maria reyes/directora, escuela santee 9:20:16 y al mismo tiempo están ayudando a sus familias en este tiempo de navidad y las familias de la escuela santee, 90% son estudiantes que necesitan ayuda financiera. varios padres de familia acompaÑaron a sus hijos el evento. s.o.t. sonia ramirez/ madre de familia 6:32:26 bien, está bonito porque ellos tiene una manera de regalarme a los hermanos a llos papás y todo, y con el regalo que les están dando, pues ellos se sienten contentos. s.o.t. lorena loera/policía de san jose-evergreen 7:15:16 es mi primera vez que lo hago y se me hace que es un programa muy bueno para los niños porque asi ellos aprenden que necesitan progresar en la escuela y sienten que están ganando algo por hacerlo. la polica dice que este tipo de eventos son un acercamiento a la comunidad, y se prestan para romper el hielo. s.o.t. edgardo garcia/policía de san josé 12:34:29 queremos que los niños vean a nosotros la policía, que somos amigos, que estamos aquí para ayudar. algunas veces nos ven a nosotros en situaciones que no son buenas, y esta es una situació

a list of the craziest lawsuits in 2013 will make you crazy until you hear the forbes plan to bring santee back to our -- to bring sanity back to our legal system. >>> slammed with lawsus. 2013 was full of them, and not all were legitimate. look at the u.s. chamber of commerce's top 10 list of ridiculous suis. just a couple. number one, inmates suing beer companies for their life of crime. i'm serious. and then the man taking apple to court for his own addiction to porn. and you say these are just more reasons why we need tort reform. >> we should have said tort reform and health reform. i lovehe one the grown man who sued his parents. the cbo says that tort costs costs the u.s. economy $350 billion a year. 24r* is a congressional bill that would cap ards and capillary fees fees and only allah medical malpractice lawsuits to be brought within a three-year wean dough frame x statute out of limitations. why not pass that tort reform? >> what is wrong with that idea? >> there are frivolous lawsuits. i will concede that. there is a problem with that. on the same show we are talking about e pre

a list of the craziest lawsuits in 2013 will make you crazy until you hear the forbes plan to bring santee back to our -- to bring sanity back to our legal system. >>> the prisoners suing beer makers and suing teachers for not being able to teach. what are the most ridiculous lawsuits of 2013 >>> slammed with lawsuits. 2013 was full of them, and not all were legitimate. look at the u.s. chamber of commerce's top 10 list of ridiculous suits. just a couple. number one, inmates suing beer companies for their life of crime. i'm serious. and then the man taking apple to court for his own addiction to porn. and you say these are just more reasons why we need tort reform. >> we should have said tort reform and health reform. i love the one the grown man who sued his parents. the cbo says that tort costs costs the u.s. economy $350 billion a year. 24r* is a congressional bill that would cap awards and capillary fees fees and only allah medical malpractice lawsuits to be brought within a three-year wean dough frame x statute out of limitations. why not pass that tort reform? >> what is wrong with t

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cop event in san jose, here with me, daryl cortez, executive director, silicon valley, principal at santee elementary. >> good morning. >> we have video of last year's event. it's -- it's great to see the twinkle in the kids' eyes because you're giving them a $100 gift card to go on a shopping spree at target. tell us about that >> control create it had six years ago, ten students and ten police officers. over the years, gained in popularity. now, but a of the generous donation from target, which is our huge sponsor, and private donation and grants, we've now expand it had to 50 children and 50 police officers and this year, each child will receive $125 gift card. >> oh, wow. where do you get all this money? >> the generosity of the donors out there. we are always looking for support and that's what sustains us with all the thousands of non-profits throughout the valley here. that's what we need to have this wonderful program. >> i was witness to last year's event, a child, their bill running up to over $100 and the police officer who was escorting them pulled out his wallet and paid for t

bay law enforcement personnel will hold a shop with a cop event to help 32 low-income children from santee elementary school purchase gifts for their families. note: registration at 8 a.m.; shopping starts at 9 a.m. thanks to the help of 'batkid', the make a wish foundation has raised more than 100- thousand- dollars. 5 year old miles scott is now in remission from leukemia. his wish to become a crime fighter for a day grabbed world wide attention. locally, giants pitcher matt cain took notice and pledged a 50- thousand dollar donation if other donors matched that same amount. donors have raised more than 50- thousand- 700- hundred dollars, beating the goal. all that money goes to the charity's effort to make the wishes of sick children come true. if you would still like to help out, visit kron 4 dot com for details. coming up on the kron four morning news. if you're running out of siracha. you may have to wait a while to get your favorite hot sauce again. we'll explain after the break. watching wall street this morning. futures trading shows mixed trading across the board. investors are r

ponca tribe of oklahoma, where tribe,al that, -- pueblo the tribe of the mississippi and iowa nation, santee sioux nation, seminal nation of standing rock sioux tribe. white mountain apache tribe. -- ding tried name names]g tribe [applause] [applause] >> if you could all remained standing, will have the benediction. >> it and gentlemen, the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. >> ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats, and if our wonderful native americans who have received their medals, would like to retire to their seats, i will not make you stand while i talked. i will say good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and while you might be taking your seats --in, allow me to say [speaking native american -- and i beg your forgiveness if i did not decode greetings and i cannot produce greetings for all of the tribes that we have here today. reid,eaker, leader harry leader nancy pelosi, honorees,hed guests, guests and families, we are very proud of you, and i'm very proud to be included today. here during native american heritage month, i have the great privilege of representing the i

other south a law enforcement personnel will hold a shop with a copy that. 32 low-income children from santee elementary school will have a chance to purchase. >> we're also getting you in the holiday spirit with another kron for special, amazing holiday lights. this is a one-hour show it will take you live all round the bay. kron4 amazing holiday lights, tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m.. >> coming up on the kron4 morning news. will get a check of the bay area weather and traffic. ♪ could it be? ♪ no presents beneath the tree? ♪ ♪ wait a minute, now i see ♪ my gifts are above me ♪ that's my kind of holiday ♪ pose! yeah! ♪ flash! yeah! ♪ get the family to strike a pose, ♪ ♪ and show off your brand new clothes! ♪ ♪ that's my kind of holiday. >> . welcome back we are watching bay area weather perry ed we will get more on the forecast. >>there are a lot of people that stashed we have this cold snap, this isn't a process of wrapping up. we are still chilly in santa rosa at 26. 29 for concord. oakland is in the upper 30 spread of 40's and downtown san francisco. we will have al

he was in the caribbean with the roughriders looking at santee auto cuba. one of the end result of the conquest was american control of guantÁnamo bay. to roosevelt and his like-minded cronies in the government and military, the most important objective of all of the 1898 maneuvers was the possession of the islands where the navel gazes into the strategic guantÁnamo and the honolulu pearl harbor. he and his friends had pie and for these pieces for years the way a normal man envisions his dream house. all they ever wanted was a cozy little global empire that was a few islands here and they are in the fleet of battleships. that japanese bomber sank four of the battleships in pearl andl harbor on december 7, 1941 not only ended up getting interested in hawaii in the first place a few years back. my initial visit was a quick to see the uss memorial, the monument in the harbor perched above the watery grave of the 1,177 sailors who died on the ship that day. unlike the flip-flop on my flight to honolulu, i didn't come here for direct sunlight. [laughter] i cam

south bay law enforcement personnel will hold a shop with a copy that. 32 low- income children from santee elementary school will have a chance to purchase. >> we are getting in the holiday spirit. this is a mother kron4 special, amazing holiday lights. this is our one hour show that will be live periods kron4 is amazing holiday lights, tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m.. >> authorities have launched a new web site and did use an anonymous tips to help capture wanted fugitives. in the bay area and northern california kron 4 haaziq madyun shows us the new sites and the top three who are wanted to. >> this is video from a 2010 murder. >> he is wanted for the murder of a german tourist. they were here celebrating a birthday. >> here is video from a oakland homicide in 2011. he is the primary suspect. >> he is wanted in connection with the personnel was shot in 2011 pripet >> then there is this one here. >> this is a gang-related murder where she is suspected of killing at 14 year old. >> without a doubt, the well-known and fugitives are these three men here who acceescape from alcatraz. >> these thr

she was one of the children killed at the shooting at santee hook elementary school -- sandy hook elementary school. >> it is pink and purple. those were her favorite colors. she loved the beach and the water, that's why we're here. >> they're building 26 playgrounds to honor one of the children killed in newtown, connecticut. >>> still ahead on kron 4 news weekend. a palo alto man just landed at sfo after being held captive in north korea. we will have the latest for you after the break. >>> let's take a live look outside. a chill to the day but not as cold as the recent past. we'll have the forecast coming up. >> and our top story this morning, the state department says it's welcoming north korea's decision to release merrill newton. the north korea state agency says that the 85-year-old was allowed to leave the country after being held for more than a month. newman's plane landed at sfo just moments ago. newman, a korean war veteran apologized for alleged crimes during the war. >> i'm glad to be on my way home. >> state department also urged north korea to release another american, kennet