at one point the unoccupied protest shifted to a downtown bart station... [crowd noise] >> our ktvu channel 2 news crew was there during the confrontation and they shut down the gates to the 19th street station and they taunted the officers about the recent deadly shootings involving bart police. that is not affecting bart service but we will stay on top of that. >>> protesters in new york got out of hand, take a look occupied wall street, demonstrators took to the streets to show their support for the demonstration in oakland. they marched to the steps of city hall and at one point they clashed with new york city police. officers did make several arrests and there were a few minor injuries. >>> time now 5:35, we have been asking our facebook followers whether you think police should move in on the unoccupied protesters. just go to our facebook log on to our channel 2 page, you can also find news updates and send us some messages and story ideas. >>> san jose is naming its price for a stadium land deal it hopes to lore the a's to the south bay. they release

. >> homes, not jails said san francisco has 10,000 homeless people and 30,000 unoccupied homes. >>> a rosary service for up with victim of the deadly shooting rampage will be held tonight today. away area and violence -- antiviolence group has stepped in to help his widow. the group is asking for donations to help pay her medical bills. >>> a quarry has reopened for the first time since the shooting. they hope to make it fully operational within a week. they will have returned workers after police shot and killed the suspected gunman following a tense confrontation in a nearby neighborhood. >>> we are learning about two students who were shot and killed over the weekend. police identified them as two people who were gunned down at their home on third and virginia streets on saturday morning. a former roommate describes him from georgia as a good guy. the other person was a member of the sorority. >> her and her boyfriend always seemed like really good people. >> police are not releasing anymore information, and if you have any information please call san jose police or crime stopper

. >> this building is housing that was previously unoccupied now occupied. the plan going forward is to occupy it for as long as it is available to us and to keep it open for others. >> reporter: security guards went in the hotel this morning and found no one. the guards her the sound of a door alarm suggesting protesters may have left. >> whether they are still occupying or not, i haven't heard this morning. >> reporter: across the street from charlie's hotel we found a group of tourists about to head home to france. they've seen the same thing home. >> these people, i think these people must sleep on the house not on the street. >> reporter: sutter health opens both properties and operates the california pacific medical center which plans a billion dollar facility at the cathedral hotel site. the san francisco police out here. i was talking to a spokesperson they are telling me even though this is going to be a lot of manpower, it is going to cost the city some money these incidents are generally done for publicity and they do not trash the buildings. cath

it will remain unoccupied. the sponsors are here as well, and they have documentation to further explain the process. the staff found that the project is applicable subjected to the general plan. the next density area with no limit, it will bring the unit into conformance with existing use. we recommend that the commission approve the project as proposed. >> and you want me to respond to questions? president olague: if you could describe the project and state your name for the record please. >> my wife and i own the unit at 6 52nd street. in 1996, this building was converted from the warehouse to livable space. prior to build out of the interior length of the building, a man purchased units 401 and 402. they were never separate units. we purchased it as a single residence, lived in and from 1996 forward, >> is housed in a spectacular building described by the world renowned architect. it isit was approximately 2950 e feet. we were looking for another,, and it fitted. we entered into an agreement to purchase if

. >> this building is housing that was previously unoccupied now occupied. the plan going forward is to occupy it for as long as it is available to us and to keep it open for others. >> reporter: security guards went in the hotel this morning and found no one. the guards her the sound of a door alarm suggesting protesters may have left. >> whether they are still occupying or not, i haven't heard this morning. >> reporter: across the street from charlie's hotel we found a group of tourists about to head home to france. they've seen the same thing home. >> these people, i think these people must sleep on the house not on the street. >> reporter: sutter health opens both properties and operates the california pacific medical center which plans a billion dollar facility at the cathedral hotel site. the san francisco police out here. i was talking to a spokesperson they are telling me even though this is going to be a lot of manpower, it is going to cost the city some money these incidents are generally done for publicity and they do not trash the buildings. cath

responding to another scene and that car is parked on the shoulder, luckily, the police car was unoccupied at the time. another accident, the driver said "you know what? let's get out of here." let's take you back to the live traffic camera. beltway, at 3. it looks okay there, here we are, right now, we'll go wide on this one. parkway at 29 and again, it's stop and go traffic here. but that's the only trouble spot so far. let's make it a nice smooth ride home. kelly.? >> thanks a lot. >> >> in weather like this, you want to be prepared any time of the day or night. you can download the weather map with your i phone or i pad. with an hour by hour forecast, or you can get the seven-day forecast in the palm of your hand. get involved with the weather map crowd >> in the news tonight, a man in custody, accused of having sex with two boys, one 13, the other 14 in baltimore county. police say the 22-year-old found the boy through the internet on facebook and in chat rooms. rosy has more on this. >> >> baltimore county police charged brandon with multiple counts. police say he used the incompeten

from what fire officials say, the house is unoccupied and under renovation. >>> president obama is in michigan with the president of south korea, promoting a new trade agreement. the president says it will put tens of thousands of americans back to work. back here in washington, republicans are pushing their own jobs plan. that is very different. >> reporter: president obama headed for michigan to tout a new trade deal for south korea. >> the korean free trade act will create up to 70,000 jobs. >> reporter: he and the president of south korea will tour a general motors plant using parts from south korea. the plant had been shuttered but reopened after a federal bailout in 2009. in this battleground state the president will use this visit to promote his policies to get americans back to work. he has not given up on his jobs bill even though republican senators killed it earlier this week. >> we are going to break's each of these bills apart, say let's have a vote on putting teachers back in the classroom, let's have a vote on rebuilding our infrastructure. >> reporter: but republicans

hotel, to bring attention to the fact that people are living on the street while many buildings are unoccupied across the city. now, activists took over charlie's hotel last night as well as a couple of other buildings nearby, including the cathedral hotel. organizers say they have been accompanied this time by members of occupy sf, who have been living in an encampment if front of the federal reserve building downtown for the last week. homes not jail says its purpose is to increase awareness of the fact that there are more vacant buildings than homeless people in san francisco and the city could do more to provide housing for them. >> stick it out as long as we can hold on to it. this is an open occupation, as they say. we were very public about the fact that we were going to be here. and usually in open occupations, they're not the longest duration stays. >> reporter: because the police eventually come around? >> because -- right. >> reporter: now, this is a little video of what the lobby of charlie's hotel looks like right now. you'll have to pardon us. a number of trucks are coming up the

the 3 story structure was under structure and unoccupied but the flames spread. police went door to door to evacuate people. several homes were damaged but no injuries had been reported. >>> critical stories of survival from turkey. two people are rescued after being trapped for 4 days following a powerful earthquake, cheers went up as an 18 male was pulled from a building and a few hours later a 13-year-old was found alive. the government says 186 people have been rescued from the rubble. >>> more shocking charges against the alleged ring leader of philadelphia's basement of horrors. did not acknowledge the cameras as she was taken into court. today she was charged with torturing her teenage niece for the last three years. they were arrested for holding four mentally disabled adults captive as part of a welfare fraud scheme. >>> the no. 1 drug maryland's abused isn't crack cocaine or heroin it is prescription painkillers. one small town is at the center of alarming epidemic. wjz investigates jessica talks the former addict who almost lost her child so she can ge

kicking in doors, slashing screens, and breaking in windows and they have been hitting occupied and unoccupied homes, even houses with alarm systems. police say they strike between 6:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. police believe they are putting the goods in backpacks and bags, even pillow cases and jumping on the metro rail. most of the burglaries have happened right near the east falls church metro station. >>> if you're kicking in the basement door or a front door that a double dead bolt lock, that's brazen. >> indeed it is. so, police say you need to be alert. you need to lock your door and report any suspicious activities in your neighborhood immediately. >>> burger lovers have a new place to sink their teeth into their favorite meal. it's not any old burger. celebrity chef, bobby flay on hand to christen bobby's burger palace in college park. he says the restaurant out on route 1 will feature a wide variety of burgers that salute america's flavors and traditions. >> i just want to say from my partner and i, we are excited to be part of the college park area and especially the building here and a

. >> wall street is resolutely unoccupied, closed off because of the protests.could not find a banker willing to talk about the movement but some republicans have accused them of being dangerous, violent, and crude. it is possible this movement taps into our rich vein in the u.s. at the moment of frustration and discontent. a feeling that the system is perhaps broken. something that is felt all over the u.s. the protests have spread from new york to all over the country. their occupations in several hundred cities. one is in nashville where protesters are camped out in front of the state house. for my parents, it has been difficult. quite difficult. i have never been arrested before. have to feel some sort -- pride. it is historical. it could make a difference. >> this a movement -- is a movement in the making. sometimes there is less than 10 people, sometimes more than 100. is this the beginning of something like the tea party? the unions are getting involved. >> it puts more fire in them and makes everybody more excited about the process. >> ithis is not the t

protesters occupied the hotel and two nearby buildings last night and say there are more than enough unoccupied rooms to shelter the homeless population. >>> well quarterly earning reports are underway and it's off to a discouraging start. they reported disappointing earnings. it came in at $172 million short of forecasted. shares are taking a hit in after hours trading down more than 4%. the stock market investors took a peter following the best five-day run up in two years. the markets finished mix as the dow lost 16 and the nasdaq rose that same amount. >>> a few minutes ago a meeting got underway that will address a drawing. tonight the city counsel is hearing from a former state fire marshal that investigated. on may 30th, 53-year-old raymond drowned while police and firefighters stood by. officials said the crews were in the trained in water rescue. the report says they eliminated the recue boat and swimmer program leaving it dependent on outside agencies. today some criticized the report. >> we're disappointed in the report because it's incomplete and has contradictions and it doesn't ha

from what the fire officials are saying, this house is completely unoccupied and is actually under renovation. >>> tonight first responders have reopened ritchie highway in maryland after investigating a nearby gas leak. anne arundel county firefighters say a construction crew ruptured a gas line. while the repairs got under way, fire crews shut down the highway and several commercial buildings in the area, including a shopping center. some people complained of headaches from the gas, but there were no serious injuries. >>> it has been a year now since employees of the dc nine restaurant fought with the man they believe broke their window. that man died and his death was ruled a homicide but prosecutors dropped the criminal case infuriating the family of the 27-year-old. well, that case is back in the headlines tomorrow because the family is suing the club in civil court. gary nurenberg covered the case back then and he's here now with the latest developments tonight. gary. >> reporter: $15 million lawsuit, derek, agat the club, its owners and some employees. after the man apparently threw a

it was reported in an unoccupied shop, 13 miles west. a deputy and lt.mendocino county sheriff's office responded and met with the landowner who learned that ammunition and calibers were .308, .22 and .270, beer, miscellaneous food items, two compasses, matchs, and size 12 boots were stolen from this burglary. the stolen item were very consistent with the pass burglaries that we have placed bassler as committing. several items were taken for fingerprinting to occur at the crime lab. a peoplena city police officer, who is here today, thank you very much, joe. and his partner, willow, followed a trail of the burglar due to the darkness, the dogs were called off and the information was relayeded to the command center. the command center analyzed this new information and the location of the burglary and used the information to plan today's operational plan. today's operation included embedding tactical teams, along trails and logging roads that the suspect was known to traverse and areas which we predicted he may be traveling. at approximately 12:23 this aft

there were reports this morning that a man was firing into an unoccupied vehicle and the vehicle was found in the area that had several shots in it. and they are looking into the possibility that man may have been discharging the weapon up there before he came down here where he was showing the weapon. people reported him, was confronted by the police officers and then was shot in that fatal confrontation. back to you. >> thank you, len. >>> san jose police say the victims in the brazen daylight shooting over the weekend were both former students at san jose state. 21-year-old eric otokawa and 20- year-old kristina pandula were shot multiple times at a home on 3rd street saturday morning. otokawa died at the scene. pandula died at the hospital that night. so far, there is no word on who did it or why. >>> a suspect in custody at the san leandro police department has died. now investigators are trying to figure out why. last night officers responded to calls of a man disturbing customers outside a nation's restaurant on washington avenue. the suspect refused to cooperate and got into

this significant, historic relic that is empty and unoccupied because of politics, because of regulations, because of taxation, and we're going to start the program now, and we'll start the program with the blej of allegiance and we are going to start the program with the pledge of allegiance, but due to regulations, we are not allowed to bring an american flag to the podium, so i -- [audience reacts] but herman cain being a problem solver said we're still going to do the pledge of allegiance. you go right to my lapel pen. [cheers and applause] michael, want to start the pledge of allegiance? >> please say the pledge with me. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indis visible with liberty and justice for all. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> think we're going to do the opening prayer. do i have someone to do the opening prayer? yes. >> thank you, sorry. sorry. ladies and gentlemen, bishop collins with the opening prayer. >> thank you, niger. let us bow our heads in prayer. all mighty and eternal god

. >> two encampments unoccupied tonight after a major show of force by police. >> to put an end to aion that posed right after this ook forcing business owners to close toor autos nobody can afford to miss a day of work in this economy. >> good evening, i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm dan ashley. sky 7 is live and pro testers are on the move now. they're making their way through the city. and police used tear gas on those pro testers and they now stopped in a rallying on washington street on 8th and broadway. >> it appears they're not leaving. some of them coming towards the police

you so far almost half of you advise athens to follow america's footsteps tongue in cheek this unoccupied all rich region thank you for your vote just over a third say it's up to the greeks to work harder and spend less percentage of this say the greeks need to go cap in hand to even play for help the minority if they're just about the idea of the country selling a war footing part of its territory to escape economic collapse farty dot com is the place to be to cast your vote. and later the program we continue our coverage from the united states which has been overwhelmed by anti wall street protests. press of police tactics against peaceful demonstrators drives even more discontented protesters out of the streets again of america ripple. ethnic serbs and all the costs of those three hundred no condition will they dismantle the barricades at the border with serbia. customs officials and police have gone from the checkpoints that says nato extends the deadline for their earlier ultimatum insisting protest is clear the roadblocks or face action from the alliance is written off in the region

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. >> homes not jails, 10,000 homeless people and 30,000 unoccupied homes and at this point police haveot made any arrests. >>> for the last few years, they did not have any rescue boats but now it has two. a suicidal man drowned on memorial day they announced about a second boat to the one they purchased in june and they are scheduled to act on recommendations from the state's former fire marshall on how to best implement the water rescue program. >>> in just a few hours, san francisco voters can begin casting ballots for the november election. early voting started at city hall and vote by mail ballots will go out and all of this is on for the mayor which is running out of time to campaign. >>> half the ballots are already in by election day. it is significant of what will happen. at least two of them say they plan to cast their ballots this morning at city hall. >>> the largest gay rights group is stepping down after only a few months on the job. he will leave his position on friday and his decision comes less than a week after he would not lead a campaign to overturn on same sex marr

. >>> unoccupied protesters tore down a fence that police had put up earlier in the day.his came as more than 1,000 demonstrators marched through downtown oakland and with only a handful of demonstrators still camped out at oakland city hall. >>> they called off the raid at least for now, following this story, tara moriarty has more on what officers were told two hours ago, tara? >> reporter: apparently they were told to leave and the chief was actually out of town and he was not due to come back until tonight so many officers thought this raid would definitely go down. this was a staging area and officers are now gone just before 5:00 because they began to scream off. police cut off someone from their individuals and we heard a lot of protesters saying what a waste of money it was for resources and they were texting them letting them know what was going on. they were planning on cleaning up the area where protesters had been living for the past three weeks. mayor ed lee says the area had to be cleaned out. they warned protesters they were be arrested, noted vialsels publ

sources tell news4 that that vehicle was found in the carolinas unoccupied. this brings more questions because now police are still searching for the 11-year-old boy who they were hoping would be with that vehicle. >> the alert could be seen on roads around maryland. 11-year-old mcquaid is missing, and that's the beginning of the story. here at the condominiums police were investigating the murder of williams mom. her body was found in her bedroom around 8:30 last night. police don't know how long she had been there. but her car was missing, and police still can't find her 11-year-old son. according to this neighbor, it was mcquain's friend and former landlord whose concern launched the investigation. >> thank god they called him and the school had called him. that's why, you know, i couldn't understand, you know, and i told him i had not seen her. >> when neighbors could not help he called police. >> i let the cops in the building, and the building is locked. and i wake up this morning to find out she is murdered and he's missing and that's crazy. >> william

the house is unoccupied and currently under renovation. >>> metro has unveiled a plan that could make your ride smoother. the system realigning next year to see six additional orange line trains each hour in both directions and six blue line trains to are his lynn will be shifted and become yellow line trains. critics say the move max out capacity at rosalyn and plaza, meaning small incidents could cause major back-ups. >>> it is time for your latest money report of the morning. >> reporter: jessica doyle is here with today's headlines. a rock n roller yesterday. >> reporter: yeah, yeah we are hoping for things to be a little bit quieter today, but we have lots of earnings to plow through, so that certainly makes things a little busy. wall street focusing in on the earnings picture. j.p. morgue than chase, a 33% drop in profit certainly did not impress investors. but google sure did after the bell and it will likely affect trading today. check the numbers. here's where we stand this friday morning. the dow is at 11478. not so bad considering it was down in triple-digits earlier in the

no one was hurt, and a member of -- and number of the townhomes there are unoccupied. about a half-dozen people were evacuated for more than four hours. >> we are working to learn more about a deadly shooting investigation in baltimore city. the shooting happened just before 11:30 this morning. police confirmed a man has been shot in the head. he died at the scene. we have no word right now on the victim's name or whether police have a suspect. >> please continue to look for a suspect in the late-night shooting in west baltimore that left a 37-year-old man dead. police say they responded to the 1400 block of cooper place where they found a man shot several times. he was taken to shock, where he later died. >> police said they do know who was behind the wheel at the intersection -- at terrorists around to 40 5:00 a.m. investigators say -- at terrorist street around 4:50 a.m. the 25-year-old man is behind bars, accused of using a knife to rob another man in broad daylight. police say it took them just 30 minutes to take -- to track down joshua whittington after he approa

. >> reporter: there are 200 homeless families on a waiting list and the hotel has 600 unoccupied rooms. it has been vacant for two years. california pacific medical center plans to build a hospital here last year. a spokesman says the bidding is not safe and says it is dangerous. remaining protesters moved a couple blocks and occupied another building a 17 unit apartment building, also vacant right now. san francisco pd at both locations waiting to hear what the owners of the buildings want to do. right now all is cool and cam. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. -- >>> 5:05. san jose police asking for the public's help in solving the murders of two former students. 21-year-old eric otokawa of san jose and his 20-year-old girlfriend kristina pandula of sunnyvale. she was a nursing student he was a student last spring. police say they were shot to death late saturday morning inside otokawa's rented apartment, located on south third street the door opens up to an alley investigators tracking down leads told neighbors both were shot in the head several times and may have known their killer. >> we

not clear yet what started the fire at that unoccupied apartment complex. >>> all right. we're turning to roberta to check on our forecast >> i was thinking of allen today because i was swimming at lake del valle and the water dropped to 61 degrees now. so they said that the striped bass, they have gone away! the catfish have gone away. but the trout were biting today. let's look at the temperatures right now and around our microclimates. san jose's reporting 72 degrees. that's at this hour. cupertino 73. morgan hill after a high today of 79 now at 73 degrees and santa clara still in the 60s. otherwise east of the bay, pretty uniform in the 70s, as well. and san francisco, sitting at 70 after a high of 71 degrees. let's head outside to ocean beach where today it was 70. it was pretty much 70 across the board today or in the low 70s. pretty uniform with that offshore flow. a little bit of haze and tonight we'll have clear skies from the coast, temperatures from the 30s, 40s and 50s. in fact, let's pinpoint your neighborhood overnight low temperature. 35 degrees in napa. wh

they hit occupied and unoccupied homes. they kicked in doors, broke windows, cut screens, and ignored an alarm and got away. >> if you are kicking in the basement door or a front door, a double dead bolt lock. that's brazen. >> thieves have taken all sorts of expensive things. anything they can carry in a backpack, bag, or pillow case. >> it appeared they were taking high end jewelry, expensive electronics, you know, some passports and a weapon. >> most of the burglaries happened around the east falls church metro station. the thieves are using metro as an easy get away. >> i feel like it's opportunistic being close to the metro. people coming in and out quickly in the neighborhood is most likely the case. so it does concern me. >> now police are saying that people really need to be on the alert. obviously make sure your doors are locked. make sure your doors are locked in your car. keep the lookout for people carrying bags, even pillow cases. so keep your eyes open and be aware. >> sounds like the officers are looking for

. >>> herman cain doesn't sympathize with the unoccupied protesters the. told t"the wal street journal". >> don't blame wall street, don't blame the banks. if you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself. how will this play with the 14 million unemployed americans, will? >> i have to say one thing about why patricia and robert are wrong in the last answer, it's bought mitt romney can win without sarah palin's endorsement. on this -- >> will, shake on you. >> 14 million americans don't want to hear they're responsible for their own station in life. they won't like it. but do you want to know why herman cain is rising in the polls? because he talked about responsibility and you are responsible for your place in life. >> robert. >> in answering this question, i can point out why patricia was right in the first question and why will has been wrong in both questions. the reason will is wrong is if herman cain is not a great candidate for president or for public office. oftentimes in the media we mistake political buzz with political relevance. we mi

and homes, not jails has 10,000 homeless people and 30,000 unoccupied homes. opened up the old cathedral hotel yesterday as well. >>> all right, we want to take you to a live picture of president obama. we are hearing word that air force one is landing in pittsburgh, pennsylvania this morning. the president is still on board that plane as you can see preparations, they are getting underway out there for him to, you know, get off air force one. and he is there to push passage of his jobs bill. president obama is also going to be meeting with the jobs council here that is a group of corporate executives who are going to be releasing their recommendations here on what they believe that the president should do to put more people back to work. and the cameras, they are going on in now as the farewell will be going up to the side of air force one. now, we do expect the president to be getting off, obviously, any minute there. so it is a big push for this job's bill and a big test vote is going on here in d.c. today. so certainly, you know, that has gone his mind as

weathered the bulk sale or individual investors always giving priority to unoccupied and thinking about policy measures which i won't list but we need to stabilize the inventory. negative equity has to be partial focus. is concentrated in five states and won't target funds where they needed the most to stabilize those particular markets as opposed to a national program and eliminate uncertainty. i will put one idea out. we need a national service standard for this country. having each regulator, 50 states engage in various approaches on standards do nothing but add cost to consumers and create more uncertainty in the process and do nothing to create confidence for consumers or investors when they get a loan that will be managed in an appropriate way. we need one national set of standards across the board. darrell lot of steps that could be going. those are the categories to stabilize the inventory to bring books sunni investor with negative equity. those are the three key areas. >> get the attorney general lawsuit behind us so there are standards that lenders know they will be held acco

this significant, historic relic that is empty and unoccupied because of politics, because of regulations, because of taxation, and we're going to start the program now, and we'll start the program with the blej of allegiance and we are going to start the program with the pledge of allegiance, but due to regulations, we are not allowed to bring an american flag to the podium, so i -- [audience reacts] but herman cain being a problem solver said we're still going to do the pledge of allegiance. you go right to my lapel pen. [cheers and applause] michael, want to start the pledge of allegiance? >> please say the pledge with me. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indis visible with liberty and justice for all. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> think we're going to do the opening prayer. do i have someone to do the opening prayer? yes. >> thank you, sorry. sorry. ladies and gentlemen, bishop collins with the opening prayer. >> thank you, niger. let us bow our heads in prayer. all mighty and eternal god

this significant, historic relic that is empty and unoccupied because of politics, because of regulationsbecause of taxation, and we're going to start the program now, and we'll start the program with the blej of allegiance and we are going to start the program with the pledge of allegiance, but due to regulations, we are not allowed to bring an american flag to the podium, so i -- [audience reacts] but herman cain being a problem solver said we're still going to do the pledge of allegiance. you go right to my lapel pen. [cheers and applause] michael, want to start the pledge of allegiance? >> please say the pledge with me. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indis visible with liberty and justice for all. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> think we're going to do the opening prayer. do i have someone to do the opening prayer? yes. >> thank you, sorry. sorry. ladies and gentlemen, bishop collins with the opening prayer. >> thank you, niger. let us bow our heads in prayer. all mighty and eternal god,