otherwise 60s and 70s. partly cloudy around the peninsula and also into the santa clara valley. east of the bay again west winds to 20, 60s and low 70s. we have a blustery day in stinson beach 58 no clearing. very gustssty winds. 65 in novato. and good morning to cloverdale at 70, lakeport and clearlake at 75. we have the pollen report coming up at 18 minutes after the hour. >>> fairfield police are holding a person of interest in custody after a car theft yesterday set off an amber alert. an 8-year-old boy was asleep in the back the car when it was st

we had to move the marine band. this year, it has always been the same. 262 tables. that is all that can fit. this year we have to give checks or make refunds. we could have seated another 1200 people. announcer: that was julia talking about the history of the dinner. the president and the first lady hold receptions prior to the dinner. this year, joyce woodhouse was the mother of dallas and brad woodhouse. she called in back in december. it is a classic call she made to tell her sons to quit fighting. if you want to see the photos that c-span is posting, at c-span is our twitter handle. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] announcer: the predinner program is about to begin. you can see the vips of entered the room. everybody the things they will be having an dinner include crabmeat housemaid buttermilk dressing, peppery go -- pepe alaskan halibut. that should begin shortly. the president's own is in the room. [indiscernible] ♪ [applause] ♪ [hail to the chief plays] >> ladies and gentlemen please stand for the presentation of the colors. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause]

in reality, i had always wanted to join the marine corps. in the back of my mind, i was going to join the marine corps first and then go to college. i got to this track, and it was taking me somewhere, putting me off my goal of joining the marines. i found myself being unhappy. i wasn't getting good grades and so i went off and joined the marines reserves. you do your training and boot camp and then you return to school. that is what i did. never regretted it since. >> once a marine, always a marine. what do you remember about your time in the military? >> just the friends i made, the friends i lost. i got to serve with some of the -- sorry. i served with some great men. i don't think i would be surrounded by people -- that great again. >> what did they teach you? >> they taught me about humility. my friends taught me about being there for each other. the marines taught me about discipline. but that was the marine corps. the marines i served with taught me about what it truly means to care about another human being you are not related to. wha

a team of scientists with the marine mammal center performed a necropsy on the mammal. the whale was likely sick, possibly even starving when it washed ashore. >> he looked very thin. his bones were protruding and it appears he has not been eating. there is not a lot of stomach contents. >> scientists say they won't know for a while why the whale died or if it is relate today the death of other marine mammals washing on shore. the big question is what happens to the whale? the marine mammal center says they want to leave it where it is an simply allow nature to take its course. but they say they are also communicating with the city of pacifica who may want to bury the body. in pacifica, devin fehely, kpix5. >> the whale also showed signs of trauma, but scientists say it doesn't look like it was hit bay boat. >>> tonight, more proof san francisco real estate prices are out of this world. here is a 291 square foot condo. it is in the city soma neighborhood. it features a bay window. full sized murphy style fold away bed. it sold for $415,000 in cash. sound like a lot? tha

operated by the marine corps. it's a long ways for me to get up there. it's small in terms of population. but the number one issue there not only talking to the marines, but also civilians and particularly the people of bridgeport is the sage-grouse. they are totally convinced that the sage-grouse is going to result in the closure of the mountain warfare training center. now, this is a training center that i hate to admit it. i went there many many years ago. it's been around since the end of the korean war when because of the fighting and the northern area of what is now south korea and even lower north korea was today, they needed training and mt. warfare training. the army has certainly done a great job preparing their tenth division for operations in afghanistan. and many marines trained in the training center for those contingencies. everyone is concerned because they are totally convinced that if this came to fruition that base would be forced to close. it's going to have an impact in a small county not only in california. unfortunately, for the peo

one of their parents helped buy property of the grateful dead in marin. organizers say smoking marijuana has become so mainstream it's less of a protest now a days and more of a celebration. >> i had no idea that was the origin there. >> san rafael high school. you learn something new. >> they came, they saw and conquered. shoppers storming target for a hot new clothing line and how this is helping a silicon valley tech giant. >> plus the mac and cheese change coming to a. lar dinner time staple for children. >>> and another live look at the afternoon commute situation. this is a live shot of the san mateo bridge. oncoming traffic is heading from the peninsula to the east bay and hayward in particular and smooth sailing on the righthand side and g >>> this is fascinating and elan musk was considering selling his company to google. this according to bloomberg. musk had negotiated an $11 billion deal with google ceo larry paige and the details are to be released in a soon-to-be released book. the model s weren't selling. tesla ended up posting a profit later