eric's ex-wife anne and her daughters say eric should. but he says there's no legal obligation. >> my life insurance policy wasn't mine very quickly after i left. a conservator was named after i disappeared. >> reporter: he says that conservator, his father, made decisions that take him out of the equation. it's a messy fight playing out in court right now. but despite the painful consequences, eric insists he made the right decision to return. >> to live in a disguise is a horrible prison. and then to take the disguise off, it might hurt some people, but did you do it to hurt people, or did you do it to be true? and once they see that disguise off, it's their choice to like it or hate it. >> reporter: his daughter has clearly made her choice. >> it's insulting to all the gay people that i know and love for him to say "well, i did it because i was gay." i know a lot of people who would never do this and absolutely never blame it on their homosexuality. i don't believe that he is capable of love. >> reporter: towards anyone? >> towards any

kristen and eric? >> a brushfire is under control near orinda park after breaking out near grisly peak boulevard. it burned two acres. >> pg&e is issuing an alert to conserve energy today in effect from noon to 7:00 p.m. with officials saying the hot weather is overtaxing the power grid. it could lead to blackouts if there is fire or the plant is forced off line, the peak energy demand of 47.5 thousand mega watts close to the report in 2006. >> it is day two of the bart strike and next we have team coverage of the stalled contract negotiations and what both sides are saying fill take to get them started. >> there is a change in how bart will move people around. we will have the details you need next. >> a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, still light even for >> abc7 news starts right now. >> day two of the bart strike of the it is now 4:29. thank you so much for joining us. >> leyla gulen is following the traffic. >> good morning, kristen and eric. at 4:29 we have a car fire slowing things down and a

clair shores, michigan, eric henze, now, eric you're not allowed to perform in your talent show, why? >> because the principal said it was inappropriate. >> jimmy: oh, my gosh, what did you say when you heard this news? >> i said it is not inappropriate, it is really funny. >> jimmy: exactly, exactly, but the principal stood firm and said you may not do this in the school talent show, what did your friends say about this? >> they said i should do it. >> jimmy: now did you do it for them, have your own little talent show? >> no. >> jimmy: so you had nowhere to turn, and here you are right now. so in a way, you would say i saved your life. you -- what do you want to be when you grow up? >> a cop. >> jimmy: oh really? and when you are a cop, will you arrest the principal who made this terrible decision? >> no. >> jimmy: you will not? why wouldn't you do that? >> because i don't want to like make her mad. because she didn't do that much. >> jimmy: she didn't do that much to make you mad. and you still have to deal with her next year when you go back to school, right? >> yeah. >> jimmy: do

. >> i'm eric thomas. we can show you how bad is traffic is with leyla gulen. >> especially in the east bay. good morning, everyone at home. 7:01. we are tracking a sigalert, not what we need, out of vallejo and into crockett. this is blocking one lane and it was blocking several earlier, but it has left us with this tremendous backup almost from 37. as you make the drive the westbound direction along 80, you will be bet meth with bumper to bumper traffic. you are about one hour and 15 minutes away from the maze if you are traveling out of vallejo to the maze. another accident westbound 80 at cutting boulevard. lanes are reopening but it's packed. farther to the south towards fremont, southbound 808 at thornton avenue, 9 miles per hour. an accident blocking the car pool lane, not the kind of lane we want blocked on a day like today. a lot of people are car pooling today. as we look at your san mateo bridge, though, that is a bright spot moving along pretty well to make it out of hayward into foster city. w

kristen, eric? >> thank you very much. >>> one of the important services we've been giving you this morning is a traffic eye view of just how bad the delays are this morning without cell 7 technology, engineer dick eppinger driving in it. westbound 80 in the berkeley area. dick, what do you see right now? >> reporter: well, eric, the westbound 80 traffic going past university avenue and berkeley here is moving at about 40 miles an hour, although it is slowing up ahead here. so folks that are moving along here at 40 miles an hour that might think that they've kind of conquered the morning commute are about to slam sloo into a literal traffic wall up here as soon as they get to that final right-hand bend in the road as you approach the san francisco bay bridge toll plaza. the other thing i might add here is the west lanes, which split off and connect to southbound 880 and other routes south are backed up as well. so, you know, b.a.r.t. serves the entire east bay and there are some commuters here that

and still remarkable, eric, of you're still here. eric thomas. when you look at the impact. that the fuselage really held up remarkably well. >> 777. is a very durable airplane. it's a favorite of passengers. a favorite of pilots. it's one of boeing's statute of the art aircraft and is very strong for the eight it carries. they work hard to minimize the weight. you can see the technology is coming together. the fire retardant, the fire resistance, the fact that the fuel doesn't burst into flames the wayed use -- the way it useo and all of that helps people get off the plane okay. we two fatilities, very sorry and very sad news. only one other person unkent for, and as you look at this you see obviously this could have been a lot worse. >> in question. it's amazing the plane didn't break apart. >> we have been talking to a lot of reporters in the field all day long talking to witnesses. we want to hear the response from asiana airlines. reacting to the crash on twitter saying: >> those. >> john alston is with a couple of witnesses all day long. john? >> san francisco airport

everyone on their way. >> okay. >> kind of hard to make that out, eric. that's a lot of chatter. >> yep. a lot of chatter. basically they were saying rescue crews will be rolling your way immediately. >> we heard that from the air traffic controllers or the ground controllers. pie lot and air traffic controllers around the world, english is the standard language but easier to understand, and not to seizey, do -- not so eas, and the rapid-fire communications. we did make out clear live that they were letting the pilots know that the emergency crews are on the way. so, do what you have to do and they'll be there shortly. >> we talked about how remarkably safe -- there's the sea wall the tail hit. how mark -- remarkably safe air travel has become and we don't think about these disasters. the emergency crews do. but something you said a minute ago stuck out. at sfo particularly the most recent serious accident was in 1987, 11 people killed, and one

eric? >> leyla, thank you. >>> i want to show you the storms to the south because those have been bringing flash tlooding to parts of arizona. we won't see flashflooding here but we have an isolated thunderstorm possible in the next 12 to 48 hours. temperatures will be below average the next two days. 80s inland, 70s around the bay, 50s at the coast. once we get past that, sum ears back wednesday an >>> you are looking live at buckingham palace in london. huge crowds gathering right now waiting for the royal baby announcement. duchess catherine went into labor early this morning. we'll have the very latest from london just ahead. and if the baby is born today, astrological sign cancer. tomorrow, leo. >> that's right. a lot riding on the next few hours. a lot. >> including this young woman who surviving a harrowing accident. a truck crashed into her sending it off the chesapeake bay bridge. she'll share her incredible survival story. >>> kanye west in something of a remarkable confrontation

eric? >> leyla, thank you. today negotiations between b.a.r.t. and the unions are set to resume at 1:00 p.m. after a late-night session that ended just before 3:00 in the morning. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield continues our live team coverage from oakland at the lake merritt park station. amy? >> reporter: i know this is not what commuters want to see and i know this looks like bad news, but the mood on the picket line has been lifted. by what happened skroefr night. one worker told me he's elated. contract talks lasted into the early morning hours. the teams didn't even break for dinner. they had food brought in. they started talking at 6:30 last night. at 3:00 in the morning they decided to break for sleep, but they are not done. they plan to talk again at 1:00 this afternoon. and governor jerry brown has sent two of his top mediators to the table to make sure that the talks move along. we checked in with both sides. they won't tell us the specifics of what happened in that room, but

eric thomas is with us and is also an aviation expert, both professionally and personally. you have been watching this very closely today, and we continue to wait for more information as to why this happened. >> indeed we do. but as you mentioned, good news that there's only one person unaccounted for. but it shows you how confusion can reign, trying to get a count of people, trying to get them to the hospital. those who are in immediate need of medical care. nose who are in shock and don't realize they're in need of medical care. we take a look at the asiana 777 and the hulk of it. we see deployed the emergency slide that people were getting off the plane. that plane is so low to the ground because the landing gear was sheered off in that collision with the ground, and as we see back there, still some debris on the runway. a lot of it will be left there for the ntsb to take a close look at when their teams of people get here and begin trying to sift through things and figure out what happened. they'll zero in first on the black box recorders, the flight data recorder, whic

eric and kristen? >> this morning, oakland police want you to look at photos to help identify vandals who caused damage after the george zimmerman verdict. first show as man throwing a trash can at a store window on saturday night. in this picture another man scrawls graffiti on the street the same night. watch the man on the bicycle he suddenly kicks and didn'ts a car near lake merritt. not all images show the faces and clothing and other identifiable characteristics may lead them to those involved. police want you to show any pictures you have of other crimes. >> more vandalism could come with protests planned this weekend in oakland. frustrated business owners want to hold off problems they have seen in protesting and met with the marian and the police chief who promised to do better to protect the public. oakland police say they will be ready for whatever happens. >> we have higher number of police officers out and more successful at preventing violent crime and vandalism. >> punish those that comm

remnants of what was tropical storm eric that. will give us filtered sunshine but will be hot in spots. here in the bay area high clouds moving through into afternoon hours as well. temperatures dropping off tomorrow from today's levels still warm with highs to the 90 degrees tomorrow, we'll see low to mid 70s in the north bay. here is the accu-weather forecast. we'll cool down through friday and start to warm up again over the weekend sunday, monday, highs back into low 90s low 80s around the bay and low 60s on the coast. all tweets and advisories can be found there. >> what a tough loss that was last night. >> yes. it was. 16 inchings -- innings. we'll tell but that and collin >>> geek. desperate times call for desperate measures bruce bocci ordered coach to burn sage in the club house this, is a ritual dating back for centuries we're now cleansing and purifying. when left giants last night they were in extra inning was the jets. go to 13th another chance for giants. just designated for assignment. men in scoring position played

kristen and eric? >> stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage of bart strike. >> using the cell phone technology our engineer is on the road and the backup at the junction 580 and 980 and 24 -- bad. the makers of one a day believe, as i do, that everyone should have access to good nutrition. so they're donating two meals to feeding america for every purchase of one a day women's multivitamins. help families across america get nutrition they need. buy one a day women's, make a difference. [ slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcm-rich tums starts working so fast ♪ tum tum tum tum tums >> there is a look above the west oakland bart station and you can see the parking lot is empty with no one on the platform and the trains are not running. you can see the bus, a location where they are taking passengers from several other bart stations in the east bay and bringing them here where they take the bus over to san francisco. our director d reported tha

i'm eric thomas. federal officials are on the scene for their first full day in the investigation of asiana airlines flight 214. new video shows up-close footage of the mangled wreckage inside the boeing 777. investigators are focusing on the pilot's experience and the last few seconds before his plane crashed. one of the four runways at sfo remains closed for that investigation. with only three runways in service, more delays and cancellations and more passenger frustration may be likely today. but the situation appears to be improving. many flights that were delayed over the weekend have been postponed until late they are week. >>> monday morning traffic with leyla gulen. >> thanks so much. we have that sigalert in effect in santa rosa northbound along 101. sape is telling everyone to use the car pool lane. it is bumper-to-bumper traffic right now. no word yet as to when that will clear. it was involving a big rig. as we take you over the altamont pass, also bumper to bumper, 25 miles per hour your

>>guest: good morning, eric. so far, the commute is shaping up to look like a normal commute. it could be heavier than usual. i am westbound on the bay bridge right now. i cleared the tunnel. i am coming into the san francisco anchorage. all lanes are normal. no backup at the tolls. the metering lights were off this morning. i am sure it will change as the morning unfolds. >> as we see, traffic right now is going well and dick will keep us informed. we will check back. >> in oakland, we will move on to another strike, traffic, though, first, with leyla gulen. >> around the bay area and our briggs. this is, i believe, the bay bridge toll plaza. you can start to see plenty of traffic moving through. it is early. we don't have this many cars. it is moving at top speed. we had an early project wrapping up. all lanes are open. golden gate bridge out of sausalito into san francisco, things are moving at top speeds and to san mateo bridge, it will be wide open from hayward to foster city but there are a few extra headlights and taillights eastbound and westbound direction. we will ke

eric? ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> and look at all those people out there in times square this morning kicking off our week with "good morning america." look at food inside. we'll find out why. >> because popeyes is launching the newest twist on this hot trend, and you know how people love the chicken waffles. >> oh, yes. >> well, our good friends at popeyes, what they did, they have a waffle batter around the chicken tender, and then isn't there some sauce, lara? >> yes, there is a dipping sauce., there is a dipping thank you for asking, robin. it's maple dipping sauce, and this is kind of cool. there's a little fun fact for y'all. >> okay. >> here, let me find it. let me get to my research. did you know the history of chicken waffles, they got their start with jazz musicians, when they would finish sets so late, that both dinner and breakfast were being served at restaurants. >> i wish i were hungry because this is great. >> chicken and waffles. in l.a., as you well know, roscoe's, you

eric? >> thank you. >>> good morning. starting with the current conditions, mainly in the mid to upper 50s, fairfield, 63, antioch, about 15 degrees cooler in east bay valleys neighborhoods compared to yesterday. san jose this morning sunny and about 12 degrees cooler than it was yesterday. if you're heading to the game tonight, temperatures are going to be in the mid-60s to start but drop down into the upper 50s with a ni [ cheers and applause ] ♪ i'm on top of the world ♪ i'm on top of the world >>> we are on top of the world. it's friday. and the party bus is ready to go. oh, my gosh. not one, but two uncle sams. and imagine dragons in central park. a capacity crowd. huge party in the park. and we wish you a good morning, america. david muir, amy robach, paula faris, all holding down the fort with me. sam's in the park, as george, josh, and robin all take a little time off. >> hopefully, feet up watching us this morning. >>> we have the latest coming up in the high-stakes george zimm

i'm eric thomas. in santa clara, three gun store burglary suspects are in custody. they broke in to reed's indoor range on duane avenue this morning. they took two rifles and five handg handguns. range owner jim tells abc7 news his alarm system alerted police who arrived as suspects were getting into their car. there was a short chase before police made the arrests. some of the weapons were thrown out of the car during the pursuit but all the weapons taken from the store have been recovered. leyla has the wednesday morning commute. >>> in san jose, we have this accident along northbound 85 coming up to camden avenue. it's involving three vehicles blocking one lane. we have bumper-to-bumper traffic there making your drive over to highway 17. quick look at our drive time traffic, 580, 41 minutes out of tracy to dublin, 42 minutes on highway 4 from antioch to concord. eric? >> when we come >>> good morning. i want's a little cooler outside, not quite as much humidity out there as there was yesterday. tem

eric and kristen? >> there is a bow tie renaissance among fashionable men but you have to know how to tie it. >> next we have bloomberg business report. but first the tech bytes. today, verizon unveiled the if you line of motor old smartphones, include the droid which boasts 48 hours of battery life in one charge. the other two phones are the droid ultra claiming to the be thinnest 4g on the market. and flipboard is now available online where you can share your own publications. ford has high-tech police cars which when approached from behind an alarm sounds and the doors lock and the ones roll >> covering santa rosa, berkeley and all the bay area. >> good wednesday morning, at look at a dreamy golden gate bridge and i hope the drives are wide awake but it looks dream like with the fog. we will check with mike nicco and talking to leyla gulen about the traffic. it looks fine. >> an out-of-control gas well fire in the gulf of mexico near louisiana had a blow out prompting the evacuation of 44 workers. o

eric finally agreed to donate his sperm to nina, no strings attached. >> i will not try to get money or try to make you change diapers. >> reporter: and just like that, nina embarked on a journey into motherhood, documenting it all on the camera. >> i am trying to figure out where the left-hand quadrant of my ab is. >> reporter: the film is titled "first comes love". >> he is gorgeous. here he comes. >> reporter: nina encountered mixed reactions from her family. >> and how can you -- >> you're a single mother with a fatherless child, beginning to sound like the ghetto. >> one thing that struck me in the movie is how you really wanted your family members, to seek out their approval. >> i think because i come from such a conventional family, it was harder for me to embark on an unconventional road. so i think i was just looking for them to say it is okay, you can do this. and some did say that, and others were not so encouraging. >> like your dad? >> including my dad. >> reporter: as these arrangements become more popular, there is a concern that the roles could be detrimental to the w

eric and kristen? >> we continue to follow developing news from arizona where a wildfire that claims the lives of 19 firefighters continues to burn. in what is described as the deadliest wildfire in history the crew was battling the fire northwest the phoenix and winds blew the flames out of control. 700 residents have been evacuate ed after a lightning strike on friday. 2,000 acres have burned. >> that is our team coverage of the bart strike. it will continue. >> transit workers walk off after negotiations breakdown. the major sticking points that have led to this work stoppage. >> we will check on all of the commute alternatives to get to work this morning and our hour buses, and ferries and roads are doing. >> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning, the bart strike is on. i am kristen sze. >> the traffic is on the freeways. right now you can see our engineer is headed eastbound on the bay bridge. bart workers are on strike so trains will not run today. >> that is right

eric? >> thank you. in southern california, investigators are looking into the cause of a malfunction at a fire work show that injured dozens of people. >> whoa. whoa. whoa. my god! whoa! >> a number of fire work shells exploded near or on the ground two minutes into the show. it sent shrapnel flying at the community park. 20 people went to the hospital with minor to moderate injuries. another eight suffered minor cuts and bruises. the bomb squad deactivated the remaining fireworks. >> a 32-year-old man is recovering after being shot in the face this morning after a possible road rage incident. it happened in east palo alto on beach street before 1:00 o'clock a.m. police are trying to figure out what happened. the victim and the suspect have given officers conflicting reports. investigators believe a car crash turned into road rage and shots were fired. east palo alto police are asking witnesses to come forward. >> next on abc7 news, the america's cup fleet on display but a major event scheduled for toda

eric is now a search researcher at berkeley and he and john a san francisco tech entrepreneur with a personal motivation. >> i love my dad. >> his father was visiting san francisco in 1992 and he was shot to death along california street on nob hill during a robbery attempt. >> to lose a parent when you are 10 years old...it impacts every facet of your life and development and it is something that has been part of my identity and who i am. >> officials welcomed the fundraising. >> we want to be part of that and i hope this is just the beginning and we will see a proliferation of the programs. >> the goal is to raise $30,000 over the next month and a half. >> oakland international airport is one of the most affordable airports to fly to. according to cheap flights, long beach is number one, and myrtle beach in south carolina is two, and fresno air terminal is three, and burlington international in virginia, number five, and oakland rounds out the top five. san jose international is 17th andis one of the most expensive ranked at 84th out of 101 airports across the country. >> and sfo h

attorney general eric holder attacked the stand your ground law in the wake of the george zimmerman acquittal. >>> and mystery man. this american woke up in a hotel room knowing nothing about himself. and that's not the strangest part of the story. >>> and whale of a tale here. a fisherman comes to the rescue while at sea. and it's captured on camera. >>> good wednesday morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson, sitting in for john muller. >> today's our last day with rob. we're excited to have you. thanks for coming back to join the family. >> it's always good to be back. >> i'm diana perez. millions of americans are fatsing another day of dangerous heat. temperatures up to ten degrees hotter than usual. >> and the misery is only compounded for thousands living in suburban washington, d.c. that's because their water is now shut off. our coverage begins, now, with abc's tahman bradley. >> reporter: millions of americans wake up again today in blistering heat. >> it's like we're in an oven. like burning. >> reporter: nearly half the country is baking, with temperatures soaring well into the 90s. the

eric and kristen? >> walnut creek police are vetting the death of a paraglider. police got a call of an accident behind a golf course before 6:00 p.m. and authorities say the victim's glider collapsed and he slammed into the face of a cliff. teams went in and extracted the unidentified man in his 50's. he was taken to the medical center but did not survive. >> the wife of secretary of state, john kerry, is now at a boston hospital this morning in critical but stable condition. she was flown to massachusetts general last night from a hospital in nantucket. doctors say they stabilized her and gave no further details. secretary kerry was are her. she is the heir to the heinz catch up fortune and is 74 years old. >> former republican presidential hopeful rick perry will reveal what is next in san to whether he will try for another term as governor or run again for president in 2016. he was expected to reveal the lands in late june but pushed back the announcement while he tried again to pass a controversial antiabortion bill. we a democratic filibuster killed the bil

eric and kristen? >> regenerals are meeting in san francisco to confirm the next president of the u.c. system, janet napolitano is about to make history on several fronts. abc7 news reporter is on the campus at mission bay. matt? >> later today in the building right here at the mission bay conference center the homeland security secretary janet napolitano will face a full board of regents for a vote on her nomination to become the first woman to be in that position. the chair of the special search committee said show was recommended on a unanimous vote. supporters say napolitano is a dedicated public servant and a transforming leader. she was governor of air air before serving as homeland security security. the current president will step down in august after serving more than five years and said he will help the successor in the transition. >> i hold great confidence in the university and great confidence in the institution my successor will inherit and i wish my successor well and am prepared to help

kristen and eric? >> thank you, mike at 5:10. bay area ferries will be backed again today. next, what you need to know to make the ride across the water a smooth ride. >> welcome back, day two of the bart strike is sure to bring another wave of new riders to the bay ferry service. katie marzullo is at the ferry terminal to oakland. katie, it got a lot more busy. >> when it happens it happens quickly. the line has formed at the ferry terminal in oakland. a few people at first and then quickly the line has grown to more than two dozen people. no one wanting to take a chance and risk not being on the first boat but those i talked with say it went smoothly yesterday and there is an employee here from the ferry who says they were not running at full capacity yesterday but only at 80 percent. good news to report from at ferry terminal. a man is actually first in line this morning. >> it is frustrateing. there should be a better way to manage something as critical as bart than striking and not talking to each other. >> taking a look at the numbers from yesterday, 11 ferries were r

eric and kristen? >> we are following breaking news from san francisco where police are looking if two suspects after a man and a woman were stabbed in golden gate park at 2:30 this morning located on the east end of the park. police say the woman, possibly if her 40's, was stabbed in the cleft and the man believed to be between 20 and 30, was stabbed in the abdomen and taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, one senator is heavy set man with dreadlocks and the other is black male with a white hoodie. they got away in a maroon-colored vehicle. >> oakland argued into the remainly morning hours before adopting new measures which expand soviets of the city with the use of security cameras and passed just add midnight and met with loud disapproval. >> all in favor say aye. aye. opposed, say no. any an extensions? motion passes. thank you. >> the department of homeland security is giving oakland $2 million to expand an existing surveillance program set up at the port of oakland in 2008 to prot

>> good morning, eric and kristen will this morning commute is unfolding and we have slightly heavier traffic than we had yesterday. and the folks with fast track trans ponders are going through at the speed limit with no delays. right now i am in a cash lane on the left-hand side of the toll plaza and you can see we have a pretty good little backup going with 10 or 15 or 20-car backup at the toll gates. the folks are having to pay cash to get through that are in the backup, the folks with the fast track trans ponder, they have no problem. the metering lights are not on so if you have a fast track trans ponder you are in good shape. >> the car pool discount $2.50 opposed to $6 that does not begin for a few minutes so does that affect how many car poolers you see? >> actually, you are right. if you look off to the left of the perth you can see the far two left lanes are closed, those are the carpool lanes when the carpool program kicks off this morning and of course to carpool you have to have a fast track trans ponder, so, again, that is the way to go. if you are carpooling, the casua

katie and eric? >> thank you very much, leyla gulen, a woman who lost her foot after it was crushed under a car found a new way to get around. christina followed influence on a co-workers joke she make a prosthetic leg from leg goes and she did using the colorful bricks. it is comfortable but not really practical. she uploaded the youtube video showing off her invention and it has gotten half million views. >> very colorful. it is cool. it is original. >> exactly. it is original. >> next at 6:00, bart back on track. the deal sending employees back to work and the uncertainty that hangs over the agency for the next month. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. my god. no! no! >> we showed you this video of fireworks bursting out of control in southern california and ahead we have the eyewitness accounts from those who saw it happen. >> later the vatican make as major announcement of the late pope john paul ii. >> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> i am delighted to report the parties have agree

kristen and eric? >> all morning we will bring you traveling traffic as bart strike enters day throw. cell 7 on the move with our engineer on highway 24 westbound near the oakland hills showing you what traffic is like this morning. >> expect another day of packed ferries. we have the riders whose day starts before dawn. >> and a remarkable baseball achievement wi >> good morning, 4:11 on wednesday, day three of the bart strike. a couple of live pictures on your left, of course, the bay bridge toll plaza is light but on the right maybe the folks headed toward the bay bridge toll plaza, westbound 24 to 580 and 85 and through oakland area. that will be difficult today. you can see dick is driving around at moment and still light. >> it shows the value of an early start. the toll plaza on the left is a key indication of how the commute will go. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is at the toll plaza. it was bad on monday and worse yesterday? >> you have that right. we are waiting to see if day throw is as

kristen and eric? >> now the crash of asiana flight 214, this morning the families of the two young girl whose died are in the bay area. ntsb chairwoman is revealing to abc7 news what is next in their investigation. we have coverage with amy hollyfield speaks to the ntsb spokesman but now over to burlingame and matt. ought families of the victims arrived last night. they are inside the crown plaza hotel in burlingame. because of that, security is tight. this area has been declared a federal zone. hotel employees brought out huge umbrellas to shield the families from the media when they arrived last night. parents did not speak with reporters and were taken by bus from the tarmac at sfo. we hear new accounts about what it was like inside the airline flight when it crashed. 15-year-old described how she got out of the plane. >> everything stopped. i realized i was alib. i, looked over and i saw my brother and sister. they were fine. my mom and my dad were both on the floor because their seats fell down.

kristen and eric? >> thank you, the white house is considering canceling a summit between president obama and russian president putin in the fall while moscow considers asylum for edward snowden. he will travel to russia for the g-20 summit but officials is again out of their way to avoid publicly meeting with putin in moscow. the relationship between the two leaders is already tense with both at odds over the civil strike in syria. the n.s.a. is taking steps to make sure what happened does not happen again and the top defense official says that it is implementing new antileak measures like a two-man rule so contractors have to work with a partner when accessing sensitive data. the n.s.a. is also limiting how many people have access to classified information and where it is stored. >> lawyers for the city of detroit expected to be in court to work out details of the city's bankruptcy filing. the city made the move yesterday as it was about to default on a large part of the $18 billion debt and now the

eric and kristen? >> coming out on the losing en, next, the decision that left a lost san jose police officers angry, some even threatening to quit. >> how does your car stack up for safety? we will tell you why a popular >> covering fremont, palo alto, north bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone, at 5:43 as we watch the removal of the wreckage of asiana flight 214. it is being towed from the crash site closer to the terminal passing some of the other jet ready to lobby. we are following it and amy hollyfield will have a report coming up. >> san jose police officers have lost their battle for a raise for now. a judge sided with the city officials and decided against giving the officers a restoring of the cut made to wages in 2011 when they took a cut to minimize the layoffs. the union president says expect a mass exodus of officers. >> 70's resign each year and we will make the numbers this year and the ruling will accelerate the loss. >> we have the capacity in $10 mi

eric and kristen? >> thank you. >> coming out, a decision that left a lot of san jose police officers angry and some threatening to quit. >> fill up the gas tank as soon as you can because the price will surge again. >> risking his life in rough seas: what a man did to save his family stranded on a capsized >> covering los altos, antioch, petaluma and the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> you are looking at a picture from sfo with fire crews on the runway where you also see the wreckage of asiana flight 214 because during the removal process this morning there was a fire that broke out with a lot of smoke pouring out and firefighters responding there. we are still trying to take down for you what happened, what caused it, and amy is on the scene checking back with her in a little bit. >> the church congregation that the two 16-year-old girls killed in asiana flight 214 were spending the summer with are mourning their death. ♪ amazing grace >> the names of the girls were displayed as the choir sang "ama

. >>> you know, returning to what attorney general eric holder said, you know, in that -- when he was making that speech. what he essentially said was, the conversation that he had to have with his son that his father had with him was, if you are ever presented with a situation where you feel like someone is treating you unfairly or you run into someone in the street and you have to defend yourself in a way that clearly is racially motivated, this is what you need to do in that situation. he was -- i think what he was trying to say is how sad it is in this day and age because of the verdict he had to sit down with his son and have that conversation at all with his child. >> we've made progress but still the same conversation my dad had with me "x" number of decades ago, i have still in 2013 still have to have, pointing out that we've come a long way. we have miles to go. and the other four jurors distancing themselves from that juror who spoke to anderson cooper. they released a statement. one line in that statement was -- serving on this jury has been a highly emotional and physicall

eric young grounds to first. hudson covering first. freddie freeman tosses to hudson, who is covering first. hudson makes the play. but is accidentally stepped on by young. oh, my goodness. obvious pain. look at it again. his foot's on the bag. young trying to get to the bag. and that's what happens. a fractured ankle. hudson would be carted off. braves got the win. hudson got the win. 8-2. out for the year. >>> gold cup semifinals. united states taking on honduras. team usa, up 2-1. goodson, into the box. alejandro to donovan. donovan, a pair of goals in this game. he has five in the tournament. team usa moving on to the gold cup final. the americans will take on panama on sunday for the championship. >> all right. >>> he's stan verrett. i'm jay harris. good morning, america. that's your "sportscenter" update. >>> now, we have an amazing turn of events on the golf course near chicago. that's why this is our "play of the day." >> incredible. it involved a 65-year-old golfer named paul dombrowski. earlier this week, he had not one but t

matt cane started with an advance by eric young. daniel murphy drives them n still in the first bases loaded john buck. scoring so does david rice. 3-0 metropolitans last just in the inning. cane's counter part zach wheeler smoke. remember he was traded for carlos belltran in 2011 had his best career outings fifth inning marlon bird two run shot here, oh, i got it. i got it. i ain't got it. how do you drop that? they win 7-2 completing a three-game sweep now lost 14 of 16. bocci says cane is not injured and wants to keep it that way. >> so, you know, i don't want you know this to be a health issue that. is why i pulled them. >> i know we're a lot better than we are. you know? going out there to have an outing like that is really disappointing and it's kind of hard to swallow. but got to get over it oo. as if giants did not have enough problems pitcher has been charge charged with open lewdness saying' approached a woman told her she was gorgeous then touched her face and breast. security wrestled him to the ground. police say he app

i'm eric thomas. a police officer shot and killed a pit bull after the dog attacked him this morning. it started from mailbox thefts in a neighborhood. witnesses led the police to this home in east empire. they conducted a probation search at the house when a large pit bull came up from the basement and charged and started to bite an officer monopoly he was in the hospital with minor leg injuries. the man on probation was taken in custody. >>> leyla gulen has the morning commute. >>> traveling along northbound 101 might be on the slower side coming up to 280 extension. 280, however, looks pretty clear as we make it a little farther towards cane street. the east bay southbound 880, this crash also in the clearing stages, however it has left us with tremendous backup away from 92. eric? >> leyla, thank you very much. after this >>> a warming trebd begins today. taking a look at our live doppler 7-hd radar satellite, some low clouds and patchy fog that will burn off later today. our highs for today aroun

i'm eric thomas. we're following developing news out of san francisco where firefighters put out a two-alarm house fire this morning in a home that was debt kadicated to pot-growing operation. it broke out just before 1:00 this morning on tucker street. once inside rg firefighters discovered pot plants, growing equipment in five rooms and faulty wiring that bypassed the meters to get electricity. nobody was home testimony. investigators are now looking for the people who were using that building. >>> a check on tuesday morning traffic. here's leyla gulen. >> we do have some debris in lanes along 101 southbound. holly street, and that is blocking a couple of lanes. so far so good. however, we're looking at top speeds in both directions as we take a look at this, your drive into hayward, that is slow on the nimitz both in the north and southbound direction. our drive time traffic, 680, 101, 17 looking a little slow, half an hour to get you across pacific highway to los gatos. >> w >>> we're back and we'

eric holder called the death unnecessary. >> the justi departme shares your concern. i share your concern. first acknowledge we have opened an investigation into this matter. >> the feds look for potential civil rights violations martin's parents krring a wrongful death lawsuit against zimmerman. zimmerman could file civil suits, his parents releasing a statement claiming the state quote conducted a malicious, unfounded prosecution adding they hope all responsible will be held responsible. saying they believe. >> i think there was a struggle trayvon became aware. >> his attorney claiming he will get his gun back and needs it for protection. >> i since he's now lawfully allowed to carry one this is the worst time in his life, isn't it? >> we haven't heard from the jurors but learned today one of them signed a book deal back to you. >> naacp holding a national rally in orlando. it's members have petitioned the justice department to file charges. what else was said there today? >> well, benjiman crump, the attorney for martin's parents encouraged people to continue to pe

anchors eric thomas and kristen sze and leila will bring us the latest on negotiations and a look at how r weekday commute. >>> east bay commuters may need another way to get around if ac transit workers go out on strike. contracts expire tonight. officials and union leaders have negotiated all evening long. if the two sides fail to reach a deal by midnight they could agree to extend it and that would a strike avert a strike fr tomorrow. there would be one more work stopage. they will strike. many were making picket signs today. the union representatives claim the city is attempting to cut pay by 10%. earlier this week the mayor said the city has the funds for needed compensation and promise to work through the weekend to get an agreement. >>> breaking news tonight out of arizona, and the news is tragic. 19 firefighters have been killed battling a fire. they were part of the granite mountain hotshots, an eliteew ty hand. the firefighters were forced to deploy their fire shelters that are tent-like structures meant to shield them from the flames and heat. the flames fuelled by gusty w

anchors eric thomas and kristen sze and leila will bring us the latest on negotiations and a look at how all of this is affecting your weekday commute. >>> east bay commuters may need another way to get around if ac transit workers go out on strike. contracts expire tonight. officials and union leaders have negotiated all evening long. if the two sides fail to reach a deal by midnight they could agree to extend it and that would avert a strike for tomorrow. there would be one more work stopage. they will strike. many were making picket signs today. the union representatives claim the city is attempting to cut pay by 10%. earlier this week the mayor said the city has the funds for needed compensation and promise to work through the weekend to get an agreement. >>> breaking news tonight out of arizona, and the news is tragic. 19 firefighters have been killed battling a fire. they were part of the granite mountain hotshots, an elite crew that fights fires by hand. the firefighters were forced to deploy their fire shelters that are tent-like structures meant to shield them from the flame

kristen and eric? >> complete come of the bart strike is ahead and we will go back to the ferry terminal in alameda to see if long lines are following there again. >> we will go back to the bay bridge toll plaza and see how cell 7 is getting along the it is stop-and-go in 9 cash-paying lanes >> covering antioch and all the bay area, the index of the commute is the bay bridge toll plaza during the bart strike of the you can see it is backed up. you can see the stop-and-go nature of the traffic building up to be a frustrating ride. >> gearing up for a third day of expanded service to fill the hole left by the bart strike and at the ferry terminal in alameda and the first ferry going out at 6:00? >> the ferry is here. it is behind us. it arrived early at 5:30. the line extended all the way along the dock to the parking lot. a long line for the alameda county ferry stop. but not so long as the lines we have seen all the way down the street and around the building at jack london square in oakland. the regul

eric and kristen? >> breaking news from san francisco where police are joining the investigation into a house fire in visitation valley after firefighters ahead a surprise discovery. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield tells us what the crews found. >> it wasn't just a surprise to firefighters. people living on the street say they had no idea what was going on inside this pink house. firefighters were surprised but when they burst in they realized there was a marijuana grow inside. they had trouble getting in trying to get inside in case people were asleep. the home was very secure, officially secure for a residential home. when they got inside they realized no one was in there. the home was dedicated to being a marijuana "grow" operation with growing equipment in five rooms and they found plants and faulty wiring. they say the people had bypassed the meter to get their electricity. a woman who live on the street said she had no idea what was going on inside. >> people lived there, they moved out a while

kristen and eric? >> thank you. steel -- still more coverage of of the bart strike. >> we will tell you of all your commute options to get to work by buses, >> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> we begin with the bart strike and a picture from cell 7 technology through the bay bridge going 25 miles per hour, with more traffic than usual for this time of the morning and more people on the roads as bart stations are no longer an option. thanks for joining us at 5:30. a things picked up earlier than normal. we have a couple of accidents to add to the mess. this is where we have an accident involving a big rig and possibly a car fire eastbound 580, no slowing in this area between highway four section but closer to berkeley and albany we will have extra cars. in dublin/pleasanton we have an accident blocking a lane westbound 580. it is bumper-to-bumper traffic at 30 miles per hour on the accident and still slow approaching the dublin interchange. on the central valley from tracy , 21 miles per ho

eric? >> 6:30, day two of the bart strike and it is not cheer when both sides will get back to the bargaining table. we have our transportation reporter. heather? >> the striking workers taking a little bit of a breakfast break with a delivery of cold orange juice and hot food from the a.t.u. president and they are refueling. workers are out on the picket lines, the union lawyers and negotiating teams have been heating and working behind-the-scenes but they are not working together with the other side sip the strike began yesterday morning. now, everyone is crossing their fingers that today they will be able to get back. bart says that they are waiting for the mediator to draw the two sides together. >> this is like back in high school, the bart management is the cool kids and we are the geeks that make things work but we want something from them but they brush us off. when they want something us from us, they act like they are doing us a favor by allowing them to serve them. >> the unions

eric and kristen? >> thank you, leyla gulen. >> kids expect a toy when they visit fast food restaurants, right? well, a popular chain is getting rid of them. >> coming up first, a major star power president obama hopes to draw on to promote his health care reform law. >> caught on camera, mama bear trying to free her cub. >> and another look at london near the tower of london. they have been fireing off salutes to the new baby. >> covering santa clara, san francisco, east bay, and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> at 6:15, check this out new video showing a mother bear trying to get her cub out of a dumpster on sunday night in southern california. you can see the mother bear pawing the bump step trying to get the cub out. wildlife responded and scared the more bear off and they opened the lid and freed the little cub who climbed out but he had some trash stuck to his head. >> whatting today, the house of representatives will consider regulation that cuts off funds for n.s.a. surveillance and imposes

>> that's to say the very least, eric. we have tons of traffic in the east bay, making it over our bridges, but the worst of all is the bay bridge as we look in the westbound direction. to addo

. >> i am eric thomas. other good news, the triple digits are gone. for now. >> do words: it's over. the heat wave is gone. the breezes are back. if you have had the windows open, it is cooler in all areas. live doppler 7 hd showing no wet weather. next 12 hours the clouds are arriving late at 58 degrees by 7:00. mostly sunny at noon and 68. sunshine and mild at 74. check it out, you may need a jacket in the evening in the upper 60's. inland neighbors the next 24 hours it is cooler by up to ten degrees and 60 degrees. a warm 78 at noon, better than mid-90's we have had lately. 84 and not excessively warm at 4:00 at 76 and comfortable conditions. if you looked for sunshine, mild conditions and a light breeze, that was yesterday and the day before. it will be cloudy, mostly cloudy, cool temperatures around 60 and breezy the entire day. leyla gulen? >> folks are taking a long weekend because it is looking everyonely on the roads. we have a report of a brushfire over the altamont pass in the eastbound direction along 580 at grant line road causing slowing