i'm curious to hear your stories. >> tonya. >> at first my mom thought i was crazy. she wanted to take me to a psychologist. she couldn't understand why her little girl who wore tons of make up and dye her hair all the time wanted to be this activist and change the world. she thought some switch went off and wasn't working. after i kept on being persistent with the work i'm doing, she see i'm serious. now she asks me for advice. >> what did your parents think when you interrupted an international negotiation? >> that's an interesting question. my father heard about it when he was listening to npr on the way to work. he sent me pretty quickly. he could have called but i was in south africa. he sent me an e-mail saying i wanted to make sure they got the name right and it wasn't one of your friends. i think it was interesting for them to see how passionate i want. my parents always thought that climate change is real and it's going the happen in the future, like the long future. i had been working on it for a while. because i had done something so extreme, they sort of

. >> our guests today, tonya, a student at contra costa college, and abigail bore are. i would like to get tonya and abigail to comment on whether your vote matters s that really a tool for change. >> we had a decision by the vermont house to close down our nuclear plant which was providing about a third of our energy. some of my friends and i were thinking, wouldn't it be great if we could replace that energy with clean or renewable technologies. so during the governor's election, we spent about -- almost the entire year trying to get people mobilized on voting for the governor and we had a governor who was saying that i want to replace nuclear with wind or biomass. and we had to -- because it was the summer and students weren't in school and voting in a midterm election is really not that exciting. so we went to the top of mt. mansfield and registered voters who were hiking up the mountain. we had a tricycle and we had an inspiration station. we started riding all around the state registering young people to vote that way. so we have to employ creative means to get pe

feline tonya is at tonya francisco is at the red line station where the cpcta has identified hotspots as a result of a comprehensive report ... crime and buses and trains were analyzed in a report from 2009 to the presence ... and it found several hot spots for multiple crimes ... the roosevelt stuff has the most reported crime with more than 200 incidents ofact robbery or battery between 2009 and june of this year ... >>there's more opportunity with all the people going through ... >>the second is the dan ryan stock and others ... both the mayor and the cta president forrest claypool says that the statistics reflect the past ... but the cta implemented new strategies >>last fall we installed a security camera saturating the system that will lead to more arrests as it has already led to 150 ... we will have more police officers saturation canine and undercover to fight these where it's needed ... >>i believe they are doing all they can crimes pretty unpredictable >>we have put resources throughout the system where we needed all over the city clave pull says that the addition of transi

tonya? >>that official announcement that it has the vote is set to come in about one hour act you spokeswoman tells us that the vote will surpassed the 75% threshold required by state law and in some cases teachers at some schools voted 100% for strike authorization ... and calling for the vote the union said that the teachers will not necessarily go to the picket line but they hope to have leverage at the bargaining table. they're not happy about the school board's decision to rescind their raises and require them to work a longer school day next fall ... they're looking for a 29% pay increase over two years but the board is strapped for cash facing a $3 billion deficit over the next three years to the school board is offering a 2% guarantee over five years for our rates to jean-claude brizard issued a statement saying that the members were pushed to authorize the strike before having the opportunity to consider the independent report from the fact finders due out in july ... he thought the

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tonya francisco is live with the top story ... malign this fire is still being called under investigation but a police source tells me there is one person of interest being questioned right now ... this is at the corner of 82nd street ... the residents of this building have been allowed to go and to collect belongings ... the red cross is offering assistance ... to help with accommodations ... the fire broke out on 82nd street early this morning ... it is believed it began in a stairwell and quickly spread throughout the building ... by the time the fire department arrived flames were shooting through the roof ... several people were hanging out windows ... the fire department said rescued at least three people four people were injured one seriously the other three are in fair to good condition this morning the fire once again was put out after a couple of hours right now we're in to the clean-up phase right here on 82nd and evans when person of interest is being questioned as the investigation continues ... from chatham tonya fra

tonya acker is joining us.ntributor ryan liz correspondent of "the new yorker" magazine. good to have you on board. ryan, give us your thoughts. it wasn't necessarily supposed to be this close. 50/50 according to the preliminary exit poll numbers. we'll see what the actual official numbers bring in, but it's very, very tight despite the fact that the republicans completely out spent the democrats. >> not to completely drag it into the politics and the president, but if barrett loses this thing by a tiny margin, there's going to be a lot of second guessing from democrats asking why the president didn't go into wisconsin and make a last-minute appeal. >> why didn't he? >> well, look. if obama loses wisconsin in the fall, he's got -- you know, he's lost the race. democrats have won wisconsin in every presidential election since 1984. i think he's not really worried about wisconsin. i think he learned a lesson in the earlier races in his term like in 2009 when he campaigned in a couple of states. new jersey and vir

tonya reiman, thank you very much as always. when we come right back politics in the morning will the morning shows cover fairly. did ohio really point to prostitution as a good thing for >> bill: thanks for staying with us, i'm bill o'reilly in the unresolved problem segment tonight, tonight tv news and the presidential race. president obama has a major advantage because much much the national media seems to be favoring him over mitt romney. the nightly evening newscasts have lost a lot of influence. the morning programs towed, good morning america, cbs morning news still have large audiences and hours of air time. how much influence will they have in the upcoming presidential election. director of media analysis. conservative watchdog group. so i'm going to be on good morning america tomorrow talking politics off the top. they have always treated me all right over there. and when they ask me a loaded question, i mock them and they laugh along. same thing at "the today show" only appearance i made at cbs morning show a couple w

tonya reiman, thank you very much as always. when we come right back politics in the morning will the morning shows cover fairly. did ohio really point to prostitution as a good thing for women? really? up ahead. [ male announcer ] fighting pepperoni heartburn and pepperoni breath? fight both fast with new tums freshers! concentrated relief that goes to work in seconds and freshens breath. new tums freshers. ♪ tum...tum...tum...tum... tums! ♪ [ male announcer ] fast relief, fresh breath, all in a pocket sized pack. g. [ male announcer ] fast relief, fresh breath, every bite goes above and beyond the call of deliciousness. that's a big 10-4 kosher. with no fillers, by-products, artificial flavors or colors. hebrew national. the better-than-a-hot dog- hot dog. ing >> bill: thanks for staying with us, i'm bill o'reilly in the unresolved problem segment tonight, tonight tv news and the presidential race. president obama has a major advantage because much much the national media seems to be favoring him over mitt romney. the nightly

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tonya has more from the big easy. >> reporter: a relieved and vindicated kevin costner walked out of new orleans federal court after an eight-member federal jury ruled in his favor. >> jury was doing their best to understand everything in a very, not terribly complicated, but seemingly complicated issue. and they were really smart. >> the lawsuit stems from claims made by actor, steven baldwin, and a friend who say that kevin costner misled them into selling their shares of oil extractor devices. the lawsuit says that baldwin and his partner walked away with only $2 million. when bp would later buy 32 devices for $52 million. >> it was my good luck that they saw the truth of their story and the good luck of this company and everybody involved that they understood we were talking about facts and not a story. >> disappointed. we believe that we put on a case sufficient to cause the jury to find in our favor. the jury found the other way. >> baldwin's attorney asked to award the plaintiffs with $17 million in damages. the actor and his friend received nothing. >> we respect that verdict

let's start with tonya. closing words. >> find something you're passionate about and do it responsibly. >> abigail. >> be part of decision making and realize your voice matters in this process. i think holding politicians accountable is important as well as speaking up. sometimes you have to stand from the back of the room, but you can also vote with your dollars, vote with your vote and any action that you take will be heard. >> i agree with everything they both said. i think if you're committed the a cause, don't let anyone stop you. don't let anything stop you. if you don't what you want to do, then maybe no one else will. in a lot of ways, you have that kind of power and exercise it. >> we have to end it there. thank you all for coming to climate one today. >>> if all of us decide we're going to tighten our belts and spend less, guess what, we all end up poor because all of our spending falls at the same time. this isn't stuff we're supposed to know. this is stuff we have known since the 1930s. >> bho is

tonya tells us why. >> reporter: severely sun burned at school.om five hours in the blazing sun at field day so burned their mother took them to the hospital. jessie said teachers allowed to apply sun screen on themselves but kids are forbidden. they can't even bring it to school. >> they couldn't even reapply without a doctor's note. they can't take it in their backpack and couldn't even wear a hat because they aren't allowed. >> reporter: this school district is not alone in banning sun screen because the fda regulates it as a over-the- counter drug many states don't allow it without a doctor's note. >> because so many things in lotions and sun screens cause allergies in some we have to monitor that. >> reporter: it's a policy that confuses doctors. >> it's not like a peanut allergy where there are be breathing problems. >> reporter: and confusing recommendation that teachers promote sun screen use in school. >> i can't see telling a child they can't apply sun screen to protect themselves from the uv ray that we know cause skin cancer. there is

i would like to think tonya peterson who is here. thank you for hosting us. we are safe because the zoo director is here. it is great to be out here and we are enjoying the wonderful weather. this is the fourth of six budget town hall meetings we are holding all over the city and i want to thank both supervisors, and carmen has been at every single one of them. she will be helping the mayor to establish and craft to make the best decisions about are very complicated city budget. but i want to say that it begins, and the budget -- i was here last year when we had a lot of input from you and that in but did make a difference. we are listening very carefully. that is the only way i feel i and the board of supervisors can run this city well, is to listen to what the people in the neighborhoods and running small businesses say, going out there and getting your input. i want to say thank you to all of the various department heads with us today because they have been spending their saturdays and weekday evenings with us as they listened very carefully. they have com

in an alleged terrorist plot and made a very brief appearance in cook county criminal court today tonya francisco was 05 >>we know that an indictment has been returned ... the state will not share the contents of the indictment ... terry sullivan to the gm legal analyst joins me >>they just came back the state said they have an indictment and it's set for july 2nd in front of the chief judge ... the defense attorneys decided not to ask for bail because they need to see what is charged here in the indictment ... the defense attorney suspects that there is a good reason why this was not put to federal court ... what he might be saying is that the federal government did not want the case >>this the first time that the state has brought multiple levels terrorism charges against anyone ... this is the first time in over 10 years that this is being used in court and it looks as though the charges may not see the light of day >>there will at some point they after but what will these people be charged with terrorism or will the state charged them with something less ... right after the attacks

wgn's tonya francisco live at the cta station at state and lake: >>the guardian angels are also getting involved in this effort to track down the suspect ... they are handing out photographs with surveillance captions on them ... they want to make others in the downtown area aware of the mob style attacks to avoid victims ... everywhere you go downtown people are walking around with headphones ... >>during the daytime it is safer but in those other hours is not that the i sleep on the train some times and it's not good at all ... the guardian angels have been warning people for years and not to be targets. >>put your electronic devices away you are distracted and you would be showing someone what you have ... they are looking for a group of 10 teenagers to severely beat a man on a cta train sunday night after stealing his wife's i- phone ... he said the attack lasted seconds and caused a great deal of damage >>my orbital bone was fractured to the point where it may have cut the nerve to my face so i have no feeling in the left side of my face i had to cracked teeth and severe concussion

followed the more than a year of bitter campaigning and tens of millions of dollars in campaign spending tonya francisco is live in connection with more on that election ... >>we're outsider frank steiner in downtown commercial where much of the conversation over breakfast and lunch is a bet that recall election it helped to put scott walker over the top ... more than $65 million was spent on the bitter campaign with much of the money coming from outside the state ... the platform was to restrict collective bargaining for state employees and that's burn the recall effort but experts believe that much of the enthusiasm to kick him out of office faded during the 15 months leading up to the election as the voters became more pragmatic >>and other gear was the referendum on the governor perce ... he deserves credit for big victory but people were reluctant to throw out a sitting governor >>people don't buy what they don't want. you can always walk away from the deal >>that it was a fair election scott walker won because the people wanted him to win >>democratic voters we spoke to here at frank ste

wgn's tonya francisco is live at what could be the hottest day of the year. >>you have to love john walsh not only does he have the same name as the host of " america's wonmost wanted " tv show ... but he reminds you of another son loving celebrity ... george hamilton >>thank you. i love the sun and i'd love it here i come here all the time ... he is at no. avenue beach. he cools off ... these people came for a trip planned weeks ago >>we like this beach its child friendly ... and very convenient ... >>some city dwellers are finding themselves disappointed dozens of park district pools are still not open for this season a multimillion-dollar safety upgrades to improve drainage takes longer than expected ... >>there are days like today where things shutdown ... but the beach yoga class is recommended ... >>you can help people not overheat and given to the environment ... people in the city don't get to be at the beach doing yoga too often ... >>the majority of the chicago pools are open but a few remain closed the good news is is that they will be open by the

wgn's tonya franciso is live in the loop with our top story: dcfs was called in after a mother's suspicions that her special needs children were being sexually abused ... one of the three year-old twin girls was blamed by the bus driver ... >> these dreams were taken away ... >>the sexual abuse began in 2011 and lasted until this year the girls were three years old at the time attending special- education class's in willowbrook the lawsuit alleges that the bus driver rearranged his route to drop off the other children first said that he could be alone with the twins before dropping them off at home the family attorney said that the driver during interviews with the dcfs admitted to removing the girls from their car seats ... >>the role he violated constantly was touching the children he would take them out of their seats and their seat belts giving them treats to lure them we know that every regulation that was in place by that school bus company was being broken by this bus driver because nobody could monitor him >>the contract was with grand prairie transit to transport these children acc

waters off lake michigan today looking for a man who disappeared yesterday is no recovery operation tonya francisco is there with the beverly shores drowning incident >>it's now being called the recovery mission 20 hours after lionel dominguez went missing >>the waters of lake michigan are, today as the search continues for lionel dominguez from the bronx new york ... they're using helicopters and sonar technology to find his body yesterday's 3 ft. waves and 35 mi. per hour wind flipped the $20 inflatable raft that he and his friend evelyn hernandez were in off the beach at beverly shores neither were lifejackets as they tried to swim ashore and became exhausted >>with those strong conditions the wind was strong with and they were able to paddle and they took turns swimming to get back and became exhausted what we're looking for is a recovery of the young man when female was rescued yesterday we want to bring closure to his family today >>no chance for survival? no ma'am >>a man who was no relation to the missing man heard cries for help and swam to save the two he was able to rescue the

move ahead to the women's 400 meters that's tonya richards ross, richards ross is married to jacksonvillelewis hamilton in third place challenged by maldonado. maldonato wants to pass, hamilton wants to keep his lane. and it's maldonado that end up paying. and hamilton falls back to third. >>> that will do it for this late sunday night edition of sports wrap, have a good week everyone. >> boy it was an exciting weekend for sports fans, nascar. >> we've been the center of the sports universe from last week with the u.s. open, and matt cain pitches the perfect game, now nascar, and u.s. olympic trials for track and field. so lots going on around this part of the world. >> absolutely. keeping you busy. >> that's our report for tonight, thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news, we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> and be sure to join us tomorrow morning. we're going to have the latest information on an altercation happening tonight at a train ♪ ♪ pop goes the world ♪ it goes something like this ♪ everybody here is a friend of mine ♪ ♪ everybody, tell me, have you heard? ♪ ♪ pop goes

there is quite a bit when not of their first with a live look at the day they turn the leader in the tonya can see traffic is backed up will be on a 80 this point as director and a vocal and to the day and heading for the upper decks in a vacuum in max's reports highlighted skyline boulevard seven iraqi wetter pacific is a city of linz up loud he can use a sharp park as the odd to 35 to scallops get back to have a one delegate from the mess but there's a bit of a backup one vehicle involved in the center divider will hopefully give you some more information as that comes ends up until lady on the six stress on ramp reports of accidents as well as block the on ramp see can access the south to a from the system that is still black in the right lanes never affected traffic is still led to their south 11 in petaluma and injury and accident into the seine river divide gaea absence report livermore and you can still seek to reform is now was down 5/8 head toward the city it's a very busy on the roadways and to wonder if that rain is in the roadways? did weight is a little bit of a fizzle in majo

. >> chambers daughter, tonya, knew her mother had been evacuated and was rushing home when she saw the flames. >> on the freeway i could see the fire going up the hill so the only thing i could think is our house is gone. >> the fire came inches from three homes before the more than 100 firefighters on hand knocked it down. >> we had a gully at the bottom. we had a street at the top and a street on the right at rifle. so we did have a natural break for the fire which we were able to figure out where the fire was going. >> oakland police say the driver of the car only suffered cuts and bruises and was receipted at hyland hospital. fire officials say the fire danger will be very high in the hills this weekend. in oakland, abc7 news. >> the two men accused of attacking brian stow outside of dodger stadium will stand trial on charges of mayhem, assault and battery. the judge ruled there's enough evidence to allow a jury to hear the case against luis sanchez and marvin nor wood. that followed testimony from an eyewitness, as well as sanchez's own sister, who is engaged in nor nor wood. they

. >> chambers daughter, tonya, knew her mother had been evacuated and was rushing home when she saw the flames. >> on the freeway i could see the fire going up the hill so the only thing i could think is our house is gone. >> the fire came inches from three homes before the more than 100 firefighters on hand knocked it down. >> we had a gully at the bottom. we had a street at the top and a street on the right at rifle. so we did have a natural break for the fire which we were able to figure out where the fire was going. >> oakland police say the driver of the car only suffered cuts at hyland hospital. fire officials say the fire danger will be very high in the hills this weekend. in oakland, abc7 news. >> the two men accused of attacking giants fan brian stow outside of dodger stadium will stand trial on charges of mayhem, assault and battery. the judge ruled there's enough evidence to allow a jury to hear the case against luis sanchez and marvin norwood. that followed testimony from an eyewitness, as well as sanchez's own sister, who is engaged to norwood. they played a recorded jailho

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but [laughter] on july 24, tonya, not with the national court will address the renegades by september 19, jeffrey toobin, legal analyst for cnn and the new york are what discusses the the obama white house and supreme court. if you take to receive an e-mail that upcoming book reps, there is a list outside. so please sign up and we'll keep you in touch on upcoming book reps. all of our book reps here benefit the national press club journalism institute, which is why we recruit outside books. copies can be purchased if you haven't done so already outside in the hallway. joining tim on the panel this evening is chip cronkite, producer, editor and filmmaker in some of reporter walker cronkite. he was a teenager in 1973 when his father received the first stage of the word from the national press club and ship, glad to have you back. don't wait so long before coming back again. next to chip is david maraniss, two-time pulitzer prize-winning reporter come associate editor at the "washington post," co-author of two books and author of eight books, including his most recent published book, b

abc's tonya rivero explains. >> reporter: severely sun burned at school, violet and zoe came home fromzing sun at field day, so burned their mother rushed them to the hospital. jesse mishner says teachers are allowed to apply sunscreen on themselves but kids are forbidden they aren't allowed to bring it to school. >> they couldn't even reapply without a doctor's note. they couldn't carry that in their backpacks that if couldn't do something as simple as wear a hat, hats are not allowed at school. >> reporter: this tacoma school district is not alone. because the fda regulates sunscreen as an over the counter drug, many states don't allow it without a doctor's note. >> because so many additives in lotions and sunscreens cause allergic reaction in children we have to really monitor that. >> reporter: it is a policy that baffles doctors. >> it's not like a peanut allergy or something where there is going to be respiratory problems. >> reporter: and seems to contradict federal regulations that teachers promote sunscreen use in school. >> i can't see any justification for any school to tell

minutes of class discussion between a senior by the name of hunter rogers and a teacher by the name of tonyad, you know, do you remember this? we're going to run a little clip and we'll tell you what has happened now to the teacher. really. >> do you know -- do you realize that people were arrested for saying things bad about bush? no, do you realize -- you are not -- you can't -- you're not supposed to slander! >> i'm not slandering. i asked a question! >> i'm saying, i'm saying to you, you're not supposed to slander. people were arrested. >> ok, so that -- >> people were arrested for speaking bad about bush? >> no, they weren't. the teacher thought so and after they figured it all out, the school system said that the student -- rather, the teacher who had been suspended without pay will now keep her job. >> she's going to take a little training course, basically, and be able to keep her job even though she was, as you heard there, yelling at her student giving him -- >> she was wrong. she was just wrong! >> giving him misinformation and obviously, the irony is just yesterday, we featured t