we took williams' story to dr. bob bea, a professor of engineering at the university of california, berkeley, and a former chief engineer of shell oil. the white house has asked bea to help analyze the deepwater horizon accident. bea investigated the columbia space shuttle disaster for nasa and the hurricane katrina disaster for the national science foundation. bea's voice never completely recovered from the weeks he spent in the flood in new orleans. but as the white house has found, he's among the nation's best. he's investigated more than 20 offshore rig disasters. >> mr. williams comes forward with these very detailed elements from his viewpoints on a rig. that's a brave and intelligent man. >> what he's saying is very important to this investigation, you believe? >> it is. >> what strikes professor bea is mike williams' description of the blowout preventer. williams says that in a drilling accident four weeks before the explosion, the critical rubber gasket, called an annular, was damaged, and pieces of it sta

now rita williams is retiring. l to the pope's visit dramatic rescues and child disappearance case some of the remarkable stories during her long career. up next on a second look. hello everyone i'm frank summerville welcome to a second look tonight we dedicate this edition of the second look to our colleague rita williams who is retiring. sheets been a reporter here at ktvu for more than 30 years. one of the stories was the loma free today earthquake in 1989. a woman died when the car she was driving crashed into the hole in the upper deck. also in that car was the woman's brother-in-law. and a year later rita went back to talk to the man who survived. >> reporter: a survivor, he knows he's lucky to be alive but what happened on the bay bridge last october 17th changed his life forever. >> this i don't know my future is going to be. >> reporter: this is why his future is uncertain. when the earthquake hit he was a passenger in a car driven by his sister-in-law. it was stuck on the bay bridge. two men directed cars

williams? >> is mr. duffy here? >> i think that he should hear the questions that are being raised. >> why don't you start over again, mr. williams. >> thank you. >> i'm steve williams and i am representing one of the adjacent neighbors, who has lived with her family two doors down from the site for nearly 40 years. the other neighbors also support the appeal. and as i was saying earlier, the reason for appealing the electrical and plumbing permits, which we never do, was because the site, they would not stop work at the site. and so that was the point was to try to get the work stopped at the site and as i understand it from the neighbors, the work is still going on. so, i mean you would think from the tone of the reply briefs that somehow the neighbors had done something wrong by bringing this appeal. you know we are here because the work at the site started without any notice to anyone. the work at the site started without any permits whatsoever. zero. the work at the site started with no plans having been submit

williams. the response? silence. we tracked down the source of the e-mails through a technical school in santa domingo to this internet provider where we were promptly escorted into an office where the company denied the e-mail came from one of its customers. >> is there any way you would give us the background of this man? >> i cannot identify right now that name and also the ip address is not from here for us. >> reporter: the dominican republic's district attorney's office confirms to cnn the office is about to investigate the source of peter williams and his damaging e-mails. but so far, internet only and unproven scandal, however, has brought more scrutiny on the very real business dealings of one of senator menendez's closest friends. dr. salomon melgen is a big political donor to the senator, has given senator menendez private jet rides to the dominican republic, flights which the senator should have paid for, $58,000 worth. after the flights were publicly reported, menendez quickly said it was an oversight an

williams. >> thank you. members of the board. steve williams again. just quickly, let's go back to the measurements the current decks, they are 72 square feet. six by 12. this is taken from miss lam's roof. you have been told that they are 200 square feet and only adding a little bit to it and all that you have to do is look at the diagram and right now it goes down her roof line, it goes down her roof line about six feet. right about here. it is going to go down 14 feet. it is 14 by 12 in the new deck. i mean that it is absurd to tell you that it is the same size, it is not so, you have been given a lot of misinformation about what is proposed and what is being built. >> the egress issue, number one, the rule of egress you can't go back into the burning building. so if you look at the egress that they provide, they say that if you run into the rear yard and we return and run back through the burning building, the code is clear on that that that is not the proper egress. filling up your rear yard and just makes it more dangerous and that was my point,

williams? >> >> would you like to specify the length of the briefing and the timing and the subject matter. >> they can present a brief up to five pages in length. >> do i want to have to subject on the conditional use and the nature of the business? >> i would like it to focus on whether that leasee conforms to financial services. >> and my recommendation would be to have the permit holder briefed first and then have the appellant and the department respond. so the permit holder could be i am not sure how much time in advance. >> could i limit how much time they get when they come back? >> do you want to discuss that

there is no real peter williams? >> well, it seems very plausible there is no peter williams. the question, wolf, is who is behind it, and what are the actual facts behind the allegations, specifically the prostitution allegations that person has made? the dominican republic, the district attorney there, office said it's going to investigate, but we checked again today. there doesn't seem to be any hot investigation going on to find it, but i will point out pete williams, harrison pete williams, involved in a scandal from the senate. another senator from new jersey so this could all be just be baiting the press to try to get to us investigate these cases. >> might be. all right, drew, hold on for a moment. i want to bring in the woman who first got those williams' e-mails. melanie sloan, director of the group for responsibility and ethics. you said you and your organization were skeptical, but the more you dug, the more you thought perhaps there was merit to the allegations. explain what happened? >> this tipster, pete williams, reached out to us in april. and in his initial e

marty and tim williams are updating conditions. >> there's another system headed our way. we'll talk bt -- about it here in just a few moments. a little system of development is going to set up shop offshore and then it will make its way up. marty will talk about that in a few moments. let's talk about the temperatures. forever in our brains when we see 52 we will talk about it being a ray lewis forecast. 52 degrees right now 48 in ocean city, 36 in oakland. when you see ray lewis forecast, you usually see no winter coats. for more on that afternoon out to marty bass. >> reporter: thank you very much. good afternoon. it is just absolute ly gorgeous here in the out back. clear skies barely a breeze. out in the sun, magnificent. we have basically a late october sun. that's how high it is in the sky right now. enjoy it while we have it. it's getting ready to change. not only is a cold front coming through but we know from long island through new england they're going to get blistered again. the question is tomorrow afternoon does it throw enough moisture in here to give us a

williams did not bring up the issue, mr. sanchez did not bring up the issue of the fact that in his brief he brought it up tonight to you. to you only. you only, and so, i would be happy to brief it. >> we have to i am sorry, go ahead. >> no, go ahead, go ahead. >> i don't have a particular problem with that. because i think that there is lack of clarity. we have had a lot of different dba and whatever thrown out and if somebody can go

but william randolph hearst wrote a letter to his mother--once quoting, then, from mr. hearst-- that if he could spend a month anywhere in the world, it would be at the ranch at san simeon. >> today, william randolph's cowboy dreams are being lived out by his gisat-grandson steve hearst. the now 80,000-acre hearst ranch is one of the largest and oldest working cattle ranches on the california coast. but when the new generation of hearsts took over, the question quickly became, how can the ranch keep thriving in the modern era? >> and it was my ranch manager cliff garrison who said, "gee, steve, it's a shame we couldn't do anything with our beef." and i said, "well, why couldn't we?" and so ultimately we started pursuing the grass-fed beef, and it fit right in with the whole conservation solution for the property. >> it's fun. it's a picnic every day. you know, we love it. it's a beautiful place and a great place to work. >> so from the shadow of their famous neighbor, the hearst ranch is stepping into the spotlight these days with their brand-few grass-fed beef operatio

what differs michelle williams from destiny's child? >> to me she's the same girl, the same woman. okay. she's grown. she has grown up. ♪ >> reporter: and her impressive resume is growing. not only is she hard at wor on her fourth solo album, she's headlining the national tour for the tony award winning musical playing the feisty role of the love interest sandra isadore. >> i love the fact i can be a little bossy, and i believe i'm bossy in real life. my family calls me sergeant. you do have to make it your own in a way, but i am staying true to the integrity of what she was about. >> reporter: and williams had to be honest with herself admitting recently she's overcome years of moderate depression. >> you know, i work out. i think positive things. and my surroundings is so important, who you keep around you. >> reporter: williams says she loves feeding off the audience when she's on stage. >> man, i'm so mad that i'm not in some of these numbers like "yellow fever." i said you know what? i'm a kanye west little mama you and just come on the stage and start dancing. >> and she ho

>> officers subdue williams and pin her to the ground. but restraining her does little to stop her verbal assault. >> i had enough of you guys abusing me and throwing me in jail like i'm an animal. i got kids and responsibilities. i don't have time for this show. they are trying to accuse me of something -- >> calm down. >> i've had three evaluations. that should be enough to satisfy the court's arguments. >> sorry, bitch. >> and after about seven minutes, williams is escorted out of the courtroom. >> have i not shown up three times? yes or no? swear before god. compulsive liar. you want to break my arms? go right ahead. >> i think it's clear your client needs an evaluation. >> though the officer who bore the brunt of williams' fury sustains minor injuries, no one is seriously hurt during this scuffle. after her mental health evaluation, williams is ultimately found competent to stand trial. she pleads not guilty. and though williams' actions were improper judge glass wants people to know that she doesn't take personally anything that hap

williams says dorner had severe mood swings, calling it good chris, bad chris. dorner filed a temporary restraining order against williams after he saw her posting. >> this was the bad chris? >> this was the bad chris. >> reporter: the court case was eventually dismissed. soon after, the military called him up for a yearlong deployment. he never saw active duty. when he came back, according to police records, he struggled to fit in once again. in 2007, dorner's training officer reports while on duty, he was crying and demanded to be taken back to the station to talk to the training unit. the next week, dorner reported training officer theresa evans to the lapd for kicking a disabled man in an incident outside of a doubletree hotel. a report that would ultimately lead to his dismissal. dorner told him about his problems with the lapd. last time the two men spoke. can you see how a man like that, if he believes he is telling the truth, that could drive him to something like this? >> there's absolutely no excuse or justification that would make what's going on now

i-95 north at the prince william parkway. you can see if you look cloezly there, closer to the bottom of the screen, there's a light. you see snowflakes are falling in that part of virginia right now. several other parts. we're scrolling at the bottom of your screen. school delays coming in this morning. >>> nasa will observe a day of remembrance for the tenth anniversary of the space shuttle columbia disaster. officials will hold an observance at the astronaut memorial at arlington national cemetery. there will be ceremonies honoring those in the apollo 1 disaster as well as the challenger explosion. there will be a wreath laying ceremony today also. >>> police are looking into whether a serial groper attacked two women. both say they were groped in springfield. a 30-year-old woman on dinwiddie street said someone approached her from behind, grabbed her and groped her. a few blocks away, a 25-year-old woman says she was walking when she felt someone groping her. she screamed and the man ran off. both victims' description of

williams did not bring up the issue, mr. sanchez did not bring up the issue of the fact that in his brief he brought it up tonight to you. to you only. you only, and so, i would be happy to brief it. >> we have to i am sorry, go ahead. >> no, go ahead, go ahead. >> i don't have a particular problem with that. because i think that there is lack of clarity. we have had a lot of different dba and whatever thrown out and if somebody can go and substan ate a change of ownership or who is the signatoree and what list of services that are going to be provided i hope that clarifies because i think that the issue does resolve around that. >> so commissioners, we should finish with rebuttal and unless there are other questions for counsel. >> mr. sanchez. >> we were not finished? >> no. >> sorry. >> thank you. >> scott sanchez. planning department, just to respond to the couple of the points that were raised by the permit holder, first application was not routed to planning i saw that there was no routing stop for plan and so the na w

. >>> tonight on a second look we are remembering the career of our colleague rita williams, who plans to retire at the end of the month. before she became a full time reporter at ktvu back in 1980 she was a reporter for them and while there she covered a story that shook the political foundation of san francisco, the assassinations of georgehar 2008 here rita remembered those events 30 years later. [ gunshots ] >> november 27th, 1978, 30 years later, and the impact of the 9 gunshots is still being felt. [ gunshots ] >> both mayor mosconi and supervisor harvey milk have been shot and killed. >> i took at me making that announcement and i saw the eyes and i thought -- and i heard my voice and i recognized for the first time i was in a state of shock. >> i remember it, actually as if it were yesterday and it was one of the hardest moments if not the hardest moment of my life. >> it didn't seem to fit. dan white, 32, the all american boy, supervisor former firefighter, police officer, now a killer. as board of supervisors president dianne feinstein was a political mentor to white but befo

william la jeunesse, fox news. >>> fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts now. arts now. >>> good morning to you. this is a live look outside over washington, d.c. this morning. happy tuesday. it is february 19th. it is once again cold outside because, after all, it is still wintertime and still february. >> it is? >> yeah. we should put that on the loop. it's going to be cold because it is february. i'm wisdom martin. >> i'm sarah simmons. welcome to fox 5 morning news. let's say hello to tucker barnes. >> i'm concerned you don't have your jacket on. that usually means -- >> it just hasn't happened yet. >> oh, okay. >> temperatures about 15 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. >> yesterday in the afternoon, it wasn't terribly pad. jure a right. >> particularly in you are in the sun this time of year. let's get to the numbers and reagan national is 38 degrees. -- it wasn't terribly bad. >> you're right. >> we have clear skies at the moment but eventually some rain showers will move in from the west. you you will see those starting to push into portions of western m

he is identified at william scoot kearn. and the officer was working with the group of -- william scott kearn. he was working as with a group of trainees. the trainee was shot. the state police are releasing the statement. they say the investigation centers on whether any criminal charges will be filed. the police internal affairs will determine if policies and procedures were violated. now, the head of the union said that the officer was dedicated to his job and loved working with recruits. what remains unclear is if the city was clear to use the rosewood facility. this week the top commanders didn't know training exercises were being held there. we're live at ply police headquarters, linda so. >>> we have developing news out of russia. as we watch closely for an asteroid to skirt the atmosphere, those in the mountains were hit by fragments of an exploding meteor causing damage and hurting more than 400 people. take a look. (explosion). >> unbelievable. this is amateur video. the area there where the buildings were hit and

miss williams, it is nice to talk to you. thank you for coming on. >> thank you. tavis: this press conference a few weeks ago was a remarkable event. there have been a few days to put distance between that moment and now, when you came out to the world with this secret you have been harboring. how do you feel that the world now knows your secret, all of your business? >> i feel fine. in fact, i feel somewhat relieved to get this out of my system. tavis: when you say you feel relieved to get it out of your system, tell us why. >> well, because it was something i never talked about, even the people had tried to get me to talk about it. i did not want to talk about it. i thought that after talking with my children perhaps i should get it out because it is a part of history, and so we made the arrangements to do that. tavis: there are a lot of folks in the country now, white folk, brown folk, i suspect all kinds of americans, who wonder why it is you have been so deferential to this man, who, as i mentioned a moment ago, many recall as a segregationist, and i am sure

but anyway, back to reverend cecil williams. comments and thoughts relating back to the previous class about what he's saying about identity, relationship - did you catch anything in there you wanted to comment on? sure, chris? >> he was also talking about power. and for him, he wants to use the church's power - at least from what i got - to be at the forefront of social action, and that's how believers are expressing their beliefs, through social action, and i think that's what he was talking about the power of the church to either be toxic and be bad, in a way, and be detrimental to society, or the power of the church to be a motivator, to be a positive force, and for good. >> you're so right, and we'll talk about that with the social dimension. but you see, belief and behavior, he fits in that mode so much. i love this analogy he did - and his church is very diverse, very diverse - he says everybody's invited to the table. jesus invited everybody to the table and they're singing and they're clapping and you get that sense of,

i'll see you in h---, william munny. yeah. (gunshot) (rudy wurlitzer) it's the great american form, because it's so simple and elemental and it represents all the schizophrenia of the american experience. it's as if we're between myths. the old myth doesn't really exist anymore. and what is the new one that's to come down the road? that'll be very interesting to see. (elmore leonard) i've never thought of westerns as mythology. i've never thought of the western hero riding in as some kind of a redeemer. i just saw them as good material for stories. ♪ see them tumblin' down ♪ pledging their love ♪ to the ground (clint eastwood) well, i think he was a hero eventually. just a reticent hero, you might say, which i thought gave a certain humanity to him because he didn't rush to be a hero, it just sorta was forced upon him. ♪ cares of the past ♪ are behind ♪ nowhere to go ♪ but i'll find ♪ just where ♪ the trail will wind ♪ drifting along... ♪ annenberg media ♪ and: with additional funding from these foundat

she was in town with her 30-year-old boyfriend, roderick williams. both were in town visiting from arkansas. news 4 learned that arkansas want williams for a violation of probation. >> my daughter is in a dangerous situation right now. she's in a dangerous situation. she don't know anybody down there around her and she's around air whole bunch of men. >> he's concerned about his daughter's safety. he's not seen her since last thursday. >>> 4:34. the executive board of the boy scouts of america will meet to possibly overturn its ban on gays. supporters of the ban plan to hold a prayer rally outside the headquarters in eastern texas. the scouts have had a long-standing policy that bans gay scouts and scout leaders. last week, the board said it might vote to leave that issue up to local troops to decide. gay rights advocates are thrilled about the potential change, but some scout leaders say it goes against their values. >> it's not hate, it's not bigotry. it's a choice about how to raise my children in what i perceive to be my christian values. if your

throne as william the vi. the queen is very firm. abdication is a no go with the royal family. >> seeing this beautiful young couple up there, you get the sense they have the maturity and they have the wisdom, clearly the duchess of cambridge now pregnant, pictures circulating on the webb, we're not showing them here on cnn. is this couple ever going to get a break? >> not really. i think this is what comes with being the future king of england, and of course, kate is going to be the future queen. the great thing about it, this couple are enormously popular. not only with avowed mon jaricists the older crowd but young people who they've grown up with, they've shown themselves to be very dharming, not aloof, regal, and william has been schooled in the constitution by his grandmother. but they're both very, very popular. than bodes very well for the future of a royal family in britain, which goes back almost 1,000 years. and, of course, queen elizabeth is going to eclipse queen victoria as the longest reigning m

incident has been identified as william scott kern. he's an 18 year veteran of the baltimore city police department. >> a baltimore city police could face criminal charges after a training exercise goes terribly wrong. state police now investigating what happened inside the old rosewood hospital site. >> we will sit back and wait for the investigation to be completed and once that is done we will review it and determine what, if any charges need to be brought. >> a wjz investigation has uncovered more than a dozen trainees were at the facility with two training officers. after a lunch break william scott kern resumed raining without his fellow instructor, a violation of policy as both instructors are supposed to check for service weapons. officer kern fired the shot that hit the trainee. the police commissioner is temporarily shutting down the academy. >> we're determined to make sure we get to the bottom of it to ensure nothing like this

dwayne williams accused of killing walker at a gas station. walker was pitching gas when williams approached him, shot him several times. nearby offduty d.c. police officer tried to catch williams who tried to shoot him. williams was high on pcp. >>> to frederick, maryland, now, where the county sheriff is holding a public meeting to address outrage. 26-year-old ethan saylor died last month while he was being escorted out of a movie theater. ruled his death a homicide, listing the cause of asphyxiation. the public meeting will be held tomorrow night at crestwood middle school. >>> former congressman, jesse jackson, jr., entered a guilty plea, he schemed to pay $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items like cashmere capes. his wife, sandy, also pled guilty to failing to report $600,000 in income between 2005 and 2011. jackson faces 12 years in prison, his wife, three. >> jackson engaged in more than 3100 transactions for their personal gain. it is clear that jesse jackson became convinced that his campaign account could be used to satisfy an

we're going back to our justice correspondent pete williams. pete, i think you have a little more information. >> well, i do. i have the answer to the question that we were wondering about a few moments ago and that is why now. and just to reiterate what i said earlier, that two officials have confirmed to us that the boy was rescued safely, that the kidnapper was shot dead, and two officials have told me that the boy is okay. that's the phrase they've used. now, as to the question of why now? an official who has been following this says that there was growing concern about the mental condition of this man who was holding him hostage, that there was a concern on the part of the people who were in regular touch with him that his mental condition was deteriorating, slipping, and that's the reason they decided to take this action today. they were growing increasingly concerned and alarmed about his condition and his mental state, and that's why they decided to take this action today. >> and were they able to suggest why that might be happening? >>

prince william into loudoun and fauquier, stafford and spotsylvania. as we look here, hour by hour, through the morning, lots of sunshine. ought to be in the upper 30s by late morning. near 40 degrees. the winds will increase too. during the afternoon, we could have gusts up to around 30 miles per hour or so. these are the highs expected this afternoon. ought to hit the 40s in northern virginia, gt district, nearby suburbs in maryland. highs near 40 farther north and west. 30s highs. hit upper 40s to our south. southern maryland to fredericksburg, warrenton and culpeper of the we'll have increasing clouds on thursday. mid-20s tomorrow morning. highs low 40s tomorrow afternoon. then on friday, we might get a wintry mix pre-dawn. after midnight, thursday night to the pre-dawn hours on friday, there is a possibility of a little bit of snow, sleet a little bit of light freezing rain. but all of it melting on surf e surfaces for the most part and well into the 40s the rest of the day with rain likely ending friday night. cold saturday morning. high saturday

prince william county now reporting a two hour delay. prince william just coming in. by monday, we're back to 54. wet and mild and a nicer day tuesday with highs in the low 50s. let's check in with monika now. timesaver traffic. and we've got a lot of rain out there and some snow. >>> so we're also talking about west in gainesville right howard on 66 especially. west of gainesville is where you really want to be careful even on the interstates this morning as howard's been telling us. fauquier, culpeper all of the roads in those areas affected by the snow. coming inbound though on 270, and the beltway, north of town, we want to be careful out of frederick and then closer in you're okay. it's just the wet road conditions although we had a vehicle slip into the guardrail on the outer loop after connecticut avenue a little earlier this morning. so still the rain is a concern. let's take a live look at 270. up north at route 109, this is where your brake lights are going to begin already. even though it's friday morning i think a lot of you are deciding to get an early st

in the second half, elizabeth williams of duke was a force to be reckoned with. she led with 16 points. just a cold shooting afternoon for maryland who loses 75-59 men's lacrosse from johnny united stadium towson university. tigers against mercer leaning on the skills of rod. his teammate thomas scored the game winner late in overtime. towson are now 1-3. and i've got to get this last note on for everybody tonight. ravens wide receiver, kick returner the super bowl rvp jones will be dancing with the stars. there's a hitch, though. >> what is the hitch? >> this may be a conflict of interest with his offseason ravens workout. but we'll have to follow this, but you know all his wild dances after touchdowns. >> it has been a big story. everybody is talking about on twitter tonight. that's what people are more excited about that than the oscars. >> yes sir. he's good dancer. >> this is a different venue now. >> can he hand that will? >> i bet you he can. >> he's a raven. >> awesome news. still to come on eyewitness news a homeless man gets more than he bargained for w

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williams implied, there is no notice of violation on this property from the building department. the building inspector who came out and upon a complaint made and we don't know by whom, we think that it was a neighborhood, we think that it is anonymous resulted in no notice of violation, mr. carlin came out and the contractors merely said that they were moving in and setting up their equipment and start getting ready to do work. but that no work was actually commerced until after the permit issues. and nearly moving your tools into a space and setting up painting equipment and the like is not in itself constitute work without permit. it has been vacant and bays of that there was been vandalism and it continues to attract further criminal activity and this is a business that is already in san francisco. it is relocating. it has insurance only where it is and it is relocating to a different space and offering a more of a variety of services. and we know that because the name on the lease is not the name of the insurance company, but rather the financial services company, whose head