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. >>> you are watching abc 7 news with leon harris, alison starling, of ryan, and it tim brant -- bobn, and tim t.an >>> police a man exposed himself to two little boys and taunted them. the boys got away. there is fear this man will strike again. manassas.from >> someone snapped these photos suspicious man outside chuck e. cheese. a short while later, a man matching the description exposed himself to a little boy. you have nothing better to do than black children? why? think it is gross. then flash children? why? think it is gross. >> it is not right. >> the 6-year-old ran away. the man pursued. the child got home safely. december 11, a similar thing happened. time, the man exposed 12-year-old. the boy got away safely. to catchin thing is before he does something for the. what did you see? >> she would not comment. the woman who runs a rental of said she saw the man. believes she saw him again here, today. her co-worker said she did not police because she was certain it was him. both of these incidents took place here at the end of this sac.de- this is where school buses pick upoff a

tim ryan our reporter is on the phone and he has more information for us. tim? >> reporter: yeah.ppened at 22nd street and 3rd street in san francisco's bayview district. the northbound light rail striking a police car pushing that police car into a power pole. there were three injuries involving two police officers and the muni light rail operator. there were some passengers on the train, apparently they were not injured. and right now yeah, that t-3rd service has been suspended. >> reporter: thank you, tim. also as a result, there are lanes blocked in the area. two southbound lanes on 3rd street are also blocked and looks like traffic is having a hard time getting by there on the right. so those delays will be in effect until they get this accident cleared out of the road. the rest of the bay area checking in problem-free, just dealing with lots of fog on the bridges. >> a lot of fog and drizzle out there. you can see all the moisture in gianna's traffic cameras. and we have a chance of light rain by this afternoon. best chances in the north bay and then we are drying things out

. >>> you are watching abc 7 news at 11:00 with leon harris, alison starling, bob ryan, and tim brant is abc 7 news at 11 -- on your side. >>> war protests across washington. 62 protesters were arrested today. police say they were blocking to clear theefused roadway. was cited for assault on a police officer. arrested with the corporateprotesting greed. 11:00, police are a mast bankack down robber. bank spect robber a bb&t washington. the suspect received an cash after amount of noteng a teller a money.ng suspect was last seen coloredaway in a dark chrysler. popular at 11:00, a to beourse is going closing down. the golf course will close down to sun up.n that will allow char -- to go down and killed deer. the increase in beer has led to more car accidents. more car led to accidents. done after dusk. there will be signs alerting the public. arenew at 11:00, we about theore that led tol fight alec baldwin. we are hearing american of the story.e the ongoing war between alec baldwin and american airlines tweetedwhen baldwin had been reamed by a for plain words with friends. said ballwin n

john, bob, aldo, nanette, jim chapel, jennifer warburg, ernestine waters, bob, tim, julia sullivan, thomas ryan, dave stockdale. i have called a number of cards. i still have quite a few more, but if people could come forward. thank you. >> hi, my name is nannette. i am a middle class single mom who lives in the district, and i am here as a member of the golden gateway club. we are excited about the renovation that is going to happen at the club. we come here because we love to swim outside. our kids take swim lessons and good to camp there in the summer. although there are likely disappointed tennis players. i believe that the new club will serve as majority of members in a much improved facility. for most of us, the new club proposes a much better, larger pool facility, greater recreation and more kids programs as well as popular exercise and yoga classes, which we all look forward to enjoying their. in addition, the new park's that's around the club will add the public recreation and be an amenity to the surrounding residents, and mothers and families city-wide. however, it is just as import

tim tebow and how it has led to action. another big change has almost arrived. >> and neighborhood unaccustomed to crime is on edge. >> you are watching abc7 news at 11 with leon harris, alison starling bob ryanand tim brown sports. this is abc7 news at 11:00 on your side. >> an alert for an affluent d.c. neighborhood following an attack the neighbors say is very rare. homeowners are on edge tonight in grover park after a college student is the victim of an armed robbery. why people in the area are so alarmed tonight. >> they are rattled, and for a couple of reasons. the crime occurred fairly early in the evening yesterday. folks around here just are not used to crime. rubber park residents tell us they never thought twice about going out alone at night in their neighborhood. >> -- grover park residents. >> it is one of the safest neighborhoods in town. i walk my dog every night, along with everybody else. >> a rare, violent crime has residence on edge. authorities say wednesday night at georgetown grad student while walking home was ambushed. police say two men jumped out of a car. a suspect with a gun and not to down the student took his wallet cellphone and laptop. >> it is kind of shockin

. >> john avlon is here along with tim and ned ryan., what do you think about his point about mr. santorum. take a look at this. >> you know, the thing that you're seeing in the iowa polls, rick is trending upwards. you will see a surprise january 3rd. looking at the polls, newt's plummeting. you'll see some surprises come the night of january 3rd. like the governor made the point, the thing with iowa is about surviving. it's about being in that top three. you can't win the nomination in iowa. what it's going to come down to is who is going to survive the state. there might be a surprise third-place finisher. right now i don't know. >> what do you think, john avlon. >> i love rick perry's new ad, pounce on his wife. the ad wars, people should go global. >> i'm assuming it's not what you just said it was. it's different. >> it's not that different. let's say it actually. it's a good time. but -- >> old-fashioned story. i married my high school sweetheart but first i had to wait while he volunteered for the white house. i'm anita perry. w

. >> john avlon is here along with tim and ned ryan.ryan, what do you think about his point about mr. santorum. take a look at this. >> you know, the thing that you're seeing in the iowa polls, rick is trending upwards. you will see a surprise january 3rd. looking at the polls, newt's plummeting. you'll see some surprises come the night of january 3rd. like the governor made the point, the thing with iowa is about surviving. it's about being in that top three. you can't win the nomination in iowa. what it's going to come down to is who is going to survive the state. there might be a surprise third-place finisher. right now i don't know. >> what do you think, john avlon. >> i love rick perry's new ad, pounce on his wife. the ad wars, people should go global. >> i'm assuming it's not what you just said it was. it's different. >> it's not that different. let's say it actually. it's a good time. but -- >> old-fashioned story. i married my high school sweetheart but first i had to wait while he volunteered for the white house. i'm anita perr

plus, author eric reese on the lean start up and end gadget editor in chief tim stevens, staying loyal to aol. with reporters ryan lawlor this week on "press:here." >>> good morning, everyone, i'm scott mcgrew. if you were to see the band boston in concert, you'd be seeing a different set of musicians from the original band in the late 70s, which leads the question, are you really seeing boston at all? ♪ more than a feeling >> we bring this up as an analogy for what's been going on on the internet. it's more than a feeling, it's fact. various popular blogs have seen a sudden exodus of their best-known writers. this has been a particular problem for aol, which recently bought tech crunch, only to see tech crunch founder leave to start a different competing blog. aol's popular gadget website, called end gaeret, has seen the last three editors in chief leave to start competing websites. tim stevens is editor and chief at end gadget, the only editor in chief in end gadget's history to not resign and start his own repeating blog. joined by farhad manjoo. is this idea it doesn't take much for a lot of the employees to

paul ryan described as a house republican whiz kid. tim scott of south carolina. ohio.ç we've heard a lot about paul ryan, but who else on the list is do you think going to make it to capitol hill at some point? >> i mean, jim jordan could be a very interesting candidate. he has had a lot of -- he's joined the debate much more in the past year or two. again, a lot will depend on how things play out in the 2012 election and who really emerges as a leader in the debates. so i think a lot will come forth in the next few months. >> democrat to chins, gary locke and jon huntsman. >> he's sort of a dark horse. huntsman has never emerged as a mainstream sort of gop candidate along the lines of a newt gingrich or a mitt romney. that being said, he is someone that both liberals and conservatives respect and seem to like, and he seems patient. he seems willing to build gradually and bring his name to a national level. so i think he's a rising star in the sense that he does not necessarily demand the same level of attention as a romney but he very well could. >> interesting

tim, i'll start with you. compare andrew luck now to guys who are in the nfl. >> i'd say matt ryan is a pretty good low bar for. i think he's going to be at least as good as matt ryan. pretty good quarterback. but that's the low bar. i think drew brees would be the next step. i think he could be as good as drew brees easily. and then peyton manning is maybe the top of that and then tom brady. i'd put those four guys. it's the leadership all of those guys have, he's got it. the arm strength are different va variables there. i think between brees and manning, that's where he's going to slot in. i think those four guys are in the terms of the brains and the physical attributes i saw him in there, i think he's very, very similar to all four of those guys. >> and when i look at last year's number one pick, newton, i don't think andrew luck is as physically talented as kam noon. but i think where everybody sees that luck is above cam nuden is because he comes from this offense and he knows what he's doing. he knows the game of football. that was the question mark about cam nuden. that part of it is not even discusse

ryan tulane, with 732 yards. entered the training camp as the favorite to start and broke his left hand during a training camp practice and the redskins traded for timhightower and rushed for 135 yards and that touchdown on 19 carries against the rams and in to week four. the rookie stepped in for ineffective terrain and lost for $100-yards in three consecutive games and with that first rookie runningback to accomplish that feat. and replacing for 132 yards in his first and a half start. the head coach did not mention his name. >> can you see we have doubt, you know, i think he's done a fantastic job and with that coming in and taking victim of the opportunity. i thought he did a great job and got hurt and there is some den sig. >>> last night, the saints hosting the falcons and drew brees with 305-yards to is the a new single season passing record and the nine yards for the fourth touchdown of the game, the final of the game and that gave him 5,087 yards and with some dolphins, pressing them,ive from-16 and clinged the title, 98 yards above the nfl average. i'm dave feldman. back to you. >> and thank you. >> now you have the news edge. the news is

this so far are tim pawlenty and mitt romney, trying to sprint as far away from the issue as possible. a spokesperson for mr. romney told us mr. romney is on the same page as paul ryan in terms of reducing the budget. but the spokesperson told us that mr. romney will be proposing his own changes regarding medicare. after days of dodging that question today tim pawlenty took the plunge. i would vote to kill medicare. the only major republican presidential candidate who has not signed on to this joint proverbial suicide pact in the republican party is mitt romney. mitt romney so far managed to avoid signing on to the kill medicare thing. every major republican presidential candidate except for mitt romney so far, every one has pledged they, too, would kill medicare. i'm genuinely puzzled as to why this hasn't received more attention as a central issue in his campaign for the press den sichlt mitt romney is the only major contender for president on the republican side who has not said if he wants to kill medicare. mitt romney standing alone as the only major candidate who has not committed himself one way or another on the paul ryan kill medicare plan. right. for weeks

ryan gosling right now or maybe drew brees. it turns out most people would want to live next to this guy. you know what i'm doing? that's denver broncos quarterback tim she was tebowing. >> i was, he is ranked the most desirable celebrity neighbor for 2012 according to the website zillo. angelina and brad pitt are second on the list followed by jennifer aniston. >> you've got to do the least desirable neighbors. number one there, the cast of "jersey shore." charlie sheen number two, followed by lindsay lohan. charlie sheen? i don't want him next door. where am i going to go for a cup of tiger's blood late night if i need adonis dna? >> i'd like to live next to jon kelley. >> i never heard of the guy. >> join us tonight at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 and all day long at nbcbayarea.com. have a good one. the word is swapportunity. can i have the definition? swapportunity: the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a yoplait light. can you use it in a sentence? mmm. swapping a 300 calorie donut for this 110 calorie strawberry shortcake is a good swapportunity. that's not a real word. oh haha it's rea [ female announcer ] delicious, creamy, yoplait light

tim tebow of sports lawyers. i have to tell you, the breathless coverage of ryan's situation, i think, is frankly reprehensible.think confidentiality is breached here and i think we will find, i fully expect to be able to demonstrate that ryan did not violate the substance policy of major league baseball. and consequently, we shouldn't be dealing with this discussion at all, but at a minimum, i urge everybody to keep an open mind and give us the chance to make our case in private. >> we hear he can face a 50-game suspension. that's why people are talking about it. >> the reason people are talking about it is because people breached confidentiality. the public shouldn't even know about this yet. the only way you should know about it is if he is found to violate after the appeal process has been exhausted. >> we'll continue to check in with you on that one. always good to have you, always good to chat with you. thanks so much. >>> 20 minutes past the hour. today is the day, folks. free shipping day. you buy some stuff, gets there by the 24th. will you take advantage of this one? we'll tell you how. you better sta

ryan? >> on the controversial reform to medicare. >> gregg: mitch daniels? >> it would generated huge enthusiasm. >> gregg: timnty who dropped out? >> don't think that is likely. unlikely to succeed. >> chris christie? >> he said the smartest thing, he didn't think his demeanor was the right for the national field. with all those people, romney is not beating gingrich, of all those names, none of those will either. i think this is a key factor that people want to ignore but it is the answer to why gingrich. >> gregg: how about a guy whose office is next to mine, mike huckabee? >> i think americans look and to see if somebody has the willingness to run from the beginning. this is a fundamental election. we have many judgments about pawlenty, clearly judgments, pawlenty moved out because he did poorly. >> gregg: could sarah palin run as an anti-establishment candidate? >> a lot of people want her to reconsider. i think there is such a significant difference when it comes to commitment and early states. i don't know how you can say in this period of time where we have to run against as conservatives o an incumben

tim tebow last night and who is ready for the big game come november? byron york. jon corzine on the hot seat. now being asked the most basic of questions and having a tough time. paul ryane you at the top of the hour >> brian: take a look at your observe site and we dare you not to call her products tacky, gaudy, or the ugliest things you've ever seen. >> gretchen: you say that all in a complimentary way. in fact, if you don't call them ugly, she will be insulted. >> steve: here is the reason, ann marie is the founder of my ugly christmas sweater and she joins us live right now from new hampshire. hello. >> hello, how are you today? >> steve: i'm doing okay. but that is one ugly sweater you're wearing. >> thank you very much. >> brian: how did you get this idea that ugly was so in and profitable? >> a few years ago, i was -- my children were getting ready to go to college. i was an at home mom and looking for something to sell during the christmas season. so i did some research on google and trending and looked to see what searches were trending and i came up with ugly christmas sweaters. did a little research and it certain israeli a booming industry. that's what i jum