>> hours. >> thompson: dr. would later say she left the child alone for just ten minutes. >> she told me that she would go home and get a bottle of vodka and go sit in the garage. >> thompson: dena ammons is a nurse who worked with dr. vas. in an affidavit, she said vas became unreliable at work and grew unable to care for herself or her children. >> i always considered dr. vas a friend. you get to know your doctors pretty closely. she started to change, though. during the last year of her residency, especially when she was pregnant, she became very disorganized, her behavior was very strange, very bizarre. i told her i was concerned about her and the baby. and... and she just said, "don't worry, i'm a doctor, i know what i'm doing." >> thompson: dr. vas recently had her medical license suspended for alcohol abuse. frontlinpropublica, and npr contacted dr. vas several times, but she declined to comment. ernie lopez has now been in prison for nearly nine years. nce his conviction, his lawyers have put all this n

i'm sergeant thompson in isu. just remember my name in case, all right? take care. >> hey, lock up. >> we want to get our job done and here's the guy who doesn't see the big picture. he thinks someday he's going to get his status back. i don't know what he thinks. i don't know what he could possibly think. he's just attacked. if somebody attacked me, i would be telling all day long. it was him, it was him. these guys just don't have anything to say. i don't know. >> bottom line is, when we see people out there doing gang business, challenge them. >> those inmates do not run this yard. you run this yard, and i want you as a staff to go down and take it back. basically what's happened is over the years, the department of corrections has pretty much given over control of the general populations to gangs. i worked at san quentin at a period in my early years, and san quentin was a source of pride. people loved working here. they were proud to work here. but over a period of the last few years, san quentin had developed a very unsavory reputation in the depart

live in west san mateo, sue thompson, abc7 news.s this morning we turn to katie marzullo at coast guard island in alameda. >> reporter: good morning. there are injured sailors from onboard the yacht headed to coast guard onboard a coast guard cutter. at last check they were 200 nautical miles out they are expected around 3:00 this afternoon. their yacht was hit by a giant wave saturday four sailors injured, two badly with a pudge ed , broken ribs and strained pelvis. helicopter rescue was a -- no-go because of the choppy conditions a cutter had to pick them up yesterday. when they get here this afternoon, they will be taken to a . the rest of the -- rest of the crew will continue on race they lost steering wave hit but they are using a back-up system to steer it. they will be going to jack london square and do the repairs they say they will continue on with the race which a year long around the world trek that should end in england july 22nd. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> final check on weather and traffic. >>> we start with our te

officials were subpoenaed for thompson's information about campaign contributions and thompson has not been charged. >>> taxpayers across the country spent part of the tax day rallying for changes in tax laws and this is in d.c. today on 12th street northwest, outside of the office of the corporate lobbyist. he wrote a pledge signed by republican members of congress to fight any effort to close tax loopholes to benefit corporations. y that calling on the corporations and the rich to pay their fair share of taxes. >>> lavish spending bite the government services administration continues to be the hot topic of hashing -- hearings on the hill. today was the secondda day. some believe that is the tip of the iceberg and that brings more over-the-top trips. as you see in the video, eleanor holmes norton is sitting on the panel grilling the agency and joins us live now. thank you for coming in. what new information did you learn about the gsa spending habit? >> i learned it has a ragged -- ragged structure and this issue is centered, it looks like, in one man. commission ear neely, the man wh

no comment from the ceo scott thompson. that comes out to roughly 14% of its world wise workforce and the estimation is that its will save the company $375 million annually. no mention on where those cuts would be made. tom says he hopes this l make the company smaller, nimbler and faster. employees will be noticed today. that's distracting for a company trying to rebuild itself. one analyst says the cuts should not only be deeper. >> you have to take it down to a core that you can build out from, and if you don't cut enough, you have to do it again, and again and again and then you can't get anybody to work. >> reporter: a reflection on what he calls scott thompson's inexperience as a ceo, a position he's held for only a month now. >>> in all this house cutting does equal yahoo's sixth layoff in the last three years. as you point out, it's not a sign of things being tough all over. >> john, this is a sign of things being tough just at yahoo. yahoo has been cutting and restructuring for years trying to figure out who or wha

>> well, we've reached out to mary ann thompson.e and to help educate not only her but anyone else that would have restricted species to make sure that they have the proper standards and care. and that the proper habitat for them to ensure they have an enriching life. not only that they are giving them proper care, but there's a purpose for them. the bottom line is, these restricted species do not make good pets. and we have been spreading that message. we'll continue to spread that message. that you do not want to own a tiger or a lion. i want to make sure that you understand, though, that there are private facilities that are outstanding. we're talking about what we were witnessing at the thompson farm, places where there were holes in the cages. no perimeter fence. not proper care, feces and mud and no shelter for the animals. that has to stop. >> tom, thank you very much. i appreciate your taking the time. >>> the e-block is next. thanks for babysitting the kids, brittany. so how much do we owe you? that'll be $973.42. ya know,

mark thompson, we're going to check your audio. made arrangements last week for taking george zimmerman into custody, how they would do that and had -- they had discussions with the judge about how they would handle a bail hearing involving this case and they had that discussion last week. so she's known for a while that she was headed for these charges today. >> yeah. and i think angela corey actually, she's getting a lot of applause from people that i've spoke with tonight for the careful way that she's handled the case and the deliberate way that she managed the expectations of the family of trayvon martin, in speaking to them and then proceeding to what everyone that i've talked to tonight feels is a just result. >> charles m. blow, we have your sound restored. the problem, charles, is that you are in the world headquarters of the msnbc. so of course we're going to have wiring trouble there. joy-ann is standing out in the street in florida and we can hear her. charles, this emotionally has been a long time coming but when you l

she has a $2 million war chest and tommy thompson comes in at $600,000. not that he can't catch up. obviously this will be a close race all the way. now let's turn to washington, d.c., and tammy bald win, representative baldwin so glad to have you been the "war room." >> i'm thrilled to join you. >> your race is one of the hottest races -- if not the hottest race in the country. and why is everybody watching this race from your perspective? >> in part because of what you suggest about how much is happening in the state of wisconsin right now, and so we know that we're going to have a recall race this summer, and right on its heels will be the fall elections, we have to recollect our president, of course, i'm running for the open us senate seat but you know there's also a battle for control of the u.s. senate. this is really crucial, especially when we see some very dangerous proposals coming out of the house of representatives. we need that -- that senate to be the folks protecting the people. i know you have given considerable at attention over the past weeks on the paul ryan budge

i don't think thompson told me of anyone. >> why was this important to you that mrs. thatcher understand the nature and quilt of your bid? >> well, as i said, this was the movement of a great institution. which -- find closure. and i thought it was perfectly right that she should know what was at stake. >> but she knew that anyway, mr. murdoch. >> no. i don't think she did know that there would be great problems with the unions and there could be the extent of the costs tambd risks. >> were you think to demonstrate to her that you were the right man to acquire these great papers, because you had the qualities and charisma to take the papers forward and equally as importantly, you had the will to crush the unions? >> no. i didn't have the will to crush the unions. i might haved that desire, but that took several years. >> well, if we substitute desire for will, are we in agreement? >> i don't think it was -- to this meeting, particularly, but yes. we could get into the whole question of -- >> if you look at paragraph 10, mr. murdoch, 01629, you explained to mrs. thatch

i don't think thompson told me about anyone.cantor maxwell was always bidding for things. >> why was it important that mrs. thatcher understand the nature and quality of your bid? >> as i said, this is the movement of a great institution. >> there would be great problems with the unions. understanding the costs and risks. >> were you thinking to demonstrate to her that you were the right man to acquire these great papers because you had the calls and charisma to take the papers forward and equally importantly and you had the will to crush the unions. >> i did not have the will to crush the unions. i might have had the desire. that took several years. >> if we substitute desire for will are we in agreement? >> i suppose, yes. we could get into more questions. >> you, plained to mrs. thatcher that some 50 million of news group's resources could be at risk and that such an amount could, quote, finish us. do you remember saying that? >> i don't remember saying that but i probably did. it was a gross underestimate. >> and you talked

we begin our team coverage with kate thompson. kate, how are things along lombarde tonight? >> reporter: it's looking pretty good -- a few people who are trying to push their luck here as they are going to be able to go down lombarde and get on the on ramp before think close the bridge. i'm not sure if the people will be so lucky. light traffic, hardly anyone out here. this has been the case for most of the the evening, people really getting the message they had to stay away from here. flashing signs all up and down lombarde, telling people about the closure. they were dealing with critical mass that came through the marina at one point and marina boulevard, which runs parallel to almost bard street shut down earlier. many of the cars were diverted up here to lombarde street and sent over the bridge. we'll have to see when they officially closed down the street here on almost lard. to lombarde. reporting live on lombarde street, kate thompson. >> > >>> jeff, where are you, how is traffic? >> i just came in from california street. as you can see, there is only two cars in fro

thompson may have received that questionnaire as well being an nhbs grad. the most intriguing part to me they did a targeted survey of officials in those company who is had been involved in location decisions. do you leave an operation in the united states, do you move abroad, for greenfield investments, do it in the u.s., do you do it elsewhere. and 2-1 u.s. lost those investment decisions. those investments went to other places. when asked why, the reasons were -- the one that was most common, low wages abroad. and two was proximity to customers. which makes sense given the rapid growth in the developing world. but there were some that were striking and disturbing. better access to skilled labor was more often cited by companies as a reason for longting abroad than in the united states. so i want to start off with our panelists with a fairly open-ended question. which of these stories should we believe? the united states as an emerging export power house, or the united states as a nation that really is at a serious competitive risk. i'd like to start with

iteam reporter tisha thompson investigates illegal boarding homes. >> hey. >> how's it going?amy. >> reporter: this woman is showing us a room for rent inside this fairfax home. >> bill. nice to meet you. >> reporter: using his middle name and wearing a hidden camera, our producer answered this ad on craigslist. all utilities, plenty of secure parking, no drama. >> it's just the 750? >> yep. and the 750 -- >> for a security deposit. >> yeah. >> but a lot of drama -- >> you can go in, you know, today or whenever. >> reporter: -- is about to unfold. >> i'm tisha thompson with news 4. can i talk to tom or amy? >> reporter: because amy and tom did not tell our producer one critical thing. >> they're being evicted. >> reporter: patrick cooper owns this house. he rented it to the couple back in october. >> they appear very trustworthy for the first few months and then suddenly it all changed around. and they just stopped paying the rent. >> reporter: cooper says he then got a surprise, a notice of violation from fairfax county for multiple occupancy. too many people living in the ho

this is thompson's third month on the job. he is yahoo's fourth ceo in less than five years. >>> now to the decision 2012. this morning rick santorum isn't getting much love from his home state of pennsylvania. santorum needs a win in the april 24th primary to stay in the presidential race but it's not looking likely. the republican candidate is trying to win over voters who kicked him out of the senate in a landslide six years ago. a february poll shows nearly half of the registered voters view him unfavorably. just 39% saw him favorably. meantime, rival candidate mitt romney is more than half way to clinching the 1144 delegates needed to receive the party nomination. he could reach the total by june if not earlier if he keeps up his current pace. >>> president obama could make the supreme court a campaign issue this fall if the court doesn't uphold his health care bill. the president said earlier this week that overturning the bill would be unprecedented since it was approved by congress. his cents have caused a dustup among

kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> rain will return to the bay area in a couple of days. jacqueline bennett has the weather forecast for us. >> the storm will effect us. it is off shore right now. moves in wednesday. over night we will have fog. this is a live look outside. visibility not bad now. closer to the coast line, reduced visibility, same in santa rosa, drizzle. the fog is over the north bay and the coast line today. it will be 55 in daily city and half moon bay. 56 in santa rosa. temperatures will not cool much. low 60s in the inland valleys. ovnight we will see -- over night we will see dense fog and drizzle close to the coast line. tomorrow we will see cloudy conditions but sunshine in the bay shores and inland for the afternoon. we will have the rain move back in for wednesday. we will time that out coming up. >>> new tonight, a person who was shot by police officer in fairfield has died. the shooting happened at the suspect's home. this is video. the officer and the suspect got into a fight at 6:00 tonight. the officer called for back up but the suspect was

thompson -- [inaudible] >> dr. thompson is in the lab. so that's the voice of george bond, as you might have guessed, who's in the control van which is up on the surface on a kind of barge acting like a kind of mission control. and you can kind of hear a little bit the camaraderie that goes on with bond there, i mean, a very serious enterprise underway, but they're kind of joking around, you can hear the guys can't help laughing in the background at the helium voice even though they've heard it before, and informality in that there's no particular order. these are the first guys, who's next? i don't know, i think manning and thompson and wart, and then it turns out dr. thompson turns up next. so he's the second one in the lab. at the beginning we heard george bond with, believe that is robert a. barth. no, it's anderson. oh, anderson. whoever, it's all good. so that's the early days of sealab. it was successful enough that it, the navy was buying into this more, the budget was getting bigger, the program was getting more form aalized to t

incomes are low and unemployment rate is high what john thompson has witness progress the people of l.a. deserve more 20 years after the deadly riots. >>> 7 family members killed in an s u v when a driver lost control and plunged off a highway near the bronx zoo. it landed in a non-public area of the zoo says no animals or people on the ground heard. the dead included an elegant man and women to women in their 30's and 40's and for young girls. police have no idea what caused the driver to lose control. hundreds of genocide survivors and descendants of victims gathered for a walk around lake merritt in oakland. >>> california lawmakers designate april as genocide awareness month since many anniversaries of modern genocide occur in april representatives present been numerous countries that represent numerous victims. including germany and cambodia. not uncommon for homeowners to rent space in their home and that state,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> an early wake-up call for parts of the east bay this morning. a 2.7 earthquake get near fremont just before 6:00 a.m. at center six and one-half miles

tommy thompson was thing to tell the women of afghanistan. >> what is the motivation? you have seen the polls. why would the republicans be behind this tax why would the president be behind this ta? >> an old afghanistan taught me a new word. it is reify. i looked it up. reify is the confusion of a concept with reality. that is the word everyone was using in afghanistan. we were confusing a concept with reality. >> do not believe it? are they consciously misleading the american people? >> we are in an election cycle. sometimes elections make for bad strategy. >> co back to the checks and balances. congress has been over there. did you run into any members of congress? >> i did not. i did spend some time with some people out of holbrook's office. we are missing parts. we would send money out but we cannot send people to oversee its. usaid was given an enormous amount of money but they had virtually no staff people to oversee its. at one point, at each staffer was overseeing $2.7 million worth of contracts. locally they were ever seen $1.2 million. it was a war zone. you

thompson's offices and home was raided last month and records have been subpoenaed regarding thompson'sign contributions. thompson has not been charged. >>> a second day of hearing on capitol hill into the gsa's outrageous spending of your taxpayer dollars. >> lawmakers are so outraged by what's been going on at the general services administration during today's hearing 1 member of congress threat understand to dismantle the agency altogether -- threatened to dismantle the agency altogether. gsa officials in the hot seat on the hill grilled more than five hours tuesday. members of the house panel agreed there's a culture of fraud, waste and corruption within the government agency. >> if we continue to see that you're not giving us the information on a bipartisan level to show us how these expenditures are happening, i am prepared to systematically pull part gsa. >> the gsa is under fire for its lavish las vegas conference in october of 2010 spending nearly $1 million all taxpayer money. the man at the center of the vegas event? gsa executive jeff neely. he was a no show at tuesday's hea

we start live at the scene of the shooting at the school, where kron 4's kate thompson is live with the latest. >> reporter: a tragic and terrifying day as a gunman opened fire, shooting 10 people, 7 of them dying here at oikos university. the gunman has been identified as a 43-year-old man who lived in oakland and a former student. there are still investigators out here. evidence collection on scene in the white looking moon suits. the police tape remains up here the road blocked. we can show you video from earlier as police remained out here late into the evening. the police chief saying this is an extremely bloody scene, the gunman started shooting in the classroom and through the school. there is lots of evidence for the police to collect, it could take more than 24 hours. let's go to kron 4's jr stone who has it latest information. he was at the press conference later today and have the latest on the shooting. >> reporter: busy evening in oakland. the suspect in the shooting case, one goh ko a43-year-old man once a student at oikos university. the video on monday morning is intense

sue thompson joins us from that scene. >> reporter: good morning.police are continuing to monitor this building owned by the archdiocese of san francisco. a few minutes ago i spoke with leaders of the archdiocese. they say they did tell the police that these protestsers -- protesters are in factthey wd like them to leave. occupy san francisco stated they would like to turn this vacant buildedding owned by the archdiocese into -- building owned by the archdiocese into a community center to help those in need. this occupies happened yesterday following a -- this occupation happened yesterday following a rally and march. many wound upcoming to this building where they spent the knife -- spent the night. they say they don't plan to leave until they can sit down and meet with the diocese on how they can turn night a community center this is a private building. police did get word from the diocese to ask people to begin leaving. so that an that is not happening. the archdiocese did tell me this vacant building is used to lease. they lease it out and use t

mary thompson has a preview of what we should expect.t's going to be closely watched given what these stocks have done. >> that's right. huge first quarter for the bank stocks, scott. when wells fargo and jpmorgan report friday they're highlighting -- sequential improvement in the big banks capital markets businesses even though year over year comparisons are going to be tough. and improvement in consumer credit. friday's reports followed very strong first quarter for the bank stocks. the rally driven by the european central banks funding program for that region's banks. positive results for most big u.s. banks from the federal reserve's last stress test. and signs of a modest but continued recovery here in the u.s. all of this contributing to an improved trading environment for the fourth quarter. results from the big banks' fixed income commodities and currencies or thick units seen benefits from this. these results seen strong. offsetting improving but still weak results from equity trading. as for investment banking, thompson reuters

thompson may have received that questionnaire as well. the most intriguing part to me was they did a targeted survey of officials in those companies who had actually been involved in location decisions -- do you lead an operation in the united states, do you move abroad? do you do it in the u.s. and do you do it elsewhere? and 2 to 1 the u.s. lost those investment decisions. those investments went to other places. when i asked people why -- and number two the proximity to customer, which makes sense. but there were some that were striking and disturbing. better access to skilled labor was often cited as a reason for locating abroad than locating in the united states. so i want to start off with a fairly open-ended question. which of these stories should we believe? the ins as an emorjing export powers house or the nation -- we'll start off with you, sam. >> a risk being in washington, d.c. and answering this way. the answer is yes and yes. i think both are true. if we look at our company rngs john deere, we'll be at $32 billion this year.

nbc's anne thompson with that story tonight. working here, pat tarantino is going nowhere in her job. >> we're walking the walk. >> reporter: it's a growing trend to get the work force out of their chairs and moving. workers sign up for one-hour shifts on the treadmill. >> i wanted to check in on our project. >> i would think this would be distracting. >> no. >> focuses your mind? >> sometimes if you're realing e-ma e-mails, the clock is kind of ticking in your head and you come up with solutions. >> blue cross says it causes more productive, active and engaged workers. >> they' thatting the stairs much more than in the past. >> reporter: if you're wondering if this is really necessary -- consider this -- in 1960, almost half of all american jobs required some kind of moderate physical activity. today, less than 20% do. frightened by studies that link sitting at work with higher obesity waits, this worker is standing at her desk and encouraging her colleagues to do the same. >> it makes me be a better worker. >> reporter: more t

thompson bringing the warriors within 3 late. it's 96-93 jazz. thompson with 23 points.ebody named al jefferson split the defenders, knocked down, he had 30 points, 11 boards. jazz win it by a final of 1 zour 104-98. we need to talk. i've seen your stunts online. i can explain... jumping a ramp in a shopping cart. so 2005. wait, what? and only 3 likes? honey, it's embarrassing. carol's son got over 12 million views on that dancing squirrel video. don't you want that? i...i suppose. now go make your dad and me proud. tryomething funny. [ male announcer ] now everyone's up to speed. get high speed internet for $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one year term. at&t.

. >> what is the story of the 2003 visits of tommy thompson, the george bush administration? >> there is a woman's hospital that became a case in point into how things could differ so dramatically. tommy thompson had gotten involved with the help of the military to help modernize the women's hospital. we were going to improve its. in the mortality is extremely high in afghanistan. there is no sanitation. people were defecating in corners. women were birthing on plastic sheets. an officer has been part of this. he was told this was one of our premier projects. he was a health official in mexico. origins in new mexico now. he said he'd never seen anything like this. he said i never have to see this again. the infant mortality rate skyrocketedtommy thompson was thing to tell and the women of afghanistan. -- said we helped the women of afghanistan. >> what is the motivation? you have seen the polls. why would the republicans be behind this tax why would the president be behind this? >> an old afghanistan taught me a new word. it is reify. i looked it up. reify is the confusion of

charles jenkins with the jumper, thompson keeping the warriors close for 2 of his 24.ouston leads by 2 and now it's pay 3-point game and the warriors need to stop dragic. but patrick patterson is there for the follow. rockets win 99-and the wartiors have lost 20 of their last 24. >> if you are searching for a bay area team in first place this time of year, you can get behind the san francisco earthquakes. taking on salt lake real. stevenson with the header. they went to the break with the quakes leading 1-0. salt lake got neon 593rd minute, but again the quakes used their head. just a minute later more of the same and this time it's stevenson setting up wond yowlski. we do bet the as as we said all yearlong having have all yearlong have been celebrating their 50-year anniversary. 2-1 indians lead in the 8th whether this drive is lit to deep center. redick goes back, but missed it at the wall. that allows two runs to score. suddenly it was a 4-1 game. oakland's trials in the inning were only beginning. shin-soo choo up next. gomez5-1 cleveland and gomes with another run

klay thompson, a three-pointer. warriors climb back, and they're still within two with a minute left. wesley matthews, and that is the dagger. blazers win, 118-110. >>> andrew bogut is making the rounds, talking to the kids, signing autographs, posing for photos, and giving an occasion high-five. >>> are you ready for the nhl playoffs and sharks have game 1 of their series in st. louis tomorrow. tonight, red wings and the predators broke ice. but how about the kings in vancouver? tied at 2 at the 3rd, it's 3-2, kings win it 4-2 to take a one game to nothing lead. the nhl commissioner is watching the aforementioned predators and red wings go to work. that was enough for the predators to win 3-2. they lead one game to nothing in that series. the nhl second season. the sharks. sweetheart. we need to talk. i've seen your stunts online. i can explain... jumping a ramp in a shopping cart. so 2005. wait, what? and only 3 likes? honey, it's embarrassing. carol's son got over 12 million views on that dancing squirrel video.

our report tonight from anne thompson. >> this is a tornado. >> extreme weather blew march 2012 into the record books. >> it saw almost three times the average number of reported tornadoes. noaa, the national ocean and atmospheric administration said the unusual warm weather created conditions favorable for twisters, and while there's no one culprit to blame for the rise in temperatures, there is a suspect. >> right now, we have a climate on steroids. green house gases continue to increase in the atmosphere. >> the average temperature this march, 51.1 degrees. 8.6 degrees above normal. this time lapse animation from noaa shows where the 15,000 plus records were broken. every state in the nation set at least one daily record high in march. march brought rain and drought to eastern texas and parts of oklahoma, but above the tree line on the rocky mountains, near boulder, colorado, there's bare ground where there should be snow. colorado's snow pack, just 49% of average. less snow means less water for tim's organic farm. today, he laid down a barrier to hold in moisture for his strawber

that is for kate thompson is. kate?, people are just starting to trickle in at allen temple. we show you the oakland police chaplain is here at this point. let us go to this live camera inside of this church waiting for people to arrive. this church is massive. it will seep over 1000 people. expected tonight is the vice president of the school, the mayor, the police chief. and somebody from the korean consulate. they have been planning this memorial service sense they found out about the shooting. they need to have a community gathering point. we are waiting for the mayor and the police to to address the public. before we continue our coverage. kate thompson, kron4. >> catherine: we are getting a glimpse. these are recordings with the police and the emergency dispatcher clearly they are trying to figure out what they are dealing with. >> we are advised that a man is on the ground. leading. >> with 7850 atwater. we are hearing shots and people are running out screaming. 7850 edgewater. it is time for you to head over to

a city where the "enterprise" will live long and prosper. >> it was pretty cool. >> anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> that's our broadcast on a friday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. lester holt will be here with you this weekend. we, of course, hope to see you right back here on monday night. in the meantime, have a good weekend. good night. >>> good evening. i'm jessica aguirre. >> i'm raj mathai. we see it almost every day. now it is being called a national public health crisis. driving while texting. tonight, there is a new effort to target teenagers. here is jodi hernandez from concord. >> pulling up to his left here. >> reporter: if you're texting or have your ear to the phone while driving, california highway patrol is looking for you. we rode along with c hchl p hp targeted distracted drivers. we spott

our report from anne thompson. >> today's report, a sobering reality check on the recovery. the disappointing job growth, economists say, indicate businesses are still not confident in the state of the economy. >> the u.s. economy is generating jobs, but it's not going to be generating jobs at a pace that is spectacular or fast enough to really get people excited about the labor market. >> the mixed messages of the march report can be seen in two crucial segments of the labor market. manufacturers continue to bolster their assembly lines, adding 37,000 jobs, but retailers cut jobs even though sales increased, eliminated 34,000 positions. in the optimistic cap, the online travel review site trip adviser headquartered outside of boston. >> is this board ever empty? >> no, it's never empty. >> today, there are 70 openings on the trip adviser jobs board, looking for help in all at spkts of its business, from software engineers to sales representatives to marketers. >> we realized while we may be hiring here, we realize the economy did take a hit on other companies and candidates

turns out "discovery" had one more mission left in it, as nbc's anne thompson reports. >> reporter: "discovery's" sentimental journey to washington began early this morning, taking off from florida's kennedy space center on the back of a 747. flying over its launch pads and beaches where generations of spectators watched its 39 liftoffs, starting in 1984. >> liftoff of mission 39-d, the first flight of the orbiter "discovery." >> reporter: "discovery" orbited the earth 5,830 times, logging more than 148 million miles. jay barberie has covered every manned space mission for nbc news. >> this is the biggest foundation of knowledge that we have built. as scientists say, we're 50 years ahead of where we would have been, had we not had a space program. >> reporter: "discovery's" career marked with historic moments. eileen collins, the first woman to command a spacecraft, flew "discovery." john glenn, the former astronaut and senator, the oldest person to fly in space, did so on "discovery." it helped build the international space station and deployed the hubble telescope. and in times of t

our team coverage begins with kron4's kate thompson who explains what goh is suspected of doing after the shooting. >> reporter: for the first time, police are saying today one goh who fled the scene of the shooting to a safe-way, asked to use the phone at the supermarket and call a family member. >> after he was done with the phone call, that clerk notified the private security company that was patrolling that shopping center. >> reporter: new information about goh's weapon, a .45-caliber gun. he packed a lot of ammunition, four fully loaded magazine, and he fired almost all the rounds. this is the woman, the director of nursing at oikos, who was the university of one goh's deadly rampage. she was not at the school when the shooting happened, but goh was targeting her because she refused to give him a refund on his tuwhigz he dropped -- tuition when he dropped out. jr stone has the latest from the district attorney's office on the charges goh will be facing. >> reporter: one goh, shooting massacre suspect behind bars, and now facing several charges. >> we've alleged seven counts of m

sue thompson joins us from that scene. >> reporter: good morning.police are continuing to monitor this building owned by the archdiocese of san francisco. a few minutes ago i spoke with leaders of the archdiocese. they say they did tell the police that these protestsers -- protesters are in fact trespassing and they would like them to leave. occupy san francisco stated they would like to turn this vacant buildedding owned by the archdiocese into -- building owned by the archdiocese into a community center to help those in need. this occupies happened yesterday following a -- this occupation happened yesterday following a rally and march. many wound upcoming to this building where they spent the knife -- spent the night. they say they don't plan to leave until they can sit down and meet with the diocese on how they can turn night a community center this is a private building. police did get word from the diocese to ask people to begin leaving. so that an that is not happening. the archdiocese did tell me this vacant building is used to lease. they le

thompson also hinted at changes that could streamline yahoo's management team and said he would revealmore next week. thompson is yahoo's fourth ceo in less than five year. >>> hundreds of comcast employees could soon lose their jobs. comcast is slashing 200 jobs in california. with some cuts coming at comcast morgan hill center. comcast is helping employees find other positions. >>> what we noticed in the search for sierra lamar and where authorities will focus next. >>> the cold air remains in place, the one part of the bay area that will soon be under a frost advisory. >>> these american idol [ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids? it's nice having u-verse, isn't it? see back in my day, we didn't have these newfangled wireless receivers. fangled? no, we watched march madness in the living room... that's where the tv outlet was. what is he talking about? and if mom was hosting her book club that day, guess what...you missed it! we couldn't just move the tv all willy-nilly all over the house. ohh! ohh! kids today have it so good. ok. [ male announcer ] the new wireless receiver on

sue thompson is live in the 300 block of barneson. >> reporter: good morning. is very much an active scene in west san mateo this morning. two alarm house fire at 314 barneson this broke out after 4:00 this morning. that is when the call came in. san mateo fire department says she arrived minutes later and found orange flames shooting out of the back of a family home. they say fortunately, the family inside, a family of four, they were able to make out safely. crews have their work cut out for them. they had to scramble to keep flames from spreading to nearby homes. fire chief says everyone was out safely, but he did say a lot of damage behind the home, the second home off of barneson street there are lean tos, a neighbor's garage damaged and area behind the home itself. there was some problem that seems to be foe -- they say for the most part in fire is under control. they do want to make sure that nothing nearby a lot of homes nearby do not catch on fire they are staying on top of this they will probably be out here for the next couple of hours. did talk to t

sue thompson, abc7 news. >>> 6:06. update on developing news we brought you at 5:30, after records of a fire at one of is flash flood's most popular restaurants the house of prime rib. before 5 a.m. the fire department began getting reports of a fire at the eatery ultimately it turned out the fire was in a dumpster outside the restaurant. officials say there were was minor scorching to the building, no serious damage. the restaurant should be able to open as usual. >>> the tonight the family of missing teenager sierra lamar will hold a vigil. i was one month ago today since the five -- it was one month ago today since the 15-year-old was last seen. volunteers were out again over the weekend. divers have looked in lakes and res viewers, but found nothing. the family will hold the vigil 6:30 tonight at burnet elementary in morgan hill. >>> two people are dead in what petaluma police are calledding a murder-suicide. several people -- called 911 one to report gunshots yesterday afternoon officers discovered a gun lying nex

they're hitting meat, not bone. >> thank you very much, mary thompson. in the meantime let's get to brian shactman with a market flash. >> on that same token if you get a dividend hike like you did before earnings, you might want to watch out. i'm looking at metlife. they were at negative territory about an hour or so ago. they got out of the forward mortgage business and now they are out of the reverse mortgage business. they're selling that unit. it's not a huge part of their business but they are now out of mortgages entirely. the stock near the highs of the day. brian, back to you. >> brian, thank you. more drama around chesapeake energy today. the s.e.c. reportly has opened informal investigation. while company policy permits mcclendon to invest in wells, it's increasingly unclear exactly what it is he did. case and point, today the company issued a statement clarifying a statement it made earlier. the company wrote "the board of directors is fully aware of the existence of mr. mcclendon's actions was intended to con fay that the board of generally

we have our report tonight from our chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson. >> you can already see the impact of the drought. wildfires erupting in tinder dry sections of new york, new jersey, and florida. low levels of water in colorado streams where there is less snow in the mountains to melt. today, more than half the country is dry or in drought. it is particularly bad up and down the nation's east coast. almost two thirds of georgia already suffers from extreme or exceptional drought. >> there's not any rain in the ten-day forecast. >> farmer kevin mitchum is watching his livelihood evaporate. >> we have been farming pretty well my whole lifetime. i have never seen it this bad, not for this long. i think we're in the fifth year maybe of a consecutive drought. >> his family's worked the land for 100 years, but this year, his irrigation pond hasn't gotten water since january and he fears there won't be enough water to plant peas, the crop that provides his summer income. outside boston, tony russo sells produce to markets, restaurants, and consumers. this week, price

tisha thompson, news 4 i-team. >>> two strangers saved a man's life on metro today. this afternoon, a 70-year-old man fell on to the tracks of the station. two men saw a red line train coming and sprang into action. >> my instinct was to run and see if he was all right. a train was comingn't i leaned down. sir, we got to get you up on this platform off the tracks. so, and thankfully the other gentleman came running up. >> if it was me or some one else. i hope they would have didn't same thing. >> i don't think i am a hero. it's what you should do. >> the two rescuers stayed with the man until medical help arrived. >> ready for your weekend? >> yeah. yeah! whoa. >> even if it is rainy. it is a weekend. >> rainy though? >> it's not. i am not too worried about the rain tomorrow wecht will see some rain. most of the day on the dry side. that means if you have plans early in the morning. you're fine. early in the afternoon. i think you are okay. then tomorrow evening. you may just need the umbrella. not expecting much in the way of rain at all, maybe a tenth to .2 inch to

anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >> how about that? that's our broadcast on a wednesday night. you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we're back on the air tonight for "rock center" at 9:00, 8:00 central. ted koppel, harry smith, lester holt will be part of it tonight. among other things, an interview with madonna who is among the many artists who made their tv splash on dick clark's "american bandstand." we hope to see you, of course, back here tomorrow evening. for all of us here, good night. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. a life changing event followed immediately by a lesson in politics. new citizens being recruited by republicans and democrats. and with the presidential election on the horizon, the competition is fierce. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez joins us from oakland. jodi, all is fair in politics but these recruiters crossing the line here. >> reporter: well, they seem to be acting pretty

scott thompson today announced big job cuts. 2,000 positions, or 14% of staff, will be eliminated at the web giant. yahoo's been fighting for market share and advertising revenues, d thompson is the mpany's foth c.e.o. in lesthanive years. last year, yahoo earned just 25% more than one of its biggest competitors for ad revenues, facebook, but with a staff that's more than four times the size of facebook's. >> susie: in a whopper of a move, burger king is cooking up a plan to go public just two years after being taken private. current burger king owner 3g capital management is teaming up with a london-based investment firm co-founded by activist investor william ackman. ackman thinks shares of the fast food chain could be worth $17 to $18 a share. earlier this week, burger king rolled out a new, healthier menu with things like specialty salads, snack wraps and fruit smoothies, all aimed at boosting sales. tom, while burger king's adding healthier items, you'll still be able to get that double whopper with cheese. >> tom: the whopper. of course, the ceo turnover at yahoo he mentioned e