morning amerer >>> good morning, i'm janelle wang, new information on the compound that osama bin laden lived and died. the latest coming up. >> also this morning, pg&e says it will replace 1600 defective smart meters that may inflate a customer's electric bill. the first time that the company has admitted to any kind of problems with the device. >> we have clouds hanging around this morning but a wind will blow them away and open us up to record temperatures. >> and the smaurl stall is cleared off the bay bridge. we have road work going on. more coming up. >> and san francisco state university maes a pledge to eighth grade students in the bay area. >>> tuesday, a great day because frances, we get reaqiakd. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. >> 48 hours after the death of osama bin laden the white house is trying to decide whether graphic pictures of his body should be released publicly to prove that he is dead. janelle swank live in the newsroom. there are sceptics out there. >> the white house wants to release something but it still has not make a decision to release of osama bin la

america's diner is always open. >>> good morning, i'm janelle wang. operation anyplace tune star, the white house clarifies what went down when osama bin laden was killed. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in san jose where hundreds of indictment cases will be revisited after they found a breathalyzer

. >> i'm janelle wang, president obama heads to ground zero. and why he decided not release photos of a dead osama bin laden. >> here is a live look -- winds are going to blow cooler air in today. i'll show you the drop in temperatures. >> good morning, sue hall in for frances. we're following the commute for you. a detour in concord and that and more coming up at 5:10 this morning. >> it's about 5:01. thank you for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. >> fire investigators will return to the scene of an apartment fire that burned dozens of people out of their homes and injured four firefighters. also damage done to four buildings. terry mcsweeney is live in the south of market area. terry, you discovered terrific news. >> it's really amazing news because take a look at this building. fire department says it's probably a total loss. fire department is on the scene. firefighters have been going in and out of this residential hotel all morning long. take a look what they found about 15 minutes ago. hiding in one of closets in one of t

>>> good morning, i'm janelle wang live in the newsroom. phone numbers found in the clothing of osama bin laden. new details what exactly was found in the compound and white house is sharing details of that raid. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in san jose where hundreds of d.u.i. cases are being reviewed. some may be thrown out a breathalyzer has been found to be faulty. >> check out this beautiful picture from mount tamalpais this morning. you can see the warmth taking over in the oranges in the sky. new record high temperatures today and tomorrow. we'll show you where those may happen and cooling trend for mother's day weekend. >> i'm sue hall in for frances dinglasan this morning, no major hot spots so far. we do have areas of slowing. >>> thanks a lot for joining us, i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. that new details about the raid that killed osama bin laden. c.i.a. now admits it was 60-80% shore sure that he was in his compound when navy seals launched their operation. janelle wang has more. >>> we're also hearing this morning that th

janelle wang has more on what the companies are expected to tell congress. >> apple and google say they only record the locations of wi-fi cell towers to improve service not to stalk customers and that tracking can be turned off. they are set to testify about that technology on capitol hill today. senator al franken is holding the hearing on subcommittee on privacy and technology. it begins in just about 45 minutes from now. senator wants to more about the technology that secretly keeps track of user locations. it's growing concerns over online privacy. more and more americans own a smart phone. representatives from the federal trade commission and the justice department will also testify. apple has already taken steps to address privacy complaints. last week it updated the software to reduce the time that it stores information about the user's whereabouts. >>> and track you to the newsroom so we knew your location. 6:14. you didn't need an iphone for that. >> all the sophisticated equipment where the clouds will be if there are any today. >> beautiful picture. you can see some of them

. >> i'm janelle wang in the newsroom. president obama heads to kentucky to personally congratulate the navy seals that took on osama bin laden. meanwhile, there is more information. >> fog and sea breeze is creating cooler weather and it won't stop cooling until mother's day. >> i'm sue hall in for frances dinglasan this friday morning. we have a free friday for "h" train commuters but they are reporting delays. >>> thank you so much for joining us. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. our news starts in san francisco. >> on the fatal seen of a hit and run accident. a pedestrian was killed near golden gate park. terry mcsweeney has the latest details on it. >> this is masonic, between turk and golden gate, here is where the accident happened at 2:30 this morning. a pedestrian hit by a car. the car kept going only to crash later on. the driver of this car is in custody. take a look at video we have of the scene earlier today. again, about 2:30 this morning, according to san francisco police, a 23-year-old driver was coming

. >> good morning, i'm janelle wang. al-qaeda releases a new statement about a new leader and pakistan granted one of few requests that may help the white house find out the remaining years of osama bin laden. >> we are looking live downtown. east bay hills. quiet here but look at the clouds around the coast and sunshine and warmer weather around the bay. we'll have a better chance of seeing storms and showers this weekend. >> freeway traffic still looking good this morning. live shot of the bay bridge toll plaza but there has been power outages reported in san francisco. i'll have the details coming up. >>> thank you so much for joining us. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. >> the man accused of trying to break into the cockpit of a san francisco bound jetliner will make his first court appearance today. that is when we hope to find out why he did it. terry mcsweeney is live at the federal courthouse in san francisco. that is not the only unanswered question. >> right now, he is only charged with interfering with a f

janelle wang has the story. >> americans are feeling the pinch. $825 more for gas this year than they did last year. senate democrats say it's an issue they need is addressing. >> orrin hatch called it a dog and pony show with gas prices averaging $4, it's a circus that needs attending. today the powerful senate finance committee called the heads including chevron and exxon mobil to testify about their gas prices and profits, the highest ever. they want the companies to give up billions of dollars in special tax breaks and use the new tax revenue to pay down the national deficit. >> businesses should, of course, make a profit. that is the american way, that drives our economy, but to these very profitable companies actually need tax pair subsidies. >> oil companies say the subsidies are critical and claim the business taxes are higher than ever. they pay more in u.s. taxes than any other company in the nation. they say tax breaks will help them stay competitive. >> overseas companies with lower tax obligations can outbid us. unfortunately this impact u.s. jobs. >> today's hearing is n

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janelle wang has the story. >> americans are feeling the pinch. $825 more for gas this year than they did last year. senate democrats say it's an issue they need is addressing. >> orrin hatch called it a dog and pony show with gas prices averaging $4, it's a circus that needs attending. today the powerful senate finance committee called the heads including chevron and exxon mobil to testify about their gas prices and profits, the highest ever. they want the companies to give up billions of dollars in special tax breaks and use the new tax revenue to pay down the national deficit. >> businesses should, of course, make a profit. that is the american way, that drives our economy, but to these very profitable companies actually need tax pair subsidies. >> oil companies say the subsidies are critical and claim the business taxes are higher than ever. they pay more in u.s. taxes than any other company in the nation. they say tax breaks will help them stay competitive. >> overseas companies with lower tax obligations can outbid us. unfortunately this impact u.s. jobs. >> today's hearing is n

janelle wang, "abc 7 news." >> mount diablo school district board voted to lay off 180 teachers in a way to deal with the budget crisis. they rallied before the meeting in concord. declining enrollment prompted board officials to make the staff cuts. another anticipated shortfall caused by state funding deferrals is expected in june. >> cal state trustees is dealing with a plan to $1 billion in state budget cuts. trustees say it will only happen if the state legislature adopted an all cuts budget. they plan to delay admission decisions until the budget is finalized. a stated hike would increase it to $1500 to over 6,000 a year. they will vote on the proposal at the july meeting. >>> a yemeni man is due back in court for a bail hearing. we're hearing two different views about the suspect. john alston reports. >> it appears the man from yemen tried to storm a cockpit, one of them was larry wright that fried to grab him. >> he started running and as he did, he yelled out allah ang bar. from my training experience from the san mateo police department i knew there might be a problem. >> r

>>> good morning, i'm janelle wang, white house may release a osama bin laden corpse to prove that he is dead. more information coming out this morning about the overnight mission that took out the mastermind terrorist. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in san francisco. pg&e is admitting smart meters can't take the heat. story coming in a live report. >> bay area voters decide on school parcel tax measures. >>> it was a one-day cooling trend for the coast and bay. warmer weather and then winds of change will bring up higher temperatures tomorrow and thursday. details in a minute. >>> so far delay free at the toll plaza. >> thanks a lot for starting your day with us. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. >> good to see you back frances. >> president obama recently release his birth certificate to convince skeptics that he was born in hawaii. now, he may have to release photos to prove that osama bin laden is dead. >> the white house is talking about releasing one of photographs sometime today. c.i.a. director leon panetta heads to capitol hill to talk about it. it was recorded by cameras str

. >>> i'm janelle wang. we could get answers why we're paying those high gas prices as the oil companies face tough quitting from democrats on the capitol hill. >> and live on the golden gate bridge, hospitality table is laid out for people that want to bike to work today. >> live look from mount tamalpais this morning. notice the cloud layer. marine layer isn't as thick as yesterday. warmer weather this afternoon. a little breezy at times and still looking at a big cooling trend and rain this weekend. i'll have an update. >> and traffic will be lighter for bike to work today. no delays at the bay bridge toll plaza. no accidents to slow you down on bay area freeways. >> 5:30 a.m. and gorgeous sun i rise going on in the east. >> i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kristen sze. >> top story, in about 30 minutes, oil company executives will be in the hot seat to face tough questioning. lawmakers want to know how much money are they really making. janelle has more. >> reporter: hearing gets underway at 6:00 a.m. in fron

i'm janelle wang. >> some san jose merchants stayed late last night to guard their businesses for possibility of second night of damage. on thursday night a crowd that gathered in front of the stores became violent and destructive. storefront windows wound up being smashed. business owners have to bear the costs of cleanup. >> it's disgraceful, disgraceful to the holiday. >> this youtube video shows a crowd of 1200 people at the intersection of story and king road. after one person got stabbed and another person was carjacked. they made a run at police that tried to clear the intersection. a motorcycle officer was slightly injured. they had to use reciper spray to dispem the rowdy rebels. >>> san francisco police are looking for a missing 14-year-old girl who hasn't been seen since thursday. they say emmett peacock ran away from her home. her parents became very concerned. she has never run away before. she is 5'1", 130 pounds, brown eyes and black hair. she was last seen a white t-shirt and black shoes. >>> we could see brand-new video of osama bin laden received today. the u.s. government h

. >>> good morning, i'm janelle wang. the white house may release one photo of o lood lad to prove that the al-qaeda leader is death. and did pakistani officials know he was there? >> here is a live look all the way over to where the clouds are starting to break. winds of change will bring normal weather to coast and bay and highs inland. >> hms train number one is running ten minutes late but elsewhere, it's an easier drive right now. no accidents or delays at the bay bridge toll plaza. >> also this morning, pg&e says it will replace 1600 detective smart meters that may inflate a customers electric bill. >>> and san francisco state university makes a pledge to students in the bay area to maintain grades. good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. >> the white house is trying to decide how to handle skeptics to believe that osama bin laden is dead. one move under consideration releasing the graphic photos of bin laden's body after he was killed by navy seals. janelle has more on this. >> the

live in the newsroom, janelle wang, "abc 7 news". >> kristen: it's 6:38. >> eric: time to find out more about the cool weather that is coming? >> you can see right behind you. marine layer has moved in. our winds are coming ashore. you see right here on the satellite and radar. we have just a little bit of drizzle and not enough to use the windshield wipers. let's take a look what is going to happen today. most of our windows coming from the ocean west and accelerating up through fairfield at 21 miles per hour. that is definite sign that the sea breeze is back. you see all the marine layer clouds, all of us cloudy this morning. because of cloudiness, temperatures are going to be much colder today. we're talking about 5-11 degrees cooler than yesterday. where the cooling was mainly at the coast. that will spread into all of our neighborhoods. we'll be near 50 at 8:00 this morning. as you get above 2600 feet, once we get to noon, sun will be breaking out in the south bay and still cloudy around the bay with temperatures mid to upper 50s. low to mid-50s where the sunshine breaks out first.

. >> live in the newsroom, janelle wang, "abc 7 news." >>> in japan, workers have entered the reactor building of union at the damaged fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant for the first time since right after the march earthquake. tokyo electric power company says they are installing ventilation machines in hopes they will be a southbound radiation from the air. they had to lower the radiation levels inside the reactor before it can proceed to install cooling systems. >> sony says another 25 million pray station customers may have been hacked. it brings the potential victims to 102 million users. they are calling to protect customers from increasing number of data breaches. mary bono mack chairs the subcommittee. >> 77 million accounts stolen and including 10 million credit card numbers, the data breaches has the potential to be the great robbery and cyber attack. >>> sony turned turned down to testify at a hearing yesterday. instead they sent a letter calling themselves a victim of a sophisticated cyber attack. >>> san francisco leaders will announce new details today on the makeove

i'm janelle wang. some san jose merchants stayed late last night to guard their businesses from the possibility of a second night of damage by rowdy cynco de mayo revelers. on thursday night, a crowd that gathered in front of their stores became violent and destructive. police say fight broke out as storefront windows wound up being smashed. they dispersed before police officers could make any arrests. business owners have to bear the cost of the cleanup. >> it's a disgrace to the holiday. that's what i think. it's disgraceful. disgrace to the holiday. >> this you tube video shows a crowd of about 300 people gathered in east san jose at the intersection of story and king roads. that's where one person got stabbed and another got car jacked. the mob made a run at police who tried to clear the intersection. a motorcycle officer was slightly injured. police had to use pepper spray to repel them. even with all that, this year's problems weren't as bad as past years. about seven arrests were made and those

live in the newsroom, janelle wang "abc 7 news." >> in the wake have his death they are holding hearings on protecting america against terrorist attacks. there are two hearings. the homeland security committee will focus on mass transit systems. >> a senate committee meanwhile, will take a close look at border security. janet napolitano will testify coordination efforts. >> guilty or innocent? hundreds of drivers may have drunk driving charges against them dropped. the reason a faulty piece of hardware. terry mcsweeney is live with more on this. >> you are talking about the alco sensor 5. used by police and palo alto police, it's been found to be defective. it was discovered a couple weeks ago down in southern california. take a look at drunk driving video. 800 plus cases here in san jose alone are being reviewed. d.a. plans to start notifying d.u.i. suspects and attorneys about the potentially inaccurate readings. the problem is there is a condensation build-up inside the breathalyzers. in april of last year they starred use the device last november. >> we use them in this department in

janelle wang is live with the latest on the u.c. berkeley graduates and the accusations against them. >> reporter: information is still trickling in but what we snow that josh and shane were not brought into court today from their prison cells. the attorney says he not sure why. they have given no explanation yet. they were scheduled to go on trial along with sara shourd. all three were accused of espionage. shourd was released on bail last year and shed she would not return to the iran for the it will. they accidentally wandered into the country and the families say there is no evidence to the contrary. >> it's clear if had anything on them they would have done and over a long time ago. longer it continues the more obvious it becomes it's become political. >> reporter: shourd said she would not return to iran because she is suffering from ptsd brought on by her her imprisonment in iran. she was only one that was granted bail last year. under iran's law. espionage can be punished by execution. >> an advertising company is stepping u