nixon worried that thompson's democratic counterpart sam dash would outsmart thompson. as the investigation picked up speed, nixon grew increasingly concerned about thompson standing up to the democrats. speaking here with with haig. >> weeks later, thompson was still being described in the oval office as not very smart but at least beginning to play ball. >> not smart, but he's friendly. see, that's a bad way to start a presidential campaign. your first debate? maybe been insulted by richard nixon should be seen as a badge of honor in america, but being insulted from anyone being dumb as hell, not a good way to head into your first debate on the campaign trail. once he did get in, the campaign suffered from a lack of get up and go. >> i appreciate very much your being here today and listening to me. and give my thoughts. first of all, can i have a round of applause? >> when you have to ask for the round of applause, even if you do it in an endearing i'm a large person with a deep voice kind of way, there is something wrong with you as a moving candidate. with everythin

♪ >> fisher's cellmate is 20-year-old dinell thompson. better known here as duker.onvictions that could land him in prison for at least 32 years. >> keep the noise down over there. >> rap has helped the two men bridge their generation gap. >> trying to film [ bleep ]. >> the cellies share one other thing in common. they're both members of the crips street gang. >> but they were at very different stages in their life. cousin ice was no longer in love with the lifestyle. >> i haven't actually went out gang-banging, shooting at people just because they're from across town and all that. i haven't done that in years. but i still hang with my homeboys. and if something happened to one of my close, close ones i'm going to have to help retaliate. you know what i mean? >> duker on the other hand, was still caught up in the game. he was still infatuated with this romantic notion of being a gangster. >> what do you want for your future? >> money, power, respect. top of the food chain. >> everybody's like that when they're young. they don't see the big picture. they can't see i

will this point towards the mayor or thompson?obviously jeff thompson is the next step in this ladder here. he's co-conspirator no. 1. jean harris probably as part of her plea deal agreed to cooperate with authorities and will probably give them testimony against jeff thompson. jeff thompson would put them that much closer to the mayor and others in his campaign. >> what has the mayor said up to this point about his relationship with thompson? >> the mayor quite some time ago said he was going to stop commenting on this due to the advice of his attorney. >> thanks, bruce. >>> new was in tonight about the virginia department of transportation -- new was in tonight about the virginia department of transportation's plan to start oozing ez pass users -- charging ez pass users a fee. this was for new customers only, people who already have the transponders will face a 50 cents a month charge for any new transponder that they order. >>> here's a law that's overdue, lighting up to smoke on the shore can soon be a distant memory in orbs c

there's no fred thompson legislative achievement that he was trying to run on.but still, he's a big guy, played the district attorn on "law and order." he totally looks like he's in charge. republicans loved the idea of him. this was a poll from before fred thompson got into the race in the summer of 2007. plenty of other republicans were running at this time. the republicans were competing with each other for the nomination. money was being raised and spent. fred thompson was not participanting but he was for a time at the top of the polls.

thompson's nfl not mentioned in court documents -- thompson's name was not mentioned in court documents today. the court documents filed today indicate there could be a plea agreement tomorrow. a federal court hearing has been scheduled for 1:00 tomorrow. matt ackland, fox 5 news. >> to talk more about what today's charges mean for the investigation into gray's 2010 campaign fox 5 political analyst mark plotkin here. how does this differ from the other people who have been charged? >> brian, it differs in a very major and significant way. it's because it has too do with what was being alleged as a shadow campaign -- to do with what was being alleged as a shadow campaign which is a fancy term for saying there were contributions received and expenditures made and they weren't recorded and that was a separate campaign unto itself and second it has to do with jeffrey thompson probably -- this is my assumption, getting people to make contributions really -- and they're straw contributions. that is, they're reimbursed. that's some of the allegations that they're looking into and what is also

$653,800, came from wealthy businessman, jeffrey thompson. there was no evidence or testimony in court today that mayor gray knew about the illegal shadow campaign. he wasn't talking to reporters. his press person had this to say. >> is his position the same as it has always been? not going to comment on this or is position as it was earlier that they didn't know about any of in this. >> this? >> there's no comment. even with these new developments. >> he had no comment. >> harris as part of a plea agreement, she collected contributions from 16 people who didn't have the maximum $2,000 to give. she says jeffrey thompson kicked back the sums to those people. that money came to more than $40,000. one source close to the investigation told me today over the past two, he may have contributed more than a million dollars to national and local campaigns. the building today, some d.c. council members had this reaction. >> people don't know what to expect next. i think it is a waiting game to see if jeff thompson next, is somebody else next? >> they h

meanwhile, you will remember that thompson's home and office were raided in march by the fbi. harris' office was raided on the same day. >> everyone's waiting to see what jeffrey thompson is already retained some counsel and who is the largest contractor in the city and that is over $300 million. it might go to the practices of government. >> and harris did communications and charging documents say in one instance, she was reimbursed $44,000 in contributions to gray, who was identified as candidate a in the documents, wisdom and sarah, and say that she was reimbursed by someone named as co-conspirator one and that is some know in business with her and they don't name that person specifically and jeffrey thompson's name doesn't appear on the court documents and that were released in an information document and that is how they went down and harris is scheduled to appear here in federal court at 1:00. back to you. >> thank you. >> >>> and no more pay tow play. that is what they saying from corporations and supporters delivered 30,000 signatures to the board of elections headquar

thompson has not been charged with a crime. night is the national park service is accepting bids for the $15 million project to repair the washington monument. they hope work will start in september. it's going require massive scaffolding to be built and will take 12 to 18 months to finish. the monument has been closed to the public since the 5.8 magnitude earthquake last august. >>> president obama proposed extending the bush era tax cuts for the middle class and raising for anyone making more than $250,000. >> republicans were quick to chime in on this. fox's craig bosswell has more. >> reporter: president obama said that congress should temporarily extend bush-era tax cuts for those making less than $250,000 a year but not for those making more than that. >> so i'm not proposing anything radical here. i just believe that anyone making over $250,000 a year should go back to the income tax rates we were paying under bill clinton. >> reporter: the cuts expire at the end of the year. the president said if that happened, middle c

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the cover-up with former white house counsel john dean and senate watergate committee counsel fred thompson. from the watergate office building, this is about 45 minutes. >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome. i'm mary jordan. i'm the editor of "washington post" live which is division of the newspaper which organizes forums and debates. a very special thanks tonight to "washington post" chairman don graham and publisher katherine waynus, our host, and a big thank you to penzance, the owner of the -- warren is a key player in the watergate scandal. and what you're going to hear onstage, there are lots of people in the audience who loomed large in watergate and i see a couple of them there. alexander butterfield, the man who revealed a taping system from the oval office came all the way from california tonight. and earl filbert, former u.s. attorney for the district of columbia profited quite a bit on "all the president's men." it was on the sixth floor downstairs in this building that 40 years ago this week there was a botched break-in. burglars working for president nixon who started it a

do you have any sense of when perhaps this could happen against jeffrey thompson? >> no. again, at any time. i mean, how do they operate? do you call his attorney? brendan sullivan. one of the best attorneys in this town. does not like to plea bargain. he likes to go to trial. but given what was laid out in court today, they do come in to witness this kind of thing. they say jeff thompson doesn't have much of a chance. he has to plea. he has to bargain. someone else pointed out, what does he have to offer prosecutors? the answer, jeffrey thompson might be able to tell them what they need to hear about mayor vincent gray. >> it's hard to wrap your head around all of it. we are waiting for a press conference. anymore sense of what was involved in this actual plea deal? >> reporter: well, you know, as always with these pleas. there's a lot more they could have hit her with. the total sum in terms of those contributions is $44,000. my sources tell me between the 2008 and 2012 campaigns, the federal and local contributions from jeff thompson, we might be talking about a millio

scott thompson has a new job. he's the former yahoo c.e.o., ousted back in may after the yahoo board was confronted with evidence he mis-stated his education. thompson is now c.e.o. of "shop- runner". it's an online members only shopping site, that works with top retailers to offer free shipping and special deals. as you may remember tom, thompson has a lot of experience in e-tailing, before yahoo, he ran ebay's pay-pal unit. >> susie: that's nightly business report for monday, july 23. have a great evening everyone, and you as well tom. >> tom: goodnight susie, we'll see you online at: www.nbr.com and back here tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is brought to you by: captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org r: (♪ theme music ) (♪) matt elmore: welcome to imagemakers a weekly showcase featuring the best short films from around the world. stay tuned and enjoy the filmmakers of tomorrow today on imagemakers. imagemakers is made possible in part by a grant from: cele

, as governor thompson signed into law a statute that boosts his personal pension. follow the matter before he signed the law the governor's pension would have been the same as most bade employees 75 percent of an average of his last four years in office after 30 years of service with the stroke of his pen he got 85 percent of his highest salary in just 20 years so far he is collected more than $2 million since he retired then in 20 06 gov boy pointed blagojevich tried negotiating deals with thompson's good friends. we said jerry do we have part of the profits and he said no and we said ok. and that was that. then there was former senate president jones jr. who designed legislation to benefit his personal pension. if the legislature worked long enough to hit their limit on pension benefits they get a bonus. when jones retired after 25 years he doubled his pension to $122,334 a year far more than he ever earned as senate president. now that jones is retired gov quinn took care of him and a third man in our rural union bossed dennis gannet, he is the man we revealed w

thompson note. in particular, we have made some important improvements including considering minor traffic offenses only upon conviction, creating a 24-hour hotline for anyone who believes they are a u.s. citizen or otherwise have been improperly served an immigration detainer, ensuring witnesses and victims of crimes are not inadvertently placed in removal hearings, and developing a strong oversight program in coordination with the department of homeland securitys office of civil rights and civil liberties. with regard to the 287-g program, we have 68 active agreements. that number has not changed much over the years. 40 are in a jail setting. 20 involve task forces. eight involve both. the jail model continues to be the most productive by far, accounting for a little over 9,000 of the 9,500 removals this year. the task force model has proved much less productive. with just 361 removals to date nationwide. we are phasing out most such agreements as a result. for example, of the seven task force agr

there's no fred thompson legislative achievement that he was trying to run on.nd order." he totally looks like he's in charge. republicans loved the idea of him. this was a poll from before fred thompson got into the race in the summer of 2007. plenty of other republicans were running at this time. the republicans were competing with each other for the

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to work on mayor grey's 2010 campaign she also has close ties to well known fundraiser jeff rye thompson who has been under investigation by federal awe thousand fors for many months. -- authorities for several months. harris is accused of being involved with crimes, having to do with donating money by using other people's names harris has been charged with making those illegal contributions to candidates, in local and federal offices including to mayor grey's campaign, meanwhile, you will remember jeffrey thompson's home and office, were raided in march by the fbi, we are also told that harris' office was raided on the same day, thompson's name was not mentioned in court documents today but the court documents did go on to mention, a coconspirator, that reimbursed harris after she would help donate to campaigns in names of other people. in the case of the donations to mayor grey's campaign, the court documents reveal, harris was reimbursed $44,000. brian the court papers released today are called an information documents which means a plea agreement has likely been made, harris will be

thompson. one of the major reforms that we undertook to improve the transparency of the program and to address concerns that somehow secure communities might inadvertently have been used to promote racial profiling was to create a statistical analysis. we teamed up with the office of civil rights and civil liberties at the department of homeland security so that it wasn't simply something that i.c.e. was doing itself. we had people who were knowledgeable and expert in this area. we actually helped them to hire a statistician. in direct response to your question, as we started the statistical analyses, we are looking at the first couple of instances in which the statistics appear to be anomalous, and we're doing a couple of things there. first and foremost, we're trying to work with the department of justice and the civil rights division in particular to come up and use their expertise with some modeling and to understand the statistics. there can be a lot of reasons why a particular county has

businessman jeff thompson but he's not the mastermind behind the scheme. that person remains unknown at this time. thompson has not been charged but his home and office were raided by the f.b.i. the u.s. attorney says the corruption in d.c. goes way back, as far back as 2001. >> she also purchased more than $100,000 worth of campaign terms that were identical to the official campaign materials. these materials were purchased and often delivered to the official campaign headquarters. it even involved a plan to send miss harris to brazil for over five years which is the statute of limitations on many federal offenses. >> reporter: it even gets deeper than that. the mayor was not implicated in any of this corruption. in court there was no indication that he knew of this plot. however, he has said before in the past that he knew nothing about it of course and he now says that he has no comment. but the u.s. attorney says that gray may not be the only politician who benefited here. we're talking about some national campaigns connected to some big time important

a spokeswoman for thompson would not comment on the selling price or why thompson decided to sell out of this. >>> now despite everything going on at the wilson building these days the council is focusing on important issues. today the interim chairman will hold a round table discussion on education. he has made et no secret he was opposed to the takeover of the school's system in the mayor's office back in 2007 and is dit pointed with the pace of -- disappointed with the pace of education reform right now. police -- >> police comb through a gainesville, virginia apartment looking for clues in the homicide of a newspaper reporter. yesterday authorities walked out of the apartment with the t- shirt. a blackberry and a bag of shredded paper. however they're not saying how those items are linked to the death of 48-year-old rather sarah greenhalgh. she was found dead in her home on monday and authorities are awaiting autopsy results to determine how she died. >>> two weeks from today america's best athletes will be competing in the summer olympics but there's something disopportunitily un

thompson is accused of funding the shadow campaign for gray during the 2010 election. there's no evidence that governor o'malley or his campaign did anything wrong. >>> today congress will debate whether they can debate how tall the buildings in the city should be. the city's cfo is expected to testify that taller buildings will help boost d.c.'s tax base. other representatives from the gray administration will also likely speak in favor of the more lenient height restrictions, but opponents say tall buildings could damage's washington historical character. >>> d.c. public schools won't have to add here to all standards of no child left behind law. the obama administration granted a waiver from key provisions from the controversial law. all d.c. students no long very to be proficient in math and reading by 2014. maryland and virginia have also received waivers. >>> new this morning, a frightening rescue of the tracks at a metro station. this picture was taken by a viewer at metro city at 10:00. yes, that's a woman standing right between the two sets of tracks. metro of

a spokeswoman says thompson sold his stake to his partner. thompson's home and office were raided in march as part of the investigation. he has not yet been charged but the associated press says two people familiar with the investigation have identified him as the source of the shadow campaign funds. >>> a sad morning for a local police department. former alexandria police sheriff james dunning has passed away. the 62-year-old was found dead in his south carolina home yesterday morning. alexandria police officials say he apparently died in his sleep. dunning was a vet van sheriff of alexandria when his wife was murdered more than eight years ago. officials are still trying to solve that case. e that case. >>> penn state's conspiracy of silence let jerry sandusky prey on young boys. that is at seesment of the inpersonal report from louis freeh. it says the university engaged in a total disregard for the safety and welfare of the child victims of assistant football coach jerry sandusky. the report also said that former penn state president grah

scott thompson, we wish you the absolute best.ll be back in a minute. >>> that's our show for this week. this episode and many others are available free on pressheretv.com. thank you for making us part of your sunday morning. 

remains the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world after stopping american challenger tony thompson thompson never recovered from a big right hand from the crane in the fifth round and in the next klitschko for the forty year old to enter the contest and keep up his eight year run klitschko is recognised stands at fifty eight wins fifty one by knockout and ninety three defeats he holds the w.p.a. and heavyweight title. in other news bradley wiggins will defend the yellow jersey today as the tour de france and is another mountainous stage at the brick lane the overall lead yesterday which source sky team may chris froome win stage seven switzerland five in country lara had started the day in yellow seven seconds player of the field but he was blown away on the final climb in the over mountains skies chris froome leading from the front teammate wiggins and last year's tour when you could tell that it was close behind russia's denis menchov was also there for a while but couldn't keep pace in the end and he's fifty four seconds down in fifth place in the general classification froome t

. >> there are people in this audience who think of fred thompson as a dramatic performer in "law & order." for historians, fred thompson's greatest role was when he asked a particular question to alexander butterfield. would you please set that up? because that changes the whole investigation. maybe also his life, i don't know, but certainly the whole investigation. so senator, tell us about asking alexander butterfield the big questions. >> this was a monday. the friday afternoon and said, we've just been interviewing a guy by the name of alexander butterfield. and there's a taping system in the white house. we immediately went to urban and baker and over the weekend they decided to -- that we needed to immediately, you know, get in before the cameras. so that happened monday. >> and were you surprised that president nixon had a taping system? >> yes. to say the least. up to that point, it looked like it was going to play out like so many cases we're all familiar with is played out. it's a he said/she said. and john's testimony was very effective, but haldeman and ehrli ehrlichman, they

the 36-year-old florida florioredespecially -- thompson, especially right there.days left before olympics. on the usa who is basketball team. griffin earned a spot today. injuries knocked out several players. they still have a good lineup, as you can tell from this photo op. they will play an exhibition game against the dominican republic. tony stewart won in daytona today. tony stewart won in daytona today. still thinking of replacing the truck? i just don't know where to start. glad you made it. start by choosing from over 30,000 used cars and trucks. carmax. start here. >> summer is the perfect time and enjoy the playground. this is what these panda's did in china. own also have their climbing designed frames there. the planet's most endangered species. the planet's most endangered species. sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering so, i'm walking down the street, x: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering just you know walking, sfx: sounds of marching bandnd and crowd cheering and i found myself in the m

the first time he met thompson was in 2008. he won with a right hand cut to the chant.n once redemption when it is all said and done. >> he is a great guy in great opponent. it has nothing to do with the business we have to do. i won what he has and i will take it. >> in the nba re allen is deciding between the >> if you are waiting for somebody to get home tonight, a green line metro train has derailed. there are no serious injuries but service is suspended between prince george's plaza. all trains are running at a reduced speed because of the heat. updates tonight. wjla.com. >> temperatures will be in the 90's. need deep in the atlantic it is in the 70's. record-breaking heat tomorrow, and then a significant risk of thunderstorms to end sunday. a bad weekend coming

first three are john dean, who was the white house counsel to president nixon. [ applause ] >> fred thompson, who was the chief minority counsel of the republicans on the senate watergate committee. [ applause ] >> and richard benviniste who was the lead prosecutor in the prosecutor's office. [ applause ] >> the discussion among them will be moderated by timothy naptali, a historian and former director of the president nixon library and museum where he created a watergate exhibit. tim? you're on. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. first of all, i want to thank mary jordan. and secondly, i'm going to sit down. what we're going to do now is set up the -- set up the story a little bit for you so that those of you who are listening here or watching it on the web and are too young to have either experienced watergate because you were alive at the time or your high school history class didn't get past 1965, we're going to set it up because we have a remarkable opportunity tonight to listen to people who were there, and then we'll take some questions from the audience and pose basically a few of

in a way, thompson is returning to his roots.silicon valley attention as ceo of ebay-owned paypal. ebay bought shop runner about a year ago when it bought a pennsylvania company called gsi commerce. then ebay spun it out but still owns 30% of the company. so in some ways scott thompson, an ebay employee once again. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> just in case you haven't been keeping frac at home, the olympics now just four days away. >> this weekend is olympic flame was held high above london as it took flight on the giant ferris wheel known as the london eye. 17-year-old amelia help elman adams had the honor of holding the torch as she carefully stood. she was one of the youngest people to ski to the south pole. >> look at that. >> look at her. >> clearly fear is not a factor. >> thanks for being with us. join us tonight. great idea. so we'll switch to u-verse tv and internet... that's just what we need... i got accepted into juilliard. [ dad ] that's great! can we talk about wireless plans? now we can video-chat. and

>> i have keifer and charlotte thompson here, talking about thompson square here on our stage.ng at the academy of country music's duo of the year. here in 2012 and they're married and they're happy. you can work with your spouse and be successful. that is -- welcome, thanks so much for making us a part of your schedule. >> thank you. thanks for having us again. >> we just came off a lady antebellum tour that started back in january and just wrapped that up last week. >> last week. >> and now we're on our own tour for the rest of the year. >> keifer makes his move. he's in a contest with shonna and they're going against each other. neither one of them win. he likes her. what's your move to go after your future wife? let's hear it. >> i walked in -- we moved to time -- town at the same time. i walked into her and there was a pool table next to her. that's the first thing that came up. you want to play some pool? it worked. good move. >> it worked. i schooled him a little bit on actually how to play. >> she didn't tell me her dad had a pool hall growing up. >> you lose. embarrass

thompson has not been charged. harris is expected to get two and a half to three years in prison under federal sentencing guidelines. a sentencing date has not yet been set. >>> to fauquier county, virginia where the shiive's office wants to know who killed a report forth winchester star newspaper. 4-year-old sarah greenhalgh's body -- 48-year-old sarah greenhalgh's body was found in a burning house yesterday. >>> coming up next on fox 5 morning news, his meltdown made headlines. >> now, at least one expert says a pilot's on the job breakdown may have been brought on by something many of us deal with every day. also ahead, the family of joe paterno stands by their claim that he knew nothing of the controversy. but they can be really well thexpensive.ted a puppy, so to save money i just found them a possum. dad, i think he's dead. probably just playin' possum. sfx: possum hisses there he is. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. oh yeah, this i

marissa mayer steaks over from scott thompson. >>> new at 11:00, another shooting in oakland.an is in stable condition after being shot this afternoon. police responded to a shooting about 2:00. the victim suffered a gun shot wound and taken to the hospitals. the witnesses say the suspect got away in a car. >>> delta airlines trying to figure out how needles got into turkey sandwiches on four different flights. the airline says needles were found in six sandwich said on four -- sandwiches on four flights sunday. the needles were flights. >>> temperatures remain cool this evening, 50s all around the bay area, and this includes the inland valleys. south bay temperatures in the low 60s right now but it will stay cool as we move into tomorrow morning and tomorrow afternoon. over night widespread fog. you see that here from the golden gate bridge camera shot. visibility reduced and drizzle close to the coast line is already occurring and it will continue into tomorrow morning. into the afternoon, some sunshine away from the coast line. cooler temperatures throughout the bay area. c

she said that co-conspirator no. 1 is jeff thompson and we can say it's jeff thompson, the largest individualterms of private contracts from public contracts from the city. he literally did all this. what was his motivation? because he didn't want in jeanne clarke harris' words the sitting mayor to know that he was aiding another candidate, that candidate being vincent >>> you just saw the national league game here where they dominated. lindsay murphy here with more. >> coming up it's the nl versus the al with home field advantage and the playoffs on the line. we'll check in with a very confused bryce harper next as the news continues. major league all-star game is ll serious because the national and american league are fighting for homefield advantage in the playoffs. >> from the washington nationals bryce harper. [ cheering and applause ] pplau >> stephen strasburg. [ cheering and applause ] >> and gio gonzalez. >> and there's bryce harper before tonight's game chatting with royals legend george brett. that only happens at an all- star game. to the game top of the 1st bases juiced for the n

kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> the oakland fire department is starting rolling brown outs. kron 4's jeff bush explains why that is happening. >> reporter: fire station number one is the first station to brown out, that means it will not be staffed till wednesday. the brown outs effect most of the stations in the city. each station will be closed for three days at a time and other stations will respond to calls of service. >> the impact to response time. right now we are hitting a response time of 7 minutes or less. 90% of the time. we will continue to monitor it. i am expecting some stations will result in greater impacts than others but we will monitor that. >> reporter: response time will be slower but not by much. >> we will notice, as firefighters we will notice because we will be responding and going to the next area to cover if that company is browned out. >> reporter: one exception to the brown outs will be the fire stations in the hills. those stations are off limits till fire season is over. as you might imagine, this is an effort to save money, $4 million over the

thompson. thompson also played it very poorly along the way not being completely honest with his board. that was really where it ended for him. >> absolutely. we look forward to getting your responses. meantime, still to come, getting off to a head start on today's trading. the cramer ways. mad dash is next. another look at futures here as we head to the tuesday bell on this tuesday morning on wall street. we are looking to open lower here at least for the s&p and the dow. the nasdaq looking to eek out a gain at this point. more "squawk on the street" straight ahead. between black and white answers... ...and 1,000 shades of grey duff & phelps finds the sweet spot that powers sound decisions. duff & phelps financial advisory and investment banking services. introducing gold choice. the freedom you can only get from hertz to keep the car you reserved or simply choose another. and it's free. ya know, for whoever you are that day. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. wit

reporting live, kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> it was warm out there today. inland valleys upper 90s this afternoon. right now warm away from the coast line, 83 antioch. 75 in livermore. 70s in the south bay, but cooler closer to the coast line. next few days it will stay on the warmer side. minimal fog expected tomorrow morning and less on wednesday and thursday, warm conditions inland and getting warmer for the bay shores. how warm it will be in your neighborhood and when cooler weather is on the way coming up. >>> just as the temperatures are getting hotter and fire danger increases, the fire protection district is trying to prevent the closure of a quarter of the fire stations, due to a budget short fall. as kron 4's dan kerman tells us, they are property owners will step in to keep them open. >> reporter: imagine being responsible for fighting fires with a fraction of the fire stations. >> it will mean fires will grow larger, patients will not get services within the time that they need. >> reporter: fire marshal says laying off firefighters and shutteri

kate thompson, this is the first time they've seen each other in month? >> reporter: yes, it was back in march when lopez moved back to venezuela and took their 3-year-old son. we can go to video of lopez walking into the hearing room, very confident, smiling, winked at her husband. she testified that the couple had talked about divorcing but currently they are focusing on being a family. she said that they are now looking at custody, and that was her big issue as far as going to her neighbor for help. she said there was a fight, that ross did grab her arm, and she went to that neighbor for help to find out what she would have to do if there was a divorce. and that is when the neighbor told her to make that video showing the bruise. >> after our conversation, he made me feel even more scared. she also said as a sheriff, this is an old -- she used the word old boys' network, and they will -- you know, cover each other, so you have to make an evidence. and you need something to protect yourself and fight, in case you get in a custody dispute. >> reporter: l