fbi calls this man a master of illusion what. he's doing on ebay that has federal agents hunting him down. >> also, "x files." what happened after the sun unleashes one of the strongest solar flares? >> bay area students get a treat going where few have gone. soon, californians from to salinas to san diego will have equal access to quality health insurance. those who need financial assistance will get it. and nobody will be denied because of a pre-existing condition. welcome to a new state of health. welcome to covered california. we are your health insurance marketplace. enroll today at coveredca.com or call 1-800-300-1506. >>> federal agents say they have seized bit coins from the head of a notorious black market for drugs known as silk road. investigators say he used alias dread pirate roberts to operate a billion dollar online market in illegal drugs he denies charges officials say the 144,000 bit coins concities fis skated is the largest seize of crypto currency, ever >>> fbi is on the hunt for a man they say made $3 million

new overnight, an fbi alert. a major, new effort to combat an airport threat. laser pointers aimed into the cockpits of planes landing and taking off. >> two green flashes. and it caught the first officer in his eye. >> could it blind a pilot and bring down a plane? and how can the feds stop this? >>> the great escape mistake. new information on the massive manhunt for two killers who scammed their way to freedom using phony court documents. >> we want to bring them back to justice. >> so, how did it happen? and the new plans in place to stop another embarrassing jailbreak. >>> a health scare for a heartthrob. teen sensation austin mahone forced to make a major announcement about his tour. what he's telling his millions of teen fans. >>> and scoring big. kate looks great three months after having a baby. her washboard abs on display, as she plays volleyball in of all things, wedge platform shoes. and we just have to give it a try. >>> i don't know if you could see in that video. that was sara haines pulling a hammy while playing volleyball in -- what it -- five

new overnight, an fbi alert. a major, new effort to combat an airport threat. laser pointers aimed into the cockpits of planes landing and taking off. >> two green flashes. and it caught the first officer in his eye. >> could it blind a pilot and bring down a plane? and how can the feds stop this? >>> the great escape mistake. new information on the massive manhunt for two killers who scammed their way to freedom using phony court documents. >> we want to bring them back to justice. >> so, how did it happen? and the new plans in place to stop another embarrassing jailbreak. >>> a health scare for a heartthrob. teen pop sensation austin mahone rushed to the hospital and forced to make a major announcement about his tour. what he's now telling his millions of teen fans. >>> and scoring big. kate looks great three months after having a baby. her washboard abs on display, as she plays volleyball in, of all things, wedge platform shoes. and we just have to give it a try. >>> i don't know if you could see in that video. that was sara haines pulling a hammy while play

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fbi says the mastermind behind the online drug black market. he was once quoted referring to a site as anonymous amazon.com. court documents say he generated tens of millions of dollars in commissions being the middle man for the sale of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs. yesterday, he was arrested and arraigned today in federal court on charges related to money laundering and becoming. during the investigation fbi says it made more than 100 under cover buys of drugs from silk road ventors. prosecutors say he engaged in money laundering using bit coins, a virtual occurrencey for transactions. according to documents, over the past two years, silk road used by several thousand drug dealers to sell $1.2 billion in illegal drugs which generated $80 million in commissions. now, the complaint also says he was engaged in a murder for hire plot that he solicited a silk road user to kill another user threatening to release identities of thousands of other users. there was never any proof the plot was ever carried ut out. >> firefighters c

the fbi says criminals traded drugs and assassinations for years. the fbi says he made $3 million in bit coins a virtual occurrencey used in innet transaction that's saw a drop in value after today's announcement. he may have lived in san francisco he was arrested yesterday. at the glenn park library and arraigned today in federal court. prosecutors are now considering whether to file charges in the death of a young asiana air lines crash victim hit by a san francisco fire truck. it's a story i team has been following since the crash happened. the 16-year-old was one of three who died after the crash july 6th. findings presented to the family reveal she had fatal injuries to her head and pelvis. >> san jess yeah jury found a former day care worker guilty of sexually abusing nine children, convicted yesterday on 30 counts of child moles molestation. victims were girls between five and seven at the time after the bus. that abuse took place from august, 2010 to january, 2011. woodhouse faces up to a 450 years sentence to life in prison. >> a man accuse

. >>> fbi agents arrested 29-year-old ross olbrick accused of running silk road. they say criminals used the website to trade drugs and offer illegal services like forgery. olbrick is accused of using the secret site trying to hire someone to kill a former silk road employee who he thought was stealing. the website is now shut down. the fbi said olbrick made tens of millions of dollars from drug sales alone. >>> public support for jean kwan has eroded over the last year. she's less popular than ron dellums at the end of his tenure. two out of three people viewed the mayor unfavorably. 46% said they were definitely not vote for kwan next year. only 5% say they would definitely vote for her. the mayor's re-election prospects are strengthened by the lack of a big-name challenger, brian parker and joe toomen are her main contenders. >>> we are close by on the dry bay area hills, mike? >> wind advisory along with the red-flag warning, this includes 6:00 and includes the same areas. the winds may be up to 45 miles per hour but it will end before the red-flag warning 3:0

to you on this friday night, and as we come on the air, two american families are huddled with the fbi, the search underway for their loved ones, kidnapped by pirates. the men were last located on this stretch of ocean off the coast of nigeria. no one has seen the americans now for 48 hours, but tonight, abc news has learned more about who they are. our chief investigative correspondent brian ross. >> reporter: abc news has confirmed the identities of the two americans on the c retriever, the captain and the chief engineer. both from southern states. but u.s. officials have asked us not to broadcast the names of the men, singled out by the pirates because of the sensitivity of the case. >> we are working closely with our counterparts in the american government and with the nigerians to bring that to a conclusion. can't say more about it at this point. >> reporter: at the same time the nigerian navy says it launched a search and rescue operation in the mangrove swamps where known pirate and militant groups have camps. u.s. officials are worried that a nigerian military rescue effort cou

. >> it's been two years since reporting the fbi and sec were investigating walter ask kelly ng. the criminal case is finally moving forward. many people have lost their live savings. >> over the past 35 year, walter ng and his son ran limited partnerships. then made loans to real estate developers. the charging document, united states of america versus walter ng and kelly ng say they looted funds by making withdrawals and charged with structuring for the purpose of evading requirements. being a hell of a long delay. >> the 81-year-old doctor is typical of the ng investors met through friends and lost more than $400,000. he had to delay his retirement, and. >> aprilly at last. i'll be happier when they're sitting in jail. and happier yet if able to extract anything, pu i think we may have lost every penny. >> the ngs face a civil case from the sec. and using assets to rescue a rapidly collapsing fund. one class action lawsuit thinks ngs and others may face additional charges. >> i think we'll find during this period, the people were supposed to be watching over them, they're ktan

the fbi says there is a lot of work ahead. >> we will figure everything out. again we are going to process all of the evidence here and figure out if this will be a local or federal case. >> there is no current threat to the neighborhood. >>> the government shutdown is adding a financial burden to the overwhelming grief of families of soldiers killed this weekend in afghanistan. the funding that would help them pay forbear -- for burials is frozen. lisa amin gulezian spoke with outrage. >> sean walsh was 21 when he died in afghanistan two years ago. his mother admits what helped a little bit was the death gratuity. it is $100,000 that the military immediately gives to the family. it is to pay for funeral costs, housing and other bills. the program is now frozen because of the government shutdown. >> it is hard to think they will have to go through this time and then have one more thing to worry about. >> five families of soldiers who died were denied the money. their bodies will arrive at dover air force base tomorrow, but to get there the families will have t

. >> there was a petition asking the police and fbi to revisit the case started by those who provided daycare for amber. >> we have it open. now let's see what happens. >> amber's mother thinks the confession to the fbi was a lie to get off death row. >> he said all of the things he said which he could have made up. >> amber's mother drives by the house where it happened 25 years ago. she says now that the case has been reopened as weird as it sounds she says she considers herself the happiest mother of a missing child. >>> it marks the 20h an -- anniversary of the kidnapping of polly klass. he broke into a slumber party and tied up the friends and kidnapped the girl and then assaulted and killed her. he wants people to remember his daughter and davis is on death row awaiting execution for polly's murder. >>> a 21-year-old livermore woman killed in a drunk driving accident saved the lives of three people with organ donations. kristina was a nursing student at chico state. she was riding her bike back from school last month when a car hit her. a drunk driver was at fault. she says two

the fbi says there is a lot of work ahead. >> we will figure everything out. again we are going to process all of the evidence here and figure out if this will be a local or federal case. >> there is no current threat to the neighborhood. >>> the government shutdown is adding a financial burden to the overwhelming grief of families of soldiers killed this weekend in afghanistan. the funding that would help them pay forbear -- for burials is frozen. lisa amin gulezian spoke with outrage. >> sean walsh was 21 when he died in afghanistan two years ago. his mother admits what helped a little bit was the death gratuity. it is $100,000 that the military immediately gives to the family. it is to pay for funeral costs, housing and other bills. the program is now frozen because of the think theyard to think they will have to go through this time and then have one more thing to worry about. >> five families of soldiers who died were denied the money. their bodies will arrive at dover air force base tomorrow, but to get there the families will have to pay their own way.

. >> there was a petition asking the police and fbi to revisit the case started by those who provided daycare for amber. >> we have it open. now let's see what happens. >> amber's mother thinks the confession to the fbi was a lie to get off death row. >> he said all of the things he said which he could have made up. >> amber's mother drives by happened 25 years ago. she says now that the case has been reopened as weird as it sounds she says she considers herself the happiest mother of a missing child. >>> it marks the 20h an -- anniversary of the kidnapping of polly klass. he broke into a slumber party and tied up the friends and kidnapped the girl and then assaulted and killed her. he wants people to remember his daughter and davis is on death row awaiting execution for polly's murder. >>> a 21-year-old livermore woman killed in a drunk driving accident saved the lives of three people with organ donations. kristina was a nursing student at chico state. she was riding her bike back from school last month when a car hit her. a drunk driver was at fault. she says two babies in the bay a

the website is now shutdown and the fbi says he made a fortune from. it tens of millions of dollars fog being the middle man in the sale of drugs like heroin and meth. >> palo alto police are trying to stop a rash of car break ins. so far this year we have seen more burglaries targeting parked cars than the annual totals for the past three years. among the trouble spots, the city parking garage and the parking lots for oak creek apartments. ama dates is live in palo alto for us. >> car break ins have become a huge problem in palo alto. i am on california avenue which is one of the areas that was recently targeted by thieves who were after anything you leave behind. >> several cars along california avenue and palo alto were broken into in the month of september. >> we had approximately 70 auto burglaries and it is the most we have had in one month which is 2008. >> 16 happened in just one night here at oak creek apartments on sand hill road. >> the cost of living is pretty steep so the people who live here must be wealthy. the cars are nice so it would

this morning, search teams including the fbi's child abduction rapid deployment team are back out, trying to track down this missing teen. searching for answers this was not the way zenya hernandez thought she would spend her daughter's 15th birthday. >> please come home. and we miss you so badly. >> reporter: abigail hernandez shown here walking at school in conway, new hampshire, in the last-known photo of the teen before she disappeared wednesday afternoon. since then, not a word from the 5'4" brunette. nothing on social media. no trace of any communication from her cell phone. >> unfortunately, we still have nothing new to report. >> reporter: the fbi releasing this flyer, still not commenting on whether she possibly could be a runaway. or if she could have been abducted. >> it's still a missing persons investigation. and nothing more than that. >> reporter: local, state and federal investigators have spent the past several days looking in lakes and ponds and going door to door. >> we're nowhere done. i want to make sure everyone is clear on that. we're here to find abby and to bring

the website is now shutdown and the fbi says he madeune frot fortune from. it tens of millions of dollars fog being the middle man in the sale of drugs like heroin and meth. >> palo alto police are trying to stop a rash of car break ins. so far this year we have seen more burglaries targeting parked cars than the annual totals for the past three years. among the trouble spots, the city parking garage and the parking lots for oak creek apartments. ama dates is live in palo alto for us. >> car break ins have become a huge problem in palo alto. i am on california avenue which is one of the areas that was recently targeted by thieves who were after anything you leave behind. >> several cars along california avenue and palo alto were broken into in the month of september. >> we had approximately 70 auto burglaries and it is the most we have had in one month which is 2008. >> 16 happened in just one night here at oak creek apartments on sand hill road. >> the cost of living is pretty steep so the people who live here must be wealthy. the cars are nice so it would

fbi agents arrested 29-year-old ross olbrick accused of running silk road. they say criminals used the website to trade drugs and offer illegal services like forgery. and he's accused of using the site to try to hire someone to kill a former silk road employee who thought he was stealing. and his online handle was dread pirate roberts. the fbi said olbrick made tens of millions of dollars from drug sales alone. >>> jean kwan is facing a tougher battle for re-election based on a new poll. it shows she's less popular than her one-term predecessor ron dellums near the end of his tenure. "the oakland tribune" reports two out of three people viewed her unfavorably. 46% say they would definitely not vote for kwan next year. only 5% say they would definitely vote for her. still, at this point, the mayor doesn't have a big-name challenger. port commissioner brian parker and san francisco state professor joe toomen are her main contenders at this point. >>> 5:38, continuing problems in the clinton park area of san francisco. >> the mission district in san francisco o

the fbi is involve asked we've learned a man is missing from the nursing gnome castro valley. abc7 news reporter laura anthony is live tonight. laura? >> reporter: not only are federal investigators getting involved but we learned the man walked away while state monitors are supposed to be overseeing what is going on here. >> mr. bascum has been a missing person many times in the past. >> reporter: the sheriffs say a resident apparently walk wade from a nursing home october 25th. that is one day after it was ordered closed by the state. the missing man is a 65-year-old edmond bascum. >> just because it's mr. bascum we don't believe he's at risk. he's a person that has been declared missing before. he tends to walk from facilities. >> reporter: besides a criminal probe, sheriffs say the fbi is growing the list of agencies investigating valley springs the state ordered the facility closed but 14 elderly patients left inside three days after that, under the care of just two staff members. including cook, maurice roland. >> we need more help than what we had. >> reporter: he said

. >> fbi investigating a nursing home accused of abandon being patients, one is missing. the 65-year-old last seen the day after the state pulled his license, a total of 14 disabled patients were left at valley springs manor with just three people, including a janitor caring for them the owner's attorney maintains they were looking for clayses -- places to relocate them. >>> san francisco police and campus police have issued a joint alefrment they want to find a man who told a nursing supervisor about seeing someone in a stairwell october 4thth. another employee discovered a body of the patient lynn spalding on october 8th, '17 days after spalding vanished from her room. the nursing supervisor says the man walked away after making the report. it appeared he was wearing a hospital employee id badge. they have not been able to identify him. >> so this person, now, who was let in, is kind of super important and may have important information about her. >> the nursing supervisor contacted the sheriff's department to check the stairwell. the department oversees security at san

. >> fbi, do not eat that pie. >> we have reason to believe that the condensed milk used in that pie is expired. >> yep. it expireded. >> how did you know? >> we live in your pantry. >> why? >> also you're out of berry burst cheerio. >> don't answer that. say it again? copy that? it's your step sister. >> isn't this an invasion of my privacy? >> it is. but now you don't have food poisoning. >> and you do have 5,000 dollars. >> who are these people? >> these men are here to protect us. >> he's not your son. he's a camera. >> we need to take him in. >> i nursed him. >> mommy, mommy, mommy. >> i nursed something. >> the nsa and the fbi. we're watching the [ bleep ] out of you. [ applause ] >> they ought to take all of the guys who are so good at hacking into the phone calls and put them to work fixing health care.gov. we need to reallocate our nurds. they lost connection with their data server. the latest in a long line of problems with the site. president obama signed a temporary measure that supposedly will make it easier to sign up. anyone who gets to level 350 on candy crush gets ob

the 29-year-old entrepreneur looked clean cut and innocent but fbi says he was secretly living the life of a digital drug lord operating an online black market called the silk road on so called deep web where fictitious e mails are used. >> dread pirate roberts? >> court reports show silk road sold illegal drugs in three years. generating tens of millions in commissions by being the middle man for those transactions. these documents say the site was used by several thousand drug dealers around the world but now, he is in federal custody on charges related to money laundering, drugs and compete computer hacking. he was arrested on tuesday. >> they heard a crashing sound from science fiction section. >> she says staffers went to find what's happening. >> they saw a library user being pressed up against a window by several other plain clothes, as it turns out, fbi agents. >> in recent months he reportedly lived in several addresses. an apartment on this block was one of them. 500 feet away this, internet cafe when he likely praitd his drug kingdom from his lap top. several patrons said the

. >> reporter: this morning, search teams including the fbi's child abduction rapid devolment team. searching for answers this wasn't the way that she thought her daughter's 15th birthday. >> please come home. and we miss you so badly. >> reporter: abigail hernandez shown here walking to school n the last known photo of the teen before she disappeared wednesday afternoon. since then, not a word from the 5'4" brunette. nothing on social media. no trace of communication from her cell phone. the fbi releasing this flyer, still not commenting on she possibly could be a runaway. >> it's still a missing persons investigation. >> reporter: they have spent the past several days looking in lakes and ponds and going door to door. >> we're here to find abby and to bring her home to her parents. >> reporter: a relentless effort, her family hopeful that she's somewhere able to hear this plea. >> we want you back with us, please, we love you and we miss you. >> reporter: investigators say they have received tips but none have panned out. they're back out again searching today. >> thank you. >> th

here are some of the top headlines we are following for you this friday morning. >>> the fbi says two americans kidnapped by pirates off the coast of africa are most likely held for ransom and not part of a terror plot. they were taken off on oil rig ship 15 miles off the coast of nigeria. >>> classes resume at danvers high school. after a popular math teacher was killed at the school. police charged a 14-year-old student with first-degree murder. maryland's attorney general said he should have wondered what was in those red plastic cups at a teen beach party he visited. though he made public service ads about the dangers of under aged drinking the ag did not ask questions when the stopped by the party to see his son as photographed there. >>> a high school in maryland is making students sign a contract promising not to twerk at the school dance. the contract spells out what body parts can't touch. if the student doesn't sign, they can't go to the dance and if they sign it and violates it they get kicked out of the dance. those are some of our top stories on this friday, october 25th.

today. >> abc 7 news has more from pittsburgh where those homes were targeted by federal agents. >> fbi agents say the drug activity happening by this home was part of a dangerous drug cartel. they found cocaine inside of the house during a raid this morning. which is located next door to a home full of children, and on the same block as a junior high school, and a day care center. >> i feel relief. but totally upset. unacceptable that people would use our neighborhood to do things like that. >> yolanda owns a day care and says some customers decided not to drop off their kids today when they saw the drugging raid down the street. >> we take our kids for walks. you never know. the school is right there. my grandkids walk to school. it's -- it's not nice. >> reporter: agents started at 6:00 and served warrants at six locations in four cities. oakley, concord, pitsburg and antioch p made four arrests. and confiscated methamphetamine and cocaine. the agents are furloughed employees so they're not getting paid but decided these raids couldn't wait. >> we thought this threat was there. that

new overnight, an fbi alert. a major, new effort to combat an airport threat. laser pointers aimed into the cockpits of planes landing and taking off. >> two green flashes. and it caught the first officer in his eye. >> could it blind a pilot and bring down a plane? and how can the feds stop this? >>> the great escape mistake. new information on the massive manhunt for two killers who scammed their way to freedom using phony court documents. >> we want to bring them back to justice. >> so, how did it happen? and the new plans in place to stop another embarrassing jailbreak. >>> a health scare for a heartthrob.

. >> fbi agents raided a home suspected of being part of a dangerous drug cartel just steps from a day care center. agents the raids also took place in antioch and oakland. the owner says some parents did not drop off children because of the police activity. a junior high school is located on that same street. >>> a south san francisco police warning business owners to be ware of a billing scam that took two local companies for $40,000. police say the thieves sent phony bills after gleaning information through e mail or overseas vendors. the companies paid bills through wire transfers before realized they'd been scammed. >>> consumer news slimmer seating to smaller vacuums. one that's are robot autos can they get your house clean? consumer reports partnered with 7 on your side to find out. >> durmt they were like high priced toys they got tangled but consumer reports tests of the vacuums found they have improved quite a bit. what is adorable, efficient and hums while tidying your house? when you're away, robotic vacuums play and clean your carpets. consumer reports put three of the mod

the website has been shut down by the fbi. authorities worldwide have started arresting suspected drug dealer who is used it. >>> president barack obama will nominate yellen for chairman of the federal reserve within the next hour. yellen is the current vice chairman of the fed. she knows well. she served 2004-2010 in san francisco. president barack obama will make the announcement noon our time. if confirmed the 67-year-old would become the first woman to chair the federal reserve. >>> happening now, veterans and military families are feeling the impact of the government shutdown now in the ninth day. this morning the veterans affair secretary testified before the house veterans committee and says the shutdown goes on into november, more than 5 million disabled veterans won't get their checks. >> shutdown immediately affects vet rans. we've lost ground. 1400 veterans a day are not reefing decisions on disabout compensation claims due to the end of overtime. >> the government shutdown is also preventing military families are r

the fbi arrested ross olbrick for running the silk road, they say that's a secret internet site that criminals use to trade drugs and offer other illegal services such as forgery. he's also accused of using the site to try to assassinate a former silk road employee who thought was stealing. the website is now shut down but the fbi says he made tens of millions of dollars for being the middleman in the sales of drugs like heroin and meth. >>> the federal government shutdown enters its third day this morning with no end in sight. president obama held a white house meeting with the top four congressional leaders but it only produced more bickering. john boehner left the gathering saying the president refuses to negotiate any changes to obama care. senate majority leader harry reid says democrats won't change the three-year-old health care law as a ransom to reopen the government. >>> more bay area residents are feeling the impact from the shutdown, the latest having to do with canceled weddings. weddings have been canceled for china beach and the muir beach overlook. a ceremony planned

the fbi released these surveillance tapes of alexis haunting the hauls, hunting for innocent targets. 1:30 into the rampage. alexis was shot to death exchanging gunfire with police more than an hour. 12 innocent people were killed. four wounded. it appears aaron alexis had a history of mental illness, hearing voices in his head and being taunted by microwaves. >> there are multiple indicators that alexis held a delusional belief he was being controlled or influenced by extremely low frequency or elf, electromagnetic waves. the horrifying navy yard attack stunned the capital. later that same evening, a burst of pops were heard in front of the white house sending night lockdown. secret service agents tackled a man. it turns out the pops were nothing more than firecrackers. >> if you live in washington, there is always a certain risk of something happening. you are not surprised if something happens. >> today's wild chase comes during a bitter partisan standoff. the shutdown that for the capitol police officers involved meant all work and no pay. all were required to work at their jobs,

. >> final briefing for a joint task force of the fbi and the lapd. >> questions and donuts are finished. and the officers mount up. >> okay? >> roger. we're on our way. >> soon they will be racing up the stairs of a nearby building. >> police department, open up the door. or i'm kicking it down. >> these are officers with the lapd's vice squad searching for something far more profitable than drugs. >> abc news, okay if we come in? >> counterfeit goods. >> lots of brand names, too? >> a wall covered here. >> all of it fake. >> gucci -- >> this detective has been on the counterfeit beat more than a dozen years. >> there is more money made from this stuff than narcotics. an average of $500 billion a year. >> he does busts like this 30 to 35 times a year. >> a couple a month? >> yeah. >> counterfeit goods from luxury handbags to dvds are a huge problem. criminals steal copy righted material every year. while that estimate may be grossly inflated, the losses to big brand names to big enough to make copy right enforcement a huge priority for the customs service. front lines in that fight are

. >> the fbi and the state attorney general will meet tomorrow to discuss launching an elder abuse investigation against a bay area nursing home. the valley springs manor in castro valley is accused of abandoning 14 patients after it was shutdown by the state last week. tonight one patient is missing after walking away from the facility. the 65-year-old has been missing since friday. there is his picture. he was last seen wearing a raiders shirt, blue pants, black boots and a fishing hat. this is not the first time he had gone missing. the husband of another resident abandoned last week says the whole situation is just inexcuse rabble. is just inexcuse believe a. >> i don't know why i was not notified ahead of time. if there are this many problems here they should have said something ahead of time. >> another facility is facing closure by the state. residents were never abandoned and staffing was adequate to meet their needs. >> new details about a shooting in the marina district. the police chief says the suspect's gun was firing blanks. the chief says 19-year-old faces prior charges for luring

they went in, teams of cia, fbi and american troops, went in and grabbed this man, abu anas al libi. he was considered the mastermind of the kenya bombing, the u.s. embassy bombing in kenya. we've been looking for him for 15 years, $5 million reward on his head. >> he's going to be brought back to the united states? >> he will be brought back to the united states to face trial. he's actually been excited. but we believe he's on a navy ship right now. >> thanks very much. >>> let's get more on this from a man who has been an raids like this, former navy s.e.a.l. eric greitens. you've been on raids to capture al qaeda leaders. you actually commanded a special operations task force, based in kenya. take us inside an operation like this. >> inside an operation like this, george, are a couple of elements you have to bring together. the first is really, you have to get actionable intelligence. so, when you're following a target like al libi, and the head of al shabaab, you have intelligence analysts who have been watching them for years. as your intelligence develops, you'll begin to devel

. >>> the fbi will conduct an independent investigation into the shooting death of andy lopez of santa rosa. on tuesday andy was shot seven times by a sheriff deputy who mistook the teen's plastic rifle for a real ak47. hundreds of andy's schoolmates and others marched to the sheriff's office to protest. the deputy is a 24-year veteran of the department. >>> new details in the disappearance of a patient later found dead at san francisco general hospital. lynn spalding disappeared from her room while being treated for an infection. a building engineer discovered her body on october 8th while doing a routine inspection on a stirwell. they say another employ ear alerted -- employee alerted the nurse he saw somebody on that stairwell on october 4th. >> shocked that they saw a body on the stairwell that they ran away and haven't been seen since. this is obviously someone that the san francisco sheriff's department would like to find and ask questions. >> spalding's family had this picture for her. about 150 people honored spalding including relatives from her native evening land. >>> parent

the fbi calls it the most sophisticated criminal marketplace on the internet. thousands of drug dealers used it to sell drugs and completely hide their identities. this morning, the fbi says that 29-year-old seemingly clean-cut entrepreneur was living a secret life as a digital drug lord operating an online black market bazaar, called silk road. here's an online commercial. now, ross ulbricht is in federal custody. arrested tuesday. and the site he allegedly ran, shut down after a two-year undercover operation. >> a sophisticated individual who took the skills and the talents and developed an online website that marketed illegal goods and services. >> reporter: just look at some of the 13,000 items offered through that underground site. ultraclean cocaine. clean and real lsd. high-grade mdma, also known as molly. all with fast and free shipping. court documents say silk road sold $1.2 billion worth of drugs and illegal services in just under three years. >> they were comfortable operating in that environment because they felt that they enjoyed complete anonymit

"gma" will have details and comment from the fbi coming up later this morning. >>> new york city police have made an arrest in the wild confrontation between motorcyclists and the driver of an suv. christopher cruz is charged with reckless driving for slowing down his motorcycle in front of a car, setting the violence in motion. later, the driver plowed through the bikers, critically injuring one of them before he was pulled from his car and injured. >>> edwin miese in a coma with spinal injuries that may prevent him from walking again. organizers collected money for his family. and they hope to spread the message that biker clubs are not gangs. and the family wants the suv driver who hit him to be punished. >>> shares of electric car company tesla could be under renewed pressure after fire destroyed one of its vehicles. the company says the fire started when a large object hit one of the car's battery pack modules. firefighters extinguished it, but then the flames re-ignited them, causing them to use a chemical extinguisher. tesla's stock dropped more than 6% yesterday after that video

. >> the fbi and the state stateat tomorrow to discuss launching an elder abuse investigation against a bay area nursing home. the valley springs manor in castro valley is accused of abandoning 14 patients after it was shutdown by the state last week. tonight one patient is missing after walking away from the facility. the 65-year-old has been missing since friday. there is his picture. he was last seen wearing a raiders shirt, blue pants, black boots and a fishing hat. this is not the first time he had gone missing. the husband of another resident abandoned last week says the whole situation is just inexcuse rabble. is just inexcuse believe a. >> i don't know why i was not notified ahead of time. if there are this many problems here they should have said something ahead of time. >> another facility is facing closure by the state. residents were never abandoned and staffing was adequate to meet their needs. >> new details about a shooting in the marina district. the police chief says the suspect's gun was firing blanks. the chief says 19-year-old faces prior charges for luring people

as police and the fbi investigate. and we see what a dry ice bomb can do. >>> striking distance to a deal? last-minute wheeling and dealing between senate leaders on capitol hill to avoid an economic crisis and open the government. our team with the up to the minute latest, the default deadline just hours away. >>> punished for a good deed. the honor student penalized after picking up a student from a drinking party. the outrage growing over her suspension in the middle of her senior year. how doing the right thing could cost her everything. ♪ don't go chasing waterfalls >>> oh, we are chasing waterfalls on this crazy, sexy, cool morning. the best-selling female r&b group of all time reunites here in times square. tlc is back, only on "gma." >>> and good morning, america. a lot of developing stories right now, including the first appearance by the terror mastermind al libi in a new york court today. he's under top security. his arrival in the u.s. rushed because of his medical condition. there's a real question right

police fbi on scene investigating tonight. and one was planted inside airport mye bathroom last night where it exploded. investigators don't believe the incidents are linked to any kind of terrorism. >> restaurant in alameda pay more than 4 80,000 dollars for became theft violation. commissioner cited the thai qui sen and mye worked more than 10 hours a day after 7 day a we can but not paid for strt hours or given proper break. 13 mye will split 3 73 dollars in compensation. >> coming up next. we are following ongoing bart talk happening rate now. this is live look outside cal traps building in oakland where negotiations are taking place as we speak no. deal yet. we have update. >> plus nearly free flights over sea. glitch allow fliers to buy tickets next to nothing. what the air line is doing bit. >> macy pulling out all the stops this holiday season. what the department stories diagnose for the first time in itself 155 year history. >> of fog from this picture sutro towercam. look at the wake up weather plus let you know how

the fbi has joined the investigation into his death. >>> singer chris brown has checked into a rehab facility to deal with anger issues. the move comes one day after brown was released from a washington, d.c. jail on assault charges. brown could face serious jail time if officials in los angeles determine that the d.c. arrest violates his probation. >>> and this would be depressing to find in your driveway when you went out in the morning. there wasn't much left of this honda element after a momma bear and two cubs got through with it. claw marks on the doors. everything else shredded. the couple suspects that bears got stuck inside. all the animals got for their trouble was a pack of gum and some mints. a whole lot of interior. >> all of the insurance. something for a new car. >>> an amazing scene at a vatican event. pope francis and a young visitor. pope francis giving him a pat on the face. he's not ready to leave in fact, he tries to get between the pope and the man he was greeting. when that didn't work, he joined francis' staff. the youngster even got pope francis to give him a

. >>> the fbi will conduct an independent investigation into the shooting death of andy lopez of santa rosa. on tuesday andy was shot seven times by a sheriff deputy who mistook the teen's plastic rifle for a real ak47. hundreds of andy's schoolmates and others marched to the sheriff's office to protest. the deputy is a 24-year veteran of the department. >>> new details in the disappearance of a patient later found dead at san francisco general hospital. lynn spalding disappeared from her room while being treated for an infection. a building engineer discovered her body on october 8th while doing a routine inspection on a stirwell. they say another employ ear alerted -- employee alerted the nurse he saw somebody on that stairwell on october 4th. >> shocked that they saw a body on the stairwell that they ran away and haven't been seen since. this is obviously someone that the san francisco sheriff's department would like to find and ask questions. >> spalding's family had this picture for her. about 150 people honored spalding including relatives from her native evening land. >>> parent

the fbi is investigating but doesn't believe there are any links. today, we took a trip to the roma or gypsy neighborhood where maria was living. as you arrive, the first thing you see, children. many, dirty. on the street where maria lived emotions were running high. we finally tracked down maria's house here and came to the family members that are in the house but they are extremely upset with us. they say what's being said about them is nothing but lies. authorities are investigating whether maria was a victim of human trafficking. today 30 million people worldwide are trafficked, 80 percent women and children. >> the fact that maria has been identified and rescued is a miracle in and of itself. with statistics stating that roughly one to two percent of victims ever get rescued, it is a miracle. we have the proper authorities vus is ever investigating to identify trafficking rings. >> reporter: for now maria is at a hospital and in good spirits, playing with toys as the search for her real family carries on. alex perez, abc news, larissa, greece.

in fact, the fbi is now reviewing news video of shoppers fleeing the mall to see if any other attackers were able to slip out during the panic. it now may be part of the planning for yet another mall massacre. brian ross, abc news, new york. >>> police are on alert across the country looking for two escaped murderers set free. joseph jenkins and charles walker, both serving life sentences in a florida jail, both got out of prison in the past month after someone filed documents ordering their released that had forged signatures from a florida judge. >> they cut and pasted my signature to and affixed it to the order. that order was transmitted to the department of corrections and mr. jenkins was released. >> reporter: the fear is someone on the inside of the courts system may have helped with the scheme. they have been ordered to do an urgent document review to see if others escaped. >>> counselors will be available today for students who were on a hijacked bus outside of little rock, arkansas. a 22-year-old man with a knife allegedly jumped on board and was quickly pursued by police for

the fbi searched a home last night. relatives say she suffered serious post po tum depression after giving birth to daughter last year. investigators say carey tried to back into officers who tried to stop her. the chaos put the capitol on lockdown yesterday. officers told lawmakers to hide their identities. >> we'll take your pin off. i have a -- we wears these pins around. he told me to take the pin off because you could be a target. >> a secret service agent and a capitol police officer were injured. carey was with her 1-year-old daughter who was not harmed and she's now in protective custody. authorities did not find any weapons in carey's car. >>> and we'll bring you updates on the investigation into the capitol hill shooting on air and on-line on our website, abc7news.com where you can see more dramatic images of the shooting from the first people on the scene. >>> the nation is entering day four of a government shutdown and still no end in sight. house republicans are proposing that the 800,000 furloughed governm

their families, along with the fbi, now waiting to see what demands the kidnappers may make. >> and this type of abduction is becoming more common. abc's tahman bradley has the latest. >> reporter: terror on the high seas. it happened shortly after dawn. pirates stormed the american supply ship, "the sea retriever," kidnapping two americans. military officials say, the crew was sorted by nationality. and only the two americans, the ship's captain and chief engineer, were taken captive. >> you take americans, you get a good price. at the same time, you bring a lot of heat on you, too. >> reporter: the americans were likely taken to land, where they will be held for ransom. >> if it's on land, it's very problematic. let's be frank. this is going to be a negotiated process. it's not going to be a rescue attempt. >> reporter: "the sea retriever" is a oil supply vessel. its last known position was on the western side of africa, about 15 miles off the coast of nigeria. 30% of u.s. oil comes through those waters, making it a prime target for piracy. >> on the west coast, pirates tend to be more

police fbi on scene investigating tonight. and one was planted inside airport mye bathroom last night where it exploded. investigators don't believe the incidents are linked to any kind of terrorism. >> restaurant in alameda pay more than 4 80,000 dollars for became theft violation. commissioner cited the thai qui sen and mye worked more than 10 hours a day after 7 day a we can but not paid for strt hours or given proper break. 13 mye will split 3 73 dollars in compensation. >> coming up next. we are following ongoing bart talk happening rate now. this is live look outside cal traps building in oakland where negotiations are taking place as we speak no. deal yet. we have update. >> plus nearly free flights over sea. glitch allow fliers to buy tickets next to nothing. what the air line is doing bit. >> macy pulling out all the stops this holiday season. what the department stories diagnose for the first time in itself 155 year history. >> of fog from this picture sutro towercam. look at the wake up weather plus let you know how

troops and operatives from the cia and fbi, swift and dramatic. al libi's son and brother telling abc news today that a convoy of cars approached al libi's vehicle, commandos jumped out, said the men smashed windows and grabbed al libi. there were no shots fired. >> we hope that this makes clear that those members of al qaeda and other terrorist organizations, literally can run but they can't hide. >> and martha is back with me now. where do we believe al libi is right now? >> reporter: right now, officials tell me al libi is aboard a u.s. navy ship, where a high value interrogation team will try to get information out of him, david. but he will likely end up in a new york city court, since he has been indited for the embassy bombings. >> martha, thank you. >>> and that al qaeda mastermind captured, as martha points out, could be an information goldmine for the u.s., if he can be persuaded to talk. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross picking up the story from here tonight. brian, good to have you with us. >> reporter: good evening,

[q reporter: at fbi headquarters stafforded to stay home, making it more difficult to identify terrorists threats. across town at the fda all scheduled inspections of foreign and domestic fish, fruit, vegetable and juice producers have been postponed. at the cdc researchers are not tracking outbreaks of food( poisoning. less than a third are on the job. one official telling abc news it's mind blowing that our world @z look at their blackberries today. home buyers waiting for mortgages or already suffering. x at this hotel for who knows how long. >> reporter:b pipeline awaiting final approval from employees not at x]ó%ñwork. critical social programs such as wic which provides 9 million moms money for baby food have been deemed nonessential. head start is beginning to shut down across the country. in connecticut today there was no preschool program for this woman's twin sons. >> it's going to affect them in a big way as far as them not school. >> reporter: trouble for military families, too. cut ratexfa stores on bases an posts have borgh(sjuip r(t&háhpc them sent home. >> stop it. >> a

time, a delta force team moved into place in tripoli, libya in broad daylight and captured one of the fbi's most wanted terrorists, 49-year-old abu anas al libi. >> this is highly unusual, highly risky but ultimately highly effective. >> reporter: the operation was carried out after months of surveillance, with military precision and great surprise as the wanted terrorist's stunned son recounted to abc news, pointing to his father's car. one broken car window, not a shot fired. >> it's textbook. to move and get him at the precise time his car shows up, pull him out and get out of there without any casualties or any of our own casualties is really the art. >> reporter: tonight al libi is being interrogated on the uss san antonio somewhere in the mediterranean, a potential intelligence gold mine if he talks. he's one of the founding fathers of al qaeda, under indictment for the 1998 deadly bombing of two u.s. embassies that killed 224 people, and an al qaeda computer and communications expert. with al libi's capture, 12 of the 22 top terrorists identified by the u.s. after the 9/11 attacks ha

>> fbi joins an investigation into a east bay nursing home and a patient is now missing. >> new developments in the disappearance of a san francisco hospital patient. the search for the witness who spotted her. >>> a bay area newspaper explains it's decision to join the antired skin campaign. >>> police confirm what witnesses told abc7 news that a sheriff's deputy shot and killed a 13-year-old boy just moments after' arrived at the scene. good evening, i'm dan ashley >> we heard from a witness last week that the deputy fired within seconds of confronting that teenager. wnt we know he fired before the partner could get out of the car the victim holding what turned out to be an air soft gun designed to look like an ak 47. >> we're told demonstrators on the way to this court house square. and they should be here momentarily. there have been demonstrations here almost every day since this happened today's group gathered about a half mile away and are marching here to the town square where a rally is scheduled at 6:00. delayed as i mentioned this, group is a lot smaller than hundred who's marched

medical care, anas al libi is in new york, transferred from the uss san antonio into the hands of the fbi on saturday. he's expected to be arraigned as early as tomorrow. his dramatic capture just over a week ago by the famed u.s. delta force came more than ten years after he was indicted for the deadly 1998 u.s. embassy bombing. held as a so called enemy combatant on the ship, he did not have to be provided a lawyer. now that his custody has been transferred to the justice department, he has been read his miranda rights, his transfer coming much sooner than expected. senior law enforcement officials telling us that the transfer was sped up due to a serious health condition. a u.s. official confirming reports that al libi has a severe case of hepatitis c which is a viral infection that attacks the liver. over the years al libi apparently mistakenly assumed the u.s. had stopped looking for him. now, finally, he is facing justice. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> now overseas to an uproar about life-styles of the rich and famous in europe. there is a call for one high ranking offic