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the adventures of zander who would let nothing get in the way of being by his owner's side. >> theres a little rain in the forecast. leigh glaser >> ama: a theater company that started in a storefront is celebrating with a bold move. the san francisco playhouse is moving to a bigger theater and opening with a controversial musical next week. don sanchez gives us a preview. >> rehearsal of bloody, bloody andrew jackson, remembering the seventh president as a rock star. performing as construction goes on around him. >> we built the stage over the first six rows. >> phil english and suzie are created an intimate space with 200 seats. double what they first had. >> when we started, basically standing in union square, he would stand there handing out fliers and some of our subscribe ers are still here. >> the shows have a special connection to the audience. >> we make traditional theater edgy and we make edgy theater accessible. >> we log for plays that drag the audience into a connection with the character. >> it's paid off. >> one show last year we turned away over 1,000 patrons for the

zander was in the hospital, a white husky and he walked along a highway crossed a stream all to get to his best friend. >> my wife priscilla was just saying, the whole time i was gone he is sitting in my spot on the bed in a ball. >> he will always remember that john brought him home from the shelter and i think that's where the loyalty comes from. >> dogs like zander have three million scent glands that help them track. lawrence was just asking. there is your answer. in this case the owner in the hospital. so that was nice. >>> 4:57. it didn't come up in the debate so why is mitt romney now saying something about the 47%? >> plus, airline anxiety. american grounds half of its fleet of 757s. how the slipping seats problem is affecting bay area flights. >> i'm glad i filled up my gas tank yesterday because just overnight, they have risen about 16 cents in the bay area. we'll look at the numbers next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. >>> the price of gas shoots up 16 cents overnight. some stations

he came to see me. >> zander, it wasn't an easy pass.at hospital burks he made it. truly amazing. next at six, even bigger crowds are expected today as about a million people come for fleet week and all kinds of other activities to san francisco. an occupy san jose protesters return to city hall to set up camp, but not for long.

seven-year-old zander missed his owner, who was hospitalized.d out the back door of his home, traveled more than two miles to the hospital, a place he had never been before. how could that happen? animal experts say it's a mystery how some dogs can do that. >> this dog can get out of that yard and start wandering around and wind up in front of the hospital, it's like one in a million. >> of course, you know, we are buddies, man. he came to see me. >> zander had to go through a stream, cross a highway, navigate strange streets to get to the hospital. but somehow the dog found his owner. lisa is going to wrap up the weather. if you are coming to san francisco, you look if he bay bridge right now, that's much heavier than usual. the weather is going to be? >> getting an early start. it's cloudy now but we will see sunshine with 60s, mild temperatures throughout the afternoon. it will stay that way until the next system maybe brings a few clouds and rain drops tuesday. >> thanks a lot for joining us. abc7 news continues at 5:00 p.m. we want to remin

from the moment the husband left and zander had to cross a four lean road just to get to the hospitale and only vice-presidential debate is closing in on us so we have been asking you to think about who will take the night's top honor, patty says, paul ryan will win the debate. he's strong and has people paying attention, and he's much better to look at. >> carol adds, i want ryan to win, but don't underestimate biden, he's been around washington a long time. another viewer believes that paul ryan will win, but either way be watching with popcorn. >> and thinks that it won't take much to set biden off and then he will be a hoot. >> and one month out from the elections, and sit down

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(laughter) >> how long have you had zander.long with the other shelter dogs. >> mike: why so close with you? and of you're with him every day? >> and you have to walk him a lot and he's close to me and we try to take him out. >> mike: it's remarkable, how did he know where the hospital is and how did he track you down? >> using an iphone? how did he figure it out. >> you can't walk that way, the way-- you can't walk on that without walking on the highway, a busy road. i don't know how he worked it out. >> in fact, he's believed to have cross under a busy crossway, a four lane road to get across there, you see the map, to the hospital. but you guys are dog lovers. do you think that he heard you talking? do you think he picked up the scent? >> and what are you saying that john has a scent you can smell two miles away? >> i don't know. >> i think he found him, yes. >> he's on miss way to hollywood and smelled the bacon at the hospital. >> clayton: at the hospital, i don't understand how did the hospital know? >> because you have t

seven-year-old zander missed his owner, who was hospitalized.ack door of his home, traveled more than two miles to the hospital, a place he had never been before. he had to pass through a stream, cross a highway, navigate strange streets to get to the hospital. he got to hospital. experts can't explain it, but they say, you know what? it's true. >> i believe it. i believe it. nice day today. the rain holding off to perhaps late monday. i should say tuesday and wednesday. >> make it thursday. >> okay. no, not going to make it thursday. and it's only a slight chance at that. >> thanks a lot and thank you for joining us on the abc7 sunday morning news. abc7 continues at the:00 a.m. we want to remind about our exclusive anderson for the i-phone. download it for free. and you can hear the latest weather, headlines and traffic. a lot going on, a beautiful day to enjoy it. should be about 75 on mount tam today. good morning america is nex [ taste buds ] donuts, donuts, donuts! who are these guys? oh, that's just my buds. bacon, donuts. -my taste buds.

>> well they adopted zander from a shelter five years ago and nursed him back from starvation and saidhe has been like a son ever since. >>> daredevil david blain is in the middle of his most electrifying stunt yet. the stunt man is currently standing in the middle of a million volts of electric currents at new york's pier 54. blain started this stunt yesterday and will go for the next two days. spectators can type messages to blain and actually control the electricity around him. this stunt is also being streamed on youtube. in the past blain has been buried alive and encased in a block of ice. >>> the next bond film is just around the corner and it's no coincidence the current 007 daniel craig will be hosting tonight's "saturday night live." craig loosened up his comedy muscles thursday night on "late night with jimmy fallon." he says he is having a good time this week but will probably stick to action films. >> it's a huge amount of stuff that i don't really understand. i look for good funny scripts and they don't really exist. it's usually a collaborative effort to make them good s

. >> reporter: this is peter zander in lando lakes, florida, where mitt romney is trying to pump up the vote on opening day of the in-person early voting here. vowing he would be a bipartisan leader mr. romney laid into the president. >> he promised that his would be a post partisan presidency. we have watched him over the last four years and he's been divisive and demonized any group that opposed him. >> reporter: minutes earlier marco rubio attacked president obama's proposals with his sharp partisan rebuke. >> they are the ideas of countries that people come here to get away from. >> reporter: mr. romney's touring includes stops first in the heavily republican panhandle. then in a democratic leaning county trying to slice into the president's lead before closing the day near tampa, a battleground within this swing state. meanwhile not wanting to risk appearing to put politics before public safety. >> i was looking forward to being in virginia tomorrow, but you know the hurricane is headed up there. i just spoke with governor mcdonald. the governor and i talked about that. he said, yo

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the dolans adopted zander from a shelter five years ago and nursed him back from starvation and saidever since. how did that dog know where the hospital was? >> maybe he lives five minutes from the hospital. >> a mile and a half. wouldn't take that long. a speedy dog could get there. but nonetheless. >> makes for a great story. >> absolutely right. dogs are clearly everybody's best friend. >> at least i think so. >> speaking of the weather story, a little confusing. >> i will bring clarity to your weekend forecast in two minutes. don't go away. ♪ [ male announcer ] the all-new lexus es comes with a story still untold. ♪ places it will take you. ♪ dreams it will make come true. ♪ with technology and style to match your achievements and desires. ♪ the question is where will your new es take you? ♪ introducing the all-new lexus es. ♪ >>> talk about getting into the halloween spirit. this is the latest challenger for the world's largest pumpkin. ron wallace the owner of the giant gourd is set to take his pumpkin to the great pumpkin weigh off. it is in rhode island. last week wallace set

> i think something was involved and the second one was john dolan hospitalized last week and dog zanderd made it to the good samaritan hospital more than two miles away just to be by his side. >> a great story. >> and a quick one, which i did a measuring, online, actually more like speed dating, do it in person and had the first online chat today. >> you're speed dating? >> no. >> where do they stock up. >> keep listening, and you can read the transcript and kimberly one of the questions from a young lady just got offered a new job in the a different city and afraid to leave her family. bonus round mentoring question, what do you think about this. >> god opens new doors, be courageous and try something new, worse case scenario come back home. i moved to new york didn't know anybody here and worked out here and genuine friends. >> must have been tough for you. >> i'm serious, try new-- >> speed dating. >> oh, no, minutemen to mentori. >> a great week in politics, you know, unbelievable, which is this is the animal edition of "the five" big bird had a big week and now there's big bi

zander, a husky escaping from his new york home shortly after his owner, john dolan had to be hospitalizedndition, and he actually ran several miles, to the hospital. where an employee found him outside the building where he was being treated and they believe that he was able to follow the scent of his owner. they adopted him five years ago from the shelter and nursed him back from the brink of starvation. >> arthel: incredible dogs. we are five days away from the next big presidential debate. and, the vice presidential debate is coming up and joe biden, vice president joe biden and republican vp nominee congressman paul ryan facing off thursday night and how much of an impact will the debate have on the november election? susan estrich, a fox news contributor and professor of law and political science at the university of southern california. let's do it. we are operating within the margin of error. general consensus, saying president obama was less than effervescent in the first of the debates. but, those latest... >> effervescent is kind. >> arthel: the poll numbers -- i try. the poll n

people say barry zito against justin ver zander, well, they've won the last 14 straight starts.ve won those games. he's kind of a good luck charm, zito. you never know. >> and with zee -- and zito, not being benched in 2010. how would you compare the 2010 giants verse thes the -- verbses the 2012 giants? >> reporter: well, i think everybody talked about the magical season. i find them grinders and just completep keen camaraderie. i think that what you see with this team is -- the pitching is fairly similar. i think they are a little bit younger. younger. brandons, i think they add a new element from the 2010 team. pablo sandoval was really a persona non grata. you got a guy like marco scutaro. right now, i would be rubbing his head every morning for lug and then, of course, buster posy, he led the major leagues in batting this year. he's just -- heat just a big, big-time player. i think this is -- this a team that -- this is a team just like 2010. these guys -- there's quality on this team. >> all right. fred inglis. >>> 8:34. happening -- happening right now, a new way to celeb

dolans believe that zander was able to follow the scented.dopted him and they nursed him from the back from the brink of starvation. great story. to another unbelievable story, gas prices in california hitting an all time high. aaa reporting that a cost for gallon of regular gas jumped 12 cents overnight bringing the total 4.61, that 80 cents higher than the national average. is there any relief in sight. dominic is financial advisor joins us. hopefully, there is good news. first of all, why the high prices? what is causing this? >> again we had a similar problem. there is short term problems that are kind of unique to california. they had another refinery outage earlier in the week and that caused really shortages in the summer blend they need. earlier firings in august. the sum of perfect storm incidents have created a short term problem. hopefully we'll see relief in coming weeks. >> heather: there is simple explanation and real ex pla nation? >> the real explanation. on the average californians pay dollar per gallon 25% more than the nati

the couple said zander was never at the hospital before but somehow knew how to find his owner. >> stevelook at extreme weather . first snowfall hit in the midwest . check the video out. snow falling northwestern minnesota and north dakota as well. some areas may see a foot by the end of the day. we are still in the first week of october. trouble causing trouble on the road and knocking out power to people. lookk at the precipitation. it is moving in the portions of the great lake states and back through missouri and mississippi valley and also stuff in the panhandle of florida. current temperatures. it is freezing in rapid city and cooler in montana. and some temperatures in the northern plains and 30s . southern plainns is the place to be. room temperature in dallas . we have 63 foggy degrees in new york city and 73 down in tampa. beautiful day on tap for much of florida. high today should be 88. much of texas in the 80 90s and top out close to 80 degrees here in new york city and looks like the day-time high for st. louis should be about 58 degrees from what i read earlier. brian why