. >> this tuesday mayor vincent a. deliver the state of the district address. the be delivered historic synagogue. >> still to come, it still made weeknal headlines this new legal hearing. >> how one local charity is turning junk into cash. >> a chance for a little bit of fog. i want a baby. a baby? but we were gonna see the northern lights in alaska. and go spelunking with the guys. yeah, i sasaid it-- spelunking. [ whirring ] and i still haven't built one of those fighting robots. come on. it's's pretty awesome. okay. just a few things we need to do first. [ laughs ] [ announcer ] before you make your leap, make a list. then get going in the completely redesigned cr-v. all new, from honda. friday a judge shall decide whether juries send the supervised visits his grandchildren. he is currently not allow contact. is facing 52 criminal counts pared his accuse a missing 10 boys. >> those last-minute pardons are to the highest court. oral arguments will begin this thursday before the mississippi court spirit the general validate most of the 198 pardons. >> there a

vincent, rebecca and uncle alberto will have their presents today. it's time to go. how about aen you see your mother. yeah. all right. i love you. i'll call you christmas day. que dios te bendiga. vincent, alex father came here with this today. a gift from alex? i didn't give him one before he left. alex will be in los angeles for christmas. i know. i feel bad for alex, mom. why? he didn't want to go to l.a. no way. well, many times we must do things we do not want. ni baba huilai le. we will have our dinner soon and so go up and wash your hands, please, o.k.? we have to talk. this is the letter we've been waiting for. the letter? yes, from the company in taiwan. mr. wang: it's a definite offer. mrs. wang: they want you? mr. wang: they want me to work for them. mrs. wang: in taiwan? yes, mei-lin, this may be our golden opportunity. we have done well in united states. we have good life. we have good business. we knew this difficult decision would come. vincent, too, he has good life here. he is in good school. he has friends. vincent's friends were not always his friends here. n

a couple of years later, things changed. steven was ill, hospitalized at st. vincent's, and a number of times there and back again. finally his body succumbed to this unforgiving disease. so i celebrate steven and many others. may he rest in peace. let's take a moment to acknowledge the trail blazers who have led the way to confront the aids pandemic. leaders such as open hands, bruce brinker, barbara, congresswoman nancy pelosi, senator diane feinstein. and let me take a moment to thank wells fargo's own mario diaz. [applause] tom jensen, and him hanlin. [applause] >> for encouraging wells fargo to do what's right. and of course all the volunteers who make a difference every day on aids walks, aids hotlines, delivering meals or working here in the grove. i could go on and on. but let me leave you with this. as henry wells said, we have accomplished much, as we do render good. perhaps in the not too distant future we can return here to the national aids memorial grove. we can return to this very spot and celebrate all that we did to stop h.i.v. and aids and celebrate a cure. we are not alone amidst these trees and

mayor vincent gray up for a recall vote is running into money problems. according to the washington examiner, it has only $12 in its war chest. the organizer behind the effort calls it a bump in the road. 45,000 petition signatures are needed for a recall. >>> former d.c. mayoral candidate sulaimon brown will be back in court. he's going on trial accused of driving without a listen. he was arrested last september. in one case he said he was promised a job for dropping out of the 2010 mayoral contest and

a couple of years later, things changed. steven was ill, hospitalized at st. vincent's, and a number of times there and back again. finally his body succumbed to

in a september case brown says d.c. mayor vincent gray's campaign paid him and promised him a job for attacking then mayor adrienne fenty during the 2010 mayor's race. >>> a man who got drunk and then behind the wheel is grateful for his second chance at life. tonight on 9news now at 11:00, andrea mccarren takes us to the university of maryland shock trauma center in baltimore. that's where she met a young man just minutes before he went into surgery. andrea joins me now with more information on this young man. that was very profound, wasn't it, that meeting? >> oh, what a story, what a meeting, jc. his name is dillon and he admits he was driving drunk. all he remembers is waking up outside his mangled truck shaking, bleeding and thinking that his short life was about to end. >> i wanted to fight. i wanted to liver. i wanted to stay here -- to live. i wanted to stay here and i did that. >> reporter: driving drunk on a cold january night, dillon lost control of his truck, hit a telephone pole and flipped over. >> for some people they

we are based in a health department and so we don't have the resources to build buildings and to renovate buildings because we're largely grant funded. one of our employees, janey vincent, saw a -- [applause] >> saw that there were federal stimulus funds that we could apply for to renovate our building. we needed to work together more collaboratively. teams were split up on different floors and there wasn't good meeting space to work cross teams. we needed more clinical space to see our study volunteers and we needed more community space to bring community into what we do. under barbara garcia's leadership, we came together and put in this grant and it's the first time that the federal government, n.i.h., has awarded this kind of money to a health department. they've only awarded this kind of research money to universities so it's really through the joint efforts under barbara's leadership that we've been able to move forward and it's really through the support of the city government through the mayor, through our supervisors, through the health commission, that we've moved this field forward so without further ado, i want to introduce the honorable mayor lee. [applaus

giving way to the sunny breaks as we went toward sunset a pretty finish to the day along the bay bridge and one more stop at laurel saint vincent nice sunny finish to a quiet sunday. we like it that wait a minute the radar all clear. that's going to hopped ill tonight, tomorrow, tuesday. next chance of precipitation wednesday and that's up a 30 to 40% chance right now. not exactly a high properrible this moment in time but we will bring the chance midweek. just a chilly night. ocean city cold at 24. winds light from the east right now and as we take a look at the pattern, today's highs, very average but tomorrow we will add a solid five degrees to the mid40s. we will be up above 50 with sun. not a bad monday, not a bad way to start out the week. across east just not much to tell you about. a little upper air flow you can spot here with the southern branch of the jet stream. kind of arcing over the deep south and that's helping warm up temperatures in that direction. you can see in the mid50s near 60 charleston. most of the east is under the influence of that cooler area of high pressure. the numbers will stay cool tonight. star

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a missing iphone. he is blinds, vincent's iphone is more than just a phone to him. it's specially equipped to listen and talk to him. his lifeline to the world. last friday he lost it. he called his friend, who then almost blind himself, managed to find a signal from the iphone on her ipad. it would change locations. i said your phone has got to be in this taxi. it's a taxi pattern. >> turns out his brother drove him around looking for the cell phone while his friend tracked it doesn't on her ipad that led them to the cabbie's home and able to get the phone. >>> what you are talking about, what you are eating. >> what a scientist is developing that gives a new meaning to the phrase mystery meat. details are hashed out in to the wee hours of this morning, with the bailout, they may need a rescue package, they have another bond issue coming due soon. >>> former imf chief, dominic strauss-kahn will be questioned by french police suspecting a prostitution ring. authorities have questioned prostitutes saying they had sex with strauss-kahn in 2010 and 2011. >>> a tv crew

anthony and lieutenant vincent perez killed in a flash over in the diamond heights blaze last june. >> what's the location how much fire you got. >> zero visibility. >>reporter: according to the 8 month investigation the 2 firefighters did what they should have during the fire. report says they were suddenly exposed to heat up to receive00 degree when a window broke. >> key factor was something that was variable we had no control over and that was the failure of the window we call on the back end of the floor below where tony and vince wer were. >>reporter: both men were burned on more than 40 percent of their bodies. vincent perez died the day after the fire. tony died two days later. now one piece of equipment did fai fail. the firemen portable radio microphone cable stopped working in the heat. there are no national standard and that could change because of this strategy. but whether that would have made any difference in this case is unclear. >> travel warning for mexico tonight. state department has issued the single advisory for mexico in 6 years. they are sing lick out city whe

was a computer terminal so the great administration could get instant feedback as different topics were discussed. >> if i couldway my wand, i would erase all crimes and violence. >> reporter: vincenta rocky first year as mayor. an ongoing investigation into possible election chicanery. most in this crowd are backing d.c.'s chief executive. >> you have to give them more time. i don't expect them to come in and change things overnight. i figure he could work on things. >> is he a good mayor? >> i would like to think he is so far. >> reporter: mayor gray told us the message he heard a lot from city residents was that d.c. must concentrate on being a job magnet. >> i say we can continue to invest in our department of employment services where we're forming that. we rebuild our workforce investment council and bring in more technology firms to the city. we rocked -- worked hard in that and expanding our efforts based on the feedback. >> reporter: some feedback came from outside of the convention center. this is to strengthen and expend the rent control laws. a small group of demonstrators who want d.c. to do more for quick offenders unfurled a banner from an inside balcony. they were q

mayor vincent gray is announcing a new initiative to crack down on robberies. there has been an increase in street and car theft. about one hour ago the mayor for public prius, critic press conference with police chief cathy lanier. the police chief says not leaving attractive items for these in their car is a challenge. >> the education component of educating residents not to lisa in their cars is difficult because many of the people who are victims of theft from auto- czar coming in from maryland, virginia, and other places for all the great entertainment venues we have here. >> d.c. police started increasing the number of officers making patrols last month. we will have more on this story tonight at 5:00. coming up, we putting their lives on the lines, three police officers honored for saving the lives of several people in maryland are then, stocker fear -- a convicted hollywood stocker is on the loose again. just in the nick of time, look at this the video -- school bus drivers quick thinking before the bus went up in flames. all that and adam caskey will b

a steelers fan and it won't do it for me. >> you can't talk like it is the voiceover of vincent price in a 50s movie. that's what it sounds like. >> we have that joke in there for you. >> you are such a jerk. >> i am shooting for something. >> you don't make your guests feel welcome. >> i don't want you to be welcome. i want you to be on edge and -- >> i feel like rihanna. >> i would never lay hands on you. you wouldn't be worth it. >>> ben affleck stops by -- jay leno's show. not "red eye." we didn't bother asking. >>> can drinking in the movies turn you into a drunk? i usually sip on a wine cooler through a twizzler. >>> does the silver screen create drunk teens? according to a new study stars who knock back whisky, beer and wine are prompting youngsters to hit the booze. researchers at dartmouth medical school, go hurricanes, say a liquored up film star is a bigger risk for teen drinking than having liquor loving parents or booze all over your home. the survey of 6500 brats aged 10-14 found those who watch the most movies with alcohol were twice as likely to start drinking as those who watch the l

of course a lot of vincent -- sensitivity about that right now. >> you are watching "bbc world news." italian bosses fight against the mafia. judges in hong kong have heard an appeal by the government against a right to apply for permanent residency. they say it could lead to a rise of several hundred thousand in the population. most can apply after living there for seven years but domestic calpers are barred from doing so. the people of libya's third largest city have voted in local elections, the first significant poll since the overthrow of colonel gaddafi. they say it is a dress rehearsal for national elections in june. the british government has announced changes in the border committee. it accused senior officials of failing to tell ministers that checks on travelers were being suspended. more on our website. have a look. this is "bbc world news." syrian forces have unleashed what has been called a ferocious barrage on homs. euros on finance ministers finally agree on a massive bailout -- eurozone finance ministers finally agreed on a massive bailout package for greece. ali abdu

. >>> we got a very special guest in the house right now. d.c. mayor vincent gray and as jc said a short time ago, you were a child when she started on the air. >> i wish. >> thank you for being here. >> not only am i glad to be here, there's no where else to be other than you here celebrating 40 years of a fantastic career in the district of colombia, jc. >> thank you. >> i want you to know that today has been declared jc hayward day in the district of colombia. >> oh, my goodness. >> you are the only one for whom that's been declared today. >> oh, my gracious. how special that is. >> how special you are. >> thank you, mr. mayor. >> not only have you done a great job in your professional career, but i look at the things you've done for the city, the boys and girls club, options public charter school which i was delighted to be invited to be the commencement -- >> our first graduation speaker. >> absolutely. and i watched how those students related to you and your words there, it really shows the passion that you have for this city and how much people love you

a few minutes. >>> washington, d.c. is strong and moving in the right direction says mayor vincent gray. that was the message of his state of d.c. speech last night gray took pride in the district's growing economy, the amount of jobs being created and a lowered murder rate. >>> in just a few hours from now, a hospital employee convicted of killing his supervisor will hear his fate. keith little is expected to be sentenced this morning in montgomery county circuit court. little stabbed his boss to death on new year's day 2011 at suburban hospital in death he is da after allegedly getting a bad performance review. >>> in the crisis in sir yarks john mccain says the u.s. should arm the rebels and the pentagon is looking at options but the white house says only humanitarian aid is being considered. the shelling of civilians resumed early this morning. we must warn you, our report contains disturbing video. g vi >> reporter: from the rooftops of homes, you hear the artillery come in and see the black smoke rise with the fireball on impact. at street level, you hear the screams of the wounded.

for a couple of minutes flames erupted inside the home on berkeley way. vincent perez and tony valerio were inside when a window broke open allowing a rush of oxygen to heat that fire. that super heated part of the home climbed to over 700 degrees killing the two men. i asked hayes white what if anything could have been done to prevent the deaths and we were told essentially nothing. >> we're well in the way to developing new policies that in some ways could have made a difference but basically you will find that the key factor was something that was a variable that we really had no control over and that was the failure of the window, on the back end of the floor where tony and vince were. >> reporter: cal osha did find blame and issued a fine. but her staff offered additional evidence and they believe the fine will be reduced. lastly coming back here live. i want to show you page 74 of the report where you can see photos of vince perez' equipment and how charred it was. and the coat and pants to withstand temperatures of 400 degrees, this was $700, far too hot f

. >> there was a computer terminal so the grey administration could get instant feedback as different topics were discussed. >>> you know, i would just erase all crimes. >> vincentegrey had a rocky first year as mayor with an ongoing investigation but most in this crowd are backing dcs chief executive. >> we got the give him more time, i don't expect him to come in and things at once. >> may your grey said -- mayor grey said one thing he heard a lot of was jobs. >> we can continue to invest in our department of employment services, reforming that, rebuild our work force investment council and bring in more technology firms, to the city we've worked hard we are going to expand efforts now based on feedback we got here. >> some feedback came from outside the convention center this group was dc, strengthen and expand, rent control laws a small group of demonstrators who want dc to do more for exoffenders, unfurled a banner from an inside balcony and were quickly removed from the room by police officers. >> most of the feedback was done politely by computer, at the dc convention center, john henrehan fox 5 news. >>> mitt romney, winning back to back wins gop candidat

here's a check of the news before you go. d.c. mayor vincent gray delivered a state of the city address last night. he says the district is in better financial shape than any state but fiscal discipline is needed to maintain that status. >>> the prince george's county county council has approved a 5 cent plastic bag tasks. the goal is to cut down on trash and raise money. >>> alexander ovechkin scored twice for the caps. they blanked the panthers 4-0. d.c. moves back into first place in their division. >>> it is 6:556789 time to answer our -- 6:556789 time to answer our question of the morning. super bowl weekend is the slowest in america for which of these things. movie ticket sales, weddings or retail shopping? >> the answer is b, weddings which is exactly what we thought. >> everybody said it. one more check on traffic and weather right here on 9news now. >>> welcome back to weather first. snow moving in this afternoon. really shouldn't be much. a trace to an inch in the immediate metro area, especially north and west and up toward frederick

a suspended license. he is an essential figure in the corruption investigation in the investigation of d.c. mayor vincent gray. funeral services will be held today for a murdered community activists. his body was found late last month in a well in fort washington, maryland. two men are charged with the murder and investigators believe robbery was the motive. the funeral is set for 11:00 this morning at greater mount calvary church in northeast. >> in the philippines, at least 13 people are dead after a powerful earthquake struck the central part of the country. the 6.8 earthquake caused a landslide that barry does of homes and at least 29 people are still missing. it was a tragic end to a missing persons mystery in utah. josh collins said his washington state home on fire killing himself and his two children. gas was detected and the home exploded. he sent e-mail to his lawyer that said he was sorry, goodbye. he had been a suspect in the 2009 disappearance of his wife in utah and he had been in a custody fight with her parents for his two young sons. >> an occupy protester accused of hitting a police off

a comment. you're talking about the 2008 campaign, correct? >> mayor vincent gray is under a separate probe by the u.s. attorney's office. that investigation initially focused on allegations by minor mayoral candidate brown that he was given cash and later a city job for his criticism of then mayor adrian fenti. sources have told news 4 that the gray investigation has moved well beyond brown into other gray campaign spending activities. mayor gray told news 4 he hopes that the investigations don't distract from his effort to be free of congressional oversight. >> are you concerned at all that the investigations could dampen the enthusiasm of the congress to go along? >> i don't know. i think that we demonstrated that the city is moving forward. we've balanced our budget in ways that so many other states have not. >> reporter: but d.c. council finance chairman jack evans says any new developments in the criminal probes could hurt the city on capitol hill fairly or not. >> we have two federal investigations of the mayor and the council chairman. won't that be a

of a computer terminal so the gray administration could get instant feedback as different topics were discussed. >> if i could wave my wand, i would erase all climb and violence. >> reporter: vincenty has had a rocky first year at mayor with an ongoing investigation into possible election issues. but most in this crowd are backing d.c.'s chief executive. >> we got to give him a little more time. i didn't expect him to change things overnight but i figured he could work on things. >> reporter: is he a good mayor. >> i like to song he is a good mayor so far. >> reporter: the mayor said he heard that d.c. must concentrate on being a job magnet. >> i think we can continue to invest in our d employment services. we're reforming that. we rebuilt our work force investment council and then bringing in more sex knowledge firms to the city. we've worked hard on that. we'll expand our efforts now based on some of the feedback we got here. >> this group wants d.c. to strengthen and expand its rent control laws. a small group of demonstrators who want d.c. to do more for ex- offenders unfurled a banner from an inside balcony. they were quickly removed from the room by police officers. most of

. >> it's really a wonderful section. >>> mayor vincent gray helped kick off a special black history month event. as part of the event, young people are portraying black historical figures including martin luther king, jr. and rosa parks. the actual performance of the sixth annual blacks in wax takes place on friday, february 24. there's another program at the kennedy center on saturday, march 3. >>> grammy nominee adele makes her on stage comeback. >> comedian steve colbert's big bucks. we have those stories and more in this look of entertainment news. >> reporter: british songtress adele is making her comeback performance, the first in nearly five months. she had surgery on her vocal cords and had to cancel a u.s. tour. she's up for six grammys. they air live on cbs on february 12. singer/songwriter neil young is on a mission for higher fidelity digital song. he said the late steve jobs was on his side. he spoke to jobs about creating a format that's 20 times better than most current digital options including mp3. he says even though jobs was a digital pioneer, he listened to vinyl

walked into the school last week and asked the girl to escort him to a classroom where he inappropriately touched her. >>> d.c. mayor vincent a new campaign to get students to finish school. he and other city leaders will announce an initiative later on this morning at anacostia high school in southeast. new ad campaign will show how school attendance is linked to success and it will profile district restaurants who were able to reverse their failing grades. >>> d.c.'s attorney general says former councilmember harry thomas, jr. has failed to pay up on his embezzlement settlement. he was supposed to pay back $300,000 that he admitted stealing from city coffers. under the settlement, he agreed to make six payments of $50,000 each. made the first payment but missed the second. >>> an update from the campaign trail this morning. rick santorum raised nearly a million dollars yesterday following tuesday's wins in missouri, minnesota and colorado. he attacked what he calls president obama's overhostility to faith. >>> the birth control battle between the obama administration and catholic institutions take a new turn. it is center

partly because not having a nearby sound stage can cost the film a lot of money. mayor vincent gray is also considering a 5% tax on movie theater concessions to help boost d.c.'s film incentive fund. >>> it's now 5:07. 53 degrees. chaos in egypt and what was supposed to be a friendly soccer match. what's being blamed for this deadly melee. >>> remembering a legend. honoring the life of the man who helped muhammad ali dominate the boxing world. >>> plus, did you get a chance to enjoy our beautiful weather yesterday? i hope so. if not, you might be out of if not, you might be out of luck. we're gonna erase breast cancer once and for all. walking 60 miles... in three days. (woman) we're united. (woman) a family. (woman) a coming together of thousands. so that one has to suffer the agony of a loss. the agony of my loss. we're going to erase breast cancer once and for all. (woman) walking 60 miles. (woman) in three days. join us. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. well, today for the first time punxsatawne

esta es la primera vez que el alcalde vincent gray organiza una cumbre especialmemte dirigida a los residentespara que expresen sus inquietudes y en busca de mecanismos para mejorar la comenzo hoy la seleccion del jurado que escuchara el juicio en contra del estudiante de la universidad de virginia acusado de asesinar a su novia durante un episodio de violencia domestica... george huguely se declaro no culpable, y su abogado sostiene que la joven murio por una falla del corazon causada por un medicamento e ingerir alcohol.... la fiscalia sostiene que el la sacudio violentamente contra una pared repetidas veces... el senado de virginia aprobo una legislacion para revocar una ley vigentes desde hace 19 aÑos, que permitia la compra de una pistola al mes.. la propuesta del senado bill carrico, fue aprobada con votacion de 21 a 19... la camara de delegado aprobo su version del proyecto la semana pasada... corrico ha dicho que la ley no es necesaria debido a que las restricciones federales han demostrado ser eficaces... por su parte los opositores argumentan que no tiene sentido derogar continua la

he's a key player in a federal investigation involving vincent gray. gray's aides promised him a job for negative ads against adrian fenty. >>> a man that killed six people and injured gabrielle giffords will be in court. a judge will review loughner's mental health. loughner is undergoing court ordered mental health treatment to prepare for a possible trial. loughner is not expected in court today. >>> today the man believed to be behind maryland's robocall controversy will be in court. >> we're okay. relax. everything is fine. the only thing left is to watch tv tonight. >> julius henson is accused of election fraud back in 2010. he was working for bob ehrlich and designed a robocall telling voters that martin o'malley already won and they didn't need to vote. the polls were still open at the time. back in december a jury found the campaign manager guilty of fraud for his role in the robocall controversy. >> a funeral will be held for lenny harris. his body was discovered in a prince george's county well. he had been missing since september. two suspe

a knife. half vincent the deal called his ex-girlfriend into his car, she managed to jump out of the car in milipitas. he found her and her friend and attacked the friend with a knife. they managed to get into another car in he's allegedly rented the vehicle. he fled the scene but was later fixed up by police. >>marty: let's talk about the weather. beautiful. janu >> it is gorgeous. a lot of sunshine. this is the view from the mt. tam camera here is a little bit of a chilly start in the north bay. currently santa rosa is only in the mid '30's but once it hits noon it will get to fall 66 hitting an afternoon high of 69 and cooling bath of the 51 by 8:00 p.m.. temperatures are warming up nicely out there. for 57 in half moon bay. thank afternoon highs will be slightly warmer than yesterday. 66 expected for nevada. satellite and radar is showing a system already bringing rain to the north of us. i will tell you when it is expected to hit our area. >>ysabel: this is a story to remind you that chp patrols are in the bay area looking for traffic violators. they want drivers to know they're watching them on

robos de celulares, ipads, billeteras han aumentado tanto que tiene preocupado hasta a el alcalde de la ciudad vincentento de robos de autos y otros robos en general. se ha ido incrementado de 12 hasta un 50 porciento...." y es por eso que la jefa de la policia catie lanier piensa detener el problema atacando a la demanda... ella esta hablando con las companias de telefonos para que los aparatos electronicos robados no cuenten con servicio.... cathy lanier/jefa de la policia de washington este es un problema que no va a parar al menos que desconectemos los telefonos robados permanentemente.... "asi que si tu robas telefono no va a servir el telefono porque la compania tiene el poder de permanentemente sacar esa funcion...." ademas, la policia de washington piensa contrarrest ar el problema pidiendo la ayuda del publico a cambio de dinero.... "hay una recompensa de mil dolares para el arresto de la persona y tambien la recompensa de 10 mil dolares con la conviccion." los robos ocurren en toda la capital pero en su mayoria en el distrito 3... la jefa de la policia dijo que la su agencia no puede detener

it was all for a new retail development called dakota crossing. mayor vincent gray and other d.c. aders hosted the groundbreaking. the project will include a costco and shoppers food warehouse. it's expected to create roughly 1200 new jobs and generate $634 million in tax revenue over the next 30 years. >>> a new study suggests alzheimer's spreads in the brain like an infection from cell to cell in the brain. researchers found a protein which indicates fibrous tangles are found in the brains of alzheimer's patients. it travels along the brain's neurons from one region to another which results in severe dementia. the new findings could help scientists develop new treatment to fight the disease. they also suspect other degenerative brain diseases like parkinson's may spread in a similar way. >>> sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in people over the age of 45. according to british researchers, cases of spds have up doubled for people between the ages of 45 and 64 in the last ten years. scientists have not pin pointed a reason for the increase but say a high number of men on

. >> a little bit of hollywood is coming to washington, d.c. vincentthat announcement this morning at a press conference. "badlands" will begin airing -- shooting this spring and will name -- and will air in the fall. >> they are celebrating leap day on "modern family" tonight. >> i love leap day. >> it is kind of a big deal in our house. >> you are giving a gift of 24 extra hours. you have to do something extraordinary. >> see what the family does tonight on "modern family at 9:00. >> let's see what is coming on the abc 7 news at 6:00. >> surprise -- politics is coming up. candidates are back on the road to night after arizona and michigan. they are gearing up for super tuesday next week. 10 states and hundreds of delegates at stake. we will see where the candidates are campaigning to night. apple has now sold enough ipads and other gadgets to make itself more valuable than some countries. we will talk about that. >> let's check back in with a dog hill with the latest on all of the rain. >> -- doug hill with the latest on all of the rain. >> look at t

a hate crime. >>> mayor vincent gray said the murder rate in d.c. dropped. too many residents and visitors are getting robbed. one of the most common crimes? electronic theft. they working with the police chief on the system to deactivate the stolen electronics, meaning the criminals would have no way to make a profit off of their stolen merchandise. >> again, we want people not only to be safe in the district of columbia, we want people to feel safe. and as long as we have these kinds of situations, people will continue to feel vulnerable. we don't want that to happen. >> on average, more than 12 people are robbed per day in d.c. that is according to the latest crime stats. almost half of the robberies involve a cell phone or tablet computer. >>> a paraphrased quote on the mlk memorial will be corrected. the architect hoped for an easy fix. doesn't look like that is going to happen. the details coming up of the new plan. >> and a makeover of street design signs in d.c. >>> and lindsay, what is up? >> coming up in sports, bad luck strikes a maryland basketba

photos of the burned down house provide the glimpse into the minutes before a fire overcame lieutenant vincent perez and anthony valerio. >> basically this is where the window failed. >> reporter: fire chief joan wise entered the building, unaware that a window was going to fail, setting up an oxygen. the investigation found that that explosion caused their radios to fail. >> we know there were three attempts to contact vince and tony before that explosion. >>> last december, state investigators fined the department $25,000 for what it called serious worker safety violations in this i -- incident that crewed failed to follow protocall. >> we met with them and disagreed with them on i believe all but one of the recommendations and citations. >> reporter: the chief says that she agreed with only one. for every worker that enters, one would have their back. as a result of this report the chief is pushing for national standards for the hand held radios used by all firefighters. reporting live in san francisco, patti lee, ktvu news. >>> new information tonight on a story we first brought you two da

a broken window. anthony valerio and vincent perez were killed last year after a flash. temperatures reached as high as 700 degrees inside the home. the heat caused a window to break on a floor below where perez and valerio entered the home. >> it was an extreme heat evented. they were above the fire on the ground floor but when the window failed directly across from the stairwell they were about to descend it pushed them back in terms of the extreme heat event. >> they were among the first firefighters at the scene. the police emphasized they followed textbook procedures in attacking that fire. >>> police still haven't determined why a woman drove her car across san francisco's ocean beach and into the pacific ocean. the lexus sedan ended up in the water near the great highway in fulton street about 6:30 yesterday morning. that's a bizarre sight. firefighters rescued the driver from the car and took her to the hospital. her injuries are minor. a tow truck driver pulled the car from the ocean and finally succeeded when the tied reseed receded. >> santa clara voters vote

president obama has offered a compromise to have insurers pay for the contraceptive coverage rather than religious groups. >>> today d.c. mayor vincent gray and congresswoman eleanor holmes norton will protest a proposal that would ban most abortions in the district. the measure would bar abortions in d.c. unless the life of the pregnant mother was endangered. under the proempofol, the docto who performed the procedure would face up to two years in prison. >>> nearly 1,200 protested the strict anti-abortion bills advancing through the general system. the protesters stood in slems as lawmakers entered the building. they're concerned about the bill that defines life at beginning at conception and another that would require women to have an ultrasound before having an abortion. >>> maryland could approve same-sex marriage legislation by the end this week. lawmakers erupted in cheers when the house barely cleared its version of the bill on friday. today the senate judicial proceedings committee is expected to vote on the bill that would allow same-sex couples to marry. the full maryland senate could take a final vote later this week. opp

a broken window. anthony valerio and vincent perez remember killed last year after a flash. temperatures reached as high as 700 degrees inside the home. the heat caused a window to break on a floor below where perez and valerio entered the home. >> it was an extreme heat evented. they were above the fire on the ground floor but when the window flared directly across from the stairwell they were about to descend it pushed them back in terms of the extreme heat event. >> they were among the first firefighters at the scene. the police emphasized they followed textbook procedures in attacking that fire. >>> police still haven't determined why a woman drove her car across san francisco's ocean beach and into the pacific ocean. the lexus sedan ended up in the water near the great highway in fulton street about 6:30 yesterday morning. firefighters rescued the driver from the car and took her to the hospital. her injuries are minor. a tow truck driver pulled the car from the ocean and finally succeeded when the tied reseed >> santa clara voters vote tuesday on a $878 million constru

photos of the burned down house provide the glimpse into the minutes before a fire overcame lieutenant vincent perez and anthony valerio. >> basically this is where the window failed. >> reporter: fire chief joan wise entered the building, unaware that a window was going to fail, setting up an oxygen. the investigation found that that explosion caused their radios to fail. >> we know there were three attempts to contact vince and tony before that explosion. >>> last december, state investigators fined the department $25,000 for what it called serious worker safety violations in this i -- incident that crewed failed to follow protocall. >> we met with them and disagreed with them on i believe all but one of the recommendations and citations. >> reporter: the chief says that she agreed with only one. for every worker that enters, one would have their back. as a result of this report the chief is pushing for national standards for the hand held radios used by all firefighters. reporting live in san francisco, patti lee, ktvu news. >>> new information tonight on a story we first brought you two da

a friend to rescue her. police say the suspect vincent padilla tracked both of them down and tried to ram them with his car. police found padilla after a search of a milpitas park. >>> lots of people in the bay area are watching the super bowl today, but not all of them are enthusiastic. for some niners fans, the loss to the giants in the playoffs, still too painful. don knapp is in san francisco where the attitudes range from excitement to indifference. don? >> reporter: ann, as we know, if the 49ers were in the big game today, the fans would be right in front of a television set somewhere or maybe at the game. but as things turned out there, were lots of choices for 49ers fans today and watching the game on tv was only one of them. new york giants fans are in a super bowl frenzy at aces on sutter, as their team scored first. just like two weeks ago, it was wall-to-wall people and folks waiting to get in. >> tell me, why are you here today? >> oh, my god, are you kidding me? watching the giants game! >> reporter: if that is you could get in here. >> why are you here today? >> trying to see the giants win! >

mayor vincent gray up for a recall vote is running into money problems. according to the washington examiner, it has only $12 in its war chest. the organizer behind the effort calls it a bump in the road. 45,000 petition signatures are needed for a recall. >>> former d.c. mayoral candidate sulaimon brown will be back in court. he's going on trial accused of driving without a listen. he was arrested last september. in one case he said he was promised a job for dropping out of the 2010 mayoral contest and attacking then mayoral fenty. >>> both parties are spinning. the latest on employment numbers. friday the government announced unemployment fell to 8.3%. that's the lowest number since february 2009. in an interview last night, president obama said he wants to make more improvements in his second term. >> we've got to not only boost up american manufacturing so that not just the auto industry but all american manufacturing is building again and selling overseas. we've got to make sure we're pushing emergency energy and that includes not just oil and gas bu

and of course vincent pan from chinese affirmative action for giving us a space to do all of our works a time when we were floating around. and carrying out boxes of magazines from garages to garages. our readers, donors and volunteers. just one thing that i would like to mention, i recently went to a documentary screening at the san francisco film festival. and it's here for another week so i hope some of you get to catch some of the wonderful films that are there. and i went to a documentary screening called crime after crime. i don't know how many of you guys were able to catch it. and the film maker showed up and did a q&a. and there he said that visibility doesn't equal change. and that's something that really resonated with me. and if there's one thing that i can leave with you today it's that message. i want to thank our a.p.a. elected officials for all the work that you guys are doing. because again, just because there's a large number of us doesn't mean that things will change if we don't actively make it happen. so we applaud all of the officials that are serving as ll

essential figure at a corruption probe. says that vincent occupy d.c. protestor brick at athrowing a officer will be in court was treated officer hospital after the incident at mcpherson square. newschannel 8 will have an in- depth report in a few minutes. let's check in with lisa baden. if you're coming out of ashburn and leesburg, the moving okayms to be the toll a crash on road eastbound near 7100 that is the shoulder. no accidents to report around beltway right now and 95 in virginia is in good shape we will take you live to some cameras. in virginia, this is the only at the 14th95 street bridge and in maryland, improving on 270. decent at pretty shady grove road. a beautiful day today with a lot of sunshine but called this with temperatures in the 20's. right at the freezing point said national airport. we will warm up nicely in the 50's and sonny and tomorrow a little warmer, high 50's na lead wintry mix as possible when state. be back at 8:56at ♪ new york concrete is what dreams are made of ♪ >>> everyone is celebrating. a little alic

vincent. so temperatures are starting to drop quite a bit. we'll look at the numbers.e're in the 50s already in napa. 52, fairfield. 60 in san francisco. 58, mountain view. a couple hours ago we saw 70s. now down to the 50s already in santa cruz, watsonville and monterey. so here's a look at the highlights. this is what you need to know. clear and chilly overnight. sunny and mild tomorrow. another day to be outdoors to enjoy the nice weather. and then monday is when we see some changes. it's going to be cloudy and cooler. rain tuesday. finally. we could use some. here's the overnight lows, in the 30s, valleys, santa rosa, 35. livermore, 34. possibly patchy valley fog in the delta. milder in san francisco. 46. still pretty cool around the bay we low 40s in oakland, and palo alto. 40 in san jose. look at this satellite radar image, basically of this area of high pressure, pushing the cloud away, and we'll see an offshore blow and warm temperatures again tomorrow. we have numbers in the 60s for the most part for everybody. 65 in san francisco. 68 in oakland. 65 in livermo

vincent repooting.)) pplice say there will not be a ccstomary funeral procession saturday....ut the funeral willlbe broadcast on t-v. a noro-virus outbreak hits geooge washingttn university.... sickening &palmost 90 students. students. the university is issuing a campus advisory... disinfect surfaces and wash hands frequently.the norovirus feels like the common stomach flu. there is no vaccine or cure for it. most are expected to recover in a it'll cost you a bbt more to fly with southwest airlines. airliies.the airline has raised prices on most flights says the airline had to increase fares to make up for &prising prices of things like jet fuel. other airlines have followed its lead.american airlines, delta air lines and u-s airways have all matched king-sized candy bars... arr about to get smaller.the candymaker "marss... says it ccocolate barr with mooe than 250 calories by the end of 20-13.that means no more king-sized snickers bars... whicc pack a whopping 580 calories.it also means some regulaa-sized candy bars will be a smaller.this move is part of an agreement mars sig