first there was the behavior of ryan thompson.bing the peace but seemed to think he was in much more serious trouble. prosecutor vince dooley. >> he's behaving completely irrationally. he's swearing at them. he's being belligerent. he sits there and says, what was he shot with, a .22? >> reporter: what is that moment? >> that was the jaw-dropping moment for the detectives. they didn't even know at that point what type of weapon had been used in this incident. >> reporter: in fact the teenager had been shot with a .22. >> and all of a sudden thompson quiets down and sees that they have concerns with that and then he says, or -- or -- or maybe it was a shotgun. >> reporter: then the next morning there was the statement of a witness at the party, a man named bobby latour. he told police that when the four friends left the party they didn't leave quietly. >> latour said that stebbins had left the car, pointed the rifle at him, threatened latour with the rifle. he then said that stebbins got back into the car. >> reporter: in other wor

reporting live, kate thompson. >> keith, thank you, and on november 5th, we will be here live, kate thompson, thank you, and also, the owners of five pit bulls will have felony charges. and he was arraigned today, and prosecutors with a felony, and child endangerment, and owning a vicious animal at large. and the step grandchild was not expected to go into a garage for the pit bulls were affected by the time they were found the child, the child was dead. >> antioch police arson qualify looking f of the shooting. and this is where it happened, the first was at 2200 billion way in antioch. the second was at the seven-11 on hillcrest. and later, police learned of a third victim that was also shot and a hospiton bd in a hospital. and police are investigating all three students are somehow, connected. >> this is banyan in antioch the first that there were called at 12:6:00 p.m. you can see that yellow evidence markers that they had several shots fired at least over one dozen. when officers arrived, a 20 year-old hugh hudson was lying in the street and died later in the hospital. suspects drove o

thompson. mr. thompson: thank you. duty, country. the decision i'm going to make, is it according to the constitution? duty to others. is the decision i'm going to make as a member of congress today in this job, you know, how does it impact the people that i work for? what are the intended consequences, what are the unintended consequences? frankly, duty to self, am i prepared to do my best? those are values that are just -- that i -- i learned those when i was -- starting when i was age 11. one of the most important things that will probably happen in my life is i had a foster brother come live with my family at age 11 and when mom and dad brought bob into our home, they made a promise to him that he could continue in the scouting program, he was a couple years older than i, that he had been attending in a neighboring valley and frankly, as a younger brother, i got to tag along. and that was -- i'd have to say that was probably one of the most important things that ever happened to me. i'm so thankful for that. that opportunity. but

kate thompson is like an oakland, kate. we understand the assistant chief is there with questions? >> absolutely, despite criticism that they stopped that it was a success. the police said they did all they could. and that nothing happened that night that there were not anticipating. however, you can see that this is the sears and roebuck that you can see they're still recovering. the windows are smashed. they are covered up. >> this jewelry store. add $50,000 worth of merchandise taken. with video from july 8th, the night of johannes meserle trial. you can see people running in the downtown oakland across from city hall. police say they did not stop looters for safety reasons. and it was paramount, to put them into danger in not only were officers having to send and backup officers to keep them safe if there were trying to make arrests. but there were concentrating on is to keep the protest border contained. they did not what happened last year, what happened this year. our pockets for vandalizing the city throughout the entire city. and however, the city of oakland of citizens ar

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thompson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous materials. mr. putnam for july 29 for five minutes, mr. fortenberry today for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. ms. lee, california. for what purpose does the gentlelady from ohio seek recognition? ms. sutton: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. sutton: mr. speaker, i rise today with the heavy heart to honor the life and service of barberton police chief michael. he suffered a fatal heart attack while vacationing in tennessee with his family. he was a committed public servant, a 32-year veteran of the

as kate thompson reports, for the first time police have new information about the binder recovered. byron williams. >> oakland police are revealing this with california written on its cover. retrieved from the hybrid 580 but the bomb squad. - highway. and also, it contains a list of organizations in san francisco. >> there were locations that he had identified and certain spots that he put down and still pretty much the to keep it close to cost during the investigation. it was his writings and ramblings. >> byron was involved with 12 minutes of the shoot out early sunday morning. he was traveling to san francisco to kill people at two different non-profit organizations. >> we believe that he would have carried out his mission which is to go to san francisco and commit violent crimes, and the aclu and that is truly his statement to us. >> he faces four counts of a firing against san francisco. >> chief anthony bats, is going to continue to keep his aggressive task against gang, guns and drugs. >> that is becoming an organization, we put input to the gangs, guns, drugs and we have put

as kate thompson reports both robberies happen on the same block. >> this small dead-end block is where two people had been lord in the past couple of weeks responding to fit chrysler's ads for cars for sale when they get here they are attacked in their money is stolen. one victim of 59 year-old man from concord was attacked outside this home. him and his stepson had $2,100 taken from them and the man was badly injured and taken to the hospital. the woman inside this home heard everything and came to help. >> i submit a car for sale we said no he went off and two minutes later we heard a lot of noise and screaming in one note of this gentleman was on the street with his head leading. >> the latest victim was attacked monday night at 23 year-old man from san francisco said he was given a fake address on neptune's court when i got out of his car to call the number in the ad a man jumped out from behind the bushes and rob him at gunpoint of $2,000. reporting in vallejo kate thompson kron 4 news. >> the fog a little less extensive out there this afternoon a look from the golden gate bridge

. >> to the experts think of apple solution kron 4 kate thompson has reaction from apple tech users.>> after apple's announcement about the solution to fix the i phone before i spoke to several technology analysts who attended the event and many of them say apple did the right thing and came up with the right solution. >> it seems like a reasonable solution or options to think it would also serves to explain the situation. for any prospective customers. >> bottom line is think that their solution was what they should of done. >> if you look at what everyone was hoping for nobody really thought a recall was happening at the midpoint it's not nearly widespread enough to make a recall. but within that people are sent a solution get out a case and they did that. >> reporting in cupertino kate thompson kron 4 news. >> lot of apple users the news is a relief even if the solution is low-tech. >> people are going to buy these things anyway as they've always got a cover case of you drop dead it's a little protection. this is all it takes its a great solution as far as i'm concerned. >> they k

struck in the leg enormous but survived because he was wearing a plastic body armor prepared jeff thompsonsaid investigators spoke to williams in the hospital. while investigators search williams dropped they found three guns a high-powered rifle, shotgun and pistol as well as a lot of ammunition. in addition after finding a suspicious item the wka-d8;7$fhc/ív called ind retrieve this binder which says california on it. if pleas are analyzing the binder for more evidence. the 45 year-old shown here is another jail booking photo from 2009 have extensive criminal history including armor already and driving under the influence. his mom said the sun was already angry about not finding a job. he was upset about left-wing policy. please tell kron 4 news they've searched williams' home and grove and. back here your looking at a picture of the williams was in court today he is now facing four counts of pre meditated murder in connection with the shoot out the we have learned he will possibly be facing other charges in connection of trying to go in target this facility. and san francisco teresa k

ms. >> numbly we should be at 925. >> reporting in oakland he thompson kron 4 news.se >> oakland police have to august and to approve the measure is not the city council will pull it from the table for the ballot. although today mayor, city council member told kron 4 he intends to campaign against it. >> we cannot continue every time there's a fiscal crisis ask for more money. people have been losing homes because they can't pay their taxes they can make their payments and here we come put another $360 a 40% increase why because all we have to do is ask for more money because you can manage the resources we half. absolutely not that's what got us into trouble. i can tell you that obviously it's something and not willing to support and i have not seen work. you haven't given us more money so why is it going to work this time. they start paying a share of their pension contribution to the attention that's about $8 million a year. the city is more than just police and fire its going to be all the services we need to provide for citizens i can tell you on a campaign agai

as kate thompson reports of the tax is not passed there will be additional police layoffs. >> oakland budget problems led to 80 police officers being laid off this month and a lot more layoffs could be on the way to the city can't convince residents to pay and a parcel tax. >> if the measure why an ounce and a partial tax for putting forward does not pass we will be laying off another hundred and 22 officers. >> people can decide to choose yea or nay but all i'm saying is be willing to live with the consequences. >> police chief anthony bass the poor should be at 925 officers. but without the additional money oakland source could fall to 560 officers. >> the city this big with 560 officers >> the nationalist 2 per thousand what i came in the door we were 8 03 what to the community then we don't have enough officers. >> reporting from oakland kate thompson kron 4 news. >> one of the three oakland city council members who voted against the parcel tax spoke to kron 4 if about her concerns regarding the new tax measure which is one of many. >> i didn't support putting it on the ballot i t

. >> reporter: and tonight he prays for his students including mike thompson. >> my biggest fear goingnto this fight is to not let my teammates down, thought to let john down. >> reporter: mike comes into tonight's fight with an impressive record. 19 wins, 17 by knockout. you think it's easy to be a good christian and beat the heck out of someone. >> absolutely. >> reporter: also up tonight is john's wife jen. she's competing in the evening's only ladies fight. what in the world is a nice girl like you doing in a place like this? >> good question. >> reporter: do christians belong in a place like in a bar on a friday night. >> our goal so to reach lost people. you won't find them in a church usually. >> reporter: when mike showed up at xtreme ministries finding god was the last thing on his mind. >> i first came in and said, hey, i'm a bad dude. i said, i'm tough. i said, i'll fight anybody. i don't care, any weight, any time, anywhere. >> reporter: to say mike a background is rough is an understatement. his parents separated when he was 5. his mother became involved with marvin wayne

. >> what to the experts think of apple solution to this kron 4 kate thompson has their reaction frompple's headquarters in cupertino. >> after apple's announcement about the solutions they have to fix the i phone for if i spoke to several technology analyst who attended the events and many of them say couple did the right thing and came up with the right solution. >> by right back bring it back on the other hand as consumers we all know if you buy something you have 30 days to return. that's obvious it think the fact they were willing to say if you're still not happy will give your money back. >> by acknowledging even though it's a small percentage and still sing if anyone gets a free case and think by doing good by them but it's a good movement that regardless what happens with apple there gunna take care of you could if not happy is always return >> the phone> reporting cupertino kate thompson kron 4 news. >> they're relieved a low-tech solution will work the be gusting up the phone case is very bob an attachment to the phones. >> is the case with my phone anyways because the cost

>> anne thompson in venice, louisiana. anne, thank you for that. >>> it happened last night in the skies over kansas, and it happened without warning. a united airlines flight bound for los angeles hit some very bad air. turbulence so severe some passengers became airborne in the cabin. more than two dozen were injured and the pilot had to make an unscheduled landing. the ntsb is now investigating. our own kristen welker has more on what happened and why. >> reporter: by all accounts united airlines flight 967 was terrifying for the 255 passengers and ten crew members on board. >> i thought the plane was going to crash. >> reporter: the boeing 777 took off from washington dulles airport at 5:27 p.m. headed for los angeles. the pilot flew around a line of thunderstorms, but hit turbulence over the midwest. all of the sudden passengers say there was a violent drop. >> it felt like i had gone down an elevator shaft and hit the bottom and came back up. >> the bottom fell out. people hit the ceiling. it was pretty bad. >> repor

nbc's anne thompson is watching developments for us in venice, louisiana. anne? >> reporter: good evening, lester. officials here think they can handle whatever bonnie would bring, in part because they had a dress rehearsal, of sorts, with hurricane alex, but they are taking no chances. today, there was not a minute to waste along louisiana's oil-weary coast. tugboats pushed barges loaded down with boom and equipment up the mississippi river. on shore, crews readied supplies to be transported out of the path of the storm. seeing their protection move, some local officials criticized the strategy, but the leader of the federal response says the plan is rooted in his hurricane katrina experience. >> i'm still haunted by the specter of flying in over new orleans on the 5th -- 6th of september as a principal federal official and looking down at new orleans to a parking lot full of buses that were flooded and not used for evacuation because they were not moved in time. >> reporter: venice, louisiana's southernmost town, is at sea level. the risk here, storm surge and

we begin our reporting tonight with our chief environmental affairs correspondent, anne thompson, in venice, louisiana, again this evening. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. it's been a tense 24 hours for bp engineers and government scientists who have disagreed on how extensively to monitor that cap at the bottom of the sea and just what the test results mean. but tonight they agree that this test will go forward for another 24 hours. what was a picture of hope is now a mystery at the bottom of the sea. the government says almost two miles from the troubled well head there is a seepage on the ocean floor, just one of several problems discovered during the test. >> we do know that there is some seepage around the base of the blowout preventer in terms of gas bubbles coming up. that's what we're focusing on now. it does not appear to be at this point a consequential problem. >> reporter: there's also a leak from the bottom of the new cap. issues that taken together aren't enough to stop the test, but casts doubts on the ability to keep the well plugged in until the

that story is where we begin here tonight with our own anne thompson in venice, louisiana. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this is a big vote of confidence for the sealing cap and bp and good news for the people here in the gulf who could be in the crosshairs of this storm. boom, the gulf's symbol of defense, is hauled away this morning at mexico beach on florida's panhandle. put out to protect, it can become a danger if picked up and pushed inland in a tropical storm or worse. >> i want to make sure that the boom that is out there is there to protect and not to harm the environment. >> reporter: along the coast, what stays gets tied down and there is plenty of it. some 3.4 million feet of boom have been laid. that translates to about 650 miles, enough to stretch all the way from chicago, illinois, to little rock, arkansas. at the bottom of the gulf, the sealing cap holds back the oil as it has for the past week. now with monitoring and systems in place to respond to leaks and bubbles, the government today said bp can keep the cap closed. even if the r

kate thompson is a live there throughout the afternoon watching the construction. kate.rew >> is moving very slowly and very carefully trying to move that enormous piece of steel into place where the 525 ft signature tower. you can see the large piece which they are moving and they had at leg mores monthly on a barge that had lifted up and now it's about 20 ft. from being lowered down on to the metal wides which are sticking up out of the foundation. this is just a first time will have to do this. there are three more pieces they will put into place for this section and then will have to do five more lips before they complete this. we'll have more on this day coming up at 530. reporting live from treasure island kate thompson kron 4 news. >> a live look outside from the bay bridge toll plaza plan essentially here and recusing sunshine bay area wide. the fog still the coast line this afternoon. for this evening will stay mostly clear if it will take the fog some time to get back to the bay it's not going to be as extensive out there tomorrow at some was this morning curre

reporting and vallejo p thompson kron 4 news. a takeover stock robbery at a piedmont restaurant this happened at the mr. green bubble on piedmont ave. in oakland the small restaurant was the victim of a strong arm robbery on thursday night. just before 11:00 p.m. two masked men carrying guns came in to mr. greenwald or restaurant demanding cash from the register and the personal belongings of customers. from then the to purses, wallets and electronic devices if the two men were running for the restaurant after the robbery. oakland police are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to their rest. the couple accused of robbing home of a family days after they died in a car crash are changing their pleas. michael it is pleading no contest wallace girlfriend andrea pleading guilty. they previously pleaded not guilty john and susan melodion the two children died in a car crash days before their home was robbed back in november. a surprising discovery made during a house fire this morning fire fighters responding to a blaze a

including former presidential candidate fred thompson. >> our choice for gold is goldline. >> reporter: former presidential candidate mike huckabee. >> the people at goldline will explain just how easy it is for you to buy gold. >> reporter: and most prominently, glenn beck. >> good enough for glenn beck, good enough for you. 866-goldline. >> there is an unholy alliance, i call it, between the commentators on fox news and fox news' advertising policies to sell ads to these guys. >> reporter: fox news says it has never received a single complaint about goldline. and on his fox program, beck said, wiener was engaging in mccarthy-like tactics and said the investigation he conducted was a joke. >> the only way to deal with a joke of an investigation is to treat it like a joke of an investigation. >> reporter: that points to the company's a-plus rating from the better business bureau. and in a statement to abc news, beck said he expects audience to be well treated by goldline. >> if you're going to advocate for buying gold, it's certainly your right to do that. but you should tell your view

one such patient is harvey thompson. >>thompson: when i spoke to the consultant surgeon when i had the x-ray he said i really had no support in the hip area at all so i had to have something done straight away. he said that had i been to him 12 months previously to that he would have recommended a hip resurfacing, but he said that some of the results he has had recently and some of the advances in total hip replacements he has said that i could expect to get 25 to 30 years on a new hip replacement. >>reporter: that's an improvement on older replacement hip joints that could be expected to last atmost 12 years, but in this broadening and expanding market even a 30 year lifespan may not be enough. >>fisher: these interventions, be they knee joints, hip joints and biological re-jointed scaffolds,are increasingly being put into younger and younger patients so it's not unusual to put in the joint into somebody who is 50 years old. so that patient may live for another 50 years so we need new technologies to last that long so t

anne thompson in venice, louisiana. anne, thanks. >>> with the current sensitivity about oil, a spill in michigan is getting a lot of attention. a leaking pipeline that sent oil into a creek that feeds the kalamazoo river. booms have been deployed an estimated 848,000 gallons of oil have already escaped. trails of oil sheen can be seen all the way down the river, far from the bulk of the spill. it's coming from a 30-inch pipe that runs from indiana to on tear ya, owned by a canadian company. it carries 8 million gallons a day. officials say they don't know what caused the pipe to start leaking yesterday. >>> now to california, where there's been an open display of outrage in a suburb of los angeles. one of many cities and towns struggling to make ends meet in this recession by slashing their budget and cutting services. the people of bell, california want to know what their manager was doing making almost twice what the president of the united states makes. nbc's george lewis reports from bell, california, on new invest

so we have two reports tonight beginning with anne thompson in venice, louisiana. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the only thing people here fear more than oil coming is bp and the coast guard taking their equipment and going. that was the topic of a meeting in new orleans today described as frank and passionate. it is the backbone of the shoreline cleanup and an economic lifeline for out-of-work fishermen. today, national incident commander thad allen told louisiana officials the vessels of opportunity program will be downsized once the well is killed. how contentious was that issue today with the parish presidents? >> i don't think it's contentious so much as it's very complex. i hate to use downsize. i think rightsize is more -- we need to adjust the vessels of opportunity, all of the resources to what the requirement is. >> reporter: there are thousands of boats in the program. now that bp's well is capped, the mission will move from response to recovery. parish presidents fear retreat. >> we're going to hold their feet to the fire to make

>> anne thompson starting us off from louisiana tonight. anne, thanks. >>> a related story in a way. the new british prime minister david cameron is on his first official trip to washington, and front and center today, were questions about bp having to do with libya and not louisiana, specifically, it's possible involvement in the release of the terrorist bomber behind the pan am 103 lockerbie disaster. our chief white house correspondent chuck todd with us from the north lawn tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the so-called special relationship between the united states and great britain has been tested of late thanks to the actions by a company formally known as british petroleum. david cameron addressed those controversies at a joint press conference today with president obama. >> i completely understand the anger that exists right across america. the oil spill in the gulf of mexico is a catastrophe. let us not confuse the oil spill with the libyan bomber. >> reporter: and yet cameron was peppered with questions abo

our own anne thompson has covered this virtually from day one. she's in venice harbor, louisiana, tonight. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. as crews zero in on finally killing that well, the people who live around the venice marina here are not looking backward to the first 100 days but instead are looking forward to the next 100 and worry their plight could soon be forgotten. bright orange blotches mar the gulf coast on this, the 100th day. from the air, the oil is now tougher to spot. federal officials say they see only light bands and very little crude east of mobile bay, alabama. they promise they won't move a skimmer or piece of boom for now. >> we are keeping all of our response assets online until this well is killed. >> reporter: it's what happens after that that worries plaquemines parish president billy nungesser. >> we're worried that we are going to be caught with our pants down. that they're going to leave here, that the coast guard is going to allow them to pull the assets out of the parish. >> reporter: over th

>> anne thompson starting off at the end of an eventful week there in louisiana. thanks. >>> when this oil is capped permanently then the healing in the gulf can begin. one local official, a parish president in louisiana said last night he fears oil will wash up for years to come. but those waters will get cleaner -- they have to -- and gulf seafood will come back. some of it is safe to harvest now, as you saw, but who ensures it's safe to be served to all of us in restaurants across the country? some answers tonight from nbc's thanh truong in new orleans. >> reporter: a major line of defense against oil-tainted seafood starts with a sniff. >> if it was a minor effect you would probably get a little bit of a gas taint to it or maybe a little bit of a slight petroleum taint to it. if it was more of a parts per million it would be a nasal burn. >> reporter: gary lepinto is one of ten louisiana seafood inspectors specifically trained to examine seafood from state waters still open to fishing. since may they have taken 12,000 samples. >> to this date we haven't reject

kate thompson explain what the to counsel women did that has come under fire. >> this youtube video showsouncil members forming a human chain between the police and protesters in downtown oakland. they say there were there as peacekeepers. others say they were preventing the police from making arrests. the council members were both running for mayor are part of a police investigation along with more than a thousand people who attended the protest deceitful if anyone was stricken a lot >> they're not people are engaged in the activity has to be determined by the investigation. >> they said this is dirty politics you're standing there without armor and you try to protect the police and now you're being smeared for what you trying to do. >> is in the subject of a attack by the police officers' union for the past month and now this a day after 80 officers are laid off. it doesn't have anything where i actually stand the test to do with it are not there can did it. >> according oakland kate thompson kron 4 news. >> area lawyers guild is investigating the action of oakland police last thursday

anne thompson in venice, louisiana, again tonight. thanks. >>> and now to something we will see here tonight for the first time. this next story answers one of the most frequently asked questions we have been getting in e-mails. where does the oil go after it's cleaned up and soaked up and picked up? nbc news correspondent thanh truong has spent days trying to find out. tonight from louisiana, he has our first pictures of the oil disposal. >> reporter: in an industrial lab 15 miles west of new orleans river birch landfill is filling up with waste, byproducts of the leak in the gulf. it's a scene repeated at landfills throughout the gulf region where bp says close to 27,000 tons of collected oily solid waste from gulf and beach cleanup is being stored. this truck is unloading hundreds of yards of oiled boom recovered from hope dale, louisiana. the bulldozers will eventually take this boom and move it on top of that ridge. by the end of the day it will be covered by a foot of clay. >> it is not hazardous material. the oil that was actua

and kate thompson reports the santa clara is urging new moms and newborns to get vaccinated. >> thisyear, there have been 97 courses of whooping cough and santa clara county. more than one half have been reported in the last couple of weeks the county health departments us this historical late spring/summer is the one these of bricks are the worst. this year isn't specially spike. -- outbreaks. >> -this year is especially bad. babies are the most vulnerable because of vaccination is that two months, four months, six months. and infants are not protected. people that handle children must get a boosters of they do not in fact infants and toddlers. >> if family members get sick and in fact a young baby? >> people that do not have insurance but need a vaccine can come to the public immunization center in san jose. $15 thinking that the vaccine. reporting and jose, kron 4 news. ♪ >> with fog hogging the coastline, and bear wide are up. temperatures are in the 50s and have monday. and up and our inland areas back into the upper 80s in many locations. and livermore is reached 86 but it is g

reporting in oakland kate thompson kron 4 news.and city all the city council approves a parcel tax that passed by voters would rehire 80 recently laid off oakland police officers. however three council members think it's a bad idea. we cannot continue every time there's a fiscal crisis ask for more money. the time were we have a record on a plan it great people losing their jobs in their homes. the best solution to our plea situation is to make the deal with the 9% and no layoffs and a time agreement. in another big story parking meters and san francisco are going high tech. new parking meters are going up selected parts of town. the new meters are part of a pilot program that will help parking officials understand what and how often the spaces are being used. if the data collected by the leaders will call city officials raise or lower the cost of the meter space depending on demand. the new leaders also will make it easier for people to pay for parking drivers will have the option of using coins, credit cards, debit cards or a par

it will be the centerpiece and kate thompson has been watching at the construction. kate? >> bad day day for the construction, this is really going to be the centerpiece of the eastern stand, joining as is part, how did it go today?. >> it went very well, when we got to love to get out of the water is 1,200 t. we got it all the way to where it needs to be at we're rolling it down on the roswell will bolt into place. >> that is going on today but this project has been going on for years. where are we earlier? he said it was half way? >> yes it depends on your perspective of where the starting point is. if you look at the full eastern span that started in 1992 we expected to be opened in 2013. we are more than halfway we are on the final lap >> the centerpiece you always hear about this how or when will that be finished? >> well, ah, we have the first portions of it and there's a total of five lives so we will go well into 2011 going into getting the power to the top of 25 ft.. a >> what about the budget of the bridge, where are we for this man and the eastern section? we >>

thompson: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i'm here today to speak about an incredible opportunity which is in the northeastern part of the united states and that is the natural gas. the marcel us shale describes a natural gas plan in pennsylvania that has created jobs and economic growth, even in the most difficult of economic times. it is one of the largest deposits of natural gas in the world and much of it is located in my district. however, the play is deep down and requires a process called fracking in which water, sand and approved chemicals are pressured into the play to fracture the shale to release the gas. now, it is this process that has come under criticism and has been the subject of a great deal of inaccurate information, both in the media and so-called documentary called gasland. fracking has been used for 100 years. i the safety is documented with zero confirmed cases of groundwater tams in one million application over those six years. the director of the pennsylvania department of environmental

kate thompson has more holdback says about tides. >> spokesperson for tides headquarters in 7 cisco saidhe organization is often the target of attack on the glen back show appeared on this youtube back angry over an educational video if that he believes is misleading that was produced by tides. >> made it? the tides foundation. the tides foundation. it's neat how what all ties together doesn't. >> back rails against the organization leaking them to criminal activity. >> the apollo alliance that's the one that wrote the stimulus bill, though dan jones is only apollo alliance board, 0 jeff jones to we have a great picture of jeff jones? in case of the scene jeff jones i love this we have his fingerprints to home because his organization is stored in the '60s was bombing the pentagon. forget all about that. >> tied ceo drummond pike said it should be the obligation of every american especially those whose voices are amplified by the media, to foster civil discourse and dialogue among those renee disagree about public matters. if " reporting in san francisco kate thompson kron 4 news. >> for

report >> and san rafael kate thompson kron 4 news. >> protesters in san francisco rally today is theeaders to call dumbed down and dangerous. more than 30 people marched down van ness this afternoon we spoke to one of the protesters who said she is worried about the public health problem the smart meter costs. >> i think the biggest goal here is that smart leaders are being deployed in every home in business through our business in human health impact. we have no idea what sort of radiation will do to all of us. >> is protests was led by a number keenness turning green it pushes for environmental safety and schools and communities. >> 5 people are interested san francisco if after they took over part of the building of the protesters took over the second floor of a building at 20 is in addition street in 7 cisco the will nor the building issued organized and sponsored by direct action to stop the cuts. a group that objects to a potential budget cuts that could affect the city's homeless population. >> to the kron 4 news room fire to tell you about it's been issued for state highway 1

and in the bay area, kate thompson report that the santa clara county has a huge spike and whooping coughs year, 97 cases in santa clara county. over one half have been reported in the last few weeks.

. >> reporter: reporting in san francisco, kate thompson, kron 4 news. >> for continuing coverage stay with kron 4 news and go to our website at www.kron.com. >>> the fog is already inland, drizzle close to the coast line. we will see fog again tomorrow morning. it will already be scaling back at this point. by noon it will be clear. with the shine and warmer air setting up above us, tomorrow temperatures are 5-10 grows warmer. >>> a rough computer for bus -- commute for bus riders. transit workers taking part in a sick out. and why the union says it's not the drivermous fault. -- driver's fault. [ cell phone rings ] [ john ] i love these new cell phones. [ wife ] he just got a new phone and he can't stop using it. boom! profile pic. [ cell phone rings ] do you guys needs a moment? since john is always on his phone, we thought he'd like using wells fargo mobile banking. just paid the electric bill. wow. he's able to pay his bills, check his balance. wow. [ banker ] even transfer money between accounts. i can tell you what's playing, if you like. i can tell you, too. see? oh. [ male ann

the 41 accrete kate thompson kron4 news. >> well the and i johannes mehserle protesters got to walnut creek on bart, johannes mehserle was of course the berkley's man who shot and killed grant as prosecutors headed to and from the court house kron4 is mark jones says their work closely watched by park police. >> down the middle the active protesters walked back to walnut creek. commuters getting off the train on the creek were surprised to see a process under way here. the gate was closed for six minutes those departing passengers took emergency exits. people getting on the general allowed in one-one the key to reopen the protesters did their fares and walk the line of berkeley's. as the protesters got on the train officers followed it was a strange mixture of protesters face of an ems member police. the officers did their distance the protesters to me they have no from today with berkeley's they were upset with the off 40 police resorts and during the rally ignoring the very laws the officers had sworn to enforce. they're using racial profanity >> and as you guys are shore >> yes. th

anne thompson in venice, louisiana bringing us up-to-date there.d news about bonnie being downgraded is in a they may be able to keep some of the ships out at the leak site throughout h this event. the last ships to move out of the leak site would be the ships that control those remotely operated vehicles. those are the vehicles that have the cameras that allow to us see what's going on down at the bottom of the gulf. now, they have been monitoring that capped well and the well is going to stay capped even if they have to pull all the ships out. they have something called hydro phones that they have placed down there. they're actually recording devices and they will be able to hear if there are any kind of disruptionses in the well, any kind of tremors or surges that would indicate there are problems with the well. however, they don't get those in real time. they would actually after the event happened would have to go down and retrieve to see what has happened. so the other thing they hope to do is do some aerial surveillance of the site as longs

reporting in oakland, kate thompson, kron 4 news. >> and and and pescadero, he was mistaken for a police officer and a on a marked police officer, with weaponry in sight. local police of the minister of 47 goldmark pellini in a 47 year old, and first they bought he is charged with impersonating an officer. his 27 years old. craig sklar, kron 4 news. >> six cars and get the damaged a seventh and it happened to adjust after midnight at the test section and long-term parking. arson investigators are looking into what caused this fire in airport officials that it is unlikely the this was an accident. video cameras are at the front but none are in the grip of a fire was. we try to track down the owners to let them know but finding them is difficult because there are troubling. sfo, cried bush, kron 4 news. >> treasure island, there are to be looking at the four legs of the bay bridge suspension to our next week. abhorred you can see that they built a large box, and the eastern open. with traffic flowing through wednesday, thursday, the first peaceful put into place, here. with this new animat

kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> new details in the fire that destroyed several cars at sfo. several of the owners have been contacted about they be damaged vehicles. and officials are calling the fire suspicious and an arson investigation is underway. >> reporter: officials tell kron 4 news their investigation is focused on this car right here. a toyota sienna minivan. it's the first that caught on fire and spread thursday morning. the van has been there since last week on july 13. the owner has been contacted and is in europe. inside he reportedly has said he had no idea why his car would start a fire and has no reason that someone did this on purpose. this video is of some of the other vehicles destroyed. see on this suv, the fire was so hot it melted the windshield. investigators have called the fire suspicious but they have not found any accelerant to start the fire. arson investigators have been called in to begin inspecting the vehicles. dmv plates from the cars have been collected and identified. in total three owners have been alerted about their damaged vehicles. on

kate thompson joining us live on the phone from treasure island where the job is yet to be finished. >> they think they're going to finish around 6:00 tonight. this has been a careful operation all day today lifting this massive piece of steel this is the first piece of a 525 ft. tower which is going to be the centerpiece of this eastern span of the bay bridge. your looking at a time lapse of them raising the section of the bridge which was lying down horizontal band to lift it with the jack and really put it on a place in the foundation of this is the tricky part it's like trying to thread a needle. the trend of this massive piece of steel right on top of 400 w which are sticking up out of the foundation and they have to attach it to that. it has to be placed down exactly right and this is the first time doing it. they're going have to do it five more times each time putting a new section on top of this section carried until the finished a complete a full power that will take till late 2011. kron 4 jeff bush got a closer look at all the work they were doing today he went out on a bo

alan thompson was an f.b.i. special agent assigned to the state capital madison. but what was it like in one thousand seven hundred what was the student's life what was happening here well the students were. really involved with the the vietnam war there was demonstrations going on and some of them were very violent there was a lot of tear gas lot of broken windows what was the demand the key demand was to get out of the. but it tiny splinter group of students saw themselves as already at war with the nixon administration. and the nearest target was close at hand the campus army math research center. a research lab funded by the pentagon and housed in the department of physics. at three forty two am on the twenty fourth of august nine hundred seventy an explosion destroyed the army math center. hundreds of f.b.i. agents from all over the united states were sent to wisconsin this was of extreme interest to the white house was that this yellow explosion absolutely it went all the way to the director's desk there was daily contact with the the oval office as to what

reporting in oakland, kate thompson, fox 40 news. >> what 152 hotel workers were arrested. after taking to the streets of san francisco. 3 was taken into custody. a san francisco police was forced to shut down a section. in front. and many of the hotel workers are being arrest the. >> it has to do with an ongoing labor dispute between the workers and testifying hotels. >>> more than 100 sat in the middle of stockton street in front of grand hyatt hotel. the san francisco police say they knew about the demonstration and asked the workers to stop blocking traffic. since they refused, officers were used to united this em. and the anythingciations with the other hotel. talks have installed and wages. the local two, will force high. >>> . >>> workers have come together, and hired a message. we're here to fight, secure our contract. in san francisco, we had over 100 people who sat down and participated. we're taking a leak. the entire event was a publicity stunt. it costing. at least million dollar. and the taxes are generated by that amount of people. >> the union says they are

thompson: thank you,. mr. speaker, the people that need across this nation are jobs. yet, the yous export-import bank made a decision that kills 1,000 new jobs. the recent export hime import bank denial to buy coal mining machinery exposing the hypocrisy of the obama administration. according to the mission statement, quote, the export-import bank of the united states is the official export credit agency of the united states with the mission to assist in financing the export of u.s. goods and services, at least that's what it states. the mine coal in india that the u.s.-manufactured machinery would be used in a new plant. a subsidiary was to use the loan guarantee to buy $600 million of wisconsin international mining machinery which represents 1,000 u.s. jobs. in a party-line vote, the loan guarantee was turned down not for economic reasons, but because it was contrary to the new white house policy of funding, quote, projects with heavy carbon emissions, end quote. in this case, a coal-fired power plant. one of the democratic members said he was following president ob

as kate thompson reports tides is well known by those who watch fox news anchor glenn back who frequently attacks the organization. >> the organization is often the target of attack on the quebec show appeared on this clip from youtube back in rio grande educational video that he believes is misleading that was produced by tides. >> room made it. rob the tides foundation. it's neat how would all ties together doesn't. >> deck rail against the organization leaking into criminal activity. >> the apollo alliance that's the one that wrote the stimulus bill dan jones is on the apollo allied board. jeff jones to the we have that great picture jeff jones to put up there in case of a scene jeff jones i love this. we have his fingerprints to only because his organization is stored in the '60s was ball in the pentagon. >> this statement tied ceo drummond pike says it should be the obligation of every american especially those whose voices are amplified by the media, to foster civil discourse in dialogue among those who may disagree about public matters. " one does not win an argument by inviting on

kron 4 kate thompson begins our coverage with reaction from one city council member who is coming under scrutiny for roll during last week's protest in riot. >> youtube video shows rebecca capt. and jean-claude forming a human chain between the police and protesters in downtown oakland. they say there were there as peacekeepers. >> don't throw things. as >> others say there were prevented police from making arrest so the council members were both running for mayor are part of a police investigation of all with more than a thousand people who attended the protests to see if anyone was breaking the law. >> they're not people were engaged in illegal. they say this is dirty politics. there's >> standing there without honor in protecting the place. she is been the subject of a attack by the police officers' union for the past month and now this i day after 80 officers are laid off. >> it doesn't have to do where actually stand it has to do with i'm not their candidate. >> reporting in oakland kron 4 news. >> the bay area lawyers guild is investigating the actions of oakland police last thurs

reporting in cupertino kate thompson kron 4 news. >> in walnut creek rally is being prepared for theormer bart police officer johannes mehserle convicted of killing oscar grant here in the parking lot of walnut creek superior court. so far more than 100 people say they're attending the rally the organizer is maintaining its secrecy and not saying who or when this will take place. the rally is scheduled for monday from 2 to 5:00 p.m. appeared walnut creek kron 4 news. >> at the for a billboard station in oakland organizers who attended last week's protests of the johannes mehserle verdict city plan to be in walnut creek on monday where is the poor rally is planned for the convicted killer appeared >> will be walnut creek supporting the movement for johannes oscar grant short of pilot in animals and show we do care. >> were to be there for a spiritual support to and the support of the oscar grant family. >> in oakland kron 4 news. >> san francisco please use of violent crime has dropped dramatically in the first top of 2010 it's down 10 percent compared to last year and 20 percent comp